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Council approves several contracts and budget amendments; meter integration and industrial-park transfer cleared
Summary
Council approved an interlocal tourism-banner agreement, a contractor fee for new meter integration, several budget amendments including a transfer to clear an industrial-park project deficit, a code-enforcement job classification, and a camera-system hard-drive replacement.
At the meeting councilors approved multiple consent and action items affecting infrastructure, public works and project accounting.
Key approvals included:
- An interlocal agreement with the county tourism development authority for banner purchase and maintenance; motion passed by voice vote.
- A contract to pay FMS a project fee to integrate new water meters with the town ds software (the vendor quote cited roughly $712.50 per project); council discussed staged meter purchases and approved the contract.
- A budget amendment to the general fund reflecting increased miscellaneous revenues and a reduced fund-balance allocation (a net overall decrease to the fund-balance appropriation was recorded in the packet) and a separate water/sewer amendment to remove an inappropriate fund-balance appropriation.
- A project-ordinance transfer of approximately $51,437.62 from the water/sewer fund to the Wadesboro Industrial Park project to close a prior deficit after the previously contemplated partner did not complete its obligations.
- Approval of a job-classification amendment to assign a police detective as the town ds code-enforcement investigator to address blighted properties.
- Replacement of the hard drive for the camera system at the town shop (vendor quote in the packet: about $1,600); council approved the expenditure.
Why it matters: These approvals commit funds and change program/operational responsibilities (meter rollout schedule, new code-enforcement duty within police), and they close an outstanding project deficit from the industrial park account so the town ds capital reports accurately reflect project status.
Council record: Motions were made, seconded and approved via voice votes as recorded in the meeting. Some contract details and invoice quantities were discussed in the meeting record and staff committed to provide follow-up clarifications.
