Beaufort County commissioners approved multiple capital reimbursements and grant items during the meeting, including a Washington Elementary reimbursement, a WIMCO construction request, two ABC Board repair projects, and acceptance of a $182,000 essential single-family rehabilitation grant.

County staff presented reimbursement request #12 for Washington Elementary planning and design with a total invoice of $440,009.61 (state share $356,001.64; county share $84,007.96) and recommended approval; the board approved the reimbursement. Staff then presented reimbursement #13 for WIMCO construction with a total of $2,300,000 and a county share of $450,002.48; commissioners discussed and approved that payment as well.

In the WIMCO matter, one commissioner asked that future invoice payments be accompanied by a signed summary of change orders or a specific statement that no change orders exist. The board voted on a motion to require a change-order summary for future payments; the recorded vote in the meeting was 4–2 in favor of requiring such documentation.

Separately, the board approved an ABC Board request to retain additional working capital to fund repairs at two ABC-owned properties (combined request figures reported in the agenda) and approved acceptance of a North Carolina Housing Finance Agency grant for an Essential Single Family Rehabilitation program of $182,000 with a contract for delivery through McDaven and Associates.

What this means: The county authorized payments and grant acceptance; staff are expected to include change-order summaries with subsequent payment requests and will return to the board as needed for further project approvals.