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Graham council approves consent agenda and a series of budget amendments, funds and contracts
Summary
Council approved the consent agenda and multiple budget amendments, including a 10-year water-service contract with Green Level, conveyance of excess asphalt millings to Alamance County, a state funding application for WTP reliability improvements, FEMA reimbursements to the Utilities Fund, and an intent to purchase a sanitation truck (not to exceed $395,500).
At its April 14 meeting, the Graham City Council approved a consent agenda that included routine minutes, event street closures and several interlocal agreements and resolutions.
Key items approved included a 10-year water service utility contract with the Town of Green Level (to continue a long-standing relationship), a Utility Interlocal Agreement supporting a county-installed water line, and a resolution conveying excess asphalt millings from recent repaving to the Alamance County Landfill under N.C. Gen. Stat. §160A-274.
Council also adopted a resolution authorizing application for State funding for Graham-Mebane Water Treatment Plant reliability improvements; the resolution authorizes the City Manager to file a loan/grant application and commits the City to arrange financing for remaining costs if a State award is made.
On capital and budget matters, the Council approved an intent to purchase a DuraPack Python 28-yard body mounted on a 2026 Kenworth L770 chassis to replace a 2007 sanitation truck, with an anticipated cost not to exceed $395,500 if ordered before July 1, 2026. Several budget amendments were adopted to cover winter repairs, retirements, fuel increases and other operating needs across departments (Garage $60,000; Sanitation $38,000; Mebane Lake buoys $15,279; Non-Departmental $82,530; Inspections $10,000; Recreation $3,801; Police capital outlay $36,612 from surplus-vehicle proceeds). The Council also placed FEMA reimbursements of $410,893.36 into the Utilities Fund.
Old business included a $6,500 funding approval for the Alamance County Transportation Authority on a unanimous vote. The Council agreed to revisit other outside funding requests (LINK Transit, United Way) as staff provides more detail.
Assistant City Manager Aaron Holland briefed the Council on the new downtown park procurement; two bids were received but did not meet the three-bid threshold, prompting readvertisement and an April 23 bid opening and possible special meeting to consider responses.
Council voted unanimously to adopt revisions to the Boards and Commissions Ordinance reflecting background checks, ethics guidelines and term language with one contested removal of a proposed term-limit clause.
