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Durham board approves consent agenda, including detention-center boiler replacement and budget amendments
Summary
The Board unanimously approved the consent agenda, renewing a commercial lease, authorizing replacement of detention-center steam boilers, adopted two budget amendments totaling $245,287 (including a $241,500 Duke Endowment grant), and approved January 2025 tax releases and refunds totaling $852,697.36.
The Durham County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on Feb. 24 to approve the consent agenda, which included a lease renewal, facility repairs at the county detention center, property tax releases and refunds, and two budget ordinance amendments.
The board approved renewal of the lease between Mbaye Fall and Seynabou Mbengue (d/b/a Thiosanne African Hair Braiding) for Suite 137 at the Shoppes at Hope Valley through Oct. 31, 2027; the recorded monthly rent is $2,706.34 with a 3% annual escalation and an initial monthly Common Area Maintenance fee of $400. Clerk and staff discussion confirmed the terms as presented in the packet.
Consent Agenda Item 25-0051 requested replacement of steam boilers at the county detention center. Commissioner Wendy Jacobs asked staff for details. Shawn Swiatocha, Assistant Director, General Services, said the boilers were not replaced in 2012 when HVAC work was done; the proposal is for design and administrative services to replace the boilers with smaller units. Swiatocha also stated the detention center was constructed in 1992–1993 and opened in 1994.
Financial items approved included property tax releases and refunds for January 2025 with a grand total of $852,697.36 (current and prior year releases/refunds combined). The board also approved Budget Ordinance Amendment 25BCC073 to appropriate $241,500 of General Fund balance for a Welcome Baby Duke Endowment grant and Budget Ordinance Amendment 25BCC074 to recognize $3,787 in additional Smart Start Welcome Baby funding, together adding $245,287 to Economic and Physical Development expenditures as recorded.
The packet also listed multiple annual commission reports and several board and commission appointment results announced later in the meeting. Vice Chair Dr. Mike Lee moved, and Commissioner Stephen Valentine seconded, the consent motion; the motion carried unanimously.
The meeting adjourned at 7:33 p.m.
