Vice-Chair (Crowders Mountain Township)· 2024–2028 (cycle default: NC terms begin first Monday in December)
Bob Hovis
Gaston County
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 18
- Total speaking time
- 2:13:32
- Avg per meeting
- 7:25
- Segments
- 2130
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Top issues during term (5)(Development)
Board Procedures and Code of Ethics Revisions
Cost of outside investigative services.
Economic Development Incentives (Project Challa & Project Palmetto)
No upfront county spending — incentives are delivered as rebates on the companies' own property tax bills.
Unified Development Ordinance Open Space Text Amendments
Reduces administrative burden and payment-in-lieu inefficiencies for developers.
park development
Your tax dollars are investing in local land acquisition, which should boost nearby property values over time.
development dispute
Property values and project timelines could get messy as this political tug-of-war delays new builds and drives up administrative costs.
Decisions during term (22)
Recorded while Hovis was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Commissioner Brown - Building & Development Services - Historic Preservation Commission - To Accept and Appropriate a Historic Preservation Grant Awarded by the State Historic Preservation Office for the Gaston County Historic Preservation…
Commissioner Brown - Building & Development Services - To Establish an Internal Service Reimbursement to the General Fund from Building Inspections ($1,129,034) and Approve the Creation of One Full-time Administrative Assistant Position…
Commissioner Keigher - EDC - To Authorize an Application to the NC Department of Commerce Rural Economic Development Division Building Reuse Grant Program Application on Behalf of Project Metro
Commissioner Keigher - EDC - To Authorize Acceptance and Appropriation of the NCDOC Rural Economic Development Division Building Reuse Grant ($272,000) for the Benefit of Textum OPCO, LLC (Project Helms Deep) and To Authorize a Fund…
Commissioner Keigher - EDC - To Authorize Acceptance and Appropriation of the NCDOC Rural Economic Development Division Building Reuse Grant ($187,500) for the Benefit of Depalo Foods, Inc (Project Family 2025) and To Authorize a Fund…
Approval of Economic Development Agreement and Level 4 Grant for Project LEGACY
Economic Development Agreement: Project Alliance Gastonia 85
Economic Development Agreement: Project ATLAS
Commissioner Cloninger - Public Works - To Approve an Interlocal Agreement with the City of Gastonia for Joint Procurement of a Feasibility Study on Development and Operation of a Transfer Station
Approve Economic Development Agreement and Incentive Grant for Project Metro
Commissioner Keigher - BOC (Building & Development Services) - Commendation - To Recognize Mrs. Lucy Penegar for Her Dedicated Service to Gaston County
Commissioner Fraley - County Manager - To Approve an Interlocal Agreement Between Gaston County and the City of Cherryville for the Administration of Land Development Regulations
Commissioner Hovis - Police Department (Animal Care and Enforcement) - To Accept and Appropriate a Donation Received from Crow Holdings Development in the Amount of $5,000
Approval of Consent Item IV.AH - Building and Development Services Renovation Contract
Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Health Division - To Appropriate Federal Grant Funds Received from the NC Department of Health and Human Services - Local Community Support Section for Public Health Infrastructure: Local Workforce Development…
Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Approve a Certificate of Need (CON) for Lucia-Riverbend Fire Department for the Purchase of 6.005 Acres for Development of 2nd Fire Station
Zoning Map Change: TKC Land Development II, LLC (REZ-25-11-19-00236)
Commissioner Keigher - EDC - To Authorize an Application to the NC Department of Commerce Rural Economic Development Division Building Reuse Grant Program Application on Behalf of Project Helms Deep
Commissioner Brown - Building & Development Services - To Approve Plat Review Officer Changes
Commissioner Keigher - EDC - To Authorize an Application to The NC Department of Commerce Rural Economic Development Division Building Reuse Grant Program Application on Behalf of Project Family 2025
Voting record (1)(Development)
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