City Council - Regular Meeting

Tuesday, June 9, 2026Official site

About this meeting

Government Body: City Council
Meeting Type: City Council
Location: Spencer, NC
Meeting Date: June 9, 2026

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Tuesday, June 9, 2026

27 items on the agenda.

CALL TO ORDER – Mayor Jonathan Williams•Item 1

CALL TO ORDER – Mayor Jonathan Williams

INVOCATION – Alderwoman Patricia Sledge•Item 2

INVOCATION – Alderwoman Patricia Sledge

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Mayor Jonathan Williams•Item 3

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Mayor Jonathan Williams

ADDITIONS/DELETIONS AND ADOPTION OF AGENDA•Item 4

ADDITIONS/DELETIONS AND ADOPTION OF AGENDA

RECOGNITIONS•Item 5

RECOGNITIONS

PUBLIC COMMENT•Item 6

PUBLIC COMMENT

This agenda item is included to allow input to the Board of Aldermen from any citizen who wishes to address the Board without requesting to be on the agenda. Those who wish to address the Board of Aldermen must provide their name, address, and topic to be addressed. The Board will listen and may or may not respond at their discretion, or may decide to place a topic on a future agenda. A speaker will be allowed three (3) minutes to speak.

CONSENT AGENDA•Item a

APPROVAL OF MINUTES:

May 7, 2026, Pre-Agenda Meeting Minutes May 12, 2026, Regular Meeting Minutes May 19, 2026, Recessed Meeting Minutes

CONSENT AGENDA•Item b

CONSIDER AUTHORIZING – Mayor to Execute a Great Trails State Grant Agreement for Trail Design and Construction for the Rocky Branch Loop Trail

CONSIDER ADOPTING – Ordinance 26-04 Fiscal Year 2026 – 2027 Budget•Item 8

CONSIDER ADOPTING – Ordinance 26-04 Fiscal Year 2026 – 2027 Budget

CONSIDER ADOPTING – Ordinance 26-05 Amending the Town’s Official Zoning Map Dated September 10, 2024, Rezoning of a Portion of Rowan County GIS System Parcel Number 032 194 Located at 446 & 448 S. Salisbury Avenue from CIV (Civic District) to MS (Main Street District) Zoning Classification•Item 9

CONSIDER ADOPTING – Ordinance 26-05 Amending the Town’s Official Zoning Map Dated September 10, 2024, Rezoning of a Portion of Rowan County GIS System Parcel Number 032 194 Located at 446 & 448 S. Salisbury Avenue from CIV (Civic District) to MS (Main Street District) Zoning Classification

CONSIDER ADOPTING – Resolutions 26-04 and 26-05 Authorizing Leases of Property at 446 and 448 S. Salisbury Avenue•Item 10

CONSIDER ADOPTING – Resolutions 26-04 and 26-05 Authorizing Leases of Property at 446 and 448 S. Salisbury Avenue

CONSIDER AUTHORIZING – Town Manager to Execute a Contract for Design Services with the Bogle Firm for the Stanback Forest Center•Item 11

CONSIDER AUTHORIZING – Town Manager to Execute a Contract for Design Services with the Bogle Firm for the Stanback Forest Center

CONSIDER ADOPTING – Budget Ordinance Amendment 25-11.015 Governing Body Projects and Parks Maintenance•Item 12

CONSIDER ADOPTING – Budget Ordinance Amendment 25-11.015 Governing Body Projects and Parks Maintenance

CONSIDER ADOPTING – Resolutions 26-06 Directing the Clerk to Investigate Petition to Annex Parcel 324 052 at 607 Hawkinstown Road•Item 13

CONSIDER ADOPTING – Resolutions 26-06 Directing the Clerk to Investigate Petition to Annex Parcel 324 052 at 607 Hawkinstown Road

TOWN CLERK TO PRESENT – Certificate of Sufficiency for Petition to Annex Parcel 324 052 at 607 Hawkinstown Road•Item 14

TOWN CLERK TO PRESENT – Certificate of Sufficiency for Petition to Annex Parcel 324 052 at 607 Hawkinstown Road

CONSIDER ADOPTING – Resolution 26-07 Setting Public Hearing Date for Proposed Annexation of Parcel 324 052 at 607 Hawkinstown Road•Item 15

CONSIDER ADOPTING – Resolution 26-07 Setting Public Hearing Date for Proposed Annexation of Parcel 324 052 at 607 Hawkinstown Road

DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS•Item a

Planning

DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS•Item b

Code Enforcement

DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS•Item c

Police

DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS•Item d

Fire

DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS•Item e

Public Works

DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS•Item f

Finance

DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS•Item g

Active Living

TOWN MANAGER REPORT•Item 17

TOWN MANAGER REPORT

REQUESTS & COMMENTS by the Mayor and Board Members•Item 18

REQUESTS & COMMENTS by the Mayor and Board Members

EXECUTIVE SESSION per NC General Statute 143-318.11(a)(6):•Item 19

EXECUTIVE SESSION per NC General Statute 143-318.11(a)(6):

To consider the qualifications, competence, performance, character, fitness, conditions of appointment [...] of an individual public officer or employee [...] General personnel policy issues may not be considered in a closed session. A public body may not consider the qualifications, competence, performance, character, fitness, appointment, or removal of a member of the public body or another body and may not consider or fill a vacancy among its own membership except in an open meeting. Final action making an appointment or discharge or removal by a public body having final authority for the appointment or discharge or removal shall be taken in an open meeting.

ADJOURNMENT•Item 21