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Regular meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners for January 5, 2021. To view the meeting agenda, view previous meetings, or future agendas, you can visit buncombecounty.org/commissioners
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A
Is
there
a
motion?
Okay,
so
one
item
I
want
to
just
make
sure
we're
clear
on
in
terms
of
our
regular
agenda,
under
our
board
appointments
we're
going
to
talk
about
the
different
boards
and
commissions
that
county
commissioners
serve
on.
We
also
want
to
make
appointments
one
appointment
to
the
strategic
partners
grants
committee,
so
that'll
be
under
the
board
appointments
as
well.
A
Is
there
a
motion
to
approve
the
consent
agenda
and
to
follow
the
remainder
of
the
agenda
as
published
noting
the
two
items
I
just
mentioned?
Second,
all
in
favor,
please
say
aye
aye
any
opposed
all
rights.
Commissioners,
we
now
come
to
public
comment
and
folks
will
be
phoning
in
their
public
comments,
as
we've
been
doing
at
recent
meetings.
A
A
All
comments
made
by
residents
who
are
using
public
comments
should
address
the
entire
board
of
commissioners,
not
any
individual
members.
They
should
address
the
board
as
a
whole
and
should
respect
the
decorum
of
the
meeting
and
any
folks
who
do
not
adhere
to
those
policies,
we'll
we'll
ask
them
to
stop
and
we'll
disconnect
them
if
they
continue
to
not
adhere
to
those
all
right.
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A
D
And
I've
been
doing
a
lot
of
study
of
public
comments
since
our
last
bishopric
meeting
and
it's
very
obvious
to
see
what's
happening
and
what's
going
on,
and
I
think
it's
important
to
point
out
if
those
of
you
that
play
facebook
will
go
to
my
facebook,
you
will
see
a
recording
of
several
meetings
throughout
the
united
states
in
michigan
and
illinois,
where
there
is
some
very,
very
funny
comments
made
in
public
meetings.
One
is
the
city
council
and
everybody's
laughing.
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D
F
F
G
G
Thank
you,
hello,
commissioners.
This
is
rachel
bliss,
and
I
appreciate
that.
We
brought
attention
to
the
reverend
martin
luther
king
jr
tonight,
and
I
have
a
reading
that
I
want
to
share
with
you
and
it
deals
with
the
three
evils
that
reverend
king
talked
about
and
was
very
concerned
about.
The
first
two
were
were
racism
and
poverty,
but
then
he
says
now
I
want
to
deal
with
the
third
evil
that
constitutes
the
dilemma
of
our
nation
and
the
world,
and
that
is
the
evil
of
war.
G
G
G
Now
I
know
that
there
are
people
who
are
confused
about
the
war
and
they
say
to
me
and
anyone
who
speaks
out
against
it.
You
shouldn't
be
speaking
out
you're
a
civil
rights
leader
and
the
two
issues
should
not
be
joined
together.
Well,
the
two
issues
are
tied
together
and
I'm
going
to
keep
them
together.
G
G
This
again
is
regard
to
in
regard
to
pratt
whitney
was
the
19
march
2020
hearing
scheduled
for
this
project
at
ab
tech
that
was
cancelled
because
of
the
pandemic
ever
held
on
another
date
and
by
another
medium
or
venue.
I
understand
written
comments
were
accepted
until
april
20th,
but
by
what
means
was
the
public
able
to
be
presented
this
project
and
verbally
question
comment
and
exchange
dialogue
on
this
project?
G
Also
just
fyi
many
of
my
inca
neighbors
of
all
political
persuasions
are
unhappy
with
this
project.
The
infrastructure
here
has
not
kept
up
with
development,
making
30
minute
traffic
jams
the
norm
on
pretty
much
all
the
roads
around
here
when
schools
are
in
session,
which
of
course
hasn't
been
the
case,
but
will
be
again,
and
I
have
no
idea
what
kind
of
stress
this
project
is
going
to
put
on
our
water
sewer
systems
and
other
infrastructure.
G
Could
someone
explain
how
this
is
when
asheville's
ge
plant
and
I
believe,
doran's
ge
plant-
are
laying
off
employees
because
of
the
decline
of
commercial
air
travel
and
resulting
low
number
of
commercial
aircraft
orders
during
the
pandemic
economy?
Why
would
pratt
whitney
close
its
facilities
and
lay
off
employees
elsewhere
and
spend
so
much
money
to
move
here?
I
I
wanted
to
call
attention
to
two
items
on
the
agenda
that
one
of
which
you
actually
already
passed,
which
is
the
on
the
consent
agenda,
the
resolution
to
approve
the
naming
of
the
creek,
the
pakote
branch,
and
just
to
express
my
appreciation
for
this
resolution
and
to
thank
you
all
for
voting
for
it.
I
think
it's
a
it's
terrific
that
we
are
honoring,
the
pakote
family,
matthew,
paco,
jr
and
his
mother
and
for
all
their
contributions
to
our
local
community.
I
This
just
is
a
is
a
good
thing,
and
I
appreciate
you
all
for
for
giving
your
consent
to
this
and
then
the
second
item,
which
I'm
also
in
favor
of,
is
on
the
new
business
agenda,
which
is
the
budget
amendment
for
the
dogwood
trust
grant.
That
is
allocating
some
more
funding
for
the
community,
paramedic
team
and
a
program
manager
of
that
team,
and
I
just
from
everything
I'm
reading.
It
seems
like
a
really
a
a
a
positive
program
to
equip
paramedics
to
respond
to
nine
one.
I
One
calls
for
folks
that
are
suffering
from
from
overdose.
It
just
seems
like
a
step
in
the
direction
of
moving
these
kinds
of
situations
out
of
the
hands
of
our
sheriff's
department
or
the
police
department,
and
into
the
hands
of
folks
that
can
more
readily
address
these
kinds
of
issues.
So
that's
in
your
new
business
agenda.
I
encourage
you
all
to
vote
in
favor
of
that
and
yeah.
Thank
you
very
much.
J
J
Just
a
few
days
ago,
the
u.s
congress
passed
the
national
defense
authorization
act,
including
9.1
billion
dollars
for
93
fighter
jets,
14
more
than
the
pentagon
requested.
Why
did
congress
spend
that
much
on
so
many
warplanes,
because
the
defense
contractors
wanted
them?
It
is
an
important
part
of
their
business
model.
J
The
third
largest
of
the
defense
contractors
in
the
u.s
bratton
whitney
makes
the
engines
for
the
f-35s
and
now,
thanks
to
this
county,
commission,
pat
and
whitney,
is
setting
up
shop
here
in
buncombe
county
and
a
few
hundred
people
will
get
jobs,
maybe
more.
If
raytheon
and
its
fellow
contractors
can
keep
the
politicians
in
their
pockets
and
keep
the
wars
going
around
the
world
and
even
increase
them,
congratulations
to
you
all
for
knowing
a
growth
industry.
J
When
you
see
one,
maybe
you
think
that
we
should
be
grateful
to
you
for
getting
these
jobs
here
and
that
we
should
not
feel
any
shame
or
guilt
about
being
part
of
an
industry
that
profits
from
war.
After
all,
we
are
not
the
ones
making
the
decisions
for
war.
We
are
only
making
our
livelihoods
dependent
on
those
who
do,
and
the
good
news
is
that
we
don't
even
have
to
know
what
our
engines
will
end
up
doing.
J
The
trick
for
you,
commissioners,
and
the
local
power
brokers
and
the
media
is
to
keep
everyone's
attention
on
the
jobs
and
to
dismiss
people
who
try
to
raise
the
larger
issues
of
war
and
climate
change
as
being
idealist.
People
who
believe
in
unicorns
and
aren't
realistic
about
addressing
the
pressing
needs
of
unemployment
and
poverty
in
our
community.
J
Above
all,
the
trick
is
not
to
see
that
we
are
all
global
citizens
on
this
earth
and
that
the
decisions
we
make
here
affect
people
just
like
ourselves
in
another
part
of
the
world.
In
the
case
of
your
agreement
with
pratt
whitney,
you
have
decided
to
trade,
our
jobs
for
others
lives
and
to
contribute
to
a
bleak
climate
future
for
our
very
own
children.
G
G
G
G
I
have
never
thought
of
the
vance
monument
as
a
symbol
of
hate.
I'm
aware
that
to
some
people
it
represents
a
tribute
to
a
complex
and
flawed
man,
but
by
destroying
this
monument
we
are
forgetting
what
was
and
losing
a
valuable
teaching
monument
a
teaching
moment.
Excuse
me,
I
would
like
to
see
an
artwork
installed
in
proximity
at
the
vance
monument
that
juxtaposes
where
we
were
in
the
late
1800s
with
where
we
are
today.
G
I
would
also
note
that
monument
is
made
of
granite
granite
is
not
just
to
build
a
material.
It
is
a
powerful
stone
found
all
over
the
world.
The
mayans
and
other
ancient
cultures
shared
a
belief
that
granite
had
tremendous
healing
power.
They
believed
it.
Let
them
flow
toward
living
in
a
state
of
grace,
defeating
negativity
and
bringing
abundance
to
their
lives
and
helpful
in
balancing
relationships.
H
H
It's
community
based
and
it
really
empowers
students
to
take
charge
of
their
learning
and
public
montessori
has
been
shown
in
multiple
studies
to
be
effective
at
closing
opportunity.
It's
a
real
gem
of
a
program
and
we
need
to
grow
it
not
hobble
it.
However,
what
I'm
really
concerned
about
is
that
same
time,
acs
is
moving
the
pre-k
out
of
the
building.
This
decision
was
made
without
input
or
collaboration
of
stakeholders,
including
the
families
and
staff
of
the
preschool
acs
says
they
are
freezing
preschool
enrollment
and
moving
pre-k
classrooms
to
as
yet
undetermined
locations.
H
A
five-star
preschool
certification
is
hard
to
get,
and
it
requires
many
expenses.
How
do
they
compare
to
what's
required
to
stay
in
the
building?
Why
are
these
students
with
moving
during
the
global
pandemic,
with
no
plan
in
place?
Why
are
we
freezing
pre-k
enrollment
when
it's
more
necessary
than
ever?
As
I
know,
you
all
know,
because
you
have
prioritized
it
as
a
commission-
a
centralized
location
like
the
preschool
allows
teachers
to
create
a
strong
professional
community
in
which
they
can
work
together
to
create
the
best
possible
educational
and
socio-emotionally
supportive
experiences
for
our
youngest
students.
H
H
H
How
will
selling
the
centralized
property
contribute
to
that
long-term
sustainability,
with
no
clear
long-term
plan
in
place
and
no
immediate
danger
to
staff
and
students
at
the
current
actual
primary
school
locations?
These
fast-paced
changes
raise
many
questions
and
I
hope
you
will
join
us
in
asking
them.
Thank
you.
K
And
you
know
it's
it's
a
very
upsetting
situation,
because
myself
and
a
lot
of
people
feel
like
there
wasn't
enough
transparency
like
we
didn't
get
a
chance
to
really
voice
our
opinion
before
you
guys
had
already
decided
that
you
were
going
to
offer
them
all
this
money.
I
mean
27
million
dollars.
That's
a
that's!
A
large
chunk
of
change
to
go
ahead
and
just
offer
to
somebody
without
talking
to
your
constituents
first
and
really
getting
a
feel
for
where
they
feel
that
money
should
be
going,
especially
during
a
pandemic.
K
When
you
know
our
economy
is
struggling
and
you
know
the
people
are
struggling,
I
really
feel
like
there
are
things
that
could
have
gone
towards.
That
would
be
more
beneficial
and
the
fact
that
you
know
the
people
that
have
been
voicing
their
concerns
about
this
plant
really
haven't
gotten
any
any
response.
K
Any
noticeable
response
from
the
city.
I
mean
that
city
council,
they
have
pardoned
me.
The
county
commissioners,
is
pretty
upsetting.
You
know
a
lot
of
us
have
written
letters,
we
have
protested,
we
have
posted
on
social
media.
We
have
written
letters
to
the
editor
and
really
only
a
few
people
have
gotten
these
sort
of
canned
responses
and
the
one
commissioner,
who
said
that
they
were
willing
to
meet
with
a
group
of
constituents,
then
backed
out
after
there
was
a
protest
which
is
pretty
silly.
In
my
opinion,
especially,
you
know.
K
If
your
constituents
are
showing
you
that
they
are
unhappy,
then
there's
obviously
an
issue,
there's
obviously
something
there.
That
needs
to
be
addressed,
so
I
really
hope
you
know.
I
haven't
gotten
a
chance
to
listen
to
the
meeting
today
because
I'm
actually
at
work,
I'm
stepping
away
from
my
job
to
do
this
right
now
because
I'm
so
concerned
about
what's
going
on,
and
I
really
hope
that
the
county
commissioners
reconsider
what
they're
doing
with
that
land
and
what
they're
allowing
to
be
done
with
that
land.
K
L
We
joined
the
asheville
primary
school
family
in
2019
and
have
been
thrilled
with
all
of
the
aspects
of
the
school.
We
do,
however,
have
some
concerns
about
the
process
of
closing
the
school.
How
do
you
justify
closing
a
five-star
preschool
and
dispersing
the
classrooms
throughout
the
district?
We're
told
this
is
due
to
decreased
enrollment.
L
L
This
is
not
unique
to
asheville
or
to
the
asheville
primary
school
community
trends
around
the
country
show
people
leaving
big
cities
and
moving
to
asheville
we're
going
to
need
more
schools.
Where
is
the
long-term
plan
to
accommodate
the
students
that
are
moving
here?
Closing
a
school
is
a
short-sighted
decision.
L
What
is
the
plan
for
how
to
accommodate
us
as
we
grow?
When
we
come
out
of
this
pandemic,
we
need
to
be
able
to
recover
to
the
capacity
we
were
at
and
then
increase
capacity
to
accommodate
the
families
that
are
moving
here
more
than
any
other
school
in
the
district.
Asheville
primary
is
blending
children
of
all
backgrounds
together
in
racial
diversity
with
academic
excellence,
parent
and
teacher
satisfaction
rates
are
so
high.
L
This
is
a
time
that
we
need
to
determine
how
to
move
forward.
Our
school
states
that
we
are
a
community
that
prepares
children
to
be
kind,
proactive,
critical
thinkers
and
problem
solvers
who
positively
impact
their
communities.
Now
in
the
future,
we
respectfully
request
that
leadership
of
our
community
focus
on
how
to
be
proactive,
critical
thinkers.
That
problem
solves
to
find
a
solution
for
how
asheville
primary
can
maintain.
M
Live
you
good
afternoon,
commissioner.
I'm
I'm
grateful
for
the
opportunity
to
share
my
voice.
As
a
concerned,
citizen
of
this
community,
my
name
is
autumn
pittman.
I
have
lived
in
nashville
nearly
20
years.
I
moved
here
after
college
as
part
of
an
americorps
program
to
do
the
good
work
of
helping
at-risk
youth
in
our
schools.
My
son
was
born
here
in
2004
and
attends
public
school.
I
have
been
a
middle
school
teacher
and
presently
my
husband
and
I
own
and
operate
a
restaurant
in
oakley.
We
have
been
a
small
business
owner
since
2014.
M
in
january
of
2020.
My
family
purchased
a
home
in
the
richmond
hill
community.
I'm
here
today
to
comment
on
my
concerns
for
the
unsustainable
growth
and
development
we
are
seeing
and
the
threat
this
poses
on
the
very
thing
that
makes
this
a
desirable
place
to
live,
work
and
visit
as
more
people
flood
to
the
area
to
enjoy
the
natural
beauty
we
are
blessed
with,
as
well
as
a
lively,
downtown
scene
full
of
creative,
locally
driven
businesses
is
imperative
that
we
strive
to
maintain
a
balance
between
growth,
industry
and
the
national
environment
that
nurtures
us.
M
So
I
am
not
naive
to
the
fact
that
we
are
indeed
growing
and
we
do
need
housing,
but
we
must
take
a
big
picture
approach
to
how
to
integrate
these
three
things
harmoniously,
as
developers
come
out,
come
from
out
of
the
area
seeking
to
essentially
mine
their
fortune
from
these
mountains
and
take
the
profits
with
them.
First,
we
must
give
priority
to
local
developers
who
will
use
the
local
workforce
and
keep
this
money
within
the
local
economy.
We
must
be
adamant
that
plans
to
develop
prioritize
density
within
the
existing
infrastructure.
Before
succumbing
to
urban
sprawl.
M
As
these
proposals
are
put
on
your
desk
for
approval,
I
ask
that
you
consider
the
welfare
of
the
community
as
a
whole
dates
them
more
than
just
dollars
and
cents.
Do
these
developments
take
into
consideration
the
community
at
large
or
are
they
simply
being
pushed
through
for
a
quick
dollar?
Do
we
truly
benefit
in
the
long
run?
If
these
plans
are
not
thoughtfully
drawn
out,
what
impact
will
they
have?
M
M
Does
the
development
strive
to
integrate
green
spaces
in
a
substantial
way
and
not
just
placate
to
minimal
standards?
How
will
the
development
affect
our
air
water
quality?
These
things
must
be
considered
in
order
to
really
implement
sustainable
development,
and
this
must
be
a
priority.
Thank
you
for
your
service
to
the
community
for
hearing
my
concerns.
May
honor
integrity
always
guide
you
in
your
work.
Thank
you.
N
Hi
this
is
linda
wolfe
and
I
live
in
candler,
and
I
just
am
calling
to
thank
the
commissioners
for
two
things.
Thank
you
for
honoring,
a
prominent
black
family
in
our
community
with
naming
the
the
branch
of
the
french
broad.
I
think
that's
a
visionary
move
and
I'm
really
happy
to
see
things
like
that
happen.
N
I
hope
it's
the
beginning
of
much
more
of
that
kind
of
effort
to
acknowledge
all
the
citizens
of
our
community,
and
the
second
thing
and
much
more
important
to
me
is
to
thank
you
for
increasing
the
funding
for
the
paramedic
program.
That,
again
is
a
visionary
move
on
your
part
and
I'm
very,
very
proud
that
you
guys
have
made
that
choice.
Thank
you
very
much.
O
Hello,
my
name
is
shelby,
I
live
and
I
work
in
asheville.
I
am
a
small
business
owner
over
the
last
nine
months.
Working
in
a
small
business
has
definitely
been
a
struggle
between
the
lockdowns
people's
uncertainty
and
capacity
limits,
but
we've
managed
to
get
through
in
a
meet
and
early
on
in
the
pandemic.
O
You
all
voted
to
mandate
masks
in
buncombe
county
before
the
state
did
then,
in
the
next
meeting
you
decided
that
ui
would
follow
state
guidelines,
I'm
okay,
with
following
state
guidelines
during
this
time,
but
here
we
are
again
you're
trying
to
do
more
than
the
state
and
you're
trying
to
cut
us
back
to
now.
Instead
of
50
30,
we
already
dread
this
time
of
year
in
the
restaurant
industry
january
and
february
are
always
slow
and
now
you're
wanting
to
knock
us
down
even
more.
O
During
all
of
this,
the
capacity
limits
has
not
made
an
impact
on
your
pay,
but
it
sure
has
ours.
You
are
an
elected
official
who
would
not
be
there
if
it
wasn't
for
us,
you
work
for
us,
but
it
doesn't
seem
as
though
you
care
about
us.
I'm
challenging
all
of
you,
commissioners
to
really
sit
back
and
think
about
what
it
is
doing
to
our
local
businesses
that
you
all
want
us
to
support.
Thanks
for
your.
O
E
P
Climate
change
is
getting
worse
and
worse
every
year,
which
is
causing
a
lot
of
natural
disasters,
floods,
earthquakes,
hurricanes
fires.
I
mean
you,
keep
seeing
all
the
numbers
go
up.
You
can
look
at
any
of
the
graphs
and
this
is
going
to
get
worse
and
I
know
that
they
apparently
have
met
their
regulations
for
the
epa
or
the
deq
around
here.
P
But
as
somebody
who
lives
right
by
the
river
right
down
the
road
from
where
this
plan
is
going
to
be,
I'm
telling
you
it
is
a
flood
plain
and
as
climate
change
continues
to
worsen,
which
it
will
over
the
next
10
years,
natural
disasters
are
going
to
happen
and
the
holding
tanks
that
they're
going
to
be
keeping
all
the
runoff
chemicals
and
all
of
the
things
that
are
toxic.
That
have
destroyed
places
like
florida,
california,
minnesota
michigan.
P
All
these
places,
there's
90
open
court
cases
against
raytheon
for
their
environmental
destruction,
and
that
is
going
to
happen
here
in
asheville
and
it
is
going
to
go
right
into
the
river
and
it's
going
to
be
right
below
the
parkway
and
it
is
going
to
destroy
the
environment
and
that's
not
even
considering
how
the
actual
use
of
the
war
machines
that
they're
making
are
going
to
destroy
the
environment.
So
I'm
asking
you
once
again:
please
please,
please
continue
thinking
about
this.
It
is
not
too
late.
Please
do
not
let
them
build
this
plant
here.
P
Q
R
Hello,
this
is
melody
shank
and
I
live
in
swannanoa
when
I
drive
around
buncombe
county
these
days.
I
it's
hard
to
know
that
people
are
suffering
financially
during
the
pandemic.
There's
new
development
everywhere
it
looks
like
we
are
having
an
economic
boom.
New
subdivision
and
hotel
development
abound.
The
raytheon
pratt,
whitney
manufacturing
side
is
well
underway.
R
Wow
what's
happening,
it
takes
a
very
engaged
citizen
to
follow
any
of
these
projects,
since
most
of
the
development
planning
happened
a
long
time
before
the
public
even
knows
it
is
happening
or
has
an
opportunity
to
give
public
comment.
This
has
been
the
case
with
the
pratt
whitney
manufacturing
plant.
R
I
suppose
I
should
thank
you
for
all
for
you
all
for
helping
me
learn
at
least
a
little
bit
more
about
how
economic
development
projects
come
about.
I
spend
hours
tracking
down
the
timeline
of
the
development
of
the
project.
Thankfully,
the
army
corps
of
engineers
and
north
carolina
department
of
environmental
quality
review
process
can
be
traced
through
publicly
accessible
documents,
but
it's
a
laborious,
time-consuming
process.
R
What
is
not
traceable
is
the
economic
development
planning
process
process.
How
do
these
projects
come
about?
There
is
no
tracking
of
the
process
that
took
place
for
the
golden
lease
foundation,
grant
for
the
building
of
the
bridge
or
the
city
county,
economic
development
coalition,
discussion
and
planning
for
this
project
or
the
15
months
that
you,
our
representatives,
spent
in
deliberation
about
this
project
is
now
a
done
deal
actually
the
process.
R
The
project
was
a
done
deal
before
you
held
your
public
discussion
and
probably
comment
time
on
november,
the
17th
the
public
could
not
possibly
have
been
informed
about,
consented
to
or
opposed
the
project
before
it
was
all
all
it
already
had
the
green
light.
As
I
understand
you
deliberated
under
the
pro
about
the
project
on
the
under
non-disclosure
agreements,
that's
a
pretty
heavy
veil.
R
I
want
you
to
do
better
for
the
citizens
of
our
county,
make
the
board
of
adjustment,
quasi
judicial
review
process
more
accessible
for
the
average
citizen.
Very
few
projects
have
consequences
only
for
the
immediate
neighbors
of
the
site
and
a
project
like
pratt
whitney
has
far
reaching
global
life
and
death
consequences.
R
R
You
may
have
pondered
these
questions
and
more
in
your
15
months
of
deliberations,
but
your
answers
were
not
public.
I'm
happy
to
hear
that
you
were
deliberating
about
ways
to
make
approval
of
large
development
projects
more
transparent,
publicly
accessible
and
with
increased
opportunities
for
public
engagement
before
deals
are
done.
Please
do
it
sooner
rather
than
later,.
G
T
You've
got
a
one-sided
pitch
from
a
criminal
enterprise,
whitney
raytheon
and
if
we
had
15
months
to
consider
what
to
do
with
this
precious
arrowhead
point
land
on
the
french
fraud.
I
believe
that
we,
rather
than
than
tying
our
economic
wagon
to
a
mega
corporation,
that
is
even
more
damaging
than
the
tobacco
industry.
That
was
which
the
golden
leaf
money
came
from
and
setting
us
up
for
future
liability.
T
They
know
that
their
jobs
and
many
of
them
will
be
trying
to
pick
up
jobs
here
instead
of
getting
it
instead
of
hiring
hiring
locals,
but
they're
furious
and
and
in
fact,
without
the
protection
of
a
union,
unless
one
gets
quickly
organized
it's
much
more
likely
that
pratt
and
whitney
will
get
away
with
crimes
like
they're.
Currently.
T
The
very
same
plant
is
being
sued
for
for
fraud
for
falsifying
the
coatings,
these
very
dangerous
coatings,
and
there
are
carcinogenic
chemicals
that
the
workers
won't
be
protected,
but
that
would
be
better
if
the
job
stayed
there
and
the
compliance
coming
online.
At
the
same
time
that
the
contract
is
expiring.
It's
a
dirty
move
by
the
corporation
you've
got
to
re,
represent
small
business
and
are
long-term.
S
S
My
concern
is
is
that
we
have
gone
by
the
guidelines
that
you
guys
have
put
on
us
and
we've
barely
been
making
it
and
now
you're
wanting
us
to
go
down
to
30
percent.
My
question
is:
is
you
guys
have
not
taken
a
pay
cut
of
any
kind,
and
I
would
ask
you
how
you
could
live
on
a
30
pay
cut,
because
we
are
not
going
to
be
able
to
make
it
on
30
as
hard
as
we
are
striving
right
now.
U
S
A
U
U
A
A
A
W
X
Good
afternoon,
commissioners
just
want
to
report
back
to
the
board.
Early
last
month
we
had
closed
session
and
the
board
authorized
settlement
of
a
lawsuit
involving
randall
mcmahan,
his
wife,
nancy,
mcmahon,
son,
michael
mcmahon,
that
lawsuit
was
against
former
sheriff
van
duncan
deputies,
david
reed,
tyler,
mcdonald,
paul
o'connor
and
western
surety
insurance
company,
and
it
was
removed
to
u.s
district
court
19
cv
339
at
mediation.
X
Pursuant
to
your
authority,
the
county
agreed
to
settle
that
case
for
167
500,
plus
mediation
fees,
which
was
1865
dollars.
To
give
you
some
light
as
to
why
we
felt
that
was
important
to
settle
the
claim.
The
allegations
were
that
the
mcmahan's
contacted
law
enforcement
to
try
to
get
help
with
their
son.
A
son
was
having
some
issues
and
had
an
arrest
warrant
out
for
him.
X
X
What
is
a
matter
of
public
record
at
this
point?
Pursuant
to
a
national
citizen
times,
public
records
request
is
that
two
of
the
deputies,
reed
and
mcdonald
were
suspended
without
pay
for
two
days
following
the
incident.
So
the
incident
originally
occurred
in
october
2017
and
the
lawsuit
was
fired
in
october,
19
removed
federal
court.
X
Y
This
is
that,
when
these
cases
do
come
to
light,
we
we
do
take
time
to
talk
about
them,
and
certainly
the
employee
and
personnel
issues
would
fall
under
the
jurisdiction
of
the
sheriff's
office,
but
as
the
entity,
that's
ultimately
responsible
for
the
settlement
payment
and
that
ultimately
employs
people
who
who
are
responding
to
calls
like
this.
I
think
we
do
have
a
responsibility
to
make
sure
that
we're
doing
everything
in
our
power
to
make
sure
that
incidents
like
this
never
happen
again.
Thank
you.
X
A
Z
Good
evening,
chairman
and
commissioners,
so
it's
been
mentioned
a
few
times
this
evening.
There
is
a
budget
amendment
before
you
for
our
grants
project
fund.
It
is
a
request
to
establish
a
grant
funded
position
and
the
budget
for
such
position,
with
funding
from
dogwood
trust
in
support
of
a
program
manager
for
the
community
paramedic
team.
Z
AA
Good
evening,
commissioners,
my
name
is
taylor
jones,
I'm
the
emergency
services
director
for
buncombe
county,
and
I'm
here
today
to
provide
you
with
an
update
on
what
ms
burnett
was
just
speaking
to
the
amendment
to
our
community
paramedic
program,
but
also
we'd
like
to
lead
by
saying
that
we
provide
we
provide.
We
want
to
provide
you
with
a
video
tonight
that
kind
of
provides
a
high
level
overview
of
the
community
paramedic
program
and
what
they've
been
doing
over
the
last
two
months.
B
AC
R
AA
AD
AD
AF
AF
AG
AG
AA
Bombay
so,
as
fletcher's
stated
earlier
about
the
relationships
that
we've
built
between
public
health
and
emergency
services
being
on
the
front
lines
together,
we're
also
doing
this
for
the
community
paramedic
program.
So
the
port
specialist
that
stoney's
group
has
really
brought
to
bayer
is
making
contact
with
those
patients
within
that
first
24
hours,
most
of
the
time,
but
within
72
hours
in
the
worst
time.
AA
So
if
you
remember
back
in
the
summer,
we
asked
the
board
of
commissioners
for
approval
of
a
grant
for
382
000.
That
would
run
from
may
2020
on
the
approval
date
to
may
2021
this
year,
because
kovid,
we,
we
weren't,
able
to
get
the
hiring
done,
there's
a
little
issue
with
getting
the
vehicle
on
some
of
the
equipment
in
a
timely
manner.
So
it
was
actually
november
the
8th
when
we
actually
had
the
first
community
paramedics
hitting
the
streets.
AA
AA
AA
Buncombe
county
is
very
enriched
with
capabilities
services
to
our
our
citizens.
For
for
these
type
issues,
but
a
lot
of
times,
it's
connecting
that
patient,
knowing
the
right
services
in
the
right
mix
based
on
that
patient's
symptoms
that
they're
presenting
in
the
time
it's
also
availability
of
space.
AA
So
one
of
the
things
that
the
community
paramedic
does
is
a
constantly
monitor
this
day-to-day
and
they're
in
the
streets
working
with
our
clients,
they're
in
our
homeless,
shelters
working
with
the
homeless,
shelters,
they're,
helping
giving
out
food
in
the
community
all
to
build
stronger
relationships,
because
we
we
think
that's
the
key.
Strong
relationships
builds
towards
a
healthier,
stronger
community.
AA
We've
seen,
patients
in
the
last
two
months
be
revived
with
narcan,
okay
and
showing
a
picture.
What
they
look
like
and
then
be
able
to
say
in
that
that
time
of
post
resuscitation
you're
this
close
and
it's
made
a
strong
difference
of
being
able
to
reach
to
that
patient
and
I'll.
Let
our
community
paramedics
speak
more
to
that,
but
that's
that
wind
of
opportunity
that
we
really
feel
like
I'm
we're
doing
a
good
job
and
seizing
that.
AA
AA
AD
You
know,
though,
we've
been
in
public
safety
for
a
long
time.
In
this
area
we
don't
overlap
with
public
health.
That
often
in
fact,
very
little,
and
so
some
of
our
downtime
has
been
really
useful
in
learning
about
other
organizations
and
stakeholders
and
people
that
are
already
out
in
the
community
providing
what
they
can
of
these
services
and
we
were
able
to
sort
of
seamlessly
plug
into
that
some
of
the
code.
AD
Purple,
shelters
just
didn't
really
have
access
to
the
same
patients
that
we
did
or
the
demographics
or
the
you
know,
administration
that
we
did,
and
so
we
were
able
as
simple
as
it
sounds
just
to
get
the
code
purple
hours
and
availability
in
real
time
out
to
patients
on
a
nightly
basis.
We
sort
of
developed
this
relationship
with
the
code
purple
folks,
where
they
now
call
us
and
say
hey.
AD
This
is
how
many
beds
we
have
left,
or
this
is
how
many
male
and
female
you
know
spots
and
then
we're
able
to
out
in
the
community
sort
of
disseminate
that
information
to
the
patients,
and
so
it
started
small.
But
just
even
on
christmas
day
we
were
able
for
several
hours
of
downtime
to
go
out
to
different
places
and
help
them
feed
or
help
them.
AD
You
know
figure
things
out
for
people
that
they
couldn't
have
figured
out
otherwise,
and
we
started
a
coat
drive.
Actually
robbie
did
just
within
our
own
employee
pool
sorry.
This
is
I've
never
tried
to
speak
in
one
of
these
like
suffocating,
but
we
started
our
own
little
coat
drive
and
it
was
so
successful
that
we
were
able
to
go
out
to
some
of
the
shelters
and
just
give
it
to
them,
because
we
don't.
We
don't
have
the
organization,
our
infrastructure
yet
to
sort
of
hand
stuff
out
and
with
covid.
AD
AA
So
one
of
the
things
when
we
selected
this
team
is
we
selected
people
that
had
a
caring
heart
that
had
a
real
passion
for
helping
people,
and
this
team
has
really
stepped
up
and
done
that
during
the
worst
of
times
I
mean
we're
all
in
new
times
and
and
the
public
safety.
The
emergency
services
team
has
really
had
a
lot
put
on
them
during
this
time
I
want
to.
AA
I
want
to
do
a
little
bit
like
dr
hathaway
did
so
I
want
to
thank
our
team
first
responders:
fire
departments,
emergency
services,
team,
the
public
health
team
and
how
we've
all
come
together
during
this
time,
and
thank
you
all
for
the
support
that
you've
given
us,
because
it
boils
down
to
helping
the
community
and
our
is
really
doing
a
good
job
with
that
right
now,
I
feel
so.
Let's
talk
about
vision,
okay,
it's
something
I
love
to
talk
about
is
how
our
community
paramedics
has
this
advanced
scope
of
practice.
AA
You
know
a
patient
care
navigator,
a
social
worker
across
this
hotline,
all
these
critical
services
to
these
patients
at
the
right
time.
We
treat
odds
through
these
calls.
We
send
law
enforcement
when
it's
appropriate,
but
we
envision
in
the
future.
We
can
have
a
team
that
will
be
more
social
worker,
driven,
more
medically
driven.
AA
So,
to
get
there
to
kind
of
take
this
next
step,
we're
asking
for
approval
tonight
for
his
program
management
position
and
she
and
that
position
is
going
to
be
tasked
with
building
relationships
within
our
community,
because
to
have
a
real
change.
Team
begins
with
all
of
our
communities,
stepping
up
to
make
a
difference:
okay,
engaging
all
those
community
things
because
together
we're
so
strong
as
a
shirt
say
on
the
back
one
bunker,
and
that's
that's
what
I
really
want.
I
want
us
to
be
a
one
bunkum
team.
AA
We
have
been
through
covia,
we've
done
remarkable
things
as
a
community,
and
I
just
want
to
continue
that
as
we
push
this
team
out
and
reimagine
public
safety,
we
look
forward
to
hear
more
guidance.
I
know
many
commissioners
have
been
involved
in
the
vision
of
this
and
we
look
forward
to
that
in
the
future
to
to
build
this
to
really
meet
what
the
demand
is
in
the
in
the
community.
AA
Well,
thank
you,
sir,
for
those
kind
words
and
and
the
support
that
you're
giving
us,
but
one
of
the
reasons
we
need
to
do
this
program
more
now
than
we
ever
have,
because
we've
seen
an
increase
across
the
nation
in
opioids
because
of
the
depression
that
this
pandemic
has
caused.
We've
also
seen
an
increase
in
mental
health
and
suicides.
AA
C
I
had
a
question
or
two
sure
yeah.
First
of
all,
again,
thank
you
so
much
to
you
and
your
staff
for
this
amazing
work.
It
sounds
like
you've
done
a
lot
just
in
two
months
with
those
like
quantitative
cases.
That's
that's
tremendous.
I
guess
my
my
question
is
you
know.
Before
I
was
elected,
I
read.
I
read
a
good
bit
about
programs
like
this
over
the
summer
and
there's
other
places
other
towns
and
counties
across
the
country
that
have
implemented
similar
programs
and
one
thing
that
was
striking
to
me.
C
Looking
at
all
those
is
they
they
always
seem
to
to.
I
guess
looking
in
the
rearview
mirror,
but
they
seem
to
be
able
to
calculate
the
quantity
or
the
percentage
of
9-1-1
calls
that
these
types
of
programs
kind
of
took
off
of
of
the
burden
of
law
enforcement,
and
I'm
wondering
if
it's,
if
you're,
able
to
to
see
that
with
your
through
your
vision,
moving
forward
over
this
with
this
program,
so.
AA
Commissioner
sloan
we
we
have
done
a
very
in-depth
look
at
that.
We
feel
like
it's
going
to
be
between
12,
000
and
16
calls
a
year,
depending
on
what
nature
codes
that
we
put
out
towards
this
team.
So
you
think
about
that.
That's
a
very
large
response
team
to
do
that.
It
also
requires
us
to
re-look
at
you
know
the
asheville
police
department.
You
know
that's
taking
consideration,
they
come
into
our
9-1-1
center
because
there's
a
lot
of
that
call
volume.
AA
AA
AA
Paramedic
program
looks
like
the
community,
and
so
that's
the
way
we
want
to
move
forward
is
looking
more
like
our
community
building
up
that
grassroots
support
within
our
community,
so
we
can
do
more
based
on
the
health
care
needs
of
our
community,
so
sixteen
thousand
calls
starting
with
that.
First
response:
it's
gonna
require
a
lot
of
resources.
It's
also
gonna
require
the
way
we
do
our
911
dispatch
yeah,
because
a
lot
of
these
things,
a
lot
of
these
calls
will
not
require
responses
in
the
field.
AA
Some
of
it
can
be
handled
through
the
911
center,
with
crisis
hotline
services
with
social
workers
with
mental
health
nurses.
All
that
tree
odds
can
start
because
when
you
start
doing
something
this
different,
you
got
to
do
it
right,
if
not,
there's
going
to
be
loss
of
life,
and
so
we
kind
of
working
really.
AA
Our
model
looks
a
little
bit
like
the
homeless
response
team
that
ems
created
in
travis,
county,
texas,
austin,
texas
area,
it's
built
around
the
homeless,
needs
the
opioid
crisis,
but
where
we
pick
a
little
different,
a
stance
is
bringing
the
9-1-1
center
in
there
to
do
the
early
crisis.
Intervention
that
call
for
help,
because
the
number
one
barrier
to
health
care
for
the
underprivileged
is
access
to
care.
AA
It's
very
easy
because,
because
the
marginalized
communities
have
always
used
ems
and
9-1-1
is
where
they
start
for
their
call
for
help.
We've
already
built
those
relationships
with
those
communities
we
in
those
communities
and
this
community
paramedic
program
is
really
doing
a
lot
to
even
boast
even
more
of
what
we
need
to
be
doing
in
those
communities.
A
All
right,
great
question
all
right:
taylor,
claire
everybody
on
the
team.
Thank
you
so
much.
This
is
a
very
positive
update.
I'm
sure
everybody
here
is
excited
to
hear
about
this.
We've
been
excited
about
the
concepts
and
now
it's
great
to
see
more
more
of
this
coming
out
on
the
out
on
the
ground.
So
thank
you
so
much
commissioners.
I
think
we
need
two
motions.
The
first
is
to
approve
the
new
position.
A
A
B
AI
I
would
like
to
tell
you
when
we
could
start,
but,
as
you
can
see
from
that
last
bullet,
we're
still
waiting
for
the
grant
documents
from
commerce.
We've
not
received
those
documents
as
of
yet
and
we
cannot
move
forward
until
we
get
those
grant
documents
and
and
have
we
have
to
figure
out
exactly
what
they
want
from
us
before.
We
can
move
forward.
AI
AI
And
as
far
as
the
activities
know,
what
we
originally
proposed
and
what
rachel
and
I
talked
to
you
about
in
october-
has
not
changed
substance
payments
and
really
what
we
want
to
do
is
pay
rent
mortgage
utility
costs
for
people
who
have
lost
income
due
to
covid
related
issues
and
really
focus
on
eviction
kinds,
foreclosure
cases
that
may
exist
in
the
community
right
now.
I
think
the
other
point
is,
and
we've
worked
with
tim
love.
We
will
help
people
with
internet
access,
especially
people
with
children
in
the
home.
AI
AI
We
these
dollars
can
only
be
used
for
people
who
live
outside
the
sea
limits
of
asheville,
so
anyone
in
buncombe,
county
or
any
of
the
other
municipalities
in
in
the
county
can
receive
these
dollars.
But
people
who
actually
live
in
the
sea
limits
of
asheville
will
not
be
eligible
because
asheville
is
an
entitlement
city.
They
automatically
get
cdbg
funds
and
they've
already
received
funds
for
housing
through
hud
and
through
commerce
already
so
we'll
only
be
able
to
serve
those
non-city
of
actual
residents.
AI
AI
AI
You
know
helping
those
in
the
community
with
rent
utilities,
mortgage
payments
and
then
we'll
do
the
take
the
applications.
Do
the
outreach
we'll
do
the
eligibility
there's
a
little
different
eligibility
criteria
with
the
cdbg
grant
than
what
we've
used
in
the
past,
but
it's
very
similar.
So
the
crossover
is
not
too
too
bad
for
us
and
then
the
grand
administration,
which
would
be
all
the
physical
and
financial
reporting-
and
this
will
show
you
the
the
budget.
AI
This
changed
a
little
bit
from
what
we
we
showed
you,
I
think
in
october
the
900
824
000
of
that
will
go
toward
direct
service
payments.
The
substance
of
payments
are
the
direct
service
or
rent
utilities
mortgage
those
things,
the
activity
delivery
is
50
100
that
was
a
little
higher.
That
is
for
a
position
in
our
in
hhs
finance
to
help
process.
AI
These
payments,
and
then
we
set
aside
25
000
for
grant
administration,
that's
kind
of
a
fallback
for
us
and
if
we
don't
use
those
funds
and
don't
need
them
for
grant
administration,
we
will.
We
will
put
those
funds
back
into
direct
assistance
or
substance
payments
so
that
we
we
set.
That
aside
in
case,
we
needed
to
bring
in
toward
the
end
of
the
grant,
say
a
consultant
who
was
familiar
with
cdbg
and
really
if
we
had
some
issues
that
we
needed
to
take
care
of.
AI
C
AI
We,
what
we've
done
with
the
housing
programs
that
we've
run
so
far,
we've
run
them
for
the
majority
we
run
through
our
call
center
through
hhs.
We
have
a
call
center
in
economic
services,
people
put
their
name
on
a
list
and
then
we
have
case
case
managers
get
back
in
touch
really.
What
they're
doing
is
making
an
inquiry
for
assistance
and
then
we'll
have
a
case
manager
touch
base
with
them
and
I'm
real
proud
of
what
we
did
with
the
crf
funds.
We
turned
over
people
within
a
day.
AI
AI
What
we
really
don't
want
to
happen
is
to
have
some
huge
flood
of
inquiries
or
applications
all
at
one
time
to
where
it
may
take
us
two
or
three
weeks
to
get
back
in
touch
with
folks,
and
we
saw
a
little
bit
of
that
with
one
bunch
of
them.
So
we
try
to
even
some
things
out
so
that
we're
turning
cases
over
fairly
quickly
and
people
aren't
waiting,
because
that
that
adds
to
our
work
when
people
have
to
wait,
because
we
end
up
answering
calls
and
questions
from
them
about
where
we
are
with
that.
AI
AI
AH
C
A
Z
As
I
shuffled
papers,
thank
you
yes.
So
this
request
is
a
budget
amendment
request
for
the
solid
waste
annual
fund.
We
are
requesting
to
budget
their
existing
debt
obligations
so
principal
and
interest
payments
for
existing
debt
and
a
total
amount
of
253
350
dollars.
We
anticipate
that
the
enterprise
fund
revenue
that
is
generated
as
as
a
matter
of
the
solid
waste
operations,
would
cover
their
debt
service
obligations
and
we
just
have
a
need
to
bring
it
into
the
budget
for
them
to
be
able
to
pay
it.
AH
A
A
So
I've
had
a
chance
to
talk
with
everybody
on
the
board
and
I
know
folks
have
been
talking
to
each
other
too.
So
I
appreciate
everyone
kind
of
helping
to
think
this
through
in
preparation
for
our
discussion
tonight.
So
if
it's
okay
with
the
board,
what
I'd
like
to
do
is
just
based
on
the
feedback.
I've
heard
just
kind
of
go
through
and
share
what
I
think
I
think
we're
all
on
the
same
page
about
what
folks
are
interested
in
doing
going
forward.
A
The
juvenile
crime
prevention
council
was
served
by
commissioner
penland.
This
is
the
one
board
that
we
don't.
I
haven't
currently
heard
a
commissioner
indicate
that
they
want
to
add
to
their
list.
So
why
don't
we?
Why
don't
we
come
back
to
that?
Let's
just
come
back,
let's
go
through
the
other
ones
and
then
we'll
come
back
to
the
juvenile
crime
prevention
council.
It
could
be
represented
by.
We
could
delegate
that
to
the
staff.
A
If
we
wish
justice
resource
advisory
council,
commissioner
beech
ferrara
is
serving
on
it
and
would
like
to
continue
land
of
sky
regional
council
is
currently,
commissioner
presley.
Commissioner,
terry
wells
has
indicated
an
interest
in
doing
that,
and
commissioner
presley
sounds
supportive
of
that.
A
The
land
of
sky,
okay,
there's
a
couple
of
different
positions
on
the
mpo.
Maybe
actually
we
should
have
clarified
all
of
this.
The
first
let's
talk
about
the
mpo
tac
is
currently
I
serve
on
it.
Along
with
commissioner
amanda
edwards
parker
sloan
has
indicated
an
interest
in
serving
on
that
in
commissioner
amanda
edwards
is
willing
to
let
parker
slide
into
that
spot.
A
Parker
there's
also
the
I
don't
think
we
talked
about
this
detail,
there's
also
the
rpo
tac
board
position,
which
is
very
similar
to
the
npo.
It
just
deals
with
slightly
different
geography,
and
I'm
serving
in
that
now,
if
you
would
be
interested
in
stepping
into
that,
they
usually
meet
kind
of
back
to
back.
A
AJ
AH
A
A
B
AE
A
A
A
A
Okay,
so
think
about
it,
unless,
unless
somebody
kind
of
raises
their
hand
here
in
the
next
between
now
and
the
next
meeting,
then
we're
going
to
delegate
this
to
the
county
manager
to
appoint
a
staff
person
to
fill
that
function
all
right.
Commissioners,
any
comments
on
anything
that
went
over
or
does
that
sound
right?
Is
there
any
did
I
get
any
of
that
wrong
based
on
the
informal
conversations
we've
had?
If
not,
is
there
a
motion
to
approve
the
boards
and
commission
appointments
that
I
just
reviewed?
A
AH
A
All
in
favor,
please
say
aye
aye,
any
opposed
great.
Thank
you
all
for
huddling
on
this
to
make
that
easier,
we'll
bring
back
the
via
discussion,
we'll
bring
back
the
local
emergency
planning,
commission
and
one
other
just
commission,
just
one
other
thing
I
just
want
to
just
sort
of
briefly
mention.
I
don't
feel
prepared
to
talk
about
it
tonight,
but
the
one
other
sort
of
working
group
or
subcommittee
or
we'll
think
about
what
we
want
to
call
it.
But
I
would
like
to.
A
Well,
let's
move
on
to
that.
We
interviewed
a
outstanding
group
of
people
earlier
today,
so
many
good
people
interested
in
serving
on
this.
Why
don't
we?
If
we
can
start
over
on
commissioner
edwards
side
and
we'll
just
go
down
and
we'll
just
each
person
would
indicate
the
candidate.
They
are
supportive
of
sure.
AH
I
just
want
to
first
reiterate
that
we
really
did
have
amazing
candidates
apply
today,
and
I
hope
that
those
who
apply
that
are
not
selected
for
this
one
position
will
continue
looking
at
other
opportunities
in
the
county,
because
they
really
have
a
lot
to
offer
buncombe
county
in
terms
of
their
leadership,
and
this
one
is
a
really
tough
one
for
me.
I'm
really
torn,
but
I'm
going
to
select
kim
robinson.
B
C
I
guess
they
reiterate
what
amanda
said
that
they're
fantastic
candidates
definitely
got
some
ideas
for
other
boards
or
vacancies
that
we
do
have
and
will
have
from
those
applicants.
So
I
encourage
them
to
stay
in
contact
with
the
county.
Kim
robinson
was
also
a
a
choice
that
stood
out
to
me
as
well
kim.
G
AJ
I
did
not
see
a
bad
one
there,
but
one
that
just
stood
out
to
me
was
mark
watman
of
being
new
here
and
wanting
to
bring
ideas
in
here,
and
I
had
listened
to
him
at
a
couple
things
earlier
in
the
year
and
he
was
one
that
was
very
open-minded
of
listening,
but
always
asking
questions.
So
I'm
happy
with
kim,
but
I'm
gonna
vote
for
mark
there.
Okay,.
A
AK
B
AK
AK
A
AK
They
will
close
this
friday,
but
there
is
a
thought
that
they
may
be
reopened.
I
don't
know
how
many
actual
potential
applicants
we
had,
but
in
talking
to
the
deputy
clerk
she
said
that
it
may
be
a
chance
that
we
may
open
them
back
up.
So
I
just
I
wanted
to
get
guidance
from
you
before
we
did
that
first.
A
So
you
know
I
mean
my
inclination
would
be
to
say:
let's
do
interviews
in
january.
Just
so
they
don't
get.
You
know
pushed
out
another
month,
but
we
don't
have
the
like.
We
don't
have
the
list
of
stuff
in
front
of
us
so
because
we
might
not
choose
to
interview
everybody,
we
might
choose
to
interview
some,
but
not
all
so
I
guess
I
don't
quite
feel
slowly.
A
Ahead
and
schedule
those,
so
you
know
one
one
option:
is
we
could
plan
on
doing
the
interviews?
Our
general
protocol
has
been
that
if
any
member
of
the
board
wants
a
candidate
to
be
interviewed,
we
will
interview
them,
so
we
could
plan
on
doing
it
and
then
each
of
the
commissioners
you
know
over
email
could
simply
express
support
for
the
candidates
that
you
want
to
make
sure
are
interviewed
and
we
might
end
up
interviewing
all
of
them,
based
on
that
and
and
just
proceed
and
plan
to
do
it
on
the
21st.
AJ
AK
Well,
so
what
I
had
planned
to
do
was
to
send
that
information
tomorrow
and
at
some
chance
the
board
could
make
the
decision
on
if
they
want
to
go
ahead
with
those
interviews.
But
if
you
see
that
it's
not
enough
applicants
that
we
could
decide
to
push
it
to
the
next
opportunity
to
interview
on
the
second
meeting
in
february.
A
A
People
you
know
are
not
necessarily
why
don't
we
just
go
ahead
and
agree
to
provide
a
little
bit
more
time
that,
if
folks,
because
we're
talking
about
this
here,
a
lot
of
people
will
be
listening
to
this
and
give
folks
a
little
bit
more
time,
so
they
can
apply,
and
then
we
can
interview
whoever
meets
the
deadline
at
our
january
21st
meeting,
if
I
mean
even
if
we
gave
people
until
the
end
of
the
end
of
next
week.
Well,
let's
see
I'm
looking
at
the
dates.
A
It's
just
a
few
more
days,
but
if
what,
if
we
said
a
week
from
today,
that
would
give
people
a
week
who
might
be
listening
to
the
meeting.
If
you
know,
commissioners,
if
you
know
folks,
you
think
might
be
interested
we'd
have
a
week
for
folks
to
get
their
information
in
and
then
and
then
shortly
after
that,
like
we
would
need
to
if
any
new
applications
come
in
commissioners,
we
need
to
con
someone.
We
need
to
confirm
yeah.
I
want
to
make
sure
we
interview
those
folks
is
that
a
workable
approach?
Lamar?
Yes,.
AK
A
AF
A
All
right,
commissioners,
thank
you
all
for
your
feedback
on
this.
Thank
you.
Lamar.
I've
got
a
couple
of
announcements
on
january
19th
at
3
pm.
The
county
commissioners
will
hold
their
briefing
meeting
at
200
college
street
room
326
in
downtown
asheville
and
on
january
19th
at
5
pm.
The
county
commissioners
will
hold
their
regular
meeting
at
200
college
street
room
326
in
downtown
asheville.