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ROSE HILL — The Rose Hill Board of Commissioners held its first meeting since the resignation of former Commissioner Gary Boney on Tuesday, Sept. 10. The acceptance of Boney’s resignation was approved by an unanimous vote as part of the consent agenda.
However, later in the meeting, Commissioner Ross Powell brought up the subject of the vacancy left by Boney’s resignation.
Town Attorney Kenn Thompson stated that the board can appoint an individual to serve out Boney’s term, which expires in November 2025.
“If they would like to run for that position,” he added, “they can file like anybody else.”
Thompson said the commissioners can come to a consensus on who they’d like to appoint to fill the vacancy. “Formally, you just have to … do a motion, get a second, and approve the person,” Thompson said.
Since Town Administrator Angela Smith was on vacation at the time of the meeting, the commissioners said they would wait for her return to name any candidates for the appointment.
The item will be added to the October meeting agenda.
The board also accepted a funding offer from the NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDA & CS) of Soil and Water Conservation in the form of a Streamflow Assistance Program (StRAP) grant.
The $18,000 grant will allow for a storm drain to fix the area by Elm Street and Charity Road. Public Works Director Blake Parker explained that the project is to put in a catch basin. “What the contractor will do, there’s three pipes coming in,” he explained. “That great big hole to the right-hand side that you see as you’re going toward Charity, that area will be filled in. There’ll be 40 foot of pipe extended out to Dogwood. It won’t be a lateral filling on the whole ditch, but at least that hole there will be safer.”
The offer was accepted unanimously.
In other business at the Sept. 10 meeting, the board:
- Approved a resolution awarding property at 204 Fifth St. to Kevin Hernandez, after an upset bid process brought in no other bids. Hernandez purchased the property for $10,000.
- Approved an agreement for professional administrative engineering services with Stroud Engineering. Most of the work will be done in-house, but Stroud will be used on an as-needed basis.
- Got an update on a project to repair drainage on Walnut Street. Parker said that the project, funded by a Golden LEAF grant, may start sometime in October.
- Heard an update on new three-way and four-way stops being installed throughout the town. Feedback has been both positive and negative, but the majority understood why the stops were needed, Town Administrator Angela Smith reported.
- Learned about a sinkhole due to a sewer cave-in on East Main Street between Bay and Elm that was repaired by an outside contractor. Because the sinkhole was 9 feet in depth, the town had to have a contractor do the repairs, since the town can go no deeper than 4 feet, Smith reported. The asphalt will have to be replaced, and will be done by Legion Asphalt as part of the paving project.
- Heard an update on the new fire department from Commissioner Billy Wilson, who reported that the department is in its new building and operating well. An open house will be planned sometime in the near future.
