Anson County public meetings in 2023
3 substantive meetings from 2023, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Board of Commissioners
The Board approved a new facility grant and the FY 2025 Admin and Capital budgets for ACTS. Other approved actions included the FY 2023/2024 forestry budget and a revised wrecker service rotation ordinance.
- Approved ACTS 5339(b) New Facility Grant (unanimous)
- Approved ACTS FY 2025 Admin & Capital Budgets totaling $492,872 (unanimous)
- Approved FY 2023/2024 Anson County forestry budget with $134,454 local match (unanimous)
- Approved Revised Wrecker Service Rotation Ordinance (unanimous, Vice-Chair Mims abstained)
- Approved property tax refunds and adjustments (unanimous, Vice-Chair Mims abstained)
- Approved Consent Agenda including minutes and budget amendment for Disease Prevention/Health Promotion (unanimous)
Board of Commissioners
The Board voted to delay implementing additional cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) until the 2022 audit report is completed. Other actions included approving a lead service line investigation and closing out inactive project ordinances. The Board also appointed members to the Centralina Workforce Development and Anson Ag Advisory boards.
- Tabled additional employee COLAs until 2022 audit completion (4-2)
- Approved Lead Service Line Inventory Investigation and Replacement Resolution (unanimous)
- Approved closed project ordinances totaling $1,438,058.43 for water and other funds (unanimous)
- Approved Consent Agenda including ACTS and CDBG project ordinances (unanimous)
- Appointed Angela Caraway to Centralina Workforce Development Board (unanimous)
- Reappointed Brent Harrington and Jason Kiker to Anson Ag Advisory Board (unanimous)
- Tabled revised Anson County Travel Policy for department head review (unanimous)
Board of Commissioners
The Board rejected a motion to provide a 5% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to non-Sheriff employees but directed the County Manager to seek funding for a 5.5%-7.5% increase. The Board also updated the Solid Waste Management Ordinance to double fines for repeat offenders and approved two grants for water and wastewater asset assessments.
- Denied 5% COLA increase for non-Sheriff employees (4-3)
- Directed County Manager to find funding for 5.5%-7.5% COLA (4-3)
- Approved $300,000 water asset inventory assessment grant (unanimous)
- Approved $100,000 wastewater asset inventory assessment grant (unanimous)
- Amended Solid Waste Management Ordinance to double fines for repeat offenses (unanimous)
- Added Anson County Emergency Management as an enforcement entity for waste ordinance (unanimous)
- Denied funding for Anson Rescue Squad ambulance project; formed EMS research committee (unanimous)
- Authorized Fire Marshal and Wadesboro Fire Chief to conduct school inspections (unanimous)