Commissioner
Todd Sansbury
Cornelius
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 6
- Total speaking time
- 13:50
- Avg per meeting
- 2:18
- Segments
- 196
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Top issues during term (20)
West Catawba Avenue Widening Project
The town receives $351,325 from NCDOT for impacted park improvements.
Illicit discharging into Lake Norman
Higher penalties up to $25,000 per day for polluters, no direct cost to taxpayers.
Top 5 Transportation Priority List for Q4
The town pays a $16,000 local match toward a $64,000 study.
FY27 Budget and Proposed 2-Cent Tax Increase
5% higher electric bills for most customer classes; higher permit and zoning fees.
Flock License Plate Reader Cameras
Funding appeared in the FY27 budget; no contract was signed tonight.
FY28 Parks Budget Priorities
The purchase costs $961,950 (about $1.02 million with due diligence and closing), with a possible $500,000 state grant offset.
Downtown Master Plan resident concerns
Potential new MSD taxing district downtown could raise taxes on properties inside its boundary — residents want assurances residences would be excluded.
Police and Fire Staffing Crisis
Roughly $1.1M in salary study increases, funded largely by 1.3 cents of the 2-cent tax hike.
Watershed impervious-surface (BUA) transfers
Recipient property owners gain additional buildable paved area; donor lots permanently give up that capacity.
Peninsula Club maintenance facility setback variance
The club must redesign its maintenance facility plan or build within the existing 45-foot setback.
Bailey Road Traffic and Safety
Town has funded sidewalks and traffic mitigation on its own; $17M earmarked for Bailey Road improvements.
State HB1089 Property Tax Limits
Could constrain future town revenue if enacted by the state legislature.
Commissioner Sansbury Resignation
Dove Creek Sewer Easement Expansion
No excise tax; town grants the easement on its own land.
Symphony in the Park and 250th Anniversary Celebration
CMS Update: New Schools and SRO Funding
Town currently funds elementary SROs without CMS contribution; bond-funded school construction continues.
Town power supply contracts through 2043
Keeps electric rates roughly 10-16% lower than comparable utilities for customers of the town's public power system.
Novant healthcare facilities on Westmoreland Road and Holiday Lane
The Westmoreland project brings an estimated $8-10 million investment and roughly 15 jobs; the Holiday Lane denial forecloses a medical investment on that site.
Transit governance transition under the PAVE Act
Bailey Road Park Tennis and Pickleball Complex grants
The amendment adds $611,000 in grant revenue, none of it from local taxpayers.
Decisions during term (42)
Recorded while Sansbury was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
FY2027 Operating Budget Ordinance and Tax Rate
Close FY27 Budget Public Hearing
FY27 Fee Schedule
Consent Agenda (Utility Easement Expansion and May 18 Minutes)
Approval of Agenda
CONSENT AGENDA
Approve Regular Meeting Minutes - May 18th
Approval of Agenda
Continue FY27 Budget Public Hearing to June 1
REZ 03-26 Champion Tire Truck Parking Amendment — Ordinance #2026-00908
REZ 03-26 Consistency Resolution #2026-01200
Award Vehicle Installment Financing — Resolution #2026-01201
Resolution Opposing HB1089 — Resolution #2026-01202
Ordinance #2026-00909 — Title 5, Chapter 50 Electricity
Ordinance #2026-00910 — Title 9, Chapter 93 Parks and Recreation
R-2555B Deed for Highway Right of Way and Improvement Agreement
Consent Agenda — May 4 Minutes
Big Day at the Lake Proclamation
Anniversary of JM Alexander Middle School Bus Accident
Approve Regular Meeting Minutes - May 4th
Voting record (4)
Oldest to newest — hover a bar for the item.
approving Ordinance #2026-00911 adopting the FY27 operating budget and setting the property tax rate at 19.31 cents per $100 of assessed value
deny rezoning request REZ 08-25
REZ 08-25 Holiday Lane Healthcare Facility — denial
He stated that adding medical use is always a benefit to the community.