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From YouTube: Board of Commissioners' Regular Meeting (August 3, 2021)
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August 3, 2021 Regular Meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners. To view the meeting agenda, future meeting agendas, or to watch previous meetings, visit buncombecounty.org/commissioners.
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First,
I'd
like
to
announce
that
any
members
of
the
public
who
are
attending
this
meeting
can
have
their
parking
validated
if
they
parked
in
the
county's
parking
facilities
or
use
public
transit
to
attend
the
meeting.
You
can
see
one
of
the
officers
who's
here
on
the
way
out
and
they
can
give
you
validation
for
your
parking
or
transit
valid
for
today.
Only
let
me
read
the
ethics
reminder
to
the
board.
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A
The
time
limit
for
individual
comment
to
the
board
is
three
minutes.
If
your
time
expires,
you
can
leave
any
questions
along
with
your
name
address
and
phone
number
with
our
county
manager
board.
Members
are
not
expected
to
comment
on
any
matters
during
public
comment.
This
is
the
board's
chance
to
listen
to
the
public.
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C
Sorry
for
taking
the
time
to
take
my
hat
off,
but
I
want
to
be
able
to
look
each
and
every
one
of
you
in
the
face
because,
as
you
know,
I
always
look
at
the
consent
agenda
and
as
a
citizen,
what
I
see
is
money
going
to
the
homeless
money
going
to
the
drug
addicts
money
going
to
this
group
into
that
group,
but
never
once
mentioning
the
hard-working
taxpayer,
that's
keeping
the
government
afloat,
and
I
don't
I
I'm.
Never.
C
It
amazes
me
how
you
all
are
supposed
to
be
intelligent
people,
you've
got
education,
college
degrees,
experience,
life
experiences
when
you
reward
somebody
for
sitting
on
their
butt
and
doing
nothing
and
put
them
in
a
home.
What
are
you
going
to
get
more
people
sitting
in
the
home?
Do
you
all
realize
you've
heard
it
for
past
that
it
is
true.
I've
talked
to
them.
Madison
county
brings
their
homeless
to
asheville
and
drops
them
out
you're
getting
a
reputation
all
over
the
country
as
we
take
care
of
the
homeless.
C
Doesn't
the
people
that
watch
this
thing
deserve
breaks
on
taxes?
Y'all
can
sit
up
there
and
say
well
we're
not
going
to
talk
to
anybody.
It's
just
your
time
to
talk
to
us
to
talk
at
you.
Well,
you
can
darn
well
believe
I'm
going
to
talk
at
you
till
I'm
six
foot
under
because
I'm
hoping
somebody
up.
C
There's
brain
gets
a
snaps
in
there
that
says
gee
when
we
take
care
of
the
homeless
and
we
take
care
of
the
drunks
we're
going
to
get
more
of
them
because
you've
got
a
bunch
of
them
right
now
I
drove
down
patton
avenue.
Today
I
had
to
go
over
to
the
board
of
elections
for
doing
a
little
thing
later.
On
that
I'm
going
to
be
doing-
and
I
saw
two
people
sitting
in
front
of
jubilee
right
there
in
the
front-
saw
another
guy
come
by
and
talk
to
him.
They
chat
like
they
know
each
other.
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C
That's
all
you're
going
to
have
you're
going
to
run
out
of
money
and
eventually
the
coveted
money
will
be
gone.
You
can
spend
all
of
it
you
want
to
now,
but
when
it's
gone
now,
you've
been
around
a
long
time.
Sorry,
I
called
your
name
out
you
and
I
both
know
when
that
money's
gone
from
the
government.
Guess
what
we'll
have
to
cough
it
up,
so
I
hope
somebody
up
there
realizes
you
feed
something
it
grows.
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A
All
right,
thank
you.
So
much
is
there
anyone
else
who
wishes
to
speak
to
the
board
during
public
comment,
all
right,
very
good.
We
move
on
to
presentations
and
we've
got
two.
The
first
is
a
presentation
from
the
via
health
board
and
brian
ingraham.
I
think,
is
here
to
give
us
some
updates,
thanks
for
being
with
us.
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D
We
help
coordinate
care
using
medicaid
federal
state,
local
funding
for
the
support
of
a
certain
population,
specifically
mental
health
substance,
use
and
idd
for
all
of
our
22
westernmost
counties
via
health
is
one
of
seven.
Such
organizations
throughout
the
state
known
as
a
local
managing
entity
managed
care
organization.
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E
I'm
rebecca
mccoy,
I
am
a
woman
in
long-term
recovery,
but
nine
years
ago
I
was
a
woman
standing
on
a
busy
highway,
trying
to
sum
up
the
courage
to
step
out
into
traffic,
and
I
had
given
up.
I
had
no
hope
for
my
future.
I
had
no
hope
of
ever
living
a
fulfilling
life.
That's
when
my
husband
found
some
hope
by
way
of
via
health,
bio
health
saved
my
life.
F
Via
health
manages
medicaid
federal
state
and
local
funding
for
services
and
supports
related
to
mental
health,
substance
use
disorder
and
intellectual
and
developmental
disabilities.
Our
organization
has
grown
steadily
in
north
carolina's
public
behavioral
health
system.
Our
community-based
approach
helps
ensure
our
members
receive
high
quality.
Whole
person
care.
Our
person-centered
approach
extends
beyond
our
members.
F
Via's
education
opportunities,
help
community
members
support
their
own
wellness
and
gain
a
deeper
understanding
of
others.
Our
access
to
careline
is
available
to
anyone
experiencing
a
behavioral
health
crisis
anytime,
day
or
night
via
collaborates
with
local
health
departments,
hospitals,
court
systems,
law
enforcement,
first
responders
and
other
community
stakeholders.
G
Is
helping
our
members
support
their
dreams
of
having
a
job
through
services
like
the
innovations,
waiver
and
supportive
employment
and
creating
this
micro
enterprise
directory?
My
name
is
michelle
cates
and
I'm
an
olmstead
care
manager
with
baya.
I
am
inspired
by
the
idd
community
because
they
have
such
a
drive
and
so
much
personality,
and
they
just
want
to
be
a
part
of
the
community
and
I
love
helping
them
achieve
that.
H
It's
important
for
folks
to
have
choice.
Long
ago,
individuals
or
adults
with
severe
and
persistent
mental
illness
had
one
choice,
and
that
was
an
institution.
Sometimes
housing
is
all
they
need
for
that
first
step
for
them
to
be
successful
in
living
in
the
community
and
becoming
a
whole
person
medically
physically.
You
know
connecting
with
employment
all
those
things
that
you
feel
and
you
do
to
feel
whole.
My
name
is
kelsey
key
clark
and
I
am
the
transition
manager
for
tcli
at
via
health.
I
love
being
the
hope
in
the
world.
F
Via
helps
ensure
our
region
is
home
to
a
strong
healthcare
workforce.
We
worked
with
local
providers
to
open
or
expand
facility-based
crisis
centers
throughout
the
region,
including
the
kailin
burrell
child
crisis
center.
Only
the
second
of
its
kind
in
the
state
when
we
work
together
to
make
sure
everyone
can
reach
their
potential,
we
all
benefit.
E
Because
of
buy
a
hill
and
because
of
that
that
phone
number
here,
I
am
a
pure
trainer
at
via
health,
supporting
our
members
to
find
hope,
health
and
healing
supporting
our
members
to
to
get
on
a
career
path
in
the
field
of
recovery,
to
support
our
peers
and
our
members
to
live
their
best
life.
I
think
a
lot
of
folks
that
work
at
maya.
I
don't
think
they
have
any
idea
of
the
impact
they
truly
have.
D
D
These
are
metrics
around.
You
know
our
integrated
care
follow-up
after
discharge
for
both
state
services
and
medicaid
same
thing
here
with
our
mental
health
penetration
rates
on
the
left
and
then
substance
use
on
the
right
leading
or
at
leading
for
the
state
is
via
the
next
here
with
the
same
thing,
but
for
the
medicaid
population.
D
Very
proud
of
these
numbers,
proud
of
the
the
employees,
the
caregivers,
the
the
managed
care
leaders
that
helped
make
this
all
a
leading
organization.
So,
what's
next
for
via
this
is
this
is
real
time
news.
So,
if
you
may
have
noticed
you
know,
maybe
a
more
obscure,
noteworthy
item
value
was
just
awarded
a
tailored
plan,
which
is
the
next
step
in
medicaid
transformation
for
north
carolina
state.
D
D
So
we
are
in
readiness
and
implementation
mode.
As
that
goes
live
next
july
1st
you
can
see
that
each
one
of
the
six
regions
will
be
serviced
now,
as
we
look
ahead
there.
There
is
another
big
piece
of
news
for
us,
so
the
lme
mco,
headquartered
out
of
charlotte
mecklenburg,
cardinal
innovations
they
are
going
to
be
consolidating
with
vaya
health.
D
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I
Good
evening,
folks,
I'm
matthew
baker.
This
is
my
colleague
bernie
walls,
we're
presenting
at
this
time,
mr
baptista,
since
his
condolences,
he
had
another
very
good
thanks
for
being
here.
Every
time
we
come
before
this
body,
we
try
to
provide
an
update
on
where
we
are
in
terms
of
our
strategic
plan.
Tonight's
update
is
for
the
dashboard.
This
is
an
external
facing
dashboard
so
that
the
public
can
kind
of
see
and
monitor
the
progress
of
the
strategic
plan,
priorities
that
we
put
in
place.
I
The
next
time
we'll
be
coming
before
this
board
we'll
be
using
that
dashboard
to
provide
a
performance
update
and
we'll
also
be
speaking
to
building
capacity
for
innovation
for
this
county's
staff
and
also
speaking
to
the
community
survey
that
we're
preparing
at
this
time.
I'm
going
to
turn
over
this
presentation
to
my
colleague
mr
walls
and
he's
going
to
walk
you
through
a
brief
presentation
on
the
dashboard.
J
K
Strategic
goals
and
navigating
this
buncombe
county
now
has
a
new
dashboard
to
help
you
navigate
how
well
buncombe
county
is
performing
in
its
strategic
goals
and
navigating
the
system
is
very
easy.
First,
click
on
explore
focus
areas
in
action
to
get
started
here.
You
will
see
four
columns
with
our
focus
areas
and
goals.
Let's
click
on
environmental
and
energy
stewardship.
As
an
example,
here
you
will
read
about
the
rationale
behind
the
goal
and
see
a
tachometer
that
represents
whether
we're
reaching
our
goals
based
on
the
annual
timelines
for
more
information
about
the
objectives.
K
Let's
click
on
learn
more
under
reduce
greenhouse
gas
emissions.
At
the
top
of
the
page,
you
will
see
every
department
associated
with
the
reduction
goal.
You
can
either
scroll
down
the
page
to
see
them
all
or
click
on
a
specific
department
at
the
top
to
see
how
they
were
faring
for
their
annual
goals.
You
will
also
be
able
to
read
more
about
how
each
department
plans
on
reaching
these
goals
and
view
the
chart
to
the
right
of
the
tachometer
to
see
how
the
project
is
progressing,
feel
free
to
scroll
through
all
of
the
data.
I
So
before
we
launch
into
questions,
I
did
want
to
mention
that
this
dashboard-
this
is
the
launch
version.
This
is
the
phase
one
we'll
be
adding
content
in
context
as
time
goes
on,
as
well
as
updating
the
data.
That's
relevant
for
individual
goals,
so,
as
burnett
said,
we'd
be
happy
to
take
any
questions
or
get
your
thoughts
on
this
dashboard.
At
this.
I
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O
In
brief,
what
that
order
did
was
give
all
workers,
within
the
governor's
authority
within
his
office,
to
provide
proof
of
full
vaccination
or
be
tested
at
least
once
a
week
for
kova
19..
He
has
directed
that
the
office
of
state
human
resources
work
between
now
and
august
13th
to
develop
policies
and
procedures
for
the
mechanism
of
tracking
that
reporting
that
and
making
sure
that
works.
He
has
ordered
that
any
workers
who
violate
these
new
procedures
and
policies
would
be
subject
to
disciplinary
action
up
to
and
including
dismissal,
and
it
does
also
allow
for
accommodations.
O
You
get
an
informed
decision
that
you
can
say
yes
or
no,
so
I
think
that's
what
drives
some
of
the
decision-making
for
whether
or
not
there
should
be
vaccine
mandates
or
whether
or
not
there
should
be
a
approach
such
as
governor
cooper
has
has
selected.
So
county
staff
has
been
working
on
this.
We
have
those
two
choices.
O
A
A
So
you're
not
request.
I
guess
I
guess
just
one
one
procedural
question,
so
no
actions
being
proposed
for
tonight,
but
you're
giving
us
a
heads
up
that
this
is
current
thinking
and
that
action
could
be
taken
at
the
next
meeting,
but
just
from
a
purely
procedural
standpoint,
this
is
basically
an
hr
policy
decision.
Right.
So
is
this
something
that
the
board
needs
to
vote
on,
or
is
this
something
that
is
within
the
manager
and
hr
sort
of
area
of
you
know
their
purview?
I
want
to
make
sure
we're
not
doing
anything.
O
Rest
well,
it's
not
a
change.
It's
not
a
public
hearing
requirement
which
is
required
currently
under
our
personnel
policy.
This
is
not
a
change
to
the
personnel
policy.
It
is,
as
you
mentioned,
within
the
purview
of
human
resources
under
the
county
manager.
So
it's
a
policy,
but
it's
an
important
decision
and
I
think
it's
something
that
everyone
needs
to
see
and
be
made
aware
of.
We
don't
want
to
catch
anybody
asleep
or
unawares,
but
there's
a
lot
more
work
to
do
to
get
procedures
in
place
to
carry
these
out
either
way.
A
A
P
A
All
right
well,
thank
you.
Thank
you
for
the
information.
You
know,
I'm
I'm
supportive
of
the
direction
that
the
staff
are
talking
about.
I
think
it's
obviously
a
situation,
though,
that
we
all
are
going
to
need
to
keep
our
eyes
on.
I
mean
the
numbers,
while
not
as
bad
as
they
were
back
in,
say
january,
or
you
know
december,
as
as
ms
saunders
talked
about
earlier.
The
the
trend
lines
are
are
quite
alarming.
They
continue
for
very
long
at
all.
We
could
be
back
in
a
situation.
That's
you
know,
that's
really
bad.
A
But
if
they
you
know,
if
they
do
get
worse,
then
I
do
think
that
we
have
to
kind
of
continue
to
look
at
the
different
options
that
ultimately
will
be
effective
in
getting
us
out
of
this.
Getting
us
beyond
this
pandemic
so
which,
which
is
really
vaccines,
are
the
key
to
that.
So
thank
you
for
the
updates.
If
there's
no
other
questions
from
the
board,
I
think
we're
good
on
this
item.
Thanks
michael,
thank
you.
Yes,
sir
all
right.
The
next
item
is
approval
of
the
annual
tax
collection
settlement
in
jennifer
pike.
R
R
The
annual
settlement
requires
approval.
There
are
several
key
components
to
the
annual
settlement.
They
are
all
in
your
packet
there's
a
good
amount
of
information
in
those
there's,
a
summary
of
net
netlevian
collections
for
buncombe
county
and
the
jurisdiction
districts
we
bill
and
collect
on
behalf
of
there
is
a
separate
report
from
the
north
carolina
department
of
motor
vehicles.
R
So,
as
of
june
30,
2021
buncombe
county
regular
property,
tax
collection
rate
was
99.66
percent,
so
the
total
levy
of
regular
property
taxes,
which
is
real
estate
and
personal
property,
was
204
million
196
294
dollars
that
left
an
uncollected
at
june,
30
of
688
thousand
426
dollars.
So
to
compare
to
last
june
30,
we
were
ninety
nine
point.
Three
nine
percent
collected
leaving
one
million
one
hundred
ninety
one
thousand
five
hundred
three
dollars
uncollected.
R
A
L
N
N
O
Mr
chairman
commissioners,
I'm
pitch
hitting
for
philip
harden
today,
who
couldn't
be
here.
The
town
of
woodfin
is
asked
to
join
in
with
the
home
grant
program
which
this
board
announced
and
approved
along
with
the
city
of
asheville
in
the
middle
of
july,
the
town
of
woodfin
approved
fifteen
thousand
dollars
to
be
into
the
program
and
again,
the
program
is
an
applicant
has
to
have
lived
in
a
property
as
primary
residence
for
at
least
five
years
and
have
80
percent
less
earnings
of
the
area.
O
O
In
these
grant
funds,
any
grant
funds
award
can
be
applied
toward
a
tax
bill
or
any
general
household
bills
be
that
utility
mortgage
and
the
like,
and
so
this
is
a
interlocal
agreement,
because
we're
working
with
the
town
to
administer
its
funds.
So
the
statute
requires
that
we
have
a
resolution
approved
by
the
board,
spread
upon
the
minutes.
A
M
M
We
talked
about
this
a
little
bit
earlier
today
during
the
briefing
agenda
homeward
bound
submitted
a
request
to
buncombe
county
as
part
of
our
fiscal
recovery.
Funding,
rfp
or
request
for
proposals
within
that
request
is
the
purchase
of
a
property,
a
current
hotel
property
that
would
be
converted
into
permanent
supportive
housing
for
people
who
are
currently
homeless,
chronically
homeless.
M
M
The
reason
that
this
is
in
front
of
you
this
evening,
ahead
of
the
other
proposals
that
came
in
as
part
of
the
rfp
is
the
urgency
related
to
the
property
acquisition.
Homeward
bound
needs
to
have
the
funding
in
hand
no
later
than
august
14th,
and
so
we
have
pulled
that
section
of
the
proposal
for
your
consideration.
M
M
The
organization
is
a
long-standing
organization
within
buncombe
county
in
operation
since
1987.,
since
2006
they've
been
doing
permanent,
supportive
housing
and
they
have
an
89
success
rate.
Homeward
bound
also
brings
a
successful
history
of
effectively
managing
federal
funds,
which
is
what
would
be
involved
in
this
project
if
approved,
and
the
final
point
is
that
the
organization
is
projecting
a
39
reduction
in
chronic
homelessness
from
this
project.
M
A
B
No,
I
mean
it's,
we've
been
talking
for
years
as
a
community
and
as
a
society
brought,
you
know
broadly
that
housing
first
solutions
to
homelessness
is
the
way
out
of
the
the
crisis
we're
in-
and
this
is
one
step
buncombe
county
can
take
to
to
fight
that.
So
I
think
it's
great
I'm
proud
to
support
it.
N
S
I
really
commend
homeward
bound
for
the
incredible
work
that
each
of
you
here
and
your
board
members
and
your
volunteers
and
your
donors
have
put
forward
to
ensuring
that
this
becomes
a
reality
and
I'm
really
excited
for
buncombe
county
to
be
a
part
of
this
solution
for
our
homeless
community.
Thank
you
all
for
the
work
that
each
of
you
do.
A
A
People
have
tried
to
bring
this
together,
and
this
is
the
the
project
to
do
it
now.
So
it's
going
to
make
a
it's
going
to
make
a
real
difference
in
the
future
life
of
our
community
and
really
change
a
lot
of
lives.
So
I'm
glad
that
we're
here
today
and
excited
about
seeing
it
move
forward
all
in
favor
of
the
motion,
please
say:
aye
aye
any
opposed
all
right.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
all
from
bound
for
being
here
today.
T
T
You
approved
this
agreement
agenda
in
full
on
february,
2nd
the
state
needs
to
roll
forward
the
balance,
and
so
that
is
what
this
this
budget
amendment
does.
It
also
adds
75
000
of
new
money
so
that
we
will
be
roll
rolling
forward,
665
477
dollars
into
the
fy
22
budget
for
vaccination,
distribution
hub
and
related
activities.
A
A
A
A
Amanda,
did
you
second
that
motion
all
right
now
for
the
comprehensive
planned
steering
committee?
We
spent
a
lot
of
time
interviewing
a
lot
of
great
folks
who
stepped
forward
to
apply
for
this
two
weeks
ago,
and
we
have
initial
recommendations
on
most
of
them,
but
we're
going
to
make.
We
also
need
to
make
one
additional
decision
for
the
last
appointment,
but
what
I'd
like
to
do
first
is
make
a
motion
to
approve
all
the
applicants
who
I
believe,
kind
of
we
identified
as
rising
to
the
top
of
the
list
at
our
last
meeting.
J
T
A
N
A
All
in
favor,
please
say
aye
aye
any
opposed
all
right.
We
do
have
one
additional
position
to
appoint
and
there
were
several
folks
who
we
all
really
liked,
but
we
didn't
get
that
finished
at
the
last
meeting.
So
what
I'd
like
to
suggest
is
we
just
go
down
and
everyone
just
maybe
nominate
the
person
that
you're
most
in
favor
of
and
let's
see
if
somebody
gets
see
who
gets
the
most
nods.
P
A
A
N
A
A
N
A
A
A
L
M
B
A
So
he
got
three
brown
and
black
and
both
got
two.
So
did
I
add
that
up
right
lamar
he
did
okay,
all
right.
So
are
we
good
going
with
hall?
He
got
the
most.
He
got
the
most
votes,
it
wasn't
a
majority
vote,
but
is
anybody?
Does
anybody
object
I'll,
make
a
motion
to
appoint
hall
just
to
formalize
it
all
right,
all
in
favor,
please
say:
aye
aye.
L
J
A
U
U
U
U
A
L
U
Yes,
it's
up
to
the
board's
discretion,
but
that
can
be
done.
I
could
have
the
list
of
alternates
at
the
next
meeting
and
have
that
on
the
board
appointment
list
and
the
board
can
make
that
decision
and
then,
if
they
would
like
to
do
interviews
for
a
position
at
a
later
date,
that
could
be
accomplished
as
well.
A
Does
that
sound
all
right
to
the
commissioners,
we'll
review
the
alternates
and
the
next
meeting,
and
we
can
make
a
decision
to
appoint
one
of
them
to
be
a
what's
the
correct
term,
just
a
regular
member
yeah?
Yes,
okay,
all
right,
I
don't
hear
any
objections
to
that.
So,
let's
plan
on
taking
that
approach
all
right.
A
We
have
a
couple
of
announcements
on
august
17th
at
3
pm,
the
county
commissioners
will
hold
their
briefing
meeting
at
200
college
street
in
326
in
downtown
asheville
on
august
17th
at
5
pm,
the
county
commissioners
will
hold
a
regular
meeting
at
two
college
room
326
in
downtown
asheville.
We
do
have
a
need
for
a
closed
session
for
two
different
items.
Mr
free,
could
you
explain
what
they
are.