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Henderson City Council adopts barbecue and fireworks ordinances, backs $15.3M revenue bond and seeks in-car camera grant
Summary
At its Jan. 9 meeting, the Henderson City Council adopted two ordinances to align local code with the State Fire Code, approved a grant application for five in-car video units, and voted to support a $15.3 million revenue bond application for the KLRWS expansion project.
Henderson City Council voted Jan. 9 to add barbecue-grill and fireworks-and-pyrotechnics rules to the City Code, authorize a grant application for five in-car video camera units and support a revised $15.3 million (adjusted to $15.3 million) revenue bond application to fund the KLRWS expansion project.
Acting Fire Chief Curtis Tyndall said the barbecue ordinance is already part of the State Fire Code but adding it to Henderson’s City Code would give local authorities enforcement power and support the Fire Department’s accreditation. “Two (2) is a very high rating so it becomes increasingly difficult to qualify for a higher rating. This Ordinance will help in attaining the best rating,” Chief Tyndall said, and he noted the new rule would mainly affect multi-family and commercial properties.
City Manager E. Terrell Blackmon told Council the fireworks-and-pyrotechnics ordinance was presented for the same purpose—to put state fire-code language into the City Code so the Fire Department can enforce it locally. Council approved both ordinances by unanimous recorded votes; absent members were listed as Garry D. Daeke and Eddie Ellington for the recorded motions.
On equipment funding, the Council approved submission of a North Carolina Governor’s Crime Commission grant application for five in-car video camera units. Blackmon said the units cost $29,500 in total and the grant requires no local match; the city would be reimbursed after purchase.
Council also considered support for an application to the Local Government Commission to approve revenue bonds for the KLRWS expansion. Blackmon said staff raised the bond amount from $15,000,000 to $15,300,000 ‘‘to add some cushion to cover administrative costs.’’ Bond attorney Bob Jessup said the bonds would be secured by the system’s net operating revenues and not by a tax levy or physical collateral: “Revenue bonds are secured by the pledge of net operating revenue of the system,” Jessup said.
The Consent Agenda, approved unanimously, included tax releases, refunds and discoveries for November 2022 totaling $136,780.93.
Council recessed into a closed session under G.S. §143-318.11(a)(6) to discuss two personnel matters and returned to open session before adjourning at 7:43 p.m.
