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Harnett County commissioners approve paid parental leave, opioid-settlement funding and set November 2026 sales-tax referendum
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Summary
At its April 14 meeting, the Harnett County Board of Commissioners approved a new paid parental leave policy, authorized applying for a Bureau of Justice Assistance grant for the Veterans Treatment Court, adopted an opioid-settlement funding resolution and approved a resolution to hold a November 2026 referendum on up to a 1¢ local sales tax; a proposal to require developers to pay school impact fees was tabled.
The Harnett County Board of Commissioners on April 14 approved a slate of personnel, grant and statutory-resolution actions intended to expand benefits and pursue new revenue and funding streams.
The board adopted a new paid parental leave policy, approving the personnel measure although the recap did not specify eligibility rules, duration, or the budgetary impact for implementation. The county manager will oversee any administrative steps required to implement the policy.
The board authorized Veterans Services and the Veterans Treatment Court to apply for and, if awarded, accept a Bureau of Justice Assistance Veterans Treatment Court Program Grant. Separately, the board approved funding requests from other counties to support the Veterans Treatment Court; the recap did not include dollar amounts for those requests.
Legal staff requested and the board adopted a resolution authorizing the execution of opioid-settlement funding for county use. The recap lists the resolution’s approval but does not specify allocation amounts or the planned uses of those funds.
The board adopted a resolution to conduct a referendum during the November 2026 general election to levy a local sales and use tax up to one cent. That measure would require voter approval in the referenced referendum before the county could impose any additional local sales tax.
A proposed resolution requesting authority to have developers pay school impact fees by local ordinance was presented and tabled; the recap records the tabling and offers no next steps or timeline for reconsideration.
The board also approved a resolution requesting a local statutory exemption from the amended provisions of North Carolina General Statute 160D-601(d) as affected by North Carolina House Bill 382, and approved a resolution seeking authority to adopt an airport overlay district for the county jetport.
Several other fiscal actions were approved during the county manager’s report, including budget amendments; the recap does not list amendment amounts.
The recap does not provide vote tallies, individual yea/nay votes or the full text of motions. The board’s next stated meeting is Monday, April 20 at 6:00 p.m.
Actions recorded in the meeting recap include approvals of the paid parental leave policy, BJA grant application authorization, opioid-settlement funding resolution, the sales-tax referendum resolution and statutory-resolution requests; the developers-pay-school-impact-fees resolution was tabled.
