City Council

AGENDA DATE February 8, 2024 Spencer Board of Aldermen Pre-Agenda Meeting 5:30 p.m. 1. CALL TO ORDER – Mayor Pro Tempore Patti Secreast 2. INVOCATION & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Mayor Pro Tempore Patti Secreast 3. PRESENTATION – Update on the Rowan County Tourism Wayfinding Program in the Town of Spencer (James Meacham and Buzz Bizzell) 4. PUBLIC HEARINGS & STAFF PRESENTATION – Planning & Zoning Administrator Steve Blount a. 707 North Salisbury Avenue Rezoning b. 970 Long Ferry Road Rezoning c. 1840 US HWY 29 Rezoning 5. REVIEW OF FEBRUARY 13, 2024, AGENDA 1. CALL TO ORDER – Mayor Jonathan Williams 2. INVOCATION 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Mayor Jonathan Williams 4. ADDITIONS/DELETIONS AND ADOPTION OF AGENDA 5. RECOGNITIONS a. Mayor Pro Tempore Patti Secreast: Students of the 2nd Quarter i. Dontarrance Ambers, North Rowan Elementary School ii. Ryan Furr, North Rowan High School iii. Bailee Goodlett, North Rowan High School iv. Lucy Jones, North Rowan High School 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 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) will then be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered individually. Otherwise, all items will be enacted by one motion. a. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: January 4, 2024, Pre-Agenda Meeting Minutes  January 9, 2024, Regular Meeting Minutes January 30, 2024, Called Meeting Minutes b. CONSIDER RATIFYING – Amended Ordinance 23-24.02 Stanback Forest Annexation 8. CONSIDER APPROVING –Rezoning a. 707 North Salisbury Avenue from RMST to VSR b. 970 Long Ferry Road from C-85 to IND c. 1840 US HWY 29 from IND to MU-2 9. TOWN CLERK TO PRESENT – Certificate of Sufficiency for Proposed Hawkins Meadows Annexation 10. CONSIDER ADOPTING – Resolution 24-05 Setting Public Hearing Date for Hawkins Meadows Annexation 11. CONSIDER APPROVING – Spencer portion of the Rowan County Wayfinding Program and authorizing the Town Manager to execute an encroachment agreement with NCDOT 12. CONSIDER AUTHORIZING – Town staff to pursue a Blanch and Julian Robertson Family Foundation (BJRFF) grant for upfitting 401 11th Street (former Carter House) 13. CONSIDER ADOPTING – Budget Ordinance Amendment 23-14.013 North Carolina Transportation Museum (NCTM) donation to the Spencer Fire Department 14. MURAL PROJECT GRANTS & STAFF UPDATE – MPA Intern Skye Allan a. CONSIDER ADOPTING – Budget Ordinance Amendment 23-14.010 Accept Rowan Arts Council Grassroots Grant and Rowan Arts ARPA Grant totaling $12,500 b. CONSIDER ADOPTING – Budget Ordinance Amendment 23-14.014 Accept Salisbury- Rowan Community Foundation Endowment Fund Grant for $5,000 15. CONSIDER ADOPTING – Budget Ordinance Amendment 23-14.015 Police Department Cameras 16. CONSIDER AWARDING – 2024 Town of Spencer School Safety and Support Grant Program 17. DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS a. Planning b. Code Enforcement c. Police d. Fire e. Public Works f. Finance g. Library 18. TOWN MANAGER REPORT 19. REQUESTS & COMMENTS by the Mayor and Board Members 20. EXECUTIVE SESSION per NC General Statute 143-318.11 (if needed)  21. ADJOURNMENT 6. EXECUTIVE SESSION per NC General Statute 143-318.11 (if needed) 7. ADJOURNMENT