09-27-2024 Meeting Minutes BOCSeptember 27, 2024
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PERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS September 27, 2024
MEMBERS PRESENT OTHERS PRESENT
Gordon Powell Katherine M. Cathey, County Manager
C. Derrick Sims Michele Solomon, Clerk to the Board
Kyle W. Puryear T.C. Morphis, Jr., County Attorney
Charlie Palmer
Jason Thomas
The Board of Commissioners for the County of Person, North Carolina, met in
special session on Friday September 27, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. in the Commissioners’
Boardroom 215 in the Person County Office Building located at 304 S. Morgan Street,
Roxboro, NC.
A motion was made by Commissioner Palmer and carried 5-0 to enter into Closed
Session at 9:00 a.m. per General Statute 143-318.11(a)(3) and (4) to consult with the
County Attorney regarding Main Stream Earthwork, Inc. v. Person County, Person 24 CVS
182-270, and other matters protected by attorney-client privilege and to discuss matters
relating to the location or expansion of industries or other businesses in the area served by
the public body with the following individuals allowed to attend: County Manager
Katherine Cathey, Clerk to the Board Michele Solomon, County Attorney T.C. Morphis,
Jr., and Economic Development Director Brandy Lynch.
A motion was made by Vice Chairman Sims and carried 5-0 to return to open
session at 10:18 a.m.
A motion was made by Commissioner Puryear and carried 5-0 to hold a Public
Hearing for Economic Development purposes on October 15, 2024 at 9:00 a.m., and to
instruct staff to advertise the public hearing in the next edition of the Courier-Times.
ADJOURNMENT:
A motion was made by Vice Chairman Sims and carried 5-0 to adjourn the meeting
at 10:19 a.m.
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Michele Solomon Gordon Powell
Clerk to the Board Chairman