Government - Randolph Record

08 Feb

Board of Commissioners presented with design for Health Department renovations

Ryan Henkel, North State JournalGovernment, Newscommissioners meeting, local government, nc government, randolph county, Randolph County Board of Commissioners

ASHEBORO — The Randolph County Board of Commissioners met Monday, February 6, where they were provided updates on two of the county’s major construction projects. The first item of new business was an update on the Health Department renovations. “Last summer, you awarded a contract to Smith Sinett Architecture to design a renovation to the health department, which is located at the Ira McDowell Center,” said County Engineer Paxton Arthurs. “Since that time, Smith Sinett has worked to finalize the design and put together the bid documents.” The current Health Department space is 16,000 square feet, with 35 offices, two…

23 Jan

Seabolt’s condition improves as sheriff handles some duties

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ASHEBORO – Randolph County Sheriff Gregory Seabolt remains under medical care, but he has resumed some of his duties remotely. “He’s doing much better,” Amanda Varner, government relations and public affairs director for the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, said Monday. “They’ve got him eating again.” With Seabolt away, there has been a shifting of temporary duties. Col. Aundrea Azelton, chief deputy of the Randolph County Sheriff's Office, is overseeing operations. Last week, the following statement was issued from the Randolph County Sheriff's Office via Deric Skeen on behalf of Seabolt and his family: “Sheriff Seabolt has been hospitalized with an…

18 Jan

Commissioners approve new departmental positions and reclassifications

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ASHEBORO — The Randolph County Board of Commissioners met Tuesday, January 3, with a full agenda to kick off the new year. The board was first presented with its annual audit report, which was conducted by Cherry Bekaert LLC. “We issued what we call an unmodified opinion on your financial statements,” said April Adams, a partner at Cherry Bekaert LLP who oversaw the audit. “That is otherwise known as the clean opinion. That’s the opinion that you want. It’s the highest level of assurance that we can give you as an audit firm that your financial statements are free from…

11 Jan

Asheboro City Council updates subdivision review/approval regulations

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ASHEBORO — The Asheboro city council met Thursday with a handful of public hearings on the agenda. The council approved an amendment to the Zoo City Social District to slightly expand the map and to also make certain clarifications in specific regulations. “What we are doing here is tweaking the boundaries of the social district just slightly to include possibly as many as four new businesses that want to be included in the social district,” said Mayor David Smith. “We are just trying to get our ordinance in line with what the state expects in addition to adding just a…

21 Dec

New members of Randolph Board of Education sworn in

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ASHEBORO — The Randolph County Board of Education met on Monday, December 12, to swear in new members and finalize voting for the naming of Trinity High School’s Gymnasium. The meeting opened up with the swearing-in of three members. Current board member Fred Burgess was sworn into a new term, whereas Phillip Lanier and Shannon Whitaker joined the board as new members. The board then unanimously voted to reelect Gary Cook as Board Chair. “Sometimes, especially during COVID, you thought, ‘I don’t know if I want to go back or I could give this up,’” Cook said. “Whether it was…

07 Dec

Commissioners resworn in, positions approved for new cycle

Ryan Henkel, North State JournalGovernmentRandolph County Board of Commissioners

ASHEBORO — The Randolph County Board of Commissioners met Monday, where the board had select members resworn in and updates on various county projects were provided. Commissioners Darrell Frye, David Allen, and Hope Haywood – all of whom won reelection back in November – were resworn into their positions. Following that, the board also voted to reappoint Frye as the chairman of the board and Allen as the vice chair. Other positions that were voted in were the reappointment of Ben Morgan as the county attorney, Dana Crisco as clerk to the board, and Sarah Pack as deputy clerk to…

30 Nov

Randolph Board of Education approves SRO contracts for additional elementary school support

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ASHEBORO — The Randolph County Schools Board of Education met Monday, November 21, where they were given an update on SRO contracts, school improvement plans, and a potential calendar plan for future school years. The board was given an update on the school system’s new SRO contracts. “It’s been in the works for a while to add some SRO presence at the elementary schools,” said Superintendent Stephen Gainey. “We wanted to make sure we could get the officers trained and recruited, and that was handled by the Sheriff’s Department. Just the need to have some presence there. Right now,…

08 Nov

Biggs wins District 70 seat

Randolph RecordGovernment, News, PoliticsBrian Biggs

ASHEBORO -- Republican Brian Biggs has won election to represent District 70 in the N.C. House of Representatives. He defeated Democrat Susan Scott. Biggs is currently a member of the Randolph County Board of Education.

08 Nov

Richard Hudson wins in new Congressional seat

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ASHEBORO -- Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC08) will return to the U.S. House as the representative for North Carolina's Ninth Congressional District based on unofficial results Tuesday night. With about two-thirds of the precincts reporting, Hudson had more than 80% of the vote in a lopsided victory over Democratic candidate Ben Clark. After a three-judge panel redrew Congressional maps for North Carolina, Hudson announced he would run in the new ninth district that includes Chatham, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore, Randolph, Richmond, and Scotland counties. Hudson is in his fifth term in the U.S. House serving the N.C.’s eighth congressional district.…

02 Nov

NC Treasurer announces largest one-time supplemental bonus for state retirees

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RALEIGH — N.C. State Treasurer Dale Folwell announced the largest one-time supplemental bonus for state retirees of an additional four percent in this month’s payment. The bonus will go to benefit recipients of the Teachers’ and State Employees’ Retirement System (TSRS), Consolidated Judicial Retirement System (CJRS), Legislative Retirement System (LRS) and the Local and Governmental Employees’ Retirement System (LGERS). “The TSERS, CJRS and LRS payments were appropriated by the General Assembly and signed by Gov. Roy Cooper. The LGERS payment will come from retirement funds,” said Folwell in a press release dated Oct. 25.” “The LGERS one-time supplement was approved…