Five emergency operations center telecommunicators may get formally recognized from the Burke County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday for their work during the Jan. 11 tornado.
The five telecommunicators answered 54 calls to 911 in less than an hour that day, said communications manager Lisa Propst. They are unsung heroes of the day.
The telecommunicators are Beverly Roland, Andrew Thomas, Jason Ross, Yvette Stanley and Anthony Ellis.
The board will make a decision on adopting a resolution that formally recognizes their work.
Commissioners will hold a public hearing to close out the Taylor Avenue water project, which was mostly funded by a Community Development Block Grant from the North Carolina Department of Commerce.
The project connected 35 low- to moderate-income households to public water and provided 76 occupied households access to public water.
The board must de-obligate the remaining less than $3,000 of CDBG funds and submit closeout papers to the Department of Commerce.
There are four decision items up before the board.
A change to the county’s personnel policy would allow employees who were separated due to a reduction in force to hold on to credit for continuous years of service.
Employees who lose their job due to a reduction in force may be reinstated within a year, upon the recommendation of the supervisor and approval of the county manager, according to the current policy. Those employees will be credited with previously accrued sick leave, but the same doesn’t apply to continuous years of service.
The amendment would allow an employee’s previous continuous years with the county to apply to his or her current employment for the calculation of longevity pay. The change applies to employees who were affected by reductions in force on or after June 30, 2009.
County manager Bryan Steen recommends that longevity payments for the affected employees begin on March 9.
The board will consider awarding a sewer collection system rehabilitation contract for $173,122.60 to Locke-Lane Construction.
The contract is for the demolition of two pump stations, Drowning Creek and Huffman Avenue, which were taken out of service last year.
Commissioners can choose to surplus the cab and chassis of an ambulance and sell it to Select Custom Apparatus of Falkland. The parts are already in Falkland, and it would cost the county $1,100 to tow the items back.
Designating the items as surplus would save the county that money, and Select Custom Apparatus would purchase the cab and chassis for $1,000.
The last item up before the board is an extension of Lovelady Volunteer Fire and Rescue’s contract for fire protection services. The current 10-year contract expired Feb. 5, and the extension would last until April 30 or until a new contract is signed.
The extension will allow the Town of Rutherford College and Town of Connelly Springs to review and approve the renewal of a 10-year contract.
The board of commissioners meets at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the county board room, 110 N. Green St., entrance E.
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