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From YouTube: Board of Commissioners' Regular Meeting June 21, 2022
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This is the regular meeting for the Board of Commissioners for June 21, 2022. Budget adoption is on the agenda for tonight, find the complete agenda at buncombecounty.org/commissioners.
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C
Yes,
sir,
mr
chairman,
commissioners,
thank
you.
A
new
general
statute
passed
the
general
assembly
last
fall
14-234
and
that's
an
extension
of
conflicts
of
interest
and
it's
significantly
different
and
more
restrictive
than
the
still
valid
conflict.
Defensure
statement
you
just
read
for
the
board
and
the
audience.
C
So
in
this
particular
entrance
we
have
a
number
of
entities
that
provide
programming
in
the
community.
Mostly
social
services
functions
there's
more
than
100
of
them,
so
I've
discussed
with
all
members
of
the
board
and
provided
all
members
of
the
board
with
the
statute
and
what
the
requirements
are
and
when
we've
gone
through
the
list,
we
only
have
two
that
come
into
play
and
that's
for
commissioner
whiteside
and
commissioner
amanda
edwards.
C
So
those
are
for
the
regional
sports,
commission
and
economic
development
commission
and
this
board
appoints
a
member
to
those
boards.
That's
not
really
a
factor
in
the
decision,
because
there
is
an
exception
to
this
statute
if,
if
a
nonprofit
corporation
or
an
entity
is,
is
created
by
state
statute
or
by
a
local
governing
body.
C
So
in
this
case
I've
spoken
with
both
commissioners
and
they
have
signed
the
recusal
statement,
which
is
now
on
file
with
the
clerk
and
the
board
is
free
to
make
an
appropriation
if
it
deems
fit
to
both
those
organizations,
and
we
just
have
to
go
through
the
process
to
pull
the
board.
It'd,
be
a
6-0
vote
on
each
of
those
particular
items,
because
we
each
of
those
commissioners,
would
have
to
be
recused
and,
in
fact,
are
recused.
At
this
point.
A
All
right,
I
also
want
to
announce
that
any
members
of
the
public
who
are
attending
the
county
commissioner
meeting,
who
use
the
county
parking
deck
to
attend
this
meeting
or
who
used
public
transportation
to
travel
to
the
meeting,
can
get
validation
for
your
parking
or
travel.
You
can
see
one
of
the
officers
for
validation
on
your
way
out
that
validation
is
for
today.
Only
commissioners
are
there
any
questions
about
any
items
on
the
consent
agenda
for
the
meeting.
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A
A
A
A
E
Well,
I
just
wanted
to
point
out
some
things
that
I
think,
probably
because
of
all
the
committee
meetings
you
all
have
to
attend
and
get
back
from.
I
don't
know
if
you
notice
it
or
not,
but
if
you
go
to
the
consent
agenda
every
one
of
those
items
there
are
needing
money
added
to
it
now
where's
that
money
coming
from
and
why
is
it
need
to
be
added
to
it
number
one?
E
E
E
E
Please
listen
to
what
I'm
saying.
Where
is
it
at
the
people
see
things
you
all
don't
see
because
we're
looking
at
this
end
and
we
do
believe
in
treating
people
equal,
we
do
believe
in
equity,
so
you
take
two
million
dollars
and
divided
up
all
the
minorities
in
buncombe
county.
How
much
is
that
going
to
be
per
minority
and
are
the
minorities
that
hold
positions
of
leadership
and
make
lots
of
money?
Are
they
going
to
get
their
share?
E
Those
things
need
to
be
clarified
just
like
today.
It
doesn't
make
any
difference
what
I
say.
I
know
that
I've
been
saying
it
for
35
years.
Jerry
rice
used
to
come
and
say
he
left
and
gave
it
up.
Well,
I
ain't
going
to
give
it
up.
I
don't
care
where
I'm
at
or
what
I'm
doing,
and
I
don't
care
who
wins
this
next
election,
I
ain't
giving
it
up.
E
You'll
have
to
look
at
me
for
my
three
minutes,
because
I'm
gonna
take
it
and
everybody
else
should
be
taking
it,
because
if
they
would,
they
would
hear
what
I
heard
this
week.
Bmw's
laying
off
some
of
the
people
went
to
south
carolina
for
driving
now
back
up
here,
because
they
can't
get
the
materials
from
china.
E
F
A
G
H
You're
listening
to
tapped
in
buckingham
county's
half
hour
to
empower
on
100.7
fm
in
asheville,
listen
up
and
get
tapped
into
local
important
resources.
Information
and
topics
learn
more
about
the
topics
of
today's
show
at
buncombecounty.org,
okay,
it's
time
to
get
tapped
in
hello,
hello,
hello
and
greetings
to
all
their
listening
to
my
voice.
This
is
tapped
in
one
day.
I'm
gonna
get
a
a
little
something
to
tap
on
to
make
that
really
really
great.
I
am
one
of
your
hosts
zakiah
bell,
rogers.
I
Joining
us
today
is
corrine
duncan
buncombe
county's,
director
of
elections.
I
hope
everyone
knows
that
2022
is
a
midterm
election
year
and
we
want
to
empower
our
listeners
with
the
most
accurate
and
current
information
around
this
year's
election
from
registering
the
vote
to
actually
voting
in
or
participating
in
the
upcoming
primaries
and
general
election.
I
believe
voting
is
one
of
the
greatest
privileges
and
rights
in
these
united
states.
Without
further
ado,
we'd
like
to
welcome
karine.
K
K
K
K
I
I
would
just
like
to
thank
thank
the
county's
support
of
the
radio
station
as
well
and
I'll
be
a
miss
not
to
recognize
the
staff
at
wres
for
all
the
help
they
have
and
allowing
us
to
use
this
as
an
avenue
to
empower
and
to
inform
our
community,
and
so
I
just
strongly
encourage
people
to
listen
in
weekly
and
if
you're,
not
able
to
listen
in
weekly
always
go
to
our
podcast
on
anchor
and
spotify,
and
you
can
hear
some
of
our
previous
episodes.
Thank
you.
L
Chair
commission
avril,
thanks
for
being
here
and
for
helping
support
us.
Let's
talk
is
a
great
customer
service,
win
and
collaborative
effort
across
departments.
It's
an
open-ended
platform
where
anyone
can
call
email
or
submit
a
form
anonymously
to
get
additional
information
that
they
can't
find
on
the
website
or
perhaps
that
they
just
couldn't
get
through
a
series
of
cory's
calling
or
emailing.
L
It's
really
difficult
to
know
all
the
services
the
county
has,
because
we
have
so
many
myriad
resources,
and
this
is
something
that
I'm
really
proud
of,
because
there's
two
big
wins
on
this
one
is
the
efficiency
in
which
we
respond.
Usually
it's
within
an
hour
to
a
business
day
tops
and
two
is
we
never
say?
No,
that's
not
the
county's
responsibility.
L
L
Let's
talk
queries
since
january,
and
in
the
last
12
months
we've
had
479
people
reach
out
to
us.
We've
got
a
database
and
it
also
really
helps
as
a
way
for
us
to
see
what's
on
people's
minds
right
now.
What
information
is
not
front
loaded
on
the
website
that
we
could
make
better
accessible,
and
so
it's
really
a
win
in
a
lot
of
ways.
So,
if
you
ever
have
any
questions
about
it,
please
feel
free
to
reach
out
via
let's
talk
or
contact
communications
directly.
A
M
And
whereas
we
recognize
survivors
of
gun,
violence,
honor
the
lives
lost
to
gun,
violence
in
buncombe
county,
commit
to
reducing
gun
violence
and
encourage
responsible
gun
ownership
to
help
keep
our
residents
safe.
Now,
therefore,
be
it
resolved
that
the
buncombe
county
board
of
commissioners
recognizes
june
2022
to
be
gun.
Violence
awareness
month,
signed
by
brownie,
newman
chairman
of
the
buncombe
county
board
of
commissioners.
N
Good
afternoon,
commissioners,
I'll
be
very
brief
and
just
want
to
thank
you
all
for
acknowledging
june
as
gun
violence
awareness
month.
We
know
that
gun
violence
affects
all
of
us
and
is
very
prevalent
throughout
our
community,
whether
it's
accidental
death
by
a
child
or
neighborhood
violence
or
domestic
violence.
N
We
know
that
89
of
reported
domestic
violence,
homicides
committed
in
north
carolina
reported
by
the
north
carolina
coalition
of
domestic
violence
are
carried
out
by
a
firearm
and
studies
from
the
national
institute
of
health
also
report
that
domestic
violence,
perpetrators,
accesses
of
firearms
increase
the
risk
of
intimate
partner
femicide
by
a
thousand
percent,
so
our
department,
in
partnership
with
health
and
human
service,
will
keep
providing
services
and
support
to
those
impacted
by
gun
violence.
Thank
you.
O
Mr
chair
commissioners,
my
name
is
clark
duncan
it's
a
real
pleasure
to
be
with
you
again
this
evening,
created
by
resolution
of
this
commission
nearly
30
years
ago.
The
strategic
plan
of
the
economic
development
coalition
remains
today
closely
aligned
with
the
strategic
vision
of
buncombe
2025,
making
direct
investments
in
staff
time
and
financial
resources
and
programming
that
grow,
a
more
vibrant
economy
that
make
direct
impacts
on
the
income
and
education
and
economic
mobility
of
buncombe
county
residents,
and
drive
better
outcomes
in
education
and
safety
and
health
and
wealth
and
well-being
in
buncombe
county
households.
O
Our
coalition
today
remains
accredited
by
the
international
economic
development
council,
and
that
is
first
a
credit
to
our
committed
and
passionate
board.
I'd
like
to
thank
commissioner
whitesides
for
his
service.
It's
also
a
credit
to
the
folks.
You
see
on
this
slide
the
talented
folks
that
I'm
fortunate
to
work
with
every
day
in
economic
development,
some
of
whom
are
with
me
this
evening
and
tonight
I'll
report
out
on
annual
achievement
in
each
area
of
focus,
starting
with
industry,
expansion
and
recruitment
activities.
O
O
It's
important
to
note
that
both
companies
are
active
participants
in
the
industry,
programming
that
we
bring
to
local
employers
12
months
out
of
the
year.
With
your
support
like
our
sustainability
council,
our
programming
encourages
employment,
best
practices
and
training,
and
innovation
and
leadership,
operational
excellence
and
quality
and
efficiency,
as
well
as
environmental
and
social
governance,
and
better
prepare
our
employers
to
invest
in
growth
opportunities.
Like
those
featured
here.
You'll
also
note
a
small
recruitment
success
announced
earlier
this
month.
O
The
founders
of
legally
addictive
foods
have
selected
weaverville
for
their
headquarters
and
commercial
bakery,
and
they
will
be
hiring
their
first
15
employees,
starting
in
july
of
this
year.
I'm
very
proud
and
excited
to
help.
Welcome
them
to
town
another
proven
strategy
in
wealth
creation
and
growing
local
jobs
is,
of
course,
entrepreneurship
and
the
programs
of
venture
asheville
this
year
help
facilitate
the
launch
of
20
startups
through
our
elevate
team
mentoring
service.
P
O
We're
also
very
fortunate
to
house
an
economic
research
center
in
our
community,
with
deep
local
roots
and
deep
local
focus
beyond
the
monthly
quarterly
and
annual
reports
put
out
by
our
river
bird
research.
I
want
to
highlight
takeaways
from
two
key
reports
that
we
conducted
this
year:
the
first
an
economic
impact
study
of
the
craft
brewing
industry
in
the
four
county
metro
area
that
we
noted
supports
over
3
400
jobs
in
our
region.
That
represents
168
million
dollars
in
household
income,
making
it
the
second
largest
employment
sector
in
local
manufacturing,
which
is
remarkable.
O
O
Next,
our
inclusive
hiring
partnership
recognizes
that
the
work
we
do
as
a
board
of
the
economic
development
coalition
in
partnership
with
this
commission
is
really
about
catalyzing,
more
than
just
economic
opportunity
or
building
better
workplaces
in
buncombe
county
by
necessity.
Our
work
is
about
building
greater
networks
of
access
to
that
opportunity,
so
more
of
our
residents
can
reach
their
full
potential.
O
More
specifically,
the
inclu
inclusive
hiring
partnership
serves
disconnected
populations,
including
those
in
recovery,
those
returning
to
the
workforce
from
justice
involvement,
those
working
with
the
family
self-sufficiency
programs
of
the
asheville
housing
authority
and,
more
recently,
working
with
afghani
refugees
that
are
struggling
with
the
barriers
of
language
and
culture
and
transportation
as
the
backbone
organization,
the
edc,
bridges.
These
12
critical
and
talented
service
agencies
and
the
populations
they
serve
with
these
24
certified
employment
partners.
O
These
include
20
placements
to
date
with
over
57
job
seekers
currently
in
the
placement
process
placements
that
exceed
18.60
cents,
an
hour
well
above
local
living
wage
and
enrollment
rates
that
have
more
than
doubled,
I'm
glad
to
say
in
the
last
12
months.
We
also
record
what
we
might
call
the
human
metrics
of
employment
right.
O
The
success
stories
of
jobs
that
changed
the
trajectory
of
lives
for
buncombe
county
residents
here
in
buncombe
county,
and
I
would
add,
we're
always
looking
for
lessons
learned
on
how
we
can
reach
even
more
disconnected
communities
within
buncombe
county,
because
our
employers
need
every
last
pair
of
hands.
We
can.
O
As
a
public
private
partnership,
our
staff
and
our
board
appreciate
our
obligation
to
excellence
and
transparency
to
our
public
stakeholders,
to
our
private
sector
investors
and
to
the
community
at
large,
as
illustrated
here,
you'll
see
that
today,
buncombe
county
funds,
just
over
30
percent
of
our
annual
operating
budget
by
annual
contract
and
on
behalf
of
our
board.
I'm
here
to
thank
you
for
your
continuing
stewardship
of
our
shared
work.
O
We
leverage
your
important
investment
with
additional
public
sector
dollars,
for
example,
from
the
city
of
asheville,
the
north
carolina
golden
leaf
foundation
and
then,
with
the
hard
work
of
staff,
the
ingenuity
and
creativity
of
our
board
and
the
generosity
of
our
investors.
We
generate
over
50
percent
of
our
annual
operating
budget.
O
O
In
closing,
it
is
a
privilege
to
lead
this
team
of
talented
folks
to
report
to
the
board
of
the
economic
development
coalition
and,
as
always,
to
report
to
this
commission.
I
appreciate
your
strong
leadership
in
growing.
A
brighter
day
here
in
buncombe
county
I'd
be
pleased
to
take
any
questions
you
may
have.
A
Q
Q
You
also
know
that
the
members
of
the
tda
board
are
appointed
by
you,
the
county
commissioners
and
the
asheville
city
council,
in
accordance
with
that
state
legislation,
and
they
have
the
fiduciary
responsibility
to
oversee
the
the
funding.
I
thought
I
would
share
with
you
this
evening
some
buncombe
county
resident
perspectives
on
tourism.
Q
Q
They
clearly
believe
that
tourism
also
provides
immense
value
to
the
community
and
the
majority
69
percent
agreed
that
the
positives
of
tourism
outweigh
the
negatives
second
in
your
residence
here,
four
out
of
five
residents
encourage
friends
and
family
to
visit,
so
our
residents
love
sharing
their
community
with
their
friends
and
family
and
actually
enjoy
going
out
and
doing
things
with
them.
In
fact,
35
percent
of
our
visitors
are
coming
to
visit
friends
and
relatives,
which
I
have
one
coming
in
this
weekend
from
chicago.
Q
Also,
I'd
just
like
to
share
a
cautionary
note
with
commissioners,
because
I
know
there
has
been
discussion
here
in
our
own
community
as
well
as
others
about
oh
well.
Our
community
is
on
the
map
and
some
have
a
point
of
view
that
there
might
not
be
any
need
for
any
additional
marketing
investment
and
findings.
Pardon
me
and
findings
from
this
most
recent
survey
indicate
that
belief
has
risen
from
some
of
our
own
residents
as
well.
Q
It's
important
to
note
that
in
buncombe
county
the
occupancy
tax
is
paid
by
visitors
to
our
community,
not
buncombe
county
residents,
and
that
means
it's
net
new
revenue
to
our
community
case.
Studies
have
shown
that
communities
that
make
a
decision
to
eliminate
or
drastically
reduce
marketing
programs
ultimately
have
negative
impacts
on
their
of
other
revenue.
Streams
for
local
businesses
and
municipal
budgets.
Q
Q
However,
when
we
looked
at
another
facet
of
this,
only
32
percent
of
buncombe
county
respondents
believe
that
visitors
detract
from
the
culture
or
character
of
our
community.
So
that's
a
really
important
thing
for
us
to
consider
in
balancing
resident
concerns
and
visitor
desires
and
how
do
we?
How
do
we
work
across
those
two
markets?
Q
Q
Final
projections
will
be
in
later
this
summer
and
we'll
be
happy
to
share
them
with
you.
However,
tourism
economics
who
works
with
buncombe
county
and
the
tda,
as
well
as
visit
north
carolina
estimates
that
we
could
have
visitors
spending
nearly
three
billion
dollars
in
2021
and
that's
really
excellent
news
for
small
local
business
owners
who
rely
on
visitors
in
addition
to
local
residents
to
sustain
livelihoods
for
their
businesses
and
their
team
members.
Q
Q
So,
while
the
occupancy
tax
shoulders,
100
percent
of
the
destination
marketing
investment
for
our
community
lodging
partners
garnered
just
under
30
percent,
so
local
shops,
restaurants,
breweries,
recreation,
entertainment
and
tour
providers
and
transportation
companies
here
locally
reap
73
percent
of
their
visitor
spending
rewards
and
because
of
asheville's
circular
economy.
Those
dollars
stay
here
locally
because
of
dedicated
purchasing
from
our
local
businesses.
Q
Q
Q
And
we're
a
community
that
talks
about
hotel
rooms
a
lot
when
we
know
that
when
we
travel
as
humans,
that's
not
why
we're
traveling!
It's
where
we
stay,
so
I
thought
it
would
be
important
to
share
where
we
are
at
buncombe
county
in
terms
of
the
number
of
hotel
rooms
available
just
under
9000
and
then
the
dark
green
numbers.
A
S
It
will
be
brief.
I
promise
so
as
anticipated
following
the
fda
authorization
on
june
18th,
the
cdc
recommended
covet
19
vaccines
for
children
six
months
through
five
years
of
age,
the
north
carolina
department
of
health
and
human
services
issued
their
statewide
standing
order
to
providers
for
administering
the
under
five
year
old
vaccines.
Yesterday
afternoon,
buncombe
county
hhs
received
their
modernis
shipment
yesterday
afternoon
with
great
excitement,
and
our
pfizer
shipment
is
expected
to
arrive
tomorrow.
S
So
buncombe
county
hhs,
like
many
other
providers
in
our
community
and
across
our
state,
began
administering
vaccine
to
the
youngest
of
our
neighbors
today
and
actually
gave
our
first
shots
beginning
this
morning.
So
we
were
very
excited
to
welcome
folks
into
our
building
families
and
caregivers.
Seeking
vaccine
for
their
six-month
to
five-year-olds
can
reach
out
to
their
medical
homes.
They
can
to
see
if
they're,
providing
a
vaccine
or
check
out
the
myspot.nc.gov
site
to
find
a
provider,
a
local
health
department
or
others
in
our
area
that
are
providing
the
vaccine
for
those
under
five.
S
There
are
two
products
available.
You
just
heard
me
say:
magerna
and
pfizer.
The
moderna
primary
series
is
a
two
dose
for
non-immuno-compromised
children
in
a
three
dose
for
immunocompromised
children,
and
then
the
pfizer
series,
which
is
six
month
to
four
year
olds,
because
pfizer's
other
product
is
available
for
five
to
twelve,
is
a
three
dose
for
all
children
in
this
age
group.
S
Within
this
eligible,
this
new
eligible
group,
children
between
the
ages
of
three
and
five,
have
the
option
of
getting
vaccinated
at
a
participating
pharmacy.
In
addition
to
a
doctor's
office
or
a
local
health
department,
children
under
three
are
not
able
to
get
vaccinated
by
a
pharmacist
but
may
be
able
to
receive
immunization
at
a
minute
clinic
associated
with
a
retail
pharmacy.
If
that
facility
also
has
other
eligible
vaccinating
staff
on
on-site,
meaning
like
a
nurse
practitioner.
S
So
I
did
want
to
say
that
for
families
and
caregivers,
it's
always
good
to
check
with
your
preferred
provider
or
facility
to
see
if
they
are
participating
and
if
there
are
any
limitations
to
the
ages
for
which
they
can
administer
parents
and
guardians
of
children
who
do
not
have
an
established
medical
provider
can
visit.
As
I
said,
the
myspot.nc.gov
to
search
for
a
nearby
vaccine
provider,
you
can
also
visit
us
at
the
health
department
located
at
40
cox
monday
through
friday.
8
am
to
4
30
pm.
S
No
appointment
is
necessary
and
all
coveted
vaccines
are
available
there
free
of
charge.
As
I
mentioned
in
some
of
the
previous
briefings,
we
have
set
up
a
surge
capacity
room
as
well
in
one
of
our
adjacent
conference
rooms
to
serve
any
additional
folks
that
we
may
see
through
this,
and
our
mobile
team
is
helping
to
support
our
regular
immune
immunization
staff.
S
As
with
all
other
age
groups,
covet
vaccine
can
be
co-administered
with
other
vaccines
for
children
five
and
under.
So
if
you
need
to
get
back
on
track
with
your
childhood
immunizations
or
you
delayed
that
routine
pediatric
checkup
for
your
child,
now
is
the
time
to
talk
to
your
provider,
about
covid19
vaccine
and
other
immunizations.
Your
child
may
be
missing
or
maybe
had
fallen
behind
with.
I
know
I
just
want
to
say
that
I
know
this
is
a
really
exciting
time
for
some
of
our
families
and
caregivers
in
our
community.
They've
been
waiting
for
this
opportunity.
S
A
T
T
U
The
special
collections
librarian
at
buncombe
county
special
collections
at
pack,
memorial
library
and
I'm
serving
on
a
team
of
city
and
county
staff
who
are
working
on
the
pack
square
visioning
process.
So
today,
I'm
just
going
to
provide
you
with
a
little
bit
of
a
review
and
an
update
and
some
information
on
next
steps.
U
So,
just
to
overview
on
the
project.
This
is
just
a
review.
In
june
2020,
the
board
of
commissioners
passed
a
joint
resolution
with
the
city
of
asheville.
The
resolution
considered
three
different
confederate
monuments
in
our
community.
This
would
be
the
vance
monument,
a
monument
to
the
60th
north
carolina
troops
and
a
monument
dedicated
to
robert
e
lee.
U
The
commission
voted
to
remove
the
one
marker
in
its
jurisdiction,
the
60th
north
carolina
marker,
which
was
right
outside
the
courthouse
and,
as
a
part
of
the
resolution,
the
board
of
commissioners
agreed
to
forming
a
jointly
appointed
task
force
with
the
city
of
asheville
to
consider
the
future
of
the
vance
monument
in
november
2020.
Members
of
that
task
force
voted
to
recommend
that
the
city
and
the
county
move
forward
with
the
removal
of
the
vance
monument
and
the
commissioners
approved
this
recommendation.
At
your
meeting
on
december
7
2020.
U
So
over
the
past
several
months,
action
has
been
stalled,
as
the
city
of
asheville
has
managed
legal
issues
around
the
removal
of
the
monument
several
different
court
appeals
and,
in
the
meantime,
county
staff
began
working
with
the
city
of
asheville
on
an
rfp
to
seek
qualified
candidates
to
lead
the
revisioning
process.
The
rfp
was
posted
in
january
and
it
received
three
responses.
U
After
considering
those
responses,
an
inter-organizational
team
of
12
members
of
both
city
and
county
staff,
assisted
in
the
selection
of
the
mcadams
firm
as
the
top-ranked
applicant
mcadams,
has
designated
fifteen
thousand
dollars
in
their
proposed
budget,
specifically
set
aside
to
subcontract
with
local
organizations
and
or
individuals
so
far
and
continuing
on
into
the
future.
This
is
going
to
be
a
collaborative
engagement
process
right
now,
you
can
see
up
on
the
screen.
Some
of
the
different
organizations
that
are
working
together
on
this
project.
U
The
public
arts
and
culture
commission
has
put
out
a
call
for
a
temporary
public
art
program
that
they're
calling
art
in
the
heart-
and
this
is
both.
You
know.
Traditional
artistic
installations
or
we've
talked
about
doing
public
performances,
as
well
as
the
bunking
county
special
collections
library.
U
We
hold
the
county's
documentary
historical
resources,
so
we're
here
to
support
in
any
kind
of
research
that
has
to
be
done.
In
addition,
the
city
has
some
morehead
cane
scholars.
These
are
students
at
the
university
of
north
carolina
who
are
working
on
some
research
around
different
buncombe
county
communities.
U
Of
course,
the
mcadams
firm
city
and
county
staff
and
other
community
stakeholders
which
are
still
being
revealed,
but
among
them
are
certainly
the
ymi,
the
city
of
asheville
youth
leadership,
academy.
We've
got
some
students
who
are
a
part
of
that
program,
working
on
this
project
with
city
planning
staff
and,
of
course,
business
owners
and
others.
U
In
august,
the
mcadams,
firm
and
city
and
county
staff
will
begin
hosting
community
listening
sessions
in
september.
Mcadams
will
complete
a
site
analysis
and
inventory
of
the
project
area,
and
this
does
include
the
corridors.
What
we've
been
calling
it
the
corridor
to
the
block,
so
the
intersection
of
patton
avenue
and
south
market
street
and
trying
to
open
that
up,
make
it
clear
that
there's
lots
to
see
down
there
and
then,
from
october
to
january,
community
engagement
and
feedback
sessions
on
a
draft
visioning
document
will
take
place
and
then,
hopefully,
by
march
2023.
A
All
right,
hey,
thank
you.
So
much
for
the
update.
We
appreciate
appreciate
it
very
much
all
right
and
look
forward
to
hearing
more
miss
pender,
any
other
items
all
right.
Thank
you
all
right.
We've
come
to
old
business
and
an
update
from
raphael
baptista
on
the
continuation
of
the
911
center
supplemental
pay.
G
Good
evening,
commissioners,
good
evening
so
back
in
the
fall
as
part
of
the
public
safety
staffing
incentives
that
the
board
approved
was
included
in
an
incentive
to
provide
double-time
pay
for
9-1-1
dispatchers,
who
worked
overtime,
shifts
to
cover
the
additional
shifts
we
had
to
cover.
When
we
took
consolidation,
the
9-1-1
center
took
over
service
for
the
city
of
asheville.
G
V
G
Was
I
believe,
22
positions
were
taken
over
right
now
about
half
of
them
are
vacant?
The
city
has
provided
some
support
with
us,
with
off-duty
police
officers
providing
that
as
part
of
this
consolidation
agreement,
but
that
does
expire
at
the
end
of
the
month
so
and
we
have
covered
with
the
double
time
incentive.
We
have
covered
145
shifts,
providing
service
force
1735
hours
to
the
community
since
january.
D
R
Prior
to
the
consolidation,
we
had
an
agreement
with
the
city.
That
said,
we
recover
all
expenses,
so
that
expired
when
we
took
the
consolidation
in
but
because
of
that
old
agreement,
we
are
responsible
for
those
reimbursements
and
the
not
filing
paperwork
comes
with
what
we
call
a
secondary
peace
app
that
was
recently
done.
They
were
never
considered
a
true
answering
service
so
because
of
that
and
we
filed,
because
we
assumed
it
had
happened
back
in
back
way
back
when
and
it
didn't
happen.
R
So
when
we
file
our
reports
to
the
state-
and
I
know
there's
folks
in
here
that
know
the
answer
to
some
of
these
questions,
but
when
we
file
a
report
back
to
the
state,
the
state
has
a
delay
in
reviewing
those
reports
and
that's
why
it's
now
coming
forward
that
from
2020
we
owe
the
state
back
and
it's
really
not.
Oh,
the
state
is
oh
ourselves:
we
have
a
restricted
fund
for
9-1-1
and
and
we
use
that
money
to
do
some
from
work,
and
now
we
have
to
put
that
money
back
into
the
restricted
fund.
R
A
W
Thank
you
good
evening,
commissioners,
we're
here
tonight
for
the
fiscal
year
2023
budget
adoption,
the
recommended
budget
was
presented
on
may
19th
and
the
required
public
hearing
was
on
june
7th.
Therefore,
we
are
requesting
adoption
of
the
budget
this
evening
before
I
get
into
that.
Mr
fru
discussed
a
little
earlier
about
the
sitting
of
sitting
of
commissioners
on
boards.
W
C
Mr
chairman,
commissioners,
as
we
discussed
earlier,
the
chairman
always
reads
a
conflict
or
a
conflict
statement
at
the
beginning
of
every
meeting
that
all
commissioners
must
avoid
the
can't
vote
on
anything
that
has
a
direct,
substantial,
readily
identifiable
financial
interest
to
any
member
of
the
board.
Last
session
of
the
general
assembly.
C
So
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
make
sure
that
we
follow
the
letter
and
spirit
of
this
that,
if
any
member
of
this
board,
a
public
official
as
an
elected
commissioner,
is
involved
with
making
or
entering
into
a
contract
or
is
involved
with
the
appropriation
of
money
to
a
non-profit
entity.
Then
that,
commissioner,
must
recuse
themselves
according
to
this
law.
So
we
passed
around
to
all
the
commissioners
a
list
of
all
the
non-profit
entities
that
are
programs
partners
of
the
county,
mostly
social
services.
C
Medical
extensions
and
other
efforts
to
help
the
community
and
to
see
if
there's
any
conflicts
we
did
not
identify
any,
except
for
two
that
are
in
the
economic
development
pot.
That
john
just
mentioned
so
there's
five
that
will
be
have
to
have
the
public
hearing
on
july
19th
and
just
to
let
you
know,
this
asheville
grown
business
alliance,
carolina
small
business
development,
mountain
biz,
works,
asheville,
buncombe,
regional
sports,
commission
and
asheville
buncombe
county
economic
development
coalition.
C
So
this
board
appointed
commissioner
edwards
to
the
regional
sports
commission,
and
this
board
also
appointed
commissioner
whiteside
to
the
economic
development
coalition.
Neither
of
those
entities
is
created
by
the
state
or
by
a
local
government.
They
were
both
formed
a
long
time
ago
by
citizens,
so
they
they're
not
exempted.
So
since
there's
an
appropriation
proposed
in
this
budget
ordinance
to
those
entities
and
discussing
with
the
commissioner
whitesides
and
edwards,
we
had
them,
they
agreed
to
sign.
They
knew
they
had
to
sign
the
recusal
which
was
delivered
to
the
clerk.
C
That's
only
important
because
if
this
statute
is
violated,
any
contract
entered
into
with
that
nonprofit
is
void.
If
you
sign
the
recusal
and
deliver
to
the
clerk
and
that
recusal
is
registered,
then
a
contract
is
authorized.
So
that's
why
we
need
to
take
that
step
and
I'm
just
proposing
that
we
vote
separately
on
those
two
specific
budget
items.
There
will
be
six
votes
since
one
is
recused
from
each
and
then
later
go
through
the
budget
process.
A
W
A
C
A
A
D
W
So
there
are
a
couple
changes
to
the
budget.
Since
we
last
met
there
was
a
budgeted
transfer.
The
capital
fund
that
we
will
not
have
to
make
this
transfer
was
in
the
amount
of
one
million
two
hundred
forty
one
thousand
six
hundred
fifty
four
dollars
for
the
offsetting
revenue.
We
are
reducing
the
local
sales
tax
revenue
budget
by
two
hundred
forty
one
thousand
dollar
six
hundred
fifty
four
dollars
as
the
last
couple
months
of
sales.
Tax
revenue
have
not
come
in
as
strong
as
we
had
seen
previously.
W
W
W
We
are
bringing
to
you
proposed
changes
to
the
criteria
for
the
homeowner
grant
program.
Homeowners,
who
have
more
than
five
thousand
dollars
in
liquid
assets,
meaning
assets
that
could
be
liquidated
to
cash
in
less
than
seven
days
will
not
be
eligible
for
the
grants.
Additionally,
homeowners
who
receive
tax
deferment
or
reductions
on
their
property
or
own
multiple
properties
with
dwellings
on
them
will
be
ineligible.
W
A
A
A
A
I
mean
I
would
be
I
would
be-
I
mean
I
would
be
open
to
considering
it
for
the
future.
I
mean
sure
if
someone
had
a
million
dollars.
Of
course
that's
not
who
we're
trying
to
help
here,
but
someone
said
saying
someone
has
5
000
of
like
in
their
life
that
they've
accumulated
that
they
have
available
to
me.
That
is.
I
definitely
do
not
support
that.
A
X
A
So
we
would
eliminate
about
25
of
the
participants
if
we
adopted
that
threshold
yeah,
I
mean
the
other
thing
about
it.
I
would
say
too,
is
that
I
mean
part
of
the
idea
here
I
think,
is
to
create
a
process
that
it
is
accountable
right,
but
it's
also
not
just
sort
of
like
making
people
jump
through.
Like
so
many
hoops
I
mean
this
is
not
some
gigantic
financial
windfall
right.
This
is
a
relatively
modest
way,
we're
trying
to
assist
people
with
the
cost
of
living
in
our
community.
A
I
mean
and
one
of
the
concerns
I've
had
about
it.
I
mean-
and
I
think
we've
done
a
better
job
of
this
than
probably
anybody
else
in
the
state.
So
far
as
I
can
tell
in
terms
of
how
who
have
tried
to
do
this,
I
think
the
other
places
that
have
done
it
have
made
it
so
complicated
for
people
to
participate
that
people
are
like
it's
not
worth
it.
It's
not
worth
it
to
take
like
you
know
this
much
of
my
time
off
from
work
or
other
things.
A
You
know
each
of
these
different
pieces
of
documentation
we're
requiring
people
to
produce
because
we
value
our
staff
time,
but
it's
also
putting
our
citizens
through
this
process
too.
So
I
don't
know
I
mean
I.
If
anything
I
would
be.
If
we're
going
to
do
this,
I
would
be
interested
in
trying
to
figure
out
ways
to
perhaps
make
it
a
bit
more
expansive
than
what
we've
done
in
the
past
not
create
more
hoops
and
to
further
compress
the
number
of
people
who
are
who
are
eligible.
A
A
I'm
happy
to
discuss
it
further,
but
but
I
guess
I'm
just
not
there
on
this
kind
of
criteria,
yet,
certainly
at
some
number,
if
perhaps
there
would
be
some
number
that
makes
sense.
If,
if
I
think
we,
you
know,
got
comfortable
that
that
there
were
enough,
like
I
mean
if
there
was
some
evidence,
that
there
were
a
bunch
of
like
really
high
net
worth
people
securing
these
funds
and
it
was
really
kind
of
creating
a
misuse
of
the
intent
of
it.
A
But
I
would
want
to
hear
some
arguments
about
that
before
kind
of
requiring
our
staff
and
the
participants
to
produce.
What's
you
know,
frankly,
it's
somewhat,
I
don't
know.
I
can
see
why
a
lot
of
people
would
say,
like
I'm,
not
super
comfortable,
sharing
all
that
information
too.
I've
already
shared
several
things
that
show
you
know
these
other
criteria,
but
I
guess
at
this
point
I
would
prefer
not
to
have
a
cap
for
this
budget
cycle,
though
I'm
happy
to
discuss
it
further
in
the
future.
Y
A
A
To
me,
it
would
be
sort
of
a
question
of
is:
is
going
through
a
lot
of
paperwork
for
everyone
involved
worth
it
to
prevent,
was
probably
a
very
small
number
of
like
really
higher
net
worth
people
from
accessing
this
program.
At
that
point,
it
would
be
that
kind
of
calculus
in
my
mind,
but
at
this
point
it
would
be
a
recommendation
that
really
would
exclude
people
who,
I
think,
should
participate
in
the
program
who
we're
trying
to
trying
to
help.
X
X
X
We
started
with
ten,
it
got
beat
around
it
mimics.
Well,
I
somewhat
mimics
the
public
assistance
programs
that
we
already
administer
most
most
of
our
public
assistance
programs
actually
have
lower
caps.
Some
have
none
medicaid
for
children
have
none,
but
food
assistance
is
twenty
five
hundred
dollars.
V
A
That's
my
other
concern
is
we're
gonna.
We
might
eliminate.
You
know
a
third
of
the
people
who
were
just
like.
That's
that's
a
pretty
invasive
question.
You
know
I
I'll
show
you
like.
I
make
this
much
income
just
saying
you
know
what
have
you
I
don't
know.
I
guess
I
do
have
a
concern
about
if
we're
gonna
have
a
high
percentage
of
people
who
just
choose
not
to
participate
over
that
question
too
do
do.
K
R
R
If
you
want
to
put
no
limit,
that
is
fine
as
well
the
criteria,
though,
for
us,
if
you
do
put
a
limit,
it
does
allow
us
to
have
more
funds
to
go
further
with
the
intent
of
what
we
were
trying
to
do
to
help
those
lower
folks
income
folks,
but
we
are
open
to
whatever
guidance
you
want
to
give
the
the
guiding
principle
for
us
will
be
to
open
up
july
1,
and
we
don't
have
another
meet
in
before
then.
So.
If
we
can
come
to
consensus
this
afternoon,
that
will
be
preferred.
L
A
I
just
kind
of
see
this
a
little
bit
differently.
I
mean
I
don't.
I
don't
see
this
as
like
an
initiative
that
is
simply
trying
to
affect
the
people
who
are
in
like
severe
poverty.
I
mean.
Certainly,
I
would
like
to
see
us
help
them,
but
I
mean
there
are
a
lot
of
people
who
are
not
in
severe
poverty
who
really
struggle
to
make
ends
meet
in
this
community.
A
A
They
really
struggle
to
keep
their
heads
above
water
in
this
community
and
a
lot
of
the
people
who
make
80
to
100.
Don't
qualify
for
these
other.
You
know
kind
of
government
programs
that
people
who
are
much
lower
income
do
but
they're
not
benefiting
from
this,
but
they
still
pay.
A
lot
of
you
know
paying
their
property.
Taxes
is
tough,
like
in
our
affordable
housing
goals.
A
I'm
glad
we're
focusing
most
of
the
resources
on
helping
people
who
need
like
really,
you
know,
really
supporting
high
high
degrees
of
affordability,
but
we
are
also
talking
about
doing
things
to
help
develop
more
workforce
housing
recognizing
it's
just
really
tough,
to
make
to
make
it
work
to
find
a
decent
place
to
live
to
rent,
to
buy
a
home
in
buncombe
county
and
your
taxes
are
a
direct.
You
know
they're
a
direct
part
of
that.
A
So
to
me
I
I
don't
know,
I
would
love
for
us
to
kind
of
see
us
thinking
about
ways
to
try
to
kind
of
open
this
thing
up
a
bit
more,
rather
than
just
you
know,
kind
of
narrowing
it
down
further
from
what
I
think
was
a
really
great
like.
I
think
what
we
accomplished
last
year,
as
our
first
year
coming
out,
was
really
amazing.
I
think
people
really
were
skeptical,
that
anybody
would
participate
and
and
y'all
did
a
great
job
really
showing
that
that
it
was
a
process.
A
lot
of
people
would
go
through.
A
But
to
me
it's
just
I
I
would
be
I'm
definitely
philosophically
open
to
a
higher
number.
I
still
do
worry
about
is
the
benefit
of
creating
this
cap
worth
the
downsides
to
it,
which
is
a
whole
lot
of
paperwork
from
citizens
and
staff?
Maybe
some
people
just
saying
I'm
not
gonna,
I'm
not
gonna
participate.
A
V
I
think
you
know
we're
hearing
the
point
of
it
from
the
beginning
being
to
avoid
you
know,
fraud
and
abuse,
and
that
sort
of
thing
I
think
there
were
some
examples
of
that.
So
that's
I
think,
the
intent
behind
it
but
yeah,
I
guess
I'd.
I
would
be
open
to
including
it
or
not
losing
29
of
participants
significant.
A
So
what
let's
have
other
commissioners
kind
of
weigh
in
on
just
first?
Should
we
have
this
word
not
have
it
for
now.
It
sounds
like
it's
obviously
something
we
can
continue
to
talk
about.
First,
let's
decide
are
we
going
to
have
the
cap
or
not
for
this
year
and
if
a
majority
says
yes
you
we
should,
then
we
can
settle
on
like
what's
what's
the
number,
so
other
commissioners
have
thoughts
on
this
want
to
comment.
D
A
R
X
X
A
Y
I
do
like
what
philip
just
said
there
of
having
tears
and
but
also,
I
think,
whenever
we
went
through
this
last
year
as
commissioners,
we
wanted
to
put
that
cap
down
low
and
I
think
I
was
one
that
wanted
a
little
higher
than
but
now
kind
of
looking.
This
has
been
successful
of
leaving
it
where
it
is
for
another
year
and
until
staff
can.
Y
A
A
We're
not
creating
some
process
whereby
we've
got
to
you
know
make
them
dig
up
a
bank
statement
figure
out
how
you
know
I
mean
there's
a
lot.
I
mean
it
may
sound
funny,
but
there's
a
lot
of
people
who
can't
do
that
like,
like.
I
know
a
lot
of
people
who
would
not
be
able
to
figure
that
out
by
themselves.
A
X
The
work
probably
is
the
same
one
way
or
the
other,
whether
it's
five
thousand
dollars
or
fifty
thousand
dollars
or
whatever
you're
still
going
to
ask
the
questions.
If
you
don't
have
a
resource
limit,
then
that
that
work
goes
away.
Okay,
I
mean
we
could,
if
you
decide
not
to
have
a
resource
limit,
we
could
still
ask
the
questions
and
gather
that
data
for
coming
years.
D
So
if
we,
if
basically
we
state
the
intention
of
this
program,
is
to
have
you
know
for
those
who
have
resources
below
whatever
amount
and
then
and
then
they
know,
and
you
don't
get
into
asking
for
that
information,
and
so
then
therefore
you're
just
trusting
they
at
least
know
that
part
with
the
resource
amount
and
we
don't
get
into
the
paperwork
with
it,
and
we
try
that
for
this
year.
So
therefore
you're,
just
you're
letting
them
know
that
the
expectation
would
be
right
that
this
program
is
for
people
who
are
not
of
excessive
means.
D
D
A
A
A
I
just
want
to
make
sure
we're
kind
of
clear
on
this
point,
so
so
we're
not
going
to
have
a
hard
cap
like
5000
or
some
other
number
terry.
Could
you
just
restate
this
one
more
time
just
for
the
minutes.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
we're
trying
to
you
know,
be
as
clear
as
possible
and
like
how
we're
going
to
approach
this
question
for
this
year,
and
so
just
restate
that.
D
So
what
I'm
suggesting
is
whatever
amount
that
we
think
is
a
realistic
amount
and
we'd
have
to
decide
what
that
is,
because
it's
not
5k,
but
then
we
say
that
on
there
we
let
people
know
that
if
you
have
that
your
this
program
is
for
people
below
this
amount
of
liquid
resources
right
and
then
so.
Basically
they
can
attest
to
it
themselves
like
you
could
put
the
bots
and
they
just
attested
that,
but
we
don't
check
for
that.
R
P
M
A
A
Parker,
you
suggested
consideration
of
50
000.
I
said
70
but
yeah
any
other
commissioners
have
so
so
there
were.
There
were
a
hundred
and
of
the
1200
that
were
approved
last
year.
140
did
have
liquid
assets
of
more
than
50
000
right.
So
just
as
a
data
point.
So
if
we
did
something
higher
like
70,
there
would
be
fewer
people
who
would
still
participate,
whether
you
think
that's
a
good
thing
or
bad
thing.
You
know
people
can
have
opinions
on
different
sides
of
that.
A
A
To
how
many
to
1200
1263,
I
believe
1263
in
individual
taxpayers,
correct
yeah
again
that
I
mean
that's
part
of
the
part
to
me.
It's
like
we're
not
giving
out
that
much
per
taxpayer.
So
a
few
people
with
fifty
thousand
dollars
get
it
to
me.
It's
like
yeah,
not
my
biggest
concern
as
opposed
to
having
like
a
program
people
wanna
participate
in
commissioner.
Well,
you
have
any
thoughts
on
this
number.
You've
got.
You've
got
a
good
solution
so
far,
so
keep
keep
keep
going.
A
Okay,
so
if
I
disagree
with
60
all
right,
thank
y'all
for
talking
us
through
this
well,
do
we
do
we
need
a
motion
or
there's
been,
I
believe,
there's
a
consensus
around
the
approach
outlined
by
commissioner
wells
and
the
60
000
threshold,
so
this
is
this
has
been
sort
of
a
discussion,
but
if
we
have
a
motion
to
adopt
a
budget
correct
and
can
can
we
reflect
that
this?
This
is
the
approach
regarding
the
program
that
element
of
this
program
for
the
for
the
coming
year.
The
funding.
R
Is
then
already
programmed
in
the
budget,
and
last
year
we
we
came
to
you
with
a
policy
conversation
around
what
we
wanted
to
do
this
year
throughout
the
year.
We've
been
talking
about
this
issue,
so
now
we
never
voted
on
it
through
all
the
talks
or
never
really
got
guidance.
You
just
listen
so
tonight
you
want
to
make
sure
we
had
clear
guidance
and
where
you
wanted
us
to
go.
W
So
there
are
two
budget
ordinances
requiring
adoption.
First
is
the
annual
funds
ordinance
which
establishes
the
annual
budget
for
all
annual
funds,
as
well
as
includes
the
adoption
of
the
fiscal
year,
2023
fee
schedule
and
the
position
classification
and
pay
plan?
These
documents
are
posted
with
the
agenda.
W
A
A
So,
if
not,
is
there
anything
else
prior
to
being
appropriate
to
make
a
motion
regarding
the
so
the
two
motions?
We
simply
need
a
motion
on
the
annual
fund,
ordinance
and
then
second
on
the
capital
projects,
funds
ordinance,
correct.
Okay,
is
there
a
motion
to
approve
the
annual
fund
ordinance
as
proposed
or
otherwise.
J
A
A
A
B
The
screen
is
a
little
bit
of
a
overview
for
the
public
in
terms
of
what
the
audit
committee
charter,
the
audit
committee
bylaws,
are
as
well
as
the
internal
audit
charter
and
to
highlight
for
the
audit
committee
charter.
Of
course,
this
charter
defines
the
purpose
authority
and
responsibility
of
the
audit
committee
of
the
buncombe
county
board
of
commissioners.
B
Now
the
audit
committee
bylaws
this
document
establishes
the
general
operating
procedure
for
the
audit
committee
of
bubbicum
county
in
compliance
with
best
practices
which
do
include
the
government
accountability
office.
So
the
gao
the
institute
of
internal
auditors,
the
iaa
and
the
government
finance
officers
association,
the
gfoa,
the
internal
audit
charter.
This
defines
the
purpose
authority
and
responsibility
of
the
internal
audit
department,
specifically
within
the
buncombe
county
government.
It
includes
outlining
processes
of
ensuring
that
the
internal
audit
function
is
designed
at
value
and
improve
buncombe
county
operations.
D
A
D
A
W
W
Additionally,
it
and
also
increases
the
budget
by
two
million
five
hundred
forty
thousand
seven
hundred
eighty
seven
dollars
for
the
next
distribution
of
the
emergency
rental
assistance
and
that's
to
be
all
of
those
dollars
are
to
be
expended
by
september.
30Th
allowable
administrative
dollars
from
this
grant
will
continue
to
fund
three
current
economic
services
caseworkers
and
two
temporary
hhs
finance
positions.
M
And
I
ask
in
part
just
because
I've
been
hearing
from
community
members
who
are
currently
experiencing
fairly
extreme
increases
in
rents,
the
amounts
of
between
four
or
five
hundred
six
hundred
dollars
a
month.
That
will
go
into
effect
soon
and
just
wanting
us
to
be
thinking
about
different
ways.
We
may
be
able
to
provide
assistance
to
folks
kind
of
weathering
those
transitions.
X
Is
that
era
one
dollars
that
came
through
the
state
that
they
set
aside
for
us
that
has
actually
set
aside
a
little
over
10
million
era?
One
dollars
we
didn't
get
the
first
out
allocation
from
them
until
february.
There
was
no
way
we
could
have
spent
10
million
dollars
between
february
and
september
30th
of
this
year.
X
X
X
No,
it's
actually,
no,
that's
just
okay,
all
right!
The
10
million
was
era,
one
of
which
I
could
not
spend
that
at
all
by
six.
Okay,
I
understood
the
third
yeah
compressed
timeline,
but
the
7.9
million
is
the
ra2
and
we
actually
have
until
september
of
2025
to
spend
those
dollars.
So
once
we
exhaust
these
dollars
that
are
being
budgeted
today,
the
other
330
000
of
era,
direct
treasury
money
we
have
we
can.
We
can
ask
the
state
for
our
portion
of
that
7.9
million.
M
X
They
possibly
could
the
era
two
dollars
or
they're
a
little
bit
more
flexible
than
the
era
ones,
because
the
definition
under
era
2
was
much
broader.
The
era
1
basically
said
you
had
to
lose
income.
You
know
you
had
to
have
lost
a
job
had
hours
reduced
or
whatever.
So
the
definition
of
covid
related
was
was
much
tighter
era.
2
just
kind
of
says
that
you
have
to
have
some
kind
of
lost
income,
it
doesn't
mean
you
lost
a
job
or
whatever
unexpected
expense
during
the
pandemic
to
be
eligible
for
those
dollars.
D
X
J
A
W
W
J
W
So
the
county
needs
to
implement
the
government
accounting
standard
board
statement,
87
leases,
which
is
effective
this
fiscal
year
2022.
This
requires
us
to
take
certain
leases
and
now
record
them
as
debt
service.
Rather
than
operating
expenditures,
we
will
realize
unexpected
medicaid
hold
harmless
revenue
to
offset
the
expenditures
required
for
this
accounting.
It's
expected
that
this
will
not
actually
result
in
new
expenditures,
but
the
accounting
required
for
these
various
leases
will
take
time
beyond
our
opportunity
to
make
a
budget
amendment
for
this
fiscal
year.
A
Second,
all
in
favor
say
aye
aye
any
opposed
all
right.
Thank
you,
john
all,
right.
The
last
item
under
new
business
is
consideration
of
the
potential
community
investment
in
the
2022
chosen
summer
camp,
and
my
notes
here
say
that
commissioner
wells
is
going
to
explain
this
item.
That
might
be
a
surprise
to
you.
There's
been
several
commissioners
discussing
this
so,
but
it
might
be
commissioner
white
sides,
so
commissioner
white
said,
would
you
like
to
tee
us
off
or
I'm
happy
to
say
a
few
words
to
set
the
stage?
A
A
Last
year,
we
had
appropriated
most
of
our
funds
from
the
round
one
applications,
and
in
recent
weeks
we've
been
very
focused
on
reviewing
the
applications
that
have
come
in
for
round
two.
So
this
is
basically
a
summer
camp
program
focused
primarily
on
serving
kids
who
live
in
the
asheville
area's
public,
housing
neighborhoods
and
it's
a
very
robust
summer
camp
program,
and
so
they
have
requested
support
from
the
commissioners,
both
originally
through
an
arpa.
A
First,
funding
process,
as
well
as
just
from
sort
of
general
support,
so
the
city
of
asheville
has
also
made
a
decision
to
support
the
program.
I
believe
dogwood
has
also
been
approached.
I
don't
know
if
they've
made
a
final
decision
on
funding
at
this
time,
but
I
know
there's
active
consideration
around
that
too.
A
As
I
understand
it,
the
county's
participation
in
the
program
would
enable
the
program
to
really
run
throughout
the
summer.
That's
what
our
funds
would
help
them
do.
The
program
has
already
started
and
sounds
like
it's
going
to
be
really
successful,
but
if
the
county
is
a
partner,
then
they're
able
to
you
know
really
make
it
more
of
a
summer
a
program
throughout
the
summer,
rather
than
having
to
just
do
it
for
part
of
this
summer.
A
So
I
think
that's
that's
kind
of
my
understanding
as
an
overview
of
the
project.
If
it
is
a
project
that
the
commissioners
wanted
to
support,
the
two
different
revenue
options
would
be
to
simply
do
a
budget
amendment
and
I
believe
the
county
manager
would
ask
that
we
appropriate
those
funds
from
the
current
fiscal
year
rather
than
coming
fiscal
year.
A
We,
if
we
do
a
budget
amendment,
the
second
option
would
be
that
recognizing
that
they
did
make
a
valid
arpa
application
to
the
county
from
the
first
round
of
applications
that
were
submitted
and
that
the
county
did
not
fully
expend
you
know,
half
of
our
funds
came
in
the
first
tranche,
the
other
half
came
in
in
the
second
tranche.
We
did
not
fully
expend
that
first
tranche
of
funds,
so
we
could
approve
an
appropriation
from
that
first
tranche
of
arpa
funding
as
well.
A
If
we
don't,
then,
obviously
all
of
those
funds
are
simply
available
to
be.
You
know
funded
out
of
the
new
applications
that
have
come
in
that
we're
focused
on
today.
So
that's
kind
of
my
understanding
of
the
project
and
the
different
options
for
funding.
If
the
commission
decides
that
it
wants
to
do
so,.
Z
I
want
to
make
sure
that
I
hope
we
can
give
the
young
people
in
these
communities
some
hope
and
give
them
something
to
do
during
the
summer,
because
I
think
that's
critical,
that
we
keep
them
busy
and
I
think
what
you
look
at
the
way
the
camp
is
structured
and
the
people
who
are
working
with
them.
They
do
a
good
job
and
this
year,
they're
going
to
add
to
it
they're
going
where
it
was
a
75.
Z
Last
year,
it's
over
a
hundred,
that's
come
this
summer,
but
I
think
it's
critical
that
we
give
them
the
support
along
with
the
organizations.
It's
always
ready
have
help,
because
this
is
one
area
where
it's
really
needed.
It's
no
question
about
that.
It's
just
how
do
we
do
it?
You
know
where
it's
from
the
budget
or
the
opera
funds
yeah
and
how
much
we
give
them
because
they
are,
they
have
some
fonts.
I
think
yeah.
J
I
had
the
pleasure
of
visiting
the
program
when
it
was
still
operating
during
the
school
year
before
the
summer
camp,
and
it
was
incredible.
I
would
love
for
y'all
to
go
over
and
take
a
look.
The
kids
arrive.
They
have
healthy
snacks.
They
immediately
launched
into
their
homework
lots
of
partnerships
with
other
community-based
organizations.
J
This
is
they're
also
hiring
a
lot
of
folks
that
live
in
the
neighborhoods
to
work
and
for
many
of
them
it's
their
first
job
that
they've
had
and
also
hiring
the
youth
in
the
communities
to
work
with
the
younger
children
and
then
also
supporting
the
families
as
a
whole,
with
warm
healthy
meals,
at
least
a
couple
of
nights
a
week.
So
I
mean
it's
when
we
think
about
our
kids:
most
impacted
by
covet
are
living
in
communities
of
color.
J
This
is
a
great
way
to
address
a
lot
of
those
challenges,
a
lot
of
the
equity
gaps
and
the
opportunity
gaps
in
those
communities
and
if
we
can
also
provide
them
with
those
healthy
meals,
it
helps
contribute
to.
You
know
a
lot
of
other
a
lot
of
other
challenges
that
they
face.
So
this
is
a
fabulous
program
and
seeing
it
firsthand
up
close,
was
really
informative.
Z
P
R
A
All
right
we've
got
some
board
appointments
and
vice
chair
edwards,
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
you.
I
was
unable
to
attend
the
interviews
earlier
today
due
to
a
schedule
conflict.
So
commissioner,
edwards
facilitated
the
interviews
for
the
airport
authority
and
the
ab
tech
community
college
board
of
trustees.
J
We
had
great
applicants
for
both
of
these
or
these
governance
legislative
positions
available
and
I
think
we're
ready
to
start
with
the
way
we've
typically
done.
It
is
with
the
airport
authority.
We
have
one
vacancy,
so
we
can
go
across
the
dios
and
select
our
one.
We
can
tally
it
and
then,
when
we
come
to
the
ab
tech
trustees
there's
two
vacancies
and
we
can
each
select
two
and
go
from
there,
but
I
do
want
to
take
a
moment
before
we
vote
just
to
thank
all
the
applicants.
They
really
were.
Z
J
A
All
right,
we
have
a
couple
of
announcements
on
july
19th
at
3
p.m.
The
county
commissioners
will
hold
their
briefing
meeting
at
200
college
street
room
326
in
downtown
asheville
july
9th
5
pm.
The
county
commissioners
will
hold
their
next
regular
meeting
at
200
college
street
room
326
in
downtown
asheville.
We
will
not
have
a
meeting
on
the
first
tuesday
of
july
due
to
the
fourth
of
july
holidays,
so
we
wish
everyone
a
great
fourth
of
july
and
we
do
have
a
need
for
a
closed
session.