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The Vance County Board of Commissioners met Monday evening, and Chairman Gordon Wilder and the full board administered two public hearings.

The first was a pre-budget public hearing in which suggestions and priorities could be voiced by residents. The only people who actually spoke were Frankie Nobles, Chief of Vance County Animal Services, and Michelle Wood, the Ruin Creek Animal Protection Society’s rescue coordinator.

Overall, their remarks were to demonstrate the continued success Vance County is seeing as a result of the “outstanding partnership between the shelter and RCAPS,” Nobles said.

Wood told WIZS News that the Ruin Creek Animal Protection Society “pulled 760 dogs and 686 cats for a total of 1,446 animals in 2019. Fifty-five were medical cases averaging $1,000 per medical case.”

There is an obvious opportunity for Vance County to allocate more towards animal services, given the tremendous benefit and results being enjoyed as a result of the public-private partnership presently at hand.

The second public hearing resulted in a unanimous vote to add the town limits of Middleburg to the Vance County Zoning Jurisdiction.

Middleburg Mayor Ray Bullock addressed the commissioners and said Middleburg’s old zoning ordinance was created in 1974, a time he said a handshake would really take care of things and when “neighbors looked after each other.”  He said, “We appreciate you all looking at this.”

Vance County Planner Angie Blount and Interim Vance County Planning Director Sherry Moss told WIZS News the result would be zoning enforcement, code compliance, subdivision ordinances, zoning permit, building permit and perc testing among other things that Vance County will now administer for Middleburg.

The board also approved proceeding with the NC Department of Transportation to clear the way to construct a turning lane on Warrenton Road at the manned waste management site, a location that dates back to a time when such locations were referred to as “the green box.”

While the price tag of more than $300,000 would tend to raise an eyebrow or two, the board’s actions actually are expected to introduce a savings of about $100,000 to the county, with $81,000 expected to be out of pocket for the turn lane itself and the balance to additional site development.

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-Information courtesy Kelly H. Grissom, Clerk to Board/Executive Asst., County of Vance

The Vance County Board of Commissioners will meet Monday, January 6, 2020, at 6 p.m. in the Commissioners’ Meeting Room, 122 Young Street, Henderson. The Invocation will be given by Mary Anderson, associate minister of Shiloh Baptist Church.

Agenda items include:

1. Public Comments (for those registered to speak by 5:45 p.m. – speakers are limited to five minutes)

2. Public Hearing – 6 p.m. – FY 2020-21 Budget

3. Public Hearing – 6:15 p.m. – Angie Blount, County Planner Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment

4. Water District Board

a. Staff Report

b. Monthly Operations Report

5. County Manager’s Report

a. Schedule Annual Planning Retreat

b. NCDOT Agreement – Warrenton Road Solid Waste Project

6. Consent Agenda Items

a. Tax Refunds and Releases

b. Ambulance Charge-Offs

c. Monthly Reports

d. Minutes

7. Miscellaneous

a. Appointments

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-Information courtesy Kelly H. Grissom, Clerk to Board/Executive Asst., County of Vance

The Vance County Board of Commissioners will meet Monday, December 9, 2019, at 6 p.m. in the Commissioners’ Meeting Room, 122 Young Street, Henderson. The Invocation will be given by Pastor Carolyn Roy, Plank Chapel United Methodist Church.

Agenda items include:

1. Reorganization of Board

• Election of Chair
• Election of Vice-Chair

2. Adopt Schedule of Holidays

3. Renewal of Board of Commissioners Meeting Schedule

(First Monday of each month at 6 p.m., unless otherwise noted)

4. Public Comments (for those registered to speak by 5:45 p.m. – speakers are limited to five minutes)

5. Appointment – 6:15 p.m. – Lisa Harrison, Health Department

• Annual Report
• Community Health Assessment Priority Update

6. Public Hearing – 6:30 p.m. – Angie Blount, Planning & Development

• Rezoning Request – Case #RZ20191114-1, Big Ruin Creek Lane: Parcels 0404 03013 and 0404 03014

7. Water District Board

• Committee Report
• Monthly Operations Report

8. Committee Reports and Recommendations

a. Properties Committee

• Carpet Replacement (Courthouse & Admin Building)
• Courthouse HVAC Unit Replacements
• EDC Office Relocation
• Lease Agreement
• District Attorney Office Renovation
• Eaton Johnson Gym
• Former Henderson Laundry

9. County Attorney’s Report

a. REO Properties – Bid Acceptance

• 107 Briarcliff Street – Parcel 0214C 02025
• Ranes Drive – Parcel 0055 01035

10. County Manager’s Report

• Surplus Property – Police Canine
• Resolution – Removal of Register of Deeds Records for Preservation
• Joint Venture Agreement with the City of Henderson

11. Consent Agenda Items

• Budget Transfer
• Tax Refunds and Releases
• Ambulance Charge-Offs
• Monthly Reports

12. Miscellaneous

• Appointments

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-Information courtesy Kelly H. Grissom, Clerk to Board/Executive Asst., County of Vance

The Vance County Board of Commissioners will meet Monday, November 4, 2019, at 6 p.m. in the Commissioners’ Meeting Room, 122 Young Street, Henderson. The Invocation will be given by Pastor Bobby Fletcher, First United Methodist Church.

Agenda items include:

1. Public Comments (for those registered to speak by 5:45 p.m. – each speaker is limited to five minutes)

2. Appointment – 6 p.m. – Alan Fitzpatrick, Open Broadband

– Broadband Update

3. Appointment – 6:15 p.m. – Porcha Brooks, Tax Administrator

– Untimely Exemption Applications

– Late Listing Appeal

4. Water District Board

a. Committee Report

b. Monthly Operations Report

5. Committee Reports and Recommendations

a. Properties Committee – Eaton Johnson Project

b. Technology Committee

– Online Vital Records Retrieval System

– Preservation of Marriage Licenses (1895 – 1920)

– Public Wi-Fi Agreement

– Broadband – Tower Agreement

6. County Manager’s Report

a. Healthy Opportunities Pilot Grant Support

b. EDC Office Relocation

7. County Attorney’s Report

a. REO Properties – Bid Acceptance

– Spring Valley Road – Parcel 0201 01001

b. REO Properties – New Offers

– 107 Briarcliff Street – Parcel 0214C02025

– Ranes Drive – Parcel 0055 01035

8. Consent Agenda Items

a. Budget Amendments and Transfers

b. Tax Refunds and Releases

c. Monthly Reports

d. Minutes

9. Miscellaneous

a. Appointments

b. December Meeting Date

10. Closed Session

a. Contract Negotiation

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