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Votes at a glance: commissioners approve leases, contracts, audits, land transactions and routine items
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Summary
In a sequence of votes the board approved the consent agenda, CARTS policy updates, USDA lease extension, art transfer, special-assistance budget amendment, annual audit contract, multiple upset-bid authorizations on tax-foreclosed parcels, and a 76-acre industrial-park land purchase.
At their April 20 meeting the Craven County commissioners approved a series of routine and recurring actions by voice or roll-call vote. Key approvals included:
- Consent agenda: minutes, tax releases/refunds, volunteer firemen insurance and a senior-center donation/budget amendment (approved unanimously). - CARTS: adoption of amended procurement and drug-and-alcohol testing policies to meet NCDOT/Integrated Mobility Division template (approved by motion and voice vote). - USDA/FSA lease extension: five-year extension through 12/31/2031 for 2,983 square feet at the Craven County Agricultural Building, annual rent $86,507 (up from $50,711); board approved the extension. - Riverfront Convention Center art: transfer of 11 prints to the Craven Pamlico Regional Library (New Bern branch); approved. - Social services: $64,000 budget amendment for the Special Assistance in Home (5215) program to cover rising costs (approved by roll call). - Annual audit: contract with Thompson Price Scott Adams & Company, PA for FY2026 audit at $83,750 was approved (noted as a 2.8% increase from last year). - Tax-foreclosed parcels: board authorized upset-bid processes for multiple initial offers (addresses 1103 Biddle St, 1108 LaGrange St, 830 Eubank St, 1131 H St) to move them to upset-bid status. - Industrial park acreage: approval to acquire 76 acres near the Craven County Industrial Park at $6,250/acre ($475,000 total) for future industrial development; approved by roll call.
Most motions passed unanimously on roll-call votes; where discussion occurred staff provided context and budget notes. Items judged procedural or routine were grouped for a single motion where appropriate.
