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From YouTube: Black Mountain Board of Alderman Meeting (Oct. 8, 2018)
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Regular Meeting of the Black Mountain Board of Alderman from Oct. 8. 2018. To view the meeting's agenda, or future meeting agendas, please visit townofblackmountain.org.
A
A
B
Is
probably
good
father
were
so
aware
tonight
if
the
blessings
that
you
were
still
upon
us,
especially
for
this
wonderful
place,
to
live
and
all
of
the
community
that
we
dwell
in
here,
and
certainly
we
recognize
the
responsibility
that
we
have
for
this
great
blessing
and
we
pray
your
leadership
a
direction
in
the
meeting
tonight.
We
pray
Lord
that
each
one
will
have
their
say
that
needs
to
and
that
the
decision
to
be
made
will
be
given
the
profit
and
benefit
of
all,
and
then
there
will
be
a
spirit
of
unity
in
oneness.
B
We
know
Lord
that
you
bless
that
cooperation
and
love
and
compassion.
We
know
that
you
are
loved
because
you
sent
your
son
and
we're
so
glad
for
that
eleven
salvation
that
you
sent
into
him.
So
we
pray
your
blessings
upon
the
meeting
tonight
and
encouragement
in
each
one
of
our
hearts
as
we
seek
to
serve
you,
we
ask
it
in
Christ's,
name,
Amen,.
A
My
lady
announcements,
basically
we've
got
one
thing
I'd
like
to
mention,
is
the
Senator
Burr
and
Tillis
and
Patrick
McHenry.
Our
District
Congressman
is
sent
a
letter
back
October
3rd
to
brock
long
who's,
the
administrator
of
clean
up,
and
they
basically
are
appealing
the
decision,
along
with
Governor
Walker
in
there
they're
grateful
for
that
standing,
ready
response,
but
they
kind
of
like
that.
A
C
It's
always
a
privilege
to
get
to
recognize
some
of
your
staff
for
going
above
and
beyond
and
doing
something
as
great
as
saving
the
life
and
what
I
want
to
do
really
quick
is
just
give
a
synopsis
to
individual
synopsis
of
what
these
guys
did
so
officer.
Ian
admins
on
August,
the
8th
2018
in
approximately
8:10
p.m.
C
officer
Hammonds,
was
dispatched
to
the
BP
gas
station
in
Black
Mountain
to
assist
EMS
on
arrival
officer
Hammonds
located
a
vehicle
with
a
person
standing
outside
of
it
office
remnants
found
a
melt
subject
in
the
vehicle
that
was
unconscious
upon
further
review.
He
found
that
the
subject
had
overdosed
officer
Evans
attempted
to
wake
the
subject.
However,
when
he
did
not
when
this
did
not
work,
he
conducted
assessment
found
the
subject
was
not
breathing
had
a
very
weak
pulse.
C
He
then
administered
a
dose
of
narcan
to
the
subject
to
the
right
thigh
and
after
a
very
short
time.
The
subject
became
responsive
and
the
Black
Mountain
Fire
Department
arrived
on
scene
and
continued
with
treatment
and
transportation
of
the
individual
officer.
Mcdonald
on
August
25th
2018
at
approximately
7:35
p.m.
officer
McDonald
was
dispatched
to
the
Shell
station
in
Black
Mountain
in
reference
to
a
subject
who
had
locked
herself
in
the
restroom
and
was
not
responding
as
officer
McDonald
pulled
into
the
parking
lot.
C
He
saw
multiple
people
outside
waving
their
arms
and
tell
him
to
hurry
and
get
inside.
Once
officer
McDonald
ran
inside.
He
found
a
subject
lying
on
the
floor
and
they
were
unresponsive.
He
didn't
check
for
a
pulse
and
had
a
difficult
time,
locating
one
as
the
pulse
was
very
weak.
He
also
found
the
subject
was
suffering
from
a
drug
overdose.
Further
observation
revealed
the
subject
had
a
purple
tint
to
their
face,
as
they
were
not
breathing
I'm
officer,
McDonald
administered
a
dose
of
narcan
a
short
time
later.
C
The
subject
set
up
and
began
speaking
and
even
walked
to
the
ambulance
on
their
own.
The
quick
actions
of
officer,
Hammonds
and
McDonald's
saved
the
life
of
a
citizen.
Their
quick
actions
of
dedication
to
the
citizens
of
Black
Mountain
not
only
reflect
well
upon
them,
but
they
also
reflect
well
upon
our
town
in
this
department.
Job
well
done,
gentlemen.
A
E
Good
evening
afternoon,
mr.
mayor
and
vice
mayor
Board
of
Aldermen,
thank
you
for
hearing
my
comments.
I've,
never
just
a
board
before
and
I'm
a
little
bit
nervous,
but
honestly
so
I
live
at
201
choppa
Road
I've
been
here
for
15
years.
My
kids
attended,
Owen
and
then
in
that
house
for
15
years,
I'm
sitting
in
my
office
last
Friday
morning,
and
here
comes
two
guys
as
shovels
in
my
front
yard.
E
Unbeknownst
to
me.
So
I
walk
out,
hey.
Who
are
you
guys?
Oh
we're
here
with
the
town
of
Black
Mountain?
Another
truck
wasn't
marked
here
no
indication
there
were
booked
on
a
black
monument,
so
I
questioned
them.
They
said,
oh
we're
here,
to
put
a
concrete
pad
in
your
front
yard.
Okay!
Well,
that's
news
to
me:
I
mean
I.
Live
I,
live
in
a
corner
lot
corner
valley,
this
in
Chapel,
Road,
very
nice,
residential
high-end
residential
community.
E
They
want
to
put
a
six
foot
by
eight
foot,
concrete
slab
in
my
front
yard,
unbeknownst
to
me,
I'm,
trying
to
sell
my
house
so
I
have
a
contact
on
my
house
right
now
for
$575,000.
They
want
to
put
a
concrete
slab,
my
front
yard
I'm,
a
little
freaked
out,
so
I
called
the
town,
the
gentleman
they
leave
they,
the
town
I,
came
out
a
lady's
name
at
the
water
department.
She
said
that
Jamie
would
call
me
on
Monday
and
sort
these
things
out.
E
Some
Monday
again
same
story,
different
verse,
I'm
in
my
office
and
my
PJs
except
welcome
home,
and
here
comes
the
same
two
guys,
shovels
in
hand.
I
walk
out
there
to
sign
my
wife's
in
tow.
What
are
you
guys
doing?
We're
here,
to
put
the
concrete
slab
in
I
know
nothing
about
this.
Jamie
never
contacted
me.
What
are
you
guys
doing
next
thing?
E
E
Automobile
engine
in
it
runs
on
propane
or
gas.
I
have
no
idea
what
a
propane
or
gas
is
coming
from.
There's
no
gas
in
Chapel
Road,
so
is
there
gonna,
be
a
tank
next
to
mine
next
to
this
four
foot
by
foot
monstrosity
or
in
my
front
yard.
Now,
if
you
know
choppa
Road,
there
is
a
small
service
hut
that
covers
up
becomes,
but
the
pump
were
up
the
hill
I
totally
get
that
when
I
bought
the
house.
That's
that
station
was
there.
It's
somebody
alderman,
perhaps
way
back
one
decided
hey.
E
Let's
cover
up
this
ugly
pump
station
in
this
residential
neighborhood,
with
a
more
descriptive
low-key
hut,
I
sent
a
letter.
Jaime
was
good
enough
to
say,
hey,
we'll
give
you
till
the
22nd
we'll
give
you
a
three-week.
Bereavement
gives
me
time
to
approach.
You
I,
send
a
letter.
Today
I
Spacely
said
I
have
five
questions.
Why
all
of
a
sudden
is
it
necessary
to
have
a
back-up
generator?
My
property,
how
many
times
over
the
past
20
years
as
a
carbon
out
for
incentive
period
of
time
that
were
required
of
generator?
E
This
is
a
$40,000
purchased
by
the
town.
Secondly,
is
that
absolutely
necessary
I
was
in
salt,
can
it
be
moved
to
a
side
street?
Can
it
be
moved
down
by
the
golf
course
can
be
hidden
it
from
from
playing
site,
so
it's
out
of
the
I
swore
that
I
view
it
as
third,
what's
the
source
of
the
gas
or
propane,
there's
going
to
be
a
fuel
tank
on
top.
F
Evening,
mayor
board,
this
is
a
public
works,
annual
report
for
streets
and
parks
for
2017
change.
This
report
up
some
trying
to
get
you
some
better
information,
but
it
will
say
our
reports
go
from
January
to
January
calendar
year
to
where
some
of
these
numbers
may
be
off
by
a
little
bit,
because
we
go
July
2
July
4
budget
year,
so
it
overlaps,
so
I
just
want
to
put
that
out
there,
but
the
numbers
are
accurate,
but
I
just
want
you
to
keep
that
in
mind.
When
we
get
further
into
the
report.
F
There
was
one
hundred
forty-one
thousand
dollars
spent
on
that
phase
five
and
that
took
it
from
Carolina
Heights
to
I
save
monetary,
but
it
actually
stopped
a
little
bit
past
Black
Creek
Road,
because
Montreat
was
in
agreement
to
finish
that
last
phase.
So
as
far
as
Black
Mountains
concerned
phase,
five
was
it
for
us
that
projects
complete.
F
It
cannot,
it
will
absorb
water
from
the
ground
and
then
it
just
makes
a
mess
and
ruins
the
whole
product.
So
without
saying
more
I,
don't
think
we've
had
enough
hot
days
this
year
too,
but
we
still
got
the
materials
still
waiting
to
put
it
in.
So
maybe
this
file
or
to
stay
dry
enough,
that
we
can
get
that
done
and
get
that
completed.
F
F
We
didn't
get
to
finish
the
contractor
that
we've
used
for
years
about
a
new
machine
had
some
new
employees,
and
we
all
know
it
didn't
turn
out
the
best
in
the
world
so
trying
to
get
back
home
back
on
track
this
year,
reach
out
to
some
more
contractors
that
does
that
I've
reached
out
some
people
in
Hendersonville.
That's
supposed
to
come
and
look
at
some
streets
for
us
this
year
we
also
budgeted
under
streets
for
a
leaf
vacuum
and
we
spent
fifty
five
hundred
dollars
on
that,
and
that
was
a
real
time-saver
consider
them.
F
We
do
places
like
City
Hall.
The
guys
would
have
to
blow
them
up,
get
them
in
the
front
of
a
backhoe
dump
them
into
a
truck
or
bagel
with
amount
of
leaves.
We
do
that's
not
that's
not
very
efficient.
So
now
this
mulch
is
them
up,
and
it's
sort
of
twofold,
because
now
we
can
take
the
ground
leaves
the
community
garden
and
Diana
can
use
them
for
compost.
So
it
works
out
new
benches
downtown
the
only
involvement
we
had
that
was
a
grant
that
Angela
resit,
obtained
and
I.
F
F
There
was
enough
money
in
that
grant
to
purchase
a
trailer
and
what
we
done
with
that
trailer
to
try
to
be
more
efficient
for
the
department,
because
there's
40,
42
or
43
planners
downtown
that
we
have
to
water
and
I've
got
a
couple
guys
that
come
in
early
the
mornings
to
do
this.
That
way,
they
can
start
their
day
with
the
rest
of
the
crews,
and
so
we
put
a
water
tank
on
there
put
a
hose
reel
and
we
made
it
a
total
watering
system
which
cuts
their
time
in
half.
F
So
we
have
grant
money
left
over
for
that,
and
so
that's
what
we
use
for
that.
As
far
as
Street
maintenance
goes,
it's
pretty
much.
What
I
call
a
cookie
cutter,
stormwater,
ditch
and
corporate
replacement
and
repair.
Our
stormwater
addition
is
eight
percent
of
our
total
work.
Orders
I'll
get
more
into
that
in
a
minute
tree
trimming
pavement
patching
the
mowing
tree
removal
and
street
trimmings
11%
of
our
total
work,
water
system,
pavement,
patching
we
put
out
45
tons
and
when
I
say
put
out
we're
not
a
paper
company.
F
We
put
that
out
by
hand
45
tons
and
it's
about
4,000
$95
$4,100
is
what
it
costs
the
taxpayer
and
material
hemlock
inoculation.
We
do
that
every
year,
as
you
know,
we
got
like
a
thousand
trees.
We
do
it
every
three
years
on
a
cycle
we've
done
328
trees
in
2017
and
for
the
public
that
don't
know
what
that
is.
F
That's
a
chemical
that
we
inject
in
the
ground
and
each
injections
different
for
each
tree
depending
on
the
trunk
size
and
it
fights
woolly
adelgid
in
the
in
locks
which
are
going
by
the
wayside
very
quick
because
of
such
an
invasive
little
critter.
But
working
back
and
we've
had
real
good
look
at
it.
Our
snow
removal,
like
I,
say
we
went
Asheville,
went
from
song
saying
to
pure
salt,
which
was
a
money
saver
to
them,
because
it
takes
less
material
to
put
out
get
the
same
job
done.
F
Thank
them.
For
that,
and
as
far
as
parks
projects
and
maintenance,
I
just
briefed
and
highlighted
some
stuff,
the
repairing
landscape
for
veterans,
memorial,
we've
redone
all
that
at
Lakeview
in
May
we
built
and
installed
three
compost
bins
at
the
community
garden.
Put
in
a
new
yard
hide
right
over
there
for
the
gardens
there
was
a
company
actually
installed
the
swing
set
at
Carver,
but
we
built
the
Timbers
framed
it
in
re,
most
it
inspected
it
because
it
has
to
be
inspected
called
children's
playground
by
the
state
or
held
to
a
different
standard.
F
F
When
you
get
into
these
graphs
break
this
down,
there
was
1939
total
work,
orders
that
was
done
in
streets
and
parks
this
year.
That
does
not
include
the
other
half
the
department,
which
is
water
and
we
broke
it
down.
I
broke
it
down
into
numbers
and
percentages
because
I'm,
one
of
the
board
and
public
see
were
a
lot
of
our
times
spent.
And
if
you
look
at
this
graph,
61
percent
of
of
our
work
orders
is
spent
on
town
property
and
I'll.
Show
you
something
with
that
here
in
just
a
second.
F
But
if
you
look
to
the
left
on
the
graph,
those
are
to
show
you
the
amount
of
work
orders
done,
and
you
see
that
eleven
hundred
and
eighty
three
of
that
1939
was
done
on
town
properties
and
then
150,
of
course,
in
ditches
and
culverts
and
that's
different
things.
It
might
be
a
cold
replacement,
it
might
be,
a
repair
might
be
ditching.
It's
just
a
lot
of
little
stuff
and
I
could
make
this
report
two
days.
But
I
will
not
do
that
and
so
I
just
tried
to
hit
the
big
stuff.
F
If
you
go
to
the
next
slide,
you
break
that
down
even
further
and
when
I
say
town
properties.
If
you
look
to
the
left
side
over
there,
you
see
town
buildings
that
town
buildings
has
added
into
that
town
properties,
because
that
town
properties
that
eleven
hundred
and
eighty-three
were
quarters
was
in
parks.
F
Most
of
the
work
was
done
in
parks,
you'll
see
over
to
the
right
side
that
34%
of
that
was
downtown.
Restrooms,
that's
Cherry,
Street,
that's
town,
town
square
I
have
somebody
come
in
early
the
morning
that
has,
to
you
know,
be
kept
up
clean
stock
twice
a
day
every
day
you
know
seven
days
a
week.
So
that's
where
a
lot
of
that
comes
from
plus
you
know
we
we've
had
stuff
like
our
conditioner
issues
and
painting
and
and
and
stuff
going
and
problems
our
maintenance,
wise
electrical
irrigation
system.
F
We
got
an
irrigation
system
now
that
we
man
over
there,
we
put
a
new
float
and
refill
system
in
the
the
fountain
downtown
always
had
to
fill
it
manually
now,
it'll
fill
on
its
own.
So
that
saves
us
some
time.
But
if
you
look,
you
got
88
work,
orders
at
Lake,
tomahawk
and
it's
broke
down.
You
see
something
like
Craig
Mont
Park,
which
is
zero,
but
that
would
be
under
mode
because
that's
really
all
we've
had
to
do
it,
because
it's
not
using
my.
F
F
So
that
being
said,
the
61
percent
of
town
properties
is,
it
all
falls
under
public
buildings
which
would
be
Town,
Square,
Art,
Center
library.
You
know
Lakeview
like
tomahawk.
It
all
falls
under
that
and
that's
61
percent
of
that
total
I
tried
to
touch
some
stuff.
That's
highlighted
for
2018,
just
because
we've
done
some
stuff
this
year.
But
it's
been
on
the
next
report.
You
know:
we've
had
to
repair
ball
fields
from
flooding
from
top
tropical
storm
Alberto
and
May
and
June.
F
We've
done
that
two
or
three
times
in
the
past
four
years
and
it's
called
several
thousand
dollars.
But
I
would
like
to
say
you
know:
I've
had
a
lot
of
people
say
if
you
look
at
the
back
of
them
ball
fields
back
there
behind
the
maintenance,
shed
you'll,
see
a
real
high
firm
and
that
berm
comes
all
the
way
around
and
then
tapers
off
at
the
back
of
one
of
the
fields
back
there
and
I
was
approached
to
the
question,
was
why
don't
it
the
long
way
down
the
river?
F
Well,
the
answer
to
that
question
is:
is
ball
fields
across
Kenton
ear
country
is
designed
that
way,
and
there
in
LA
times
in
a
floodplain
for
the
purpose
of
less
destruction.
So
if
I
can
explain
that,
if
that
berm
went
all
the
way
down
water
collects,
which
in
turn
builds
velocity
in
force,
and
then
we
know
what
happens
downstream,
it
tires
stuff
up.
Well
if
there
was
a
berm
down
through
there.
What
would
happen
was.
Is
everything
downstream
come
before?
No,
including
the
bridge
on
Blue
Ridge
Road
would
probably
not
be
there.
F
So
the
water
comes
in
at
the
end
of
that
berm
and
it's
designed
to
back
up
slowly
into
them
ball
fields
and
then
slowly
recede
out
when
the
storm
is
over.
So
there's
really,
you
know
we
spend
you
know
a
couple
thousand
dollars
rebuilding
ball
fields.
Then
you
know
risking
life
or
injury
downstream.
They're
designed
that
way
for
a
reason
and
I
just
thought
I
would
throw
that
out
there
because
a
lot
of
people
don't
know
that
MSD
sewer
line
refers
meant.
You
know,
Broadway
Cherry,
Street,
Midland
Avenue,
that
was
in
2018.
F
I
won't
get
too
deep
into
that.
But
if
you
want
to
watch
cherry
streets,
not
restriped
as
we're
still
waiting
on
that
downtown,
you
know
parking
study
to
come
back,
but
then
projects
are
done
and
the
reason
I
put
it
on
here
is
because
during
that
time
we
replace
some
utilities
it
needed
to
be
replaced.
F
So
it
was
a
good
time
to
jump
on
board
and
then
that
the
big
one
was
moving
into
the
new
Public
Works,
building
and
I
have
to
say
and
I'm
speaking
for
me
and
the
departments
involved
that
that's
the
best
thing
that
ever
happened
to
us
everybody's
happy
about
that.
That
has
been
a
wonderful
move.
I'd
like
to
thank
everybody
involved
from
the
board.
F
The
mayor
to
Ron,
to
Angela
everybody's
been
involved
with
it
and
and
I
know
I'm
missing
somebody,
but
there's
a
lot
of
work
put
into
that
by
everybody
and
we've
done
90%
of
an
in-house
and
that
and
that's
something
that
the
taxpayers
will
be
very
proud
of,
and
so
I
report
more
on
that
in
a
team.
But
then
we
had
the
preparations
for
hurricane
Florence
in
September
and
I
can
say
this
every
department
was
spot
on
and
prepared
for
that
storm
fire.
F
Please
parks
us
everybody
involved
and
I
just
wanna
say
thank
you
to
everybody
for
that.
That's
one
of
the
best
ones
ever
state
food
and
I've
been
here
for
over
a
decade,
so
I
know
we've
got
another
one
coming,
but
it
ain't
gonna
happen.
So
I'm
predicting
that
and
but
I'm
not
always
right
so,
but
we're
prepared
for
it
too.
Just
so
you
know,
but
that's
basically,
our
report
for
2017.
G
F
Strokes,
yeah,
okay,
back
during
the
budget
year,
the
board
approved
for
us
to
purchase
three
generators
for
the
water
system
to
upgrade
that
water
system,
one
of
them,
was
to
go
in
where
mr.
Beeson
is
talking
about
on
Chapel
Road,
which
is
in
a
public
right
away,
which
is
right
outside
our
pump
station
now
for
the
purpose.
F
If
we
lose
power,
which
we
do
take
a
threat
during
the
Hurricanes
and
stuff,
then
we
have
no
way
to
recharge
that
system,
because
the
pumps
won't
run
so
with
that
with
that
being
in
stock
all
then
we
don't.
We
don't
risk
that
it
will
be
run
by
the
SCADA
system,
which
it
can
be
exercised
at
any
time
we
choose.
So
you
know
it
should
not
fire
up
in
the
middle
of
a
night
or
anything
like
that
or
anything
of
that
nature.
So
that's
just
a
broad
look
effective.
What
that's
about
it's.
F
A
pit
with
a
roof
on
it
and
our
pumps
are
down
inside
there.
Mr.
Bassman
had
wanted
to
put
it
or
hit
mention
put
it
on
the
other
side.
A
little
reason
we
can't
put
it
on
the
other
side
is
because
of
fire
hydrants
and
valves
for
that.
So
that's
really.
The
only
place
that
it
can
go
is
outside
that
pump
station
is,
as
far
as
for
a
backup
for
our
system.
G
I
Thank
you
very
much
for
the
opportunity
to
come
back.
This
is
my
third
annual
presentation
to
the
Board
of
Aldermen
to
talk
to
you
a
little
bit
about
Valley
and
Seoul
this
year.
I
want
to
take
a
little
bit
different
tack
as
opposed
to
the
details.
I
want
to
just
give
you
the
summary
value
in
Seoul
on
August
28th
this
year
turned
four
years
old,
so
banning
Seoul
started
four
years
ago
at
st.
I
James,
Episcopal
Church,
with
a
6
foot
table
of
vegetables
at
aleck
s,
berry
and
the
founder
was
trying
to
convince
people
that
there
was
a
better
alternative
to
macaroni
and
cheese,
and
now
it
has
evolved
into
what
I'll
discuss
with
you.
This
evening,
we've
just
concluded
a
a
significant
strategic
planning
initiative
through
the
board
of
directors
to
come
up
with.
What's
next
in,
what's
ahead,
we'll
be
reporting
more
on
that
to
the
entire
community
as
over
the
next
couple
of
months.
The
mission
is
value:
SoCo
creates
healthy
communities
through
a
whole
person
model.
I
That's
the
work
that
we
do
our
vision,
no
one
hungry
everyone,
healthy
I,
won't
take
you
through
the
core
values,
they'll
be
as
a
part
of
the
minutes
of
the
meeting
and
I
apologize
I'm
going
to
speed
through
this,
because
Angela
asked
me
to
so
I.
Do
it
Angela
assessment
kidding,
so
we
are
at
where
fresh
food,
health,
well-being
in
community,
intersect
and
I'll
talk
to
you
for
just
a
few
minutes
about
how
that
works.
I
In
August
2014
we've
touched
over
150,000
people
and
those
are
people
at
these
1200
plus
and
growing
numbers
of
workshops
that
we've
conducted,
which
is
a
wellness
lesson.
So
what
do
you
do
with
an
eggplant?
If
you
don't
know,
and
that's
not
a
familiar
food
to
you,
we
conduct
more.
We
conduct
training
and
education
that
teaches
people
about
the
health
value
of
eggplant
or
about
others
and
provide
them
with
resources
that
they
can
go
home
and
they
can
practice
what
they're
learning
and
the
class
with
the
food
with
the
resources
that
they
get.
I
It
gives
them
the
opportunity
and
the
tools
that
they
need
in
order
to
begin
to
live
a
healthier
life
and
make
better
decisions
for
themselves.
So
since
the
beginning
in
2000
is
2014
over
thirty,
five
thousand
volunteer
hours
have
been
donated.
If
you
look
at
the
50
community,
impact
of
bounty
and
soul
for
a
$325,000
annual
budget
will
have
a
1.2
million
dollar
community
impact
this
year,
and
that's
no
small
smoke,
no
small
matter
to
the
donation
of
volunteer
hours
that
people
that
really
make
it
go.
I
So,
in
the
last
12
months,
the
bounty
install
staff
has
ballooned
from
three
full-time
and
one
part-time
employee
to
four
full-time
employees
and
one
part-time
employee.
So
with
that
with
the
hundred
and
fifty
volunteers
that
we
draw
down
on
members
of
the
community
to
come
and
really
do
a
lot
of
the
work
for
us
and
with
us,
that's
how
we're
able
to
really
have
a
significant
impact.
So,
since
the
beginning,
volunteers
have
played
a
significant
role,
some
of
the
impact
from
our
volunteers
from
our
participants,
the
feedback
that
we
get
from
participants.
I
This
is
all
data
that
was
gathered
on
our
behalf
by
the
UNC
Asheville
health
and
wellness
department
in
an
annual
now.
The
third
annual
survey
that
they've
conducted
I
won't
take
you
down
through
all
this,
but
when
you've
got
ninety
six
percent
increased
their
fruits
and
vegetable
consumption.
Ninety
five
percent
increase
their
knowledge
of
healthy
eating
and
that
really
becomes
the
bottom
line.
It's
helping
people
understand
how
to
do
this
on
their
own.
I
The
impact
that
we've
had
from
from
the
participants
who
now
go
back
to
their
physicians
and
all
of
a
sudden
someone
who's
been
diabetic
for
seven
years
now
goes
back
to
their
physician.
All
the
sudden
they're,
not
diabetic
anymore.
The
doctor
goes
what
in
the
world
what
changed?
Well,
you
know
I
started
going
to
the
batting
Seoul
and
I'm
paying
attention
to
what
they're
doing
I'm
eating
differently
and
all
of
a
sudden
I'm,
not
diabetic.
I
So
the
next
thing
that
happens
to
get
a
phone
call
from
the
physician
says:
okay
can
I
send
people
to
you
absolutely
so.
We
now
have
position
who
are
writing
prescriptions
to
their
patients
to
come
to
our
programming
and
that's
beginning
to
have
an
impact
as
well.
I'll
talk
to
you
about
that
a
minute,
so
our
health
care
provider
program
in
the
partnership
with
Mae,
heck
and
mission.
I
Physician
offices
is
our
way
now
of
making
our
health
coaching
program,
where
there's
more
one-on-one,
more
more
personal
coaching
of
individuals
and
of
groups
to
take
them
through
a
process
for
12
weeks
of
intensive
meeting
with
a
health
coach
teaching
them
about
lifestyle
changes.
Responding
specifically
to
each
of
the
individuals
needs
really
becomes
the
output
of
that.
The
data
from
the
health
coaching
program
again
that
we've
got
in
place
our
ability
to
navigate
through
HIPAA
regulations.
I
So
what
we're
doing
in
these
150,000
people
that
we've
touched
over
the
course
of
time
is
we're
moving
the
needle
in
health
and
wellness
not
only
on
an
individual
basis
but
as
that
ripples
out
across
the
community,
because
these
people,
these
people,
talk
and
share
the
success
that
they've
had
and
I
want
to
just
take
talk
to
you
for
a
minute
about
Mac
Mac
is
probably
one
of
our
poster
children.
He
had
been
going
to
his
may
heck
position
for
almost
ten
years
he
weighed
he
weighed
385
pounds
at
the
time.
I
He
was
off
the
charts
in
all
of
the
basic
helpline
indicators.
He
had
been
to
others
trying
to
get
some
help
in
position
been
working
with
him.
Like
I
said
for
almost
ten
years.
Somebody
said
you
know
you
really
ought
to
go
to
Bonnie
and
salt.
What
in
the
world
is
that
long
story
short?
He
came.
He
started
working
with
one
of
our
health
coaches.
Mac
is
now
he
has
lost
almost
100
pounds
he's
coming
off
of
disability.
He
was
a
fifth
grade.
School
teacher
he's
going
back
to
work.
I
His
health
markers
are
all
in
the
normal
range
and
he
is
now
not
only
he's
not
only
healthy
in
his
own
right,
but
he's
now
helping
us
with
our
children's
activities
and
programming.
So
we
have
Mac
and
we
have
a
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
others
just
like
him
over
the
course
of
four
years
that
have
seen
significant
increase
and
improvement
in
health
and
then,
as
that
ripples
out
across
the
community.
So
I
just
want
you
to
understand
the
role
that
we
play
in
the
community.
Larry
and
Carlos
have
been
to
markets
before
I.
I
Invite
you
all
to
come.
Take
a
look,
lift
lift
the
lid
on
this
thing.
Take
a
look
at
it
and
see
the
work
that
goes
on
in
this
community
by
this
community
for
this
community,
because
if
there
was
ever
a
situation
of
a
community
taking
care
of
a
community,
that's
what
really
happens
within
the
body
and
soul
program
and,
as
I
mentioned,
we'll
have
more
to
report
back
to
the
community
on
our
strategic
plan
and
where
we
are
going
forward.
But
I
think
it's
all
really
good
news.
I
J
I
J
I
Several
reasons
for
at
the
bottom
line
of
it
is
we've
outgrown
the
space
we've
been
at
Black
Mountain
elementary
school.
Almost
since
the
beginning,
it
was
the
third
market
of
the
five
in
the
progression
we
started
there
when
Norma
Bossert
was
the
principal
a
number
of
years
ago,
but
that
market
has
grown
from
at
the
time,
maybe
25
30
households.
To
now
where
we
have
5560
households,
we've
just
simply
outgrown
the
space
as
the
temp
as
the
temperatures
drop
and
we
start
to
move
inside
the
cafeteria.
I
The
space
that
we
would
have
inside
is
just
way
too
small
to
get
that
many
people
with,
although
the
educational
lessons
plus
all
the
food
that
we
bring
about
2,000
pounds
of
food
to
that
market
every
week,
so
we
needed
some
bigger
space
and
Black
Mountain
Presbyterian
presented
that
opportunity
to
us.
So
last
Friday
was
our
last
market.
At
the
elementary
school
we've
spent
the
last
five
weeks
in
active
communication
at
all
of
our
markets.
I
D
K
Just
want
to
give
you
a
kind
of
brief
annual
report
to
them,
for
I
am
a
visionary
he's.
Gonna
talk
about
our
big
event
coming
up
at
the
chamber,
our
chamber
this
year
celebrating
our
95th
year,
and
our
mission
statement
is
that
we
provide
promotes
and
prospers
locally.
We
are
the
little
town
that
rocks
and
the
membership
in
the
chamber
identifies
you
as
a
supporter
of
your
community
and
a
voice
for
business.
We
this
year
we
added
33
new
members
and
we
have
a
total
of
324
chamber
members.
Just
at
this
time.
K
Our
website,
we
saw
one
hundred,
seventeen
thousand
eight
hundred
and
thirty
special
visitors,
and
we
have
averaged
about
nine
thousand
a
month,
three
thousand
Facebook
Likes
and
we
produce
an
emu
the
newsletter
every
week.
Fourteen
hundred
and
thirty
people
are
receiving
that
newsletter,
which
includes
a
community
calendar
at
the
Visitor
Center
we
received.
At
that
time.
We
took
the
this
the
end
of
last
year,
twenty
eight
thousand
four
hundred
at
the
Visitor
Center.
We
have
about
four
hundred
forty
volunteers
that
operate
our
visitors
center
visit.
K
We
produce
15,000
mister
guides
that
we
have
distributed
throughout
the
area
through
other
visitor
centers
through
the
I
26
visitor
centers
through
the
Asheville
visitor
center,
and
we
print
15,000
of
those
and
we've
Mail
3784
of
those
first-class
mail.
We
print
50,000
shopping
map,
we
call
it.
It
looks
like
this.
Has
a
map
and
business
locations
in
that
map.
We
pray
50,000
of
those
and
they're
distributed
to
the
mountain
information,
racks,
there's
300
of
those,
and
we
also
distribute
those
at
area
visitor
centers
and
along
interstate
out
high
26
and
I-40
Welcome
Center.
K
We
present
the
leap,
Harper
scholarship
fund
every
year,
$1,000
to
knowing
senior
going
to
college
in
Buncombe
County.
We
have
two
major
networking
events,
our
business
and
biskits.
A
business
event
is
the
first
Wednesday
of
the
month
at
the
Red
Rock
or
in
in
the
season
and
business
after
hours
of
third
Thursday
of
the
month
of
business
locations.
Our
signature
events
are
the
side
wood
festival.
We
just
finished
cycle
NC
a
thousand
cyclists
in
Black
Mountain.
K
We
have
the
Christmas
parade
coming
up
on
December,
the
8th,
our
grand
marshal
will
be
edgy
cannon.
Holly
jolly
is
Friday
December
the
7th
we
helped
it
on
the
Black
Mountain
Marathon
in
Mount
Mitchell
challenge
the
last
weekend
in
February
we
have
an
annual
Christmas
banquet
other
groups
that
we
have
involvement
in
or
the
Buncombe
County
Tourism
Development
Authority
Blue
Ridge
Mountain
hosts
National
Heritage
Area
Western
North
Carolina
Chamber
executives,
West
North
on
a
passenger
rail
committee.
K
L
Thank
you
Bob,
and
it's
a
pleasure
to
be
with
you
tonight
and
my
name
is
Mary.
Ann
I
felt
standard
and
I've
been
fortunate
enough
for
the
last
13
years
to
be
a
member
of
the
larger
community,
a
member
of
the
mantri
Black
Mountain
Swannanoa
community,
and
what
an
amazing
place
we
live
in.
Aren't
we
lucky
and
I'm
lucky
to
be
part
of
it?
L
Well,
last
couple
of
years
I've
become
a
volunteer
at
the
Black
Mountain
Swannanoa
team
Commerce,
and
want
to
thank
you
as
a
council
for
your
support
of
that
and
also
for
the
community
for
your
support
of
the
Chamber
of
Commerce.
It's
just
a
great
place
to
work
and
to
be,
and
just
it's
a
joyous
place
to
work
and
you'd
be
surprised.
L
Sometimes
as
I
was,
that
I
was
working,
one
shift
down
there
for
about
two
or
three
hours
and
we
had
a
hundred
people
come
in
a
hundred
people
coming
in
and
this
different
visitors
who
are
coming,
but
the
event
that
I
came
to
talk
about
tonight.
It's
a
celebration:
it's
actually
a
double
celebration
and
I
want
to
invite
the
council
and
I
want
to
invite
the
community,
because
this
really
is
an
opportunity
for
the
residents
and
the
council
to
come
in
for
all
of
us
in
the
community
to
celebrate
the
rich
heritage.
L
Each
of
us
becomes
part
of
when
we
come
to
this
community,
whether
we're
residents
or
whether
we're
visitors.
So
what
I'd
like
to
share
with
you,
this
double
celebration
that
we're
having
is
we're.
Gonna
have
birthday
parties,
we're
gonna,
celebrate
the
125th
anniversary
of
the
founding
of
the
town
of
White
Mountain.
It
was
incorporated
in
1893.
The
center
of
town
was
the
railroad
depot.
L
It
now
has
a
bright
bedroom
and
that
building
is
now
like
celebrating
its
hundredth
birthday.
So
it's
a
double
celebration
and
the
history
of
that
little
building,
sort
of
shows
the
art
and
the
history
of
the
town
of
Black
Mountain.
So
come
and
I'd
like
to
share
with
you
the
invitation
it's
to
be
held
on
Sunday
October
28
2018
that
Sunday
afternoon
so
you'll
be
in
your
church,
clothes
already
from
12
p.m.
to
3
p.m.
you,
the
council
and
you.
L
The
community
are
invited
to
an
open
house
for
the
100-year
old
Claudia
McGraw
coffee
house,
currently
home
to
the
chamber
visitor
center,
enjoy
the
history
as
told
by
local
residents.
Claudia
McGraw's
granddaughter
is
going
to
be
there.
Craig
Cooley,
whose
father
had
a
doctor's
office
there
for
many
years
is
going
to
be
there.
L
We're
going
to
have
they're
telling
the
history
they'll
be
pound
cake
using
Claudia,
McGraw's
original
recipe
and
refreshments
are
going
to
be
provided
by
bite,
Mountain
Bistro
as
well
who's
opening
up
her
porch
and
her
patio
for
that
Sunday
afternoon,
and
that
was
the
home
of
Claudia
Crawford
McGraw.
Many
of
Claudia's
original
aprons
will
be
on
display.
They'll,
be
a
raffle
for
a
Joyce
perished,
history
book
and
photography
by
Wendell,
Barry
Begley
and
those
procedures
will
go
to
the
hurricane
relief.
L
Most
important
you'll
get
an
opportunity
to
buy
a
bit
of
Black
Mountain,
with
an
opportunity
to
bid
on
the
silent
auction
of
the
25
rocking
chairs
for
the
little
town
that
rocks
and
these
proceeds
are
to
be
split
between
the
chamber
and
the
Swannanoa
Valley.
The
fine
arts
also
come
and
celebrate.
Black
Mountains
one
hundred
and
twenty-fifth
year
anniversary
and
the
hundredth
anniversary
of
Claudia
McGraw
Tea
House
come
become
part
of
the
heritage
that
we
all
enjoy
and
live
in
here.
L
So
thank
you
very
much
for
that
and
I
have
two
things
I
may
I
will,
since
Alderman's
showers
is
closest
to
me
here
and
if
I
can
approach
him.
These
are
invitations
specific
for
each
of
the
aldermen
and
we
appreciate
him
being
the
representative
to
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
I
have
one
guest
that
I'd
like
to
introduce
you
to
now.
Now
some
of
you
may
know
her
as
pearl
hall,
but
she
was
in
mr.
M
N
Board
to
change
I
like
to
really
think
me
and
Bob
a
blender
for
the
job
what
they
do
have
to
change
each
year
we
make
a
monetary
contributions,
entertainment
and
each
year
always
ask
for
more
and
for
the
next
two
years,
when
I'm
on
this
board
and
would
always
be
asking
for
more
to
come
another
job
that
they
do
over.
There
I
think
it's
representative,
Intuit
jump.
What
Bob
shared
is
that
solo.
N
O
Item
a
relates
to
the
adoption
of
Menem
minutes
from
a
closed
session,
September
5
September
10th,
the
September
6th
agenda
session
and
the
last
regular
session
on
September
10th.
The
second
one
is
a
call
for
a
public
hearing.
There
three
calls
for
public
hearing
all
calling
for
public
hearing
on
Monday
November,
the
19th
at
6
p.m.
and
those
involved.
First,
they
call
for
public
hearing
to
close
an
unopened
plaited
portion
of
First
Street.
They
called
for
public
hearing
for
text,
amendments
to
floodways
and
non
encroachment
areas
that
revolves
around
the
last.
O
The
the
ordinance
was
revised.
Apparently
some
language
was
left
out
that
deals
with
being
able
to
supervising
and
police
cleanup
and
such,
of
course,
one
of
the
things
that
brought
it
to
her
attention.
I
thinks
when
we
had
all
the
floods
and
everything
we
saw
limiting
their
ability
to
do
some
things,
D
a
call
for
public
hearing
for
text,
amendments
to
home
occupations.
O
Again
there
are
a
lot
of
home
occupations,
we
don't
know
exist
on
so
there's
some
complaint
or
something
goes
wrong,
and
so
we're
trying
to
address
that
e
budget
amendment
4th
of
July
fireworks.
We
had
various
contributions
for
that
and
we
need
to
appropriate
974
dollars
out
of
her
fund
balance
to
square
the
account
for
the
fireworks
that
were
published
or
purchased
F
budget
amendment
for
the
police
k-9
vehicle.
O
He
chief
I've,
talked
about
this
a
bunch.
The
police
department
seized
a
2015
Ford,
f150,
supercrew
cab,
King,
Ranch
truck
as
part
of
a
drug
investigation,
arrest,
prosecution
and
that's
been
forfeited
to
the
town,
and
the
plan
is
to
make
that
into
a
vehicle
that
will
one
have
language
on
it,
which
will
indicate.
Thank
you
to
your
local
drug
dealer
for
donating
this
to
the
town
and,
additionally,
it's
going
to
be
the
vehicle
to
be
used
for
the
k-9
dog
that
we're
getting
there
needs
to
be.
O
There
were
some
damages
done
to
the
vehicle
as
part
of
missing
a
wheel
where
the
guy
apparently
put
the
spare
on
and
drove
off
at
some
point
left
the
wheel
on
the
side,
the
roads
we
had
to
replace
that
some
damage
to
when
the
window
was
knocked
out.
Some
paint
various
things
like
that.
Additionally,
there
also
is
some
work
to
be
done
for
fitting
that
for
the
k-9
concerning
the
heat
them
cool
and
I'm,
dealing
with
that
fan
system,
but
at
any
rate,
there's
also
some
ABC
money
that
would
be
spent
as
part
of
this.
O
But
the
bottom
line
is
asking
to
increase
the
ABC
distribution
by
1300
and
the
capital
expense
by
the
15,000
for
a
total
of
1613
and
when
we
finished
with
it,
it'll
be
worth
sixty
six
thousand
dollars.
So
it's
a
pretty
inexpensive
way
through
the
town
to
get
a
very
nice
vehicle
that
will
serve
our
needs
for
a
long
time
and
plus
advertise
to
the
drug
dealers
of
the
town.
That
will
take
your
stuff.
O
If
you
don't
stop
the
next
one
is
the
budget
amendment
concerning
the
water
services
system
contract
that
was
last
month
if
you'll
recall,
Charlie
Gross
had
gone
into
private
enterprise
would
agree
to
continue
to
do
the
job
that
we
need
in
terms
of
filing
reports
and
checking
our
water
system
and
treating
it
as
necessary,
and
basically,
what
this
doing
that
this
is
doing
is
allocating
or
moving
the
salary
from
wages
into
the
contract
that
we
entered
into
it.
So
it's
basically
spending
over
new
money.
This
is
money.
O
O
The
budget
amendment
for
the
property
tax
owed
to
Buncombe
County
at
304,
Black,
Mountain
Avenue,
which
is
the
building,
were
public
works
and
Parks
and
Rec
reside
when
the
property
was
purchased
in
February.
The
tax
is
doing
Oh
in
on
January.
The
first
piece
of
property
on
January
1st
Oh
is
owed
that
much
money
which
I
learned
something
new
is
all
this
I'm,
not
a
real
estate
lawyer,
but
I
had
assumed
when
a
town
bought
it
that
you
would
probably
get
a
forgiveness
for
the
part
of
the
year.
The
town
owned
it.
O
But
it's
not
doesn't
work
like
that.
So
after
I
think
it
was
into
February.
Maybe
that
property
changed
hands
basically
somewhere
line
there.
The
first
two
months
were
allocated
between
the
parties.
I
would
assume.
In
the
closing
statement.
You
have
a
as
part
of
all
that
the
bottom
line
is
we
have
a
twelve
thousand
five
hundred
and
fourteen,
so
we're
asking
to
appropriate
the
money
to
pay
our
taxes.
O
Although
the
good
news
is
we'll
get
back
or
get
a
credit
for
forty
eight
hundred
dollars
and
change
because
that's
part
of
what
Black
Mountain
gets
us
at
Asheville
collects
our
taxes
for
us
and
that
will
be
returned
to
us.
I.
The
resolution
to
award
retiring
chief
Steve
Jones,
his
firefighting,
helmet
and
badge
he
is,
as
the
board
knows,
is
retiring
on
the
28th
of
November
of
this
year.
P
H
D
A
O
However,
the
original
idea
was
that
we
had
to
have
her
a
new
pumping
station
which
should
go
in
in
about
a
year
before.
We
could
do
that,
however,
and
you
were
called
at
a
prior
meeting,
we
talked
about
the
water
pressure
problems
on
part
of
Blue
Ridge
assembly
area
off
Blue
Ridge
Road,
with
some
fire
hydrants
had
been
tested
up
that
road.
There
were
some
issues,
and
so
we
looked
into
that
and
Ron
Sneed
and
Jamie
have
reached
out
to
their
counterparts
and
in
effect
it
would.
O
It
appears
that
the
city
of
Asheville
was
willing
to.
Instead
of
making
this
a
two-phase
transfer,
it
will
be
a
three-phase
transfer.
The
first
phase
would
be
to
transfer
approximately
half
of
the
customers
150
plus
or
minus,
on
the
Blue
Ridge
Road
Blue
Ridge
assembly
area,
those
that
are
south
of
the
interstate
to
us
in
the
next
in
the
near
future,
and
two
things
are
prerequisites
to
that
or
three
one
would
be
to
draft
a
new
agreement
reflecting
the
time
frame.
O
We're
going
to
do
this
city
of
Asheville
indicated
that
they
would
like
us
to
basically
a
three-phase
matter,
give
them
some
days,
and
we
I
suggest
that
we
consider
baiting,
Mae
Mae,
Mae
1920-21
should
give
us
a
time
for
court
for
everything.
The
only
caveat
there
would
be
if
there's
some
issue
when
the
pump
goes
in,
but
hopefully
never
be
in
early
next
year.
O
The
second
thing
that
and
the
city
asked
for
indicated
we
would
draft
that
they
would
get
their
side
of
the
defense,
decided
and
I
think
we'd
be
able
to
sign
it
and
the
Jamie's
been
in
contact
with
the
folks
concerning
the
actual
and
what
it
requires
from
our
side.
As
far
as
to
supply
the
water
increase,
the
pressure
is
connect
their
six
inch
pipe.
That's
currently
serving
in
an
area
to
our
10
inch
pipe,
which
is
less
than
100
yards
away,
and
the
city
of
nationalists
indicated
that
they
will
assist
us
in
making
that
connection.
O
The
other
thing,
the
third
thing
that,
as
part
of
the
timing
Asheville
bills
every
other
month,
we
billed
monthly
Asheville,
wants
to
inform
their
customers
that
they're
about
to
get
a
new
water
seller.
So
they
can
plan
accordingly
and
get
notified
and
so
on
and
so
forth.
And
then,
from
our
perspective,
we've
got
to
put
them
into
our
system,
so
we
can
send
out
bills
and
whether
we
have
to
do
that
manually
or
whether
there's
some
kind
of
computer
program
that
they
can
just
load
our
stuff
I.
O
Don't
have
any
answer
for
that
yet,
but
we'll
work
on
that.
So
that
is,
that
is
the
gist
of
all
of
that.
So
I
would
hope
to
direct
us
to
move
forward
with
a
three-part
transfer
and
the
dates
indicated
again.
I
see
no
reason
why
it
all
go
smoothly.
A
third
phase
might
even
be
moved
up,
since
there
would
be
two
half
years
now.
H
Is
there
anything
on
stages
or
it
is
there
anything
or
or
Jamie?
Is
there
any
problem
with,
or
does
it
facilitate
the
situation
we
have
and
all
the
moving
parts?
If
we,
you
know,
if
we
direct
raw
and
Sneed
to
to
amend
work
with
city
of
Asheville,
to
amend
the
current
agreement
to
make
it
three
phases,
one
first
phase
may
of
219
second
phase
may
of
223
Fay's
May
of
221,
but
if
it
both
parties
are
ready
to
move
forward
more
expeditiously
than
that
we
can.
The.
N
H
P
The
third
base
might
possibly
happen
sooner.
The
caveat
is
the
college
was
started
this
morning.
Is
the
bids
on
construction
come
back
in
on
November?
First
Jessa's
only
concern
was
he
liked
the
maymay
and
made
that
looked
like
a
good
time
frame?
Engineering,
wise
it'll,
be
if
there's
bids
coming
in
close
to
us
and
it
will
find
his
concern.
Is
the
bids
come
in
high?
We
may
have
to
come
back
and
talk
about
time
to
get
that
work
out.
P
That
affects
mostly
phase
2
phase
3,
like
said
that
will
follow
pretty
easily
one
space,
two
probs
and
doesn't
affect
phase
one
but
I
haven't
reached,
haven't
put
those
dates
in
front
of
the
city
yet,
but
I'll
do
that
I
have
a
draft
already
that
I
can
hand
out
to
folks
in
having
a
hand.
So
you
know
what
the
city
is
looking
at.
Quite
certain
they'll
get
rewritten
three
times
before
you
have
something
to
vote
on,
but
great
report.
So.
H
Those
three
dates
may
have
19
May
of
twenty
and
May
of
twenty
one
and,
in
addition,
I'd
like
to
add
to
my
motion
that
the
board
authorizes
the
city
of
Asheville
to
because
they
am
I
thinking
they
they're
gonna
be
owning
the
line
still
when,
when
what
the
likely
tap
would
take
place
into
the
ten
inch
line,
authorize
the
city
of
Asheville
to
to
connect
into
our
10
inch
line,
and
that
way
the
billing
and
so
forth.
I
think
that
administrative
business
will
catch
up
with
it.
H
A
H
Do
not,
over
and
above
the
discussions
we've
already
had
I
would
I
would
like
to
ask
the
board
to
table
the
motion
for
another
month
and
the
only
thing
I'm
waiting
for
if
I
know,
Ron
you
have
something
to
say
is
that
Senator
Van
Dyne
was
going
to
reach
out
with
some
language
and
so
forth
through
laying
the
sky
Regional
Council
for
any
of
the
municipalities
that
were
interested,
and
so
that
would
be
my
thought.
Ron
I'd
like
to
listen
to
hear
from
you
before
I.
P
O
She
had
she
indicated
that
if
you
stay
as
it
is
an
odd
years,
the
cost
saving
this
is
the
cost.
Saving
relates
to
what
it's
cost
to
send
it
past
election
and
as
I
recall,
there
were
three
different
amounts
given
to
us.
They
were
like
thirteen
fifteen
seventeen
thousand
dollars,
but
she
said
if
he
stayed
in
the
odd
years
you
could
expect
to
save
thirty
to
fifty
percent.
If
you
went
to
the
even
years,
you
could
save
as
much
as
75
percent
right.
H
Right
and
I
thinking
did
you
know
there
were
some
numbers
tossed
out
by
Trina
and
that
yeah,
that's
all
consistent
with
that
Ron
I.
Thank
you.
My
understanding
is
if
these
numbers
ring
a
bell
to
you
that
currently
I
think
Dean
you
provided
this
now.
We're
currently
were
paying
something
like
seventeen.
Q
H
Well,
last
election
was
17,
so
you're,
looking
at
saving
30%
of
that
number.
Perhaps
if
you
stayed
with
the
odd
years
and
saving
75%
of
that
number,
if
you
move
to
even
so
I
think
that's
kind
of
consistent.
Thank
you
on
with
that.
That
would
be
my
request
to
the
board
my
recommendation
that
we
table
it
and
see
if
see,
see
what
our
neighbors
are
going
to
do
and
how
things
move
forward
and
so
forth.
G
D
A
Q
So
gue
layered
board
it's
an
honor
to
speak
before
you
tonight.
Google
Killian
has
been
hard
at
at
the
last
week
or
two
when
they
got
us
a
draft
copy
of
the
financial
statements.
These
look
a
little
different
than
what
you've
seen
in
the
past,
Travis
I
think
is
still
confident
that
the
numbers
are
not
going
to
change,
but
probably
within
a
couple
weeks,
we'll
get
a
nice
beautiful,
bounded
copy
that
will
not
saying
Draft
all
over
it.
I
I'm
just
going
to
talk
very
briefly
about
some
of
the
key
numbers.
Q
There
we
go
so
I
did
a
little
like
a
seven-year
history
of
fund
balance
in
the
general
fund.
Now
our
fund
balance
went
down
two
hundred
eighty
six
thousand
dollars
our
total
fund
balance
and
the
general
fund
in
the
fiscal
year
we
just
ended
and
as
some
of
you
most
of
you
probably
know,
you
know
we
to
balance
the
budget
in
the
beginning
of
each
year.
We
we
have
a
beginning
appropriated
funds
who
are
basically
saying
that's
what
we
need
to
dip
into
our
savings.
Q
D
Q
We
also
appropriated
another
two
hundred
fifty
thousand
dollars
of
fund
balance,
so
we
were
all
aware
of
that.
The
more
we
dip
into
our
fund
balance
the
less
likely
that
we
will
increase
fund
balance
in
a
fiscal
year.
So
this
shouldn't
be
a.
This
is
not
a
big
surprise
to
me
luckily,
or
the
good
news
is,
and
in
the
current
year
we're
in
we
only
appropriated
seventy
three
thousand
dollars,
even
after
these
budget
amendments
that
we
just
passed,
we're
still
only
at
ninety
five
thousand,
which
are
very
low
amounts.
Q
If
we
stay
somewhere
in
that
ballpark,
it
really
increases
our
odds
greatly
of
our
total
fund
balance
increasing.
So
that's
my
fund
balance
talk
for
the
night.
I
also
give
you
what
seven
years
of
property
taxes
those
first
two
years,
those
are
in
thousands.
So
we
started
out
well
right
now
we're
getting
about
three
point:
nine
million
dollars
in
property
taxes
those
first
couple
years.
There
was
a
property
reappraisal
and
that's
when
the
big
Ingalls
expansion
took
place
down
at
the
warehouse,
so
that
really
increased
our
tax
base
by
quite
a
bit.
Q
But
you
can
see
from
fiscal
year
14
pretty
much
through
fiscal
year
17.
We
did
not
see
a
lot
of
growth.
You
know
they're
all
right
about
it:
3.8
million
dollars
I
think
we
all
see
a
lot
of
great
things
going
on
in
town
building
wise,
but
we
besides
this
last
fiscal
year,
we
had
a
couple
pretty
flat
years
between
property
taxes
and
the
next
slide
sales
tax
that
makes
up
about
65%
of
our
general
fund
revenues
and
sales
tax
again.
The
last
couple
years
has
been
rather
flat.
Q
Sales
tax
are
based
on
all
pretty
much
all
the
sales
that
happen
in
Buncombe
County,
so
we
benefit
from
Asheville
a
lot
in
this
situation.
We
get
about
one
and
a
half
percent
of
every
whenever
I
buy
a
hundred
dollar
item,
there's
seven
dollars
worth
of
sales
tax
on
that
the
town
ends
up
with
about
one
and
a
half
percent
of
that
which
is
about
a
dime
and
but.
Q
D
Q
You
a
slide
on
general
fund
salaries.
I
first
started
this
slide
with
the
total
government
salaries,
but
because
we
brought
back
the
golf
course
and
their
employees
I
think
in
fiscal
year
14
it
kind
of
skewed
the
slide
a
little
bit
so
I
changed
it
for
just
general
fund
employees.
I
do
not
have
fiscal
year
18
in
there.
At
this
point,
I
sort
of
finished
this
slide
a
little
earlier
today
for
each
1%
pay
raise
that
you
give
that
the
board
approves
that
that
works
out
to
be
about
$40,000
for
general
fund
employees.
Q
So
if
you
give
away
2%
some
year,
that's
going
to
be
about
$80,000
and
we
really
have
not
added
many
positions.
I
think
the
board
gave
up
their
salaries
two
or
three
years
ago
and
that
added
a
position,
but
it
really
didn't
cost
the
town
any
money,
and
we
added
some
positions
this
year
in
part
because
of
Buncombe
County.
We
were
able
to
get
a
higher
fire
tax.
Q
We
also,
you
know
we
have
both
the
water
fund
and
the
golf
fund
of
which
are
enterprise
funds.
I,
don't
have
any
slides
on
this
right
now,
but
those
funds
are,
you
know,
supposed
to
pay
for
themselves.
The
golf
fund
is
kind
of
struggled
in
that
regard.
Lately
the
water
fund
usually
does
all
right.
We
have
four
capital
projects,
funds.
Those
are
largely
grant
funded,
River
Riverwalk
greenways
by
far
the
largest,
and
that
one
is
over.
Q
Q
D
A
H
Would
add
that
before
I
was
thinking
of
it?
Did
you
can
it's
not
a
question
for
you
Dean,
but
on
the
the
property
tax
bar
graph,
that
you
did
that
the
public
should
be
aware
of
probably
is
aware
that
we
have
a
revaluation
in
there,
but
then
we
adjust
the
property
taxes
so
that
you
don't
see
it
that
much
of
it
increased.
We
had
a
neutral
increase.
H
Q
R
Mayor
board,
it's
an
honor
to
speak
to
you
again
tonight.
As
Dean
mentioned,
we've
recently
completed
the
fiscal
year,
2018
audit,
as
he
mentioned.
What
you
have
there
says
draft
on
it.
It's
our
intention
that
it
doesn't
change.
We
have
to
send
those
statements
off
to
the
local
government
Commission
to
get
there
kind
of
final
seal
of
approval.
R
That's
been
done,
but
we
can
back
from
them
yet
so
we
leave
it
in
a
in
a
quote-unquote
draft
format
until
we
hear
back
from
them,
but
we
don't
anticipate
any
changes
and
if
there
are
any
they,
they
should
just
be
cosmetic.
At
this
point
like
to
thank
Dean
and
all
the
staff
of
the
finance
department
with
the
hard
work
completing
the
audit.
As
usual,
all
the
Talon
staff
has
been
incredibly
responsive
and
accommodating
and
has
shown
a
tremendous
level
of
professionalism
and
working
their
way
through
the
audit,
and
we
appreciate
that
very
much.
D
R
So
I'll
cover
that
letter
that
we
issued
and
then
also
give
just
a
few
financial
highlights.
So
there's
two
auto
reports,
issues
that
are
in
the
capper.
The
first
opinion
is
on
the
financial
statements.
It's
on
page
one.
We
issued
an
unmodified
or
a
clean
opinion
on
the
talons
financial
statements.
That
means
we
believe
the
financial
statements
are
presented
fairly
in
all
material
respects
and,
according
to
generally
accepted
accounting
principles,
that's
a
clean
opinion.
That's
what
everybody
wants.
It's
a
boilerplate
letter
that
it'll
look
very
similar
to
any
other
government
to
their
audit
opinion.
R
The
second
opinion
is
a
report
on
internal
control
over
financial
reporting
and
compliance.
It's
also
called
a
yellow
book
opinion.
This
is
unique
to
government.
That's
required
under
government
auditing
standards,
stone
on
page
91,
almost
all
the
way
in
the
back.
This
is
where
we
assess
the
town's
internal
controls.
We
reported
no
material
weaknesses
in
internal
control.
We
did
have
one
reportable
compliance
finding
that
was
discovered
during
a
routine
walk
through
the
payroll
process.
R
R
The
under
the
new
Human
Resources
coordinator
has
worked
really
hard
to
kind
of
get
a
grasp
on
the
the
scope
of
that
issue.
We
didn't
look
beyond
the
two
files
that
we
noticed
when
may
management
aware
of
the
issue
and
they've
gone
from
there,
we
did
make
a
recommendation
that
to
prevent
something
like
that
could
happen
in
the
future.
They
establish
a
checklist
or
or
something
similar
that
goes
in
every
personnel
file.
That
includes
all
the
required
documentation.
Now
keep
in
mind,
we
don't
perform
a
full
internal
control
audit.
R
We
only
test
the
internal
controls
of
the
town
to
the
extent
that
it's
necessary
to
plan
and
perform
our
audit
of
the
financial
statements.
We
do
this
through
walkthroughs
of
key
processes,
primarily
in
the
finance
department.
We
observe
transactions
and
process.
We
test
samples
of
past
activity
and
conduct
interviews
with
staff
members.
We
hope
that
you'll
take
convert
view.
R
The
capper
sub
clocks
in
at
about
110
pages
this
year,
I
think
so
it's
a
good
reading
material
and
don't
hesitate
to
contact
us
if
there's
anything
that
you
need
clarification
on
or
if
something
doesn't
make
sense.
So
the
second
document
you
have
as
I
believe
this
has
Auto
trap
up
on
it
that
combines
a
management
letter
as
well
as
required
all
the
communications.
There's
certain
information
that
the
close
of
an
audit
that
we're
required
to
communicate
to
the
board
I'll
just
hit
some
of
the
highlights
I'm
not
going
to
refer
to
any
pages.
R
In
there
we
noted
no
transactions,
for
which
there's
a
lack
of
authoritative
accounting
guidance
or
the
don't
form
two
Accounting
Standards.
Your
financial
statements
always
have
estimates
in
them.
Some
of
the
more
sensitive
estimates
that
affect
your
financial
statements
include
depreciation
methods
and
useful
lives
of
assets,
allowances
for
any
uncollectible
receivables
and
actuarial
estimates
that
are
used
to
estimate
liabilities
arising
from
the
various
post.
R
Employment
benefit
plans
that
the
town
participates
in
such
as
the
Local
Government
Employees,
Retirement
System,
the
law
enforcement
officer,
special
separation
allowance
and
retiree
health
benefits,
which
are
administered
through
the
state
health
plan.
The
town
has
a
has
sort
of
been
assigned
a
portion
of
all
those
liabilities
at
the
state
level.
You
report
that
in
your
financial
statements,
what.
R
H
B
R
H
H
On
you
know,
it's
got
factored
in
earnings
projections.
It's
got
factored
in
the
cost
of
wages.
It's
got
so
many
variables
in
it.
I
mean
I.
Think
it's
very
I,
think
it's
a
responsible
thing
and
I
think
it's
good
that
it's
being
recorded
and
it
could
also
flip
around,
but
but
but
anyway
it
it
does.
Bear
some
I
think
some
public
education
as
to
what
that
is.
Yeah.
N
R
H
I'd
I'd
make
them
note
anybody
who's
interested
in
the
public,
that's
all
and
fine.
It
was
not
on
our
website
yet,
but
as
soon
as
Google
Killian
is
finished,
it
will
be
on
our
website
and
you
can
see
all
the
details
as
to
how
they
come
that
calculation
may
not
be
that
much
of
interest
to
anybody.
But
it's
it's
it's
disclosed.
It
is
public
information
and
it's
a
complicated
forecast,
but
the
number
staggering.
H
R
We
made
no
material
audit
adjustments
during
the
audit
and
there
were
also
no
adjustments
that
we
recommended
that
management
decided
not
to
post.
As
always,
we
try
to
make
recommendations
here
and
there
you're
nota
regarding
ways
to
strengthen
controls
and
implement
best
practices
that
we
see
elsewhere
in
our
people.
We
made
some
of
those
recommendations,
but
in
our
opinion,
nothing
rose
to
the
level
of
a
reportable
deficiency
and
controls.
We
did
discuss
with
management
regarding
the
segregation
of
duties
between
the
human
resource
and
payroll
process.
R
Currently
those
are
performed
and
have
been
for
a
number
of
years
by
the
same
person.
That's
not
unusual.
In
a
in
a
town
this
size
under
an
ideal
circumstance,
you
would
have
separate
people
performing
human
resource
versus
payroll
processes
in
a
smaller
government.
It
may
not
be
cost
beneficial
to
separate
those
functions.
If
you
can
do
it,
that'd
be
great.
If
not
an
alternative
kind
of
mitigating
control
would
be
a
good
idea
to
have
a
process
where
the
payroll
registers
and
journals
are
reviewed,
approved
prior
to
payroll
being
processed.
R
That's
a
pie
chart
that
just
shows
the
the
FY
18
revenue
as
it'll
show
in
your
financial
statements
for
the
general
fund.
The
top
three
general
fund
revenues
ad
valorem
tax
is
a
about
three
point,
a
little
over
three
point:
nine
million-
that
was
an
increase
of
eighty
one
thousand
or
just
a
little
over
two
percent
from
FY
17,
other
taxes
and
licenses.
This
is
primarily
local
option.
Sales
tax
had
a
small
increase
of
about
forty
seven
thousand,
as
Dean
mentioned,
that's
been
pretty
flat
for
the
last
couple
years
now.
R
Sales
and
services
is
one
point,
two
six
million.
That
was
an
increase
of
about
a
hundred
thousand
that
includes
fire
protection
revenue,
that's
paid
to
the
town
by
Buncombe
County,
as
well
as
Parks
and
Rec
revenue.
The
majority
of
that
increase,
almost
all
of
it,
came
from
the
increased
fire
protection
charges.
The
other
category
consists
of
grants,
permits
and
fees
and
investment
earnings.
The
largest
amounts
included
in
there
will
be
building
permit
revenue.
R
It's
about
two
hundred
sixty
eight
thousand
and
pal
bill
funds
of
about
two
hundred
and
thirty,
two
thousand
also
as
an
aside,
your
investment
earnings
doubled
from
last
year,
which
fifty
two
thousand
that's
not
not
going
to
inflate
the
budget
too
much,
but
compared
to
what
we
were
seeing
in
the
last
few
years.
That's
a
it's
moving
in
the
right
direction,
at
least
so
expenditures.
Your
top
three
expenditure
categories
in
the
general
fund.
Public
Safety,
was
about
3.8
million.
That
was
a
decrease
of
ninety
thousand
over
last
year
or
about
two
percent
and
I
believe.
R
That's
because
in
FY
17,
without
a
fire
truck
would
be
the
reason
that
it
went
down
from
17
to
18
in
2018
general
government,
which
includes
admin
governing
board
and
town
buildings,
was
2.1
million,
which
is
an
increase
of
a
million
bucks.
That
increases
is
due.
That's
the
line
item
that
the
building
purchase,
the
old
film
and
fabric
building
was
charged
at
the
general
fund,
piece
of
it,
which
was
a
million
dollars.
So
that's
that
represents
the
whole
increase.
R
Public
Works
was
1.2
million.
That
was
an
increase
of
about
40,000
and,
of
course,
that's
the
streets
department.
The
other
category
includes
sanitation,
which
is
about
750,000
parks
and
rec,
which
was
about
eight
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
and
death
service,
which
was
about
four
hundred
twenty
five
thousand
there's
a
graph
that
shows
fund
balance
available
over
the
last
five
years
compared
to
to
actual
fund
balance
or
total
fund
balance
fund
balance
available.
R
The
statutory
calculation
state
uses
it
measures
the
amount
of
fund
balance
that
you
have
available
to
appropriate
your
next
budget,
it's
calculated
roughly
by
taking
cash
on
hand
or
in
the
bank
and
subtracting
out
current
liabilities,
such
as
accounts
payable.
It's
used
by
the
state
to
measure
the
financial
health
of
the
unit
and
its
ability
to
meet
ongoing
obligations.
R
R
The
next
chart
shows
that
fund
balance
available
as
a
percentage
of
your
expenditures,
and
it
compares
the
town
which
is
the
red
line
to
municipalities,
statewide,
and
then
your
population
group,
which
is
the
blue
line
at
the
top.
The
state
sets
the
minimum
fund
balance
percentage
of
8%,
which
is
about
one
month
of
expenditures.
I,
believe
you
guys
try
to
to
manage
it
at
about
30%
as
a
minimum
you're
35
percent
of
this
year.
Again
the
decline
over
the
last
two
years
is
the
same
issues.
We've
been
talking
about
paying
down
death
and
capital
purchases.
R
The
population
group
line
up
at
the
top
is
skewed,
really
bad
you're
in
the
population
group
category
at
the
state
between
2,500
and
10,000,
you're,
really
close
to
the
top
of
that
group,
a
lot
of
small
towns
by
necessity,
you
have
to
have
a
really
high
fund
balance
percentage.
So
it's
really
more
useful
comparison.
Almost
compare
you
guys
to
the
statewide
average,
as
opposed
to
your
population
group,.
R
And
the
last
slide
I
have
is
a
summary
of
the
water
fund,
the
working
capital,
which
is
basically
current
assets.
Minus
current
liabilities
decreased
slightly
over
over
the
prior
year.
That
was
primarily
due
to
to
the
amount
of
cash
that
was
taken
out
of
the
water
fund
to
to
make
the
down
payment
on
the
phone
and
fabric
building
operating
results
are
positive.
They
continue
to
be
positive,
yet
operating
income
of
about
97
thousand
and
cash
flow
from
operations
of
about
400
thousand.
H
It
is
a
comment
regarding
discussions
had
during
the
audit
process
and
I
have
discussed
these
with
the
board
a
couple
of
months
ago,
and
these
were
recommendations
that
came
from
discussions
with
Google
Killian
and
that
and
so
I'm
going
to
pass
these
along
for
Dean's
consideration
to
work
with
our
new
town
manager.
When
he
comes
in
and
come
back
to
the
board
in
particular
on
to
two
issues,
one
would
be
revisions
or
recommendations
and
the
practices
and
policies
regarding
town
issued
credit
cards.
H
The
second
is
recommendations
in
practice
and
policies
and
the
pre
audit
and
disbursement
process
for
for
our
disbursements,
both
of
those
we
had
discussed
earlier
and
I
had
those
were
those.
Those
comments
are
in
some
board
minutes
from
one
of
our
special
call
meetings,
two
or
three
months
ago,
but
they've
been
made
public
and
lastly,
I
discussed
with
Google
Killian
group
and
mentioned
mentioned
that
discussion
to
the
board
that
the
town
review
and
consider
whether
the
finance
officer,
which
is
which
is
DHing
Looby.
In
our
case
the
finance
officer
for
the
town
of
light
fountain.
H
O
One
thing
about
a
coal
things
you
mentioned
one
with
regard
to
the
the
I-9,
the
fair
to
have
the
paperwork
filled
out
properly.
So
we
could
register
with
the
US
government
is
required
by
the
law
since
1986
I
think
it
was.
That
was
discovered
about
the
first
week
that
our
new
HR
person
is
on
the
job
and
she
immediately
started
going
through
the
files
to
try
to
discover
the
nature
and
extent
of
problem
and
started
correcting
the
problem.
He
had
two
sets
of
people
you
had
current
employees
and
temporary
employees.
O
There
was
a
large
number
of
people
and
it
involved
anybody
still
working
here,
and
so
she
has
pretty
much
got
that
all
squared
away,
I
think
almost
all
of
them
and
of
course
she
knew
Sina's
and
don't
know
what
happened
was
Google
Killian
asked
for
three
personnel
files
and
two
of
them
didn't
have
the
proper
documentation.
So
just
happened
to
be
the
two
out
of
the
three
that
they
asked
for.
So
she
understood
the
significance
and
jumped
on
that
quickly
and,
of
course,
she
already
had
a
checklist.
O
What
that
she
had
from
the
get-go
in
terms
of
new
hires
or
whatever,
and
it
involves
not
just
new
hires,
but
it's
also
when
people
leave
employment
of
the
town
you'd
have
to
take
them
out
of
the
system.
So
there's
work
to
be
done
when
people
come
in
working
for
them.
They're
going
I'm
satisfied
with
regard
to
that.
We
won't
have
any
further
problem
with
the
current
HR,
the
director
that
we
have
one
other
thing
talking
about
the
HR
person,
doing
HR
and
also
payroll
as
I
think.
O
All
of
you
know,
Meredith
is
retiring,
the
end
of
November.
In
this
past
week
we
have
posted
a
job
description
and
we've
rewritten
it
and
basically
that
person
we're
seeking
in
the
county
and
slash
payroll
specialist
somebody
who
has
payroll
experience
and
can't
do
that
in
addition
to
do
the
basic
accounting
payment
of
bills
and
stuff
in
that
job.
So
we
are
we're
on
top
of
that
and
that
something
is
obvious
to
me
that
needed
to
be
done,
and
we
have
the
opportunity
to
do
that
and
so
we're
moving
forward
with
that.
Mr.
A
H
O
Pretty
much
completed
to
move
in
the
with
one
exception:
I'll
talk
about
it,
one
more
thing:
we
have
to
deal
with
that
Jamie
and
his
folks.
Pretty
much
got
their
stuff
moved
in
in
terms
of
their
administrative
office.
Type
stuff,
Parks,
&,
Rec,
is
all
settled
in
and
that
has
gone
pretty
smoothly.
I
think
the
transition
in
terms
of
moving
folks
and
having
decent
office
space
to
talk
with
regard
to
the
one
thing
we
have
left
to
deal
with
is
place
a
sprinkler
system
in
the
building
the
building
way
back.
O
O
So
we
have
to
do
that
in
order
for
the
back
part
to
house
a
lot
of
our
maintenance
and
equipment
that
we
have,
and
so
we've
been
looking
at
that
and
we've
had
one
estimate
come
in
and
then
we're
hopefully
getting
a
second
one
this
week
and
we
got
a
pretty
good
idea:
I
think
what
it's
gonna
cost
us
and
again
since
we
have
another
estimate
that
come
in
I.
Don't
wanna
really
mention
how
much
at
this
point,
but
it's
a
multi-part
job.
O
Basically,
you
have
a
sprinkler
system
for
the
back
part,
which
is
the
big
open
warehouse
area
and
then
up
in
the
front
part.
We
have
the
offices,
they
have
a
drop
ceiling,
something
akin
to
that.
So
it's
a
it's
a
lot,
more
I
guess
labor-intensive
putting
it
in,
and
you
also
have
to
point
sprinkler
heads
up,
because
we
have
some
storage
area
that
has
a
wooden
floor.
So
it's
a
little
more
complicated,
but
at
any
rate
it's
it's
something
that
can
be
done
by
these
companies
that
were
looking
at.
O
O
It'll
also
allow
us
to
do
a
lot
of
maintenance
and
stuff
inside
the
building
and
I've
talked
to
our
new
town
manager
several
times
about
this.
He
spent
a
day
with
me
week
before
last,
and
this
was
one
of
the
things
we
talked
a
lot
about,
and
so
he's
well
aware
of
this.
So
we're
gonna
try
and
keep
moving
forward
on
that.
O
And
that's
pretty
much
suggested
that
at
this
point,
I
think
our
fence
is
up.
I
love
him
by
saying
defense
is
completely
up.
That
was
we've
got
that
in
before
we
moved
in,
so
we
have
security
over
there.
We
also
have
security
cameras,
they're
better
off
from
working
that
have
feeds
to
the
police
department.
So
we're
very
happy
about
that.
But
it's
a
great
build
and
it's
very
solid
building
and
I
think
we'll
meet
the
town's
needs
for
many
years.
A
P
I
want
to
address
C
and
D.
Together,
I
passed
a
man
down,
it's
actually
just
the
tax
map
that
I
marked
up
the
friends
have
a
piece
of
property
on
the
north
side
of
the
railroad
track,
where
we
want
our
green
later
on
River
River
slices
their
property
into
when
you're.
Looking
at
that
map
and
wood.
If
you
turn
Buncombe
County
to
talk,
you're
looking
north
along
the
north
edge
of
their
property,
you'll
see
a
curb
in
the
river,
not
as
much
a
horseshoe,
but
everybody
knows
water.
P
P
It
can
take
care
of
the
riverbank
restoration,
so
the
friends
are
willing
to
give
us
an
easement
along
that
part
of
the
river
and
what
that
does
if
we
can
put
the
Greenway
through
there
rather
than
the
original
planned
path,
it
eliminates
two
bridges
and
so
they've
offered
that
easement
on
that
same
map.
You'll
see
that
their
property
is
bisected
by
the
river
on
the
south
side,
leaving
just
a
weird-looking
shape
property.
It
runs
to
the
railroad,
that's
approximately
0.92
acres
and
they're,
just
they've
offered
just
give
that
to
the
town.
P
It's
ours,
the
advantage,
the
nice
part
about
that
is
you've
got
a
piece
of
property
just
across
the
river.
You
take
one
of
those
two
bridges
you
just
saved
and
you
bridge
the
river
there
park
area
along
the
Greenway,
I
posted
an
acre
and
that's
they've
offered
to
donate
that
to
the
town,
because
they
something
they
have
no
use
for
can't
deal
with
across
the
river.
So
the
first
resolution
you
asked
to
approve
is
to
prove
the
donation
of
the
easement
and
the
second
I'll
get
that
backwards.
The
first
resolution
are
18
20.
P
A
H
A
A
Alright,
we
also
have
a
vacancy
on
the
urban
forestry
Reba
Brock,
for
first
is
the
old
applicant
that
we
have
driven
motion
to
nominate
somebody
on
the
favor
hi,
maybe
opposed
all
right
public
hearing
for
text
amendments
to
replace
the
privilege
license
section
with
business
registered
registrations.
I
have
a
motion
to
open
the
public
hearing
for
text.
Amendments
snow,
moved
on
favor.
P
You
have
you
I'll,
take
that
yep
with
desk
on
this
a
couple
three
years
ago.
You
guys
that
the
legislature
took
away
your
ability
to
charge
to
collect
privilege,
license
tax
and
substituted
business
registration,
which
you
retreat
you've
been
doing.
The
last
couple
of
years,
Jessica
just
noted
that
we
had
not
followed
up
with
an
ordinance
amendment,
and
all
this
is,
although
it's
probably
the
longest
reading
thing
you've
got
in
your
packet,
it's
just
changing
your
ordinance
from
having
a
privileged
life
license
provision
to
having
business
registrations.
P
The
difference
between
the
two
is
privileged
license
were
charged
to
everybody
who
did
business
in
town
now,
business
registration,
you
collect
small
fee
from
it
and
it's
limited,
but
that's
only
businesses
that
have
their
home
office
in
your
town.
That's
importance
of
statute.
We
really
don't
give
a
low
I'm,
giving
a
little
leeway
all
over
to
do
that.
J
P
P
A
20,
okay,
okay,
an
issue
that's
arisen
is
we
have
ordinances
that
provide
provide
that
any
Watts
had
to
be
kept,
basically
mode
and
cleaned
up,
and
if
you're
like
me
and
several
others,
you've
got
land
that
I've
got
nine
acres,
I,
don't
know
the
Zoning
Administrator
show
tell
me
I've
gotta,
mow
and
trim
out
nine
acres,
and
so
the
look,
the
planning
board
and
the
staff
looked
at.
Can
we
identify
what's
a
vacant
lot
and
what's
undeveloped,
land
and
land
bacon
is
one
that's
partially
prepared
for
development
and
just
sitting
there
and
then
undeveloped?
P
P
Legislature
wants
to
you
to
adopt
your
statement
of
consistency
first
before
adopting
the
ordinance
and
the
next
page
in
your
book
is
the
statement
of
consistency
wording
a
lot
more
curving
to
there
than
you're
accustomed
to,
but
you'd
have
to
find
two
things.
One
you've
appeal
get
ready
to
approve
an
ordinance
first,
that
it
is
consistent
with
your
plan
and
second,
that
is
in
public
interest,
and
the
assistance
statement
has
provided
your
recommended.
We're
playing
board
has
that
language,
but
now
you
have
to
dr.
A
J
J
J
N
J
O
The
big
new
news
is
that
this
will
be
my
last
sitting
in
this
chair
for
a
monthly
meeting
I
believe
mr.
Josh
Carol
is
to
start
on
this
Thursday
October
the
11th
and
we're
all
looking
forward
to
that
and
I
said
we
had
been
in
contact.
He
spent
some
time
with
me.
We've
talked
I,
think
he'll
do
a
great
job
for
you,
there's
going
to
be
a
welcome
reception
at
304.
O
It's
been
my
honor
and
pleasure
to
serve
you
for
the
last
four
months.
Go
when
I
got
here
was
believing
better
than
I
found
it.
We've
tried
to
make
some
changes
and
move
some
positive
direction
in
life,
as
I
indicated,
I
hope
it's
trough
some
problem
so
that
your
new
town
manager
would
not
have
to
deal
with
and
which
time
will
tell
how
we
did
with
that.
But
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
survey
immigration.
H
Mr.
mayor,
just
very
quickly,
first
my
personal
thanks
Ron,
it's
been
a
pleasure
working
with
you,
Saturday
I,
don't
know
if
you
notice,
but
down
at
the
primary
school.
The
PTO
together
with
forest
Financial
YMCA
Western,
North
Carolina.
They
put
up
a
new
playground
down
there
on
Saturday,
they
250
or
more
than
200
volunteers
that
showed
up
on
Saturday
morning
and
they
and
they
put
that
up.
It
looks
good
and
they
they
had
a
good
time.
It
was.
It
was
a
great
event.
H
I
was
able
to
be
there
in
the
after
in
the
afternoon
and
and
secondly,
I
wanted
to
mention.
I
was
up
the
golf
course
on
Saturday
afternoon
walking
a
few
holes
and
Jerry
Atkins,
our
green
screen.
Superintendent
was
rigna,
brakeman
I'm,
sorry
was
was
hard
at
work
because
there
was
a
pipe
that
had
broken
up
on
number
7
green
and
he
was
he
and
one
of
his
one
of
his
cohorts.
H
One
of
his
staff
folks
were
working
hard
and
working
overtime
to
get
that
repaired
because
they
needed
the
water
working
because
they
were
going
to
do
some
treatment
today
and
needed
to
walk
they're
going
to
treat
the
greens
I
think
and
needed
to
have
the
the
water
in
place
for
that.
So
just
a
shout
out
to
Jerry,
you
know
working
hard
and
this
and-
and
so
was
his
colleague
and
down
here
on
Saturday
afternoon,
but
we
relatively
unnoticed
I
think.
But
we
appreciate
why.
J
D
J
He
was
going
across
country
with
his
caretaking
family.
He
tried
to.
He
tried
to
master
some
seagulls
when
he
was
in
Seattle
and
on
their
way
back
across
country
in
Kansas
City.
They
stopped
at
a
place
and
there
was
a
nice
lake
and
next
thing
they
know
he's
in
the
lake
after
their
geese,
so
he
he
had
not
forgotten.
So
he
is
back.
He
just
got
back
this
weekend
and
we're
all
happy
to
see
him
back
and
he's
back
at
work.
He's
got
a
smile
on
his
face,
he's
happy
to
be
back.
A
We
have
a
resolution
can
count
Black
Mountain,
whereas
Steve
Jones,
the
star
town,
Black,
Mountain
College,
is
dedicated
in
Prairie
man,
already
volunteered
five
twelve
years
full-time
firefighter
26
years
and
as
the
fire
chief
for
the
past
11
years,
whereas
GES
16,
a
testament
to
94.1,
provides
that
retiring
members.
Some
units
published
by
the
agency
fate
receiveth
time
the
different
time
fired
by
the
element,
one
by
them
and
their
service
with
the
municipality
and
were
SD
or
involvement
and
their
discretion
desired
for
war.
A
Chief
Jones
is
service
page
one
by
him
during
his
service
and
whereas
he
is
served
a
member
of
town,
Black,
Mountain,
Fire
Department
for
a
total
38
years
he
now
retired,
and
over
28
this
party.
They
should
be
recognized
for
child's
commitment
to
Camden,
County
and
community,
the
right
past
38
years
of
service,
and
thank
you
for
a
job.
Well
done,
I,
never
solved
it's
more
involvement
in
town,
Black
Mountain.
This
fall's.
A
Jamie
we've
got
a
certificate
of
accommodations
for
you,
you
just
saved
yourself
and
that
can
t,
sell,
selfless
service
and
shrink
ensuring
that
the
Black
Mountain
recreation
park,
public
works
department
was
sustained
at
the
highest
rank
possible
while
serving
as
an
interim
recreation
director.
He
provided
timely,
highly
qualified
service
enthusiastically
led
the
department
becoming
a
valuable
asset
to
our
mission.
A
A
Black
Mountain
County
might
not
show
us
appreciation
when
one
has
rendered
such
valuable
services.
Now,
therefore,
I
Don,
Collins,
Megaton,
Black,
Mountain
and
the
board
of
all
around
here
do
complain.
Ron
Morris
everybody
notices
has
been
having
good
at
all
faithful
public
servant
of
Black
Mountain
his
Proclamation.
This
Proclamation
expresses
the
deep
appreciation
on
behalf
of
the
citizens
of
Black
Mountain
and
a
valuable
service
which
is
providing
the
town
with
this
Proclamation.
It
is
presented
Toronto
and
a
copy
of
st.
shall
be
placed
within
the
records
of
the
town
of
White
Mountain.
Thank
you.