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Regular Meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners' for Nov. 5, 2020. To view the agenda, previous meetings, or for future meeting agendas, please visit buncombecounty.org/commissioners.
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Does
any
board
member
have
a
financial
interest
in
any
public
contract
coming
before
the
board
today,
there
being
none
all
board.
Members
have
a
duty
and
obligation
to
vote
on
any
matters
voted
on
by
the
board
at
this
meeting,
all
right
we're
going
to
take
public
comment
in
just
a
couple
of
minutes.
If
there
is
any
and
see
there,
our
clerk
is
indicating
that
there
is
no
public
comment
nobody's
signed
up
for
public
comment.
Okay,
very
good
commissioners.
Are
there
any
questions
about
any
items
on
the
consent
agenda.
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Miss
pender:
do
you
have
any
information
you'd
like
to
share
under
county
manager's
report?
No,
sir,
all
right,
we
do
not
have
any
items
under
old
business,
so
we
come
to
new
business
and
the
first
item
under
new
business
is
consideration
of
waiving
occupancy
tax
penalties
incurred
due
to
covet
19
for
the
sales
months
of
february
through
august
2020,
which
are
due
march
through
september
2020.
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As
chairman
newman
mentioned,
I'm
before
you
this
afternoon
to
talk
about
occupancy
tax
penalty
waivers
due
to
covid,
I
want
to
walk
I'd
like
to
walk
through
three
quick
topics
in
this
presentation:
the
occupancy
tax
penalty
waiver
request,
the
buncombe
county
tourism,
development
authority
action
and
the
penalty
summary.
As
of
october,
21st,.
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So
the
penalty
summary
as
of
october
21st
for
the
months
of
sales
february
through
august
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establishments,
have
delinquent
reporting
or
remitting
occupancy
tax
is
a
two-part
process.
They
have
to
report
their
sales
and
their
occupancy
tax
due
and
they
have
to
pay
it.
So
there's
a
penalty
associated
for
both
actions.
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And
883.09
cents
from
dogwood
health
trust
to
support
integrated
public
health
justice
initiative
to
reduce
recidivism
and
increase
access
to
medical
and
mental
health
substance
use
care
for
those
exiting
the
buncombe
county
detention
facility
and
the
swannanoa
and
craggy
correctional
centers.
This
budget
amendment
is
a
request
to
accept
the
grant
to
establish
the
budget
needed
to
receive
the
revenues
and
to
expend
the
funds
in
our
grant
projects
fund.
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The
other
budget
amendment
is
for
the
capital
projects
fund.
So
since
the
time
of
the
original
conversation
and
budgeting
for
the
solar
projects,
the
hall
fletcher
elementary
project
was
removed
from
the
scope
of
the
project.
So
we
are
requesting
to
reduce
the
capital
project
budget
in
the
amount
of
three
hundred
and
twelve
thousand
three
hundred
and
fifty
six
dollars
to
match
that
reduction
and
removal
from
the
project
costs.
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Great
all
right,
thank
you
very
much
and
just
a
little
context
for
folks
may
not
have
heard,
I
think,
as
the
schools
were
looking
at
the
projects
on
their
properties
late
in
the
process,
there
were
some
concerns
about
the
roof
at
hall,
fletcher
and
whether
it
might
need
some
maintenance
in
the
near
future
and
and
our
staff
needed
to
go
ahead
and
get
these
details
buttoned
down.
So
the
decision
was
made
to
just
go
ahead
and
take
that
project
out
of
the
pro
out
of
the
portfolio.
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So,
as
per
the
annual
occurrence,
the
school
capital
fund
commission
met
on
october,
the
12th
2020
and
have
approved
for
recommendation
to
the
board
of
commissioners,
16
million
367
thousand
eight
hundred
and
twenty
three
dollars
of
new
projects
for
the
2022
calendar.
So
the
school
year,
three
million
eight
hundred
and
ninety
seven
thousand
eight
hundred
and
twenty
three
dollars
is
recommended
for
asheville
city
school
projects
and
12
million
470
000
recommended
for
buncombe
county
schools
projects
just
to
review
just
quickly
for
asheville
city
schools.
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We
have
left
that
open,
ended
and
not
taken
down
the
advertisement
for
that.
We've
only
received
one
more
application
and
it's
still
not
any
diversity
within
the
applicants.
Okay,
so
just
wanted
to
pass
that
on-
and
I
know
it's
kind
of
a
time
crunch
to
have
that
position
feel
so
I
don't
know
how
the
board
feels
about
that,
but
wanted
to
give
you
that
update.
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So
so,
let's
advertise
it
a
little
bit
longer,
but
so
I
would
just
put
a
call
out
to
the
community
for
folks
who
are
listening
to
this
commission
meeting
tonight.
We've
got
a
we've
got
a
lot
of
different
boards
and
commissions
on
and
and
our
strategic
partnership
citizen
advisory
board
is
one
of
the
most
important.
This
is
the
group
of
citizens
in
our
community
that
formally
make
recommendations
to
the
board
of
commissioners
about
the
allocation
of
a
good
portion
of
our
community
partnership
grants.
So
there's
there's
it's
a
really
important
board.
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Just
one
okay:
so
we've
got
it,
we've
got
a
vacancy
that
needs
to
be
filled
so,
and
we
need
to
do
it
pretty
soon.
So
we'd
encourage
folks
to
go
there
and
you
can
submit
an
application
to
our
county
clerk
lamar
joiner
and
look
forward
to
having
a
good
group
of
people
to
consider
for
this
important
post.
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Air,
air,
quality
or
air
permitting
is
not
handled
by
the
state
of
north
carolina
in
buncombe
county
like
it
is,
I
assume,
in
every
other
county
in
the
state.
We
have
our
own
agency
that
does
that,
just
in
buncombe
county.
So
it's
got
a
citizen
oversight
board.
This
is
another
really
important
board,
and
so
so,
just
for
any
folks
who
are
listening
to
this
board,
we've
got
an
application
for
it.
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For
all
of
us,
there's
a
consensus
of
the
board.
I'd
be
happy
to
give
it
another
week.
I
agree
it's
a
really
important
board.
We
need
people
with
some
expertise
in
this,
so
it's
it's.
It
is,
and
is
there
a
consensus
that
we're
going
to
extend
that
for
a
week
so
that,
hopefully
folks
who
are
listening
to
it
tonight
or
if
commissioners
know
folks,
you
might
want
to
talk
to
to
encourage
them
to
apply,
as
well
as
for
the
strategic
partnership
board
too?
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So
just
want
to
announce
to
the
board
that
the
advanced
monument
task
force
has
been
diligently
meeting
over
the
past
few
months
and
they
would
like
to
hold
a
virtual
special
meeting
with
the
city
council,
ashville
civil
council,
as
well
as
the
buncombe
county
commission,
and
they
will
have
a
vote
on
their
recommendation
for
either
removal,
relocation
or
repurpose
of
the
advanced
monument
task
force
and
that
date
is
november.
19Th
at
4,
30.
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The
next
regularly
scheduled
meeting
of
the
buncombe
county
commission
is
on
november
17th
at
3
p.m.
The
county
commissioners
will
hold
their
briefing
meeting
at
200
college
street
room
326
in
downtown
asheville
and
then
at
5
p.m.
On
november
17th,
the
commissioners
will
hold
a
regular
meeting
at
200
college
street
room
326
in
downtown
asheville.