Commissioners to hold public meeting Tuesday, agenda includes capital resolution and solid waste project bid

By Chuck Thompson | The Shelby Independent

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The Cleveland County Board of Commissioners will hold their first public meeting of the new year on Tuesday, Jan. 20 at 6 p.m.

Items on the agenda include recognition of high school state champions, Shelby and Crest. Also, a special recognition of Cervical Awareness month, with Lindsay Gullatte-Lee, ‘Get in Good with Your Health’, will be recognized.

Next on the agenda, is the public comment portion of the meeting. Anyone wishing to speak must sign up prior to the meeting. The requirements and rules for speaking are as follows:

“Individuals who wish to address the Board during the public comment period shall register with the Clerk to the Board providing their true name and address on the sign-up sheet.

The sign-up sheet will be available fifty (50) minutes prior to the start of each meeting. The sign-up sheet will be collected ten (10) minutes prior to the start of each meeting by the Clerk to the Board. Individuals who have not entered their true name and address on the sign-up sheet within the designated time period will not be permitted to address the Board, unless the Chair, in the Chair's sole discretion, permits.

Discussions between Speakers and members of the audience will not be allowed. Public comment is not intended to require the Board to answer any impromptu questions. Speakers are expected to be civil in their language and presentation and are prohibited from using profanity or making threats of violence or personal attacks against any person. All comments from the speaker shall be issue-oriented and directly related to a subject that the Commissioners have oversight and authority. Each speaker is allotted three (3) minutes to address the Board. A speaker is not permitted to share, reserve or relinquish any remaining time allocated to them to another speaker. Any comments where the primary purpose is to promote a business or candidacy shall not be allowed.”

The consent agenda will be voted on, after the public hearing, which include such items such as budget amendments for various county departments and Cleveland County Schools; there will also be Request to Set a Public Hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, for Planning Case 26-01, request to rezone 109 Catalina Court from Restricted Residential (RR) to Rural Residential (RU), and a child fatality prevention report.

Next, public hearings and then move on to the regular agenda.

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The regular agenda will consist of the Catawba Revenue for Capital Resolution, presented by County Manager David Cotton and the Solid Waste Cell IV Construction Project Bid presented by Solid Waste Director Josh Davis.

The commissioners will then move into closed session before adjournment, stated as “Closed session per North Carolina General Statute §143-318.11(a)(6) to consider the qualifications, competence, performance, character, fitness, conditions of appointment, or conditions of initial employment of an individual public officer or employee or prospective public officer or employee; or to hear or investigate a complaint, charge, or grievance by or against an individual public officer or employee,” as stated by Chairman Kevin Gordon.

The public is encouraged to attend. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m., in Commissioners’ Chambers, located in the County Administration Building, 311 E. Marion Street, Shelby, NC.

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Chuck Thompson is a reporter and columnist for The Shelby Independent.

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