Council Member, District One· month-level start: December 2025 per January 20 2026 minutes (December 16, 2025 Organizational Meeting; won District 1 Nov 4 2025 per Laurinburg Exchange); month-level end: November 2029 per city council page 'Term Expires 11/2029'
DeMarco T. Allen
Laurinburg
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Voice
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- Total speaking time
- 0:40
- Avg per meeting
- 0:20
- Segments
- 12
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Top issues during term (20)
Potential electric rate impacts from NCEMPA wholesale rate change
About $132,000 (0.8% of billed revenue) is recoverable through six recommended process fixes.
Speed bumps request on Midland Way
Bridge Creek demolition
$93,500 in state ARPA funds — no local water and sewer dollars used.
Zoning appeals consolidated under City Council
Peden Street duplex rezoning
Downtown revitalization and Brownfields plan
The $500,000 EPA grant has closed; staff will pursue the next round of EPA grants, and implementation costs are estimated in the plan.
Disposal of vacant city-owned parcels
Sales are expected to bring minimal revenue by design — the goal is returning parcels to productive private ownership, not profit.
Special Use Permit request on Dundee Drive
No city infrastructure costs; the hospital funds its own development.
2026 Sky High Aerospace Expo
Sponsorships and donations fund the nonprofit event; ticketed day is Saturday only.
City vs. County water system friction
McGirt's Bridge Road multifamily special use permit
Water and sewer capital projects
About $46 million in work, with roughly $31 million covered by state grants and loan forgiveness rather than local ratepayers.
Three sidewalk projects
The city pays only 20 percent; the rest comes through NCDOT.
Purchasing policy and minority participation requirements
No direct cost; noncompliance risked voiding state-funded contracts.
FY 2026-2027 City Budget
Multiple fund transfers within the current-year budget; no new tax impact stated.
Bridge Creek & College Park Sewer Rehabilitation
A $250,000 transfer within the water/sewer capital project fund.
FY 2026-27 Budget Input and Retreat
Public input helps shape how the next year's budget — and your tax dollars — get spent.
127 Main Street restoration project
$669,979 of a $1.1 million grant-funded rehab, with the city seeking reimbursement from Commerce and Main Street.
Special use permit hearing on Parcel No. 01004202025
City Manager's Salary
Determines the compensation of the city's top administrator from the city budget.
Decisions during term (32)
Recorded while Allen was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Consent Agenda
Ordinance O-2026-22 — Consolidate Board of Adjustment duties into City Council
Ordinance O-2026-23 — Rezone Peden Street parcels to Office/Institutional
Sole-source purchase of SCADA servers from QEI, LLC
Sealed-bid disposal of vacant city-owned parcels
Resolution R-2026-23 — Bridge Creek Demolition bid
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Consider the approval of the draft minutes for the September 22, 2026, Regular Meeting.
Consider amending Article 3, Administrative/Legislative Authority, Section 3.3, Board of Adjustments, and Article 5, Development Review Process, Section 5.4.6, Appeals of Administrative Denial of the City of Laurinburg Unified Development…
ADJOURNMENT
Approval of agenda with amendments
Consent agenda (minutes, hearing date, Resolution R-2026-15)
Rezone 13.9 acres on Dundee Drive (Ordinance O-2026-18)
Sunday on the Square 2027 facility use approval
Resolution R-2026-16 — amended Purchasing Policy
Axon in-car camera purchase with vendor financing
Approval of agenda
Consent agenda (minutes, hearings, Ordinances O-2026-08 through O-2026-12, event applications)
Motivated4Greater Inc. gospel singing event at McDuffie Square
Award of 127 Main Street Restoration Construction Project contract
Voting record (3)
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