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Votes at a glance: Craven County Board approves multiple budget amendments and appointments (June 15, 2026)
Summary
On a unanimous series of votes, the Board approved the consent agenda, multiple departmental budget amendments, a property purchase and several appointments and proclamations. Tally for each motion was 7-0 unless noted.
The Craven County Board of Commissioners approved a package of routine and substantive actions on June 15, 2026. All motions below carried unanimously unless otherwise noted.
Key approvals and outcomes: - Agenda approval (motion by Commissioner Sherry Hunt; second Commissioner Tim Mason) — 7-0. - Consent agenda (tax releases/credits $2,973.51; 2026 Downtown New Bern Airshow lease; PILT budget amendment $15,000) — motion by Commissioner Tim Mason; second Commissioner E. T. Mitchell — 7-0. - Register of Deeds budget amendment recognizing $147,000 in additional revenue and remittance to the State (Joshua D. Kohr) — motion by Commissioner E. T. Mitchell; second Commissioner Beatrice R. Smith — 7-0. - Water inventory year-end budget amendment $275,000 (presented by County Manager Jack Veit) — motion by Commissioner Beatrice R. Smith; second Commissioner E. T. Mitchell — 7-0. - Facilities: 3491 Martin Drive budget amendment $679,955 and reimbursement resolution — motion by Commissioner E. T. Mitchell; second Commissioner Tim Mason — 7-0. - Grant writer funding budget amendment $24,000 (partial FY26 funding) — motion by Vice-Chairman Jason R. Jones; second Commissioner Beatrice R. Smith — 7-0. - Industrial Park Improvement Fund interest allocation $33,399 — motion by Commissioner Tim Mason; second Commissioner E. T. Mitchell — 7-0. - Rescue squads budget amendment $452,000 to appropriate higher ambulance-fee collections to squads — motion by Commissioner Sherry Hunt; second Vice-Chairman Jason R. Jones — 7-0. - Schools fines and forfeitures budget amendment $60,000 — motion by Commissioner Tim Mason; second Commissioner Sherry Hunt — 7-0. - Human Resources retiree health premium schedule amendment to reflect a 5% rate increase — motion by Commissioner Chadwick Howard; second Commissioner Sherry Hunt — unanimous. - Appointments and reappointments across boards and committees — multiple nominations and reappointments by acclamation. - Independence Day proclamation recognizing July 4, 2026 — motion by Commissioner Tim Mason; second Commissioner E. T. Mitchell — unanimous.
Several items were presented by department heads and approved with roll-call votes recorded in the meeting minutes. Where budgets increased, the minutes indicate funding sources (for example, current year fund balance or increased fee revenue) or that remittances to the State are fully supported by additional collections.
Board adjourned after a closed session for personnel matters; no action was taken while in closed session.
