2026-09-08 - Board of Commissioners

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• The Vice Chair presided; the Chair was absent. Votes were 4-0 (see Board Vacancy and Leadership).
• Information: communicable disease report (59 cases in 2025; a rabies exposure from a traveling petting zoo); DSS request for an adult multidisciplinary case-review team; relocation of the October 19 meeting for early voting; surplus law-enforcement vehicles to be sold online.
• Fairgrounds condition: track drainage, roughly $8,000-$10,000 restoration, tighter renter rules.
• County Attorney briefing on grant-restricted recreation properties and a proposed land swap with the schools.
• Property-tax legislation update (HB 1089 amendment, Truth in Taxation).
• Public comment: none.
• Approved: Soil and Water out-of-state travel; an Agriculture Advisory Board appointment; fuel-oil bid to Hometown Oil; Fire Department contract; fire-tax, DSS and recreation-sponsorship budget amendments; DSS service-credit enhancement and a new Income Maintenance Administrator I position; FY2027-28 transportation grants.
• A data-center and solar moratorium recommendation from Agriculture Extension was removed from the agenda.
• County Manager comments: Rescue Squad funding clarified; FY27 requests exceeded revenue by more than $4.6 million.

Agenda

Agenda packet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zm5s2upUalkYTNMGMqr9CfAhE9P8YOqG/view

Sources

• Agenda packet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zm5s2upUalkYTNMGMqr9CfAhE9P8YOqG/view
• Minutes (approved, scanned): https://drive.google.com/file/d/16WsnbPBdo418ZNPv1Uo74KgkQXLpFO5j/view
• Agendas and minutes folders: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KisCwMJAxApSw5Wl2s7nRgR5-rydFywp and https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1A6tpDEO-mwcpDr9n5LdKWWEznWoIPbAc
• Meeting list: https://alleghanycounty-nc.gov/minutes-agendas/
• Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP2Tv-6yRec (Alleghany County YouTube channel)
• County: Alleghany County

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