March 4, 2024 - 10:00 AM - Board of Commissioners Meeting Agenda

10 PUBLIC NOTICE OF JOHNSTON COUNTY BOARD MEETING March 4 , 2024 10 00 am The Johnston County Board of Commissioners will meet in Regular Session on Monday , March 4 , 2024 at 10 00 am or as soon thereafter as possible in the Commissioners Meeting Room located in the Johnston County Courthouse at 207 E Johnston Street , Smithfield , NC The purpose of the meeting is to transact business as presented during the meeting Auxiliary aids for the handicapped will be made available upon reasonable notice Citizens that would like to address the Board for Public Comment but have concerns with physically attending the meeting , may email those comments to Clerk to the Board Dana Cuddington at danacuddington @ johnstonnccom The meeting will also be livestreamed through YouTube at https wwwyoutubecom jocogovnc 1 Approval Discussion of Agenda 2 Consent Agenda Items 7 3 Public Comments 4 Public Hearing – Ordinance Amendment – Erosion and Sediment Control 49 5 Partnership for Children – Proclamation – Week of the Young Child 73 6 Soil & Water Conservation – Update on Farmland Preservation 7 Public Utilities – 210 WWTF 40 to 80 MGD Expansion – Contractor Prequalification 74 8 Public Utilities – 210 WWTF 40 to 80 MGD Expansion – Sole Source Request 93 9 Appointments 10 Delinquent Tax Collection Report 11 Manager Reports and Comments 12 Board Reports and Comments 13 Closed Session If Requested LUNCH WITH JOHNSTON COUNTY COOPERATIVE EXTENSION 12 00 PM Johnston County Agricultural Center 2736 NC Hwy 210 , Smithfield Page 1 of 107PageMarch 4 , 2024 10 00 am 1 Approval Discussion of Agenda 2 Consent Agenda Items Note All items on the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine and may be enacted by one motion The items have been reviewed by the County Manager and are recommended for approval If a Commissioner requests discussion on an item , upon a motion , the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda A Approval of Minutes – February 5 , 2024 - 10 00 am and 6 00 pm B Order to Advertise Tax Liens Tax Administrator Jocelyn Andrews is requesting the Board to adopt an order authorizing the advertisement of the tax liens for delinquent 2023 tax bills See order C Department of Transportation – Additions to System NC DOT is requesting the Board to concur with their recommendation to add the following roads to the State Maintained System Sleep Rock Drive , Pleasant Grove Court , and Middle Creek Lane – Panther Creek of Willow Springs – Pleasant Grove Township D Town of Kenly – Appointment to Kenly Planning Board The Town of Kenly is requesting the Board to make the following appointment to the Kenly Planning Board representing the ETJ area of the Town See request Jamey Wilkinson , 73 Scott Road , Kenly , NC term expiring 2 29 2025 E Town of Benson – Appointment to Benson Planning Board The Town of Benson is requesting the Board to make the following appointment to the Benson Planning Board representing the ETJ area of the Town See request Charlie Harper , 2281 Tarheel Road , Benson , NC term expiring 12 31 2025 F E - 911 Communications – Mutual Aid Agreement with Brunswick County E - 911 Communications request approval to enter into a mutual agreement with Brunswick th County to answer 911 calls as a 4 in line redundant measure Johnston County Communications would only be engaged in the event their primary center was down , their backup center was down , or if New Hanover County , their immediate mutual aid could not answer the calls This type of situation would typically only arise during but not limited to catastrophic weather related events See agreement G Emergency Services – ESO Fire Service Software Subscription Staff requests approval to purchase ESO Fire Service Software This software is an integrated records management solution designed to help the fire service with asset management , checklists , personnel management , fire incidents , pre - incident planning , hydrant record keeping , training records , and scheduling This software will also be utilized by the fire marshal’s staff for Page 2 of 107Pageperiodic fire inspections recordkeeping along with fire department response data collection to aid in future decision making to enhance fire services in Johnston County This software will replace a legacy system that was purchased by ESO and will no longer be supported This software is required for system compatibility and standardization The cost for the subscription will not exceed 78,42250 for the first year beginning in August 2024 , which will need to be appropriated in the FY 25 budget and funds for the implementation costs are in the FY 24 budget The second year costs will not exceed 138,02360 Additional fire service providers may choose to add the scheduling module in the future , which will require the purchase of additional licenses H Health Department – Resolution - Opioid Settlement Funds Plan Update Johnston County Health Department is requesting the Board to adopt a resolution to direct the expenditure of Opioid Settlement Funds per the requirements of the State The Board approved the budget and funding strategies in November 2023 See Resolution I Call for Public Hearing – 2024 Updated Johnston County Water & Sewer Capital Improvements Plan Johnston County Public Utilities is requesting the Board to schedule a public Hearing for the April 1 , 2024 6 00 pm meeting to discuss the proposed 2024 Updated Johnston County Water and Sewer Capital Improvements Plan J Appointments Johnston County Board of Adjustment – 3 positions ; 3 year terms New appointees shall be designated as alternate members David Bryan Barefoot and Jason Wenzel have applied for reappointment Mr Wenzel would require a waiver in the length of service policy For further information , please see the Board Information Sheet as well as summary of appointment requests Johnston County Health Board – 3 positions ; 3 year terms One position representing each of the following categories Dentist , General Public , Optometrist and Pharmacist For further information , please see the Board Information Sheet as well as summary of appointment requests Representing Pharmacist 1 position Alan Jordan Carroll has applied for reappointment Nursing Home Adult Care Home Community Advisory Board – 12 positions ; 1 year initial term for new appointees or 3 year terms for reappointed members James Parker and George Smith have applied for reappointment Both Mr Parker and Mr Smith would require waivers in the length of service policy For further information , please see the Board Information Sheet as well as summary of appointment requests K Budget Revisions • Finance – 700,00000 – To appropriate State Directed Grant for the Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site The Johnston County Visitor’s Bureau is the grant sub - recipient and will administer the grant 906,43131 – To appropriate opioid settlement funds received 2 20 24 • Jail - 2,74191 – To move revenues into appropriate expenditure line items Page 3 of 107Page• Sheriff - 118,39581 – To move revenues into appropriate expenditure line items L Tax Releases & Refunds – 1 16 2024 – 02 15 2024 3 Public Comments 4 Public Hearing – Ordinance Amendment – Chapter 14 , Article XII - Erosion & Sediment Control The purpose of the public hearing is to receive public comment on proposed amendments to Chapter 14 , Article XII – Erosion and Sediment Control , of the Johnston County Code of Ordinances and staff respectfully requests the recommended amendments See proposed amendments 5 Partnership for Children - Proclamation – The Week of the Young Child – April , 2024 The Partnership for Children of Johnston County is requesting the Board to adopt a proclamation proclaiming April 1 - 7 , 2023 as The Week of the Young Child in Johnston County See proclamation 6 Soil & Water Conservation District – Update on Farmland Preservation District Director , Greg Walker will update the Board on Farmland Preservation 7 Public Utilities – 210 Wastewater Treatment Facility 40 to 80 MGD Expansion - Contractor Prequalification The Department of Utilities has routinely prequalified bidders for larger construction projects at the water treatment plant , wastewater treatment plant and other critical utility facilities In 2015 , the Board of Commissioners adopted a “ Prequalification Policy ” compliant with NCGS 143 - 1358 in order to establish a prequalification process for applicable construction or repair projects However , the statute also requires the governing board to “ adopt the assessment tool and criteria for the specific project , which must include the prequalification scoring values and minimum required score for prequalification on that project ” The Department of Utilities would like to prequalify contractors for the upcoming 210 Wastewater Treatment Facility 40 to 80 MGD Expansion project due to the critical nature of the construction and necessity of the continuity of operations at the new facility Please find attached the proposed prequalification package for review The package includes the necessary criteria in order to comply with the “ County of Johnston Prequalification Policy ” and the applicable statute Staff respectfully requests approval of the prequalification package for the 210 Wastewater Treatment Facility 40 to 80 MGD Expansion project See memo and prequalification package 8 Public Utilities – 210 Wastewater Treatment Facility 40 to 80 MGD Expansion – Sole Source Request The 210 Wastewater Treatment Facility 40 to 80 MGD Expansion project is at the 90 design stage The project engineer Hazen & Sawyer recommends sole sourcing several components of the proposed project , as follows Item Manufacturer Reasoning Competitively bid for 210 WWTF - Maintain Electric Valve and Gate AUMA standardization , compatability and consistency Actuators for operation and maintenance Rotary Screw Blower Competitively bid for 210 WWTF - Maintain Atlas Copco Equipment standardization , compatability and consistency Page 4 of 107PagePage pageNumber5for operation and maintenance Competitively bid for 210 WWTF - Maintain Vertical Turbine Pumps Flowserve standardization , compatability and consistency for operation and maintenance Submersible Non - Clog Competitively bid for 210 WWTF - Maintain Pumps and Horizontal Axial Flygt standardization , compatability and consistency Flow Pumps for operation and maintenance Peristaltic Chemical Blue - White Industries , Maintain standardization , compatability and Metering Pumps Ltd consistency for operation and maintenance Only qualified manufacturer vendor of this Hyperbolic Mixers Invent type of equipment Pre - Selected for 210 WWTF - Maintain Disk Filtration Equipment Kruger , Inc standardization , compatability and consistency for operation and maintenance Competitively bid for 210 WWTF - Maintain Instrument Analyzers YSI standardization , compatability and consistency for operation and maintenance Competitively bid for 210 WWTF - Maintain Programmable Logic Schneider standardization , compatability and consistency Controllers PLCs for operation and maintenance Competitively bid for 210 WWTF - Maintain Network Devices Hirschmann standardization , compatability and consistency for operation and maintenance Cost - effective compared to other industrial automation software from other companies in developing an updated interconnected County - SCADA Software Ignition wide SCADA system ; and Maintain standardization , compatability and consistency for operation and maintenance Staff respectfully requests approval to sole source the items referenced above for the proposed project See memo and Hazen & Sawyer letter 9 Appointments Airport Authority – 3 positions ; 4 year terms Arthur Bentley Powell , Bobby Ken Jones , II and E Dale Parker have applied for reappointment Reese Finn has applied for appointment For further information , please see the Board Information Sheet as well as summary of appointment requests Johnston County Health Board – 1 position ; 3 year terms One position representing General Public Representing General Public 1 position Bobby Foreman and Dr Matt Thompson have applied for appointment For further information , please see the Board Information Sheet as well as summary of appointment requests 10 Delinquent Tax Collection Report 11 Manager Reports and Comments Page 5 of 107PagePage pageNumber612 Board Reports and Comments 13 Closed Session If Requested LUNCH WITH JOHNSTON COUNTY COOPERATIVE EXTENSION 12 00 PM Johnston County Agricultural Center 2736 NC Hwy 210 , Smithfield Page 6 of 107PagePage pageNumber7Page 7 of 107PagePage pageNumber8Page 8 of 107PagePage pageNumber9Page 9 of 107Page0Page 10 of 107Page1Page 11 of 107Page2Page 12 of 107Page3Page 13 of 107Page4Page 14 of 107Page5Page 15 of 107Page6Page 16 of 107Page7Page 17 of 107Page8Page 18 of 107Page9Page 19 of 107Page0Page 20 of 107Page1Page 21 of 107Page2Page 22 of 107Page3Page 23 of 107Page4Page 24 of 107Page5Page 25 of 107Page6Page 26 of 107Page7Page 27 of 107Page8Page 28 of 107Page9Page 29 of 107Page0Page 30 of 107Page1Page 31 of 107Page2Page 32 of 107Page3Page 33 of 107Page4Page 34 of 107Page5Page 35 of 107Page6Page 36 of 107Page7Page 37 of 107Page8Page 38 of 107Page9Page 39 of 107Page0Page 40 of 107Page1Page 41 of 107Page2Page 42 of 107Page3Page 43 of 107Page4Page 44 of 107Page5Page 45 of 107Page6Page 46 of 107Page7Page 47 of 107Page8Page 48 of 107Page9Page 49 of 107PagePage pageNumber50Page 50 of 107PagePage pageNumber51Page 51 of 107PagePage pageNumber52Page 52 of 107PagePage pageNumber53Page 53 of 107PagePage pageNumber54Page 54 of 107PagePage pageNumber55Page 55 of 107PagePage pageNumber56Page 56 of 107PagePage pageNumber57Page 57 of 107PagePage pageNumber58Page 58 of 107PagePage pageNumber59Page 59 of 107PagePage pageNumber60Page 60 of 107PagePage pageNumber61Page 61 of 107PagePage pageNumber62Page 62 of 107PagePage pageNumber63Page 63 of 107PagePage pageNumber64Page 64 of 107PagePage pageNumber65Page 65 of 107PagePage pageNumber66Page 66 of 107PagePage pageNumber67Page 67 of 107PagePage pageNumber68Page 68 of 107PagePage pageNumber69Page 69 of 107PagePage pageNumber70Page 70 of 107PagePage pageNumber71Page 71 of 107PagePage pageNumber72Page 72 of 107PagePage pageNumber73Page 73 of 107PagePage pageNumber74Page 74 of 107PagePage pageNumber75Page 75 of 107PagePage pageNumber76Page 76 of 107PagePage pageNumber77Page 77 of 107PagePage pageNumber78Page 78 of 107PagePage pageNumber79Page 79 of 107PagePage pageNumber80Page 80 of 107PagePage pageNumber81Page 81 of 107PagePage pageNumber82Page 82 of 107PagePage pageNumber83Page 83 of 107PagePage pageNumber84Page 84 of 107PagePage pageNumber85Page 85 of 107PagePage pageNumber86Page 86 of 107PagePage pageNumber87Page 87 of 107PagePage pageNumber88Page 88 of 107PagePage pageNumber89Page 89 of 107PagePage pageNumber90Page 90 of 107PagePage pageNumber91Page 91 of 107PagePage pageNumber92Page 92 of 107PagePage pageNumber93Page 93 of 107PagePage pageNumber94Page 94 of 107PagePage pageNumber95Page 95 of 107PagePage pageNumber96Page 96 of 107PagePage pageNumber97Page 97 of 107PagePage pageNumber98Page 98 of 107PagePage pageNumber99Page 99 of 107Page00Page 100 of 107Page01Page 101 of 107Page02Page 102 of 107Page03Page 103 of 107Page04Page 104 of 107Page05Page 105 of 107Page06Page 106 of 107Page07Page 107 of 107Page