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Rutherford County commissioners approve appointments, budget amendments and authorize payment‑processor contract
Summary
The board approved a slate of routine items including appointments to local boards, budget amendments and a TDA grant matter, and authorized the county manager and attorney to negotiate a payment‑processor agreement with CSG Forte for new permitting software.
Rutherford County commissioners spent much of their meeting on routine business: appointments, budget amendments and authorization to negotiate a new payment‑processor agreement.
Clerk Hazel Kings presented multiple appointments: Linda Green was recommended by Forest City for the town’s ETJ representative on the Forest City Board of Planning and Adjustment and was approved by the county board. The board also approved appointments to the Farmland Preservation Advisory Board and designated Commissioner Michael Benfield to serve as chair of the 2026 Board of Equalization and Review, per a 2017 resolution.
Finance director Paula Rhodes presented several budget amendments. She said donations had arrived for local programs including 'Shop with a Cop' and library audio‑visual supplies; seizure‑related state distributions and a detention‑center donation for inmate education were recorded; and the grant fund will cover four AEDs for road patrol. Rhodes described a FEMA‑related reimbursement issue for the TDA and said the county requested grant funds to cover unreimbursed costs; some amounts were discussed during the presentation but were not always stated precisely in the transcript.
On technology and procurement, IT director Jay Gardy explained the county’s new permitting and inspection software requires a compatible payment processor; staff recommended CSG Forte. The board authorized the county attorney and county manager to negotiate contract terms and authorized county officials to execute the resulting documents.
The board also approved a resolution consenting to relocate a firefighters monument from the courthouse to a permanent site near the new emergency services training center; the Rutherford County Fire Rescue Association will cover the cost and the North Carolina Historical Commission approved the site on June 10, 2025.
These items passed by motion and voice vote; none included roll‑call tallies in the public transcript.
