2026-09-15 - Finance Committee

Summary

The Finance Committee approved the consent agenda 4-0 after pulling item C-3, recommending a $565,000 jet vac sewer cleaning truck and a $2,413,452 tractor-drawn aerial ladder truck (Atlantic Emergency Solutions) for the Council's 10/5 meeting. The pulled item, a roughly $3,500,000 contract extension for temporary staffing with The Resource Company, was presented by Human Resources Director Dr. Kena Cofield Jones and held in committee until October 13. District Attorney Jim O'Neill and colleagues gave an information-only update on the Forsyth DRIVE driver's license restoration program. The committee recommended the long-term lease of city property to Colab, Inc. for a downtown do-it-yourself skate park 4-0, and recommended declaring the Liberty Street Park shelter structures surplus for sale at auction 3-0 with Chair Clark abstaining (no reason recorded). The meeting adjourned at 4:55 p.m.

Summary written from the official committee summary minutes; no transcript yet.

Issues discussed: Temporary Staffing Contract - The Resource Company, Forsyth DRIVE Driver's License Restoration Program, Downtown DIY Skate Park Lease - Colab, Liberty Street Park Shelter Structures Sale

Official Minutes

Committee summary of minutes from Legistar (page headers and footers removed).

Summary

    Finance Committee
    Council Member Robert C. Clark, Chair
    Mayor Pro Tempore Denise D. Adams, Vice Chair
    Council Member Annette Scippio
    Council Member James Taylor, Jr.

Tuesday, September 15, 2026  4:00 PM

CALL TO ORDER

    Additional Attendees:
    Mayor Joines
    Council Member Burke

    Council Member Clark called a meeting to order at 4 p.m. and asked the City Clerk
    to call the roll.
    Present:  4-  Council Member Robert C. Clark, Mayor Pro Tempore Denise D. Adams, Council
    Member James Taylor Jr., and Council Member Annette Scippio

C CONSENT AGENDA

    Council Member Clark asked if there were any consent items the Committee
    members wished to pull for discussion, item C-3 was removed.
Approval of the Consent Agenda

    A motion to approve the balance of the Consent Agenda was made by Council
    Member Taylor, seconded by Mayor Pro Tempore Adams. The motion carried by
    the following vote:

    Aye:  4-  Council Member Clark, Mayor Pro Tempore Adams, Council Member Taylor, and
    Council Member Scippio

C-1.  Resolution Awarding Purchase Order for a Jet Vac Sewer Cleaning Truck -
    $565,000
    (Finance Committee Recommends Approval)
    Committee recommends approval by the Consent Vote. Referred to the City
    Council meeting on 10/05/2026.

C-2.  Resolution Awarding Purchase Order for a Tractor-Drawn Aerial Ladder
    Truck - Atlantic Emergency Solutions, Inc. - $2,413,452
    (Finance Committee Recommends Approval)
    Committee recommends approval by the Consent Vote. Referred to the City
    Council meeting on 10/05/2026.

C-4.  Approval of the Finance Committee Summary of Minutes
    The Minutes Document was approved by the Consent Vote.

G GENERAL AGENDA

C-3.  Resolution Awarding Contract Extension for Temporary Staffing Services -
    The Resource Company - Estimated Amount of $3,500,000
    Dr. Kena Cofield Jones, Director of Human Resources Department, presented item
    C-3.
    This Resolution was held In Finance Committee until October 13, 2026.

G-1.  Update on the Driver's Restoration Initiative and Vocational Expansion
    (DRIVE) Program Administered by the Forsyth County District Attorney’s
    Office
    Jim O’Neill, District Attorney; Jane Garrity, Assistant District Attorney; Veronica
    Nesbit; and Tre’Quan David, Jr. provided information on how previous funding has
    impacted the program and the community.

    Information Only.

G-2.  Resolution Approving the Long-Term Lease of City-Owned Property to
    Colab, Inc. for the Development of a Do-It-Yourself Skate Park in
    Downtown Winston-Salem
    (Finance Committee Recommends Approval)
    Ben Rowe, Assistant City Manager, presented item G- 2.
    A motion was made by Mayor Pro Tempore Adams, seconded by Council
    Member Taylor. Committee Recommends Approval. Referred to the City Council
    on 10/05/2026. The motion carried by the following vote:

    Aye:  4-  Council Member Clark, Mayor Pro Tempore Adams, Council Member Taylor, and
    Council Member Scippio

G-3.  Resolution Declaring Liberty Street Park Shelter Structures as Surplus
    Property and Authorizing Sale of the Property by Public Auction
    (Finance Committee Recommends Approval: 3 in Favor, 1 Abstain)
    Ben Rowe, Assistant City Manager, presented item G-3.
    A motion was made by Mayor Pro Tempore Adams, seconded by Council
    Member Taylor, that this Resolution be Committee Recommends Approval.
    Referred to the City Council on 10/05/2026. The motion carried by the following
    vote:

    Aye:  3-  Mayor Pro Tempore Adams, Council Member Taylor, and Council Member Scippio

    Abstain:  1-  Council Member Clark

    STAFF COMMENTS

ADJOURNMENT

    The meeting adjourned at 4:55 p.m.

Transcript

Transcript pending: video captions can't be retrieved yet (see the Winston-Salem playbook).