1 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:17,030 Good morning. My name is Ezray Patrick and this is a recap of the Harnett 2 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:20,040 County Board of Commissioners meeting >> [music] 3 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:26,440 » for September 8th, 2026. The Harnett County Heroes Remembrance 4 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:32,150 presentation highlighted Ricky Brown. During public comment period, seven 5 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:32,150 individuals provided remarks. [music] 6 00:00:32,160 --> 00:00:40,920 Four presentations took place. First, the American 250 Committee presented a 7 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:46,360 shadow box in honor of Harnett County and the 250th anniversary of the United 8 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:51,200 States. Then, Harnett County Schools presented 9 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:54,200 an attendance awareness month proclamation. 10 00:00:55,400 --> 00:01:01,160 The Johnston-Lee-Harnett Community Action Group [music] 11 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:07,680 presentation took place and they provided information regarding the 12 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:10,160 programs they offer to the community. Human Resources gave a presentation 13 00:01:09,430 --> 00:01:16,640 [music] regarding the exit survey and turnover 14 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:16,640 rate of employees. 15 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:23,895 The consent agenda included meeting minutes of July 20th and August 17th. 16 00:01:21,875 --> 00:01:23,895 [music] 17 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:33,880 A discussion was held regarding changing the UDO to appendix B, fire code. 18 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:35,760 Action items included a request from the Public Information Office 19 00:01:35,631 --> 00:01:41,640 » [music] >> to discuss an updated internal social 20 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:46,120 media policy for employees. This was approved. 21 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:49,960 A request [music] from Veteran Services to accept $70,000 22 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:55,360 from Alliance Health [music] for Veterans Treatment Court 23 00:01:51,440 --> 00:02:00,640 participants. This was approved. A request [music] from General 24 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:02,640 for approval of the North Carolina Department of Transportation 25 00:02:02,486 --> 00:02:06,960 » [music] >> fiscal year 2027 26 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:14,600 5311 community transportation rural formula 27 00:02:10,119 --> 00:02:19,600 grant. This was approved. A request from General Services to 28 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:24,560 submit a pre-application [music] for the US Department of Agriculture housing 29 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:28,040 preservation grant. This was approved. 30 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:32,000 A request from General Services to apply for 31 00:02:31,961 --> 00:02:36,959 » [music] >> the Fayetteville Area Metropolitan 32 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:43,120 Planning Organization, also known as FAMPO, 5310 33 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:48,240 capital grant program. This was approved. 34 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:55,000 A request from Harnett Regional Jetport to discuss a resolution requesting the 35 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:58,480 abandonment of portion of Airport Road. This was approved. 36 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:06,239 A request from Emergency Services regarding the fireworks application from 37 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:13,080 Pyro Shows for Campbell University's football season fireworks display. 38 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:18,000 This was approved. Then, a request from the Opioid Task 39 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:26,760 Force regarding the updated [music] strategic plan SOLVE 2.0. 40 00:03:22,959 --> 00:03:26,760 This was approved. 41 00:03:27,640 --> 00:03:35,040 A request from the senior staff attorney regarding approval of the updated 42 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:39,760 vehicle use policy. This was approved. 43 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:45,480 A request from the senior staff [music] attorney for the convenience of 85 44 00:03:43,239 --> 00:03:52,120 Gilchrist Lane in Erwin. This was approved. 45 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:57,160 During the county manager's report, the budget amendments were approved. 46 00:03:54,560 --> 00:04:01,880 A motion to authorize the chairman to sign contract amendments exceeding the 47 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:04,680 manager's signature threshold was approved. 48 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:13,280 The tax rebates, releases, and refunds as [music] requested by the tax 49 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:16,079 administrator were approved. A motion to approve the resolution 50 00:04:15,452 --> 00:04:20,840 [music] requesting the North Carolina Department 51 00:04:17,959 --> 00:04:26,960 of Transportation to add several roads to the state's secondary road [music] 52 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:30,600 system. This was approved. For new business, Commissioner Jaggers 53 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:35,440 expressed [music] that the board should send letters to 54 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:41,000 the state legislator regarding property taxes for individuals over the age of 65 55 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:45,240 who've been in their home for over a certain period of time. Commissioner 56 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:49,240 Nickel mentioned [music] adding veterans to that letter as well. More information 57 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:54,080 will come soon. To watch the full meeting, visit 58 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:54,080 www.harnett.org/boc. 59 00:04:54,098 --> 00:05:00,400 [music] The next meeting will take place on 60 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:04,160 Tuesday, September 15th at 9:00 a.m. Please visit our website [music] or 61 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:07,198 follow us on Facebook, Instagram, X, or Nextdoor to stay up-to-date on all 62 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:11,600 things happening in Harnett County. [music] 63 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:11,600 I hope you have a wonderful week.