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Selma council approves consent agenda, removes energy credit rebate and adopts budget amendment tied to lead service-line project
Summary
The Selma Town Council approved its consent agenda May 7, removing an energy credit rebate, creating a capital project ordinance for the US-301 utility relocation, and adopting Budget Amendment No. 7 to fund closing costs for a lead service-line project and reconcile additional Johnston County Visitors Bureau revenues (originally recorded as $82,000).
At its May 7 meeting the Selma Town Council approved a consent agenda that included several business items: removal of an energy credit rebate from the customer service policy, creation of a capital project ordinance for utility work related to the US-301 expansion, a correction to a fire truck financing resolution, and Budget Amendment No. 7 covering a lead service-line fund and additional Johnston County Visitors Bureau revenue recognition.
Council discussed the energy credit rebate removal, including technical details about load-management hardware and federal tax-credit history. The mayor (speaker 1) asked for a motion to remove the energy credit rebate; a council member moved and a second was recorded. The council approved the change by voice vote.
Town staff (speaker 7) explained that the capital project ordinance will let the town manage utility relocation and related work for the US-301 expansion; council asked that the ordinance number be adjusted to reflect today's approval date.
Finance Director Katie Taylor (speaker 12) detailed Budget Amendment No. 7. She told council the amendment carries two parts: allocating money from the water fund into a newly created fund for the lead service-line replacement project to cover closing costs, and increasing reported revenue in the Johnston County Visitors Bureau Fund after the town recognized more than the initially recorded $82,000; the amendment also reallocates expenses to correct coding and anticipates reimbursement filings.
A council member flagged a template error in Resolution 20260310B that listed an incorrect bank on the last page; the item will be corrected in the record and remained on consent. The consent agenda, including approval of April 9, 2026 minutes, was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote.
Actions recorded in the meeting were procedural; no items were tabled. Council did not take separate roll-call tallies in the transcript; motions were approved by voice.
