Goldsboro City Council Midterm Accomplishments

At the midpoint of the current City Council term, the City of Goldsboro presents a summary of key accomplishments across several focus areas. These highlights reflect ongoing efforts to strengthen city operations, infrastructure, public safety, and quality of life for residents.

Economic and Financial Stewardship:

  • Strengthened the City’s financial position
  • Brought annual audits up to date
  • Removed from the Local Government Commission’s Unit Assistance List
  • Incorporated the Capital Improvement Plan into the City’s overall budget planning framework

Planning:

  • Advanced new affordable housing and neighborhood development (Abbott Crossing, McNair Heights)
  • Adopted a new comprehensive bike and pedestrian plan
  • Adopted new Parks and Recreation Master Plan
  • Drafting new business development strategic plan
  • Drafting a new comprehensive land use plan
  • Added a minimum housing officer position
  • Added additional code enforcement officer positions

Employee Recruitment & Retention:

  • Increased wages for fire and police personnel
  • Implemented a citywide pay study
  • Implemented an organizational study

Safe Community:

  • Increased staffing at the police department (A total of seven more positions unfrozen)
  • Fully staffed the fire department for the first time in at least seven years
  • Reduced slum and blight throughout the city
  • Reduced the overall crime rate
  • Reduced concentration of unhoused individuals and lowered overall unhoused population within city limits

City’s Investment – Today and Tomorrow:

  • Increased funding for street maintenance/pavement
  • 3.4 MGD sewer expansion underway – currently in design phase
  • Implemented a paperless agenda and transparent, public-facing voting procedures
  • Increased funding for demolition
  • Expanded employee health and wellness programs
  • Replaced undersized stormwater lines in Musgrave Manor
  • Added a stormwater administrator position

Policies:

  • Approved a memorandum of understanding with Downtown Goldsboro Development Corporation
  • Allocated Powell Bill funds to support capital improvement projects
  • Adopted a new minimum housing code
  • Adopted a new ordinance for four-way stops
  • Adopted a new junk car ordinance

Collaborative Citizen & Business Engagement

  • Conducted a community survey to better understand community needs and priorities
  • Supported plans for the James and Pine Street Black Business District Memorial Parklet

Completed public facing projects:

  • Constructed sidewalks in several districts
  • Approved and broke ground on the West Oak Pocket Park as part of the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative
  • Installed a new water fountain at City Hall
  • Constructed a new ADA accessible playground in North End Park
  • Achieved ADA compliance at City swimming pools