Asheboro City Council - Randolph Record

15 Oct

Asheboro City Council tackles busy October agenda

Ryan HenkelGovernment, NewsAddie Corder, Asheboro City Council, Trevor Nuttall

ASHEBORO – The Asheboro City Council met for its monthly meeting last week with quite a busy agenda. The council first held three legislative hearings with the first being for an application to apply initial city zoning on more than 2,200 acres of NC Zoological Park and NC Zoological Society property recently annexed into the city limits. “The property was relatively recently annexed into the city limits by an act of the General Assembly and under state law, the city has to apply city zoning to all property within its jurisdiction,” assistant city manager Trevor Nuttall said. Nuttall said the…

11 Sep

Asheboro City Council hears multiple property matters

Ryan HenkelNewsAsheboro City Council, David Smith

ASHEBORO – It was a busy agenda for the Asheboro City Council at its Sept. 5 regular business meeting as the council held five hearings all dealing with zoning or land-use requests. The first was for 0.9 acres of property located at 841 Cross St. to be zoned as an amended B2 (General Commercial) conditional zoning in order to construct a covered seating area, walk-in cooler and outdoor grill at an eating establishment (The Taco Loco). “I’d love to see it go in there, but I personally think they need to show us a little more parking,” council member Joey…

07 Sep

Smith won’t seek another term as Asheboro’s mayor

Bob SuttonGovernment, News, PoliticsAsheboro, Asheboro City Council, David Smith, mayor

David Smith is serving his fourth term as Asheboro's mayor. (Randolph Record file photo) ASHEBORO – David Smith won’t run for re-election as Asheboro’s mayor next year, so that will mark the end of more than a quarter-century of time as an elected city official. Smith said Friday he thought it was important to provide plenty of advance notice. “I wanted to make the announcement far enough out so anyone who wanted to run would be prepared,” he said. Smith, 71, has won four four-year terms as mayor after serving on city council for 12 years. He’ll serve through 2025,…

14 Aug

Asheboro city manager Ogburn to retire

Ryan HenkelNewsAsheboro, Asheboro City Council, John Ogburn

ASHEBORO – At the end of the Asheboro City Council’s regular business meeting last week, long-time city manager John Ogburn announced his retirement. “My decisions and focus have always been on what’s best for the City of Asheboro, and frankly, the search for a new city manager will be more straightforward and easier to achieve than a search for a deputy city manager that could subsequently become the city manager,” Ogburn said. “Given the challenges of recruitment and desiring that the community have the best it possibly can, I have decided that my last active day as your city manager…

25 Jun

Asheboro budget won’t increase property tax

Ryan HenkelNewsAsheboro, Asheboro City Council, property tax, taxes

Water and sewer rates to go up ASHEBORO — The Asheboro City Council has been presented a budget that doesn't recommend a property tax increase. At the board's June meeting, the 2024-25 annual operating budget was set to total $71.5 million. That keeps the tax rate even at $0.71 per $100 valuation. A large portion of the budget — just under $22 million — is set aside for public safety, with Asheboro police getting a $13 million allocation and firefighters nearly $8 million. The budget also includes a 2.5% cost-of-living increase for city employees, funding to implement seven new employees…

23 May

Asheboro to conduct downtown parking study

Ryan HenkelNewsAsheboro City Council, City of Asheboro, downtown asheboro

(Randolph Record file photo) ASHEBORO – The Asheboro City Council approved a study of parking downtown during its May meeting. “Downtown parking availability and management has been an ongoing issue as our downtown has continued to revitalize,” Community Development director Trevor Nuttall said at the meeting. “We think it’s time to bring in an expert in parking operations to look at our existing inventory, supply and demand and present you with potential changes to regulations and policies and offer strategies to improve the overall parking conditions downtown.” In other business, the council will ask the North Carolina Division of Aviation…

17 Apr

Randolph Savings and Loan building named historic landmark

Ryan HenkelNewsAsheboro City Council, City of Asheboro, Randolph Savings and Loan

ASHEBORO – The Asheboro City Council named the Randolph Savings and Loan building at 115 South Fayetteville St. as a local historic landmark. “This is the dominant, iconic building in downtown Asheboro and it’s nominated for designation by the property owner,” said Ross Holt of the Randolph County Historic Landmark Preservation Commission. “The Randolph Savings and Loan Building was built in 1963 and designed by Alvis George for the firm of J. Hyatt Hammond.” The building is mentioned as a contributing resource to the Downtown Asheboro Historic District, itself on the National Register of Historic Places. “The Landmark Designation Report,…

14 Feb

Asheboro cuts youth sports fees for low-income students

Ryan Henkel, North State JournalNewsAsheboro City Council

ASHEBORO – The Asheboro City Council met Thursday, Feb. 8, approving a new youth athletics scholarship program that will cut registration fees for youth sports by 50 percent: “60% of boys and 65% of girls in the United States do not participate in youth sports of any kind,” said assistant recreation services director Jody Maness. “Now that is alarming in and of itself, but if you look a little deeper into those numbers, you will find that in homes where the median income is roughly $100,000 a year, that number is pretty consistent. Roughly 39% of those children participate in…

20 Jan

New councilman reconnects Trogdon family to Asheboro city hall

Bob SuttonGovernment, NewsAsheboro City Council, City of Asheboro, Joey Trogdon

Joey Trogdon (Courtesy photo) ASHEBORO – With a family legacy of involvement in City of Asheboro government, Joey Trogdon figured if he was going to participate this might be the last chance. So he ran for a spot on the Asheboro city council and won in November. “I thought about it in the past,” Trogdon said. “Then (around 2008) with the recession it was kind of all hands on deck to keep the business. Now seemed like a good time.” His father, Joe Trogdon, spent about three decades in Asheboro politics, first on the city council and then as mayor.…

13 Dec

Asheboro City Council approves new members and rezoning requests

Ryan Henkel, North State JournalNewsAsheboro City Council

ASHEBORO – The Asheboro City Council met Thursday, Dec. 7 to swear in incumbents Edward Burks and Charles Swiers as well as newly elected councilor Joseph Trogdon, Jr. to their seats. Walker Moffitt was reappointed as Mayor Pro Tem with Trogdon dissenting. “If you have a leading vote getter who’s an outsider, that’s typically the impression to me and a lot of folks that they want a change from the status quo,” Trogdon said in explanation. “For that reason, I won’t support the motion.” The council continued with public hearings on rezoning requests. The first was a request to rezone…