August 21, 2023 - 6:00 PM - Board of Commissioners Agenda Packet

10 PUBLIC NOTICE OF JOHNSTON COUNTY BOARD MEETING August 21 , 2023 6 00 pm The Johnston County Board of Commissioners will meet in Regular Session on Monday , August 21 , 2023 at 6 00 pm 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 4 3 Public Comments 4 Partnership for Children – Read to Grow - Attendance Awareness Month Proclamation 38 5 Public Utilities – CJCRWWTF Preliminary Treatment Facility Improvements Project 40 6 Appointments 59 7 Manager Reports and Comments 8 Board Reports and Comments 9 Closed Session if requested Page 1 of 59PageAugust 21 , 2023 6 00 pm 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 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 Marago Way , Albereto Drive , Capanne Court , Mazzini Court , W Ravano Drive , San Periro Drive SR 3565 and Pascoli Court – San Marino – Wilders Township Stagwood Drive and Trigger Court – Nolan Park Commons – Micro Township N Nolan Park Drive , Bufflehead Drive , Surf Scoter Drive , Choctaw Trail , Elderberry Street , Cinnamon Teal Drive and S Nolan Park Drive – Nolan Park – Micro Township B Budget Revisions • Library - 68,74600 – To move COVID grant and Backpack grant funds to the 2023 - 2024 budget • Health - 1,058,31300 – The American Rescue Plan Act ARPA of 2021 provided funds to address the continued impact of COVID 19 on Public Health , Government , Individuals and Businesses These funds are being rolled over into the current fiscal year FY24 with a deadline to spend by May 31 , 2024 The funds provide temporary assistance to strengthen and maintain a strong and inclusive school health team to provide services to students Total allocation of rollover funding for the State was 6,205,549 for which Johnston Co Schools requested and received 1,058,313 Such funds will be budgeted with the Johnston County Public Health Dept and paid to the Johnston Co School System based on the budget attached as well as invoices submitted to the Health Department monthly 3 Public Comments a Josiah Wilson – Johnston County 4 - H Member 4 Partnership for Children – Read to Grow JoCo – Attendance Awareness Month Proclamation Read to Grow JoCo is requesting the Board to adopt a proclamation declaring September 2023 as Attendance Awareness Month See proclamation Page 2 of 59Page5 Public Utilities – Central Johnston County Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility CJCRWWTF Preliminary Treatment Facility Improvements Project – 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 CJCRWWTF Preliminary Treatment Facility Improvements project due to the critical nature of the construction and necessity of the continuity of operations at the existing facility The proposed project includes the following • Removal and replacement of two fine screens in an existing structure , new screenings conveyor , new screenings compactor and replacement of existing slide gates in the screenings wetwell • New grit removal facility with classifier • Relocation of electrical and process piping in the vicinity of the new grit removal facility 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 Central Johnston County Regional Wastewater Preliminary Treatment Facility Improvements CJCRWWTF project See memo and prequalification package 6 Appointments Hospital Authority Board of Commissioners – 3 positions ; 3 year term At the August 7 , 2023 Board Meeting , William W Massengill , Jr , Jeff Parlier and Patricia Chisholm - Jones were nominated for the position on the Hospital Authority The Hospital Authority met on August 15 , 2023 and concurred with the nominations Pursuant to General Statutes , Chairman RS “ Butch ” Lawter , Jr will make the final appointments per the Hospital Authority concurrence See letter from Hospital Authority 7 Manager Reports and Comments 8 Board Reports and Comments 9 Closed Session if requested Page 3 of 59PagePage 4 of 59PagePage pageNumber5Page 5 of 59PagePage pageNumber6Page 6 of 59PagePage pageNumber7Page 7 of 59PagePage pageNumber8Page 8 of 59PagePage pageNumber9Page 9 of 59Page0Page 10 of 59Page1Page 11 of 59Page2Page 12 of 59Page3Page 13 of 59Page4Page 14 of 59Page5Page 15 of 59Page6Page 16 of 59Page7Page 17 of 59Page8Page 18 of 59Page9Page 19 of 59Page0Page 20 of 59Page1Page 21 of 59Page2Page 22 of 59Page3Page 23 of 59Page4Page 24 of 59Page5Page 25 of 59Page6Page 26 of 59Page7Page 27 of 59Page8Page 28 of 59Page9Page 29 of 59Page0Page 30 of 59Page1Page 31 of 59Page2Page 32 of 59Page3Page 33 of 59Page4Page 34 of 59Page5Page 35 of 59Page6Page 36 of 59Page759 of 37 PagePage8Page 38 of 59Page9Page 39 of 59Page0Page 40 of 59Page1Page 41 of 59Page2Page 42 of 59Page3Page 43 of 59Page4Page 44 of 59Page5Page 45 of 59Page6Page 46 of 59Page7Page 47 of 59Page8Page 48 of 59Page9Page 49 of 59PagePage pageNumber50Page 50 of 59PagePage pageNumber51Page 51 of 59PagePage pageNumber52Page 52 of 59PagePage pageNumber53Page 53 of 59PagePage pageNumber54Page 54 of 59PagePage pageNumber55Page 55 of 59PagePage pageNumber56Page 56 of 59PagePage pageNumber57Page 57 of 59PagePage pageNumber58Page 58 of 59PagePage pageNumber59Page 59 of 59Page