February 3, 2025 - 10:00 AM - Board of Commissioners Agenda Packet

10 PUBLIC NOTICE OF JOHNSTON COUNTY BOARD MEETING February 3 , 2025 10 00 am The Johnston County Board of Commissioners will meet in Regular Session on Monday , February 3 , 2025 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 5 3 Public Comments 4 Presentation of Audit Report for Year Ending June 30 , 2024 5 Airport – Session Law 2023 - 134 Transportation Reserve Fund Grant Project Ordinance 48 6 Airport – Rehabilitate Taxilanes and Construction of Bypass and Hold Apron 50 7 Finance – Resolution Providing for the Issuance of General Obligation Bonds 56 8 Finance – Financial Update 9 Johnston County Public Schools – Clayton High School Update 10 Appointments 81 11 Delinquent Tax Collection Report 12 Manager Reports and Comments 13 Board Reports and Comments 14 Closed Session If Requested Page 1 of 96PageFebruary 3 , 2025 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 – January 6 , 2025 10 00 am and 6 00 pm B 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 Caboose Lane – Steel Bridge Crossing – Clayton Township Badger Pass Drive SR2865 , Glacier Point , Yosemite Lane SR2864 , Maripose Lane , Alder Creek Drive , Cascade Place , Echo Canyon Drive and Wawona Lane – Sierra Heights – Wilson’s Mills Township C Proclamation – ALL IN RED Month The Johnston Health Foundation All in Red Campaign , is requesting the Board to adopt a proclamation for the month of February 2025 as “ ALL IN RED ” Month in Johnston County See proclamation D Budget Revisions • Health - 20,00000 – to appropriate a one - time EHR Electronic Health Record grant award from Community Care of North Carolina , Inc to the Johnston County Public Health Department • Jail - 13499 - To move revenues Miscellaneous Revenue into appropriate expenditure line items • Sheriff – 8,87600 – To budget revenue Insurance Recovery into appropriate expenditure line items 20500 – To move revenues Miscellaneous Revenue into appropriate expenditure line items E Appointments Johnston County Board of Adjustment – 2 positions ; 3 year terms New appointees shall be designated as alternate members Caleb Johnson has applied for appointment For further information , please see the Board Information Sheet as well as summary of appointment requests Page 2 of 96PageJohnston County Board of Health – 3 positions ; 3 year terms One position for each of the following categories General Public , Physician , and Veterinarian David Pearce has applied for reappointment representing General Public Charles Williams , MD has applied for reappointment representing Physician and William Everett Smith , DVM has applied for reappointment representing Veterinarian For further information , please see the Board Information Sheet as well as summary of appointment requests Johnston County Planning Board – 3 positions ; 3 year terms Debbie Edwards Howard , Timothy Little and Freddie Hudson , Jr have applied for reappointment For further information , please see the Board Information Sheet as well as summary of appointment requests F Tax Releases & Refunds – 12 16 2024 – 01 15 2025 3 Public Comments 4 Presentation of Audit Report for Year Ending June 30 , 2024 Thompson , Price , Scott , Adams & Co PA will present the County Audit Report for the Year Ending June 30 , 2024 5 Airport – Session Law 2023 - 134 Transportation Reserve Fund Grant Project Ordinance Staff requests the Board to adopt the Grant Project Ordinance for the 19,000,000 Transportation Reserve Grant Funds awarded to the Johnston Regional Airport The Board previously accepted these grant funds on May 6 , 2024 See Grant Project Ordinance and Summary of Grant Funding and Programming 6 Airport – Rehabilitate Taxilanes and Construction of Bypass and Hold Apron This project will provide design and construction for the pavement rehabilitation of Taxilane A using a mill and overlay and Taxilane J using full depth reclamation The project will also include construction of a new hold apron for Runway 21 and construction of a new bypass taxiway at Runway 3 This includes demolition of an old taxiway turnaround which does not meet current FAA design criteria Design services consist of schematic design , design development , construction documents , and bidding phase services Also included are agency coordination , environmental permitting , topographic survey , and geotechnical investigation Please see below the proposed project budget Expense Delta Airport Consultants WA # 1 – Design through Bidding 398,00000 Services Estimated Permitting Fees 5,00000 Total 403,00000 Revenue Federal Non - Primary Entitlement Grant WBS 3623728201 202,10800 Federal Non - Primary Entitlement Grant WBS 3623728202 180,80300 Johnston Regional Airport Local Matching Funds 20,08900 Total 403,00000 Funding proposed for the project is proposed as Federal Non - Primary Entitlement awarded to the Airport in Fiscal Years , 2020 , 2021 , 2022 and 2023 Johnston Regional Airport requests the Board’s approval of the capital project budget See memo and capital project ordinances Page 3 of 96Page7 Finance - Resolution Providing for the Issuance of 100,000,000 GO School Bonds , Series 2025 Staff requests the Board to adopt a resolution providing for the issuance of 100,000,000 general obligation school bonds These bonds represent the second series of bonds to be issued from the school bonds approved by the voters in November 2022 See resolution Staff also request the Board to adopt the accompanying capital project ordinance 8 Finance – Financial Update Staff will provide a financial update to the Board 9 Johnston County Public Schools – Clayton High School Update 10 Appointments Johnston County Planning Board – 1 position ; 3 year term This position was held by Michelle Pace Davis Jennie Harless , Jean Casanave , Diamonte Sanders , Clayton Roberts , Mark Lane , Karen Tremblay and Susan Weaver Ford have applied for appointment For further information , please see the Board Information Sheet as well as summary of appointment requests 11 Delinquent Tax Collection Report 12 Manager Reports and Comments 13 Board Reports and Comments 14 Closed Session If Requested Page 4 of 96PagePage pageNumber5Page 5 of 96PagePage pageNumber6Page 6 of 96PagePage pageNumber7Page 7 of 96PagePage pageNumber8Page 8 of 96PagePage pageNumber9Page 9 of 96Page0Page 10 of 96Page1Page 11 of 96Page2Page 12 of 96Page3Page 13 of 96Page4Page 14 of 96Page5Page 15 of 96Page6Page 16 of 96Page7Page 17 of 96Page8Page 18 of 96Page9Page 19 of 96Page0Page 20 of 96Page1Page 21 of 96Page2Page 22 of 96Page3Page 23 of 96Page4Page 24 of 96Page5Page 25 of 96Page6Page 26 of 96Page7Page 27 of 96Page8Page 28 of 96Page9Page 29 of 96Page0Page 30 of 96Page1Page 31 of 96Page2Page 32 of 96Page3Page 33 of 96Page4Page 34 of 96Page5Page 35 of 96Page6Page 36 of 96Page7Page 37 of 96Page8Page 38 of 96Page9Page 39 of 96Page0Page 40 of 96Page1Page 41 of 96Page2Page 42 of 96Page3Page 43 of 96Page4Page 44 of 96Page5Page 45 of 96Page6Page 46 of 96Page7Page 47 of 96Page8Page 48 of 96Page9Page 49 of 96PagePage pageNumber50Page 50 of 96PagePage pageNumber51Page 51 of 96PagePage pageNumber52Page 52 of 96PagePage pageNumber53Page 53 of 96PagePage pageNumber54Page 54 of 96PagePage pageNumber55Page 55 of 96PagePage pageNumber56Page 56 of 96PagePage pageNumber57Page 57 of 96PagePage pageNumber58Page 58 of 96PagePage pageNumber59Page 59 of 96PagePage pageNumber60Page 60 of 96PagePage pageNumber61Page 61 of 96PagePage pageNumber62Page 62 of 96PagePage pageNumber63Page 63 of 96PagePage pageNumber64Page 64 of 96PagePage pageNumber65Page 65 of 96PagePage pageNumber66Page 66 of 96PagePage pageNumber67Page 67 of 96PagePage pageNumber68Page 68 of 96PagePage pageNumber69Page 69 of 96PagePage pageNumber70Page 70 of 96PagePage pageNumber71Page 71 of 96PagePage pageNumber72Page 72 of 96PagePage pageNumber73Page 73 of 96PagePage pageNumber74Page 74 of 96PagePage pageNumber75Page 75 of 96PagePage pageNumber76Page 76 of 96PagePage pageNumber77Page 77 of 96PagePage pageNumber78Page 78 of 96PagePage pageNumber79Page 79 of 96PagePage pageNumber80Page 80 of 96PagePage pageNumber81Page 81 of 96PagePage pageNumber82Page 82 of 96PagePage pageNumber83Page 83 of 96PagePage pageNumber84Page 84 of 96PagePage pageNumber85Page 85 of 96PagePage pageNumber86Page 86 of 96PagePage pageNumber87Page 87 of 96PagePage pageNumber88Page 88 of 96PagePage pageNumber89Page 89 of 96PagePage pageNumber90Page 90 of 96PagePage pageNumber91Page 91 of 96PagePage pageNumber92Page 92 of 96PagePage pageNumber93Page 93 of 96PagePage pageNumber94Page 94 of 96PagePage pageNumber95Page 95 of 96PagePage pageNumber96Page 96 of 96Page