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PERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
MEMBERS PRESENT OTHERS PRESENT
Tracey L. Kendrick 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
regular session on Tuesday, September 4, 2018 at 7:00pm in the Commissioners’ meeting
room in the Person County Office Building.
Chairman Kendrick called the meeting to order. Vice Chairman Powell offered an
invocation and Commissioner Puryear led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance.
DISCUSSION/ADJUSTMENT/APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
Commissioner Puryear requested to add to the agenda a Closed Session #2 for the
purpose of considering the acquisition of real property.
Commissioner Clayton requested to add to the agenda consideration to change the
Board’s October 15, 2018 regularly scheduled meeting date to October 22, 2018.
A motion was made by Vice Chairman Powell and carried 5-0 to add a Closed
Session #2 as well as add an item to consider changing the regularly scheduled October 15,
2018 meeting to be held on October 22, 2018 to the agenda and to approve the agenda, as
adjusted.
PUBLIC HEARING:
AMEND AN ORDINANCE REGULATING ADDRESSING AND ROAD NAMING
IN PERSON COUNTY:
A motion was made by Commissioner Puryear and carried 5-0 to open the duly
advertised public hearing for proposed amendments to Person County’s Ordinance
Regulating Addressing and Road Naming.
Sallie Vaughn, GIS Manager presented proposed amendments to the County’s
Ordinance Regulating Addressing and Road Naming to include industry-standard
terminology, change the timing of address placement on new construction projects, allow
address visibility to be checked during the permitting process, improve address visibility
requirements, and keep up with development trends within the County.
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Ms. Vaughn summarized the requested text amendments:
1. Added definitions to include up-to-date industry terms, including “Structure” and
“Master Address Repository (MAR)” (Definitions),
2. For new construction projects, require 911 address be posted on the premises at the
time of the first inspection (Article VII. C),
3. For new projects at existing structures requiring permits, the Building Inspector
may choose to fail an inspection if an address is not posted on the premises (Article
VII. D),
4. Require that 911 addresses be assigned to all structures such as solar farms,
electrified signs, telecom facilities, and utility structures such as natural gas booster
stations, electrical substations, and wastewater life stations, and other non-dwelling
structures (Article III. A.),
5. Require that all new RV parks/travel trailer parks have 911 addresses assigned to
each permanent lot (Article V, Section 502, B), and
6. Require that posted addresses must be visible in all lighting and weather conditions
(Article V. Section 504, 3).
Commissioner Clayton requested a change in Section 402-B on page 7, to read
“The name of any new street, whether it is public or private, shall not duplicate or be
phonetically similar to any other street name within the entire county and a five-mile radius
extending into adjacent Counties in North Carolina and Virginia; including
municipalities. The Board accepted Commissioner Clayton’s change noted in bold.
Commissioner Jeffers asked Ms. Vaughn to confirm that any service with an
electrical meter would now require an address. She stated the utilities have asked their
office to provide an address and they have been doing so for some time. Ms. Vaughn said
that farmers with heated troughs and other electrical services have been assigned an
address. She added that the proposed amendments would not affect the U.S. Postal Service
mail delivery nor would any roads require to be upgraded. The point to which a road would
require an upgrade was with three or more dwellings.
There were no individuals appearing before the Board to speak in favor of or in
opposition to the proposed amendments to Person County’s Ordinance Regulating
Addressing and Road Naming.
A motion was made by Vice Chairman Powell and carried 5-0 to close the public
hearing for proposed amendments to Person County’s Ordinance Regulating Addressing
and Road Naming.
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CONSIDERATION TO GRANT OR DENY REQUEST BY GIS STAFF TO
AMEND AN ORDINANCE REGULATING ADDRESSING AND ROAD NAMING
IN PERSON COUNTY:
A motion was made by Vice Chairman Powell and carried 5-0 to accept the
amendments to the County’s Ordinance Regulating Addressing and Road Naming as
presented by Ms. Vaughn as well as the change suggested by Commissioner Clayton. The
Ordinance Regulating Addressing and Road Naming in Person County, as amended on this
date, follows:
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INFORMAL COMMENTS:
The following individuals appeared before the Board to make informal comments:
Mr. Claude Steen of 416 Charlie Moore Road, Timberlake, and a retired pastor,
spoke in opposition to the Brunch Bill that was on the Board’s agenda. Mr. Steen presented
information to the group in the form of a handout containing information related to a New
Scientific Study that must be considered in any decisions regarding alcohol legislation
highlighted in an article entitled “Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories,
1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 that was
published in The Lancet, a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal.
Mr. Ronnie Shepard of 315 Carter Lane, Roxboro stated opposition to the proposed
sale of the Roxboro Country Club noting the County would be losing an economic
development asset. He asked the Board to consider taking over the Roxboro Country Club
so that it would remain a golf course in Person County.
Mr. Ronny Hicks of 120 Sand Trap Lane, Roxboro asked the Board to consider the
option to take over the Roxboro Country Club noting it had a pool that the county has been
talking about for years.
Mr. Johnny Blanks of 1525 Cavel Chub Lake Road, Roxboro asked the Board to
look into taking over the Roxboro Country Club. Mr. Blanks opined that tax values may
go down if low rent housing were to come in on that property. He said golfers would have
to travel out of county to play golf.
Mr. Troy Rust of 3834 Union Grove Church Road, Hurdle Mills stated opposition
to the Brunch Bill that was on the Board’s agenda. He quoted biblical scripture noting if
alcohol consumption did not increase, the Brunch Bill would be a failure. Mr. Rust said
the action to allow alcohol to be served for two additional hours in the week was only about
the dollar and would risk lives being lost.
DISCUSSION/ADJUSTMENT/APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA:
A motion was made by Commissioner Jeffers and carried 5-0 to approve the
Consent Agenda with the following items:
A. Approval of Minutes of August 20, 2018,
B. Budget Amendment #4,
C. Appropriation Transfer between departments for NeoGov training software,
and
D. Resolution requesting that the Eno-Haw Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan add
Person County and the City of Roxboro to the Eno-Haw Regional Hazard
Mitigation Plan
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UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
SECOND READING OF A PROPOSED ORDINANCE TO ALLOW THE SALE OF
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES BEFORE NOON ON SUNDAYS AT LICENSED
PREMISES:
Chairman Kendrick read and presented the Second Reading of an Ordinance to
Allow the Sale of Alcoholic Beverages before Noon on Sundays at Licensed Premises.
Commissioner Clayton stated his opposition to the proposed Ordinance.
Commissioner Jeffers said he had spoken with owners of convenience stores that
had lost sales to bordering counties that already have the Brunch Bill noting they wanted
the opportunity to make the sale to their customers.
A motion was made by Chairman Kendrick and carried 3-2 to adopt an Ordinance
to Allow the Sale of Alcoholic Beverages before Noon on Sundays at Licensed Premises.
Chairman Kendrick and Commissioners Puryear and Jeffers voted in favor of the motion.
Vice Chairman Powell and Commissioner Clayton voted in opposition to the motion. The
ordinance, as adopted follows:
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NEW BUSINESS:
APPOINTMENT TO JUVENILE CRIME PREVENTION COUNCIL:
Clerk to the Board, Brenda Reaves presented a citizen application for consideration
for Board for appointment noting Vice Chairman Powell recruited for a vacancy on the
Juvenile Crime Prevention Council.
Juvenile Crime Prevention Council
2-Year Term:
1 position for a Juvenile Defense Attorney
1) Thomas Christopher Perkins, Attorney submitted application requesting appointment
A motion was made by Chairman Kendrick and carried 5-0 to appoint Thomas
Christopher Perkins, Attorney as the Juvenile Defense Attorney representative on the
Juvenile Crime Prevention Council for a 2-year term.
CONSIDERATION TO CHANGE THE BOARD’S REGULARLY SCHEDULED
OCTOBER 15, 2018 TO OCTOBER 22, 2018:
Commissioner Clayton requested Board consideration to change the regular
scheduled Board meeting on October 15, 2018 to be held on October 22, 2018 due to a
conflict he had with the Kerr Tar Council of Government Board meeting in Charlotte.
A motion was made by Commissioner Clayton and carried 5-0 to change the
Board’s October 15, 2018 regular scheduled meeting to now be held on October 22, 2018.
The start time of the meeting, 9:00am and the location of the meeting, in the Board’s usual
meeting room 215, remained the same.
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CHAIRMAN’S REPORT:
Chairman Kendrick had no report.
MANAGER’S REPORT:
County Manager, Heidi York announced that on October 1, 2018, Amanda Everett
would serve at Person Industries’ Director. She added the current Director was retiring on
the same date.
Ms. York reported that the required public hearing to receive comments related to
the proposal for purchase of Person County’s Home Health and Hospice Agencies would
be advertised in the September 5, 2018 edition of the paper to be held at the Board’s
September 17, 2018 regularly scheduled meeting. She added that the Letter of Intent as
well as the Offer Proposal are available for public viewing in the Office of the Clerk to the
Board.
COMMISSIONER REPORT/COMMENTS:
Vice Chairman Powell had no report.
Commissioner Puryear had no report.
Commissioner Clayton reminded the group of the upcoming Kerr Tar Council of
Government annual awards banquet scheduled for September 27, 2018 in Oxford.
Commissioner Jeffers commented that he had information he would pass along to
the County Manager related to a group that builds a brick display, free of charge, for display
of the US Constitution and Bill of Rights, should the Board be interested. He said he
thought the Person Veterans Park or the lawn at the Courthouse would be appropriate
locations in the county. It was the consensus of the Board to pursue this opportunity.
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CLOSED SESSION #1
A motion was made by Commissioner Puryear and carried 5-0 to enter into Closed
Session per General Statute 143-318.11(a)(3) at 7:30pm for the purpose to consult with the
county attorney in order to preserve the attorney-client privilege as well as per General
Statute 143-318.11(a)(4) for the purpose of discussion of matters relating to the location or
expansion of industries or other businesses in the county (economic development) with
the following individuals permitted to attend: County Manager, Heidi York, Clerk to the
Board, Brenda Reaves, County Attorney, Ron Aycock, Economic Development Specialist,
Sherry Wilborn and Person County Business Industrial Center President, David Newell,
Sr.
A motion was made by Commissioner Jeffers and carried 5-0 to return to open
session at 7:50pm.
A motion was made by Commissioner Jeffers and carried 5-0 to accept and
approve a transfer of an Assignment of Option to Purchase Agreement, by and between
Person County Business Industrial Center, a non-profit, to Person County.
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CLOSED SESSION #2
A motion was made by Vice Chairman Powell and carried 5-0 to enter into Closed
Session per General Statute 143-318.11(a)(3) at 7:51pm to establish, or to instruct the
public body's staff or negotiating agents concerning the position to be taken by or on behalf
of the public body in negotiating (i) the price and other material terms of a contract or
proposed contract for the acquisition of real property by purchase, option, exchange, or
lease; or (ii) the amount of compensation and other material terms of an employment
contract or proposed employment contract with the following individuals permitted to
attend: County Manager, Heidi York, Clerk to the Board, Brenda Reaves, County Attorney,
Ron Aycock and Person County Business Industrial Center President, David Newell, Sr.
A motion was made by Commissioner Jeffers and carried 5-0 to return to open
session at 8:35pm.
ADJOURNMENT:
A motion was made by Commissioner Puryear and carried 5-0 to adjourn the
meeting at 8:35pm.
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Brenda B. Reaves Tracey L. Kendrick
Clerk to the Board Chairman