September 8, 2026 recap of the Harnett County Board of Commissioners

Transcript

Download: Text · SRT
SOURCE TRANSCRIPT

This transcript is downloaded from the source you provided but we haven't reviewed it for accuracy. Treat it as a starting point, not a verbatim record. You can also request an AI-transcription of the audio file with the button to the left.

These are YouTube's auto-generated captions, not a human transcript — expect occasional errors, especially with names and technical terms.
[0:11] Good morning. My name is Ezray Patrick and this is a recap of the Harnett
[0:15] County Board of Commissioners meeting >> [music]
[0:17] » for September 8th, 2026. The Harnett County Heroes Remembrance
[0:21] presentation highlighted Ricky Brown. During public comment period, seven
[0:28] individuals provided remarks. [music]
[0:32] Four presentations took place. First, the American 250 Committee presented a
[0:38] shadow box in honor of Harnett County and the 250th anniversary of the United
[0:44] States. Then, Harnett County Schools presented
[0:48] an attendance awareness month proclamation.
[0:55] The Johnston-Lee-Harnett Community Action Group [music]
[0:59] presentation took place and they provided information regarding the
[1:03] programs they offer to the community. Human Resources gave a presentation
[1:09] [music] regarding the exit survey and turnover
[1:13] rate of employees.
[1:16] The consent agenda included meeting minutes of July 20th and August 17th.
[1:21] [music]
[1:24] A discussion was held regarding changing the UDO to appendix B, fire code.
[1:31] Action items included a request from the Public Information Office
[1:35] » [music] >> to discuss an updated internal social
[1:38] media policy for employees. This was approved.
[1:43] A request [music] from Veteran Services to accept $70,000
[1:48] from Alliance Health [music] for Veterans Treatment Court
[1:51] participants. This was approved. A request [music] from General
[1:57] for approval of the North Carolina Department of Transportation
[2:02] » [music] >> fiscal year 2027
[2:05] 5311 community transportation rural formula
[2:10] grant. This was approved. A request from General Services to
[2:17] submit a pre-application [music] for the US Department of Agriculture housing
[2:22] preservation grant. This was approved.
[2:28] A request from General Services to apply for
[2:31] » [music] >> the Fayetteville Area Metropolitan
[2:34] Planning Organization, also known as FAMPO, 5310
[2:39] capital grant program. This was approved.
[2:45] A request from Harnett Regional Jetport to discuss a resolution requesting the
[2:50] abandonment of portion of Airport Road. This was approved.
[2:58] A request from Emergency Services regarding the fireworks application from
[3:03] Pyro Shows for Campbell University's football season fireworks display.
[3:09] This was approved. Then, a request from the Opioid Task
[3:15] Force regarding the updated [music] strategic plan SOLVE 2.0.
[3:22] This was approved.
[3:27] A request from the senior staff attorney regarding approval of the updated
[3:32] vehicle use policy. This was approved.
[3:37] A request from the senior staff [music] attorney for the convenience of 85
[3:43] Gilchrist Lane in Erwin. This was approved.
[3:50] During the county manager's report, the budget amendments were approved.
[3:54] A motion to authorize the chairman to sign contract amendments exceeding the
[3:59] manager's signature threshold was approved.
[4:04] The tax rebates, releases, and refunds as [music] requested by the tax
[4:09] administrator were approved. A motion to approve the resolution
[4:15] [music] requesting the North Carolina Department
[4:17] of Transportation to add several roads to the state's secondary road [music]
[4:23] system. This was approved. For new business, Commissioner Jaggers
[4:29] expressed [music] that the board should send letters to
[4:32] the state legislator regarding property taxes for individuals over the age of 65
[4:39] who've been in their home for over a certain period of time. Commissioner
[4:43] Nickel mentioned [music] adding veterans to that letter as well. More information
[4:47] will come soon. To watch the full meeting, visit
[4:51] www.harnett.org/boc.
[4:54] [music] The next meeting will take place on
[4:57] Tuesday, September 15th at 9:00 a.m. Please visit our website [music] or
[5:01] follow us on Facebook, Instagram, X, or Nextdoor to stay up-to-date on all
[5:05] things happening in Harnett County. [music]
[5:08] I hope you have a wonderful week.