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Tuesday, March 10, 2026

March 2026 Regular Meeting of the Macon County Board of Commissioners



The Macon County Board of Commissioners will be meeting toight at 6pm in the Commissioners Boardroom March 2026, regular meeting.

Macon County Board of Commissioners | Macon County




The Public Agenda and the Agenda Packet are added below in the interest of promoting transparency in government, as well as allowing residents time to prepare for the meeting.

PUBLIC AGENDA

1. Call to order and welcome by Chairman Young

2. Announcements

3. Moment of Silence

4. Pledge of Allegiance

5. Public Hearing(s) – None

6. Additions to agenda

7. Public Comment Period

8. Adjustments to and approval of the agenda

9. Reports/Presentations
(A) Water Quality Advisory Committee – Jason Love
(B) Program Report and Approval of Resolution Declaring April 19, 2026 through April 25, 2026, Macon County Volunteer Week to Honor the Volunteers at Macon County Crawford Senior Center – Macon County Senior Services Administrative Officer Jennifer Hollifield

10.Old Business
(A) Approval of Community Funding Pool Applications – Mr. Cabe
(B) Discussion and Consideration of the 2026 PARTF Grant – Parks and Recreation Director Seth Adams
(C) Approval of Resolution Revising the Structure of the Macon County Planning Board
(D) Continued Discussion and Update on Revising the Structure of the Macon County Board of County Commissioners – Commissioner Shearl
(E) Discussion and Update on the Fontana Regional Library (FRL) InterLocal Agreement – Mr. Cabe

11. New Business
(A) Discussion and Consideration of Relocation of Voting Precinct in Nantahala – Nantahala Community Members
(B) Discussion and Consideration of Pay Plan Change for Macon County Board of Elections – Board of Elections Director Melanie Thibault
(C) Approve Surplus of Service Weapon for Macon County Sheriff’s Office Retirees
(D) Approval of Updated Macon County Personnel Policy Manual – HR and Safety Director Tammy Keezer
(E) Consideration and Approval of Inter-Local Agreement with Town of Highlands – Mr. Cabe

12. Consent Agenda – Attachment #12
All items below are considered routine and will be enacted by one motion. No separate discussion will be held except on request of a member of the Board of Commissioners.
(A) Minutes of the February 10, 2026, Regular Meeting
(B) Budget Amendments #207-210
(C) Capital Project Ordinance Amendment – Recreation Parks Capital Projects
(D) Resolution Exempting Engineering Services for Tsali Boardwalk Project
(E) Report of total unpaid 2025-26 Taxes in the Amount of $2,086,813.22 and Approval for the Tax Collector to Advertise the Tax Liens
(F) Tax releases for the month of February 2026 in the amount of $401.83
(G) Monthly ad valorem tax collection report – no action necessary

13. Appointments
(A) Economic Development Commission (EDC) – (9 Seats)
(B) Macon County Planning Board – (1 seat)
(C) Town of Franklin Planning Board – (1 seat)

14. Closed session as allowed under NCGS 143-318.11

15. Adjourn/Recess


AGENDA PACKET (Download 195 page PDF



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Published at 4.30pm on Tuesday, March 10, 2025
Author: Bobby Coggins


Flag Alert: Lowering U.S. & NC Flags in Honor of Master Trooper Steven James Perry



 Governor Josh Stein today ordered all U.S. and North Carolina flags at state facilities be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on March 11 in honor of Durham County Master Trooper Steven J. Perry, who died in the line of duty Sunday, March 1.

 

A member of the 148th Basic Patrol School, Trooper Perry served Durham County for nearly 7 years. Services for Trooper Perry will be held in Cary on Wednesday, March 11.

 

"North Carolina suffered a tragedy when a state trooper was killed in the line of duty in a traffic crash," said Governor Josh Stein. "Master Trooper Steven Perry dedicated his career to keeping people in Durham County safe. Please join me in keeping his loved ones and the law enforcement community in our thoughts and prayers. May his memory be a blessing."

  

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Individuals, businesses, schools, municipalities, counties, and other government subdivisions are also
encouraged to fly flags at half-staff for the time indicated.
 

Officer Down Memorial Page [LINK]

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1. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms possible from around daybreak through the daylight hours. Near-record warmth returns today and continues through Wed.

2. A strong cold front arrives Wednesday night into Thursday morning bringing widespread showers, embedded thunder, and a very low-end severe weather threat. Cooler and drier conditions will spread over the region behind the front on Thursday and Friday.

3. Dry conditions will persist for the first half of the weekend before another cold front arrives Sunday into Monday.


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GENERAL FORECAST

(since this is a quick forecast intended to cover the whole county, bear in mind that higher elevations may experience cooler temperatures than this and the lower elevations may experience higher temperatures than those in the forecast)

..TODAY....Partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 70s. West winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.

..TONIGHT....Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.

..WEDNESDAY....Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.

..WEDNESDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the evening, then showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.

..THURSDAY....Mostly cloudy. Showers, mainly in the morning. Much cooler with highs in the lower 50s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.

..THURSDAY NIGHT....Mostly clear. Cooler with lows around 30.



HAZARDOUS WEATHER


Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.







NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)






State and Local News


1st phase of renovations at Asheville's Basilica of Saint Lawrence underway | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)



• Gov. Stein proposes $1.4B 'critical needs' budget for North Carolina [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]

• Western Carolina University political science professor Chris Cooper analyzes the 2026 primaries [NC Newsline]

• NC auditor to candidate claiming bias: recusal unnecessary in state Senate race [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]

• Judge tells Trump administration to comply with ruling to send disaster aid to NC [Raleigh News and Observer]

• Thousand-acre prescribed fires coming to Pisgah, Nantahala forests. Why? [Asheville Citizen-Times]


Other News


Men who brought explosives to NYC protest pledged allegiance to ISIS, complaint says | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)



President Trump announces "Shield of the Americas" military coalition with Latin American leaders | The White House



Khamenei's son is like his father, maybe WORSE: Benjamin Hall | Fox News



Bahrain says 29-year-old woman killed in Iranian attack on a residential building | Al Jazeera



• AP News Liveblog [AP News]

• Jerusalem Post Liveblog [Jerusalem Post]

• BBC Liveblog [BBC News]

• Al Jazeera Liveblog [Al Jazeera]

• Fox News Liveblog [Fox News]

Hegseth asked about bombed Iranian school, Trump reacts to new supreme leader, more | The Takeout | CBS News



Iran war: Trump threatens 'death, fire and fury' | Iran war | Sky News



Iran’s war targets spread into civilian infrastructure | NBC News



• Trump says Vance was ‘philosophically’ different on Iran while downplaying split [AP News]

• Trump says it’s an ‘honor’ to keep Strait of Hormuz open for China and other countries [Fox News]

• How last year's Big Beautiful Bill Act talks limited Trump's options to fight oil price increases today [Yahoo News]

• Oil extends slide as investors assess Trump comments on Iran war, Strait of Hormuz [CNBC]

Markets Relieved as Trump Signals Iran War Ending 'Soon' | The China Show 3/10/2026 | Bloomberg Television



ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - March 9, 2026 | ABC News



PBS News Hour full episode, March 9, 2026 | PBS NewsHour



Washington Today (3/9/25): Iran Leadership Change, G7 Oil Discussions, and DHS Shutdown Delays | C-SPAN



Largest oil supply shock in history | World News Tonight| TVP WORLD



• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 9, 2026 [Institute for the Study of War]

• Iranians deeply divided over Mojtaba Khamenei's rise to power [BBC News]

• 5 takeaways from Trump’s Iran presser at Doral [The Hill]

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson talks to DW about the war | DW News



• Death Valley superbloom 2026: Best in a decade [EarthSky]

• Researchers find alarming Alzheimer’s pattern in rural America [Science Daily ]

• Google and OpenAI Just Filed a Legal Brief in Support of Anthropic [Gizmodo]

• US blindsides states with surprise settlement in Live Nation/Ticketmaster trial [Ars Technica]

• Spectacular fireball over Europe sends meteorite crashing through roof of German home [Space.com]

Physicists Create World's Largest Schrödinger’s Cat (7000 Atoms Big) | Anton Petrov



The Level1 Links with Friends Show March 10 2026: What’s Wrong, Stepsibling?



• Elon Musk’s Grok Faces UK Backlash After AI Posts Mock Football Tragedies [Decrypt]

• Oil tumbles, crypto gains as Trump sends mixed signals over Iran war [Coin Telegraph]

Bitcoin: Simulation Confirmed | Benjamin Cowen






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Published at 6.00am on Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Author: Bobby Coggins







Both are in drydock for maintenance. Comfort is due out in April, Mercy in July. There was an incident a US Navy submariner was airlifted by a Danish Defense Seahawk helicopter, deployed from the Vædderen, a Danish military patrol ship. Maybe he's upset that we required medical assistance from them. That's funny, because the Mercy won't be available until July 2026 and the Comfort won't be available until at least April 2026. 42m Reply Top fan Bobby Coggins There was an incident a US Navy submariner was airlifted by a Danish Defense Seahawk helicopter, deployed from the Vædderen, a Danish military patrol ship. Maybe he's upset that we required medical assistance from them. -->

Monday, March 9, 2026

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NWS GENERAL OUTLOOK

1. Areas of fog and low stratus are expected across our area this morning. The fog could become dense and will likely linger well into the morning. Otherwise, drier conditions are expected today with temperatures remaining well-above normal for early March.

2. Near-record warmth returns on Tuesday and Wednesday, with scattered showers and thunderstorms expected Tuesday.

3. A strong cold front is expected to arrive Wednesday night, producing widespread showers, isolated thunderstorms and perhaps a low end severe weather threat. Much cooler and drier weather develops behind the front for Thu and Fri. A strong cold front arrives Wednesday night producing widespread showers, isolated thunderstorms and perhaps a low end severe weather threat. Much cooler and drier weather develops behind the front for Thu and Fri.


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GENERAL FORECAST

(since this is a quick forecast intended to cover the whole county, bear in mind that higher elevations may experience cooler temperatures than this and the lower elevations may experience higher temperatures than those in the forecast)

..TODAY....Patchy fog this morning. Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.

..TONIGHT....Mostly clear. Lows around 50. West winds around 5 mph.

..TUESDAY....Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming partly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs around 70. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.

..TUESDAY NIGHT....Partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the evening, then mostly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.

..WEDNESDAY....Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent.

..WEDNESDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the evening, then showers after midnight. Breezy, cooler with lows in the upper 30s. Chance of rain 90 percent.



HAZARDOUS WEATHER


Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.







NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)






State and Local News


Hundreds of climbers descend on Lake Lure for the annual Rumble bouldering festival | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)



• Dogwood Health's $10.5M partnership aims to support federally funded centers in WNC [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]

• Affordable housing tax loophole threatens to drain local government budgets in NC [NC Newsline]

• Gas prices: Prices continue to surge, jumping 50 cents in a week [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]

• See in one chart how money connects lobbyist, lawmaker and NC taxpayers’ spending [Raleigh News and Observer]

• Thousand-acre prescribed fires coming to Pisgah, Nantahala forests. Why? [Asheville Citizen-Times]


Other News


Source: Havana Syndrome investigation is "a massive CIA cover-up" | 60 Minutes



This is a ‘BAD IDEA’ for Iran, says former State official | Fox News



Iran war pushes oil above $110: What it means for inflation, markets and consumers | Al Jazeera



• AP News Liveblog [AP News]

• Jerusalem Post Liveblog [Jerusalem Post]

• BBC Liveblog [BBC News]

• Al Jazeera Liveblog [Al Jazeera]

• Fox News Liveblog [Fox News]

Why Mojtaba Khamenei was named new supreme leader of Iran | CBS News



Minister insists there's 'no threat to supplies at the moment' - as oil prices soar | Iran war | Sky News



NBC News poll finds majority of Americans disapprove of Trump’s Iran approach | NBC News



• Where things stand after another weekend of war [AP News]

• Officials confirm devices recovered at NYC protest near Gracie Mansion were both IEDs [Fox News]

• Fed officials are watching Iran war for inflation impact [Yahoo News]

• U.S. orders staff to leave Saudi Arabia as Iran war spreads and oil surges above $100 [CNBC]

Iran's New Supreme Leader; Oil's Massive Rally | Horizons Middle East & Africa 3/9/2026 | Bloomberg Television



ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - March 8, 2026 | ABC News



How long the U.S. and Arab allies can afford to sustain the war on Iran | PBS NewsHour



America's Book Club: Journalists Peter Baker & Susan Glasser Discuss Profiling Putin, Trump, and Others | C-SPAN



New Iranian leader emerges during widening regional conflict | World News Tonight| TVP WORLD



• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 7, 2026 [Institute for the Study of War]

• IRA bomb victims' civil court case begins against Gerry Adams [BBC News]

• Democrats make political bet on DHS demands, despite GOP’s Iran warnings [The Hill]

Iran war: Why the new supreme leader is a rebuke to Trump | DW News



• What happened when a solar superstorm hit Mars? [EarthSky]

• Archaeologists uncover brutal Iron Age massacre of women and children [Science Daily ]

• Coming Soon, From the People Behind ICE Detention Camps: Data Center Company Towns [Gizmodo]

• From Iran to Ukraine, everyone’s trying to hack security cameras [Ars Technica]

• SpaceX springs forward with another Starlink launch from California (video) [Space.com]

Record Breaking Massive Black Holes Challenge Modern Models | Anton Petrov



Scramjets - The Fastest Jet Engines | Scott Manley



• Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Eyes State Stablecoin Framework Following Senate Passage [Decrypt]

• Orbital data center company to start mining Bitcoin in space [Coin Telegraph]

Bitcoin: Simulation Confirmed | Benjamin Cowen






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Published at 6.00am on Monday, March 09, 2026
Author: Bobby Coggins







Both are in drydock for maintenance. Comfort is due out in April, Mercy in July. There was an incident a US Navy submariner was airlifted by a Danish Defense Seahawk helicopter, deployed from the Vædderen, a Danish military patrol ship. Maybe he's upset that we required medical assistance from them. That's funny, because the Mercy won't be available until July 2026 and the Comfort won't be available until at least April 2026. 42m Reply Top fan Bobby Coggins There was an incident a US Navy submariner was airlifted by a Danish Defense Seahawk helicopter, deployed from the Vædderen, a Danish military patrol ship. Maybe he's upset that we required medical assistance from them. -->

Sunday, March 8, 2026

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NWS GENERAL OUTLOOK

1. A fairly broad area of moderate to heavy showers with some embedded thunderstorms continues to make its way NE across the eastern half of our fcst area. With instability diminishing, it is unlikely that any of these thunderstorms will become strong to severe.

2. Scattered showers and thunderstorms could redevelop early this afternoon primarily over the Piedmont of NC and SC. Some of these storms could potentially organize into clusters and produce damaging winds and large hail. This threat appears highest generally over the I-77 corridor.

3. Near-record warm temperatures return for Tue and Wed, with another round of scattered showers and possible thunderstorms forecast for Tue.

4. A strong front arrives Wednesday night, with likely showers and possible severe weather on Wednesday night into early Thursday. Confidence remains limited at this time.


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GENERAL FORECAST

(since this is a quick forecast intended to cover the whole county, bear in mind that higher elevations may experience cooler temperatures than this and the lower elevations may experience higher temperatures than those in the forecast)

..TODAY....Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers this morning, then showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s. West winds around 5 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.

..TONIGHT....Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows around 50. Northwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.

..MONDAY....Patchy fog in the morning. Sunny. Highs around 70. West winds around 5 mph.

..MONDAY NIGHT....Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.

..TUESDAY....Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the lower 70s. West winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.

..TUESDAY NIGHT....Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.



HAZARDOUS WEATHER


Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.







NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)






State and Local News


Canton receives funding to buy part of former mill site for wastewater treatment plant | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)



• Judge orders FEMA to reinstate $200M storm relief program, attorney general says [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]

• Sheriff Sam Page increases lead over Phil Berger in race for NC Senate [NC Newsline]

• How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending March 5 [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]

• Unpaid FEMA claims force Waynesville into budget reckoning [Smoky Mountain News]

• Democratic NC Gov. Josh Stein endorsed in two primaries, helping candidates win [Raleigh News and Observer]

• Downtown Asheville performing arts center property identified. See where [Asheville Citizen-Times]


Other News


Should the US Navy Start Targeting & Seizing Iranian Tankers | Did the US Navy Just Torpedo Shipping



History comes knocking at times you don’t expect, senior advisor says | Fox News



How do you track a war in real time? | The Stream | Al Jazeera



• AP News Liveblog [AP News]

• Jerusalem Post Liveblog [Jerusalem Post]

• BBC Liveblog [BBC News]

• Al Jazeera Liveblog [Al Jazeera]

War igniting Iranian opposition groups who seek regime change | CBS News



Russian ambassador to UK says Russia 'not neutral' in Iran war | Sky News



Deadly tornado outbreak rips through several states | NBC News



• Oil built the Persian Gulf. Desalinated water keeps it alive. War could threaten both [AP News]

• Arizona governor vetoes Charlie Kirk memorial license plate, sparking GOP outrage: ‘This bill falls short’ [Fox News]

• It's not just gasoline. Diesel reacting 'more aggressively' to oil price jump amid Iran war. [Yahoo News]

• Will Iran war fallout end the bull market? When investors really need to worry [CNBC]

This Weekend | Trump on Iran, Oil Price Outlook, Mullin Replaces Noem | Bloomberg Television



ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - March 7, 2026 | ABC News



Jesse Jackson celebrated in memorial service with Obama, Biden and Clinton | PBS NewsHour



After Words: How AI is Transforming Healthcare | C-SPAN



Iran launches missiles after president’s apology. Who’s really in charge? | World News Tonight| TVP WORLD



• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 7, 2026 [Institute for the Study of War]

• UK aircraft carrier given five days to be ready to deploy [BBC News]

• America’s military has an Iranian drone problem [The Hill]

Iran war: Netanyahu vows 'surprises' – what happens in week two? | DW News



• Daylight saving time starts: 9 tips for the coming week [EarthSky]

• The remarkable brains of ‘SuperAgers’ hold clues about how we age [Science Daily ]

• There Was Just an Unusually Unsettling Pentagon-Related Resignation at OpenAI [Gizmodo]

• From Iran to Ukraine, everyone’s trying to hack security cameras [Ars Technica]

• Mars orbiters witness solar superstorm striking the Red Planet: 'The timing was extremely lucky' [Space.com]

Dark Matter Explained - And Why It Might NOT Exist! | Arvin Ash



Previously Unknown Branch of Life Dominated Earth 400 Million Years Ago | Anton Petrov



• CFO Gets Prison Time After Losing $35 Million of Company Money in Crypto Side Hustle [Decrypt]

• USDC beats Tether as stablecoin transfer volume hits $1.8T all-time high [Coin Telegraph]

Oil Spikes 35% | Benjamin Cowen






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Published at 6.00am on Sunday, March 08, 2026
Author: Bobby Coggins







Both are in drydock for maintenance. Comfort is due out in April, Mercy in July. There was an incident a US Navy submariner was airlifted by a Danish Defense Seahawk helicopter, deployed from the Vædderen, a Danish military patrol ship. Maybe he's upset that we required medical assistance from them. That's funny, because the Mercy won't be available until July 2026 and the Comfort won't be available until at least April 2026. 42m Reply Top fan Bobby Coggins There was an incident a US Navy submariner was airlifted by a Danish Defense Seahawk helicopter, deployed from the Vædderen, a Danish military patrol ship. Maybe he's upset that we required medical assistance from them. -->