Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting

TOWN OF ROBBINS Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting Thursday, April 13, 2023 – 6:00 PM apMeetingVenue Robbins Town Hall I. CALL TO ORDER @6:00pm PRESENT Mayor Cameron Dockery Commissioner Brandon Phillips Commissioner Jody Britt Commissioner Kevin Stewart Commissioner Lonnie English ABSENT-Excused (arrived 6:16) Mayor Pro Tem Nikki Bradshaw II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Mayor III. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD NC G.S. 160A-81, 160A-81.1 None IV. CONFLICT OF INTEREST – Does any Commissioner have a conflict of interest concerning agenda items the Board will address in this meeting? V. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA All items below are considered routine and will be enacted by one motion. No separate discussion will be held except on request of a member of the Board of Commissioners. Motion made by Commissioner Stewart. Voting Yea: Commissioner Phillips, Commissioner Britt, Commissioner English A. March Board of Commissioners Minutes B. Brough Law Firm Increase C. Resolution for Municipal Road Closure D. Resolution Declaring Certain Property Surplus and Authorizing Its Disposition E. Electronic Message Board Policy VI. OLD BUSINESS  A. Commercial Trash Cans -Clint Mack Inquired with businesses on Middleton Street, basically they want us to discuss a better plan. Talking with Republic we discussed dumpsters but we can't really put them behind the building due to power lines and private property. The intent is to get the trashcans off the sidewalks. Maybe the solution per Mack is to get a better looking trashcan that P/W would dump once a week. Lonnie- used to park all of them on Horner Street, I dont see where its an issue, bc its only one day. District Mgr walked around to review options. Lonnie-change the parking and set up a sign and designate the spots at the end for pick up. Clint-Maybe take one parking space away and line all trash cans in spot. VII. NEW BUSINESS A. Letter to Neal Jackson requesting Speed Limit Lowering for Safety Mayor- A serious accident almost occurred recently twice and Mr. Jackson expressed he would help push it thru. Need a motion. Stewart-wants to ask to put a crosswalk on there as well. English- Neal already knows about that. Dockery-asking to reduce it to 45 from 55mph. There has only been two or three accidents reported and that is what DOT is looking at and thats not acceptable Motion made by Commissioner English. Voting Yea: Mayor Pro Tem Bradshaw, Commissioner Britt, Commissioner Stewart Voting Nay: Commissioner Phillips TC- noted to Commissioner Stewart on the crosswalk that alot of times it may help to deal with DOT staff it may be due to funding issues but its worth a call. B. Ordinance replacing Robbins Code of Ordinances Chapter 112 TC- Several weeks ago there were solicitors going to door and our ordinance is out of date, so I had Brady Herman take a look and update the ordinance. The thing you have to remember is solicitations are a freedom of speech. We have updated the language and makes it a clear process and appealing. The only requirement is we do a background check. A citizen can put on their door "no soliciting". Dockery- Itinerant, door to door you need a permit. What's the process? Mack-we have some examples TC - the fee is not a revenue its a cost to the town. We do have exemptions, like amazon drivers, religious, campaigning, seeking contributions for Non-profit organizations, or a yard sale. C. Review of Parking Ordinance-Salisbury Street Mack-this does not need action tonight. On 705 the trash truck hit the no parking sign and the business owner requested that we do not replace it. I am asking if we want to change the ordinance. Mayor-The business owner does not want it back up. TC- if you change the ordinances you do not need a public hearing. Bradshaw- I don't think we change or amend it for one spot.  D. Budget Amendment 7-to be finalized in Final Board Packet Mack-Related to going thru the Budget, additional training and supplies needed. Contract services and engineers. Dockery- ask for a motion E. Budget Amendment #8 to pay for Contract Services Mack-Primary leak on Middleton Street contracted to SKC, the equipment and manpower was needed. Bradshaw- inquired if it was the same one replaced before with Terry's Plumbing. Mack-No Motion made by Commissioner English, Seconded by Commissioner Stewart. Voting Yea: Mayor Pro Tem Bradshaw, Commissioner Phillips, Commissioner Britt, Commissioner Stewart F. Budget Amendment #9 Tank Refurbishment Mack- Viola came out and did an assessment. There are two options attached in packet. This would take care of the Southside of Town and this would get us back in compliance. Question is where you would like to take it from ARPA or Fund 30. Dockery- The option is $50K vs $250K Mack-Recommendation is to purchase the $50K and it would work well with a grant in the future. Bradshaw- we didn't answer the questions Mack- Where to take it from and yes or no. Bradshaw- I say we take it out of savings in light of everything else we got going on. Motion made by Mayor Pro Tem Bradshaw. Voting Yea: Commissioner Phillips, Commissioner Britt, Commissioner Stewart, Commissioner English VIII. MANAGER'S REPORT A. March 2023 Managers Report See attached NPO vs RPO please get well versed on this. Its a big impact.My concern is that some towns have made statements that they don't want to expand the footprint of this thing. Self admittingly its new and they don't understand it, we want to start small-well if you don't understand it then we just discount all options. In my mind they would want to build that metro area as afar as transportation, strategic planning and funding the more the merrier" Dockery- the immediate impact on our area is transportation Mack -that includes rail, roads and highways etc. My concern is if there are only 2000 more people in the Southern Pines area then the Moore County will become part of that. And then who goes to bat for us?  TC- you do have to be actively involved in these RPOS/NPO or you miss out on funding. Its good to be at the table and how you can have input. Are they formed a new NPO? Maybe a representative in legislature or county representative. Also, they meetings are open to the public, so you are welcome to go and voice your concerns. Mack- It's not Us vs Them, the traffic circle is not a boundary line Mack went over the remainder of his Report IX. COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS Stewart: Compliments on the Town Clock fixed Britt: None Bradshaw: None English: Like the Million dollar sign! Glad we got it! Phillips: None X. CLOSED SESSION (if needed) 143-318.11. (4) To discuss matters relating to the location or expansion of industries or other businesses in the area served by the public body, including agreement on a tentative list of economic development incentives that may be offered by the public body in negotiations, or to discuss matters relating to military installation closure or realignment. Any action approving the signing of an economic development contract or commitment, or the action authorizing the payment of economic development expenditures, shall be taken in an open session Motion to go into Closed Session at 6:57pm Motion made by Mayor Pro Tem Bradshaw. Voting Yea: Commissioner Phillips, Commissioner Britt, Commissioner Stewart, Commissioner English Motion to Adjourn at 8:02pm by Bradshaw Unanimously favored XI. COMMISSIONER'S UPCOMING MEETING/EVENTS A. Budget Work Session at Robbins Town Hall April 27, 2023 6:00pm-8:00pm