Carroll County public meetings in 2023
3 substantive meetings from 2023, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Board of Appeals (Community Development)
The Board of Appeals approved a lot size variance for a mobile home and a setback variance for a home. Two other requests to split agricultural land into parcels smaller than the 4-acre minimum were denied.
- Approved intrafamily-lot size variance for 1087 Clem Lowell Rd (5-1)
- Approved setback variance for 878 Grice Rd (6-0)
- Denied intrafamily-lot size variance for 252 Moore St (5-1)
- Denied lot size variance for 218 Cavender Creek Rd (5-1)
- Approved August minutes (5-0)
Board of Commissioners
The Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of 429.15+/- acres for the McIntosh Reserve expansion using a $1.95M grant and $300,000 in match funding. The board also approved two zoning requests and a road re-striping contract. Additionally, the board accepted a $500,000 ARPA grant for the Judicial Branch.
- Approved $2.25M purchase of 429.15+/- acres for McIntosh Reserve expansion (Unanimous)
- Approved rezoning of 8.675 acres at 2868 Highway 166 West from Agriculture to Commercial (5-2)
- Approved conditional use for youth athletic field at 945 Beulah Church Road (6-1)
- Approved $251,139.80 contract with Tidwell Traffic Solutions for road re-striping (Unanimous)
- Approved acceptance of up to $500,000 ARPA Supplemental Grant for the Judicial Branch (Unanimous)
- Approved purchase of animal shelter clinic equipment not to exceed $16,950 (Unanimous)
- Approved abandonment of 1.131 acres of West Villa Road (Unanimous)
- Approved appointments of Lisa Boggs Justice and Jeff Matthews to the 20-27 Corridor JDA (6-0)
Board of Commissioners
The Board of Commissioners held a work session to review several proposals, including road markings and land acquisition. The Board reached a consensus to place most discussed items on a Consent Agenda for the September 5, 2023 meeting. No final votes were recorded during this session.
- Consensus to place Judicial Branch ARPA Supplemental Grant on Sept 5 Consent Agenda
- Consensus to place Animal Shelter equipment purchase on Sept 5 Consent Agenda
- Consensus to place AG Advisory Committee resolution on Sept 5 Consent Agenda
- Consensus to place Sales Ratio Study Appeal on Sept 5 Consent Agenda
- Consensus to place Public Works re-striping contract on Sept 5 Consent Agenda
- Consensus to place McIntosh Expansion GOSP resolution on Sept 5 Consent Agenda