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Council approves budget amendments, rezoning and memorial-lights bid; audit accepted
Summary
The Hamlet City Council accepted the annual audit, approved budget amendments (including purchase of a trackhoe/bucket truck funded in part by remaining ARPA funds), rezoned a property on J Mill Road for commercial use, and accepted a grant-funded memorial-light vendor bid; motions passed by voice votes with no roll-call tallies recorded in the transcript.
At the meeting, auditor Ken Anderson presented an unmodified audit opinion and described a roughly $742,000 gap in the general fund for the previous year; the council accepted the audit report as presented.
Later business included a set of budget amendments to renew the debris landfill permit, finish ARPA-funded projects and purchase heavy equipment (a trackhoe/bucket truck). A council member moved to approve the amendments, a second was given, and the chair called the voice vote; the motion carried.
During a public hearing the council adopted a consistency statement and rezoned the Leley/Blake property (referred to at 101 J Mill Road/Forks Road area) to allow the applicant's proposed commercial use after the zoning board had recommended consistency; a motion to adopt the consistency statement and rezone the parcel passed by voice vote.
The council also accepted a bid from a single vendor for a memorial light system, noting a $200,000 grant from a coal foundation to fund installation. A motion to accept the bid was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote.
Other routine actions included swearing in Tony as a council member and several proclamations (National Care at Home Month; Remembrance Day). The council moved to enter closed session at the meeting's close.
The transcript records voice approvals and "all in favor" calls for these actions; no roll-call vote totals or named vote tallies were recorded in the public transcript.
