March 2026

 

Village of Forest Hills Council Meeting

Tuesday, March 03, 2026 – 7:00 pm

Forest Hills Assembly Hall, Cullowhee, NC

 

The following members of the Council were present:

Mayor Ron Mau

Councilmember Daniel Shields

Councilmember Nilofer Couture 

The following members of the Council were absent:

Councilmember Larry Ingersoll

Councilmember Amy Bollinger 

The following non-Council members were Present:

Jay Coward, Village Attorney

Stephanie Gibson, Clerk

Clark Corwin, Planning Board Chair

Charlie Bell, Planning Board Member

April Bell, Resident

 

1.   Call to order: At 7:30 pm, Mayor Mau called the meeting to order. 

2.  Announcements:  Reminder – Please silence cell phones for the meeting. 

3.   Approval of Agenda: Councilmember Shields made a motion to approve the agenda, Councilmember Couture seconded the motion, unanimously approved.  

4.   Approval of Meeting Minutes for February 03, 2026, Regular Council Meeting: (All meeting minutes are posted on the Forest Hills website once approved.) Councilmember Shields made a motion to approve the meeting minutes for February 03, 2026. Councilmember Couture seconded the motion, unanimously approved.

5.   Acceptance of Financial Report & Checklist for the month of February 2026: (All financial reports are posted on the Forest Hills website once approved.)

·        February Financials:

o   North Carolina class account: $213,471.33

o   United check account: $85,709.34

o   Total assets: $299,180.67

o   February revenues: $7,317.70 (from ad valorem sales tax and interest)

o   February expenditures: $10,233.38 (utilities, salaries, patrol, election fees, training, and office equipment).

Councilmember Couture made a motion to approve the financial reports. Councilmember Shields seconded the motion, unanimously approved.

6.    Administrative Reports

·        Mayor’s Report

o   Mayor Mau noted that Affordable Housing was the main topic of the community meeting he attended.

o   The Sheriff’s office has placed a speed truck on North Country Club Drive, hopefully it will help with traffic speeding through the area.

o   The RPO/TAC meeting was cancelled

o   The joint meeting with Commissioners and Municipalities will be held on March 10^th.

o   A budget meeting will need to be scheduled in March to review the budget.  If there are items that Councilmembers would like to see on the budget or know of maintenance expenses for the upcoming fiscal year, please send those items to Stephanie.  Larry, Stephanie, and Ron will schedule a time to meet in late March.

·        Roads Report: Councilmember Ingersoll was out of town

·        Safety:  Councilmember Couture noted that officers patrolled the Village a total of 6 hours. She noted that she had not received the 911 report.

7.   Planning Board Discussion for zoning application submitted:  Mayor Mau asked that the board go into closed session to discuss the Zoning application submitted.

Councilmember Couture made a motion to go into closed session at 7:57 pm Councilmember Shields seconded the motion, unanimously approved.  The Planning Board Chair was asked to sit in on the discussion.

At 8:16 p.m., Councilmember Shields made a motion to go out of closed session and back into regular session. Councilmember Couture seconded the motion, unanimously approved.  No action was taken during the closed session. 

8.   Planning Board Report:  Planning Board Chair, Clark Corwin, said that the Planning Board had discussed hiring a consultant to assist with Village updates.  The consensus of the board was for the Planning Board to proceed with the RFQ process. 

9.   Public Comment:  None

10.  Adjournment:  At 8:20 pm, Councilmember Shields made a motion to adjourn.