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County board approves updated transit drug policy, environmental health fees, appointments and easement surveying exemption
Summary
On Jan. 9 the Macon County Board of Commissioners approved an updated drug and alcohol testing policy for transit permitting oral swabs, adopted an updated Environmental Health fee schedule in response to Rule 18E, approved several consent‑agenda items including a resolution exempting surveying services for the Deal Farm Easement, and confirmed two appointments.
The Macon County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved several routine and regulatory actions on Jan. 9, 2024.
Transit Director Darlene Asher explained a revised Drug and Alcohol Policy for Macon County Transit that adds oral swab testing as an option; the board approved the update after a motion by Commissioner Shearl and a second by Commissioner Higdon. Health Director Kathy McGaha presented changes to the Environmental Health fee schedule that were required by a legislative amendment to Rule 18E; the Board of Health had approved the changes and the board voted unanimously to adopt the new schedule.
On the consent agenda the board approved the Dec. 12, 2023 minutes; Budget Amendments #100–104; a resolution exempting surveying services for the Deal Farm Easement under N.C. Gen. Stat. §143‑64.32; tax releases for December 2023 totaling $461.02; and the monthly ad valorem tax collection report. The board also approved two appointments by motion: Marsha Moxley to the Macon County Public Library board and Meghan Cribbs to the Area Agency on Aging Advisory Council.
The board entered closed session at 7:56 p.m. under N.C.G.S. 143‑318.11(a)(5) for real‑property negotiation instructions and returned to open session at 8:20 p.m., then adjourned.
