Harold A. Bass, Sr., Chairman

Bobby R. Stanley, Vice Chairman
 

W. Thomas Flynt

 
James E. Kallam
 

**Official Contact information for Board of Commissioners
Pamela M. McLain, MMC, Clerk to the Board**
P.O. Box 206
Wentworth NC  27375

Phone:  336. 342-8102
Fax:  336.342-8105
Email:  pmclain@co.rockingham.nc.us

• Establishment of overall fiscal policy through its budgetary powers,
• Regulation of private conduct through its ordinance-making powers, and
• General administration.

A G E N D A

ROCKINGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

REGULAR MEETING – FEBRUARY 8, 2010 – 6:30 P.M.

371 NC HIGHWAY 65, WENTWORTH, NC   27375

 1.        MEETING CALLED TO ORDER BY CHAIRMAN BASS

 2.        INVOCATION

 3.        PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

 4.        CONSENT AGENDA (Consent items as follows will be adopted with a single motion, second and vote, unless a request for
            removal from the Consent Agenda is heard from a Commissioner).

                a)         Approval of Minutes – January 11, 2010

            b)         Adoption of Order Directing Tax Collector to Advertise Unpaid 09-10 Property Taxes

            c)         Declare Items as Surplus to be sold by Mendenhall Auction Company on 2/20/2010

            d)         Budget Revisions

                         i)         Mike Apple, Finance Director

                                    a)         Report of Previously Approved Budget Revisions

                                    b)         Approval of Various Budget Amendments

                        ii)         Sheriff Sam Page

                                    Purchase 26 Bullet Proof Vests, ½ funding by US Department of Justice, ½ funding from Federal Forfeiture Funds

 5.        MARK WELLS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY CENTER

            Presentation by The Howell Group, LLC - Results of Broadband Study/Recommendations to Move Forward to Expand Broadband
            Internet Coverage Throughout County

 6.        APPOINTMENTS/NOMINATIONS

            City of Eden Planning Board (ETJ)

 7.        PUBLIC HEARINGS (Advertised for 7:00 P.M.)

                Tom Wiggins, Director of Operations

            a)         Rezoning Request – Joseph Maddrey, US Highway 220

            b)         Text Amendments to Rockingham County Unified Development Ordinance

                         i)         Add Standards for Bed and Breakfast Home

                        ii)         Add Standards for Banquet/Reception Facility

 8.        PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD

 9.        NEW BUSINESS

10.       ADJOURN

          Pamela M. McLain, MMC
         Clerk to the Board

The Clerk to the Board is officially responsible for the County seal and the retention of official records.  These include minutes, ordinance books, records of county-appointed boards and committees, resolutions, contracts, agreements, and leases.  The clerk is responsible for legal advertisements and must be familiar with the General Statutes that deal with advertisements in order to assure the validity of actions taken by the board of commissioners. 

Because many of the legal powers of the county are exercised by the board of commissioners the minutes of board meetings are the official record of what it does and therefore this function is one of the clerk's most important duties.  Subsequently, the clerk is required to attend all board of commissioner meetings.  

The clerk generally sends draft copies of board minutes- -except draft minutes and general accounts of closed sessions - to the board members several days before the meeting at which time the board will consider the minutes for approval.  The circulated draft minutes of open session meetings are public record that must be made available for public inspection. 

One of the most important services that the clerk provides to the board is assistance with preparations for meetings.  The clerk is often involved in preparing the tentative agenda for board meetings and in compiling background information for the board's agenda packet.  He or she may also arrange for the recordings of meetings and may set up other audiovisual equipment and the meeting room.