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Surry County commissioners approve consent agenda, franchise, lease renewal and other routine actions
Summary
At its April 20 meeting the board unanimously approved the agenda, minutes, and a consent package that included tax releases/refunds and approvals for a waste hauler franchise, legal services contract for DSS, a grant application for SCOSAR, a lease renewal for a Sheriff’s Office property, and the FY27 Fire Funding Matrix and Dobson contract extension.
The Surry County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved the April 20 agenda, the April 6 meeting minutes and a multi-item consent agenda during their April 20 meeting in Dobson.
The consent agenda included routine financial items from the Tax Department: total releases for the month ending March 31, 2026 of $3,046.75; total refunds of $2,498.98; NCVTS tag and tax refunds of $2,543.55; real and personal property discoveries of $4,776.00; motor vehicle discoveries of $0; EMS/EMD and EMS-MC additions totaling $75,374.53; EMS/EMD and EMS-MC refunds of $211.36; EMS/EMD and EMS-MC releases of $0; and EMS/EMD and EMS-MC collections of $23,951.76.
Other items approved as part of consent were a Waste Haulers Non-Exclusive Franchise with Carolina Hauling and Junk Removal; approval for Jamie Edwards, Director of the Surry County Office of Substance Abuse Recovery, to apply for the Bureau of Justice Assistance FY 2025 Adult Treatment Court Enhancement Grant (supported by a letter from Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Angela Puckett); approval of the FY27 Fire Funding Matrix and extension of a contract for fire protection services with the Town of Dobson; authorization to contract with Campbell Law Group for legal services to the Surry County Department of Social Services; and renewal of the lease for the Dockery property at 303 N. White Street in Dobson for use by the Sheriff’s Office from Feb. 17, 2026 to Feb. 16, 2027.
Motions and votes recorded in the minutes show routine, unanimous approval: agenda approval (motion by Commissioner Mark Marion, second by Commissioner Melissa Hiatt), minutes approval (motion by Commissioner Van Tucker, second by Commissioner Hiatt), and consent-agenda approval (motion by Commissioner Hiatt, second by Commissioner Marion). The Board later voted unanimously to enter closed session under G.S. 143-318.11(a)(3), (a)(5) and (a)(6), and subsequently voted to adjourn.
No separate discussion or recorded opposition to consent items appears in the public minutes.
