[1:59] Mhm.
[2:39] » meeting
[2:40] of the Currituck County Board of
[2:41] Commissioners for the purpose of
[2:43] appointing a new sheriff for Currituck
[2:45] County.
[2:46] I think this is an historic event. I
[2:48] don't think a Republican sheriff has
[2:49] ever been appointed in Currituck County.
[2:51] Of course, Sheriff Eso was won his
[2:53] election outright and uh
[2:56] so I think this is a first for many of
[2:58] us.
[2:59] All right, let's get down to business.
[3:02] I'd like to invite uh
[3:05] Clerk of Superior Court Ken Roper to
[3:06] come and lead us in the Pledge of
[3:08] Allegiance.
[3:08] >> Everybody, please stand.
[3:10] Please place your right hand over your
[3:11] heart and join me in the Pledge.
[3:13] >> I pledge allegiance to the flag
[3:15] of the United States of America and to
[3:17] the Republic for which it stands, one
[3:20] nation under God, indivisible, with
[3:23] liberty and justice for all.
[3:33] » Now, I would like to invite uh
[3:35] Pastor Chad Barrow of Glad Tidings
[3:37] Church and the Currituck County
[3:39] Sheriff's Office Chaplain to deliver the
[3:41] invocation.
[3:47] » I promise you I will not preach today.
[3:51] I'd just like to say something before I
[3:53] do pray.
[3:54] I thank God for Sheriff Ace Buck
[3:58] who asked me about 5 or 6 years ago to
[4:01] come and be the chaplain to him and to
[4:04] the deputies. He
[4:06] uh
[4:07] definitely told me said not to the jail.
[4:09] He said Shed, I I need you and the
[4:11] deputies need you. So, I thank God for
[4:13] that.
[4:14] And uh
[4:16] God has blessed him and he's going to
[4:18] continue to do great things for the
[4:20] county and the state. I believe that.
[4:23] About 3 weeks ago
[4:25] uh I called John Nyberg and to meet with
[4:29] him.
[4:30] And I met with him for about an hour.
[4:33] And I will say this.
[4:35] John
[4:37] is a kind-hearted
[4:39] person.
[4:41] And I shared with him before I left.
[4:44] Uh
[4:45] one of my parishioners several years ago
[4:47] told me when I started uh to pastor.
[4:50] And that time I pastored a
[4:54] all African-American church.
[4:57] And it was hard.
[4:59] And she told me she said stand firm
[5:03] but be gentle.
[5:05] And I did that. And God delivered me
[5:07] from cussing.
[5:10] And I thank God for that.
[5:13] But I'm at a place now is multicultural
[5:15] and it's just as sweet as it could be.
[5:17] It almost blow my mind. I thought I had
[5:19] died and went to heaven.
[5:21] But uh John
[5:22] stand firm.
[5:24] You have to.
[5:26] And be as gentle as you can.
[5:29] Because not only are you dealing with
[5:30] the deputies, you're dealing with the
[5:32] county. And I will continue to pray for
[5:34] you, my brother.
[5:37] Let us pray.
[5:38] Father God, I thank you
[5:41] for Sheriff Buck
[5:44] the years that he served. And we thank
[5:47] you for him and that you will continue
[5:48] to grace him
[5:50] and be with him. But Lord, we thank you
[5:52] for John Nyberg,
[5:55] who's standing in the gap,
[5:57] sheriff-elect,
[5:59] and I believe in my heart in November,
[6:01] Lord, he will be the sheriff.
[6:05] But right now, he will be the acting
[6:06] sheriff. So, we're asking you to be with
[6:09] him, his wife and his children and
[6:12] grandchildren, and to be with this
[6:14] county in Jesus' name. Amen.
[6:17] >> Amen.
[6:19] Thank you, Reverend Barber.
[6:22] » In accordance with the state government
[6:23] ethics [clears throat] act, it is the
[6:24] duty of every board member to avoid both
[6:26] conflicts of interest and the appearance
[6:27] of conflict. Does any board member have
[6:30] any known conflict of interest or the
[6:31] appearance of conflict with respect to
[6:33] any matter coming before the board this
[6:34] evening
[6:36] or this morning?
[6:37] If so, please identify the con- conflict
[6:40] and refrain from any undue participation
[6:42] in the particular matter.
[6:45] Is there a motion to adopt adopt the
[6:47] agenda?
[6:48] >> So moved.
[6:49] >> Motion by Commissioner Shin.
[6:51] >> Second.
[6:51] >> Seconded by Commissioner Moore. All in
[6:53] favor?
[6:57] The purpose of the today's special
[6:59] meeting, as previously stated, is to
[7:01] fill the vacancy of the office of
[7:02] sheriff. As required by North Carolina
[7:04] law, the board has consulted with the
[7:05] county executive committee of the
[7:07] political party with which the former
[7:09] sheriff was affiliated and has received
[7:12] its recommendation. The board will now
[7:14] consider the matters necessary to fill
[7:15] the vacancy, including approval of the
[7:17] sheriff's bond, appointment to the
[7:19] office of sheriff, and administration of
[7:22] the required oaths of office.
[7:25] Mr. Clark, we got the bond and we got
[7:27] the uh recommendation from the executive
[7:29] committee.
[7:30] >> That's correct.
[7:33] » We're going to have three separate
[7:34] motions.
[7:36] I'm going to read the motion, and then
[7:37] I'm going to ask someone to uh
[7:40] say so moved, and then someone to second
[7:42] it. So.
[7:43] The motion number one is for the bond
[7:45] approval.
[7:46] The chair will entertain a motion to
[7:48] approve the surety bond and related bond
[7:50] instruments for John Robert Nyberg for
[7:52] the office of Sheriff of Carteret County
[7:54] in the amount required by law and to
[7:56] adopt the related resolution contingent
[7:59] upon his appointment to the office.
[8:01] >> So moved.
[8:03] >> All right. Motion by Commissioner Quinn,
[8:06] seconded by Commissioner Moore. All in
[8:08] favor?
[8:09] Mhm. Second motion. Chair will entertain
[8:12] a motion to appoint John Robert Nyberg
[8:15] as Sheriff of Carteret County to fill
[8:16] the vacancy in the office of Sheriff
[8:18] following consultation with the County
[8:20] Executive Committee of the political
[8:22] party with which the former Sheriff was
[8:24] affiliated and based upon the
[8:25] committee's recommendation in accordance
[8:28] with North Carolina law.
[8:29] >> So moved.
[8:30] >> Motion by Commissioner Moore, seconded
[8:32] by Commissioner Walter. All in favor?
[8:37] Next we'll have the administration of
[8:39] the oath.
[8:40] The Honorable Clint Rowe, Senior
[8:43] Resident Superior Court Judge for
[8:45] District 4, will administer the oath of
[8:47] office to John Robert Nyberg, Sheriff of
[8:50] Carteret County.
[9:03] » Sheriff, would you come up, please?
[9:08] your left hand on the Bible and
[9:10] raise your right.
[9:12] Do you, John Robert Nyberg, solemnly
[9:15] swear that you will support and maintain
[9:17] the Constitution and the laws of the
[9:19] United States and the Constitution and
[9:22] laws of North Carolina not inconsistent
[9:25] therewith, and that you will faithfully
[9:27] discharge the duties
[9:29] of the office of Sheriff, so help you
[9:32] God?
[9:32] >> I do.
[9:34] >> And do
[9:36] you, John Robert Nyberg solemnly and
[9:39] sincerely swear that you will support
[9:41] the Constitution of the United States
[9:43] and that you will
[9:45] be faithful and bear true allegiance to
[9:47] the state of North Carolina
[9:49] and to the constitutional powers and
[9:51] authorities
[9:53] which are or may be established for the
[9:55] government thereof
[9:57] and that you will endeavor to support,
[9:59] maintain, and defend the Constitution of
[10:01] said state not inconsistent with the
[10:04] Constitution of the United States to the
[10:06] best of your knowledge and ability, so
[10:08] help you God.
[10:09] >> I do.
[10:11] >> And do you
[10:12] John Robert Nyberg solemnly swear that
[10:15] you will execute the office of Sheriff
[10:17] of Carteret County to the best of your
[10:19] knowledge and ability agreeably to law
[10:23] and that you will not take, accept or
[10:25] receive directly or indirectly any fee,
[10:29] gift, bribe, gratuity, or reward
[10:33] whatsoever
[10:34] for returning any man to serve as a
[10:36] juror or for making any false return of
[10:39] process to you directed, so help you
[10:42] God.
[10:43] >> I do.
[10:44] >> CONGRATULATIONS.
[10:46] >> [applause]
[11:31] » I LOVE YOU MUCH.
[11:32] >> THANK YOU.
[11:34] >> SHERIFF.
[11:34] >> THANK
[11:34] >> want to make some brief remarks?
[11:37] >> Well, I thought we would do that once
[11:40] >> All right.
[11:40] >> in the other room.
[11:42] Um
[11:44] in the interest of
[11:48] brevity,
[11:50] >> [laughter]
[12:01] » We'll we'll hold you off right now.
[12:03] >> Okay, I'm going.
[12:05] Um
[12:06] I I just
[12:08] we're going to turn around and do this
[12:09] all again in the other room with all the
[12:11] other deputies.
[12:12] Um
[12:13] I
[12:15] I'm extremely humbled. Um it's it's
[12:18] quite a day for me and my family and I
[12:20] think for Carteret County.
[12:22] Um we've served and had an individual that
[12:27] served us
[12:29] as citizens of Carteret County for
[12:31] almost 20 years.
[12:32] Um they are big shoes to fill.
[12:35] Um
[12:37] The one thing that I will not be able to
[12:38] do is talk as long as he has.
[12:42] So, the rest of it um
[12:44] I wholeheartedly will pour my whole self
[12:47] into this um opportunity and this job
[12:50] and this um
[12:53] purpose.
[12:55] So, thank you very much.
[12:57] >> THANK YOU.
[12:58] >> [applause]
[13:04] >> THANK YOU. UH
[13:05] CONGRATULATIONS, JOHN. UH I WOULD LIKE
[13:07] to invite everyone over to Superior
[13:09] Courtroom number one. We're going to
[13:10] have the
[13:11] another ceremony there, but the years
[13:13] I've known John Nyberg, he's
[13:15] been a man of great integrity and honor
[13:17] and a hard worker and uh
[13:20] I told him he was a kind of a little
[13:21] quiet for politics. We're going to try
[13:22] to break him out of his shell, but he
[13:24] he's coming along and uh and but he is a
[13:27] first class person and uh he does have
[13:30] big shoes to fill with Asa Asa led in
[13:32] the same manner
[13:34] and we are uh
[13:35] certainly uh grateful to have a quality
[13:38] person as our sheriff to continue on
[13:41] through the many changes that's going to
[13:42] be happening to the jail and the
[13:43] sheriff's office and the as the county
[13:45] continues to grow so
[13:47] I'll entertain a motion to adjourn.
[13:49] >> Motion to adjourn.
[13:50] >> Motion by Commissioner Clark seconded by
[13:52] Commissioner Waldrop all in favor?
[13:54] All right let's go next door.