July 21, 2025 - 10:00 AM - Board of Commissioners Agenda Packet

10 PUBLIC NOTICE OF JOHNSTON COUNTY BOARD MEETING July 21 , 2025 10 00 am The Johnston County Board of Commissioners will meet in Regular Session on Monday , July 21 , 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 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 – Johnston Co Water & Wastewater System Development Fee Study 58 5 Public Utilities – Buffalo Road Parallel Force Main 59 6 Public Utilities – Resolutions to Close - Out American Rescue Plan ARP Projects 64 7 Johnston County Boys and Girls Clubs - YouthVoice 2025 8 Health Department - Resolution to Direct Expenditure of Opioid Settlement Funds 67 9 Johnston County 911 Communications – Request to Move Funds 71 10 Child Fatality Prevention Team Annual Report 11 Johnston County ABC Board – Travel Policy 72 12 County Committee for America250NC Update 13 Johnston County Landfill – 4 - H Shooting Site Discussion 14 Voting Delegate for the 2025 NC Association of County Commissioners Conference 15 Delinquent Tax Collection Report 16 Manager Reports and Comments 17 Board Reports and Comments 18 Closed Session If Requested LUNCH WITH SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION – 12 00 PM Johnston County Agricultural Center , 2736 NC 210 Hwy , Smithfield Page 1 of 77PageJuly 21 , 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 – June 2 , 2025 10 00 am and 6 00 pm ; June 9 , 2025 6 00 pm and June 16 , 2025 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 Abby Meadows Court – Abby Meadows – Clayton Township Tractor Place , Bushel Lane , and Disc Drive – Willow Ridge South – Pleasant Grove Township Olde Place Drive , Battlemoore Lane , Olde Sams Way , and Robertson Stable Lane – Olde Place – O’Neals Township Agriculture Street , Sweet Tater Lane , Jerome Street , and Tiller Drive – J and S Farms East and West – Elevation Township C Sheriff’s Office – Request to Surplus Vehicles and Schedule Public Auction Johnston County Sheriff Steve Bizzell is requesting the Board to surplus the following vehicles and approve for them to be sold at public auction by Wester Auction Company of Benson , NC on Saturday , September 13th at 10 00 am The auction will be held at the Johnston County Sheriff’s Fleet Services building located at 60 Shelter Way in Smithfield See memo Year Make Model VIN Mileage 1 2016 DODGE CHARGER 2C3CDXAT3GH303660 129,169 2 2016 DODGE CHARGER 2C3CDXAT7GH146943 130,209 3 2018 DODGE CHARGER 2C3CDXAT5JH210758 128,716 4 2018 DODGE CHARGER 2C3CDXAT3JH210760 130,210 5 2019 DODGE CHARGER 2C3CDXAT6KH568310 119,580 6 2019 DODGE CHARGER 2C3CDXATXKH568312 111,725 7 2019 DODGE CHARGER 2C3CDXAT9KH568317 130,877 8 2019 DODGE CHARGER 2C3CDXAT0KH568318 136,410 9 2019 DODGE CHARGER 2C3CDXAT2KH568319 131,051 10 2019 DODGE CHARGER 2C3CDXATXKH593579 130,427 11 2020 DODGE CHARGER 2C3CDXKT4LH171629 130,005 Page 2 of 77Page12 2020 DODGE CHARGER 2C3CDXKT6LH186990 119,825 13 2021 DODGE CHARGER 2C3CDXAT3MH527992 134,417 14 2015 POLARIS RANGER CREW UTV 3NSRUE877FG896133 NOTES Item # 14 was purchased with federal forfeiture funds and proceeds from the sale of this item must be credited back to the appropriate revenue line item in the Sheriff’s Office budget 1051007418 D Town of Selma – Reappointment to Selma Board of Adjustment The Town of Selma is requesting the Board to make the following reappointment to the Selma Board of Adjustment representing the ETJ area of the Town See request Jennifer Edwards , 165 Brown Wall Road , Selma term expiring 6 30 2028 E Town of Smithfield – Appointment to Smithfield Board of Adjustment The Town of Smithfield is requesting the Board to make the following appointment to the Smithfield Board of Adjustment representing the ETJ area of the Town See request Gregory Evans , 1090 North Lakeside Drive , Smithfield term expiring 5 5 2028 F Budget Revisions Fiscal Year 2024 - 2025 • Health - 235,41299 – Medicaid funds unspent to be carried forward per contract 45,68155 – to budget state grant funds Community Care of NC , Inc to assist practices in identifying and executing plans that support CCNC’s charitable mission to build and support enhanced community - based health care delivery systems to improve the health and quality of life for all North Carolinians • LEO Separation - 125,42000 – to move funds to cover salaries and benefits • Sheriff - 23,67334 – to move revenues Controlled Substance Tax , Insurance Recovery , Miscellaneous Revenue and Federal Equitable Sharing into appropriate expenditure line items • Social Services - 20,00000 – to budget trust account invoices through the end of fiscal year 2024 2025 19,50966 – to budget funds received into correct expenditure line items Fiscal Year 2025 - 2026 • Finance - 33,700,00000 – to appropriate funds from the General Fund for Johnston County Public School capital projects 2024 referendum pending sale of general obligation school bonds in March of 2026 These funds will be reimbursed to the General Fund at closing of the bonds to be sold in March 2026 Page 3 of 77Page 47,000,00000 – to appropriate funds from the General Fund for Johnston County Public School capital projects 2022 referendum pending sale of general obligation school bonds in March of 2026 These funds will be reimbursed to the General Fund at closing of the bonds to be sold in March 2026 • Health - 26,50000 – Grant awarded to Johnston County Environmental Health for the purpose of sending staff members that are responsible for Program Standards to FDA seminar and departmental supplies for community outreach and relations 323,53400 – Medicaid Cost Study Settlement Funds for FY 24 G Appointments • Nursing Home Adult Care Home Community Advisory Board - 17 positions ; 1 year term for new appointees or 3 year term for reappointed members Teresa Matthews has applied for appointment H Tax Releases & Refunds – 05 16 2025 – 06 15 2025 3 Public Comments 4 Public Hearing – Johnston County Water and Wastewater System Development Fee Study The purpose of the public hearing is to receive public comment on the Johnston County Water and Wastewater System Development Fee Study The study is available for public review on the Johnston County Public Utilities website See memo 5 Public Utilities – Buffalo Road Parallel Force Main – Award & Revised Project Budget The County received eight 8 bids on June 26 , 2025 for the Buffalo Road Parallel Force Main project Please refer to the attached summary tabulation of bids Sanford Contractors , Inc of Sanford , NC submitted the lowest responsive bid in the amount of 3,270,77805 Sanford Contractors is properly licensed and experienced in the type of construction involved and appears to have the financial , labor and equipment resources required to complete the construction within the stipulated contract completion time Staff proposes a revised project budget , as follows Existing Revised Technical Services 542,00000 516,10000 Construction 000 3,270,77805 Contingency 000 380,00095 Easements 210,90000 156,60000 Cost of Revenue Bond Issuance 51,00000 39,72585 Total Project Cost 803,90000 4,363,20485 Sewer SDF Reserve Funds 84,00000 000 Water Sewer Revenue Bonds 719,90000 416,90675 Session Law 2023 - 134 Direct Appropriation 000 3,946,29810 Total Project Funds 803,90000 4,363,20485 Page 4 of 77PagePage pageNumber5The County previously accepted October 2024 an offer from the State for direct appropriation funding for the project Staff recommends award of the Buffalo Road Parallel Force Main project to Sanford Contractors , Inc in the amount of 3,270,77805 , approval of the resolution to award , approval of the revised project budget and approval of the capital project ordinance See memo , certified bid tabulation , resolution and capital project ordinance 6 Public Utilities – Resolutions to Close - Out American Rescue Plan ARP Projects The County previously received American Rescue Plan ARP funding from the State Fiscal Recovery Fund to implement a Construction Management & Maintenance System CMMS at the Central Johnston County Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility and the Timothy G Broome Water Treatment Plant The grant for each facility was 200,000 Upon project completion , the grant requires a Board resolution confirming project close - out for each project Public Utilities staff will provide a brief presentation to the Board regarding the project completion at the July 21 , 2025 10 00 am meeting Upon completion of the project update , staff will request approval of resolutions to close - out both projects See memo and resolutions 7 Johnston County Boys & Girls Clubs - YouthVoice 2025 Kaylin Gonzalez representing YouthVoice 2025 will share her experience at the Johnston County Boys & Girls Clubs 8 Health Department – Resolution to Direct Expenditure of Opioid Settlement Funds The State of North Carolina requires that the County’s governing body approve each year how Opioid Settlement funds will be spent ; with the organization coordinating such activities to be specific about the Strategies Programs that will be offered in the county and classifying how funds will be used for each strategy The Johnston County Health Department is the agency that will coordinate these strategies with funding in the amount of 1,382,24800 for FY 25 26 Staff request the Board to approve a resolution outlining each strategy and funding for such See resolution 9 Johnston County 911 Communications – Request to Move Funds Johnston County 911 Communications is requesting approval from the Board to move funds from the Emergency Telephone System Fund ETSF balance Currently Johnston County has 5,047,0000 to the ETSF operating budget to cover 2 separate items Neither of these items were included in the submitted budget due to last minute decision to move forward with locution Paging as it will coincide with the current Pager Project we are finishing up and the service agreement increase was put out by the manufacturer until after the county’s budgets were turned in These funds may only be used for approved items 1 Locution Voice Dispatch project Locution is automated voice dispatching that saves telecommunicators time in the dispatch center further decreasing dispatch times and standardized way of call page outs , 243,23742 2 An increase that occurs approximately every 3 years passed down from our radio system manufacturer Harris LLC of 165,04400 Staff respectfully request the Board’s approval to move funds in the amount of 408,29242 from the Emergency Telephone System Fund ETSF See memo Page 5 of 77PagePage pageNumber610 Child Fatality Prevention Team Annual Report The Child Fatality Prevention Team has requested to present their annual report to the Board of Commissioners 11 Johnston County ABC Board – Travel Policy The local Alcoholic Beverage Control ABC Board is governed by Chapter 18B , Article 7 of the North Carolina General Statutes This statute allows local boards to adopt a travel policy that conforms with the travel policy of Johnston County Johnston County ABC Board approved a travel policy on February 25 , 2025 and request the Board’s approval to adopt said policy See policy 12 County Committee for America250NC Update Todd Johnson with County Committee for America250NC will update the Board on America th 250 Anniversary 13 Johnston County Landfill – 4 - H Shooting Site Discussion 14 Voting Delegate for the 2025 NC Association of County Commissioners Conference Staff requests the Board to appoint a voting delegate to represent Johnston County at the 2025 North Carolina Association of County Commissioners Annual Conference to be held in Pitt County August 21 - 23 , 2025 15 Delinquent Tax Collection Report 16 Manager Reports and Comments 17 Board Reports and Comments 18 Closed Session If Requested LUNCH WITH SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION – 12 00 PM Johnston County Agricultural Center , 2736 NC 210 Hwy , Smithfield Page 6 of 77PagePage pageNumber7Page 7 of 77PagePage pageNumber8Page 8 of 77PagePage pageNumber9Page 9 of 77Page0Page 10 of 77Page1Page 11 of 77Page2Page 12 of 77Page3Page 13 of 77Page4Page 14 of 77Page5Page 15 of 77Page6Page 16 of 77Page7Page 17 of 77Page8Page 18 of 77Page9Page 19 of 77Page0Page 20 of 77Page1Page 21 of 77Page2Page 22 of 77Page3Page 23 of 77Page4Page 24 of 77Page5Page 25 of 77Page6Page 26 of 77Page7Page 27 of 77Page8Page 28 of 77Page9Page 29 of 77Page0Page 30 of 77Page1Page 31 of 77Page2Page 32 of 77Page3Page 33 of 77Page4Page 34 of 77Page5Page 35 of 77Page6Page 36 of 77Page7Page 37 of 77Page8Page 38 of 77Page9Page 39 of 77Page0Page 40 of 77Page1Page 41 of 77Page2Page 42 of 77Page3Page 43 of 77Page4Page 44 of 77Page5Page 45 of 77Page6Page 46 of 77Page7Page 47 of 77Page8Page 48 of 77Page9Page 49 of 77PagePage pageNumber50Page 50 of 77PagePage pageNumber51Page 51 of 77PagePage pageNumber52Page 52 of 77PagePage pageNumber53Page 53 of 77PagePage pageNumber54Page 54 of 77PagePage pageNumber55Page 55 of 77PagePage pageNumber56Page 56 of 77PagePage pageNumber57Page 57 of 77PagePage pageNumber58Page 58 of 77PagePage pageNumber59Page 59 of 77PagePage pageNumber60Page 60 of 77PagePage pageNumber61Page 61 of 77PagePage pageNumber62Page 62 of 77PagePage pageNumber63Page 63 of 77PagePage pageNumber64Page 64 of 77PagePage pageNumber65Page 65 of 77PagePage pageNumber66Page 66 of 77PagePage pageNumber67Page 67 of 77PagePage pageNumber68Page 68 of 77PagePage pageNumber69Page 69 of 77PagePage pageNumber70Page 70 of 77PagePage pageNumber71Page 71 of 77PagePage pageNumber72Page 72 of 77PagePage pageNumber73Page 73 of 77PagePage pageNumber74Page 74 of 77PagePage pageNumber75Page 75 of 77PagePage pageNumber76Page 76 of 77PagePage pageNumber77Page 77 of 77Page