Minutes Tuesday July 9,2024 Regular Meeting ofTown Council 6:00pm 4293-BI Hwy. 24/27 E. Midland, NC28107  Attendance: Mayor John Crump; Mayor Pro Tem Darren Hartsell; Councilmembers Allen Burnette; Mike Tallent; Rich Wise; Town Manager Doug Paris; Town Clerk Savannah Suggs; Planning, Zoning & Subdivision Administrator, Craig Thomas; Town Engineer Richard McMillan PE.; Assistant Town Clerk Savannah Plott; Midland Fire ChiefLarry Coley; Midland Deputy Fire Chief. Joshua Case; Cabarrus County Senior Deputy Claudette Camille; Cabarrus County Captain Zeman; and Attorney Daniel Also Present: Cabarrus County Commissioner Tim Furr; Cabarrus County Commission General Election  Peterson. Nominee Larry Pittman. Late: None.  Absent: Planning Clerk Hilda Keeney; Finance Officer Beverly Love . Invocation: Councilmember Tallent gave the Invocation.  2. Open Meeting:  a. The room stood for the Pledge of Allegiance.  3. Announcements:  a. Proclamation #2024-119 Honoring Rev. Robert Marvin Tyson b. Lieutenant Robert Eury Bridge Dedication  The dedication ceremony will bel held at Rob Wallace Park Shelter 3 on Wednesday July 31"at 10:00 am. Motion was made by Councilmember Wise and seconded Mayor Pro Tem Hartsell to approve the 5. Consent Agenda: Items listed under the Consent Agenda are generally ofa routine nature. The Council may take action to approve/disapprove all items in a single vote. Any item may be withheld from a general action, to be discussed and voted upon separately at the discretion of the  4. Approval ofthe Agenda: Agenda as presented. Motion carried 4-0.  Board.  Minutes 6/11/2024 Attorney bills  Motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Hartsell and seconded Councilmember Wise to approve the  Consent Agenda as presented. Motion carried 4-0 6. Public Comment: No comments.  Town of Midland PO Box 589 Midland, NC: 28107 704-888-2232  182  midlandnc.us    Minutes Tuesday July 9,2024 Regular Meeting ofTown Council 6:00pm 4293-B Hwy. 24/27 E. Midland, NC: 28107 7. Public Safety:  a. Police Report - Cabarrus County Sheriff for Midland  Officer Camille reported the following for June 2024:  Officeri initiated calls: 569 Dispatched calls: 143  b. Midland Fire Department Report  Midland Deputy Fire ChiefCase reported the following for. June 2024:  Canceled before arriva!:7 Structure fires: 4 Residential fire alarms: 6 Commercial fire alarms: 3 Brush: fires: 5 Vehicle fires: 0 Local alarms: 12 Motor vehicle accidents: 6 Medical calls: 44 Total calls for service=8 87  8. Planning Projects: C. Thomas  a. Verbal Update Continued plat and site plan reviews  Codel Enforcement: snipe sign removals and overgrown grass  Planning & Zoning Commission had in house quasi- judicial training at the. June meeting  9. Engineering: R. McMillan  a. Hwy 24/27 Sewer Update  Contractor moved in equipment, they have 6-7 repairs to be made, contractori is planning on havinga crew here the second week in August and should take around 3 days to complete.. A section near thet tire store has settled, the contractor is working with Trull tol have it repaired this week. Easements have been  sent to Concord.  b. PCR- Paving Condition Rating Update  Working on evaluating all the town streets and developing a paving schedule, about 1/3 of the way done with the rating process, should be complete in the next month or two. Once the rating is complete, will  bring back as suggested list of capital paving projects for the next 5 to 10 years.  Town of Midland PO Box 5891 Midland, NC: 28107 704-888-2232  183  midlandnc.us    Minutes Tuesday July 9,2024 Regular Meeting ofTown Council 6:00pm 4293-B Hwy. 24/27 E. Midland, NC28107  C. 24/27 Street Drain Clean Outs  NCDOT had a sweeping contractor come through but there's a lot ofdebris left. Will be getting in touch with NCDOT regarding the cleanup, they may have to manually shovel the debris that'ss stuck.  10. Mayor's Comments: No comments.  11. Staff Reports:  a. Finance Director Comments: S. Suggs i. Finance Report June 2024  Town of Midland Cash Accounts As ofJune 30, 2024  Total 149.00 406,136.79 61,820.14 42,965.04 0.00 384,498.58 190,967.37 3,702,028.57 132,647.15 312,425.97 2,731,294.95 S 7,964,933.56  Bank Accounts 1000 CASH ONI HAND 1004 GENERALFUND 1040 UTILITY CAPITALI RESERVEFUNDS 10501 POWELLBILLFUNDS 1060 CDBGOLD! MIDLANDSEWER PROJECT 1065 ARP ACT Speciall Revenue. Account 1071 Gen Fund-NCCMT Capital Recovery 1072 Gen umd-NCCNIT-Gemeral Fund 1073 Gen Fund-NCCMT Police Carl Res 10741 Powell Bill-NCCMT 1075 Utility Capitall Reserve-NCCMT Total Bank Accounts  b. Manager's Comments: D. Paris  i. Midland Mecklenburg County Line Welcome Sign Designs  Manager Paris displayed the welcome sign concept design options andj provided the background on the inspiration behind the designs. The proposed designs recognize the Townof.Midlands: history asa  railroad town and Midland's importance in the gold mining industry. Council discussed the presented options and agreed on design option 1.  Town of Midland PO Box 589 Midland, NC: 28107 704-888-2232  184  midlandnc.us    Minutes Tuesday July 9,2024 Regular Meeting ofTown Council 6:00pm 4293-B Hwy. 24/27 E. Midland, NC28107  ii. Other Comments  Downtown Storage Building:  We are going to start working with our law firm on the title search for the downtown storage building and preparing oft the documents so we can continue with thej purchase. Wanted to make sure there wasno Council agreed to continue with the title search for the downtown storage building.  objection before starting the process.  2025 Firework Event:  Councilmember Tallent: Next year will be the 25th anniversary oft the Town of Midlands establishment, would like to start the planning process for next year's firework event which willl be. July 5th, 2025. Motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Hartsell and seconded by Councilmember Tallent to adjourn the  12. Adjournment: meeting. Motion carried 4-0. Council adjourned the meeting at 6:38pm.  Attest/Seal  /  ahadyg Town Clerk Savannah Suggs  Bhe Cuy  Mayor. John Crump   (2000 CAR  Town of Midland PO Box 5891 Midland, NC28107 704-888-2232  185  midlandnc.us