Pineville  WORK SESSION MINUTES MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2024@ @ 6:00 PM TOWN HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS  The Town Council oft the Town of Pineville, NC, met ina a Work Session on Monday, November 25, 2024 @6:00p.m.  ATTENDANCE Mayor: David Phillips Mayor Pro Tem: Ed Samaha Town Manager: Ryan Spitzer Town Clerk: Lisa Snyder Finance Director: Chris Tucker Planning Director: Travis Morgan HRI Director: Linda Gaddy CALLTOORDER  Council Members: Amelia Stinson-Wesley, Chris McDonough, Danielle Moore  Mayor David Phillps called the meeting to order ate 6:07 p.m.  DISCUSSIONI ITEMS:  Audit Presentation. Finance Director, Chris Tucker, introduced Beau Hildebrand, with Martin Starnes & Associates. Local governments are required tol have their accounts audited by a CPA or CPA firm after the close of the fiscal year. Mr. Hildebrand gave the audit presentation and advised thati it was approved by thel LGC. He began with thel Fund Balance and stated that the total fund balance is $23,939,894 minus leases and stabilization by state statute; the Available Fund Balance is $22,040,497. Mr. Hildebrand outlined the Expenaitures/EApenses and noted that Public Safety is the largest expenditure. There were no performance indicators or concems this year. Finance Director Chris Tucker summarized and noted that our Fund Balance policy was 40%. The newr rangei is 24t to32%  and we are above that at 112% SO we can go forward on future projects.  Pineville Church of thel Nazarene. Planning Director, Travis Morgan, said that the applicant, Brian Upton, requests consideration for a conditional zoning plan to reduce the parking requirements related to an expansion project. The ordinance allows for up to 50% of parking to be located off site with a shared parking agreement. He met with the Planning Board recently and they recommended the 1-400 parking calculation. This willl be unilateral for all churches in the Town. Staff recommends the proposal and finds thati iti is consistent with adopted plans. The next step will be Pay Plan Presentation. Sarah Towne, with Baker Tilly, gave the presentation to Council. She added that the plan measures the position, not the individual. Nine compensable factors were provided: Education, Experience, Level of  the public hearing.  Council Work. Session ofNovember. 25, 2024  Page. 1    work, Human interaction, Physical demands, Working conditions, Independence of actions, Impact on the organization, and Supervision exercised. Ten peer organizations included Charlotte, Cornelius, Matthews, and other area municipalities. Their draft pay plani is aligned to 95% ofr market at thei midpoints and pending Council's approval. Int total, 51 unique positions were classified to a grade in the proposed pay plan based on market midpoints. From there, grade assignments were adjusted, as necessary, to account for existing equity, career progressions, grade compression, job evaluation and supenisorsubordinate separation. Baker Tily recommended the approval of the open plan for General positions and the proposed step plan for police sworn positions. Baker Tilly will help Human Resources with transitioning the new policies. Ms. Towne also suggested reviewing these routinely and adjustingpay Cone Mill PSA. Town Manager Spitzer reminded everyone that this is a continuation of the November council meeting. Some adjustments were made per Council's request andl have been approved by Mr. Morgan, our Planning Director. Jon Visconti was in attendance to answer any questions. Council Member Stinson-Wesley asked if consideration was given for workforce housing. Mr. Visconti replied that he is looking at that and suggesting making fivet tot ten oft the units available with a minimum income requirement of $75,000. The units would be 18-foot wide and have a one-car garage. Other homes will bei for sale with 10% being restricted of living there one year before being Text Amendment for 100 Housing Units. Planning Director Morgan requested that the subdivision and zoning ordinances have the wording' "ots" replaced with "units." This proposal is to clarify and update those ordinances. The Planning Board recently recommended the approval of the "units" language under Section 6.2 of the Subdivision  structures annually.  allowed to place them for rent. The parking willl be dedicated, cut-out, on-street parking.  ordinance and 6.5.25 of the Zoning ordinance. He would like them tol bei in alignment. Mayor Phillips announced at five-minute break before entering a closed session.  Council Member Moore moved to enter a Closed Session followed by a second made by Council Member Stinson- Council Member Stinson-Wesley moved to leave Closed Session with as second provided by Council Member Mayor Pro Tem Samaha moved to adjoum the Work Session followed by a second made by Council Member  Wesley. All ayes. Moore. All ayes. McDonough. All ayes.  The Mayor adjourned the meeting at 8:45 pm.  David Phillps, Mayor  CR  ATTEST:  soh Lisa Snyder, Town Clerk  Council Work. Session ofNovember: 25, 2024  Page 2