City Council

AGENDA Spencer Board of Aldermen DATE Pre-Agenda Meeting May 8, 2025 5:30 p.m. The Board of Aldermen meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m., with a pre-agenda meeting the Thursday prior at 5:30 p.m. The primary purpose of the pre-agenda meeting is to review the agenda for the upcoming regular meeting, set the consent agenda, hold public hearings, and receive other presentations. Regular meetings focus on action items, departmental reports, and other business. Both meetings are open to the public and held in the Hilda B. Palmer Board Room in Town Hall, located at 460 South Salisbury Avenue. A printed copy of the entire agenda packet is available in the H. B. Palmer Board Room for public use. Please find meeting agendas, minutes, and a link to view the meetings live or on- demand at spencernc.gov/town-government-and-services/aldermen-meeting-and-agenda. 1. CALL TO ORDER – Mayor Jonathan Williams 2. INVOCATION & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Mayor Jonathan Williams 3. PUBLIC HEARING – Annex Parcel 051 052 Located Along Willow Creek Drive and Addressed as 1230 Long Ferry Road 4. PUBLIC HEARING – Rezone Part of Parcel 051 052 Located Along Willow Creek Drive and Addressed as 1230 Long Ferry Road Pursuant to Annexation 5. PUBLIC HEARING – I-85 Sign Ordinance Amendment 6. PUBLIC HEARING – Salisbury/Spencer Growth Area Agreement 7. REVIEW OF MAY 13, 2025, 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 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 three (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 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: April 3, 2025, Pre-Agenda Minutes April 8, 2025, Regular Meeting Minutes b. CONSIDER ADOPTING – Budget Ordinance Amendment 24-10.020 Appropriating Funds for Police Training Fee c. CONSIDER ADOPTING – Yadkin River Trailhead Project Budget Ordinance Amendment 22-020.02 with Updates 8. CONSIDER ADOPTING – Ordinance 25-06 Annex Parcel 051 052 Located Along Willow Creek Drive and Addressed as 1230 Long Ferry Road 9. CONSIDER ADOPTING – Ordinance 25-07 Rezone Part of Parcel 051 052 Located Along Willow Creek Drive and Addressed as 1230 Long Ferry Road Pursuant to Annexation 10. CONSIDER ADOPTING – Ordinance 25-08 Amending Article 17 of the Town’s Development Ordinance Addressing Signs in the I-85 Corridor 11. CONSIDER ADOPTING – Ordinance 25-09 Salisbury/Spencer Growth Area Agreement 12. CONSIDER ADOPTING – Budget Ordinance Amendment 24-10.018 Appropriating Funds for a Public Works Department Woodchipper 13. CONSIDER ADOPTING – Budget Ordinance Amendment 24-10.019 Appropriating Funds for a Police Department Golf Cart 14. CONSIDER ADOPTING – Stanback Forest Center & Trails Project Ordinance 25-06 15. CONSIDER ADOPTING – Ordinance 25-03.01 to Increase the Parks & Recreation Advisory Board (PRAB) from Five (5) Members to Six (6) Members 16. CONSIDER APPOINTING – Phip Sparger as the Sixth Member of the PRAB 17. CONSIDER AUTHORIZING – Town Manager to Enter into a Brownfields Assessment Coalition Memorandum of Agreement with Centralina Regional Council and City of Mount Holly 18. CONSIDER ADOPTING – Resolution 25-06 Adopting Iredell-Rowan Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan 19. Consider Appointing – Billie Lynn Sullivan to the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) for a 4-year Term 20. DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS a. Planning  b. Code Enforcement c. Police d. Fire e. Public Works f. Finance g. Library 21. TOWN MANAGER REPORT 22. REQUESTS & COMMENTS by the Mayor and Board Members 23. EXECUTIVE SESSION per NC General Statute 143-318.11 (if needed) 24. ADJOURNMENT 8. EXECUTIVE SESSION per NC General Statute 143-318.11 (if needed) 9. ADJOURNMENT