07-22-2019 Meeting Minutes BOCb
July 22, 2019
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PERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS JULY 22, 2019
MEMBERS PRESENT OTHERS PRESENT
David B. Newell, Sr. Heidi York, County Manager
Gordon Powell C. Ronald Aycock, County Attorney
Jimmy B. Clayton Brenda B. Reaves, Clerk to the Board
Kyle W. Puryear
B. Ray Jeffers
The Board of Commissioners for the County of Person, North Carolina, met in
recessed session on Monday, July 22, 2019 at 6:00pm in the FEMA room in the Person
County Human Services Building located at 355 S. Madison Blvd., Roxboro, NC for the
purpose to meet jointly with the Board of Health.
Chairman Newell called the recessed meeting to order.
The Board of Health opened its meeting and proceeded to make a motion to enter
closed session per General Statute 143-318.11(a)(6) to consider the qualifications,
competence, performance, character, fitness, conditions of appointment, or conditions of
initial employment of an individual public officer or employee or prospective public officer
or employee; or to hear or investigate a complaint, charge, or grievance by or against an
individual public officer or employee (personnel) with the following permitted to attend:
The Board of Commissioners: David Newell, Sr., Ray Jeffers, Kyle Puryear, Jimmy
Clayton and Gordon Powell, County Manager, Heidi York, Clerk to the Board Brenda
Reaves, County Attorney, Ron Aycock, Health Director, Janet Clayton, Interim Assistant
County Manager, Laura Jensen, Human Resources Director, Angie Warren, Assistant
Human Resources Director, Sonya Carver
CLOSED SESSION #2:
A motion was made by Commissioner Clayton and carried 5-0 to enter closed
session per General Statute 143-318.11(a)(6) to consider the qualifications, competence,
performance, character, fitness, conditions of appointment, or conditions of initial
employment of an individual public officer or employee or prospective public officer or
employee; or to hear or investigate a complaint, charge, or grievance by or against an
individual public officer or employee (personnel) with the following permitted to attend:
The Board of Health: Dr. Jeff Noblett, Ted Michie, Barbara Harris, Patsy Clayton, Steven
Bailey, Philip Edelblute and Dr. Stephen Saunders, County Manager, Heidi York, Clerk to
the Board Brenda Reaves, County Attorney, Ron Aycock, Health Director, Janet Clayton,
Interim Assistant County Manager, Laura Jensen, Human Resources Director, Angie
Warren, and Assistant Human Resources Director, Sonya Carver.
July 22, 2019
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Board of Health members that were absent were: Dr. Kimberly Yarborough,
Christopher Atkins, Jr., and Ben Tillett. Board of Health member, Dr. Barbara Harris was
absent until 6:52pm.
A motion was made by Commissioner Puryear and carried 5-0 to return to open
session at 7:22pm.
A motion was made by Commissioner Puryear and carried 4-1 to reinstate the
Medical Lab Technician I position and the two Public Health Nurse III positions back into
the 2019-2020 Fiscal Year County Budget. Commissioner Clayton cast the lone dissenting
vote due to his desire to have this item come back to before the Board of Commissioners
at a regular meeting, noting he was not necessarily against the positions.
ADJOURNMENT:
A motion was made by Commissioner Clayton and carried 5-0 to adjourn the
meeting at 7:24pm.
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Brenda B. Reaves David B. Newell, Sr.
Clerk to the Board Chairman