250414 Joint Randolph County School Board
April 14, 2025 — Special Joint Meeting with the Randolph County Board of Education
The Randolph County Board of Commissioners met in a special joint session with the Randolph
County Board of Education at 6:00 p.m. in the Randolph County Office Building First Floor
Meeting Room, 725 McDowell Rd., Asheboro. Chairman Darrell Frye, Vice-Chairman Kenny
Kidd, and Commissioners David Allen, Hope Haywood and Lester Rivenbark were present. Also
present were County Manager Zeb Holden, Assistant County Manager/Finance Officer Will
Massie, Assistant County Manager/Operations William Johnson, County Attorney Ben Morgan,
Associate County Attorney Aimee Scotton, Paralegal Lauren Hughes and Clerk to the Board Dana
Crisco. Members of the Randolph County Schools System present were Superintendent Dr.
Stephen Gainey, Board of Education members Gary Cook, Tracy Boyles, Fred Burgess, Sharon
Petty Farlow, Phillip Lanier, Todd Cutler, and Shannon Whitaker. Staff attending were Executive
Director of Operations Dale Brinkley, Executive Director of Facilities and Maintenance and
Transportation Larry Chilton, and Finance Officer Marty Trotter.
Chairman Frye called the meeting to order for the County. He thanked the members of
Randolph County Schools (Schools) for their attendance. He explained that due to the many
Capital needs of the Schools and the finite amount of money the County was able to leverage each
year for Capital expenses, the Schools would need to set their priorities for the many projects they
wished to complete.
It was said that there were some options regarding financing. These included Local Obligations
Bonds (LOBS), General Obligation Bonds (GOBS), and a potential tax increase. GOBS would
require a referendum and a vote by the citizens. Advantages of GOBS are the ability to leverage
more funding and have a lower rate of interest to pay it back.
Both Boards discussed the needs and concerns. The Schools decided that more examination of
the needs would be required. They would be back in touch with the Commissioners on their
reprioritized project timeline soon.
Adjournment
At 7:28 p.m., on motion of Allen, seconded by Kidd, the Board voted 5-0 to adjourn.
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Darrell Frye, Chairman Kenny Kidd
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David Allen Hope Haywood
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Lester Rivenbark Dana Crisco, Clerk to the Board
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