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Harnett County commissioners approve multiple grants, contracts and personnel change; library bylaws amendment tabled

Harnett County Board of Commissioners ยท February 18, 2026

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Summary

At its Feb. 16, 2026 meeting, the Harnett County Board of Commissioners approved a Golden Leaf Foundation grant acceptance of $656,051 for the Western Harnett Innovation Park, authorized a jetport grant application and a hangar demolition contract, converted a workforce position to full time, approved budget amendments and tax rebates; a library bylaws amendment was tabled.

The Harnett County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 16 approved a series of routine and project-specific actions recorded in the meeting recap.

The board approved a request from Harnett Regional Jetport to apply for a Golden Leaf Foundation grant to support corporate area development/hangar work and approved a bid from Southeastern Interiors to demolish office and bathroom areas in a jetport-owned hangar. Separately, the county's Economic Development department requested and the board accepted a Golden Leaf Foundation grant in the amount of $656,051 to support the Western Harnett Innovation Park.

The board also approved a personnel change requested by Workforce Development to convert a part-time workforce development eligibility specialist position to full time. During the county manager's report the board approved budget amendments and approved tax rebates, refunds and releases; the recap does not list specific amendment amounts or individual rebate amounts.

The public library's request to amend the library board of trustees bylaws (Article 3, Section 2.1(a)) was moved to be tabled until the next meeting and was not decided on Feb. 16. The board held a closed session later in the meeting; the subject of the closed session was not disclosed in the recap.

Where the recap records formal approvals it often states only "This was approved" without including mover/second or a roll-call tally; the transcript therefore does not provide vote-by-name details. For full agendas, supporting documents and any recorded votes, the recap directed viewers to www.harnett.org/boc. The next meeting is scheduled for March 2 at 9 a.m.