2026-07-13 - Town Council

Summary

Built from the official minutes (read from a scanned document); no agenda, video or transcript on file.

Called to order at 6:00 PM by Mayor Lovette; Lineberry gave the invocation. Present: Lovette, Mayor Pro Tem Wilson and Lineberry. Absent: Riggan and Brown.
Staff present: Town Manager Tencer, Finance Director and Town Clerk Gonzalez, Assistant Finance Director Mendoza, Interim Police Chief Phillips, Public Works Director Brewer and Fire Chief Lewis.
June 1 minutes approved 3-0 on Wilson's motion, seconded by Lineberry.
Audit contract approved 3-0 on Lineberry's motion, seconded by Wilson.
Old items, presentations and new items: none. Adjourned at 6:20 PM on Wilson's motion, seconded by Lineberry, 3-0.
National Night Out to be hosted August 4 at the Jeffrey Earp Park, 6 to 8 PM.

New contract (including the single audit required because of federal grants) for fiscal year 2025-2026 with Cobb, Ezekiel, and Loy, PA: approved 3-0.

Tencer said the fire department building is still under construction and should be finished between the end of August and the beginning of September 2026.

Tencer reported on North Carolina House Bill 162, Session Law 2026-39: it would bar local governments from setting minimum or maximum square footage for residential structures under the NC Residential Code, set parking dimensions at 9 by 20 feet unless marked accessible, and prohibit most local governments from requiring a minimum number of off-street parking spaces for residential and commercial uses.

Lineberry and Lovette asked Tencer to find out how much longer Stone Street will be closed for the railroad's double-track construction. No date is known; Tencer will pass along what he learns.