ASHEBORO – The Randolph County Board of Commissioners took the time to recognize select citizens for their volunteer work within the county.
At the board’s meeting Monday, five county residents were recognized with the Governor’s Volunteer Service Awards.
“These awards recognize the individuals in our community that give their time, energy and compassion to help others, often behind the scenes, and always without expecting anything in return,” said Samantha Baker, United Way of Randolph County executive director. “Their efforts strengthen our county and our community and they inspire us all.”
Those recognized included Amy Rudisill for her mentorship and work as board chair for Communities in Schools of Randolph County; Jo Ann Miller, for her hours with Randolph Health and Randolph Senior Adults Association; Dwight and Brenda Ayers, for their years of service to Randolph Senior Adults Association and particularly the Meals on Wheels program; and former county commissioner Maxton McDowell, for his lifetime of public service to Randolph County.
“To those honored tonight, thank you for being shining examples of what it means to lead with compassion,” Baker said. “You remind us all that one person makes a world of difference.”
McDowell was also recognized as Randolph County’s nominee for the 2025 Governor’s Medallion Award for Volunteer Service
The Governor’s Medallion Award recognizes the top 20-25 volunteers in the state and are nominated by individual counties. After being nominated, a statewide panel will review and evaluate each nominee to determine the winners.
“I want to extend my deepest gratitude, not just to our award recipients, but to all volunteers across Randolph County who give their time, their talents and their heart to serve others,” Baker said. “Your generosity builds a stronger, more connected community and your impact reaches far beyond what can be measured.”
The board also approved a one-year, approximately $1.72 million contract renewal with Mediko for inmate medical services at the detention center.
“After careful evaluation and consideration, we’ve determined that our continued partnership with Mediko for inmate medical services is in the best interest of our organization and the wellbeing of our inmates,” said chief deputy Steven Nunn. “They have met our standards in ensuring the health and safety of the inmate population.”
The contract is a 3% increase from the prior fiscal year.
The board then approved the reclassification of positions at the Juvenile Day Reporting Center. The change removes the full-time transportation aide position and adds instead three part-time positions: two transportation aides and a data entry clerk.
“JDRC is wanting to be very transparent with the positions that we have and last budget season, we were granted a full-time transportation aide,” said JDRC director Pam Resch. “After exhausting all of our efforts for that position to be filled, we decided this was the best move in order to be more efficient and effective in the services that we’re providing to our youth in Randolph County. This is not going to have any effect on our current budget.”
Finally, the board also held a public hearing for various UDO updates.
“These updates were provided to the planning board at their last meeting and are 98% legislative updates that came down through the legislature last year,” assistant county manager William Johnson said.
Following the hearing, the board approved the amendments.
The Randolph County Board of Commissioners will next meet June 2
