Randolph County Board of Commissioners - Randolph Record

16 Aug

Board of Commissioners approves strategic funding for various projects

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ASHEBORO — The Randolph County Board of Commissioners met Monday, August 14, with various budgetary and funding matters on the agenda. The board was first presented with an updated strategic planning funding request. “The county completed its most recent strategic planning process in 2016, and it involved citizens and communities from all over Randolph County,” said County Manager Hal Johnson. “It focused on the role of county government – and local governments also – which is the protection of the public health, the public safety and the public well-being. In 2017, the board of county commissioners made the decision to…

07 Jun

Commissioners approve opening of bids for renovations to Human Services Building and Wellness Clinic

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ASHEBORO — The Randolph County Board of Commissioners met Monday, June 5, with multiple property matters on the agenda. The board first approved a waiver of the American Healthcare Systems annual debt with regard to the Rural Healthcare Stabilization loan from UNC Health. “The terms of the agreement we have with the state are pretty well fixed,” said Assistant County Manager Will Massie. “We owe $1 million a year plus 1% interest. The way the pass-through agreement with the hospital read was that the board would consider the compliance with the terms of the contract.” The board had initially expressed…

08 Feb

Board of Commissioners presented with design for Health Department renovations

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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…

07 Dec

Commissioners resworn in, positions approved for new cycle

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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…

09 Nov

Board of Commissioners approves funding for four SRO positions for elementary schools

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ASHEBORO — The Randolph County Board of Commissioners met Monday to deliver their decision on how to allocate $600,00 in state funding. In addition, the board also approved four new SRO positions for the county elementary schools. First up on the agenda for the board was a presentation on the Children’s Home Society Study results. “Back in November of 2021, the Randolph County Partnership for Children requested funding for an early childhood community survey in order to more effectively identify the needs of children and caregivers in Randolph County,” said commissioner Hope Haywood. “The partnership used for this survey was…

05 Oct

Lumos selected as recipient of GREAT grant in Randolph Co.

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ASHEBORO — The Randolph County Board of Commissioners met Monday to discuss the plans for the expansion of broadband fiber, land reappraisal, and the restructuring of four of the county’s fire districts. The board approved an amended Memorandum of Understanding with Lumos, formerly Northstate, for the payment of $50,000 as a county-match for the expansion of fiber broadband in Randolph County. “The expansion of broadband is a big issue for our county, for our state, and our association has been lobbying for that,” said Chairman Darrell Frye. “This has been a number one priority for counties all over North Carolina,…

15 Sep

Fire Marshal’s Office to start charging for specific services

Ryan HenkelGovernmentFire Marshal, Randolph County Board of Commissioners

ASHEBORO — The Randolph County Board of Commissioners met Tuesday, September 6, with the Fire Marshal’s Office’s request for a new fee schedule, the fire district reformatting, and the purchase of property for the I-74 Industrial Site; the key items on the agenda for consideration. The Fire Marshal’s Office brought forth a request before the board to add a fee schedule to some of the services that the office provides. “Since the inception of the North Carolina Fire Code in the early 1990s, Randolph County Fire Marshal’s Office has provided permit consultation, plan review, and specialty inspections services free of…

03 Aug

Local state of emergency officially terminated in Randolph County

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ASHEBORO — The Randolph County Board of Commissioners met Monday where the local State of Emergency was officially terminated, and the board approved multiple financial items. One of the first items of action that the board took was for Chairman Darrell Frye to officially terminate the local State of Emergency in Randolph County that had been enacted in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic following the end of the statewide State of Emergency in North Carolina. “Looking back, they always say hindsight is 20/20, but I think we did about as good as we could do through that process,” Frye…

13 Jul

Next set of Fire District restructuring begins after Board of Commissioners approval

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ASHEBORO — The Randolph County Board of Commissioners met Monday with the restructuring of a new set of Fire Districts as well as a presentation of an improvement plan for the Health Department. These were the top items on the agenda. The process of restructuring the Fire Districts in Randolph County to remove the 15-cent tax rate cap that these districts had continued with four new districts was brought forth before the board for approval to start the process. The process – which has already been completed for Guil-Rand, Climax, West Side, and Franklinville Fire Districts – began with the…

08 Jun

Four Fire Districts officially restructured to remove fire tax cap

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ASHEBORO — The Randolph County Board of Commissioners met Monday, June 6 where they officially approved the abolishment and subsequent restructuring of four of the county’s fire districts. The County closed the final public hearings for the fire tax district restructuring for Climax, Franklinville, Guil-Rand and Westside fire departments and passed the resolution to officially change all four of them. The four fire departments will still cover the same areas, the only change is that they will no longer be held to a 15 cent fire tax cap, albeit the departments still would have to get approval by the Board…