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From YouTube: Board of Commissioners' Regular Meeting (April 5, 2022)
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Regular Meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners for April 5, 2022. To view the meeting agenda or to learn more about your Board of Commissioners visit buncombecounty.org/commissioners.
A
A
Before
we
begin
our
meeting
this
evening,
I
wanted
to
acknowledge
the
passing
of
a
very
significant
person,
a
public
servant
in
our
community.
This
past
week,
max
queen
passed
away
max,
has
served
our
community
in
a
variety
of
ways.
Over
many
many
years
in
buncombe,
county
working
at
asheville,
buncombe,
community
technical
college
helping
to
train
people
in
public
safety
and
rescue
services.
A
I
want
to
read
the
ethics
reminder
to
the
board,
in
accordance
with
the
code
of
ethics
adopted
by
the
board,
all
county
commissioners
have
a
duty
to
obey
all
applicable
laws
regarding
official
actions
to
uphold
the
integrity
and
independence
of
the
office,
to
avoid
impropriety
in
the
exercise
of
official
duties
to
faithfully
perform
the
duties
of
the
office
and
to
conduct
the
affairs
of
the
governing
board
in
an
open
and
public
manner.
Is
there
any
item
on
the
agenda,
the
outcome
of
which
would
have
a
direct,
substantial
and
readily
identifiable
financial
impact
for
any
board?
A
Member?
Does
any
board
member
have
a
financial
interest
in
any
public
contract
coming
before
the
board
today,
there
being
none
all
board.
Members
have
a
duty
and
obligation
to
vote
on
any
matters
voted
on
by
the
board.
At
our
meeting
this
evening,
commissioners,
we
come
to
the
consent
agenda.
Are
there
any
questions
about
any
items
on
the
consent
agenda.
B
A
Right
we
come
to
public
comment.
We've
had
a
number
of
folks
sign
up
to
speak
to
the
board
during
public
comment.
The
time
limit
for
individual
comment
is
three
minutes.
If
your
time
expires,
you
can
leave
any
questions
along
with
your
name
address
and
phone
number
with
the
county
manager
board.
Members
are
not
expected
to
speak
during
the
public
comment
period.
This
is
the
public's
chance
to
address
the
board.
C
Well,
standing
here-
and
I
don't
know
which
way
to
go
but
first
off,
I'm
going
to
say
that
aj
fox
a
candidate
for
sheriff
just
passed
away,
and
I
tell
you
what
it
takes:
a
lot
of
dedication
to
run
for
office,
especially
in
buncombe
county
when
you've
got
wlos
and
the
a.c.t
working
against
you.
I
know-
and
you
will
see
it
this
election
season
folks,
but
I
got
a
questionnaire
in
the
mail
and
it
bothered
me
and
I
think
it
should
bother
you
it's
from
the
asheville
buncombe
food
policy
council.
C
C
C
if
the
joint
reparations
committee
identifies
food
security
as
a
priority
for
inclusion
among
the
recommendations,
how
do
you
envision
local
government
supporting
the
implementation
of
those
recommendations?
If
that
question
is
not
worded
to
make
food
a
racist
issue,
then
I'm
not
standing
in
front
of
you.
It's
there.
C
C
Everybody
went
to
detroit
to
make
big
money
and
then,
when
the
economy
crashed,
they
all
came
back
home.
You
know
why
we
had
land
and
we
could
grow
food
and
we
should
keep
from
starving
to
death.
You
can
do
that
in
the
city.
You
can
do
that
in
the
county.
If
the
government
doesn't
tax
you
so
much
that
you
have
to
sell
it,
because
you
can't
pay
the
taxes
as
you
approach
the
maturity
of
retirement
age,
they
didn't
listen
on
that
board.
C
D
Commissioners,
thank
you.
This
is
not
the
first
time
I've
stood
before
you.
It
won't
be
the
last
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
swan
and
owens
for
respectful
development
to
talk
about
the
dollar
general
in
swananoa
once
again
and
just
to
keep
the
issue
in
front
of
you
so
that
we
keep
telling
our
story
how
an
out-of-state
developer
and
an
out-of-state
corporation
came
to
our
community,
took
advantage
of
the
rules
and
have
produced
a
an
unsafe
driveway
on
roland
road
in
swannanoa.
D
To
begin
with,
so
we're
asking
you,
commissioners
to
stand
with
us,
we
will
email
you
the
details
of
the
history
of
this
situation,
we're
going
to
ask
you
to
stand
with
us
to
support
us
in
calling
on
north
carolina
department
of
transportation
to
investigate
and
correct
the
situation,
make
sure
that
the
consequences
of
these
choices,
land
on
parties
who
are
responsible
and
not
on
your
neighbors
and
buncombe
county
citizens.
Thank
you.
A
E
E
E
E
In
2017
there
were
21.74
and
in
2019
they
were
23
10,
that's
from
the
bowen
report,
now
they're
42-18.
That
does
include
four
one
that
was
approved
december
31st
and
is
just
now
starting
to
break
ground
and
three
that
are
in
construction.
But
that
does
include
those
numbers
and
when
I
was
driving
around,
I
think
I
actually
missed
one
or
two,
and
it
also
doesn't
include
the
new
project.
E
That's
been
proposed
for
the
left
side
of
ingles
on
sandhill
road,
that's
supposed
to
be
kind
of
a
biltmore
park
like
project
if
it
goes
through,
and
these
numbers
do
not
include
that
they
also
didn't
include
the
traffic
from
ward
warner,
which
is
about
600
employees,
because
the
fletcher
plant
just
closed
and
everybody
is
now
there
on
the
brevard
road
plant,
two
people
I
spoke
to
went
ahead
and
took
retirement
instead
of
moving
over
there.
They
said
it
was
it
worth
it
to
spend
an
hour
hour
and
15
minutes
trying
to
get
home.
E
E
I
know
that
they're
gonna,
you're
gonna
do
something
with
that
property,
and
I
understand
that
I
don't
have
a
problem
with
that.
But
if
it's,
you
know
single-family
homes
or
town
homes,
that
would
serve
board
warner,
which
they're
going
to
have
600
plus
employees,
and
that
would
be
great
for
them
because
they
wouldn't
be
fighting
the
traffic
trying
to
get
anywhere
other
direction.
E
E
F
Good
evening
I
got
three
minutes,
so
I'm
gonna
get
it
in
three
minutes.
I
promise
so
this
morning
it
was
brought
to
my
attention
that
it
was
an
article
and
as
a
man
in
long-term
recovery
and
also
a
person
who
has
served
prison
time
and
jail
time.
I
was
excited,
I
repeat,
as
a
person
in
long-term
recovery.
I
was
excited
to
see
the
article
as
I
read
through
the
article.
I
noticed
something
that
concerns
me
and
has
always
concerned
me
and
that's
when
I
see
jail
in
prison
put
together
for
re-entry
services.
F
It's
not
the
same.
It's
really
like
night
and
day
people
who
do
prison
time.
They
have
different
needs
and
if
you're
not
familiar
with
the
difference
between
prison
and
jail,
re-entry,
it's
not
hard
to
find
me.
I
will
make
myself
available
to
break
it
down,
for
you.
I've
been
deemed
a
re-entry
expert,
even
on
a
national
level,
with
just
leadership,
usa.
So
I'm
here
and
I'm
here
for
the
ride.
F
As
far
as
substance
use
disorder,
I
do
want
to
repeat
that
I
am
a
person
in
long-term
recovery,
so
my
heart
goes
out
to
my
brothers
and
sisters
who
are
battling
opioid
addiction.
I
say
that
repeatedly
because
I
need
you
to
understand
that
before
I
make
this
statement,
the
opioid
use
programs
what
I've
seen
over
the
days.
F
Some
of
them
have
hired
people
that
came
through
my
workforce
development
programs,
one
that
I
led
at
av
tech
community
college,
which
was
called
upskill
western
north
carolina,
in
which
we
sponsored
some
peer
support
specialists
who
went
on
to
work
for
some
of
these
programs.
So
I'm
very
familiar
with
the
demographics
of
what
these
programs
are
serving
and
they're,
not
serving
many
black
people.
I
ran
a
report
online,
it's
public
facing
on
dps
and
between
february
the
1st
2021
and
february
28
2022.
F
There
were
310
people
with
buncombe
county
as
their
county
of
conviction
or
county
of
residence.
That
means
that
310,
at
least
310
of
those
people
came
back
to
buncombe
county
out
of
those
89
of
those
were
black
people
89
and
out
of
that
89
86
of
them
were
black
men.
86
of
them,
the
question
that
I
would
pose
and
want
to
ask
anybody
who
is
looking
to
provide
re-entry
services
is
how
many
black
men
are
you
serving
that's
the
question
that
I
pose.
I
started
out
doing
this
work
when
I
was
at
a
b
tech.
F
Our
mission
is
decreasing
recidivism
by
addressing
the
social
determinants
of
health
of
returning
citizens
and
it's
more
to
it
than
substance
use.
You
have
connections
to
families,
you
have
assistance
to
get
ids,
I'm
one
of
the
people
that
fought
for
us
to
be
able
to
have
a
process
in
place
to
get
id's
a
continuity
of
care,
whether
it's
medical
or
substance,
use
disorder
or
mental
health.
So
if
you
want
to
learn
more
about
what
the
difference
between
prison
and
jail,
is
it's
not
hard
to
find.
G
Hello,
I'm
elizabeth
williams,
I'm
the
executive
director
of
mountain
care
and
I
live
in
weaverville.
I
appreciate
your
service
to
the
community
and
all
your
efforts
to
support
all
260
thousands
thousand
thousand
of
us.
It's
appreciated
I'm
here
today
to
talk
about
a
particular
segment
of
the
community,
older
adults
that
is
who
mountain
care
serves
for
more
than
30
years,
mountain
care
has
provided
adult
day
services
to
the
residents
of
buncombe
county.
We
started
in
a
church
basement,
then
we
moved
to
doctors
park.
G
Then
we
became
a
founding
member
of
care
partners
and
we
became
part
of
the
mission
health
system
and
then,
when
the
mission
health
system
was
purchased
by
hca
adult
day,
services
were
pulled
out.
So
we
are
now
a
stand-alone
small
non-profit
agency
and
we
do
not
have
the
support
or
the
infrastructure
anymore
of
care,
partners
or
or
mission
help
help,
and
I'm
here
to
tell
you
that
mountaincare's
future
is
uncertain.
G
G
G
One
strives
to
improve
utilization
and
financial
resources,
one
that
could
incorporate
impact
strategies
to
accomplish
common
goals
among
providers.
I'm
asking
you
to
act
now
to
help
us
build
a
strong
hub
for
aging
services.
Help
us
support
older
adults
to
age
in
place,
ensure
that
adult
day
has
a
sustainable
future
in
buncombe
county.
Please
consider
supporting
the
active
aging
center
project.
Please
reach
out
if
you
would
like
more
information,
give
aging
service
providers
the
resources
that
we
need
to
take
care
of
older
adults.
Thank
you.
H
H
H
He
had
a
soft
and
gentle
voice
that
was
strong
and
compassionate.
He
had
a
heart
called
to
serve
his
community.
He
was
patient,
he
observed
others
keenly
and
looked
to
make
their
days
brighter.
I
honor
his
memory
today
by
leading
in
his
example,
had
he
not
been
able
to
age
in
place?
I
knew
I
would
not
be
the
person
I
am
today.
H
H
There
is
a
ripple
that
occurs.
Aging
in
place,
allows
the
essence
of
an
individual
to
continue
to
make
impacts
and
ripples
within
their
family
and
community,
while
also
caring
for
them
with
the
compassion,
dignity
and
respect
they
deserve
that
each
human
life
deserves
what
we
do
far
transcends
the
four
walls
of
adult
day
services.
H
H
We
are
a
lifeline,
often
delaying
and
sometimes
preventing
the
need
for
institutionalization.
We
provide
a
safe
place
for
you
to
come,
not
only
for
the
participants,
but
also
the
caregivers,
who
are
often
on
their
last
threat
of
hope.
We
ensure
that
you
do
not
have
to
be
alone
in
the
difficult
decisions
that
are
going
to
come.
We
see
you,
we
are
here
for
you
in
your
greatest
time
of
need.
H
We
are
also
accessible
from
an
economic
standpoint.
Adult
day
is
a
win-win
for
society.
Funding
adult
day
services
decreases
medicaid
costs.
It
lowers
the
rate
of
full-time
institutional
care
while
still
offering
consistent
health
monitoring.
Among
other
benefits,
it
reduces
remission
in
emergency
room
visits.
Since
mountain
care
became
mountaincare,
we
have
served
703
unique
individuals.
We
are
here,
we
are
skilled
and
we
are
able
to
support
our
community,
but
we
cannot
do
it
without
your
support.
H
I
Thank
you,
I'm
barbara
saint-hilaire
and
I'm
here
to
express
my
support
for
adult
services
in
buncombe
county
for
30
years
until
I
retired
this
past
october.
I
worked
at
the
charles
george
va
where
my
job
was
coordinating
services
for
older
adults,
such
as
adult
day
home
care
and
home
health.
All
of
this
to
support
aging
in
place
for
our
veterans,
who
are
frail
in
my
opinion,
adult
day,
provides
the
biggest
bang
for
the
buck
in
terms
of
supporting
older
adults
who
are
dealing
with
cognitive
decline.
I
One
veteran
comes
to
mind
and
his
story
exemplifies
the
need
for
adult
day
and
what
it
can
do
for
individuals,
families
and
for
our
community.
Mr
k
was
a
world
war
ii
veteran
who
lived
in
the
vanderbilt
apartments.
He
was
in
his
late,
80s,
physically
strong,
but
growing
increasingly
confused
due
to
dementia.
I
He
would
forget
to
take
his
medications
or
to
eat,
even
if
his
daughter
set
things
out,
he
wandered
downtown
asheville
haunting
various
shops
and
restaurants,
sometimes
in
his
underwear.
His
daughter
desperately
wanted
to
keep
him
out
of
an
institution,
but
she
could
not
bring
him
home
to
live
with
her
in
part
because
he
would
not
agree.
He
was
not
necessarily
an
easy
man
to
deal
with
when
I
met
them.
I
informed
the
daughter
about
mountain
care,
but
I
said
it
had
only
a
50
chance
of
working.
I
His
safety
was
so
compromised
that
I
believed
he
would
soon
end
up
in
an
assisted
living
facility.
However,
it
worked.
He
attended
mountain
care
five
days
a
week
where
he
received
breakfast
and
lunch
and
he
made
they
made
sure
he
took
his
daily
medications.
They
provided
a
shower
twice
a
week.
Mountain
mobility
picked
him
up
in
the
mornings
and
brought
him
home
in
the
afternoons.
I
I
I
I
If
we're
fortunate,
each
of
us
will
live
into
old
age,
but
the
sad
truth
is
that
many
of
us
will
struggle
with
physical
or
cognitive
debility
and
we're
going
to
want
to
stay
in
our
homes
I
retired
in
part,
because
my
spouse
has
been
diagnosed
with
alzheimer's.
She
is
going
to
need
adult
day
services
at
some
point.
I
want
mountain
care
to
be
there
for
her
and
for
me,
one
way
to
ensure
adult
day
is
available
is
to
support
the
active
aging
center.
Thank
you.
B
He
had
been
my
husband
tom
had
been
diagnosed
with
parkinson's
disease
and
lewy
body
dementia
at
age
58
and
after
about
six
years,
there
was
such
decline
that
it
became
evident
that
it
just
wasn't
safe
for
him
to
be
at
home.
I
was
still
working
and
I
was
aware
that
by
his
participating
in
adult
day
services,
it
would
allow
me
to
continue
my
work
in
early
childhood
research
to
manage
our
household
and
to
support
our
family
and
by
his
being
at
mountain
care.
B
I
knew
that
he
would
be
safe
and
well
cared
for,
but
pretty
quickly
after
he
began
attending
there.
It
really
was
evident
to
me
that
the
benefits
were
so
much
more
than
just
a
support
to
me
it.
The
adult
day,
services
really
became
a
vital
part
of
his
community,
a
community
that
he
loved
that
provided
him
opportunities
for
social
connections
outside
of
our
home
and
for
participating
in
activities.
However,
he
was
able.
B
B
A
A
A
We've
got
a
couple
of
different
presentations.
The
first
is
a
proclamation
recognizing
national
public
health
week
and
commissioner
amanda
edwards
is
going
to
present
this
proclamation.
She
represents
us
on
the
county
health
board
and
we
appreciate
that
and
stacy
saunders.
Our
public
health
director
is
here.
Actually
we've
got
other
folks
here
too,
so
our
stacy.
I
guess
it's
not
is
not
here.
Sorry,
sorry
about
that,
but
stone
is
here.
Thank
you
for
being
here.
J
That's
tony
antibunkum
proclamation
for
public
health
week,
whereas
the
buncombe
county
health
workforce
is
a
critical
component
of
our
emergency
response
to
natural
and
man-made
disasters
and
widespread
disease
outbreaks
in
our
county,
including
coven
19.
And
whereas
our
county
and
state
public
health
workers
have
been
courageous,
committed,
inventive,
nimble
and
tireless
in
their
work
to
protect
our
residents
from
the
threat
of
the
coven
19
pandemic.
While
continuing
to
perform
the
other
essential
public
health
functions,
oftentimes
at
the
risk
of
their
own
safety
and
health.
J
And
whereas
public
health
measures
to
control
and
eliminate
infectious
diseases,
improve
environmental
sanitation
and
promote
healthy
lifestyle.
Practices
have
improved
the
health
status
and
increased
life
expectancy
for
the
residents
of
our
county
and
all
state.
And
whereas
public
health
plays
a
critical
role
in
advancing
health
equity
and
providing
opportunities
for
health,
resulting
in
improved
productivity
and
decreased
health
care
costs
for
all
north
carolinians.
J
And
whereas
the
buncombe
county
board
of
commissioners
encourages
all
residents
to
recognize
that
public
health
is
working
to
ensure
that
all
residents
are
protected
from
threats
such
as
coven
19,
influenza,
food
borne
disease,
injury
and
chronic
diseases
such
as
diabetes,
heart
disease
and
asthma.
Now,
therefore,
be
it
resolved
on
this
fifth
day
of
april
2022.
J
Stony.
It's
a
privilege
to
read
this
and
deliver
it
to
you
serving
on
the
dhhs
board
to
everyone.
Here
I
can
attest
what
an
incredible
team
that
you
and
stacy
have
that
have
been
committed
not
only
to
being
on
the
front
lines
of
the
coven
19
pandemic,
but
continuing
the
daily
work
of
working
to
ensure
the
health
and
well-being
of
our
most
vulnerable
members
of
our
community.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
your
work.
K
You,
commissioner,
edwards
and
members
of
the
board
for
recognizing
public
health
week.
It
probably
would
be
an
understatement
to
say
that
the
last
two
years
have
been
some
of
the
most
challenging
years
that
any
of
us
have
seen
and
might
may
likely
see
in
our
lifetime
and
when
public
health
is
working
well,
one
of
the
advantages
of
it
for
others.
Is
you
really
don't
see
it?
So
a
lot
of
what
we
do
in
public
health
is
behind
the
scenes.
K
So
when
you
buy
that
beautiful
house
in
the
country,
you
may
not
know
that
someone
from
public
health
at
some
point
was
there
to
make
sure
that
your
septic
water
would
not
leak
into
your
well
and
cause
your
family
to
be
sick.
The
same
can
be
said
of
our
wonderful
restaurants
that
someone's
been
there
to
make
sure
that
those
restaurants
owners
understand
food
safety
and
that
you
can
have
a
good
experience.
The
same
could
be
said
of
communicable
disease,
some
of
our
work
with
families
and
vulnerable
citizens.
K
Environmental
concerns
but
coveted,
put
public
health
in
the
front,
and
one
thing
I
saw-
and
I
knew
it
in
my
heart-
is
that
the
key
word
in
public
health
is
public.
We
all
know
people
that
are
self-focused,
maybe
self-centered
what
I
would
say
for
public
health
professionals
they're
just
the
opposite,
they're
very
others
focused
and
very
selfless,
and
so
thank
you
for
recognizing
our
workforce
and
and
the
important
work
that
we
do
and
I
would
be
remiss
not
to
say,
while
all
of
our
staff
are
amazing.
K
It
really
was
somewhat
of
a
godsend
that
stacy
saunders
came
to
buncombe
county
six
months
into
a
national
pandemic
and
did
not
even
get
a
chance
to
acclimate
herself
to
the
building
before
she
took
absolute
leadership,
and
she
has
led
us
with
integrity,
intelligence,
compassion
and
incredible
devotion
over
the
20
months
that
she's
been
here.
So
I
would
be
remiss
not
to
recognize
her
publicly.
I'm
sorry
she
couldn't
be
here
tonight,
but
I
did
just
want
to
be
able
to
give
her
a
public
shout
out.
L
Now,
therefore,
be
it
proclaimed
by
the
board
of
commissioners
for
the
county
of
buncombe
as
follows:
that
the
month
of
april
2022
be
proclaimed
child
abuse
prevention
month
in
buncombe
county,
that
this
board
does
hereby
call
upon
every
citizen
to
join
the
child
protection
organizations,
groups
and
individuals
in
observance
of
the
month
with
appropriate
programs
and
activities
that
this
proclamation
be
effective
upon.
Its
adoption
adopted
this
fifth
day
of
april
2022
by
the
board
of
commissioners
for
the
county
of
buncombe,
and
I
will
present
this
to
you
stoney.
On
behalf.
L
K
K
I
think
we
can
all
resonate
with
it
at
some
point,
but
after
31
years
in
public
human
services,
I'd
also
like
to
say
that
traumatic
childhoods
also
last
a
lifetime,
and
it
hurts
my
heart
and
should
every
member
of
our
community
that
every
day
we're
serving
at
least
600
children
in
buncombe,
county
who've,
experienced
abuse
or
neglect
at
the
hands
of
a
caretaker
or
a
parent
or
a
loved
one,
and
before
we
anyone
goes
there
to
think.
How
could
someone
do
this?
In
those
31
years?
K
I've
only
met
a
couple
of
people
that
I
felt
truly
wanted
to
harm
a
child.
So
we
also
say
that
success
begets
success,
but
I
would
also
say
that
trauma
begets
trauma
and
many
of
the
parents
that
we
work
with
also
are
suffering
childhood
trauma
and
we're
seeing
a
repeat
of
that.
So
I
want
to
thank
this
board
because
we
do
have
programs
and
initiatives
in
buncombe
county
more
than
any
place.
I've
ever
worked
where
we're
trying
to
get
upstream
and
get
to
parents
early
and
get
to
children
early.
K
We
have
great
partners
in
our
school
system,
with
mayheck,
with
mountain
child
advocacy
center
with
abccm
and
so
and
even
with
in
child
development.
I
mean
we're
leading
the
way
in
services
that
really
impact
families
early,
and
we
can
turn
this
tide.
We
can
take
this
600
down
to
300
and
maybe
someday
down
to
almost
nothing,
and
so
I
want
to
thank
you
for
recognizing
the
good
work
that's
going
on
and
for
supporting
the
work
that
buncombe
has
been
allowed
to
lead.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
M
Whereas
north
carolina
residents
annually
generate
significant
amounts
of
food
waste
that
could
be
reduced
to
improve
environmental
health
and
food
access
through
strategic
prevention,
rescue
and
recycling
actions,
247
pounds
per
person
in
north
carolina
as
compared
to
219
pounds
per
person
nationally
and
whereas
there's
an
opportunity
to
redirect
edible
food
to
nourish
our
state's
residents,
who
have
inadequate
access
to
food
from
30
to
40
percent
of
the
national
food
supply.
That
is
wasted,
55
of
which
is
estimated
to
be
sent
to
landfills
annually.
M
Food
recovery
services
can
reduce
food
waste
and
improve
food
security
for
all
ages
throughout
the
state
and
whereas
the
united
states
spends
408
billion
or
approximately
2
percent
of
our
national
gross
domestic
product
to
grow
process
and
dispose
of
food
that
has
never
eaten
reduced.
Reducing
food
waste
can
reduce
economic
loss
as
well,
and
whereas
reducing
food
waste
will
help
preserve
our
natural
resources
as
food
waste
uses.
M
Now,
therefore,
be
it
resolved
that
in
this
the
fifth
day
of
april
2022,
the
buncombe
county
board
of
commissioners
does
hereby
recognize
april.
20
april
2022
as
food
waste
reduction
month.
Highlighting
these
resolutions
and
moving
the
county
forward
to
engage
in
food
waste
prevention
and
recovery
efforts,
develop
and
share
food
waste
prevention
and
recovery,
recovery,
best
practices
and
ground
the
community
in
the
traditions
of
food
saving
and
composting
signed,
brownie
newman,
chairman
of
the
county
corporate
commission,.
N
A
O
Just
two
quick
reminders,
sir
one
our
last
public
scheduled
public
input
meeting
for
our
comprehensive
plan
is
scheduled
tomorrow
april,
the
6th
at
2
pm
at
the
black
mountain
library.
The
survey
will
still
be
open,
so
people
can
still
go
online
and
do
the
survey
or
their
last
public
meeting
is
tomorrow.
So
if
you
haven't
gotten
a
chance
to
get
out
we're
encouraging
folks
to
get
out
and
share
at
the
black
mountain
library
tomorrow
too,
the
second
reminder
to
their
community
is
that
the
arpa
application,
the
deadline
for
submittal
is
april
12th.
O
A
Thank
you
all
right,
no
items
under
old
business
under
new
business.
The
first
item
is
consideration
of
a
resolution
approving
the
financing
of
improvements
to
the
asheville
regional
airport,
with
the
proceeds
of
tax-exempt
bonds
to
be
issued
by
the
greater
asheville
regional
airport
authority.
Michael
frew
will
help
us
get
started
on
this
item.
P
Mr
chairman,
commissioners,
the
greater
asheville
regional
airport
authorities
are
planning
some
expansion
projects
and
we've
got
lou
blah
wise
here
to
explain
what
that
expansion
is
and
just
to
lay
the
groundwork.
This
authority
is
authorized
to
issue
revenue
bonds
and
had
its
own
public
hearing
in
on
st
patrick's
day,
and
what
the
request
is
of
this
board
pursuant
to
irs
regulations,
is
to
get
the
approval,
the
stamp
of
approval
of
the
local
governing
agency
for
the
issuance
of
this
debt.
It's
not
an
obligation
of
the
county
at
all
and
here's
mr
blackwise.
Q
Thank
you,
mr
frew.
Mr
chairman
members
of
the
board
of
the
county
commission,
we're
here
today
again
to
ask
for
the
approval
of
the
non-attack
they
tax
event
bond
issuance
for
the
airport
authority,
as
mr
fru
stated,
there's
no
obligation
from
any
of
the
county
taxpayers
or
from
the
county
commissioner
to
pay
those
bonds.
These
are
airport
revenue
bonds
that
will
be
supporting
the
new
terminal
building,
which
I
have
presented
to
you
in
previous
presentations.
Q
We
continually
advocate
for
new
airlines
and
new
flights
destinations.
This
is
just
a
terminal
building
that
is
61
years
62
years
old
now,
and
it
has
had
three
or
four
major
renovations.
When
we
started
this
project
back
in
2018,
we
anticipated
to
do
an
expansion
of
the
existing
terminal.
When
our
consultants
came
back
and
looked
at
our
passenger
loads,
they
basically
said
expansion
is
not
an
option
you
have
to
rebuild,
we
are
hitting
and
we
and
back
in
2019,
we
surpassed
their
two
2038
passenger
estimates,
so
we
continue
to
grow
just
as
a
reference.
Q
Obviously,
through
kovid,
all
the
aviation
has
been
hit
hard
in
the
sector.
Our
passenger
numbers
for
2021
basically
ended
up
about
89
percent
of
where
we
were
in
2019,
which
was
our
high
water
mark.
So
this
will
just
continue
to
give
us
the
elbow
room
to
expand
and
accommodate
the
passengers
that
continue
to
use
the
airport.
R
A
A
S
So
this
grant
that
we
are
receiving
is
a
renewal
grant
for
another
year,
and
the
purpose
of
this
grant
was
twofold:
to
improve
public
health
outcomes
for
those
just
as
involved,
and
to
reduce
pre-trial
population
by
working
with
community
or
individuals
re-entering
to
provide
linkage
to
care
and
stabilization
supports,
and
hopefully
there
was
like
a
secondary
aim.
We
were
trying
to
also
look
at
how
we
can
reduce
overdose
deaths
and
connect
people
who's
been
incarcerated
that
have
chronic
mental
and
physical
illnesses.
S
So
some
background
we
applied
for
the
grant
in
2020,
and
we
noticed
a
large
percent
of
folks
coming
in
our
jails
were
needing
alcohol
withdrawal
protocol.
So
they
were
significantly
using
enough
that
if
they
would
stop
drinking
alcohol,
they
could
go
into
serious
physical
crisis,
and
we
also
noticed
that
there
were
a
large
percent
coming
in
needing
opioid
withdrawal
as
well.
S
So,
in
our
public
health
side,
we
were
continuing
to
work
with
our
partner
sunrise
and
they
were
peer
supports
that
were
working
on
those
re-entering
any
facility
in
buncombe
county,
including
correction
facility
in
swannanoor,
in
our
detention
facility
to
really
work
with
people
coming
out
that
had
chronic
medical
conditions
and
opioid
use
disorder
connecting
them
to
their
primary
care
provider,
making
sure
that
they
were
following
up
with
those
resources
and
supports,
and
then
on
our
team,
the
justice
services
team.
We
wanted
to
expand
the
jail
reentry
team.
S
We
had
folks
inside
our
gel
case
manager,
screening
and
making
plans
for
folks
when
they
were
released,
but
no
one
was
there
to
follow
up
and
help
support
folks
when
they
were
out.
So
we
proposed
this
grant
to
add
a
nurse,
a
case
manager
and
peer
support
to
work
with
folks
once
they're
releasing
the
community.
S
This
past
year
in
our
community
linkage
to
care
about,
117
were
referred,
and
we
had
about
97
that
were
served
and
connected
with
the
peer
support
on
our
community
re-entry
team.
We
had
about
428
people
referred
and
181
folks
that
were
served
and
our
services
are
voluntary.
So
if
you
meet
criteria,
people
will
refer,
but
they
have
to
be
willing
and
wanting
to
engage.
As
far
as
program
outcomes,
we
saw
roughly
about
60
or
70
percent,
following
up
with
specialty
care
appointments
about
70
to
75
following
up
their
behavioral
treatment.
S
We
will
continue
to
contract
with
our
current
providers
and
the
funding
is
divided
based
on
the
position
and
personnel
needed,
and
then
there
is
no
county
obligation
to
fund
this
at
the
end
of
the
grant
award
so
requesting
the
board
to
accept
the
dogwood
trust,
grant
and
approve
the
budget
amendment.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
A
T
T
T
We
did
put
this
in
our
budget
request
for
next
year,
aval's
been
very
supportive
of
cyber
security.
I
know
several
of
y'all
have
reached
out
to
us
over
the
last
some
months
asking
about
cyber
security
issues,
so
we
thought
it'd
be
a
good
idea
today
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
our
cyber
security
program.
I'm
going
to
give
you
a
little
history
of
it.
Introduce
mark
he'll,
talk
about
the
threat
landscape
and
our
philosophy
around
cyber
security
in
general.
T
So
where
we're
at
in
fy
19,
we
took
existing
positions,
we
took
existing
positions
within
the
it
department,
and
a
lot
of
this
was
about
best
practice,
segregation
of
duties
and
we
created
a
dedicated,
I.t
security
division.
I
like
to
say
everyone's
job
in
the
county,
or
even
the
I.t
department,
of
course,
is
security,
but
these
folk
are
definitely
it's
their
primary
focus.
T
T
Over
the
last
some
odd
years,
we've
had
several
investments.
I
won't
read
all
this
list,
but
you'll
see
things
like
next-gen
anti-virus
software.
This
is
you
know,
artificial
intelligence
threat
detection,
not
just
blocking
your
computer
from
installing
malicious
software,
but
looking
for
suspicious
behavior
that
are
happening.
T
We've
done
a
lot
of
these
third-party
and
hipaa
audits
and
had
the
national
guard
assessment
come
in
a
couple
of
times.
We
love
that,
and
these
are
experts
in
the
field
that
tell
us
what
we're
doing
good
and
tell
us
what
we
need
to
improve
upon,
and
we
can
take
corrective
action
on
that
again,
a
lot
of
investments
and
accomplishments
over
the
last
few
years.
T
U
U
Next,
let's
see
how
it
looks
so
I
wanted
to
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
what
we're
doing
and
how
we're
doing
it
mainly,
and
why
and
part
of
it
is
why
the
threat
landscape
is
what's
around
us
who's
coming
at
us.
It's
the
internal
threats,
the
external
threats,
the
global,
the
local
and,
in
some
cases,
the
insider
threats,
and
so
we
have
to
understand
the
entire
environment
around
us
as
we
react
to
it.
A
big
part
of
what
we
do
is
learn
from
experience
and
learn
from
other
events
that
have
happened.
U
Baltimore
that
happened
a
few
years
ago,
where
they
were
compromised
pretty
heavily,
and
we
can
apply
that
to
ourselves
and
protect
ourselves
a
little
bit
better.
What
drives
us
and
drives
the
need
for
security?
The
foundation
is
a
public
trust,
making
sure
that
we're
handling
public
data
safely
and
securely
there's
also
a
regulatory
element
of
that
which
is
housed
in
the
law
through
hipaa
through
sieges
and
through
other
public
law.
That's
been
established
and
then
a
little
bit
about
the
typical
day
of
kim
county
with
me
and
my
team.
U
U
David
anderson
has
been
helping
us
incredibly
with
training
and
outreach
within
the
employee
community.
Kevin
mccall
helps
us
on
the
network
side
of
things,
to
make
sure
that
our
network
is
viable
and
secure.
Our
host
security,
which
are
all
the
computers
and
all
the
servers
in
our
environment,
adam
scarborough,
helps
us
with
that,
and
then
david
also
helps
us
with
the
microsoft
side
of
things.
Since
they're
such
a
major
player
in
our
internal
environment,.
U
U
It
kind
of
feeds
that
a
little
bit
in
that
we're
going
after
some
24x7
support
around
this
and
then
the
appropriateness
of
the
response,
the
active
communication
and
the
automation
of
this
is
largely
focused
on
the
not
just
inside
it
and
not
just
inside
the
security
team,
but
the
county
employee
base
as
a
whole.
It's
been
mentioned
here
that
everybody
it's
kind
of
everybody's
job,
but
the
reality
is.
We
have
to
be
able
to
communicate
and
interact
effectively
with
with
people
when
things
go
bad.
U
So
the
specific
request
is
two
pieces.
One
is
working
with
a
managed
service
provider
that
will
lend
us
two
things
additional
people
capability.
They
will
provide
us
staffing
with
capabilities.
We
don't
have
on
the
team
currently
and
that
are
very
expensive
to
maintain
train
coach
and
encourage
and
also
coverage
in
a
365
day
a
year
mode,
so
not
just
daylight
hour,
daylight
business
hours,
but
all
year
round,
so
they'll
help
us
with
that.
U
That's
more
of
a
reactive
approach
where
we're
seeing
alerts
and
they're
helping
us
digest
them,
whereas
the
proactive
which,
what's
something
called,
is
dark
web
monitoring.
It
is
where
pieces
of
the
internet
that
are
not
normally
accessible
are
monitored
for
compromised,
usernames,
passwords
and
other
information
that
might
impact
us.
We're
then
able
to
use
that
information
to
expire
accounts
or
remove
change
credentials
and
prevent
things
from
happening.
U
R
So,
as
eric
said
earlier,
they
had
the
it
had
made
this
a
fy
23
request.
We
thought
it
was
important
enough
to
pull
it
forward
to
this
year,
so
we're
going
to
based
on
our
increased
sales
tax
receipts,
we're
above
what
we've
budgeted
for
revenue,
we're
going
to
realize
some
of
that
revenue
in
order
to
increase
the
sales
tax
budget
by
225
197
dollars
to
accommodate
this
expenditure.
J
A
All
right,
there's
a
motion
and
second,
to
support
the
recommended
proposal
and
associated
budget
amendment
all
in
favor,
say
aye
aye
any
opposed
all
right.
Thank
you
all
appreciate
it
all
right,
commissioners,
we
have
a
couple
of
actually
just
one
board
appointment
to
make
on
the
planning
board.
There
are
two
positions
for
reappointment
I'll
make
a
motion
to
reappoint
ken
khan
and
cindy
weeks.
Second,
all
in
favor
say
aye
aye
any
opposed,
mr
joyner
any
other
board
items.
A
We
should
be
aware
of
commissioners
on
and
a
couple
of
announcements
on
april
19th
at
3
p.m.
The
commissioners
will
hold
their
briefing
meeting
at
200
college
street
room
326
in
downtown
asheville
on
april
19th
at
5
pm.
The
commissioners
will
hold
a
regular
meeting
at
200
college
street
room
326
in
downtown
asheville.
I
don't
believe,
there's
a
need
for
any
closed
session
this
evening.
Is
there
a
motion
to
adjourn.