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Council approves Fair Housing proclamation, small ordinances and budget adjustments; names League voting delegate
Summary
The Roanoke Rapids City Council unanimously approved a proclamation recognizing April 2026 as Fair Housing Month, adopted two small ordinances and a budget adjustment for donor/grant receipts, and appointed a voting delegate to the North Carolina League of Municipalities.
Roanoke Rapids City Council voted on routine business and a handful of short items during its regular meeting.
The council approved a proclamation recognizing April 2026 as Fair Housing Month to satisfy a quarterly Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) requirement. City staff presented the proclamation, the mayor read it aloud and the council adopted it by voice vote.
Council members also adopted Ordinance No. 2026.14 to appropriate $132.34 received as an OSC substance-abuse tax allocation for the police department and adopted Budget Ordinance No. 2026.15 to appropriate $1,650 in donations and grant funds (parks and recreation donation $250; fire department $1,000 for a veterans breakfast; police Safe Kids grant $400). City staff described these appropriations as routine adjustments to make grant and donation funds available for department use; both motions passed on voice votes.
On intergovernmental business, the council designated a voting delegate for the North Carolina League of Municipalities’ board-electing process. City staff said Councilman Bell has previously served as the city’s voting delegate and expressed willingness to serve again; the council approved the appointment.
Other procedural votes on the agenda and the March 17, 2026 minutes were approved earlier in the meeting. The meeting adjourned after the votes were concluded.
Votes at a glance (as recorded in the meeting): - Business agenda: approved by voice vote. - Minutes (03/17/2026): approved by voice vote (motion recorded as made by a council member; second recorded; no roll-call tally in the transcript). - Proclamation: Fair Housing Month (April 2026): motion made, seconded and approved by voice vote. - Ordinance No. 2026.14 ($132.34): motion made, seconded and approved by voice vote. - Budget Ordinance No. 2026.15 ($1,650): motion made, seconded and approved by voice vote. - League of Municipalities voting delegate: council approved designation of the delegate (Councilman Bell had been identified by staff as the likely appointee).
The council’s votes were routine and largely procedural. The meeting transcript does not include roll-call tallies or recorded roll-call votes for these items; outcomes are reported as voice votes in the meeting record.
