Statesville City Council Meeting 03/17/2025


City Hall - 227 S. Center Street

March 17, 2025 - 5:00 p.m. - Pre-Agenda Meeting – 2nd Floor Conference Room

March 17, 2025 - 6:00 p.m. - Regular Meeting - Council Chambers

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Meeting Agenda:

I. Call to Order

II. Invocation

III. Pledge of Allegiance

IV. Adoption of the Agenda

V. Code of Ethics and Front and Center Strategic Plan

VI. Presentations & Recognitions

VII. Public Comment

VIII. CONSENT AGENDA All items below are considered to be routine by City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion on these items unless a Council member requests, in which event, the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered with the other items listed in the Regular Agenda.

A. Consider approving the March 3, 2025, Pre-Agenda Meeting City Council meeting minutes. (E. Kurfees)

B. Consider approving the 2025-26 HOME Funds allocation request and signing the contract with the City of Concord. (Pierce)

C. Consider approving Work Authorization #21 Amendment #1 for additional design and bidding of the second phase of a new corporate aviation development area in the amount of $127,894. (Ferguson)

D. Consider selecting a parking layout to move forward with design and construction of an expansion to the Civic Center to serve increased demand. (Hubert)

E. Consider appropriating fund balance to approve Budget Amendment #2025-19 to pay an economic incentive in the amount of $ 76,724.10 to Statesville Industrial Partners, LLC. (Smith)

F. Consider passing a resolution directing the City Clerk to investigate a petition of annexation, AX25-01 Barkley Springs Phase 2 for the property located along Barkley Road North and Barkley Road West, receive the City Clerk’s Certificate of Sufficiency, and consider passing a resolution fixing a date of April 7, 2025, for a public hearing for the petition of annexation. (Kirkendall)

G. Consider approving a resolution supporting an application to the Local Government Commission (LGC) for its approval of a financing agreement for the Waterline Spline Project. (Dunford)

REGULAR AGENDA

IX. Consider approving the amended Service Contract with DSDC. (Pierce)

X. Consider approving a fund that supports Affordable and Attainable Housing that is funded by the sale of city-owned property. (Wasson and Pearson)

XI. City Manager’s Report

XII. Advisory Boards Meeting Minutes

1. 2025-01-08 Airport Commission Minutes

2. 2025-01-28 ABC Board Minutes

XIII. Other Business

XIV. Closed Session (Following Pre-Agenda)

XV. Adjournment




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