Board of Commissioners - Regular Meeting

Commissioner Keigher - BOC - Proclamation - To Proclaim the Week of January 19-22, 2026 as Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Coretta Scott King Book Awards Literature Week

Commissioner Keigher - BOC - Proclamation - To Proclaim the Month of February 2026 as Black History Month in Gaston County

Commissioner Fraley - Finance and Management Services - Budget - Commendation for GFOA Distinguished Budget Presentation Award and Special Recognitions

Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Hope United Survivor Network - Proclamation - To Proclaim the Month of January 2026 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month

PRESENTATION - FY24-25 GASTON COUNTY AUDIT

Ms. Kelly Gooderham, Martin Starnes & Associates, CPAs, P.A.

Public Hearing - RE: Commissioner Cloninger - Building & Development Services - Zoning Map Change: REZ-25-07-11-00232, House Buyers, LLC/Jayme Infanzon (Applicant); Property Parcels: 316422, 316423, 316424, Located at Summerow Rd., Stanley, NC, Rezone from the (R-1) Single Family Limited Zoning District to the (R-2) Single Family Moderate Zoning District

1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept Motion

Public Hearing - RE: Commissioner Bailey - Building & Development Services - Zoning Map Change: REZ-25-09-16-00234, McLean Self Storage, LLC (Applicant); Property Parcels: 189855, 189856, & 221533, Located on Gaither Rd., Belmont, NC, Rezone from the (R-1) Single Family Limited Zoning District with (US) Urban Standards Overlay to the (C-3) General Commercial Zoning District with (US) Urban Standards Overlay

1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept Motion

AGENDA REVISION/APPROVAL

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

To Approve the Minutes of: Rescheduled Regular Meeting of November 17, 2025

Commissioner Keigher - BOC - Proclamation - To Proclaim the Week of January 19-22, 2026 as Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Coretta Scott King Book Awards Literature Week

Commissioner Keigher - BOC - Proclamation - To Proclaim the Month of February 2026 as Black History Month in Gaston County

Commissioners Brown & Keigher - BOC - To Update the Provisions of the Gaston County Investment Grant Program to Extend the Small Business Investment Grant Program Through Calendar Year 2026

Commissioner Brown - Building & Development Services - To Approve Plat Review Officer Changes

Commissioner Brown - County Attorney - Decline Opportunity to Purchase the Teacher Resource Center Property (Parcels: 108841, 108845 and 108844) from the Gaston County Board of Education

Commissioner Hovis - County Manager - To Accept Departmental Budget Change Requests as Information

Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Health Division - To Accept and Appropriate Federal Grant Funds Received from the NC Department of Health and Human Services - Women, Infant, and Community Wellness Section/ Infant and Community Health Branch (100% Grant Funds - $25,966)

Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Health Division - To Accept and Appropriate Local Grant Funds Received from AmeriHealth Caritas North Carolina, Inc. (100% Grant Funds - $500,389)

Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Health Division - To Accept and Appropriate Funds Received from Partners Health Management (100% Miscellaneous Revenue - $32,467.50)

Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Health Division - To Approve a Resolution to Direct the Expenditure of Opioid Settlement Funds and Appropriate $77,425.00 (Year 1: $25,808.33, Year 2: $51,616.67, Total: $77,425.00)

Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Health Division - To Approve a Resolution to Direct the Expenditure of Opioid Settlement Funds and Appropriate $79,211.00 (Year 1: $41,185.00, Year 2: $38,026.00, Total: $79,211.00)

Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Health Division - To Approve a Resolution to Direct the Expenditure of Opioid Settlement Funds and Appropriate $320,000.00 (Year 1: $140,000.00, Year 2: $180,000.00, Total: $320,000.00)

Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Hope United Survivor Network - Proclamation - To Proclaim the Month of January 2026 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month

Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Social Services Division - To Appropriate $35,988.46 from Fund Balance to the ACCESS Community Transportation Grant Account ($35,988.46)

Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Social Services Division - To Accept and Appropriate Donations Received in Second Quarter of FY26 Totaling $23,564.12

Commissioner Keigher - EDC - To Authorize an Application to The NC Department of Commerce Rural Economic Development Division Building Reuse Grant Program Application on Behalf of Project Family 2025

Commissioner Shehan - Financial and Management Services - Budget - To Appropriate General Fund Balance for Risk Insurance and Workers Compensation ($2,147,263)

Commissioner Fraley - Finance and Management Services - Budget - Commendation for GFOA Distinguished Budget Presentation Award and Special Recognitions

Commissioner Brown - Financial and Management Services - Budget - Administrative Correction Amending Fund Number in Resolution #2025-349

Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Approve Giving Authorization to the Procurement Services Manager to Pre-audit Gaston County Contracts

Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Accept as Information the November 2025 Property Tax Refunds Less than $100. These Tax Refunds Should Be Recorded in the Board's Minutes. (Total NCVTS Refunds - $2,088.92)

Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Accept as Information the December 2025 Property Tax Refunds Less than $100. These Tax Refunds Should Be Recorded in the Board's Minutes. (Total NCVTS Refunds - $3,065.39)

Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Appropriate Accumulated Investment Earnings From October 1, 2025, Through December 31, 2025 ($57,727.79) in FY26

Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance (Emergency Management/Fire Services) - To Approve the Appropriation of Unified Fire Protection Service District Fund Fund Balance for Distribution to Waco Fire Department in the Amount of $18,659.90 for Reimbursement of Purchase of Flash Upgrades for 35 Radios to Meet State TDMA Requirement

Commissioner Shehan - Financial and Management Services - Grants (DHHS/Children's Advocacy Center) - To Accept and Appropriate Additional Federal Grant Funds from the Governor's Crime Commission for VOCA CAC Basic Services for The Lighthouse Children's Advocacy Center (CAC) for FY2026 (Year 4 - $98,724.17 with No Match)

Commissioner Shehan - Financial and Management Services - Grants (DHHS/Hope United Survivor Services) - To Accept and Appropriate Grant Funds from the North Carolina Governor's Crime Commission for Gaston County Justice for DV Victims Grant (Year 1: $100,000.00 with a 25% Non-County Match of $33,333.33)

Commissioner Shehan - Financial and Management Services - Grants (DHHS/Hope United Survivor Services) - To Accept and Appropriate Additional Federal Grant Funds from the Governor's Crime Commission for the DV/SA Basic Services Grant for FY2026 (Year 2 - $123,346.36 with No Match)

Commissioner Shehan - Financial and Management Services - Grants (DHHS/Shelter) - To Accept and Appropriate Grant Funds from Gaston Community Foundation for the Cathy Mabry Cloninger Center for FY 2026 ($13,000)

Commissioner Shehan - Financial and Management Services - Grants (DHHS/Shelter) - To Accept and Appropriate Additional Federal Grant Funds from the Governor's Crime Commission for the VOCA - DV/SA Basic Services Grant for the Cathy Mabry Cloninger Center - A Domestic Violence Shelter for FY2026 (Year 4 - $81,952.42 with No Match)

Commissioner Shehan - Financial and Management Services - Grants (Sheriff's Office) - To Accept and Appropriate Federal Grant Funds to Support Domestic Violence Deputies in the Sheriff's Office (Year 1: $99,999.78 with a 25% County Match of $33,333.26)

Commissioner Shehan - Financial and Management Services - Grants (Sheriff's Office) - To Accept and Appropriate Federal Grant Funds to Support Court Advocates in the Sheriff's Office (Year 1: $125,000 with No County Match)

Commissioner Fraley - GEMS - To Amend the Current Gaston County Fee Schedule to Adjust Emergency Medical Services Fee Schedule Based on Medicare and Medicaid Allowable Rates

Commissioner Shehan - GEMS - To Accept and Appropriate Federal Grant Funds from the North Carolina Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services to Support Peer Support Specialist ($51,574 with No County Match)

Commissioner Keigher - Library - To Approve the Conversion of 4 Half-time Library Branch Employees to Part-time (100% Grant Funds - No Additional County Funds)

Commissioner Keigher - Library - To Accept and Appropriate LSTA Scholarship Grant ($1,714 - 100% Non-County Funds)

Commissioners Brown & Hovis - Office of Capital Improvements - To Approve a Qualifications Based Selection and Authorize the County Manager, or His Designee, to Execute a Professional Services Contract with JLL for Owner's Project Manager (OPM) Services for the Public Safety Campus

Commissioner Shehan - Office of Capital Improvements - To Amend the Old Willis Force Main Project Construction Contract to Classic City Mechanical to Total $2,114,533.90 and Authorize the County Manager, or His Designee, to Execute a Contract on Behalf of Gaston County

Commissioners Brown & Bailey - Office of Capital Improvements - To Transfer Budgeted Funds for the Gaston County Jail Space Needs and Conditions Study from CIF to Capital Fund ($127,450 - No Additional County Funds)

Commissioner Cloninger - Police Department - To Approve the Donation of K-9 Salko from the Town of Dallas

Commissioner Brown - Public Works - To Approve the Reallocation of $120,000 Budgeted Capital Funds to Pay for Telematics in All Gaston County Fleet Vehicles

Commissioner Shehan - Sheriff's Office - To Authorize a Transfer from the General Fund to the Capital Fund for the Sole Source Purchase of Four Integrated IDEMIA LiveScan Systems ($73,507 Quote)

Commissioner Brown - Tax - To Approve a Resolution Modernizing Appointments to the Board of Equalization and Review

Commissioner Fraley - Tax Collections - Pursuant to G.S. 105-381, the Tax Collector Requests that the Listed November 2025 Tax Refunds be Made. (Release and Refunds - $16,504.85; Overpayments - $63,914.96; VTS Refunds - $2,073.28; Grand Total - $82,493.09)

Commissioner Fraley - Tax Collections - Pursuant to G.S. 105-381, the Tax Collector Requests that the Listed December 2025 Tax Refunds be Made. (Releases and Refunds - $2,460.29; Overpayments - $182,642.45; VTS Refunds - $783.13; Grand Total - $185,885.87)

Commissioner Fraley - Tourism Development - To Authorize the Use of the Remaining Balance of the Previously Approved Fund Balance Transfer for Fraley Field Improvements ($60,513.38)

Commissioner Brown - Public Works - Introduction of an Ordinance Reforming Parking Regulations on County-Owned Property - Chapter 16 of the Gaston County Code of Ordinances

Appointment List - Current Expiring Terms/Vacant Positions

Commissioners Committee Reports

County Manager's Report

County Attorney's Report