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Caldwell County commissioners adopt ambulance franchise, approve consent agenda items and authorize two nuisance-enforcement lawsuits
Summary
On March 23, 2026, the Caldwell County Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted a second-reading ambulance franchise for Serge Non-emergency Medical Transport, approved consent-agenda budget and contract adjustments, and passed two resolutions authorizing the county attorney to seek enforcement actions against two properties under state nuisance statutes.
The Caldwell County Board of Commissioners on March 23, 2026, approved several routine and legal actions, including a second-reading adoption of an ambulance franchise for Serge Health Care Ride Solutions LLC (doing business as Serge Non-emergency Medical Transport), multiple budget adjustments and contract amendments on the consent agenda, and two post–closed-session resolutions authorizing the county attorney to pursue enforcement proceedings related to properties described in the resolutions.
County staff said the Serge application met the ordinance requirements for an ambulance franchise and that updated insurance documentation had been provided. The board adopted the franchise on its second reading by voice vote. Staff described the service as non-emergency transport to doctor's offices and as a measure intended to ease demand on the county's 911/EMS system.
The board also adopted a ceremonial proclamation naming April 18, 2026, as Line Worker Appreciation Day; Robin from Duke Energy accepted county thanks for line workers. "Thank you so much for recognizing the work that our linemen do day in and day out," Robin said.
The consent agenda included four health-department budget revisions reflecting additional state funds (listed in the agenda as $548, $6,962, $1,614 and $2,967), a $10,000 private contribution from Duke toward a sewer study (added to a previously discussed $50,000 grant from North Carolina Railroad), an opioid-spending resolution for the fiscal year, an audit-contract extension with Martin Starns and Associates for the 2025–26 audit, and an internal reallocation of $22,000 to cover additional work by HDR Engineering on a completed water-tank project. The board also approved Council on Aging bylaw changes and two appointments to the county child-fatality task force, among other routine minutes and appointments.
After an attorney-advised closed session under North Carolina General Statutes cited by the chair (143-318.11(a)(3) and 143-318.11(a)(4)), the board returned to open session and read two separately worded resolutions authorizing the county attorney (or outside counsel selected by the county attorney) to initiate enforcement proceedings under state statutes and local ordinances related to specific properties. The first resolution references statutes and authorizes action relating to a property described in the reading as being at or about 2969 Colletzville Road, Leno, North Carolina; the second resolution authorizes similar action for a property at or about 5119 Bloomfield Estates, Granite Falls, North Carolina. Both resolutions were adopted by voice vote.
The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn. The board did not record roll-call vote tallies in the public reading; actions were described in the minutes as adopted unanimously.
