At the start of action items the board approved a request from Development Services to schedule a public hearing (Dec. 15) to adopt a condemnation/demolition ordinance for the fire‑damaged dwelling at 19 Andrea Court and to impose a lien to recover demolition and disposal costs. Development Services staff told the board they had been unable to reach known heirs and recommended pursuing the ordinance to clear the property.

The board accepted a Great Trail State program grant to convert a county‑owned railroad easement from Lillington to Jim Christian Road into a greenway. Development Services staff recognized Emma Harris for writing the grant and said the award will require a 50% county match that is available in the Greenway Capital Reserve Fund. (The transcript contains inconsistent numerals for the grant award; staff stated the county match amount as $118,762.) The board moved and approved acceptance of the grant.

The board approved an engineering services agreement to advance sewer improvements between Lillington and the Coats area (presented as the Bush/Buick Creek and Coats Collection System upgrade). Staff said Representative Penny secured a direct appropriation of over $10 million to support the work; the county selected Hyfel Engineering for design and plans to bid the project phases together.

Several design‑build contract awards were approved. The board authorized a design‑build procurement and awarded the contract for the new Harnett County morgue to the top‑ranked firm (transcript shows multiple spellings in the record). Commissioners also approved awarding the fleet maintenance facility addition to Trend Construction based on evaluation criteria and interviews. In each case the board made motions, received seconds and voted to carry the motions.

For the farmers market project the board authorized staff to negotiate with CPL Architects & Engineers (Raleigh) to provide conceptual design, fundraising support and cost estimates for a two‑phase market shelter/building project, the presenter said. The county’s earlier Tobacco Trust Fund grant will support fundraising efforts.

On personnel matters the board adopted a set of ordinance changes covering three main areas: (1) adding SBI background‑check language for certain positions per a new statute effective Oct. 1; (2) adding a light‑duty policy for non‑work injuries with approval by department directors routed through HR and legal; and (3) revising Medicare supplement/stipend eligibility by lowering the consecutive service requirement from 30 years to 20 years and increasing reimbursement levels in some examples (staff used a sample retiree with 23 years moving from $124/month to $200/month under the proposed change). Commissioner Snow recused himself from the vote on the personnel item and did not participate; the motion otherwise carried.

Other routine actions included approving a JetPort advisory board bylaw amendment to allow three consecutive full terms for members (instead of two), appointing Michelle Pleasant (District 3) to the Board of Health as the registered nurse member, accepting the resignation of Marvin Toney from the Home and Community Block Grant committee, and authorizing the chairman to sign contract amendments that exceed the manager’s signature threshold.

Before adjourning the board moved into closed session to discuss certain economic development matters pursuant to North Carolina General Statute as cited in the record; the meeting reconvened and was adjourned.