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Todd Taylor, the county’s director of debt and capital strategy, told the board the 2025 LOBs comprise two components. Series A will \"take out the current accumulated draw balance of the 2021 ban and convert it to permanent debt, as well as issue the remaining undrawn amount as new money,\" and Series B will provide the debt proceeds needed to construct Cary Main EMS.

Taylor said the county has used a draw-program (bond anticipation note, or BAN) strategy since 2016 for large capital programs such as schools and Wake Tech. He told the board the 2021 BAN with Truist Bank initially funded school appropriations totaling $584,065,000 and that the proposed 2025 Series A LOBs will take out the accumulated draw balance and issue any remaining undrawn amounts.

Under the presentation, the county currently anticipates approximately $287,500,000 of debt proceeds will be required for Series A, and Taylor emphasized that the bonds issued will not exceed the maximum authorized amount cited to the board. He also described the collateral plan: deeds to three schools — Swift Creek Elementary, Fuquay‑Varina Middle and Rex Road Elementary — will be pledged to support the Series A LOBs (two other schools previously pledged were moved to support earlier takeouts).

Taylor said Series B will provide up to $11,500,000 in par bonds for the Cary Main EMS station. He described the facility as a 15,260-square-foot regional EMS station to be built in Cary with six bays for emergency-response vehicles and two service bays. Construction is set to begin in March and is anticipated to last about 14 months, with completion targeted around April 2026.

Taylor described planned financing steps and timing: bonds will be marketed by senior underwriters JPMorgan and Truist Securities on April 9; interest will be payable semiannually on May 1 and Nov. 1; level principal payments will begin in 2026 and be amortized over 19 years; and the issue is scheduled to close May 1. He said debt service on the proposed LOBs will begin in fiscal year 2026 and that the closing costs have already been included in the adopted FY2025 budget.

No members of the public signed up to speak on the item, and Deputy Clerk Womack reported receiving no online comments. After closing the public hearing, Commissioner Cheryl Stallings moved to adopt the resolution authorizing the issuance and delivery of the 2025 LOBs, and Commissioner Greg Adamson seconded. The motion passed by voice vote with all members saying “aye.”

The board’s materials and Taylor’s presentation included statutory references the county relied on in structuring the transaction; during the discussion Taylor referenced \"North Carolina statute 160A‑20\" for the Series A LOBs and \"state statute 168‑20\" for the Series B LOBs, noting assets are required to be pledged as collateral under those cited authorities.

Commissioners asked location details for the Cary station; Adamson asked for the street location and staff said the site will be on Kildare Farm Road, across from Glenaire Retirement Community in Cary.

Action recorded: board adopted a resolution authorizing issuance and delivery of 2025 limited‑obligation bonds not to exceed $304,500,000 to refinance certain public school improvements and to fund the Cary Main EMS station.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Wake County - Regular - Feb 17, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Wake County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 17 held a public hearing and adopted a resolution authorizing up to $304.5 million in 2025 limited-obligation bonds to refinance amounts under a 2021 bond anticipation note for schools and to provide debt funds for the Cary Main EMS station. The board approved the action unanimously.","taxTitle","Wake County, North Carolina","taxId",3336,"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},6722650,"Wake County to split Health and Human Services into separate Social Services and Public Health departments July 1",181,5169000,5350000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2323340-7ea5b8aaec03c1af7409443828474f21&start=5169&end=5350","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2323340-7ea5b8aaec03c1af7409443828474f21/thumbnail_5169000.jpg","/articles/6722650/Wake-County/North-Carolina/Wake-County-to-split-Health-and-Human-Services-into-separate-Social-Services-and-Public-Health-departments-July-1","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6722650-dcb85d1bf3eba15713b9f62bceaa6fd4/orig.mp4?Expires=1771160521&Signature=H3U0GqVwRK0dgd47rHGbJSm0e9aC5JEmU6CknCtEV-TnwUutTOS6RDewBxUSV9Cqylxo1O~jBpJ4F0AtRUxxANHduN1BJ4qnQdTjs8inpYhB76GG8Zxo4OdKLLO-rOyaUBjvu2fl66CHD8lvL76bN~g6qHNJkJaDYIi04jkp5v4lQCExVCIVGLbfmGLPng9Xu4pYSFpul~0Tgcic4EdPE7NW2-CmOVs3a7aBswWYNy0FkwYDULfqx1~Y0l~gnP8l1xo8TGo-lJHBNFEIoTmwV1O4XHmX3jyv78e2m-oSFed1KBuA0pfKuxfUaWh2Xr7oCwu7eEjDXUtb6UThnvu5-w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Commissioner Cheryl Stallings used her board update on Feb. 17 to announce an administrative restructuring of Wake County’s Health and Human Services. Effective July 1, the county will divide the current Health and Human Services umbrella into two separate departments: Social Services and Public Health.

Stallings said the change is intended to provide more focused leadership for each function. The county will appoint directors to lead the new Social Services and Public Health departments, and Deputy County Manager Duane Holder will oversee the transition. Stallings said the Health and Human Services Board will remain a single board following the restructuring.

Stallings framed the change as an effort to provide more effective and efficient services for residents and said staff have been briefed. The board did not take formal action on the announcement during the Feb. 17 meeting; Stallings presented it as an upcoming organizational change to take effect July 1.","Wake County will split its Health and Human Services operations into separate Social Services and Public Health departments effective July 1, Commissioner Cheryl Stallings announced Feb. 17.",{"_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},6722654,"Resident urges Wake County to protect Lake Crabtree Park from RDU development, calls for land‑use master plan",388,2997000,3385000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2323340-7ea5b8aaec03c1af7409443828474f21&start=2997&end=3385","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2323340-7ea5b8aaec03c1af7409443828474f21/thumbnail_2997000.jpg","/articles/6722654/Wake-County/North-Carolina/Resident-urges-Wake-County-to-protect-Lake-Crabtree-Park-from-RDU-development-calls-for-landuse-master-plan","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6722654-48fbce8a41095683f8d9eba6f3b9460b/orig.mp4?Expires=1771160521&Signature=jfkn1NnakS5kNE4LrpuC93cJOQ9sH6RyDl96hMwkgbJpN9m3BCBcLeQs-ZpI8Ub0xNSI3wC~OCWeZl-61dP8WTEf0Lq-wD0BPd2-Md4BMl27nk9YScIyp1nkw3Z6TIVWHUev-CiRQFdGBueeHnvfc57ud9v6IR2YDAKtXy~lUE~0zsukvTR0aWuVQMnshXwSVLMTd52Ew-s2dFO1~AW83~dnQziXgpfrCEOp3kGm03mSlGSCfbtWDcdaGd5fk90tkPAYK~0WcrGt7xvTWj7kfsGgxpkY0QjRsWGg~B65jYOaE93F17QboGd2jv5HcAicU7F1C9pFEoaCRZfl9KuIsQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","During the Feb. 17 general public comment period, a resident identified as Lou spoke about concerns over proposed development at Lake Crabtree Park by Raleigh‑Durham International Airport (RDU).

Lou said RDU has moved to develop land around Lake Crabtree without what the speaker described as a properly vetted land‑use master plan or sufficient community input. Lou urged commissioners to require RDU to use other land first and to develop a land‑use master plan created with community participation.

Lou said RDU’s current approach places developer interests ahead of public plans and named several individuals the speaker said were being favored by RDU: \"John Kane, Dicky Thompson, Willie York, and Bratton family.\" Lou disputed RDU’s assertion that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was forcing development and said the airport was treating policy as law. The speaker urged the board to protect Lake Crabtree Park, preserve the forested recreation district and consider alternative locations such as areas near the PE3 expansion or other tracts north of National Drive.

Lou said the speaker represented \"several thousand people\" and reported receiving messages from the global anti‑aerotropolis movement opposing RDU’s proposed entertainment district at Lake Crabtree. The speaker concluded by asking the board to stop the proposed development and preserve the parkland.

No board action was taken on the comments during the meeting.","At the Feb. 17 public comment period, a resident identified as Lou criticized Raleigh‑Durham International Airport (RDU) plans to develop land at Lake Crabtree Park, urged prioritizing alternative sites and called for a vetted land‑use master plan and preservation of parkland.",{"_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},6722659,"Advocates urge Wake County to rethink $172 million detention expansion, propose investing in pretrial services and data dashboards",346,2816000,3162000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2323340-7ea5b8aaec03c1af7409443828474f21&start=2816&end=3162","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2323340-7ea5b8aaec03c1af7409443828474f21/thumbnail_2816000.jpg","/articles/6722659/Wake-County/North-Carolina/Advocates-urge-Wake-County-to-rethink-172-million-detention-expansion-propose-investing-in-pretrial-services-and-data-dashboards","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6722659-92cd725994de5b8a746c533fbdb73b0a/orig.mp4?Expires=1771160521&Signature=k96bwRioboFOxy1CQoJNlzgIkNil8sZ-zdt6EVFoambbMuBzEPSbeoM~SAmXbSWVhqAtfuMC5kVIqwEet1tqmwuOiiQr9PNahDqFbcZs1AfxjdZUdgCoy~yqWP6A09JwckNicBDqx1qjlEq9avtvt43-h2V02ke9FTK~21NAPwe3zit~TtmML0VThpdvzmlgife2iv799tVbSMCqKvmB4JSXW6FoN~6li0E9ESocqNbsfV5O4nC~-CFO2CQnezw-f-TzHuVtZLL3-eKZ5tHJ8XzfBaLR~jDLFtKPRLAsOOmUbEem3qz-4wC0B6VKlvf4tgqP6laXwDQoz6Edk8sLww__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","During the general public comment period at its Feb. 17 meeting, Peter Van Dorsten, director of the North Carolina Interfaith Cash Bail Reform, urged the Wake County Board of Commissioners to pause or reconsider a roughly $172 million budget proposal to reconfigure and expand the county detention facility over the next three years.

Van Dorsten told the board his group’s interest is reducing the number of low‑income people jailed pretrial because they cannot afford bail. He said the county should consider alternatives before expanding jail capacity, including expanding the county’s pretrial services program, which he said would be less expensive and more effective for many defendants.

Van Dorsten also urged the county to benchmark against similarly sized counties he said have lower detention bed capacity and to publish and use public data dashboards to better understand charges, demographics and how many detainees are jailed only because they cannot afford bail. He said he left a packet of supporting materials, including spreadsheets and links to benchmark counties and examples of data dashboards used elsewhere.

Van Dorsten recommended investment in information technology so Wake County can better answer questions about detainee needs — how many require treatment, how many are unhoused, and how many are detained solely for inability to pay bail — and to manage jail capacity more effectively.

No action was taken during the meeting on the matters raised in public comment. Van Dorsten concluded by asking the commissioners to \"make better use of our tax dollars than spending it on a jail expansion we don't need,\" and offered to discuss the materials with county staff in another setting.","At the Feb. 17 public comment period, Peter Van Dorsten of North Carolina Interfaith Cash Bail Reform urged commissioners to reconsider a roughly $172 million plan to expand the detention facility and to instead expand pretrial services, benchmark against peer counties and invest in data systems to better manage jail populations.",{"_33":112,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":113,"_41":114,"_43":115,"_45":116,"_47":117,"_49":118,"_51":119,"_53":120,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":121,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":122,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6722665,"Wake County approves schematic design for Sandy Plains Public Safety Station to shorten northern response times",1431,3958000,5389000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2323340-7ea5b8aaec03c1af7409443828474f21&start=3958&end=5389","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2323340-7ea5b8aaec03c1af7409443828474f21/thumbnail_3958000.jpg","/articles/6722665/Wake-County/North-Carolina/Wake-County-approves-schematic-design-for-Sandy-Plains-Public-Safety-Station-to-shorten-northern-response-times","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6722665-0f88a1c15f8921bbfa92e1437b6ecafe/orig.mp4?Expires=1771160521&Signature=dBHTl5fKjDhSwMN0OhHrazB~mJBO4NxoFHMmZxwhybvK2yl2bxtyprqyRtmhbLDiXA7uW3XXJg20707xY6X9WN89hHHvMTcTLCb-n0c9vcdzbUmVKaueOPe4N5QO5zH-q~kIs7JeBb1IBYpsacSxGp8c8wDxem6Umcnrq-FxJE5shx2PdofyLv3K1z2ULYryU4YaAlC-XVR3nXi~C4KcyJMdYDHjOFRHN8rpmX5Kv6hxmYFaiqNuqpcKNeuGd1WbqYwyd66VA45~juX~JDCxNIaedt9PNQnMCc76TaC0A2BJsmXeVG4NbP6JMb8-HTc-qbICaLaHFcSyWl9dyJa6qg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Wake County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 17 approved the schematic design for the Sandy Plains Public Safety Station, a joint facility intended to improve emergency response in the northern part of the county.

Sarah Richter, project manager for Wake County Facilities Design and Construction, presented the schematic design and said the site is in the northernmost portion of Wake County in an area referred to as “The Hook.” Richter said response times in the area can exceed 14 minutes and that the new station is intended to reduce response times to about 5 to 7 minutes.

Richter said the county purchased the site in 2024 through Parks and Recreation open‑space funding and that the county will use a minimal footprint and reimburse parks and open space for the portion of land disturbed. She said the facility will be jointly occupied by Northern Wake Fire, Wake County EMS and will include a sheriff’s drop‑in work area.

Project architect Mike Esposito of ADW Architects reviewed the floor plan and elevations. The schematic describes an approximately 8,500‑square‑foot, single‑story building with three apparatus bays (brush truck with swift‑water rescue boat, an engine and an EMS apparatus), support spaces, a fitness area, locker and shower facilities, a mezzanine for storage, and living/bunk areas for staff. Site features listed by staff include a vehicle drive apron with on‑site turnaround, 17 parking spaces, on‑site stormwater control, and well and septic service (no public utilities at the site).

Richter said the building is proposed as all‑electric — using high‑efficiency heat pumps — with photovoltaic panels, high‑performance windows and doors, air scrubbers in the apparatus bay to treat diesel particulates, native landscaping, and infrastructure for future EV charging. She described the building character as “residential in nature” with brick and hardboard siding to fit the rural surroundings.

Staff outlined a project schedule that aims to complete design by early summer, bid the project in the fall and open the building in fall 2026. Commissioners asked about potential future expansion (staff said expansion would be difficult because of impervious surface limits on the property) and about on‑site well testing; staff reported draw‑down testing showed adequate supply and that county Water Services will perform safety testing for radon and contaminants.

Multiple commissioners expressed support for the project and for staff’s community engagement. Commissioner Thomas moved to approve the schematic design and Commissioner Waters seconded; the board voted unanimously to approve the schematic design.

Action recorded: board approved schematic design for Sandy Plains Public Safety Station.","The Board approved schematic design for an 8,500-square-foot Sandy Plains Public Safety Station in northern Wake County that will house Northern Wake Fire, Wake County EMS and a sheriff drop‑in area. Commissioners voted unanimously to approve the design after staff presentations on site, building and sustainability features.","actionData","errors"]

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