Nash County commissioners on Monday will consider a request to approve $1.5 million in funding for several components of a proposed project at Nash Community College.

The money would allow the school to build a connector road from Eastern Avenue to College Loop Road and finish design work for a proposed Continuing Education and Public Services building.

The funding for the connector road, about $1 million, likely would be reimbursed by the N.C. Department of Transportation once the building is completed.

County commissioners on Monday also will consider 
approving a resolution and setting a public hearing for a $12.9 million bond order that would fund the proposed continuing education facility.

“We’re moving along the path to setting this bond order for referendum,” County Manager Bob Murphy said.

County leaders plan to ask residents to vote on the bond referendum in May.

Monday’s action would set the public hearing date and allow county staff members to start advertising. If approved, the hearing would be held during the commissioners’ next regular meeting on March 5.
The connector road and the new building would help alleviate congestion caused by tremendous enrollment growth during recent years, said William Marshburn, chairman of the Nash Community College Board of Trustees. Many displaced workers are going back to school to retrain, Marshburn said.

Edgecombe County commissioners also will meet Monday night.

Commissioners for both Nash and Edgecombe counties will consider a funding request from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Nash/Edgecombe Counties.

The organization is asking for a one-time donation of $20,000 from each county. A letter from the organization’s board of directors states that grant funding has been significantly reduced, and state and federal funding disbursements have been delayed because of economic challenges.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Nash/Edgecombe Counties served more than 5,000 youth in 2010.

The organization already receives some funding from both counties.

Edgecombe County staff have recommended commissioners deny the request for the one-time donation.

County Manager Lorenzo Carmon said the county generally does not make budget appropriations during the middle of the year.

Nash County staff have not made a recommendation to their board, Murphy said.

Nash County commissioners will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday instead of their typical morning start time. The Nash County Board of Commissioners will meet at at the Claude Mayo Jr. Administration Building, 120 W. Washington St. in Nashville.

Commissioners plan to alternate holding monthly meetings in the morning and at night for several months to see whether public attendance changes.

The Edgecombe County Board of Commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the County Administrative Building, 201 St. Andrew St. in Tarboro.

In other actions, Edgecombe commissioners will:

• Hear the county’s annual audit report.
• Consider authorizing the submission of several grant applications, including an application for a $141,121 grant from the Governor’s Crime Commission to support a “Ready to Work Youth Development Initiative” in partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Nash/Edgecombe Counties and the Choanoke Area Development Association.