9:29 → 11:30(2m 1s)
Chair calls the Feb. 17 meeting to order, leads invocation and pledge; deputy manager (first spoken identification at SEG 019) reports the county manager is sick and requests agenda changes: add an interlocal agreement with Pender County Schools for a lift station (JH Lee School project), remove item 9.1 (road abandonment) for legal ownership concerns, and table item 21.2 (special use permit public notice changes) and 9.7 (redistricting) because the manager cannot present. Commissioners move and approve amendments by voice vote.
Pender County Board of Commissioners held its Feb. 17, 2026 regular meeting. Key items: updates on the EMS/fire consolidation and employee retirement questions; adoption of a county strategic plan; a unanimous resolution opposing Chemours/Fayetteville Works expansion; approval of a Hampstead library construction contract and budget amendment; several procurement and personnel items; and public comment focusing on redistricting and emergency access concerns.
