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Votes at a glance: Pender County BOCC, Jan. 5, 2026
Summary
A quick summary of formal actions the Board of Commissioners took on Jan. 5, 2026, including a resolution honoring Steve Holland, consent agenda approvals, a budget amendment, right‑of‑way conveyance to NCDOT, creation of a chief range safety officer, and multiple appointments.
The Pender County Board of Commissioners took the following formal actions on Jan. 5, 2026 (all outcomes based on open‑session motions and voice/hand votes recorded in the meeting):
• Waiver to add a late resolution to the agenda: motion to waive rules approved by voice/hand vote (chair announced aye).
• Resolution honoring the life and service of Stephen Carroll (Steve) Holland: chair read resolution; clerk directed to enter it into the minutes and present a copy to the Holland family (adopted as read).
• Consent agenda: approved with items 8.2 and 8.3 pulled for separate discussion; motion and vote carried.
• Item 8.2 (parks project): pulled for discussion and postponed to Jan. 20 to allow additional information (action deferred).
• Item 8.3 (budget ordinance amendment to reapply sales tax reimbursements and bond interest back into project funds, approximately $1.8 million): motion to approve passed by voice/hand vote.
• Item 9.1 (approve transfer of county right‑of‑way and temporary construction easements to NCDOT for project R‑5701/Hwy‑53 intersection): approved by voice/hand vote; staff authorized to execute documents.
• Item 9.2 (add chief range safety officer position with NC Wildlife covering 75% of salary/benefits): approved; board voted to add position effective Feb. 1 and accept the 75/25 funding split.
• Item 9.3 (budget amendment and purchase order for physical security at Kiwanis/Aquinas Park estimated at $77,260.53): motion to table pending confirmation of Kiwanis contribution and other details; motion to table passed.
• Multiple advisory board and commission appointments and reappointments: planning board, library board, fire commission, board of adjustment, voluntary agriculture district, tourism development authority, parks & rec, nursing/adult care advisory, and relief fund board appointments and extensions were considered and many names were appointed by motion and voice vote; specifics recorded in the minutes.
Votes were recorded in open session by voice and hand counts; the transcript does not include a roll‑call vote listing each commissioner’s vote for the items above.
