LUMBERTON — The Robeson County Board of Commissioners on Monday voted unanimously to pay $245,000 for land that will provide room to expand the county landfill in St. Pauls.

The 25 acres, which is located adjacent to the landfill, is being purchased from Edward and Wanda Tyner. Steve Edge, the county’s Solid Waste director, said that approximately 1.2 million cubic yards of dirt could be excavated at the site and available to cover waste at the current landfill.

“It will be awhile, probably several years, before we have to disturb this property and move this dirt to the landfill,” Edge said. “This will be a significant cost savings to the county compared with what the cost would be if we had to get the dirt from another site and move it to the landfill.”

According to Edge, the property owners approached the county about purchasing the land that sits adjacent to the southwest corner of the landfill. Negotiations have been on and off for four years, Edge said.

Edge said the property is split into two parcels, one being 20 acres of woodlands and the other consisting of five acres with a residence. He said with the purchase of the land the county landfill will now encompasses about 450 acres.

In other business, the commissioners voted unanimously to move ahead with a $240,000 Community Development Block Grant application to the state Department of of Commerce. The grant would be used to assist construction of about about 2,100 linear feet of rail siding to serve the new Asbury Carbons facility in Lumberton.

The entire project is expected to cost $500,000, with CDBG funds paying 48 percent of the cost. The state Department of of Commerce’s Industrial Development Fund will provide $208,000 for the project, with the county paying $52,000.

Asbury Carbons is expected to invest about $8 million in its new Lumberton facility. During the first two years of its operation, the company plans to create 16 new jobs.

“Anytime we can get some new jobs it’s good for Robeson County,” County Manager Ricky Harris said.

A resolution was also passed supporting the application for a state Department of Commerce Building Reuse Grant for Smith’s Refrigeration. With the grant, Smith’s plans to make improvements to the building it recently purchased on Flair Fold Drive in Lumberton. Plans call for the creation of at least 10 jobs paying a minimum of $10 per hour with benefits.

According to the resolution, the county agrees to pay a required cash match of 5 percent of $125,000 if the grant is approved, which would be $6,250.

In other business, the commissioners on Monday:

— Approved a conditional-use permit request from Donnie D. McRae that allows for the establishment of a mobile home-moving office with a mechanic shop in a Residential Agricultural District in Philadelphus.

— Approved a conditional-use permit request from Ameen Mulhie that allows for the establishment of a memorial cemetery in a Residential Agricultural District in Rennert.

— Sitting as the Robeson County Housing Authority Board, approved the authority’s more than $1.5 million budget for 2015-16.

— Heard a presentation from Welton Locklear, coach of the All Hearts Tornadoes wheelchair basketball team. Locklear asked that the commissioners continue to financially sponsor the team during its next season.

—Heard a brief presentation from Chris Oxendine, director of the Robeson County Veterans Service Office, concerning services being provided to local veterans.

According to Oxendine, the recent Stand Downs held for veterans in individual commissioner districts have been successful in getting word out to local veterans about services they can receive. Oxendine said that during the first quarter of the year, January through March, his office had personal or phone contact with 5,560 veterans, veterans’ spouses, or other individuals representing veterans.

— Heard a report from Commissioner Raymond Cummings about what he called the successful start of the county’s Clean and Green anti-littering efforts. Cummings said about 100 people attended last week’s launch of the event and picked up trash along N.C. 711.

“We hope this is just the start,” Cummings said. “We want to make sure that all of the roads in Robeson County are cleaned up.”