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Board of Commissioners Meeting Recap – May 20, 2024

Posted May 22, 2024

 

The Granville County Board of Commissioners held a regular meeting on Monday, May 20 at the Granville County Convention and Expo Center. The meeting featured a public hearing on the proposed fiscal year 2024-2025 budget. The full budget document can be viewed on the county website and a video of County Manager Drew Cumming’s presentation is available on YouTube. The Board of Commissioners will consider adopting the final budget document during their meeting on June 3, 2024.

 

Other business conducted on May 20 included:

 

– Approval of a contract with Thompson, Price, Scott, Adams, and Co. (TPSA) to conduct the 2023-2024 fiscal year audit and financial statement preparation at a cost of $47,950.

– Reappointing Robert Gorham to the City of Creedmoor Planning Board extraterritorial jurisdiction seat.

– Appointing Kelly Jones to the Granville – Vance District Board of Health pharmacist seat.

– Appointing Commissioner Russ May to the Vance-Granville Community College Board of Trustees.

– Transferring easement rights for the Butner Greenway to the Town of Butner.

– Approving Budget Amendment #10 for fiscal year 2024-2025.

– Approving the surplus and future disposal of five Sheriff’s Office vehicles.

– Approving updates to signature authority on County, Sheriff’s Execution, and Sheriff’s Inmate accounts.

– Approving tax refunds, releases, and write-offs for April 25 through May 6, 2024.

– Approval of memorandum of understanding with the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) to complete a transportation study to include most of southern Granville County.

 

The meeting of the Board of Commissioners is scheduled for Monday, June 3 at 7:00 p.m. at the Granville County Convention and Expo Center.

 

To stay informed about upcoming meetings of the Board of Commissioners, visit the Granville County website at www.granvillecounty.org where you can sign up for the “Sunshine List” and follow the county on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GranvilleCountyGov.

Board of Elections Meeting Notice – May 20, 2024

Posted May 17, 2024

 

The Granville County Board of Elections will meet in the Board of Elections office at 8:30 am on Monday, May 20, 2024 to count provisional ballots.

 

Board of Commissioners Meeting Notice – May 20, 2024

Posted May 17, 2024

 

The Granville County Board of Commissioners will meet at the Granville County Convention & Expo Center, 4185 Highway 15, Oxford, NC on Monday, May 20, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. for the regular scheduled meeting.   A copy of the agenda can be found at this link.

 

Any questions should be directed to Debra Weary, Clerk to the Board, at 919-603-1307 or emailed to  debra.weary@granvillecounty.org 

Notice of Board of Elections Meeting – May 17, 2024

Posted May 16, 2024

 

The Granville County Board of Elections will meet in the Board of Elections office at 8:30 am on Friday, May 17, 2024 for a bipartisan team to conduct the required Sample Audit Count. 

Board of Commissioners Meeting Recap – May 6, 2024

Posted May 14, 2024

 

 

The Granville County Board of Commissioners held a regular meeting on Monday, May 6 at the Granville County Convention and Expo Center. The meeting featured the presentation of the Manager’s recommended budget for fiscal year 2024-2025 and an update from the Granville County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council (JCPC).

 

The recommended fiscal year 2024-2025 budget was presented at the May 6, 2024, meeting of the Granville County Board of Commissioners. The full budget document can be found on the Granville County website at this link.
 
The 2024-2025 County Manager’s recommended operating budget totals $87,236,613 with a Fire Protection Budget of $3,425,340. The proposed budget includes $27.6 million for Granville County Schools and $1,289,629 for Vance-Granville Community College. $3,471,265 for Granville Health System EMS operating expenses and $513,617 for the purchase of a new ambulance.
 
The proposed budget includes a recommended decrease from the current county tax rate of $0.84 per $100 valuation to a rate of $0.631 per $100. The recommended fire protection tax is recommended to remain flat at $0.06 per $100. The fire protection district includes all areas of Granville County NOT within the Town of Butner, City of Creedmoor, City of Oxford, and Town of Stem.
 
The County Manager’s recommended budget also includes the following key items:
 
– Additional 1% 401(k) match to county employees (up from the current 2% match).
– Maintain the existing merit pool to allow up to 4% salary increases.
– Increase funding to the county health plan from the current $4.2 million to $5 million to cover rising health insurance costs.
– Provide the county’s volunteer fire departments with pay for daytime drivers, grant match funds to leverage funding from the state and federal government, incentivize medical response training, and allow the purchase of new equipment and trucks.
– A formal capital improvement plan to renovate, build, or expand county facilities including the construction of the North Granville Senior Center, Courthouse renovation, and Granville County Schools and Vance-Granville Community College capital needs.
– Add three new full-time positions: Assistant Director of Development Services, Deputy Director of Social Services, and Social Work Program Administrator. All these positions would be 100% or 50% funded with revenue outside of county tax dollars.

 

Eddie Crews and Reverend Tolokun Omokunde provided a report on recent activities by JCPC. Ongoing programs coordinated by JCPC include Community Connections counseling service, Community Service/Restitution programs, Teen Court, Positive Action Program, and Trails to Success. In the past year JCPC has served 122 juveniles through these programs designed to keep juveniles out of the criminal justice system.

 

Other business conducted on May 6 included:

 

– The introduction of Finance Director Jennifer Baird.

– Approval of the JCPC County Plan for fiscal year 2024-2025.

– Approval of the JCPC membership list for fiscal year 2024-2025.

– Holding a public hearing and approving an amendment to the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) for Nugget Comfort, LLC.

– Authorizing the County Manager to execute an accreditation manager contract for the Granville County Sheriff’s Office with Belinda L. Pounds in the amount of $19,999.81. Funding will come from a North Carolina Governor’s Crime Commission grant.

– Reappointing Michael Smith to the Granville County ABC Board.

– Appointing Joe Stallings to the Economic Development Director position on the Granville County Tourism Development Authority.

– Appointing Adam McConnell to the Kerr-Tar Regional Economic Development Commission – Triangle North Board.

– Approval of an Emergency Communications Consulting Contract with Tonya Evans for a not to exceed amount of $30,000.

– Approval of a short-term lease for the 2nd floor of 204 Williamsboro Street and a long-term lease for the entire facility after the 1st floor becomes available later this year.

– Approval of an interlocal agreement with Granville-Vance Public Health for Opioid Community Development Specialist Services.

– Approval of an amendment to the previously approved contract with Portman Industrial, LLC to extend the examination period for the purchase of property at Triangle North Granville Business Park.

– Approval of the surplus of one county-owned vehicle.

– Approval of tax refunds, releases, and write-offs for April 4 to April 24, 2024.

– Approval of a property tax adjustment for a building destroyed by fire.

– Issuing a proclamation for May 5 to May 11, 2024, as Clerks to the Board of County Commissioners Week in Granville County.

– Approval of the March 18 and April 1, 2024, meeting minutes.

 

The next meetings of the Granville County Board of Commissioners will be the annual budget workshops scheduled for Monday, May 13 and Wednesday, May 15 at 9:00 a.m. at the Granville County Convention and Expo Center. An additional workshop will be held on Thursday, May 16 at 9:00 a.m. if needed. The next regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners is scheduled for Monday, May 20 at 7:00 p.m. at the Granville County Convention and Expo Center.

 

To stay informed about upcoming meetings of the Board of Commissioners, visit the Granville County website at www.granvillecounty.org where you can sign up for the “Sunshine List” and follow the county on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/GranvilleCountyGov.

Board of Commissioners Budget Work Sessions Notice – May 13 & 15, 2024

Posted May 10, 2024

 

The Granville County Board of Commissioners will meet at the Granville Convention & Expo Center, 4185 Highway 15, Oxford, NC on Monday, May 13, 2024 at 9:00 a.m., and Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at 9:00 a.m., and if necessary on Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. to hold budget work sessions on the proposed fiscal year 2024-2025 budget.  

 

The meeting agenda is available at this link.

Public Hearing on Proposed FY 2024-2025 Budget

Posted May 8, 2024

 

The proposed 2024-2025 budget for Granville County has been submitted to the Granville County Board of Commissioners in accordance with the Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act.  A copy of the proposed budget is available for public inspection in the Office of the Clerk to the Board and at the Richard H. Thornton Library and other library branches.  The proposed budget is also available on the Granville County website.

 

The Board of Commissioners will conduct a Public Hearing to receive comments on the proposed budget on Monday, May 20, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. or shortly thereafter in the Auditorium, Granville Convention and Expo Center, 4185 US Highway 15 South in Oxford.

Board of Elections Meeting Cancellation Notice – May 7, 2024

Posted May 7, 2024

 

The Granville County Board of Elections absentee meeting that was scheduled for Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 5:00 pm has been cancelled since there are no absentee ballots to count.

 

 

Tonya C. Burnette

Elections Director

Granville Hosts NCACC District Meeting

Posted May 6, 2024

 

 
On Friday, May 3, Granville County hosted the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners District 8 meeting at the Granville County Convention and Expo Center. District 8 consists of Granville, Franklin, Person, Vance, and Warren counties.
 
NCACC Executive Director Kevin Leonard, NCACC Board of Directors President Carswell (Burke County) and Past President Tracey Johnson (Washington County) welcomed the five-county cohort and spoke about the services offered by NCACC including lobbying and advocacy efforts to benefits counties at the state and federal levels and technical assistance offered for counties, called Strategic Member Services, which is set to train the next generation of local government professionals while also providing much needed capacity to understaffed rural counties.
 
Representatives from each of the five District 8 counties spoke about the challenges they are each facing and how NCACC can better serve their members in this region.
 
Thank you to NCACC for hosting this year’s District 8 meeting in Granville County and to each member county for attending!

Free Rabies Vaccine Clinic at Corinth VFD – May 11, 2024

Posted May 6, 2024

 

 

Granville County Animal Control and the Corinth Volunteer Fire Department will host a FREE rabies vaccination clinic on Saturday, May 11 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Corinth Volunteer Fire Department (3660 NC Highway 96, Oxford)

 

1-year and 3-year vaccines will be available for dogs and cats. To receive the 3-year vaccine pet owners MUST bring paper certificate proof of prior vaccine.

 

All owners will be asked to stay in their cars and the vaccines will be administered to dogs while still in their owners vehicles. Cats will be taken inside the fire department.

 

All cats must be in carriers and all dogs must be leashed.

 

Thank you to Dr. Trudi Bowden, the Corinth Volunteer Fire Department and our Granville County Animal Shelter Friends volunteers!

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