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Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting

Town of Fuquay-Varina · Board of Commissioners
Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Regular meeting Appointments and personnelBudget and appropriationsPolice and public safetyPublic facilitiesRoads and transportationAnnexationBonds and debtCivil rights and nondiscriminationContracts and procurementEnvironment and sustainabilityFees and utility ratesIntergovernmental agreementsParks and recreationWater and sewer

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What was decided

  1. Approved 3.AApproval of Minutes - September 2, 2025 Regular Meeting Approved 4-0
  2. Approved 8.AProperty Condemnation - 110 Fayetteville Street Adopted as part of consent agenda, 4-0 (Ordinance N-25-51)
  3. Approved 8.BResolution - Issue Voter-Approved Transportation GO Bonds Adopted as part of consent agenda, 4-0 (Resolution 25-1946)
  4. Approved 8.CVoluntary Annexation Petition - Suffolk Properties LLC & Twisting Properties LLC, 7620 Ten Ten Road Adopted as part of consent agenda, 4-0 (Resolutions 25-1947 and 25-1948); public hearing set for October 6, 2025
  5. Approved 8.GResolution - Town Personnel Policy Amendment Adopted as part of consent agenda, 4-0 (Resolution 25-1949)
  6. Approved 8.H-8.IProject Ordinance Amendments - Town Hall Phase III Renovation and capital project transfer Adopted as part of consent agenda, 4-0 (Ordinances N-25-52 and N-25-53)
  7. Approved 10.AContract Award, Budget Amendment and Project Ordinance Amendment - Fuquay Avenue & Raleigh Street ADA Improvements Approved 4-0 (Ordinance N-25-54)

Another 1 item passed on the consent agenda, which is a single motion covering routine business. See the list.

Read from the agenda's recorded outcomes. Where the board published minutes, those are the record — this is a pointer to them.

What's on this agenda

A presentation on Wake County's 50-year water plan turned into a complaint about the county on 16 September 2025. A commissioner with more than ten years on the Fuquay-Varina board said he has never seen the county meaningfully support the town's water infrastructure, and noted the county denied the town's attempt to extend its planning jurisdiction east, which is where many contaminated wells sit.

The board also voted to issue 10 million dollars of voter-approved transportation bonds, ordered a building at 110 Fayetteville Street demolished, and awarded a 167,789.60 dollar contract for accessibility improvements at Fuquay Avenue and Raleigh Street. Four members were present and every vote was 4-0.

Summarized from the published agenda. Read the agenda itself before acting on it.

Meeting recap

What happened, drawn from the records published after the meeting. Minutes

The county's water resources manager described the Wake One Water Plan as collaborative rather than regulatory, said the county's own authority runs only to groundwater and private wells, and confirmed no funding has been set aside to implement it. The county commissioners are due to endorse the final plan in early 2026. The mayor argued the county should be pushing residents onto municipal water rather than wells, pointing to town infrastructure already along Ten Ten Road that could serve septic properties across it. The town manager said the county contributes nothing financially and that the town has paid through grants, rate increases, developer contributions and fees. Asked about regional work, the county pointed to the Triangle Water Partnership covering Orange, Chatham, Wake and Durham, and a 50-year regional supply plan in development.

The accessibility contract produced a smaller but pointed exchange. The engineering director said construction starts within three weeks and runs four to five months, weather permitting, since thermoplastic cannot be laid in the cold. Asked what difference federal funding would have made, he said the project would have taken several years. The mayor treated that as the argument for paying for it locally. Two residents spoke, one about a stalled construction site on his street where the town has fined the contractor repeatedly and removed rotten trusses, the other announcing a leadership class project to install community boards at the town's five most-visited parks.

How the votes went

Every vote was 4-0 with four members present: the September 2 minutes, the full consent agenda, the accessibility contract award, closed session and adjournment. Nothing was removed from consent and there were no public hearings.

From the published minutes.

Who spoke

2 members of the public spoke.

  1. A resident of Longfellow Street raised the construction quality at two houses on his street. Staff replied that the contractor has been fined repeatedly, the rotten trusses removed and the second story largely taken down, and that the town can require a completion schedule.
  2. A participant in the town's leadership program announced the class project: community boards installed at the five most-visited parks in Fuquay-Varina.

Two speakers, neither on an agenda item. One pressed the board on an unfinished construction site on his street; the other announced a leadership class community project.

Read from the records the government published after the meeting. Members of the public are private residents and are not named or indexed.

Speaking at this meeting

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Agenda items (11)

Resolution · 3Minutes approval · 1Proclamation or recognition · 1Presentation · 1Ordinance · 1Consent agenda · 1Budget action · 1Contract or award · 1Closed session · 1
  1. 3.A Approval of Minutes - September 2, 2025 Regular Meeting
    Minutes approval
    The board approved the minutes of its September 2 regular meeting.
    Approved 4-0
  2. 4.A Recognition - Don Smith
    Proclamation or recognition Appointments and personnel
    Recognition of the assistant IT director on his retirement after 13 years with the town.
  3. 4.B Presentation - One Water Plan Update
    Presentation Environment and sustainabilityFees and utility ratesIntergovernmental agreementsWater and sewer
    An update on the Wake One Water Plan, a 50-year county plan for water quantity and quality that the county commissioners are due to endorse in early 2026. Staff stressed it is collaborative rather than regulatory, that the county's authority covers groundwater and private wells rather than drinking water supply, and that no funding is allocated to implement it. Board members pressed on what the county contributes; the town manager said nothing financially, and that Fuquay-Varina has paid through grants, rate increases, developer contributions and fees.
  4. 8.A Property Condemnation - 110 Fayetteville Street
    Ordinance Police and public safetyPublic facilities
    An ordinance directing the demolition and removal of a building at 110 Fayetteville Street, under state statute 160D-1203.
    Adopted as part of consent agenda, 4-0 (Ordinance N-25-51)
  5. 8.B Resolution - Issue Voter-Approved Transportation GO Bonds
    Resolution Bonds and debtRoads and transportation
    A resolution issuing 10 million dollars of voter-approved general obligation transportation bonds, authorizing the town manager and finance director to handle the bonds, federal tax compliance and the financed projects.
    Adopted as part of consent agenda, 4-0 (Resolution 25-1946)
  6. 8.C Voluntary Annexation Petition - Suffolk Properties LLC & Twisting Properties LLC, 7620 Ten Ten Road
    Resolution Annexation
    A voluntary annexation petition for about 0.830 acres at 7620 Ten Ten Road, case ANX-2025-04. The board instructed the clerk to investigate and set the public hearing for 6 October 2025.
    Adopted as part of consent agenda, 4-0 (Resolutions 25-1947 and 25-1948); public hearing set for October 6, 2025
    • 7620 Ten Ten Rd · Suffolk Properties LLC Twisting Properties LLC · 0.72 acres · assessed $322,214
    • 7620 Ten Ten Rd · Suffolk Properties LLC Twisting Properties LLC · 0.72 acres · assessed $322,214
  1. 8.G Resolution - Town Personnel Policy Amendment
    Resolution Appointments and personnel
    A resolution amending the town's personnel policy.
    Adopted as part of consent agenda, 4-0 (Resolution 25-1949)
  2. 8.H-8.I Project Ordinance Amendments - Town Hall Phase III Renovation and capital project transfer
    Budget action Budget and appropriationsPolice and public safetyPublic facilities
    Two project ordinance amendments: one for the Town Hall Phase III renovation, and one transferring unspent capital project balances to the public service center project.
    Adopted as part of consent agenda, 4-0 (Ordinances N-25-52 and N-25-53)
  3. 10.A Contract Award, Budget Amendment and Project Ordinance Amendment - Fuquay Avenue & Raleigh Street ADA Improvements
    Contract or award Budget and appropriationsCivil rights and nondiscriminationContracts and procurementRoads and transportation
    A 200,000 dollar budget and project ordinance amendment, and a 167,789.60 dollar contract to Browe Construction Company for accessibility improvements at Fuquay Avenue and Raleigh Street. Construction was due to start within three weeks and run four to five months, limited by cold weather because thermoplastic markings cannot be laid then. Staff said the same project would have taken several years had it used federal funding.
    Approved 4-0 (Ordinance N-25-54)
  4. 13 Closed Session
    Closed session
    The board met in closed session under attorney-client privilege and personnel exemptions from 8:18 to 8:36 p.m. and reported out redacted minutes from its September 2 closed session on returning to open session.
    Entered and exited closed session by unanimous votes, 4-0

Agenda changes

What moved between published versions of this agenda. Item numbers shift constantly as things are inserted, so only genuine additions and removals are listed.

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