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Regular Meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners' From June 5, 2018. Part 1 of 3. To view the meeting agenda or future meeting agendas, please visit buncombecounty.org/commissioners.
A
A
As
we
begin
the
meeting
this
evening,
there
are
two
things
that
are
on
my
mind.
First,
as
the
school
year
comes
to
a
close,
we
as
a
community
Oh,
a
debt
of
gratitude
to
the
teachers,
principals,
administration,
leadership
and
all
of
the
public
staff
who
work
to
support
our
public
schools
in
Asheville
and
Buncombe
County.
Our
children
and
youth
are
better
the
cost
of
their
deep
commitment
to
education
and
therefore
we
as
a
community
are
also
better.
A
Second,
our
Commission
agenda
this
evening
includes
continued
focus
on
the
struggle
our
community
faces
along
with
other
communities
across
the
country
with
the
opioid
crisis.
It
is
not
the
first
time
this
issue
has
been
on
our
agenda
and
it
will
unfortunately
not
be
the
last
as
we
recognize
both
the
great
things
that
are
happening
in
our
community
and
the
hard
issues
that
are
before
us.
A
It's
evident
that
we
are
at
our
best
when
we
come
together,
even
as
we
share
differences
of
opinion
and
approaches
on
these
issues
before
we
begin
our
work
this
evening,
let
us
have
a
moment
of
silent
prayer,
reflection
for
the
safety
of
our
kids
and
families,
as
they
begin
their
summer
vacations
and
for
answers
for
how
we
can
support
those
who
are
struggling
in
our
community
with
challenges
that
can
sometimes
be
too
difficult
to
be
solved
alone.
Please
join
me
in
a
moment
of
silence.
B
The
town
of
Black
Mountain
suffered
horrendous
losses
with
the
flooding
last
Wednesday
71
people
were
displaced,
the
majority
of
them
are
back
in
their
homes,
but
the
damage
to
the
community.
They
were
without
water,
they
had
water,
but
it
was
on
a
boil
advisory
for
seven
six
days
and
millions
of
dollars
worth
of
damage
was
done
to
infrastructures,
greenways
parks,
but
knowing
Black
Mountain.
They
will
rally,
but
I
hope
you
can
have
all
those
folks
in
your
mind,
because
the
ones
that
got
displaced
once
again
were
the
forest
people
that
live
in
Black,
Mountain.
A
Thank
You
Commissioner
frost
all
right
before
we
begin
our
meeting
I'd
like
to
ask
everyone
to
please
silence:
your
cell
phones
place
them
on
mute
or
turn
them
off.
We
also
want
to
announce
that
parking,
validation
and
bus
passes
are
now
available
for
Commission
workshops
and
our
public
meetings.
Anyone
parking
for
this
meeting
or
using
public
transit
can
pick
up
passes
from
our
security
personnel
on
the
way
out.
We
want
to
make
it
easy
for
folks
to
access
our
Commission
meetings.
The
passes
will
are
valid
only
for
the
meeting
today.
A
All
right
I
want
to
quickly
read
the
ethics
reminder
to
the
board.
In
accordance
with
a
code
of
ethics
adopted
by
the
board,
all
county
commissioners
have
a
duty
to
obey
all
applicable
laws
regarding
official
actions
to
uphold
the
integrity
and
independence
of
the
office,
to
avoid
impropriety
in
the
exercise
of
official
duties
to
faithfully
perform
the
duties
of
the
office
and
to
conduct
the
affairs
of
the
governing
board
in
an
open
and
public
manner.
A
Are
there
any
items
on
the
agenda,
the
outcome
of
which
will
have
a
direct,
substantial
and
readily
identifiable
financial
impact
for
any
board?
Member.
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
all
matters
that
are
voted
on
by
the
board
this
evening.
All
right.
We
now
come
to
the
consent
agenda.
A
A
C
So,
chairman
and
commissioners,
as
part
of
our
transit,
our
transition
and
move
in
toward
a
more
transparent
system,
we
amended
our
budget
amendment
format
close
to
a
year
ago
to
provide
more
detail,
sometimes
even
pictures
future
impacts.
So
we
had
made
those
changes.
Early
in
county
management
transition
still
meant
that
individuals,
whether
it
were
commissioners
or
the
public,
had
to
click
on
every
budget
amendment.
C
D
Just
want
to
make
sure
that
the
pedelec
knew
that
that
was
there
and
that
it
is.
It
is
excellent
summer
you
just
click
on
it
and
print
it,
and
if
you,
if
you
want
more
detail,
you
can
go
to
that
detail.
But
if
you
just
want
the
summary
it's
it
gives
excellent
information
so
and
it'll
it'll
appear
and
the
can
into
consent
most
of
the
time.
D
E
A
All
right
under
good
news,
we
have
congratulations
to
Scott
Mashburn.
Mr.
Mashburn
won
second
place
in
the
North
Carolina
chapter
solid
waste
Association
of
North
America
rodeo
winner
heavy
equipment
operator,
said
mr.
Mashburn.
Congratulations
and
appreciate
your
work
and
Jim's
got
a
few
things
that
mr.
F
Chairman
commissioners,
thank
you
for
this
opportunity.
As,
as
you
stated
chairman
each
year,
the
local
or
the
state's
wanna
chapter
offers
a
rodeo
and
it's
an
opportunity
to
highlight
and
showcase
the
skills
of
driving
of
landfill
operations
and,
while
that's
a
great
opportunity
for
them
to
enter
into
a
friendly
competition
across
the
state
about
showcasing
their
skills.
It
is
a
highly
specialized
and
very
important
and
critically
important
aspect
of
operating
a
landfill
that
we
have
extremely
qualified
people
operating
the
equipment.
F
This
is
the
second
year
in
a
row
that
we've
had
winners
from
that
and
so
Scott.
Congratulations
for
doing
a
great
job
in
for
representing
us,
so
well
and
as
part
of
the
recognition
for
Scot.
We
also
want
to
let
you
know
that
he
will
be
receiving
a
performance
bonus
of
seven
hundred
and
fifty
dollars
for
his
diligence
and
his
efforts
in
in
the
solid
waste
his
wife
Joe
said,
is
here
also
to
celebrate.
F
That
and
I
also
want
to
recognize
the
taking
opportunity
to
recognize
the
solid
waste
management
team
and
that's
Dane,
Peterson
Christie,
Smith,
Nick,
Edmunds
and
Stephen
hunter.
They
do
an
outstanding
job
day
in
and
day
out
of
making
sure
that
we
have
a
well
operated
landfill
and
transfer
station.
So
it's
great
my
great
privilege
to
congratulate
Scott
and
to
celebrate
that
good
news.
Thank
you
all
right.
A
All
right,
thank
you,
Jim
and
congratulations.
Scott
on
representing
Buncombe
County
and
we
know
you're
gonna.
Can
you
do
a
great
job?
It's
the
best
best
of
luck
going
forward
all
right.
The
next
item
under
good
news,
is
an
update
on
the
early
childhood
initiative
in
commissioners.
Jasmine
beech,
Ferrara
and
Robert
Pressley
are
going
to
be
helping
us
out
on
this
one.
G
Good
evening,
if
you
asked
a
parent
in
Buncombe
County
what
they
would
do
to
make
sure
their
child
had
every
opportunity
in
the
world,
their
reply
would
pretty
would
be
pretty
much
anything.
That's
exactly
the
spirit
we
need
in
our
community
and
that's
why
last
December,
this
commission
unanimously
passed
a
strategic
priority
to
ensure
that
every
child
in
Buncombe
County
has
an
equal
opportunity
to
thrive
in
their
first
2,000
days
through
initiatives
such
as
expanding
access
to
high
quality,
early
childhood
education.
And
that's.
G
Why
we're
here
tonight
to
celebrate
the
good
news
of
two
new
early
childhood
initiatives?
That
will
mean
more
kids
and
families
have
access
to
early
childhood
education,
and
that
mean
that
more
qualified
teachers
are
being
recruited
and
supported
through
the
early
years
of
their
training.
The
reality
right
now
is
that
too
many
kids
in
Buncombe
County
are
struggling.
1/4
of
kids
in
our
community
live
in
poverty
and
others
struggle
due
to
factors
like
a
lack
of
access
to
healthy
food
or
unstable
housing.
G
I
and
this
commission
truly
believe
we
can
change
this
reality
and
that
expanding
access
to
early
childhood
education
is
a
key
part
of
how
we'll
do
it.
It
works
in
the
short-term
to
help
keep
kids
to
help
kids
succeed
in
school,
and
it
sets
in
motion
a
lifetime
of
benefits
from
improved
health
to
access
to
post-secondary
education
to
increase
earnings.
G
H
Think
she
said
it
all,
but
you
know
it's
very
important
to
me
that
as
a
commission,
all
seven
of
us
unanimously
voted
on
this,
but
the
important
thing
about
it
is
is
we
made
it
a
priority
and
we
got
six
priorities
here
that
are
at
the
top
of
our
list,
and
this
is
one
of
them
and
we're
continuing
with
the
other
ones.
Also
and
I
just
got
thank
jasmine
for
all
the
work
she
has
put
into
this
and
of
all
of
us
that
are
supporting
it
and
will
continue
to
support
it.
I
Rachel
Nygaard,
the
two
initiatives
that
we
are
here
to
announce
and
to
celebrate
tonight
are
partnering
with
the
YWCA
to
expand
their
high
quality
early
childcare
center,
with
partnership
from
Buncombe
County.
The
YWCA
will
grow
from
serving
80
children
to
an
additional
42
children
on
top
of
the
80,
adding
an
infant
classroom
and
adding
to
pre-k
classrooms,
and
so
Salah
Merritt
is
here
with
us
and
gonna
say
a
couple
of
words
about
that.
Another
partnership
is
more
of
a
long-term
strategy
and
we
brought
together
in
recent
months
conversations
around.
I
What
can
we
do
to
improve
the
early
early
childhood
system
and
I?
Didn't
I
didn't
identify
ways
to
tackle
the
issue
of
not
enough
highly
qualified
teachers
in
the
field,
and
so
this
new
partnership
has
come
together:
a
partnership
for
excellence
in
early
childhood
education,
spearheaded
by
Warren
Wilson
College,
and
we
have
from
Warren
Wilson
dr.
Annie,
Jonas
who's,
professor,
a
professor
and
director
of
faculty
engagement,
and
also
with
that
collaborative
Vernor
Center
for
early
learning,
a
BTEC
and
Buncombe
County
Schools,
so
I
invite
Salah
and
Annie
and
Jackie
and
others
to
come
up.
J
K
Evening
again,
my
name
is
Salah
marathon,
the
chief
program
officer
with
the
YWCA
chairman
and
commissioners
on
behalf
of
the
YWCA
of
Asheville.
We
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
partner
with
us
too,
as
we
work
to
address
the
childcare
crisis
here
in
Buncombe
County.
There
is
a
quote
that
says:
unity
is
strength
when
there
is
teamwork
and
collaboration.
Wonderful
things
can
be
achieved
with
this
said
this
partnership
between
our
organizations
will
allow
us
to
do
wonderful
things.
With
your
assistance,
we
have
been
able
to
begin
the
expansion
of
our
early
learning
program.
K
We
currently
provide
childcare
to
approximately
80
children,
with
your
assistance
will
be
able
to
provide
childcare
to
approximately
42
more
children
in
our
community.
These
funds
have
allowed
us
to
move
from
having
one
classroom
of
infant
toddlers,
two-year-olds
and
three-year-olds
to
two
classrooms
each,
and
that
is
significant
for
us,
we're
also
reconstructing
our
playground
with
some
of
the
funds
we
have
been
provided
by
the
county.
This
expansion
has
been
made
possible
largely
in
part
by
this
partnership.
In
your
generosity.
K
L
I'm
annie
jonas
and
chair
of
the
education
department
at
Warren
Wilson,
and
we
are
so
pleased
to
have
this
commitment
from
Buncombe
County
Commission
I
want
to
applaud
you
for
supporting
this
innovative
and
creative
solution.
That
brings
together
many
many
partners
and
we're
just
proud
to
be
leading
this
effort
in
our
community
and
thank
you
for
your
commitment.
We
feel
like
this.
Our
partnership
for
excellence
in
early
childhood
education
offers
creative
solutions
and
innovation
with
the
strength
of
a
collaborative
public
and
private
partnership,
and
to
demonstrate
the
breadth
of
that
partnership.
L
N
L
J
Mr.
chairman
and
commissioners,
you
know
it
was
your
work
session
on
the
early
childhood
teacher
shortage
that
spawned
this
project.
It's
amazing
that
such
key
community
partners
came
together
to
create
what
I
think
will
be
one
of
the
best
things
that
happen
in
early
childhood
for
a
long
long
time
in
this
community.
K
D
A
D
It's
my
pleasure
to
read
this
proclamation,
then
we'll
have
a
few
words
after
this
County
of
bunkum
proclamation
of
vulnerable
adults
and
Elder
Abuse
Awareness
Month,
whereas
Buncombe
County
is
vulnerable
and
elder.
Adults
deserve
to
live
safely
with
dignity
and
whereas
venerable
and
elder
adults
of
all
socio-economic,
racial
and
ethnic
backgrounds
may
be
targets
of
abuse,
neglect
or
exploitation
which
occurs
in
families,
long-term
care
facilities
and
communities.
D
Whereas
many
cases
of
elder
abuse
and
mistreatment
go
unreported
and
professionals
are
often
unaware
of
the
problem
and
where,
as
protecting
Buncombe
County
is
vulnerable
and
elder.
Adults
is
a
community
responsibility
and
it
is
imperative
that
communities
work
together
to
help
reduce
and
prevent
abuse,
neglect
and
exploitation,
including
physical,
psychological
or
financial
abuse,
and
whereas
all
residents
should
watch
for
signs
of
abuse
such
as
physical
trauma,
withdrawal,
depression,
anxiety,
fear,
family
members,
friends
or
caregivers
and
report
suspected
abuse
or
exploitation
to
the
County,
Health
and
Human
Services
office.
D
Now,
therefore,
be
it
proclaimed
by
the
Board
of
Commissioners
for
the
county
of
bunkum
as
follows.
1
this
board
does
hereby
proclaim
June
2018
as
vulnerable
adults
and
elder
abuse
awareness
month
in
Buncombe,
County
2,
that
this
board
does
hereby
encourage
all
citizens
to
participate
in
community
efforts
to
support
and
improve
the
safety
and
well-being
of
vulnerable
and
elder
adults
and
secure
their
right
to
live
free
of
abuse,
neglect
or
exploitation
and
3
that
this
Proclamation
be
effective
opponents.
D
N
I'm
sure
I'm
gonna
stay
this
little
slower.
June
is
always
one
of
my
favorite
times
of
the
year,
because
we
get
this
Proclamation
and
it
gives
us
a
chance.
We
have
a
lot
of
things
that
go
on
in
June.
They
give
us
a
chance
to
make
the
count
the
community
aware
of
this
issue
because
any
chance
we
have
of
doing
anything
about
it
starts
with
awareness,
and
it
starts
with
awareness
for
all
of
you
and
all
of
the
community.
N
We,
we
know
it's
happening
and
we
can't
do
anything
about
it
without
having
it
reported
to
us
and
having
people
step
around
out
and
take
care
of
the
people
around
them.
Older
adults
are
some
of
the
most
vulnerable
people
in
our
community
and
I.
Think
sometimes
we
forget
that-
and
this
is
a
chance.
June
is
always
a
chance
for
us
to
be
able
to
say
hey.
It
is,
it
is
the
truth
and
we
do
need
help.
I
do
want
to
recognize.
N
I
have
a
lot
of
staff
here
tonight
and
I
won't
make
you
come
up
because
I
know
you
hate
that.
But
if
you
will
stand
up,
please
we
have
some
supervisors
and
some
social
workers
from
adult
services
who
these
are
the
people
that
hit
the
pavement
every
day,
and
these
are
the
ones
who
go
out
there
and
show
not
only
with
their
hard
work
in
their
great
social
work
skills,
but
their
amazing
care
and
compassion
every
single
day
to
do
something
for
these
adults
in
our
community
and
a
lot
of
times.
N
N
The
last
thing
I'll
say
and
I'll
try
to
be
quick.
Every
time
I
have
a
captive
audience,
I,
try
to
say
this.
It
really
truly
takes
the
whole
community
for
us
to
do
any
of
the
things
that
we're
trying
to
do
to
protect
adults
and
it
takes
the
public.
It
takes
great
partnerships
with
our
community
partners,
which
I
feel
like
we
have,
and
we
have
some
really
exciting
things
that
are
going
on
right
now
that
really
highlight
those
partnerships
and
I
just
wanted
to
touch
on
them
very
quickly.
N
We
started
working
on
that
application
in
the
fall
of
2017
and
with
the
support
of
our
commissioners
and
the
support
of
Mandy
Stone,
who
was
our
HHS
director
when
we
very
first
started
doing
all
of
this,
we
were
able
to
get
an
application
together
that
AARP
accepted
and
put
us
into
a
network
where
we
get
a
lot
of
national
support.
Now
for
trying
to
make
our
community
of
Buncombe
County
aged
friendly
and
I
just
want
to
read
to
you
what
that
definition
is,
so
that
it's
not
just
words,
and
you
actually
understand
what
that
means.
N
An
age-friendly
community
has
policy
services
and
structures
that
facilitate
older
adults,
staying
healthy,
participating
in
economic
growth,
remaining
socially
active
and
living
in
security
communities
in
which
older
adults
can
successfully
age,
are
more
likely
to
mitigate
the
challenges
and
enjoy
the
opportunities
related
to
older
citizens.
Actions
leading
to
age,
friendly
communities
lead
to
happier
healthier
residents
of
all
ages
and
that's
true.
There
are
eight
domains
of
livability
that
are
involved
in
this.
N
Basically,
what
it
is
is
really
infusing
aged
awareness
into
things
that
are
already
happening
in
our
County.
This
isn't
reinventing
the
wheel.
It
isn't
there
may
be
some
new
things,
but
it's
really
looking
at
what's
already
going
on.
How
do
we
make
it
more
age
friendly
for
all
ages,
but
especially
for
older
adults?
N
So,
like
I
said,
there's
a
timeline
going
for
the
next
five
years,
there'll
be
a
steering
committee,
that's
being
put
together
and
we
will
absolutely
be
offering
an
invitation
to
any
commissioners
who
have
any
interest
in
being
involved
in
that
steering
committee,
because
we
would
love
your
input
and
your
leadership
I
just
want
to
say
that
we
really
really
appreciate
the
support
of
all
of
you.
Our
County
government
leadership
has
really
gotten
behind
us
on
this
and
we
feel
really
great.
N
A
O
You,
chairman
commissioners,
today
we've
asked
Michael
McGuire
who's
the
plant
manager
for
a
gene
facility
in
town
to
come
in
and
present
on
the
nature
of
the
expansion
project,
in
particular
the
time
line.
We
also
have
a
few
slides
that
we'd
like
to
show
you
that
will
help
us
facilitate
today's
discussion,
which
are
now
on
your
screen.
These
slides
are
just
kind
of
a
summary
of
what
is
present
in
the
economic
development
agreement
and
we
walk
you
through
those.
O
P
A
little
bit
of
background
about
GE
aviation
for
folks
that
may
not
be
familiar
about
our
operation.
We
make
jet
engine
components
for
GE
aviation,
which
is
basically
on
every
commercial
platform
that
we
produce
we're
about
four
hundred
and
twenty
employees,
roughly
right
now
and
continuing
to
grow
and
and
again
this
business
has
been
around
since
really
the
late
40s.
P
It's
continues
to
grow
and
really
GE
looks
at
this
side
is
one
of
its
premier
sites
and
its
really,
mostly
because
the
technical
expertise
of
our
employees,
which
really
come
from
Buncombe
County
and
also
the
reason
they're
continuing
to
invest
in
a
site
like
ours,
is
because
really
we
have
a
community
that
supports
economic
growth,
supports
manufacturing
and
we
have
the
support
of
local
government
officials
that
are
behind
what
our
business
is
trying
to
do.
P
You
know,
as
part
of
the
the
the
commitment
that
we're
making
is
we're,
adding
an
incremental
hundred
and
thirty-one
jobs
over
the
next
several
years,
as
well
as
another
hundred
and
five
million
dollars
of
capital
investment
into
the
community
and
then
with
those
jobs,
the
hourly
I'm.
Sorry,
the
the
annual
wage
rates
are
in
the
forty
nine
thousand
dollar
range,
so
we
feel
like
that.
The
the
good-paying
long-term,
stable
growth
technology
jobs
are
really
what
Buncombe
County
needs
and
that's
the
the
type
of
jobs
that
these
are
high
tech,
very
complex
and
great
growth.
P
Jobs
for
our
community
next
slide
yeah.
So
this
is
just
a
schedule
of
the
of
the
investment
through
the
end
of
2021.
You
can
see
the
investment
on
the
left
side
and
then
to
the
right.
You
can
see
the
the
jobs
over
the
next
several
years,
so
we
feel
like
this
is
a
great
commitment
that
our
business
is
putting
great
faith
of
good-faith
effort
into
the
growth
of
this
area.
O
O
One
thing
I'd
like
to
stress
about
this
particular
agreement:
it
is
it
a
joint
economic
development
agreement
when
I
say
joint.
This
effort
includes
City
dollars
as
well
as
County
dollars
and,
in
addition,
a
matching
grant
from
the
state
so
very
important
that
our
local
partners
are
all
playing
together
in
this
space.
In
addition,
as
it
relates
to
the
county's
portion
of
this
per
our
economic
development
agreement,
the
the
numbers
that
you
see
on
the
screen
are
those
that
are
proposed
this
evening.
O
These
are
pending
the
this
public
hearing
and,
ultimately,
your
vote,
but
in
terms
of
the
incentive
agreement,
we're
looking
at
about
six
hundred
eighty
five
thousand
dollars
payable
over
three
years.
If
you
look
at
the
break
out
of
that,
it's
about
50%
for
jobs
and
50%
for
investments
so
about
three
hundred
forty
two
thousand
dollars
per
again.
This
is
payable
over
a
three
year
period
and
you
can
see
that
payout
schedule
in
the
presentation
next
slide
in
terms
of
the
impact
of
this
economic
development
agreement.
O
This
is
a
key
important,
a
key
part
of
why
why
we
do
this,
but
we're
talking
about,
as
Michael
said,
the
creation
of
131
jobs
and
approximately
104
million
dollars
in
capital
and
business
personal
property
investment
that
is
taxable
in
Buncombe
County
when
we
talk
about
the
amount
of
tax
that
it's
anticipated.
These
are
estimates
but
we're
looking
at
approximately
2.8
million
dollars
in
tax
revenue
over
a
10-year
period,
which
is
an
estimate
of
course.
O
In
addition,
we've
been
provided
analysis
from
our
economic
development
coalition
partners,
the
EDC,
and
you
can
see
that
analysis
that
is
provided
to
us
in
that
table.
When
the
EDC
does
their
research,
they
look
at
what
they
call
direct
effect,
which
are
those
actual
jobs
that
are
created
by
the
company
and
so,
in
this
case,
131
new
jobs
for
approximately
seven
million
dollars
in
labor
income
from
there
they
talk
about
the
indirect
effect
of
the
of
GE
in
the
community
and
those
indirect
effects.
O
Those
are
more
related
to
suppliers,
not
necessarily
GE,
but
those
that
sort
of
supply
GE
with
different
parts
and
components
or
software
source.
Excuse
me,
services.
Our
final
area
is
induced
effect,
and
so
this
is
labor
income
on
paychecks
that
are
sort
of
derived
in
Buncombe,
County
and
sort
of
spent
in
local
community.
So
when
you
look
at
all
of
those
numbers,
the
EDC
estimates
approximately
280
jobs
for
about
twelve
point:
eight
million
dollars
in
terms
of
labor
income.
O
D
P
So
that's
based
on
production
schedules
and
we
see
a
very
quick
ramp.
So
we've
tried
to
build
that
plan
that
that
plan
is
very
fluid,
we're
seeing
right
now
they
were
already.
You
know
that
a
lot
of
these
numbers
were
put
together
earlier
in
the
year,
we're
starting
to
see
those
numbers
pull
to
the
left.
Already.
Okay,.
D
P
So
so
our
original
incentive
was
for
15,
2014
was
452
people
and
we've
exceeded
that
incentive
by
80
people,
so
we've
we've
we've
blown
that
and
and
as
well
as
we're
about
six
million
dollars
past
the
investment
of
our
original
commitment
as
well.
So
the
performance
is
there
and
we
feel
like
that
this.
This,
this
growth
plan
will
also
exceed
so.
D
D
Pisgah
my
understanding
that
Pisgah
in
Haywood
County
the
high
school,
has
a
program
where,
where
kids
come,
they
work
at
GE
and
then
then
some
of
them
right
out
of
high
school
or
going
to
work
for
GE.
Can
you
can
you
tell
us
a
little
bit
about
that
and
I
just
think
it's
a
it's.
A
great
thing,
I
think,
is
that
it's
it's
good
for
the
for,
certainly
the
that
community
and
in
and
in
our
county
to
it.
P
So
it's
thanks.
Joe,
we
we've
got
a
program
through
Pisgah
high
school,
it's
a
partnership,
and
we
also
have
this
through
a
BTech
and
we're
working
with
some
other
high
schools
as
well.
But
Pisgah
has
been
the
main
one.
We
actually
take
seniors
in
high
school,
their
entire
senior
year.
They
will
go
to
school
in
the
morning.
They
come
to
us
around
10
o'clock
and
they
work
about
6
hours
in
the
afternoons.
But
it
comes
out
of
their
machining
program.
P
We
have
a
very
tough
time
getting
really
high
skilled
machinist,
again
you're
building
aircraft
engine
components
that
are
you
know
the
measured
in
tenths
of
thousands,
so
a
fraction
of
the
human
hair
and
the
ability
to
the
machine.
These
components
take
a
very,
very
high
skill
and
we
found
that
we
can
get
really
strong
technical
talent
out
of
that
program
out
of
Pisgah.
So
we
pay
these.
P
These
high
school
students
about
16
bucks
an
hour
out
of
the
gate
and
and
they
are
not
only
able
to
learn
a
great
skill
and
it's
a
it's
a
apprenticeship
program.
After
a
certain
period
of
time,
they
come
out
with
an
apprenticeship
program
diploma
that
they
graduate
from
as
well
as
our
earning
income
and
have
a
long-standing,
stable
job
going
forward.
We
we
have
hired
a
huge
percentage
of
our
workforce,
comes
out
of
that
program
and
we're
attempting
to
expand
that
again
have
it
with
with
a
BTech
and
some
other
schools
as
well.
P
P
P
Again,
I,
don't
have
those
numbers
in
front
of
me
right
now,
I
mean
an
average
is
definitely
an
average
I
mean
we
have.
The
vast
majority
of
our
employees,
of
course,
are
the
machinist
technicians,
but
at
the
same
time
you
know
with
running
a
very
complex
operation,
as
we
do
engineers
leadership,
quality
inspection
technology.
Folks
I
mean
that
there's
it
though
the
range
is
very
wide.
No.
B
O
I
had
just
briefly
the
economic
development
agreement
that
is
before
you
is
written
in
a
way
that
GE
must
create
new
jobs,
but
also
maintain
existing
jobs.
So
when
you
look
at
the
total
footprint
of
GE
at
the
end
of
this
agreement,
there'll
be
550,
ish
jobs,
so
we're
seeing
you
know
a
growth
there.
So
that's
what
I
would
have
all.
A
Right,
thank
you.
We're
gonna
hold
a
public
hearing,
so
let's
go
ahead
and
do
that
now.
I
will
open
the
public
hearing
at
546
p.m.
are
there
any
members
of
the
public
who
would
like
to
comment
mr.
Elton
and
each
person
who
comments
will
have
a
three
up
to
three
minutes
to
speak
to
the
board
about
this
item.
I.
Q
Think
I
can
get
it
all
in
three
minutes.
First
and
foremost,
I'm
all
for
economic
development,
I
sure
see
money
going
there
rather
than
parks
and
greenways
when
we
live
in
the
middle
of
the
Blue
Ridge
Parkway
in
the
Great
Smoky
Mountains,
and
we
got
the
French
Broad
River
to
drown
in
if
we
want
to.
But
if
you
read
your
literature
commissioners,
it
will
tell
you
where
that
average
40
something
came
from
under
their
proposal.
Q
For
that
economic
grant,
the
details
are
in
what
your
county
manager
has
given
you
there's
25
jobs
in
the
90
thousand
dollar
range
and
a
hundred
and
some
jobs
in
the
37,000
to
39
thousand
dollar
range.
So
that
information
is
in
front
of
you
and
was
in
your
package.
Okay,
so
I
suggest
you
read
those.
Furthermore,
it's
very
obviously
Pisgah
has
done
a
good
job
in
going
out
in
the
community
and
finding
something
to
do
so.
Q
I
think
that's
good
use
of
the
money
and
I
happen
to
be
looking
at
our
superintendent
of
Bucks,
County,
Schools
I
think
we
need
to
be
doing
the
same
thing.
You
all
have
had
some
great
questions
here
and
the
question
I
would
like
answered,
and
let's
see,
if
any
of
you
care
enough
to
do
it,
how
many
of
you
are
and
then
on
this
place
on
your
question,
how
many
of
those
jobs
are
filled
by
people
from
Buncombe
County?
Not
that
we
don't
care,
but
our
traffic
is
bad
enough.
Q
We
don't
need
more
people
driving
in
from
Haywood
County.
As
you
all
know,
if
you
live
in
Haywood,
County
or
driving
in
from
Madison
bottom
line
is
we
need
to
know
how
many
employees
come
from
Buncombe
County
and
how
many
of
those
high-paying
jobs
go
to
people
from
this
area,
and
that
involves
a
BTech
and
everything
that
I've
mentioned.
Welcome
County
Schools
a
BTech,
the
average.
Q
You
all
have
that
information
on
it.
Mr.
Whiteside
and
I
think
it
needs
to
be
looked
at
in
detail.
But
thank
you
for
the
questions
you
have
asked.
Please
keep
pursuing
them
and
I
have
nothing
against
this
company.
I
started
out
by
saying
I'd
rather
see
money
go
to
economic
development
and
I
had
to
greenways
and
park
plays
so
keep
those
questions
up.
But
look
in
your
package
and
you'll
see
the
numbers
I
just
gave
you.
A
B
A
D
C
Thank
You,
chairman
and
commissioners
I
want
to
begin
just
with
a
summary
of
the
presentation
we
made
in
the
budget
message
on
May
15th
I
do
want
to
make
the
point
as
we
begin
the
presentation
that
line-item
budget
interactive
budget
tools,
all
details
of
the
budget
habit,
will
have
been
posted
by
that
time.
You
vote
on
the
budget
six
weeks
to
the
public,
so
we've
made
a
lot
of
effort
and
I
want
to
talk
through
that
when
those
slides
come
up
to
engage
the
public
and
seek
public
involvement
input
in
this
process.
C
The
first
slide
you
see
shows
the
timeline
over
the
last
year,
beginning
July
11th
about
eleven
days
after
I
started
work
and
what
resulted
in
a
series
of
50
hours
of
public
works
sessions
you
held
in
the
last
year
related
to
the
budget.
Somebody
goes
to
this
slide
online.
You
can
click
on
any
of
those
they're
live
links
and
go
back
to
the
details
of
those
presentations
and-
and
you
know
again-
we
talked
about
that
last
time.
I
want
to
make
the
point
in
those
work
sessions.
C
C
Again,
the
budget
that
we
brought
to
you
on
the
15th,
the
county,
prepared
a
budget.
As
you
know,
you
got
a
lot
out
of
budgets.
This
year
we
went
back
and
built
line
item
budgets
in
every
department.
We
brought
you
a
budget
request
that
would
decrease
the
tax
rate
by
one
cent
through
efficiencies,
removal,
a
duplication,
maximizing
resources
across
departments
that
would
have
brought
you
a
budget
proposal
at
three
hundred
and
fifteen
million
three
hundred
eleven
dollars.
C
In
our
work
session
on
May
8th,
we
receive
the
request
from
our
public
education
systems,
which
totaled
4
million
dollars.
As
a
result
of
that,
we
brought
you
a
proposal
but
flat
tax
rate,
a
proposed
budget
of
318
million,
seven
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
eight
hundred
and
fifty
one
dollars.
That
included
three
point:
four
million
dollars
to
the
education
request.
C
It
reduced
the
education
request
by
six
hundred
and
eighteen
thousand.
That
was
in
order
to
comply
with
your
own
policy
related
to
fund
balance.
It
did
request,
it
did
address
the
majority
of
the
education
request,
as
well
as
hold
the
tax
rate
flat.
I
talked
about
in
the
budget
message
the
last
year
a
very
challenging
year,
but
a
year
where
I
feel
like
as
an
organization
we
looked
at,
we
looked
at
adversity
in
the
eye
and
saw
opportunity.
We
made
significant
changes
to
our
management
system.
We
built
infrastructure
across
financial
systems
and
management
system.
C
We
built
out
budget
and
financial
oversight
and
built
systems
for
ongoing
monitoring
and
increased
transparency
to
the
public.
We
also
delivered
quality
services
across
our
departments.
We
continued
to
deliver
those
services
and
we
advanced
your
strategic
priorities
and
I
will
remind
you
in
the
public
that
if
they
go
to
the
website,
they
can
click
on
the
detail
in
each
of
those
three
categories.
C
We
we
spent
the
last
year
building
a
new
budget
framework
and
part
of
that's
about
ownership
and
that's
ownership
at
all
levels,
understanding
that
the
public
elects
you
to
be
their
representatives
in
their
voice
in
terms
of
their
needs,
their
tolerance
for
how
we
expend
public
dollars.
We
have
ownership
in
departments,
have
ownership
in
the
management
delivery
of
that
as
do
employees.
So
it's
a
shared
ownership
and
we
wanted
to
be
clear
about
what
those
unique
roles
were.
C
Very
structured
we've
used
data
to
make
informations
and
built
dashboards
and
public
systems,
so
that
not
only
you
but
the
public
can
see
every
aspect
of
our
financial
and
budget,
not
only
our
data
but
our
process,
and
then
we've
built
processes
that,
quite
frankly,
just
didn't
exist.
Countywide
we've
built
an
inclusive
budget
model.
Our
performance
management
team,
which
was
a
built
using
existing
resources,
has
worked
with
every
County
Department
y'all
have
seen
those
line.
Item
budgets,
you've
seen
the
the
detail
and
depth
at
which
they
looked
at
trend
data.
C
They
looked
at
revenues,
they
looked
at
fees
and
they
shared
their
notes
with
you
and
share
posted
their
notes
to
the
public,
all
that
process
being
very
for
it
facing
what
that
new
approach
delivered
in
the
first
year
is
from
a
county
perspective.
We
addressed
all
departmental
needs
and
we
still
brought
you
a
budget.
They
recommended
a
one
cent
tax
decrease.
We
also
reduced
our
alliance
on
appropriated
funds
by
56%
in
this
recommended
budget.
That's
really
important
to
us
in
terms
of
discipline
in
structure.
C
You
know
we
have
a
long
history
of
appropriating
fun
balance
and
not
always
expending
it,
but
it
becomes
a
real
number.
It's
not
a
number
you
can
just
ignore
you
either
have
to
address
it
through
reduced
expenditures
or
increase
revenues.
We
really
wanted
to
end
our
reliance
on
it.
We
need
to
be
able
to
manage
the
ongoing
operations
of
the
county
without
relying
on
savings
or
money.
That's
intended
for
crisis
situations.
C
We
developed
a
performance
management
system
that
began
to
build
dashboards
and
measures
across
County
departments
and
you'll,
see
that
build
out
in
the
next
year.
It
will
be
those
will
be
the
tools
by
which
we
evaluate
every
vacancy,
the
tools
about
which
we're
budgeting
every
day,
every
day
we're
looking
at
where
we
are
in
terms
of
expenditures
and
revenues
and
service
growth
or
changes
and
how
we
rely
on
the
resources
you've
given
us
to
to
achieve
the
best
outcome
for
the
public.
C
We
come,
but
we
took
staff
that
existed
across
departments
often
combine
those
to
reduce
redundancies
and
maximize
resources
and
talent,
and
we
feel,
like
that's,
been
a
large
part
of
this
model.
We
also
built
out
not
only
the
work
sessions
but
online
tools
and
you've
highlighted
these.
At
your
work
session.
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
in
a
minute
about
budget
Explorer.
People
can
see
our
budget
online
through
these
dashboards
and
tools,
the
links
at
the
bottom
of
it.
C
This
year
we
unveiled
an
interactive
budget
Explorer
with
line
item
details
so
that
public
can
actually
go
in
dive,
is
deepest
are
interested
in
various
parts
of
the
budget,
for
information
and
and
to
provide
us
informed
input
on
how
we
ought
to
move
forward
again.
You'll
see
the
link
at
the
bottom
of
the
app
that
takes
you
to
those
tools.
So
our
prepared
budget
request
general
fund
budget,
as
I
said,
was
315
million
three
hundred
and
eleven
thousand
four
hundred
and
forty
eight
dollars.
C
That
of
fifty
two
point:
nine
cent
tax
rate
we're
proposing
an
education
increase
in
this
budget
of
three
point:
four
million
dollars.
We
would
make
her
proposed
general
fund
budget,
318
million,
seven
hundred
and
twenty
and
at
fifty
three
point
nine
cent
tax
rate.
That
is
a
flat
tax
rate.
So
it
deals
with
both
addressing
departmental
needs
and
a
four
million
dollar
request
from
the
school
system
and
a
basic
at
a
basically
flat
tax
rate.
C
Just
some
general
highlights
when
you
look
at
the
FY
nineteen
general
fund
budget,
the
value
of
a
penny,
three
point:
seven
million
dollars,
as
I
noted
the
last
time
and
I'm
acknowledging
that
there
is
a
difference
to
three
hundred
and
eighteen
thousand
dollars
between
the
requests
the
education
system
made
in
the
value
of
a
penny.
We
will
continue
to
refine
that
number
as
we
get
final
state
budget
numbers
and
final
sales
tax
numbers
and
to
comply
with
our
own
policy.
C
C
I
just
want
to
highlight
that
you
see
the
difference
in
revenues
from
three
hundred
and
fifteen
million
to
three
hundred
and
eleven
and
the
difference
in
appropriated
funds
that
is,
a
reduction
in
appropriative
fund
balance
to
eight
point
six
million
or
almost
fifty
six
percent,
and
then
you
see
the
difference
in
expenditures.
Some
of
that
related
as
I've
shared
before
to
some
changes
in
that
state
level,
where
childcare
subsidies
don't
run
through
our
system
anymore,
because
NC
fast,
but
that's
really
a
wash.
C
C
And
here's
the
impact
of
the
education
request
so
again
the
detail,
if
you
look
at
the
request
with
that
education
increase
again
where
that
would
take
us
to
a
tax
rate
of
fifty
three
point:
nine
cents
appropriate
fund
balance
of
6.8
million,
an
undesignated
fund,
balance
of
fifteen
percent.
If
you
look
at
the
budget
without
that
reckon
that
requested
increase
we'd,
be
at
a
tax
rate
of
52
point
nine
cents,
appropriated
from
balance
to
seven
point
three
million
and
again
maintaining
right
at
our
current
policy.
C
15%
undesignated
fund
balance
just
a
highlight
quickly.
As
you
know,
under
general
statue,
I'm
required
to
bring
you
a
balanced
budget
and
to
make
the
point
to
you.
If
you
look
at
the
Blues
on
the
top
around
revenues,
seventy
seven
percent
of
our
revenues
come
from
public
funds,
either
property
tax
sales,
tax
or
intergovernmental
monies
that
primarily,
we
see
show
up
in
Health
and
Human
Services.
C
The
flip
of
that,
if
you
look
at
the
bottom
of
the
screen
in
the
oranges,
you'll
see
that
correspondingly,
the
the
seventy
three
percent
of
your
expenditures
are
in
the
areas
of
Human
Services
education
and
public
safety
areas.
Where
the
General
Assembly
in
North
Carolina
designates
counties
is
the
deliverers
of
those
services.
If
you
look
at
it
on
the
next
slide
from
a
net
County
cost
I
would
point
out
to
you
that
your
largest
net
county
investment
and
it's
the
area
of
public
education
at
32
percent
human
service
is
at
20%
public
safety
at
19%.
C
I
said
last
time
and
I'll
say
again.
This
is
a
really
wordy
and
complex
slide,
and
that
is
a
nod
to
the
General
Assembly
who's.
Given
you
fairly
wordy
and
complex
instructions
when
it
comes
to
public
education,
it
goes
from
the
very
specific
around
facilities
and
furniture
and
apparatus
to
just
a
general
that
you'll
expend
local
funds
to
address
the
needs
of
the
school
system.
I'll
point
out
to
you
in
bold
at
the
bottom,
because
that's
relevant
to
the
recommendation
I've
made
to
you
about
not
compromising
our
own
fund
balance
policy.
O
C
Briefly
about
sales
tax,
because
most
of
what
we're
gonna
focus
on
tonight
in
the
budget
hearing
relates
to
education
and
our
fire
districts,
where
our
tax
base
is
important
and
very
influenced
by
the
economy.
I
think
most
everybody
knows
that
when
you
go
out
make
a
purchase,
you
pay
7%
sales
tax
on
every
purchase.
D
C
They
are
all
online
talk
specifically
about
the
Buncombe
County
school
funding.
As
noted,
the
requested
increase
was
at
3.2
million
for
FY
19
that
include
salary
increases
for
local
staff,
impact
on
health
insurance
and
retirement,
some
increased
behavioral
health
services,
tax
boots
and
graduation
initiative,
which
was
a
total
budget
request,
Oh.
Sixty-Five
million
seven
hundred
and
thirty
thousand
six
hundred
and
forty
nine
we're
proposing
a
total
increase
in
funding
of
Ischl,
see
at
the
bottom
of
that
slide
of
to
two
million
six
hundred
and
eighty
five
four
hundred
and
seventy
seven
dollars.
C
Balance
policy
is
about
ninety
seven
thousand,
as
I
shared
with
you
last
time,
because
we
are
very
focused
on
organizational
risk
and
budgeting.
For
the
long
term,
we've
seen
substantial
increased
significant
increase
in
our
general
fund
public
school
contribution,
an
increase
of
twenty
million
dollars
over
the
last
five
years
as
I
shared
last
time,
that's
relevant
because
it
is
pacing
our
growth,
our
increase
in
revenues,
and
it
just
means
if
that
trend
is
going
to
continue.
We
have
think
about
the
strategies
to
support
it
as
we
move
forward
as
an
organization.
C
Same
is
true:
when
you
look
at
salary
supplement,
we
got
a
public
information
request
to
go
back
on
the
history
of
when
salaries
supplements
got
approved
and
I
wish
I
remembered
the
year
1990
sat-7.
Thank
you
at
four
hundred
and
twenty
eight
thousand
was
where
we
began,
and
what
we've
seen
over
the
last
five
year
period
is
an
increase
in
six
million
dollars
in
terms
of
salary
supplement.
C
C
A
C
As
you
heard
in
the
education
work
session,
a
BTEC
requested
an
increase
in
two
hundred
of
two
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
dollars,
which
would
bring
their
total
county
funding.
This
Oh
point
five
million
that
that
was
sorry
increases.
Some
preventive
maintenance
and
utility
rate
increases
was
their
specific
request.
C
We
you
also
pass
a
non
general
fund
budget
and
that
recommendation
this
year
is
a
hundred
and
seven
million
eight
hundred
and
forty
nine
eight
hundred
ninety
four
dollars.
Those
are
all
offset
by
others
supporting
revenues
and
transfers
in
the
list
of
those
you'll
see
on
your
screen,
one
of
those
you're
going
to
hear
more
about
a
little
bit.
C
So
what
this
budget
delivers
is
it
addresses
the
majority
of
educations
requests?
It
maintains
quality
county
services
and
addresses
county
service
needs.
It
fulfills
our
commitment
to
post
retirement
liability
or
require
for
us
whether
that's
our
credit
rating
or
our
expectations
from
local
government
Commission.
It
strengthens
our
capital
infrastructure,
it
restores
fleet
management
funding,
so
an
ongoing
account
that
supports
ensuring
our
fleet
is
safe
and
we
can
update
it
on
a
regular
basis,
continues
to
address
salaries
for
the
lowest
paid
employees
on
a
more
project.
C
Specific
level
continues:
your
investment
in
affordable
housing,
though
some
large
projects
likely
walker
heights
in
the
completion
at
eagle
market,
as
well
as
your
ongoing
support,
affordable
housing
initiatives,
it
does
include
funding
for
greenways
and
trails,
and
I
want
to
talk
about
those
sure
you
are
scheduled
in
in
august
to
hear
more
detailed
presentations
on
these,
but
it
includes
a
Woodfin
project
where
the
total
community
investment
is
thirteen
point.
Nine
million
dollars
in
the
county
would
invest
1
million
dollars
over
four
years.
C
We
address
long
overdue
updates
to
the
lake
Julian
playground
in
the
dock,
which
are
safety
issues
I
mean
we
really
are
trying
to
say
in
this
budget
when
you
think
about
our
parks
that
we
own
and
are
responsible
for.
That's
just
basic
infrastructure
to
ensure
they're
safe
for
the
public,
includes
the
East,
Asheville
library
and
renovations
to
the
substantial
renovations
to
the
inca.
Library
includes
your
community
investment
grants
and
your
student
in
Ewing
to
fund
your
strategic
priorities.
C
We
threw
out
this
budget
process
in
the
last
year
as
well,
have
been
very
focused
on
what
are
the
risk
we
face
as
an
organization
and
what
strategies
can
we
implement
to
mitigate
those
risks?
As
you
know,
we're
in
the
process
of
doing
a
salary
study
and
we'll
have
to
identify
strategies
to
address
that
like
hollow
work
or
in
organizations
we
struggle
with
the
rising
health
care,
cost
and
weights.
We
manage
those
delayed
debt
and
capital
needs.
C
We
know
we're
and
you're
gonna
hear
later
tonight
about
strategies
to
manage
our
jail
population,
but
that's
always
on
our
radar.
We
have
new.
We
have
new
department
heads
across
the
organization
and
with
that
comes
both
opportunity,
new
ideas
and
creativity,
but
it
requires
training
in
support
and
increased
infrastructure.
C
We're
always
watching
for
any
indication
of
slowing
a
growth
we've
lived
on
growth
and
we're
we're
really
watching
that
always
have
to
watch
in
the
General
Assembly,
specifically
requirements
that
they
shift
to
counties
and/or
redistributionist
sales
tax,
as
you
saw
earlier,
that's
really
significant
funding
for
us
from
a
mitigation
standpoint.
This
year
we
rolled
out
what's
been
in
the
works
for
three
years.
A
new
financial
software
system
that
has
increased
accountability
and
transparency
built
into
it
we've
also
increased
our
public
transparency
and
communication.
C
We've
clarified
our
roles
and
I
talked
about
that
last
time
we
built
out
and
will
continue
to
build
out
our
performing
it
performance
management
model
and
we've
increased,
not
only
our
internal
audit
capacity,
but
we've
increased
that
we've
built
autonomy
into
that
infrastructure.
As
we
move
forward
into
the
next
year,
we're
focused
and
disciplined
in
our
driven
by
looking
at
how
do
we
make
sure
the
changes
we've
made
in
the
last
year
get
solidified
and
actually
are
a
part
of
our
culture
and
infrastructure.
C
We
will
be
rolling
out
this
summer,
an
online
checkbook
to
provide
even
increased
transparency
to
the
public.
We
will
be
rolling
out
next
year,
a
recommended
participatory
budget
process
that
engages
the
public
even
more
throughout
the
year
in
the
budget
process,
and
we
have
budgeted
to
purchase
an
open,
open
government
platform
that
allows
citizens
to
participate
in
our
processes.
Even
when
they
can't
come
to
meetings.
C
We
can
are
updating
the
county
strategic
plan
and
we
are
asking
you,
as
we
may
forward,
with
focus
and
discipline,
to
remember
that,
as
you
receive
one-time
revenues,
they
need
to
either
reduce
debt
or
or
go
into
a
fund
balance.
But
you
can't
fund
ongoing
reoccurring
expenses
with
one-time
revenue.
I
want
to
talk
about
because
education
in
fire
districts
are
the
two
things
that
I
think
or
the
public
probably
will
weigh
in
on
again.
We
talked
about
this
before,
but
I
feel
like.
C
For
me,
one
of
the
most
important
things
we've
done
in
the
last
year
is
clarify
our
roles.
The
public
elects.
You
does
set
policy,
set
tax
rate
and
determine
the
budget.
You
know
management's
responsibility
is
to
deliver
those
services,
the
most
efficient,
effective
way
we
can,
and
we
have
to
rely
on
the
experts
in
our
community
and
depending
on
the
area
we're
discussing
in
when
you're
talking
fire
districts.
That's
your
fire
chief's
and
how
we
move
forward.
C
Why
it
matters
to
us
to
address
long-term
strategies
around
fire
districts.
Is
their
frontline
protection
for
all
of
us
very
public
lots
of
media
attention
on
at
least
two
departments
who
face
financial
challenges
in
the
last
year,
and
we
want
to
have
long-term
strategies,
sustainable
strategies
to
address
that
you've
held
multiple
work
sessions
on
this
issue,
to
hear
from
Chiefs
and
better
educate
yourselves,
better
educate
staff
about
their
operations
and
the
risks
they
face.
C
What's
in
this
budget
are
requests
from
12
of
your
20
districts
for
tax
rate
increases
that
total
increase
would
be
2.7
million
dollars.
You
have
focused
on
your
attention
into
seeing
fire
districts
able
to
pay
their
firefighters,
at
least
in
line
with
the
average
across
North
Carolina.
You
also
have
some
districts
requesting
increases
to
support
capital
and
reserves.
People
the
public
can
go
online.
Click
on
this
link
and
see
the
detailed
request
from
every
district.
C
In
addition
to
the
rate
increase,
you
have
to
consider
what
the
value
of
that
is
in
these
individual
districts,
the
value
on
a
penny.
You
know
you,
you
have
a
request
for
four
cents.
That's
equates
to
a
hundred
almost
a
hundred
and
forty
five
thousand
and
a
request
of
a
cent,
that's
close
to
half
a
million,
so
it
really
does
matter
what
the
value
is
in
those
districts.
C
It's
important
as
you
consider
these
rate
increases
in
way-out
decisions
to
understand
that
last
year.
These
this
does
not
include
all
the
far
districts,
but
only
the
twelve
that
are
have
made
rate
increases
that
they
did
not
add.
They
did
not
go
revenue
neutral.
They
remained
above
revenue
neutral
tax
rate
last
year,
and
this
tells
you
that
that
was
one
point
three
of
us.
One
point:
four
million
increased
revenues
to
those
twelve
districts.
C
We
also
think
it's
important
for
you
to
look
at
what
are
their
operating
ratios
so
simply
put
around
those
twelve
departments
is
how
do
their
revenues
equate
to
their
expenditures?
If
you
see
a
one
or
greater,
that
means
they
have
more
revenue
than
expenditures,
and
you
will
these.
Those
rates
are
up
for
you
to
weigh
out
issue
here
from
fire
districts
and
they
for
it
in
your
decision-making.
C
You
know
when
we
look
at
what
reserves
to
our
districts
need.
We
know
that's
a
very
complex
issue
and
we
want
to
spend
the
next
year
better
understanding
it,
and
how
do
we
write
size
that
it
seems
I
don't
want
to
oversimplify
it
and
I
encourage
you.
I
know
you
spent
a
lot
of
time
on
this
issue
to
understand.
We
have
to
strike
a
balance
between
heaven,
just
like
for
us
having
an
F
reserves
but
not
holding
on
to
the
public's
money
of
we
don't
need
to
fire.
District
reserves
are
really
complicated.
C
You
have
to
look
at
the
size
of
the
organization.
You
have
to
look
at
the
volatility
of
the
revenues.
You
have
to
look
at
tax
burden
on
constituents
and
you
have
to
look
at
how
each
of
them
does
capital
planning
and
their
financial
strategies.
It's
one
of
those
areas
we
feel
like
over
the
next
year.
There's
the
opportunity
for
more
consistency
and
transparency.
C
County
support
as
we
move
forward
is:
we've
already
talked
to
the
board
and
we'll
move
to
providing
cash
flow
support
to
our
department,
so
they
will
receive
their
revenues
and
equal
payments
across
the
12
months
in
the
year.
We
are
updating
the
service
agreements,
there's
about
twenty
nine
million
dollars
have
public
funds
involved
in
this
and,
as
we
have
moved
to
the
last
year,
we
want
to
make
sure
anytime
we're
expanding
public
funds.
C
There's
transparency,
there's
accountability
so
in
our
service
agreements,
we're
providing
more
financial
capital
and
personnel
benchmarks,
we're
offering
training
to
fire
district
staff
and
boards
we're
asking
to
work
collectively
with
the
Chiefs
about.
Are
there
ways
to
us
to
assess
consolidation
of
back
office,
supports
and
achieve
efficiencies
that
might
allow
them
to
invest
more
money
in
the
direct
service
delivery?
We're
assessing?
Are
there
ways
we
could
help
with
combined
insurance
pools?
We
heard
from
all
of
them,
and
you
heard
in
your
January
work
session.
C
They
are
challenged
by
the
cost
of
health
insurance
and
the
data
is
staggering
about
the
health
risk
our
firefighters
face.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
there's
adequate
health
insurance
for
all
of
them
and
that
it's
as
affordable
as
it
can
be,
and
how
do
we
make
sure
this
systems
sustainable
in
the
long
term?
C
I
will
tell
you,
even
since
we
did
this
work
and
have
had
the
work
sessions
that
our
fire
chiefs,
as
well
as
the
county,
had
been
notified
that,
while
they
had
exemptions
to
some
of
the
fair
labor
standard
act
requirements
around
every
time
in
the
past
that
our
nonprofit
providers
will
not
move
in
forward.
This
is
a
real
challenge
for
them
financially,.
C
So
to
remind
the
public
and
to
remind
you
that
all
of
the
following
materials
listed
on
your
screen
are
available
to
them
online
and
have
been
available
to
them
since
a
week
before
the
May
15th
budget
hearing,
we
continue
to
invite
public
input.
You
can
do
that
through
the
let's
talk
hotline.
You
can
do
it
through
either
email
us
at.
Let's
talk
or
you
can
do
it
email
us
at
budget
either.
B
So
with
the
fire
districts,
as
we've
learned,
we
with
the
schools,
we
can
give
money,
but
they
don't
always
use
it,
as
our
intention
is.
If
we
approve
some
of
the
increases,
because
my
intention
would
only
be
to
increase
firefighter
pay,
we
don't
have
any
control,
whether
they'll
really
do
that
or
not
you.
C
C
I
S
I'm,
really
tired
of
people
saying
that
bringing
miss
stone
to
where
she's
at
was
a
bad
deal.
It
wasn't
she
basically
put
forward
a
minute
ago
what
I
was
going
to
say
in
a
PowerPoint,
or
it
is
a
PowerPoint.
It's.
You
know
that
wolves
pulled
over
her
ass
a
year
ago
by
Miss,
green
and
the
fact
is
I'm
proud
to
have
this
lady
run
this
show.
Do
we
agree
on
everything?
No,
but
you
saw
what
she
has
done
to
our
budget.
She's
pulled
numbers
down,
she's
pulled
eight
million
dollars
here.
S
That
I
was
going
to
bring
forward
from
what
she
just
showed
you
tonight.
I
can't
do
that.
I
make
sure
it
to
you
later,
but
I
can't
do
it
tonight,
because
it's
just
tough
these
people,
that's
like
she
said
we
have
a
lot
of
new
staff.
She's
she's
had
to
shift
she's
had
to
move
she's
had
to
take
money
in
certain
areas
and
certain
people
are
leaving
it
that
you
know
it's
just
not
it's
not
anybody's
fault,
but
everybody
had
a
trust
in
a
person.
S
Everybody,
including
myself,
and
the
people
up
here
on
this
border
that
didn't
work
out,
but
we
have
a
trust
now.
I
have
the
trust,
and
hopefully
the
rest
of
the
board
goes
with
me.
The
miss
stone
is
going
to
guide
this
county
in
the
best
way
that
she
can
I'm
tired
of
hearing
it
from
johnboll
I'm,
tired
of
hearing
it
from
anybody
in
the
paper
that
you
know
just
promoting
her
not
going
outside.
S
S
B
Fire,
you
and
I
don't
always
agree
on
things.
That
might
be
an
understatement
at
times,
but
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
remarks
and
mandy's
don't
inherited
a
mess,
a
horrible
horrible
mess
and
I
was
reflecting
back
this
time.
Last
we're
gonna
hear
a
presentation
about
the
justice
Resource
Center
this
time.
Last
year
the
past
manager
was
doing
everything
under
the
Sun.
She
could
to
stop
the
justice,
Resource
Center
and
so
the
work
that
they've
done
I
it's
a
lot
of
adversity
and
against
somebody
putting
stumbling
blocks
every
step
of
the
way.
B
M
I
A
You
very
much
you're
great
all
right.
We
will
open
the
public
hearing
on
the
proposed
FY
19
budget,
just
to
make
sure
everyone's
clear
we're
not
voting
on
the
budget
this
evening.
We
anticipate
voting
on
this
at
our
next
regular
County
Commission
meeting
in
two
weeks
from
today,
all
right,
we'll
begin
and
I'll
start
over
on
this
side
and
mr.
hunt
and
we'll
work
our
way.
This
way
we're
opening
the
hearing
at
6:31.
T
My
name
is
Mark
Hunt,
Friends
of
whooping,
Greenway
and
blue
way.
We
work
in
partnership
with
the
town
of
Woodfin
to
advance
the
Greenway
and
blue
blue
wave
project
there
and
miss
stone.
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
overview
you
provided
about
the
proposed
funding
commitments.
The
Buncombe
County
will
be
making
would
be
making
to
the
Black
Mountain
project
inca
project.
T
A
whuppin
project
I'll
highlight
that
there
are
a
lot
of
people
that
have
worked
hard
to
develop
funding
partnerships
combine
these
projects
are
40
million
dollars,
the
county's
commitment
equals
seven
and
a
half
percent,
and
there
are
many
other
players
at
the
table.
Co-Funding
these
projects
I'm
not
here,
to
ask
for
any
more
money.
The
budget,
as
mr.
stone
laid
out,
includes
funding
for
the
upcoming
year.
I
I'm
here
to
suggest
a
bit
more
clarity
and
transparency
in
terms
of
these
specific
projects.
T
T
The
Inka
project,
1.2
million
I,
believe
that
maybe
only
over
3
years,
there
was
some
discussion
earlier
today.
Black
Mountain
project
400,000
over
four
years,
so
the
amounts
are
spread
over
those
years
and
the
important
reason
for
being
clear
about
what
the
commitments
by
projected
by
year
are.
The
other
funders
at
the
table
are
looking
to
the
county
for
a
firm
commitment
in
the
budget
document
voted
on
by
this
commission.
So
that
know
that
the
similar
commitments
they
are
making
or
backed
as
well
by
others
at
the
table.
T
E
E
In
reality,
this
is
nothing
more
than
funding
a
portion
of
the
building
operations
of
a
city,
building,
formerly
known
as
pact
place,
for
the
primary
benefit
of
the
Asheville
Art
Museum
and
the
dye
a
north
and
thither
I,
don't
know
if
there's
any
other
funding
for
pack
place,
art
museum
or
the
Art
Museum
in
this
budget,
but
if
there
is
I
focus
on
that
too.
The
last
time
I
looked
at
the
lease
agreement
between
the
city
and
the
building
occupants.
E
The
lease
had
not
been
signed
and
there
was
no
agreement
on
how
the
building
would
be
operated
on
a
day-to-day
basis.
I'm
not
aware
the
county
is
a
party
to
that
lease.
I
recommend
that
you
as
commissioners
have
the
least
reviewed
by
your
attorney
and
that
you
receive
a
report
from
your
attorney
on
the
day-to-day
operations
of
the
building,
as
it
pertains
to
the
lease
you're
sure
yourself
that
the
lease
requirements
have
been
fully
implemented.
E
The
building
is
owned
by
the
city
of
Asheville
after
being
illegally
taken
by
the
city
from
the
pact
place
board.
The
city
manipulated
with
the
help
of
the
art
museum,
the
buys
of
pack
place
and
pressured
the
untimely
move
of
the
covert
art
museum,
Cobra
Museum
out
of
the
building,
there's
no
justification
for
the
county
to
fund
a
city,
building
operations,
the
city,
the
county
and
the
TDA
have
given
millions
to
support
the
Art
Museum
over
the
past
15
years.
The
art
museum
has
an
endowment.
E
U
Good
evening,
commissioners,
my
name's
Matthew
maules
p.m.
the
board
president
for
the
Asheville
Museum
of
Science,
formerly
the
Colburn,
our
Science
Museum.
So
mr.
Michael
love
I
couldn't
have
asked
for
a
better
intro,
but
today,
I
really
am
just
here
to
say
thank
you
to
the
county.
You've
been
a
great
strategic
partner
for
us
up
into
this
point
and
really
I
just
ask
that
you
consider
and
put
some
good
thought
into
our
multi-year
ask
for
operational
support.
So
again.
Thank
you.
U
M
M
Just
want
to
say
mr.
chairman
board
members
I'm
a
advocate
for
special
needs,
kids,
here
my
little
document
of
take
stickers.
It
shows
you
that
been
in
a
lot
of
schools
and
well-educated
on
it.
I
want
to
talk
to
you
today
about
a
specific
item
in
your
budget,
and
that
is
supplements
for
the
teachers
and
I'm
a
preference.
My
first
statement
to
be
politically
correct
is
not
being
financially
responsible.
M
I've
asked
for
the
salary
supplement
policy
or
ordinance
that
the
County
Commissioners
have
had
yet
I
have
yet
to
receive
it.
My
third
time
that
was
not
1987.
That
was
1977
the
year
that
my
son
was
born.
Now,
that
is
not
a
policy,
and
it's
not
an
ordinance.
It's
within
the
current
expense,
giving
20
million
dollars
over
five
year
period
in
the
current
expense
is
not
being
financially
responsible.
It
is
being
politically
correct,
though
this
is
a
local
Buncombe,
County
Commission
problem
that
needs
corrected
before
this
budget
is
passed.
M
The
taxpayers
have
given
20
million
dollars
in
the
last
five
years
and
in
two
in
school,
two
school
systems
are
sitting
on
twenty
point:
two
million
dollars
the
twenty
million
dollars.
You're
talking
about
you,
gave
it
to
a
move
five
years,
we're
talking
about
the
twenty
million
point
two
in
their
fund
balance,
the
tooth
the
teacher
Union
has
went
down
to
Raleigh
and
they've
advocated
for
money,
they've
advocated
for
a
lot
of
things,
plus
number
one
was
their
salary.
M
Let
me
remind
you,
the
salary
supplement
is
not
tied
to
anything
except
you,
commissioners.
This
is
not
a
requirement
by
the
state,
and
neither
the
state
has
no
business
in
it.
What
Yun's
have
been
doing
for
years?
You
have
bankrolled
the
school
system
in
their
fund
balance.
That's
the
reason.
They've
got
the
20.2
when
the
old
teachers
retired
the
money
folded
back
in,
and
you
just
sat
on
it
and
that's
a
reason.
M
You
do
not
have
a
policy
in
place
to
account
for
this
money
or
you
would
have
had
financial
irresponsibility
instead
of
your
political
correctness.
Votes
by
the
school
system
is
seven
to
one.
That's
the
reason
the
money
is
going
out
of
here.
If
Miss
green
can
be
got
for
several
million
dollars,
I
think
it's
criminal
for
a
bunch
of
commissioners
not
to
be
financially
responsible
on
this
fund
balance.
Q
Well,
I'm
gonna
go
to
reverse
order,
keep
shaking
things
up
a
little
bit.
I
agree
with
you
Mike,
you
heard
me
say
the
first
time
when
Mandy
was
pointing
County
manager.
Many
many
years
ago
in
social
services,
I
asked
her
what
the
budget
was.
She
was
able
to
give
me
a
complete
list.
What
came
from
the
state?
What
came
from
the
Fed?
What
came
from
the
county,
and
that
was
a
good
mark,
so
I'm
gonna
start
at
the
end
of
your
presentation.
Q
First
I
must
want
to
sing
praises
because
now
we
got
a
date
or
when
the
checkbooks
gonna
be
online
and
I've
been
preaching.
For
that
probably
fifteen
years
say:
there's
one
thing
you
may
not
like
what
I'm
saying:
I
really
don't
care,
because
it's
70
you
get
pretty
crotchety
anyway,
but
I
think
solution
and
the
solution
for
your
problem.
That
Ellen
pointed
out
with
you
fire
departments
with
the
educational
system,
and
you
ought
to
think
about
doing
this
policy.
Any
non-profit
that
gets
tax
dollars
must
open
their
complete
books
to
this
board.
Q
Think
about
what
I
just
said
that
way:
you'll
find
out.
If
the
money
is
going,
we're
supposed
to
be
going
I'm
still
looking
for
cost
per
library
and
I
think
that
will
help,
because
the
man
from
woods
and
just
pointed
that
out
today
about
a
line-item
budget
for
their
project.
You
know
where
the
money
is
going
being
you've
got.
That's
a
non-profit
you've
got
to
you
got
to
know
where
he's
going.
Q
If
you
get
more
money
this
year
and
you
don't
operate
with
the
same
amount
of
money
next
year
and
you
don't
lower
the
debt
and
I'm
not
going
to
be
for
any
of
you,
except
to
every
votes
to
not
lower
the
debt
and
I'm
going
to
be
after
you
for
the
rest
of
my
life,
because
when
it
comes
to
affordable
housing,
it
comes
to
anything
you
do
when
I
walked
in
today.
I
knew
it
was
money
day
because
everybody's
here
on
a
regular
meeting,
there's
more
people
up
here
than
they
are
out
here.
Q
So
the
bottom
line,
is
you
really
and
truthfully
need
to
think
about
when
you
make
affordable
housing
available
when
you
help
people
you're
taking
it
from
somebody
else
and
I?
Think
you
need
to
think
about
that.
You
did
address
that,
but
they
some
of
us
locals,
born
and
raised
here,
and
we
work
hard
to
stay
here
and
we
work
hard
to
live
here.
I
used
to
have
a
coal
stove
in
the
living
room
and
a
wood
stove
in
the
kitchen
and
I
had
to
go
to
an
outhouse
and
it
was
cold
in
the
wintertime.
A
R
I
Gregg
forum,
children
first
kameez
in
schools
of
Buckham
County.
Thank
you
for
letting
me
speak
tonight.
I
wanted
to
first
start
off
saying
thank
you
to
this
County
Commission
for
prioritizing
housing,
affordability
and
early
childhood
education.
Those
are
two
big
issues
that
we
focus
a
lot
on
and
it
does
doesn't
be
good
to
see
such
support.
Coming
from
this
commission
I
want
to
talk
about
our
recommendation
that
I've
shared
with
you
all
by
email
and
I
know.
R
First
of
all,
I
want
to
thank
you
and
recognize
the
county
for
all
the
funding
you've
currently
given
to
housing
affordability
projects
like
Lee
Walker
Heights,
like
the
Evelyn
teacher
housing.
These
are
critical
projects
in
our
community
and
you've,
understood
that
and
you've
really
stepped
up
and
made
those
investments,
but
a
the
County
Housing
Trust
Fund
gives
gives
you
a
unique
opportunity
to
really
control
the
funds
that
go
into
future
projects
and
really
to
set
the
tone
in
this
community
that
the
county
is
going
to
be
in
this
game
for
the
long
term.
R
It's
a
signal
to
developers
both
our
private
developers,
our
nonprofit
developers
that
there's
going
to
be
funds
there
for
projects
that
they
might
want
to
consider
developing.
This
is
a
successful
model.
That's
been
used
in
municipalities
and
counties
around
the
country
and
city
of
Asheville
has
had
great
success
with
theirs
as
well.