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Briefing of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners for Oct. 20, 2020. Briefings take place the same day as Regular Meetings, the first and third Tuesday of each month, at 3 p.m. The purpose of the briefings are to discuss future agenda items and to hear presentations from staff on matters of concern in an open, transparent manner. No official actions take place at Briefings.
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B
B
B
B
After
that,
the
other
items
on
the
agenda
are
the
dogwood
trust,
grant
jail
and
prison
re-entry
project,
discussion
of
donation
policy,
elections
update
and
commissioners.
There's
one
other
item
that
staff
would
like
to
add
to
our
briefing
agenda,
which
is
miss
pender.
Could
you
just
describe
what
this
item
is.
B
All
right
so
we'll
talk
about
a
right-of-way
issue
and
I
think
the
staff
are
hoping
that
if
once
we've
had
the
briefing
if
everyone's
comfortable
with
it,
we
might
add
this
by
consensus
to
the
agenda
tonight
all
right.
Commissioners
are
there
any
other
items
that
people
would
like
to
add
for
our
briefing
discussion
today.
B
F
F
As
I
said,
the
two
dashboards
essentially
have
the
same
data
on
them,
and
so
this
will
allow
our
team
to
now
put
those
duplicative
efforts
toward
other
efforts
here
locally,
including
the
support
of
our
case
management
or
our
case.
Investigation,
contact,
tracing
testing
access
and
other
future
coveted
response
plans
that
we.
F
F
And
then
speaking
of
testing,
we
also
want
to
remind
everyone
that
testing
is
available
at
several
different
community
sites,
including
community
partners
like
our
fqhcs.
Our
urgent
cares
our
pharmacies
and
also
at
our
own
community
testing
sites.
We
are
currently
scheduling
our
fixed
sites
and
our
pop-up
sites
into
november
and
folks
can
visit
buncomberready.org
and
if
you
scroll,
if
you
choose
the
testing
function,
you'll
see
a
calendar
or
a
list
of
testing
options
at
the
bottom
into
from
this
month
and
and
then
beyond,
and
I
just
want
to.
F
F
F
The
state's
current
percent
positivity
has
increased
from
6.4
from
the
last
time.
I
spoke
to
you
all
to
about
7.4
percent
today
and
again,
while
our
percent
positivity
is
less
than
the
desired
5,
which
is
good,
it
has
increased
since
september
and
in
order
to
reduce
the
spread
of
irs,
I
can't
say
it
enough.
It
is
very
important
for
all
of
us
to
use
the
precautions
that
we
have
in
place,
which
is
to
limit
our
interactions,
wear
face
covering
wash
our
hands
and
keep
six
feet
apart.
Those
are
our
best
defenses
right
now.
F
F
But
one
of
the
things
to
note
here
is
that
across
the
state
in
each
of
the
regions,
we
are
seeing
an
uptick
in
that
covet-like
illness,
and
so
this
is
a
good
time
to
turn
it
over
and
to
turn
it
over
to
our
guest.
Dr
bill
hathaway
senior,
vice
president
and
chief
medical
officer
for
mission
hospital
to
talk
more
about
hospital
and
health
system.
G
Thank
you
stacy,
it's
a
pleasure
to
be
here
again.
It's
been
a
while,
since
I've
seen
many
of
you
or
at
least
in
this
venue-
and
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
come
back
and
address
you
and
the
community.
We
let's
see
if
I
can,
handle
the
challenges
here.
As
stacy
appropriately
pointed
out,
we
have
been
seeing
an
increase
and
I
think
we're
all
aware
of
covet
cases
across
the
united
states
and
covet
deaths
continue
to
occur.
G
The
shapes
of
these
curves
that
you'll
see
that
stacy
presented
and
I
presented
are
very,
very
similar,
meaning
that
what
is
happening
nationally
is
happening
locally,
and
we
all
need
to
be
very
aware
of
that.
We've
tragically
passed
eight
million
cases
and
over
two
hundred
thousand
deaths
in
the
united
states,
and
most
of
us
are
well
aware
that
that's
very
disproportionate
to
our
population
admission.
I
wanted
to
provide
an
update
of
what
we've
seen
and
you'll
note
that
on
this
chart,
this
graph,
the
blue
curve,
represents
the
total
numbers
of
patients.
G
What
you
see
is
concerning
to
me
is:
we
are
approaching,
if
not
surpassing
our
peak
of
patience
that
we
had
hospitalized
in
july
when
we
hit
our
first
peak
and
now
have
gone
up
again
very
steadily
to
the
current
values
of
about
35
to
45
patients
in
the
health
system
at
any.
Given
time.
Most
recently,
we've
had
31
patients
hospitalized
this
morning,
eight
of
whom
were
in
the
icu.
G
What
I
find
most
interesting,
however,
and
perhaps
slightly
encouraging,
despite
the
recent
rise
in
the
cases,
is
that
while
cases
have
risen,
the
numbers
of
patients
that
we've
seen
in
the
icu
is
remaining
flat
and
that's
encouraging
to
me.
I
don't
have
an
explanation
for
that
lots
of
proposed
explanations,
but
encouraging
to
me.
It
means
that
we
have
adequate
resources.
G
We
have
adequate
beds,
ventilators
testing
supplies
and
ppe
to
handle
the
surge
right
now
and
we
are
certainly
much
better
off
than
we
were
back
in
march
when
we
first
encountered
this
illness
and
had
very
much
limited
supplies.
So
I
want
to
echo
in
closing
my
comments
here.
What
stacy
said
is
that
our
best
defense
at
this
point
in
time
are
the
three
w's
wearing
a
mask
waiting
six
feet
apart
and
washing
our
hands
and
keeping
them
away
from
our
mouths
and
face.
G
We
anticipate
and
hope
for
a
vaccine.
The
vaccine
will
come.
We
just
don't
know
when
it
will
come.
Both
the
health
department
and
mission
health
system
are
in
the
process
of
coordinating
with
the
state
to
obtain
supplies
of
those
vaccines,
but
the
best
strategy
we
have
now
and
even
into
next
year
is
to
be
mindful
of
social
distancing.
G
H
Thank
you
for
the
presentation
both
of
you.
I
I
wondered
if,
if
you
could
share
with
us
sort
of
any
of
your
thinking
about,
if
there
are
threshold
levels
at
which
it
might
be
most
responsible
to
consider
re-implementing
some
of
the
policies
that
we
had
between
the
sort
of
march
and
august
time
frame,
I
think
obviously
no
one
wants
to
do
that.
H
But,
as
we
see
these
numbers
and
and
know
that
we're
approaching
sort
of
the
confluence
of
flu
season
and
covid
and
I'm
going
away,
I'm
just
interested
in
sort
of
the
latest
thinking
on
what
we
need
to
when
we
go
into
sort
of
that
yellow
zone.
When
we're
in
that
red
zone
and
and
any
thoughts
on
that.
F
Yeah
thanks
so
much
for
the
question,
and
so
one
thing
I'll
first
say:
is
that
not
only
do
not
only
am
I
looking
at
these
every
day,
but
every
week
we
are
looking
at
these
through
our
still
still
our
command
center
and
monitoring
these
trends
over
time
to
see.
If
there's
any,
you
know
other
decisions
that
we
need
to
be
making.
F
F
How
steep
is
that
curve
going
and
percent
positivity,
because
that
is
one
of
our
best
indicators
of
community
transmission,
and
so
one
of
the
other
things
that
we
look
at
too,
as
I
said,
is
that
anecdotal
type
of
data
that
we
get
from
case
investigation,
which
is,
are
we
seeing
something
within
our
community
that
needs
us
to
take
action
and
right
now?
What
I
can
tell
you,
through
those
case
investigations,
is
it's
that
individual
behavior
of
we
have
to
remember
that
that
six
feet
is
really
important.
We
have
to
remember
that
mass
are
really
important.
F
There's
growing
evidence
about
how
important
mass
are
right
now
and
then,
of
course,
we
would
be
looking
for
our
hospital
partners
too,
and
just
as
dr
hathaway
stated,
you
know
looking
at
what
the
hospitalization
rates
are.
What
are
the
icu?
Are
we
reaching
a
capacity
and
right
now,
as
you
heard,
dr
hathaway
say
that
there's
still
capacity
within
our
hospital
at
this
point
so
but
it
is
monitored
daily
for
for
some
of
us
and
then
most
certainly
every
week
we
are
discussing
that
in
our
command
center.
Thank.
I
B
I
have
a
couple
questions.
One
is
looking
ahead
to
the
fall
and
winter.
You
know
there's
long,
there's
long
been
concerned
that
case
in
cases
would
increase
in
the
fall
and
winter
as
people
have
less
opportunities
to
do
things
outdoors
and
there's
just
more
happening
indoors.
People
are,
you
know
indoors
in
close
proximity
and
and
that's
obviously
a
lot
more
favorable
environment
for
transmission
than
when
people
are
outside.
B
So
is
there.
You
know,
based
on
everything
that
we've
learned
so
far
and
the
the
trends
we
have
right
now.
Is
there
any
way
to
kind
of
fork?
You
know,
do
forecasts
for
our
community
around
what
we
think
the
fall
and
winter
might
look
like.
I
realize
you
know
this
is
such
an
unprecedented
situation.
It's
all
kind
of
asking
you
to
talk
about
looking
into
a
crystal
ball,
but
nevertheless
I
guess
I'd
like
to
hear
your
thoughts
about
what
the
best
thinking
is
on
that
based
on
the
learned
experience
we've
had
so
far.
G
G
G
I
I'm
not
sure
I
completely
buy
that
it's
interesting.
It
may
be
that
there's
some
reporting
issues
related
to
the
pandemic.
It
may
be
related
to
the
fact
that
we're
all
masking
anyway,
so
flu
season
is
down
it's
hard
to
know,
but
I
think
I'm
hopeful
I
I
do
know
it's
going
to
get
worse.
Okay,
because
we,
as
you
pointed
out
as
we
move
inside
and
as
we
have
the
behaviors
we've
see,
we
see
it
every
year
that
respiratory
illnesses
rise
in
the
winter
and
fade
away
in
the
summer.
G
That
will
happen
here
too,
but
I'm
hopeful
that,
based
on
the
southern
hemisphere,
experience
that
we'll
be
okay,
it
hearkens
us
all
to
remember
that
the
flu
vaccine
is
recommended.
We
have
a
vaccine
for
the
flu,
it
won't
protect
against
covid,
but
it's
critically
important
that
each
and
every
one
of
us
above
six
months
of
age,
get
the
flu
vaccine
there's
it's
it's
completely
safe.
There
are
very
very
few
if
any
medical
contraindications
to
getting
it,
and
we
encourage
you
to
get
that
flu
vaccine.
G
B
You
know
the
you
know
this
holiday
and
a
lot
of
people
have
a
lot
of
fun
and
it
brings
a
lot
of
joy
to
a
lot
of
kids.
You
know
in
our
community,
but
I
hear
a
lot
of
people
asking
about.
You
know
what
you
know.
What
should
it
look
like,
so
I
just
should.
Should
people
do
it
at
all
if
they
do
how
how
how
should
how
should
they
do
it?
So
I'm
sure
a
lot
of
people
would
be
interested
in
hearing
your
thoughts
about
this.
F
Yeah-
and
I
think
I
want
to
recognize
that
it
is
tough-
it's
been,
it's
been
tough
on
folks
right,
and
so
I
would
draw
folks
to
north
carolina.
Department
of
health
and
human
services
has
a
really
nice
halloween
guidance
document
that
talks
about
the
level
of
risk.
So
it's
important
for
folks
to
know
that
activities
have
risks
to
them
right
now
and
so
that
there
are
choices
that
we
can
make
that
are
less
risky,
and
so
you
know
our
traditional
halloween
with
trick-or-treating.
F
At
door-to-door
and
sticking
your
hand
into
a
bucket
is
not
ideal
and
is
not
recommended
right,
but
there
are
other
less
risky
activities
or
activities
that
have
less
risk
than
than
traditional
halloween,
and
so
we
would
encourage
folks
to
look
at
that
guidance
and
to
think
through
what
other
halloween
activities
can
you
partake
in
that?
Still,
you
know,
allows
you
to
enjoy
the
spirit
of
what
halloween
is
without
putting
yourself
at
great
risk
for
contracting
the
virus.
B
All
right,
and
then
I
guess
my
related
question-
is
thinking
a
little
bit
further
down
the
line.
You
know
we
have
thanksgiving
and
we
have
christmas
coming
up
when
you
know
families
travel
and
get
together
and
spend
time
together,
and
it's
a
really
important
time
for
people,
but
just
thinking
about
you
know
what
I
just
described.
It
also
sounds
like
you
know,
especially
for
a
lot
of
folks
who
might
be
more
vulnerable
to
being
becoming
seriously
ill
if
they
contract
covid
any
thoughts.
B
F
That
again,
we
recognize
that
this
is
hard
on
on
people,
in
that
we
want
them
to
make
choices
that
are
responsible
and
that
are
putting
themselves
at
the
lowest
amount
of
risk,
and
so
to
remember
that
when,
when
you're
coming
together
in
any
type
of
gathering,
you
are
again
inherently
putting
yourself
at
risk,
because
it's
an
interaction
and
an
exposure.
So
to
remember
the
three
w's
as
much
as
possible,
and
that
means
you
know
when
we're
meeting
with
our
families.
F
F
J
We're
here
sharing
an
update,
because
we've
got
about
three
months
left
less
than
three
months
now
on
the
funds
as
currently
structured
and
wanting
to
just
have
an
opportunity
for
commissioners
to
hear
the
update
about
how
the
funds
have
been
used
and
some
priorities
for
the
last
couple
of
months.
So
as
a
reminder,
crf
or
the
coronavirus
relief
funds
are
funds
for
local
governments
that
came
through
the
cares
act
to
address
covet
19
pandemic.
J
The
dollar
amount
that
we
were
awarded
is
just
shy
of
10
million
dollars,
total
it's
listed
on
the
screen
there
for
you,
nine
million
five
hundred
and
sixty
eight
thousand
eight
hundred
forty
four
dollars.
There
was
a
phase
one
or
a
round
one
and
then
later
around
two
both
of
those
came
before
the
board
of
commissioners,
and
we
have
appropriated
those
funds,
a
reminder
on
the
framing
for
what
these
funds
can
be
used
for.
J
J
J
We
have
personnel
that
are
substantially
dedicated
in
our
public
health
and
public
safety
roles,
and
we
have
other
personnel
who
might
not
ordinarily
be
at
public
health
and
public
safety,
but
have
been
substantially
dedicated
to
the
covet
19
response
and
in
addition,
we've
had
direct
expenses
as
part
of
our
operational
costs
covering
those
categories
we
saw
a
couple
of
minutes
ago,
an
example
of
medical
expenses.
We've
been
spending
on
the
testing
sites
that
you
hear
updated
from
those
covid19
updates,
isolation
and
quarantine.
J
Some
of
our
public
facilities
so
that
we
can
safely
deliver
services
within
the
context
of
the
pandemic
and
social
distancing,
telecommuting
lots
of
adjustments
in
order
to
have
people
to
work
remotely
when
they
are
not
needed,
face
to
face
on
site
and
economic
support
which
we're
going
to
talk
more
about
in
a
second
and
then
various
other
expenses
like
food
delivery.
That
was
something
that
was
occur
incurred
early
in
the
pandemic
response
back
in
I
think
march,
maybe
april,
in
collaboration
with
the
school
districts.
J
So
what
is
next
we're
calling
out
a
few
priorities
here?
There's
no
action
that
is
needed
to
be
taken
by
the
board
of
commissioners,
because
these
funds
are
fully
allocated
and
already
defined
in
terms
of
what
is
allowable.
But
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we're
in
communication
about
what
these
priorities
are.
J
J
J
J
We
talked
a
few
weeks
back
about
earmarking,
another
400
000
for
that
health
and
human
services
has
been
often
running
on
delivering
that
assistance.
So
far
when
we
put
this
presentation
together
late
last
week,
that
figure
was
at
160
000
so
far,
just
in
the
first
couple
of
weeks
of
administering
that
assistance,
so
it's
possible
that
we
will
utilize
that
400
000
and
be
able
to
infuse
additional
funds
into
it,
provided
that
it
stays
within
that
time
frame
of
expending
by
december
30th
that
160
000
has
served
132
households.
J
One
of
the
top
needs
that
we
are
hearing
is
internet
access
or
broadband,
and
so
we
have
partnered
with
our
school
systems
to
try
to
identify
ways
that
we
could
potentially
use
some
of
these
funds
to
meet
some
of
those
needs
so
working
with
the
two
different
school
districts,
with
the
city,
schools
and
with
the
county
schools-
and
you
see
here-
listed
as
well,
even
looking
at
if
there's
a
potential
way
to
do,
extend
a
partnership
down
to
that
pre-k
level
because
believe
it
or
not.
We
have
preschoolers
pre-k
children
who
are
doing
home-based
learning.
J
It's
not
all
virtual
in
the
same
way
that
a
k-12
student
is
using
their
computer,
but
nonetheless
it
is
we
we
do
have
home-based
pre-k
going
on.
So
those
are
three
upcoming
priorities.
We
wanted
to
make
sure
commissioners
here
that
have
some
crf
funds
going
into
them,
and
my
last
slide
here
is
a
summary
which
is
just
some
helpful
context.
J
This
9.6
million
dollars
in
crf
is
secured
in
addition
to
all
these
other
funding
sources
that
are
listed
here.
So,
as
we've
compiled
this
information
working
with
your
finance
office
and
your
budget
office
and
your
various
other
departments
that
have
been
able
to
access
specific
covid19
funding
for
to
support
county
efforts,
it
totals
nearly
15
million
dollars
across
these
different
categories.
These
are
all
various
different
kinds
of
funding
sources.
J
The
time
frames
are
a
little
different.
This
is
not
all
one
fiscal
year.
Some
of
these
are
multi-year.
The
structures
for
some
of
these
funds
are
different,
but
we
did
want
you
to
see
that
we're
working
diligently
across
the
county
to
try
to
leverage
and
fully
maximize
any
funding
source
that
we
could
draw
down
for
kofit19.
J
So
some
examples
of
of
what
makes
up
these
figures
that
you're
seeing
elections
has
funding
from
the
help.
Americans
vote
act,
health
and
hum
sorry
emergency
services,
one
of
the
items
included
there
is
a
dogwood
health
trust
grant
centers
for
disease
control.
Funding
is
reflected
in
the
health
and
human
services
figures
institute
of
museum
and
library
sciences
is
reflected
in
the
library's
figure
planning.
There's
a
large
sum
there
for
transportation
that
came
through
the
federal
transportation
administration
and
sheriff
has
a
grant
included
there.
J
That
came
through
the
bureau
of
justice
assistance,
so
a
mix
of
intergovernmental
and
private
funding
leveraged
across
these
departments
for
county-wide
response-
and
this
is
to
this-
does
not
yet
include
a
couple
things
that
are
pending.
We've
talked
at
length
about
cdbg,
which
is
a
community
development
block,
grant
coronavirus,
we're
submitting
that
application
for
900
000
and
also
pursuing
what
reimbursement
we
can
from
fema.
In
addition
to
these
figures,.
B
K
So
a
question
you
may
have
this
in
a
future
slide,
I'm
sure
you're
going
to
show
it
to
us
later,
but
there
was
there
was
a
mention
of
53
families
or
x
number
of
people.
You
know
at
some
point
in
time.
I'd
like
to
see
you
know
how
many
families
have
been.
You
know
how
who
have
we
helped
or
have
these
funds
went
specifically,
you
know
to
communities
or
you
know
how
have
we
impacted
the
community?
J
As
it's
currently
structured,
we
have
until
december
30th.
We
are
listening
to
our
partners
at
the
state
level.
The
pandemic
recovery
office
that
I
mentioned
earlier,
the
association
of
county
commissioners
has
been
immensely
helpful
in
navigating
and
interpreting
the
guidance.
But
ultimately
these
are
federal
funds.
Through
the
cares
act
and
that's
the
expiration
date
things
could
change.
There
are
people
who
introduce
legislation
to
adjust
that
to
add
more
time
and
or
more
money,
but
december
30th
is
our
cut
off
now
and
if
we
don't
use
it,
we
return
it.
J
J
We
hope
so
we're
in
communication
which,
with
each
sub-recipient,
they
had
drawn
down
about
44
of
their
total
allocations
as
of
the
end
of
september,
so
we're
in
communication
with
each
one
about
their
initial
plans.
If
anything
has
changed,
if
there
are
adjustments
that
we
can
make,
we
do
not
wish
to
send
any
of
this
back.
D
L
Well,
good
afternoon,
commissioners,
thank
you
for
requesting
this
update,
I'm
going
to
go
over
each
of
our
voting
methods
and
relay
what
voters
need
to
know
and
then
review
some
numbers
with
you
according
to
each
method.
So,
let's
start
with
absentee
by
mail
over
51
000
requests
have
been
submitted
this
far
to
election
services
in
just
buncombe
county
and
to
compare
that
to
2016
the
last
comparable
election.
We
had
7
500
requests.
So
this
was
a
a
very,
very
big
push
for
voters
for
absentee
by
mail.
You
can
still
request
an
absentee
ballot.
L
The
deadline
is
technically
october
27th.
However,
we
really
really
really
encourage
people
to
get
that
done
now,
so
that
get
that
done
now
to
make
sure
that
you
get
your
ballot
on
time
and
are
able
to
return
it
on
time,
make
sure
that
you're
filling
out
the
envelope
completely
so
get
your
witness
signature.
They
need
to
print
their
name
and
give
their
full
address,
and
you
need
to
sign
the
absentee
ballot
as
well.
L
L
L
L
L
Ballots
are
counted
they're
pre-processed
at
board
meetings
before
election
day,
so
these
results
that
we
are
getting
in
now
are
going
to
be
uploaded
election
night.
I
know
there's
been
questions
nationally
about
that
states
do
different
things
in
north
carolina.
Those
results
are
uploaded
election
night,
so
everything
that
has
been
processed
at
board
meetings
prior
to
november
3rd
will
be
on
those
results
that
we
upload
as
quickly
as
possible.
After
7
30
on
election
night,
we've
been
processing
between
five
and
six
thousand
ballots
per
meeting.
L
How
often
do
we
meet
so
we
we
meet
we'll,
we
start
on
a
tuesday
and
we
assess
we
see
how
many
we
can
get
done
in
that
six
hour
period
and
then
we
continue
our
meeting
until
we're
done.
Usually
that's
three
meetings
a
week,
tuesday,
wednesday
and
thursday,
and
then
we
focus
on
processing
and
getting
ready
for
the
next
tuesday.
B
L
Let's
move
on
to
early
voting
early
voting
is
happening
now
we
have
16
locations
in
buncombe
county
and
you
can
go
to
any
of
those
locations
that
are
convenient
to
you.
We
have
a
weight
map
that
will
help
you
decide
which
location
to
go
to,
and
you
can
find
that
online
if
you
have
not
registered
to
vote
yet
you
can
do
that
at
early
voting.
It's
called
same
day.
Registration
and
you'll
need
to
bring
some
proof
of
residence
a
utility
bill,
or
your
driver's
license,
with
your
updated
address
on
it.
L
L
L
You
can't
drop
off
your
absentee
ballot
that
way,
if
you
are
want
needing
assistance
with
absentee
ballots,
come
to
our
office
and
we
have
curbside
available
there
to
help
you
move
through
the
process
at
both
in
person
early
voting
or
election
day.
It
is
a
great
idea
to
download
your
sample
ballot,
go
to
buncombecounty.org
vote
to
find
that
information
or
call
our
office
at
828-250-4200.
L
So
some
numbers
I'm
very
excited
about
these
early
voting
numbers.
We
have
big
numbers
everywhere
this
year.
The
first
day
of
early
voting
was
a
record.
We
had
eleven
thousand
vote
early
on
that
first
day
in
2016
we
had
7977,
so
a
significant
increase.
We
were
voting
a
thousand
people
an
hour
and
we
did
that
same
amount.
The
next
day,
like
I
said,
we
have
16
locations,
that's
12,
500,
one
location
for
per
12,
500,
registered
voters
and
that's
significant
because
the
state's
recommendation
or
requirement
is
one
site
for
every
twenty
thousand.
L
L
To
work
this
operation,
including
backup
poll
workers,
we
have
275
early
voting
workers
that
are
working
two
shifts,
and
then
we
have
our
support
staff
back
in
our
office.
A
coordinator
who
has
four
rovers
a
call
center
for
the
poll
workers
to
call
in
with
issues
of
four
people,
and
then
four
people
just
answering
public
calls.
L
L
L
A
L
L
That's
correct:
yes,
that's
in
addition
to
absentee
moving
on
to
election
day
election
day
is
november
3rd.
We
are
open.
The
polls
are
open
from
6
30
a.m,
to
7
30
p.m.
We
have
80
polling
locations
across
the
county
and
on
election
day,
you're
assigned
a
polling
location.
So
you
need
to
look
that
up
and
go
to
the
polling
location
that
you're
assigned
to
again.
Looking
up
your
sample
ballot
will
help
you
move
through
the
process
more
quickly,
there's
no
same-day
registration
on
election
day.
L
So,
if
you're
not
registered,
you
need
to
make
sure
that
you're
going
to
early
voting
and
don't
wait
till
election
day
all
80
locations,
we're
very
happy
to
report
are
fully
staffed.
We
have
always
struggled
finding
poll
workers
and
when
the
pandemic
started,
we
were
very
worried
about
the
fact
that
we
had
to
have
more
than
ever
number
of
poll
workers
and
that
our
poll
workers
were
in
the
higher
risk
category.
L
We
also
have
all
hands
on
deck,
support
that
day
from
5
30
a.m,
till
about
11
p.m.
When
we
get
all
the
supplies
back,
we
have
two
supply
coordinators
that
have
10
rovers
and
everybody
else
is
on
calls
that's
a
very,
very
busy
call
day
and
throughout
the
day,
we're
also
having
our
required
statutory
board
meetings.
L
We
will
also
have
been
working
extensively
with
ems
health
facilities,
pr
I.t
law
enforcement,
fire
and
av
tech
to
make
sure
that
we
are
ready
for
any
emergencies.
It's
been
a
fantastic
collaboration
and
taylor
jones
is
going
to
talk
more
about
that
after
me,
if
you
combine
absentee
and
early
voting
so
far,
that
means
that
66
000
people
have
voted
so
far.
M
L
Buncombe
county
we
have
205
000
registered
voters,
so
that's
about
a
third
of
people
have
already
voted
this
election.
The
second
week
of
early
voting.
We
tend
to
dip,
we
have
a
it
slows
down
a
bit
and
then
the
second
week
we
peak
again.
I
expect
early
voting
to
be
the
the
largest
turnout,
so
if
that
leaves
a
lower
number
of
people
for
election
day,
which
which
will
help
keep
things
manageable.
L
L
I
would
also
like
to
mention
something
that
not
everybody
knows
about,
which
is
the
10-day
canvas
period
following
the
election,
so
election
day
doesn't
mean
it's
over
for
us.
We
have
10
days
after
words
where
we
are
certifying
the
election,
we'll
count
any
absentees
that
we
received
by
election
days,
but
we're
postmarked
on
election
day,
but
received
afterwards,
and
a
new
law
allows
that
date
to
be
the
12th,
so
anything
that
we
were
was
postmarked
timely
on
election
day.
L
We
receive
between
then,
and
the
12th
will
be
counted.
I
don't
expect
that
to
be
a
large
number,
but
the
absentee
volume
is
bigger
and
so
it'll
be
bigger
than
in
the
past.
We
also
process
our
provisional
votes
during
that
week
and
in
2016
that
was
about
a
thousand
of
those,
so
smaller
numbers.
But
it's
it's
something
that
that
we
do
during
that
time.
L
The
state
board
paid
for
all
of
our
ppe,
which
is
not
insignificant,
that
is
200
000
masks,
200
000
pens,
hundreds
of
gallons
of
hand,
sanitizer
it's
it
is
a
lot
and
it
was
significant
coordination.
All
that
we
didn't
have
to
do
so.
I
wanted
to
mention
that
we
do
have
the
hava
funding,
which
is
a
little
bit
more
flexible.
It
incorporates
security
too,
so
it's
not
just
cova
covid
money
and
then
the
we
also
received
election
specific
cares.
L
Funding
and
supplemental
cares,
funding,
which
is
mostly
for
giving
poll
workers
bonuses
for
working
during
the
pandemic.
Our
office
also
reached
out
to
the
center
for
tech
and
civic
life
to
acquire
more
grant
money.
That
way,
we
received
a
hundred
and
thirty
five
thousand
eight
hundred
and
eighty
dollars
through
that
method
and
we're
currently
looking
into
another
grant.
L
And
then
the
one
thing
I
also
wanted
to
mention
in
the
this
regard,
I
mean
it's
obvious
that
this
election
was
an
expensive
one,
but
absentee
the
this.
This
election
raised
awareness
about
absentee,
and
so
I
just
want
to
mention
that
I
think
that's
here
to
stay
that
that
part
of
our
operation
will
it
is
going
to
be
bigger
from
here
on
out
and
that's
all
I
have.
Are
there
any
questions.
C
The
volunteers
were
excellent
and
I
heard
nothing
but
good
comments
from
the
people.
You
know
who
were
there
and
coming
through,
but
you
all
are
doing
an
excellent
job.
Keep
it
up
because
I
was
I
was
impressed.
That
was
the
smoothest
I've
seen
and
the
most
people
I've.
You
know
seen
there
at
that
time,
but
thank
you
for
a
job
well
done.
H
Yeah
just
chiming
in
to
say
thank
you
so
much
and
echo
what
commissioner
whiteside
says
is
just
the
positive
experience
that
voters
are
reporting
is,
is
really
such
a
testament
to
the
really
herculean
tasks
that
you
all
are
in
the
midst
of.
So
thank
you
for
the
incredible
work
and
the
integrity
of
that
work
and
the
service
to
our
community.
In
that
way,.
B
N
N
Basically,
looking
at
all
hazard
approach
of
things
that
may
be
a
impediment
people
to
to
actually
vote
on
election
day,
everything
to
snow
coming
in
severe
weather,
you
know
getting
all
that
cleared
out
being
able
to
de-ice
things
and
stuff
so
and
all
these
exercises
actually
test
all
of
our
first
responders,
not
just
for
this
event,
but
for
anything
else
that
may
happen.
You
know
like
just
severe
weather
day
here
at
the
county
and
make
sure
that
resources
there.
N
We
looked
at
the
backup
powered
sources
and
we're
actually
pre-deploying
equipment
so
that
we
can
send
out
cases,
loss
of
power
or
any
interruption.
We
also
looked
at
how
we
could
work
through
the
framework
of
good
communications
between
everybody
from
I.t,
a
b
tech.
We
actually
work
with
them
to
actually
do
the
tabletop
exercise
at
their
facility
and
so
clint
gorman
over.
There
helped
us
develop
that
exercise
so
that
all
of
our
folks
could
actually
participate
in
the
exercise
and
not
have
knowledge
of
it.
N
N
D
And
one
thing
I'll
add
taylor
is
we've
been
doing
this
at
the
staff
level?
We
would
love
to
have
an
all-hazard
plan
where
we
have
the
commissioners
to
come
in
along
with
city
council
or
any
of
the
other
municipalities,
and
let
you
go
through
an
emergency
and
tabletop
with
us.
So
that's
something
you'll
look
to
see
in
the
new
year
that,
as
we
plan,
what
does
that
look
like
as
we
prepare
for
our
preparedness
efforts
here
in
buncombe,
county.
B
O
Good
afternoon,
commissioners,
tiffany
hanicho
with
justice
services,
and
so
I'm
bringing
you
some
exciting
news
that
we
were
awarded
a
dogwood
trust
grant
for
jail
and
prison
re-entry
and
one
of
the
things
I'll
just
share
with
you
is
the
purpose.
In
the
background
of
why
this
grant
was
important,
what
our
recommendation
for
the
our
our
deliverable
for
the
service
model,
the
actual
grant
award
and
then
what
we're
asking
for
the
board
to
do
so.
Some
background.
O
So
earlier
this
year
there
were
about
2,
000
alcohol
withdrawal
protocols
that
individuals
were
placed
on
in
about
2
500
cows,
which
is
the
opiate
withdrawal
protocol.
So
these
are
not
necessarily
individuals,
but
it
could
have
been
the
person
coming
back
and
being
readmitted
or
rebooked
in
the
jail
and
also
needing
to
go
to
another
detox
protocol
as
well.
So
on
average
there
are
about
65,
unique
individuals
that
were
released
on
a
detox
protocol
63
on
psychotropic
medications
that
did
not
have
adequate
follow-up
services.
O
In
addition
to
that,
there
are
about
24
individuals
during
that
time
period
that
had
a
chronic
heart
disease,
11
with
asthma,
9
with
seizure
disorder,
12
for
hepatitis
and
5
with
diabetes,
and
so
ensuring
that
these
individuals
also
have
adequate
follow-up
care.
In
the
community,
so
I
do
want
to
acknowledge
that
we
do
have
some
robust,
gel
and
diversionary
programs
within
just
the
services
department.
O
We
have
a
contract
with
rha
that
we've
continued
for
at
least
10
years
now
and
they're
doing
a
lot
of
the
screening
and
assessing
and
coming
up
with
the
plans
for
jail
re-entry.
However,
there
is
no
one
when
someone
gets
out
or
released
that
can
help
them
follow
up
with
that
plan.
In
addition,
the
attention
facility
has
fully
implemented
the
matt
and
the
gel
program,
and
so
they're
getting
inducted
on
met.
O
There's
a
social
worker
and
there's
someone
in
the
community
that
can
help
those
individuals
follow
up
to
ensure
that
they
get
mad
once
they
are
released
from
jail
and
and
within
health
and
human
service.
There's
one
peer
support
specialist
that
is
working
with
those
who
have
opioid
use
disorders
that
haven't
been
inducted
in
the
jail,
but
they
might
still
have
the
disorder
to
get
adequate
follow-up
care
once
they're
released.
O
However,
there
is
no
adequate
follow-up
care
for
those
who
have
chronic
medical
conditions,
mental
health
conditions
or
non-opioid
use
substance
disorder
like
alcohol,
methamphetamine
or
crack
cocaine,
for
example,
and
so
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
create
a
comprehensive
jewelry
entry
program
so
essentially
what
the
model,
what
the
partnership
with
dogwood
would
serve
to
do
is
create
two
post
release
teams.
So
we
have
one
funder
within
two
departments
and
two
county
partners
on
the
justice
services
side.
O
We
will
expand
the
jail
reentry
to
include
the
contract
with
rha
and
they
will
have
three
additional
or
add
four
diff.
Four
additional
contracted
staff,
so
there'll
be
a
program
manager
that
supervised
the
team
inside
the
jail,
as
well
as
the
staff
outside
of
the
jail
to
ensure
continuity
of
service
delivery.
O
With
that
being
said,
they
will
award
their
going
to
award
us
439
thousand
dollars.
Majority
of
the
money
would
be
contracted.
The
5
000
that
will
not
be
contracted
is
because
our
partners
in
this
relationship
is
so
invaluable
that
they're
in
using
our
county
equipment,
so
we
would
purchase
that
for
them
and
then
rha
who
would
hire
for
four
positions
would
get
362.
O
000
sunrise
for
their
additional
position
would
be
at
72
000.
With
that
being
said,
too,
the
award
is,
will
start
november
15th
and
go
for
a
year
and
there's
no
county
obligation
to
continue
that
funding.
But
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
assessing
for
outcomes
and
we
are
looking
at
ways
to
sustain
the
program
if
our
objectives
are
achievable
with
that
being
said
on
november,
4th
we're
asking
the
commissioners
to
accept
the
dogwood
grant
and
approve
the
budget
amendment.
K
So
at
some
point
you
know
I'd
like
to
hear
some
information
on
how
we're
connecting
those
that
are
trying
to
re-enter
the
workforce
that
have
come
out
of
jail
to
come
out
of
prison
or
that
are
local
and
they're
running
into
obstacles
and,
in
my
opinion
those
are
obstacles
that
could
be
moved.
Some
are
id
related,
some
are
just
connected.
O
I
O
Of
the
bearers,
it's
hard
for
us
because
they're
from
other,
we
don't
have
control
over
or
we
try
to
advocate
for
as
best
as
we
can,
but
making
sure
internally,
that
we
are
reducing
the
processes,
the
barriers
and
eliminating
those.
So
that
way,
people
don't
have
to
overcome
the
barriers
and
get
them
back
to
work
as
quickly
as
possible.
K
Yeah
and-
and
I
don't
know
that
we'll
be
able
to
do
everything,
but
we
may
be
able
to
connect,
you
know,
maybe
we
can
be
the
place
where
they
can
find
connection.
You
know
here
and
some
of
these
conversations
just
happened
during
a
season,
and
this
one
for
me
has
happened
in
the
last
few
months
and
it's
educated
me
some.
So
I
look
forward
to
some
additional
conversation
about
it.
Thanks.
B
D
So,
commissioners,
before
mason
come
up,
I
do
want
to
preface
this
presentation
by
letting
you
know
that
we
have
formed
a
policy
review
team
as
a
staff,
we're
planning
on
reviewing
all
of
our
internal
policies
to
make
sure
they're,
updated
and
following
best
practices.
The
policy
team
is
led
by
performance
management
and
finance.
So
I
want
to
take
this
time
to
introduce
our
newest
performance
management.
Director,
rafael,
baptista,
rafael,
comes
to
us
from
the
city
of
raleigh
economic
development
office
and
durham
county
strategic
planning
department.
D
He
has
five
years
of
experience
with
performance
management
and
played
a
key
role
in
both
raleigh
and
durham's
strategic
plans.
His
role
with
economic
development
in
raleigh
focused
on
supporting
small
businesses
and
entrepreneurs
with
a
focus
on
equity.
He
has
an
mpa
from
unc
school
of
government
and
a
bachelor's
degree
from
willamette
university.
I
P
Good
afternoon,
thank
you
all
for
some
time
this
afternoon
I
do
sit
in
the
finance
department,
but,
as
the
county
manager
mentioned,
I
am
here
today
in
a
role
as
a
policy
writer
under
the
new
collaborative
effort
for
policy
review
in
the
county.
I
am
here
to
introduce
to
you
today
the
donations
policy.
It
is
a
new
policy
at
the
county-wide
level
and
so
we'll
be
asking
for
your
your
approval
for
some
things.
P
Moving
forward
before
we
get
into
the
details
of
the
policy,
I
do
want
to
acknowledge
what
was
the
original
working
group
for
this
policy
that
offered
some
great
guidance
and
broad
perspective
early
on
in
discussion
and
development
of
the
policy.
I'll
also
say
that
there
are
administrative
procedures
that
are
being
developed
to
support
this
policy
and
there
is
cross
departmental
input
being
gathered
as
a
part
of
that
process,
so
to
kind
of
set
the
stage
for
why
I'm
actually
in
front
of
you
today.
P
So
the
considerations
you
see
here
should
reflect
those
goals,
and
those
goals
should
also
be
reflected
in
the
policy
that's
being
proposed
to
you,
the
prime
question,
as
we
consider
any
donations
is:
does
the
county
have
statutory
authority
and
a
public
purpose
which,
with
which
the
the
donation
can
serve
the
county
moving
from
there?
If
we
are
successful
kind
of
in
answering
the
legal
question,
additional
questions
are
who's
the
appropriate
authority
to
review
the
donation.
P
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
moving
ahead
with
a
timely
and
efficient
acceptance
of
the
donation
and
putting
it
under
the
control
of
whoever's,
the
most
appropriate
authority
to
manage
it.
We
also
want
to
consider
what
are
the
appropriate
settings
in
which
to
accept
a
donation.
We
want
to
do
things
in
such
a
way
that
the
county,
but
also
our
donors
and
all
representatives,
are
protected
and
safe
in
that
process.
So
the
policy
speaks
to
that.
P
P
P
We
found
that
donation
to
the
policy
for
a
legitimate
up
to
the
county
for
a
legitimate
public
purpose
does
not
necessarily
preclude
you
from
tax
incentives,
and
so
we
want
potential
donors
to
the
county
to
know
that
donating
directly
to
the
county
as
opposed
to
foundations
or
related
committees,
does
not
rule
out
other
benefits
that
you
might
reap
from.
That.
P
So
stepping
kind
of
deeper
into
the
details
of
the
policy
up
top,
we
separate
the
management
of
grants
from
donations,
grants
and
donations
are
different,
primarily
in
the
way
of
their
budgetary
and
performance
requirements,
and
so
what
you
ought
to
know
that
we're
handling
grants
separately
and
that
doesn't
affect
any
of
the
processes
that
you
all
would
be
accustomed
to.
On
that
side,
the
core
of
the
policy
is
really
minimum
standards
and
expectations
for
you
all
and
staff.
So
again,
what's
an
appropriate
setting
for
donations
to
be
handled?
P
How
are
they
initiated
regardless
of
initiation
again,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
all
parties
involved
are
safe
as
it
relates
to
solicitation.
This
would
require
prior
approval
again
that
safety
question,
but
also
to
make
sure
that
we
are
prepared
to
appropriately
administer
and
support
whatever
that
event
might
be.
P
P
So
internally,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
getting
in
front
of
you
all,
but
also
communicating
consistently
with
whoever
our
donors
are
and
being
transparent
with
the
public.
Finally,
the
policy
speaks
to
management
and
tracking
of
donations.
So
again
we
want
to
put
donations
under
the
control
of
whoever
the
subject
matter.
Experts
are
that
manage
those
programs
or
or
projects
for
which
a
donation
is
is
being
granted
and
then
making
sure
that
we
align
with
the
other
standards
and
rules
that
we
already
have
in
place
for
the
county.
P
This
top
section
is
really
the
authority
that
would
be
retained
by
you
all,
so
any
consideration
of
real
property,
no
matter
how
big
small,
the
value,
anything
that
is
five
hundred
000
or
greater
and
anything
that
a
department
or
a
program
deemed
appropriate
to
escalate
for
your
review.
So
for
actual
consideration
or
maybe
celebration
or
transparency,
or
for
whatever
reason.
P
We
then
would
ask
for
your
delegation
of
authority
to
the
county
manager
and
staff
for
consideration
of
donations
below
that
500
000
threshold.
So
the
word
consideration
is
important
because
these
thresholds
did
not
bypass
any
other
administrative
requirements.
So
if
a
budget
amendment
was
required,
it
would
still
come
to
you
all
for
consideration
the
same
as
capitalization
of
assets
or
any
other
legal
requirements.
P
The
500
000
mark
was
selected
to
align
with
the
purchasing
threshold
in
our
procurement
manual,
so
it's
kind
of
a
similar
line
for
authority
in
other
spaces,
and
then
we
would
commit
to
making
you
aware
of
all
donations,
regardless
of
value
through
whatever
means
necessary.
If
you
didn't
see
it
as
a
part
of
the
consideration
process,
we
would
include
those
in
the
quarterly
financial
reports,
and
so
there
would
be
public
awareness
either
way.
P
So
coming
up,
I've
mentioned
the
procedure
several
times
we're
going
to
continue
to
work
those
through.
We
are
working
to
redesign
and
redevelop
the
county's
donation
page
so
as
to
funnel
more
easily
donations
directly
to
the
county,
as
opposed
to
some
kind
of
our
partner
foundations
and
committees.
P
P
B
M
Now
also
remember
at
some
point
in
the
not
too
distant
past,
this
board
approved
the
hawk
on
economic
development
agreement,
industrial
air
conditioning
units,
there's
been
a
lot
of
grading
up
on
that
site.
There
was
a
great
big
hill.
Now
they've
got
40
some
acres
of
12
foot
deep
new
dirt
out
there
down
in
that
old
field.
M
What
hawk
on
is
running
into
that's
driving
this
to
be
a
hurry.
Is
that
they're
working
with
dot
to
get
all
the
rights
away?
D.O.T
has
limited
time
frames
to
put
on
their
calendar
and
agendas
for
approval
of
roads
into
their
secondary
road
system
and
hawk
on
us
through
their
engineers
and
developers,
also
working
with
the
underground
utilities.
M
So
if
you
look
thinking
of
the
thank
you
max,
if
you're
thinking
of
intermediate
school,
you
will
recall
in
2015
the
county
took
title
to
22.6
acres,
which
is
where
the
intermediate
school
is
built.
That's
to
the
east
to
the
right
of
that
image.
On
the
screen
actual
commas
parkway
mentioned
there
is
the
main
access
road
off
well,
one
of
the
two
main
entrances
to
the
school.
M
So
we'd
be
asking
this
board
to
recognize
that
surplus
and
that
it
be
in
order
to
enter
into
that
agreement
with
d.o.t
we've
already
discussed
with
the
bunk
county
school
board,
attorneys
that
they
would
also
join
on
that
right-of-way
agreement
and
I'm
working
back
and
forth
with
the
chief
of
inca
fire
with
their
architects
to
make
sure
they
understand
exactly
where
this
233
square
feet
is.
If
we
had
a
gis
map
and
if
I
had
time
to
put
it
up
there
on
the
screen
for
you,
you'd
see
that
that
road
is
complete.
M
Jacob
homeway
is
done
down
in
that
section,
not
beyond
hawk
on
and
not
over
to
the
bridge,
but
right
here
it's
all
complete
and
that's
a
little
piece
of
sidewalk
that
stops
right
there
at
the
end
of
that
c1c3
tile.
So
it's
a
completed
done
deal
and
they
just
need
it
to
be
official,
so
they
can
have
title
to
it
to
accept
it
into
the
road
system.
Okay,.