Updated Monday 12:30pm
The Town Board meets Monday night with a relatively light agenda that is expected to include a vote on a “Resolution of Consistency and Reasonableness” explaining its Nov. 5 vote to reject a zoning change for a proposed 108-unit apartment block at Kenton Pace, off West Catawba Avenue.

The agenda originally also included two other items, but those were removed Monday afternoon. The board put off approval of a new 3-year contract negotiated recently between the town and the Cornelius-Lemley Volunteer Fire Department. And commissioners also delayed a vote approving the hiring of Don Harrow as the town’s new economic development consultant.

Neither the fire department contract nor the employment agreement with the new economic development consultant were made available when the agenda initially was posted Friday.

The meeting begins at 7pm at Town Hall, 21445 Catawba Ave., Cornelius. A 6pm pre-meeting this week will be devoted to discussion of the Exit 28 Small Area Plan. The board canceled its usual 8am agenda review meeting, saying it’s not needed because the agenda is light.

Town officials said the Kenton Place resolution is require by state law. The statement will express the board’s decision that the project, which had been proposed by developer Gary Cangelosi near the former Palace Theater, “is not consistent with the Town’s CMP (comprehensive master plan) and is not reasonable due to existing transportation infrastructure.”

The board also will hold a closed session to discuss an unspecified contract and legal matters, including a potential legal claim.

See the full agenda on the town website.