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County staff read the resolution, which notes the Cougars defeated Scotland High School 1-0 in the championship game and finished the season with a 28-1 record. The resolution singled out the seven seniors and credited head coach Candace Langel and her staff. The board voted to adopt the resolution on a motion by Commissioner Richardson and a second by Commissioner Hall; the vote was recorded by voice as \"aye.\"
The resolution named players, coaches, the athletic director and the principal. Coach Candace Langel thanked the board and said the team set a goal at the start of the season and achieved it through hard work.
Commissioners invited the team and coaches forward to receive a framed resolution and photographs were taken.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Rockingham County Board of Commissioners Meeting | July 21, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Board adopted a resolution congratulating the Rockingham County High School Cougar softball team for winning the 2025 NCHSAA 3A state championship and named players, coaches and staff in the resolution.","taxTitle","Rockingham County Board of Commissioners Meetings, Rockingham County, North Carolina","taxId",73553,"location","North Carolina","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6162390,"Board approves small rezoning near U.S. 1 from RP to RA for 0.49-acre parcel",449,1626000,2075000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5438999-e5ea1a5042d88589fd1d2b1db2928637&start=1626&end=2075","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5438999-e5ea1a5042d88589fd1d2b1db2928637/thumbnail_1626000.jpg","/articles/6162390/North-Carolina/Board-approves-small-rezoning-near-US-1-from-RP-to-RA-for-049-acre-parcel","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6162390-66129a07b3d83ac92b1c1d21baa9500a/orig.mp4?Expires=1770773320&Signature=hHi4xNXmtu74LF8Uf~ZzpuKBsZc2ms5KTqk8KcrrY0dio7u4S5RvsmztrzVvW4uQa1uZPmISs0zFQBznhc1bR9SCK1BygxDWq-UgsT4UXL9g4FpDVa6dPBFQXTy1wQ0Mb88FXrjsiZINDwjhHEUVrLIHGC1KDtFhbz4TdgrUGOhJ5ljc3pv8j~Sotn~OXwCFgUxK2fLsEbUVpo2SYYOADvzxRunGFQDqyaCuAms9gXKCYPFmwwkl3-zxasLnneHSx~-tg88lNv6wvaByUksRAWE17jyDvwWvS3SyLcymGPZ5ZJnuXn3cK9XNsLNcKWx0LiDRWD8XjuBh9te3SlIKlQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Rockingham County Board of Commissioners voted to approve zoning case 2025-09 at its July 21 meeting, rezoning a 0.49-acre parcel at 214 U.S. Highway 1 from Residential Protected (RP) to Residential Agriculture (RA).
County staff said the request was a conventional rezoning—meaning the board considered the full set of allowed uses in each district rather than a site-specific plan—and noted the county comprehensive plan designates the area as the O-2 land class, which the plan characterizes as undeveloped/agricultural and low-density residential uses. The planning board reviewed the application at its June meeting and recommended unanimous approval.
Applicant Wayne Blackwell said he did not own adjoining property. Commissioner Kellum moved to approve the case; Commissioner Barrow seconded, and the board approved the rezoning with all members signaling assent by voice vote.
No conditions or amendments to the rezoning were recorded in the meeting minutes.","The Board of Commissioners on July 21 approved zoning case 2025-09 to rezone a 0.49-acre parcel at 214 US Highway 1 from Residential Protected (RP) to Residential Agriculture (RA); the planning board had recommended unanimous approval.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6162395,"Rockingham County risk manager details premium increases, new law-enforcement liability costs",915,1969000,2884000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5438999-e5ea1a5042d88589fd1d2b1db2928637&start=1969&end=2884","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5438999-e5ea1a5042d88589fd1d2b1db2928637/thumbnail_1969000.jpg","/articles/6162395/North-Carolina/Rockingham-County-risk-manager-details-premium-increases-new-law-enforcement-liability-costs","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6162395-c0912f2ea03ff35513b87dddef479e8e/orig.mp4?Expires=1770773320&Signature=Nijl6ISKTMg~gVGTnmn3WJTNETeqBvyWYZ11LvwaFHfWFAnfmiYuqig1p82cS3ypxk9KBTjd3X0y1CdH8gpcLc0OEZSR-Tr65DuDVKzNzU2WCut2B8fDAJmMx7ESi8FtH~yOaZNS6bf-pHnvqSCzbetgk3hBwFFdjOQ8XBvqF5-CAiq3IDhXgXw5OKBDtgaJGeWAPQcZvXGE4~tEXsRsj0RERoVFj5yR9pKIaEizkhwd0Hae~HzOvmXNO2VXHquGGE2nnNAPXDHt11PyjQ5fS-s~IuzA-wiAPULeMSITFdHolVq0AT8D9aKtvtFusFoaUYeXoow7~djrHjYyH8IWkQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Chris Elliott, Rockingham County risk manager, presented a summary of the county\u0000s insurance renewals and changes at the July 21 meeting, saying the county\u0000s total insurance cost for the coming year is about $1.20 million before broker fees.
Elliott said commercial property premiums rose with inflation and that inland-marine values fell after asset sales and depreciation. He told the board the county\u0000s law-enforcement liability coverage was the biggest cost driver: Travelers declined to continue covering law-enforcement liability for the sheriff's office, so the county obtained coverage that Elliott described as a roughly $210,000 premium with a $200,000 deductible per occurrence for sheriff's-office claims; the county also pays separate excess premiums to cover sheriff's employees. Elliott characterized the result as effectively making the county self-insured for claims up to the high deductible level.
Elliott highlighted that cyber insurance limits remain at $2 million and praised county IT measures, saying improved cyber controls helped reduce that premium. He also said some lines (inland marine, employment practices, cyber) had lower premiums than in prior years, while umbrella and auto liability costs rose because of higher claims and higher vehicle-values. Elliott said the total premium figure he presented, including broker fees and workers' compensation excess, amounted to $1,238,110.95.
Commissioners asked what could be done to reduce premiums; Elliott said insurers want to see 12 months of improvement in jail and sheriff's-office exposures before premiums can be expected to fall, and that daily reporting procedures requested by the insurer were in place for the sheriff's office.
No formal vote was taken; the item was presented as informational and to prompt continued risk-management work.","Risk manager Chris Elliott told commissioners the county\u0000s 2025 insurance premium rose after property-value and liability changes and that law-enforcement coverage shifted to a high-premium, high-deductible arrangement that substantially raised county costs.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6162399,"Resident urges chairman—resignation over alleged election-record gaps; county residents respond",573,1158000,1731000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5438999-e5ea1a5042d88589fd1d2b1db2928637&start=1158&end=1731","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5438999-e5ea1a5042d88589fd1d2b1db2928637/thumbnail_1158000.jpg","/articles/6162399/North-Carolina/Resident-urges-chairmanresignation-over-alleged-election-record-gaps-county-residents-respond","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6162399-233806433ed19c8bd6c5c84afc445b73/orig.mp4?Expires=1770773320&Signature=gLvXnUQ~f8~JeXW2KO72pYewBQypFJFLr~ejt3JsEKtrsTTbA9gn8VJwt~DxbkNrJlz4e~Msja-DaGMDOY60OvsOHxkqrPbd6uBlaHFQNHZkBhjibPOiE52OVpCMV20iHUF5Fqz2UZ7h0T1Nc5YwvQXMPuJELAzJ5HBXC0nC1Lv-TNg7s-GEZFueGZouIWUfN7lJPgJFlg~IQiTkORKkWL8H6uZvVkPbFG04CGEWF5fuMKKqNFYyED8m6-ValAyhjSRxRKt5Zy-m9K777byzb2HskeGOEY~jQlRMyVWrfHnT59ks~JLa6lerstkMhiw8PM3zocRULe2GEbi6GJAgcw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Jim Fink, a county resident, used the public-comment period at the July 21 Rockingham County Board of Commissioners meeting to raise allegations about missing campaign finance and election records and to call for the resignation of the board\u0000s chairman.
Fink said a sequence of public-records requests and email exchanges showed gaps in the Rockingham County Board of Elections records, and he accused the chairman of using a government email address to communicate with the Board of Elections in a way he described as potentially \"weaponiz[ing] the county commission against the hardworking employees of the Rockingham County Sheriff's Office.\" Fink read portions of email exchanges and said some records could not be located; he also asked why the chairman did not notify the North Carolina State Board of Elections when the discrepancy was discovered.
Diane Parnell, another member of the public who spoke after Fink, said her earlier private conversation with the board of elections director was based on hearsay and that she did not want an individual to be blamed for unverified claims. Parnell said county officials were looking into missing records but that there was no confirmed evidence presented at the meeting about who was responsible for any missing files.
The speakers named the local Board of Elections office and its staff, including Kathy Clark, and cited public-records searches and state board websites as sources of information. During his remarks, Fink cited a retention statute he identified as \"NCGS 01/1937\" when discussing record-preservation obligations for county boards.
No formal response or formal action was taken by the board during the public-comment period; the meeting moved on to other agenda items afterward.","At the July 21 Rockingham County Board of Commissioners meeting, resident Jim Fink criticized board members for alleged missing election records and use of official email in communications with the Board of Elections, and asked for the chairman\u0000s resignation. Another resident said the claim was based on hearsay and urged caution.","actionData","errors"]

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