Name: Hoke County Board of Commissioners Meeting
Start: 2026-02-16
Location: Hoke

Attendees

✓ James Leach (Chairman)

✓ Harry Southerland (Vice Chairman)

✓ Tony Hunt (Commissioner)

✓ Allen Thomas, Jr. (Commissioner)

✓ Mary Blue McCollum (Commissioner)

✓ Letitia J. Edens (County Manager)

✓ Grady Hunt (County Attorney)

✓ Shanetta Smith (Clerk to the Board)

✓ Present: 8/8

Decisions

#Adoption of Agenda

APPROVED unanimous

#Consent Agenda

APPROVED unanimous

#Tax Collector's Report

APPROVED unanimous

#Reappointment of Mike Summers

APPROVED unanimous

#Mobile Crisis Services

APPROVED unanimous

#Hoke County Health Department Proposed Clinical Service Fee

APPROVED unanimous

Agenda Items

#1

Adoption of Agenda

Adoption of the meeting agenda

#2

Public Comment

Hear public comments

#3

Consent Agenda

Approval of various items

#4

Tax Administrator

Report from the tax administrator

#5

Hoke County ABC Board Reappointment

Reappointment of Mike Summers

#6

Industrial Park Pump Station

Review of the industrial park pump station project

#7

Ms. Indian North Carolina Scholarship Pageant Sponsorship

Request for sponsorship

#8

Mobile Crisis Services Presentation

Presentation on mobile crisis services

#9

Hoke County Health Department

Report from the Hoke County Health Department

#10

Surplus Property

Sale of surplus property

#11

Manager's Report

Report from the county manager

#12

Chairman's Report

Report from the chairman

Public Comments

4 speakers

Kathy Leandro · Topic: Hoke County Animal Shelter

Concerns about the lack of progress on the shelter expansion

Tubbs · Topic: Northwest Water loan request

Inquiry about the status of the loan approval process

Cassie Harjala · Topic: Community Schools Coordinator

Introduction and plans for the community schools program

Tessa Morgan · Topic: Ms. Indian North Carolina Scholarship Pageant Sponsorship

Request for sponsorship