The City of Lexington borrows $4.2 million to “to build a consolidated operations center for the city’s natural gas and public works departments, relocate the Lexington Fire Department’s Station No. 2 and replace sheds housing equipment for the city’s street and sanitation departments.”

Meanwhile, Thomasville approves an economic development grant for “Project 3C,” another one of economic development director Steve Googe’s super-double-secret names for a manufacturer that plans to create 20 jobs.