City Council

AGENDA DATE May 9, 2023 Spencer Board of Aldermen Regular Meeting 6:00 p.m. 1. CALL TO ORDER – Mayor Jonathan Williams 2. INVOCATION – Mayor Pro Tempore Patti Secreast 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Mayor Williams 4. ADDITIONS/DELETIONS AND ADOPTION OF AGENDA 5. RECOGNITIONS a. Mayor Pro Tempore Secreast i. Students of the 3rd Quarter • North Rowan Elementary School: Ava Tyler • North Rowan Middle School: Rogelio Salinas • North Rowan High School: Zoey Rutherford ii. North Rowan High School Graduating Class of 2023 iii. Rising Ninth Grade Students at North Rowan High School iv. Rising Sixth Grade Students at • North Rowan Elementary School • Hanford-Dole Elementary School b. Alderwoman Pat Sledge i. Beverly McCraw, Librarian at Spencer Public Library ii. Community Garden 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 are required to provide their name, address, and topic to be addressed. The Board will only listen and not respond but may decide to place a topic on a future agenda. A speaker will be allowed 3 minutes to speak. 7. CONSENT AGENDA The Consent Agenda is the first order of business. The items listed are believed to be non-controversial and administrative in nature. There will be no separate discussion of the items unless an Alderman or a citizen requests and is granted permission to speak. The item(s) then will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered individually. Otherwise, all items will be enacted by one motion. a. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: i. April 6, 2023, Pre-Agenda Meeting Minutes ii. April 11, 2023, Regular Meeting Minutes iii. April 25, 2023, Called Meeting Minutes b. CONSIDERATION of Property Liens i. 204 S. Iredell Ave., Spencer, NC ii. 216 N. Rowan Ave., Spencer, NC iii. 610 S. Yadkin Ave., Spencer, NC c. CONSIDER ADOPTING – Ordinance 23-10 for Burial on Private Property Text Amendment 8. CONSIDER ADOPTING – Resolution 23-11 for Naming the Spencer Town Hall Board Room the Hilda B. Palmer Board Room 9. PRESENTATION –Town Manager’s Recommended FY24 Budget 10. CONSIDER ADOPTING – Ordinance 23-11 for ETJ Board Membership Text Amendment 11. CONSIDER AUTHORIZING MAYOR – Interlocal Government Agreement for the Yadkin River Business and Recreational Park Master Plan Grant 12. CONSIDER AUTHORIZING – Staff to Execute Three Award Agreements a. Blanche and Julian Robertson Family Foundation 2023 Grant b. Margaret C. Woodson Foundation 2023 Grant c. Rowan Arts Council 2023 Arts and Cultural Development Grant 13. DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS a. Planning b. Code Enforcement c. Police d. Fire e. Public Works f. Finance g. Library 14. TOWN MANAGER REPORT 15. REQUESTS & COMMENTS by the Mayor and Board Members 16. EXECUTIVE SESSION per NC General Statute 143-318.11 (if needed) 17. ADJOURNMENT