Durham County commissioners approve consent agenda, including contracts and grant recognitions

Durham County commissioners unanimously approved a multi-item consent agenda at their Oct. 14, 2024 meeting, authorizing several contracts, contract amendments and budget ordinance changes.

Notable approvals included: • A $472,300 contract with CML Security, LLC to install food pass doors inside the Durham County Detention Facility for the Sheriff’s Office (agenda item 24-0424). • Budget Ordinance Amendment No. 25BCC027 recognizing $370,261 in Year 3 grant funding to the Office of Emergency Services—EMS Division from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) (agenda item 24-0589). • A Memorandum of Agreement with Central Pines Regional Council for $1,861.78 to provide planning and technical assistance for the Triangle Region Solid Waste Consortium (agenda item 24-0596). • Authorization to enter a contract with Chirpy Bird, Inc. for a HIPAA privacy and security risk assessment and gap analysis, in an amount not to exceed $74,500 (agenda item 24-0597). (Transcript contained a numeric transcription error for this line; the amount is reported here in corrected form.) • Public Health budget amendments recognizing $196,508 from NCDHHS (25BCC028) and $60,234 from The Duke Endowment to support the Partnership for a Healthy Durham (25BCC029). • Contract amendments and awards for facility maintenance and equipment, including electrical work, chemical supplies, and boiler controls for county facilities, and approval of standard non-reimbursable utility contracts for sewer extensions. • Capital Project Amendment No. 25CPA-16 and Budget Ordinance Amendment No. 25BCC031 appropriating $100,000 of Debt Service Fund balance and transferring it to the PAYGO fund to support execution of the Duke Energy lighting agreement for decorative light poles (not-to-exceed vendor cost shown in the item as $51,840.43) for the 300 Block East Main redevelopment project. • Approval to submit a notice to the N.C. Department of Health & Human Services indicating an aggregate 0% change to Public Health’s chargemaster rate and interlocal agreements with Durham Public Schools to utilize ARPA funds for Title I school capital and related expenditures.

Commissioner Brenda Howerton moved and Commissioner Heidi Carter seconded approval of the full consent package; the motion carried unanimously among members present. Where the transcript contained numeric transcription inconsistencies in ordinance text (for example, an apparent extra digit in one revenue line), amounts reported here have been corrected to their arithmetically consistent values or flagged as not specified when arithmetic or context was unclear.