10-30-2025 Meeting Minutes BOCOctober 30, 2025
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PERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS October 30, 2025
MEMBERS PRESENT OTHERS PRESENT
Kyle Puryear Katherine M. Cathey, County Manager
Jason Thomas Michele Solomon, Clerk to the Board
Sherry Wilborn
Antoinetta Royster
Donald Long
The Board of Commissioners for the County of Person, North Carolina, met in a
joint session with Roxboro City Council and the Person County Economic Development
Commission for the Person County Leadership Summit on Thursday October 30, 2025 at
4:00 p.m. in the Person County Office Building Auditorium located at 304 S. Morgan
Street, Roxboro, NC.
Chairman Puryear called the Person County Board of Commissioners meeting to order
and recognized a quorum was present. Mayor Merilyn Newell called the Roxboro City
Council meeting to order and recognized a quorum was present. Chairman Dr. Scott
McKinney called the Person County Economic Development Commission meeting to order
and recognized a quorum was present.
Creative Economic Development Consulting, LLC Founder and CEO Crystal Morphis
facilitated the Person County Leadership Summit. Topics discussed included the following:
Fundamentals of Economic Development
Assessment of Person County’s Competitiveness
Visioning-Vision and Mission Statements
Priority Initiatives for County-City Partnership
o Product Development
o Business Attraction, Retention, and Expansion
o Capacity Building
o Small Business/Entrepreneurship
o Communications
The following is a summary of the Leadership Summit, provided by Morphis:
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ADJOURNMENT
A motion was made by Chairman Puryear and carried 5-0 to adjourn the Person
County Board of Commissioners meeting at 6:57 p.m. followed by Mayor Newell and
Chairman McKinney to adjourn their Boards respectively.
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Michele Solomon Kyle Puryear
Clerk to the Board Chairman