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Staff presentations described the parcels, utilities, traffic counts and future-land-use designations for each request and recommended the board adopt statements of consistency and to authorize the chairman to sign the necessary documents.

Several citizens spoke during the hearings. Jason Houston and other neighbors supported some requests as “cleaning up” existing commercial zoning near Piney Green Road, while other speakers raised concerns about traffic, school capacity and drainage on Blue Creek Road. Jeff Morton and others asked the board to require survey work and protections for family cemeteries on a large Rainer (PRZ 2024-27) parcel; Tidewater Associates’ representative, Josh Edmonson, said survey work would include cemeteries, topography and wetlands and that those features would be captured and considered during design.

Chester Williams, who said his property abuts the Rainer parcel, urged care on drainage, saying he feared future development could worsen water pooling and flood his home. Planning staff advised that developers must obtain state stormwater permits and soil-erosion controls and that enforcement of stormwater compliance rests with the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (Division of Water Resources), not the county.

Planning staff also noted that several affected schools — particularly Southwest Middle School — were projected to be at or over capacity under certain rezoning scenarios; staff repeatedly said that converting property to commercial zoning would not generate additional students while residential rezonings could affect school capacity depending on final development plans and densities. Staff repeatedly said that road improvements required by the N.C. Department of Transportation would be determined through any required traffic studies.

The board voted on each item after public input and staff comment. No additional conditions or denials were recorded in the meeting minutes; where a final vote count was recorded, it is noted below.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Onslow County Board of Commissioners' Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","Onslow County commissioners approved six zoning map amendments Feb. 3. Planning staff recommended approval for all six; public speakers raised concerns about school capacity, drainage, and the preservation of family cemeteries on one large parcel.","taxTitle","Onslow County, North Carolina","taxId",4261,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6679534,"Onslow County finance director reports midyear collections, accounting change for EMS revenue",445,956000,1401000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2215987-ac92dc5aaf23b96f8093a43608237eeb&start=956&end=1401","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2215987-ac92dc5aaf23b96f8093a43608237eeb/thumbnail_956000.jpg","/articles/6679534/Onslow-County/North-Carolina/Onslow-County-finance-director-reports-midyear-collections-accounting-change-for-EMS-revenue","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6679534-9d47bf06596c87d1a750b25e8eff2d2c/orig.mp4?Expires=1771174641&Signature=Jwlw5UtvxpFxLstxeh0egULv1FIy8QxOfi4LyDDvGeGl0sMVbEqYgQgWqNauo0qXEiHYH2WZtN86sOY18-QXShzLdsiuJWFTq7BWOH0VIAER4ldPHXA9dltK4Xe82UOF2GmRzKca1IoaF2nvzvy3LC-GgJ6Ir8EPye0jgdIY3cBruNdIke-SbsLtIJ~TbP7H6M06X0v1GxwIZkco6HU3aRS-ahExb7hjqvy6uqKtL8TheZW5ddmmhXmrkJjYhiR1fXcDdHZhMrGijJSCotvyz40KtIP1CTj0NlteXSGAPotOw2iTQttXsY9H-myyhUCXjUsxraswVCRSRP0MjL8Ktw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Kevin Patterson, Onslow County’s finance presenter, told commissioners on Feb. 3 that as of Dec. 31 the county had collected about $144 million and that, as of Jan. 15, the Tax Department had received roughly $121 million of current-year property taxes.

Patterson reported sales-tax collections were about $1.3 million higher than the same point last year and that motor-vehicle tax collections contributed an additional $6 million in the most recent reporting. He said overall collections are tracking to budget and that expenditures by function are currently under budget.

Patterson described an accounting-method change for EMS revenue recognition. Previously the county had booked EMS revenues on a full-accrual basis; the finance office reverted EMS reporting to a modified-accrual (cash-based) approach because collection rates are concentrated in the 90–120 day window and private-pay uncollectibles are significant. He said that change results in approximately a $4 million difference in revenue recognition for the reporting period and provides what he described as a clearer picture of EMS cash flows.

Patterson said the county expects a small spike in collections around the typical publication periods at the end of February and early March and reiterated that salary-study costs have not been fully recognized in the current numbers because those costs would be reflected for roughly six months of the fiscal year. He also said the department is still awaiting an actuarial study for other post-employment benefits that will be used to finalize government-wide financial statements.

No formal action was requested of the board; Patterson said draft financial statements for fiscal 2024 have been prepared for technical review and that staff expect to finalize actuarial inputs in February.","The county reported approximately $144 million collected as of Dec. 31 and a change in EMS revenue recognition that reduces reported sales and services by roughly $4 million for the year.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6679538,"Auditor issues clean opinion for Onslow Hospital Authority financial statements",338,565000,903000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2215987-ac92dc5aaf23b96f8093a43608237eeb&start=565&end=903","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2215987-ac92dc5aaf23b96f8093a43608237eeb/thumbnail_565000.jpg","/articles/6679538/Onslow-County/North-Carolina/Auditor-issues-clean-opinion-for-Onslow-Hospital-Authority-financial-statements","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6679538-1439a2e91641cc8cc4dba9850e7d645c/orig.mp4?Expires=1771174641&Signature=ozS-146bf8F6tZsM6-3P0QUQxefd~QzYnRP-63HIQLJRU--Dp89aGwLOwxccEKzYwjbJTqhBGJoM-h8lZ2-izpZ4qonY6--FG1hSXfQFUGlOOHzACik1~LFPkxM7uf027R2qnrFqbIpQjjjPpY92CeBE2kjdshHFaO27NWRfuZb3kzyClyTI90z1BDGo77SQZVQFidMB5QT3ABqZGuC4ziZ-ZnyuH6JXaEHzpBGH4iDI15Js8JE8jQYTU-pYoe0k2bmuj6Hgm5eAWbFnP8Rd7jSR1mSBad4HjQslOYXS1aMpMMGRxqPhzT--plN9lo738WBxgHPLUipk0UU4LUd0Zw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Andrea Spitrini, an engagement partner with accounting firm BDO USA, told the Onslow County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 3 that BDO issued an unmodified (clean) opinion on the Onslow Hospital Authority’s financial statements for the nine-month period ended June 30, 2024.

Spitrini said the audit was conducted under generally accepted auditing standards in the United States and governmental auditing standards. She said the single-audit federal compliance portion also received a clean opinion and that no material findings were reported that would require written documentation to the hospital authority’s schedule of federal awards.

She outlined key items in the audit package: the balance-sheet presentation showed current assets exceeding current liabilities; the statement of revenues reported a margin of roughly 4 percent for that period; disclosures included charity-care policies and post-employment medical plans; and charges foregone for charity care “approximated over $16,000,000.”

Spitrini said the audit firm noted no significant or unusual transactions, no alternative accounting treatments, and no material misstatements requiring correction. She also told commissioners the firm completed the audit and the single-audit submissions on time and received standard management representation from hospital executives.

Commissioners asked a clarifying question about the auditor’s language; one commissioner said he had “not heard an auditor say ‘relatively clean’ before,” and Spitrini confirmed the formal opinion is a clean opinion.

No formal action was required of the board during the presentation; the audit report was presented for the board’s information.","BDO USA reported an unmodified opinion on the Onslow Hospital Authority's 9-month 2024 financial statements and found no material noncompliance in the federal single-audit review.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6679543,"Resident urges Onslow County action after years of unclear maintenance for Maynard Manor roads",289,253000,542000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2215987-ac92dc5aaf23b96f8093a43608237eeb&start=253&end=542","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2215987-ac92dc5aaf23b96f8093a43608237eeb/thumbnail_253000.jpg","/articles/6679543/Onslow-County/North-Carolina/Resident-urges-Onslow-County-action-after-years-of-unclear-maintenance-for-Maynard-Manor-roads","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6679543-00aa85c7ae31b83b23fe6b5dfd4b9496/orig.mp4?Expires=1771174641&Signature=oPtxMxm6n~cQm9kk2ewqThUFJr9nEzxDAuyGo3BH1eAbF3ZtoVl4GcOPhB4F-Av2yu7TtURjSz9AmjlxOmgZAvgAdz9JLucdw6yZ9D3QsDECRn-EZH8109N~INMYrKYUG22XmCT8Hc6x3NOPCghiiDkmCq83DuvTfi2PTxAhQhb91CFNtEXMItfDYoBxIYtPGUwKEOZPCmCJs3CiFEJpbHDPaQB7FlYh-~fYOamq~Tx34DAhZvHIrtNjapnFkpK1htX54TkTptveZoE1L8fdLUCsR~WhrhPh5V9QuSudfJ5IDTQm-jCHeNVhvdN4dhbJn31di10MBeCMUx4bfXBjdQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Tim Boggan, a Hubert resident, told the Onslow County Board of Commissioners during the Feb. 3 public-comment period that roads in the Maynard Manor subdivision are in limbo and need county attention. Boggan said plats filed with the register of deeds include conflicting designations and that “streets are designated as public” in several plats while a street-disclosure statement on the plat also states the streets “are intended to be dedicated for public use but have not been accepted as of this date.”

Boggan told commissioners the original developers are no longer in business and that no homeowners association was ever formed. He said lots of the paperwork shows the streets were intended for public dedication but were never accepted, leaving the roads “private or orphaned” and without routine maintenance.

The resident described several practical consequences he said are already occurring: the U.S. Postal Service has filed to stop mail delivery to some addresses; school buses are only going to a different road, forcing some children to walk up to a mile to reach stops; and “emergency response time is detrimentally reduced” as road conditions worsen. He also cited a possible sewer-line issue running along the road.

Boggan referenced state law when describing the petition process for road acceptance, saying in his remarks that North Carolina General Statute Chapter 136 provides for a right of petition and a process by which a petition to accept a road can be sent to the state transportation department once the board of commissioners accepts the petition into the minutes. He said the subdivision has about 124 residents and estimated that would equate to roughly 93 residents needed under the petition rule he cited.

Boggan asked the board to clarify who is accountable for maintenance and to consider steps toward formal acceptance or other remedies to restore services and emergency access.

The board did not take action during the public-comment period. Following Boggan’s remarks, the meeting proceeded to previously scheduled agenda items.","A Hubert resident told commissioners that Maynard Manor streets are inconsistently recorded and currently unmaintained, raising concerns about mail delivery, school bus access and emergency response times.","actionData","errors"]

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