[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.
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The next meeting will take place on
[4:57] Tuesday, September 15th at 9:00 a.m.
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[5:08] I hope you have a wonderful week.