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From YouTube: Board of Commissioners' Briefing (Feb. 2, 2021)
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Briefing of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners for Feb. 2, 2021. The purpose of the briefing is for the Board to discuss future agenda items and County business in an open-transparent manner. It also includes our COVID-19 Community Update.
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If
there
are
not,
then
this
will
be
the
agenda.
We
follow
for
this
meeting,
all
right,
quick
review
of
what
we're
going
to
cover
we're
going
to
have
a
coveted
19
update,
we're
going
to
have
an
update
on
the
buncombe
county
schools
facility
needs
survey,
have
some
information
about
the
fy
22
planning
with
fire
districts
and
an
update
on
tax
collection.
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C
That
is
down
quite
a
bit
from
112
new
cases
just
about
a
week
ago
and
considerably
different
than
just
a
few
weeks
ago,
where
it
was
close
to
140
new
cases
per
day
coming
into
our
workflow
at
the
health
department.
Additionally,
new
cases
per
100
000
per
week
has
also
decreased
since
the
last
week.
This
time
last
week,
the
new
cases
per
100
000
was
about,
and
now
we
see
that
indicator
at
255..
C
C
C
This
is
very
encouraging
and
that
we're
headed
in
a
more
favorable
direction
and
again
this
is
just
the
state
visual
of
that,
and
you
can
see
we
used
to
be
a
much
darker
shade
of
mauve
or
pink,
and
now
we
are
a
much
lighter
shade
and
then
our
regional
hospitalization
data.
I
won't
spend
too
much
time
here
because
we
do
have
our
mission
hospital
partner,
dr
william
hathaway,
with
us
today,
but
regional
hospitalizations
continue
to
show
improvement
and
trends
are
showing
a
significant
decrease
in
hospitalizations
over
the
last
few
weeks.
C
And
then
this
is
our
updated
metrics.
You
can
see
here.
The
new
cases
per
100
000
per
population
per
week
again
was
255
and,
while
that's
still
in
the
red
zone,
that
is
significantly
down
from
where
we
were
earlier
in
the
month,
and
we
saw
that
change
about
another
decrease
about
another
11
percent.
C
C
We
are
starting
to
approach
our
desired
state
of
5
or
less.
We
saw
that
change
by
1.4
percentage
points
from
week
to
week.
Testing
remains
really
high
in
our
community.
We
like
to
see
that
indicator
about
25,
2500
or
more,
and
we
have
consistently
been
higher
than
that
for
months
now,
and
we
continue
to
see
that
here
covet
19,
related
deaths
per
100
000
also
saw
a
decline
from
last
week
and
that
has
that
actually
saw
a
more
than
70
percent
decline.
C
And
again,
just
small
data
sets
so
use
some
caution,
but
overall
from
week
to
week,
that
is
showing
significant
decline
and
going
back
into
a
more
favorable
direction.
And
again
I
won't
spend
too
much
time
on
the
hospital
data,
since
we
do
have
dr
hathaway
with
us.
But
the
percent
in
patient
hospital
beds
occupied
by
cove
at
19,
continues
to
see
a
decline
and
is
11
percent
based
on
current
numbers
in
the
percent
icu
beds
occupied
by
cover
19
solid
decrease
as
well
to
19.
C
I
just
wanted
to
have
a
reminder
for
folks
that
we
administer
our
first
doses,
primarily
at
our
a
b
tech
site
and
second
doses
at
our
drive-through
site,
currently
at
reynolds
high
school,
and
we
are
very
thankful
for
the
partnership
between
us
and
ab
tech
and
buncombe
county
schools.
Those
very
helpful
partners
are
critical
to
the
success
of
our
vaccination
operations.
C
I
wanted
to
mention
that
we
did
receive
a
site
visit
from
north
carolina
department
of
health
and
human
services
to
learn
more
about
our
operations
locally
as
a
best
practice
for
other
vaccine
providers,
so
kudos
to
our
vaccine
operations
and
logistics
team
that
worked
tirelessly
to
plan,
implement
and
execute
our
vaccination
clinics,
and
they
are
running
very
well.
You
might
remember
that
north
carolina
department
of
health
and
human
services
last
week
announced
a
new
process
for
notifying
local
providers,
local
vaccine
providers
of
their
weekly
allocations.
C
This
is
an
improvement
in
the
process
which
allows
us
to
plan
further
out,
so
we
are
glad
for
that
and,
as
I
said,
we'll
be
receiving
1
950
doses
each
week
for
the
next
three
weeks,
and
you
might
remember
that
on
average
prior
to
now,
we
were
receiving
just
about
975
doses
a
week.
So
this
is
an
improvement
for
us.
C
We
will
have
about
2
000
first
dose
appointments
each
week,
and
you
can
see
here
that
for
this
this
week
we
have
2204
scheduled
appointments
for
the
week
of
february,
8th
we'll,
have
2004
2040
and
expected
to
schedule
2040
for
the
week
of
february
15th
and
that
essentially
matches
our
allocation.
We
know
that
we
get
a
few
more
doses
out
of
each
one
of
those
vials,
so
we
estimate
that
to
to
be
around
2000.
C
I
did
want
to
provide
an
update
that
we
know
that
there's
lots
of
interest
in
vaccine
progress
and
what
we'll
be
launching
tomorrow
on
february
3rd
wednesday
and
in
the
afternoon,
will
be
our
vaccine
infographic.
While-
and
this
will
will
this
will
be
on
our
website
until
dhhs
revises
their
dashboard
to
have
it
a
little
bit
more
localized
so
where,
where
we
can
customize
it
to
buncombe
county
they're
working
on
that,
but
not
quite
there
yet
so
this
will.
C
This
was
a
really
you
know
of
interest
not
too
long
ago
about
what
you
know
folks
want
to
know
what
happens
to
those
extra
doses
that
you
have
at
the
end
of
the
day,
and
so
every
every
dose
of
vaccine
must
be
used.
We
we
do
not
waste
wasting
a
dose
is
not
an
option,
so
we
did
create
a
process
using
our
existing
wait
list
to
help
us
with
the
end
of
the
day
doses
so
that
there
is
no
waste,
and
typically
this
is
only
a
few
doses
a
day.
We're
not
talking
about
lot.
C
Many
at
all.
Typically,
it's
going
to
be
five
or
less
once
immunization
appointments
are
scheduled
and
currently
we're
scheduling
about
a
week
out.
The
standby
vaccine
lead
one
of
our
lead.
Members
pulls
20
names
from
those
who
are
next
on
the
waitlist,
so
the
folks
who
haven't
gotten
scheduled
yet
for
an
appointment
but
are
up
next
and
they
contact
those
folks
and
see
if
they
can
present
to
one
of
our
vaccination
sites
within
20
minutes.
Should
we
have
extra
doses.
C
C
You
do
not
lose
your
place
in
the
waitlist
you're
just
on
that
standby
list,
because
you've
told
us
you
could
get
there
within
a
few
minutes
and
just
a
reminder:
there's
never
a
need
to
show
up
at
the
vaccination
sites
and
hopes
of
extra
doses.
Just
this
is
our
process
to
be
able
to
utilize
the
wait
list
that
we
have
implemented
already
and
we'll.
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C
B
C
C
Currently,
they're
working
in
that
four
to
six
thousand
range
to
make
appointments,
so
those
are
the
groups
who
will
be
calling
to
make
their
appointments.
We're
still
like.
So,
even
though
we
know
three
weeks
out
we're
not
opening
all
three
weeks
at
one
time,
and
I
will
tell
you
there's
a
little
part
of
me
that
says:
I
really
want
to
get
that
week-to-week
notification
to
make
sure
nothing's
changed,
because
we,
you
know,
we
hear
things
like
the
state
said
today
that
they're
hearing
that
they
may
get
more
allocation.
C
I
think
our
past
experience
too
and
making
sure
that
1950
is
exactly
what
we're
going
to
get,
and
so
we
typically
open
those
up
every
week,
and
so
we've
already
started
scheduling,
for
I
think
that
this
week
is
completely
full
and
started
scheduling
for
next
week
and
then
beginning
of
next
week.
We'll
start
scheduling
for
the
third
week.
B
So
as
I've,
you
know
understood
it,
the
the
1950
is
what
the
states
essentially
guaranteeing
to
the
county
health
department
right
and
there's
some
hope.
Perhaps
it
will
be
more,
but
you
know
this
is
what
we
can
sort
of
confidently
project.
So
if
we
know
we're,
we
have
high
confidence
in
that
floor
number.
Then
why
don't
we
go
ahead
and
schedule
out
that
number
of
appointments
over
the
three
week
period.
C
I
understand
the
concern.
I
also
understand
that
some
counties
did
not
get
the
allocations
they
were
promised
previously
and
had
to
cancel
appointments.
I
don't
want
us
necessarily
to
be
in
a
place
where,
until
we
get
that
last
notification
and
that
we've
accepted
that
allocation,
so
even
though
we
see
three
weeks
out,
we
still
have
to
weekly
accept
each
allocation,
because
the
state
is
also
saying
yes,
we're
going
to
tell
you
three
weeks
out
that
this
is
what
you're
going
to
get.
C
But
each
week
a
local
provider
has
to
accept
that
weekly
allocation,
because
a
a
provider
might
not
be
able
to
get
rid
of
all
of
their
doses
and
they
might
not
want
to
take
on
another
allocation
if
they
didn't
get
rid
of
their
week.
One
that
we
are
not
in
that
case,
so
there
are
even
the
state
has
safeguards,
and
so
we
wait
until
we've
actually
accepted
each
one
of
those
weekly
notification
notifications
to
open
up
the
appointments.
Okay,.
B
C
So
I'm
still
reviewing
what
the
briefing
today
at
the
governor's
briefing
was
because
I
was
in
transit
here
so
I'll
review
it
more
thoroughly.
But
my
understanding
of
their
briefing
was
making
sure
that
school
systems
understood
that
the
strong
schools
toolkit
is
available
does
provide
requirements
and
recommendations
and
precautions
and
measures
for
schools
to
open
up
safely.
C
There's
not
been
any
indication
from
dhhs
that
we
will
be
going
into
phase
three
right
now
and
I
do
not
have
a
definitive
timeline
on
that.
When
we'll
go
into
phase
three
and
phase
three
is
all
frontline
essential
workers
where,
where
teachers
will
fall
so
I
do
not
have
any
more
information
than
than
that
at
this
time,.
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I
had
a
good
question,
a
question
for
you.
I
was
going
to
ask
dr
hathaway
as
well,
but
the
thing
in
the
news
right
now
is:
is
these
other
variants
of
the
of
the
virus
and
I
think
in
my
observation
that
there's
been
a
lot
of
panic
around
it
and
and
media
caused
confusion
around
what
we
should
think
about
them,
and
I
guess
I
just
wanted
to
ask
you.
C
Thanks
for
the
question
I'll
be
glad
to
let
dr
hathaway
answer
it
as
well,
so
we're
hearing
a
lot
about
them.
I
will
tell
you
that
the
what
we
also
hear
is
the
same
things
that
prevent
the
you
know.
Our
original
novel
coronavirus
strain
are
the
same
things
that
are
going
to
help
prevent
any
variant
as
well.
So
as
we
talk
about
vaccines,
I
can't
help,
but
always
always
say
to
folks
too,
that
we
are
a
long
ways
off
from
vaccines
being
available
to
every
person
in
our
community.
C
So
until
then,
you
still
do
have
to
practice
the
three
w's
that
is
your
mask:
wearing
your
social
distance
and
keeping
six
feet
apart
and
washing
your
hands,
often
limiting
your
interactions.
Those
are
the
same
things
that
are
going
to
help
reduce
any
transmission,
and
I
believe
dr
fauci
said
you
know
one
of
the
best
ways
to
make
sure
you
know
and
a
virus
has
to
be
able
to
replicate
in
order
for
it
to
to
then
mutate
and
become
a
variant.
C
H
H
We
know
that
viruses,
by
their
very
nature,
are
prone
to
mutation
and
for
the
general
public
mutation
is
a
change
in
the
genetics
of
the
virus.
That
then
changes
how
the
virus
looks
and
in
order
for
our
bodies
to
fight
off
the
virus,
we
produce
antibodies
that
are
affected
by
these
mutations,
and
so
some
of
the
mutations
make
it
a
little
bit
harder
for
the
vaccines
that
we
have
created
to
fight
off
the
antibodies
that
are
fight
off
the
virus.
That's
our
biggest
concern
right
now.
We
have
good
news
in
that
regard.
H
The
the
best
news
is
that
the
variant
that
we've
heard
about
from
the
united
kingdom
appears
to
be
very
susceptible
to
our
current
vaccines,
and
so
there's
not
a
lot
of
change
that
needs
to
be
made
for
those
and
that
the
variant
that
gives
us
concern
that
comes
from
south
africa
and
was
found
in
south
carolina
recently
is
susceptible
the
antibodies.
We
produce
neutralize
this
virus
just
not
quite
as
strongly
as
they
do
the
the
original
strain.
H
So
the
bottom
line
is,
I
think,
as
stacy
said
appropriately
our
best
defense
right
now
that
everybody
can
do
each
and
every
day
is
the
three
w's.
The
second
best
defense
is
your
spot.
Your
shot
get
your
vaccine
when
you're
able
to
do
so
and
that
even
if
it
doesn't
afford
a
hundred
percent
protection,
it'll
perform
afford
great
protection
and
minimize
the
severity
of
the
illness.
H
So
we
encourage
everybody
to
get
their
vaccinations
when,
when
that
that's
available,
and
then
last
but
not
least,
our
ability
to
change
the
vaccines
moving
forward
to
account
for
these
mutations
is
very
good,
and
we
believe
that
by
simple
changes
in
how
we
produce
the
vaccine
will
allow
us
to
give
a
booster
that
will
be
effective
against
these.
So
while
it
gives
pause,
it's
certainly
not
a
reason
for
a
great
concern
off
the
bat.
From
my
perspective,
thank
you
I
did
want
to
provide.
I
don't
know
if
the
slide
is
available.
H
Just
a
brief
update
about
where
we
stand
with
hospitalizations
at
mission,
I
know
there's
been
considerable
concern,
given
our
role
as
the
not
just
the
buncombe
county
provider
for
hospitalized
care
for
all
patients,
but
also
for
the
18
county
region,
and
it's
interesting.
I
think
this
graph
speaks
volumes.
This
is
a
graph
that
shows
the
number
of
hospitalized
patients
we've
had
since
what
I
consider
the
dawn
of
the
pandemic,
which
was
back
in
mid
march
march,
17th
was
when
we
had
our
first
patient
admitted
to
mission
hospital.
H
H
I
know
that
much
is
is,
is
the
patience
on
ventilators
and
I
think,
what's
really
interesting
and
telling
this
graph
really
tells
us
a
lot
of
different
things
number
one,
the
the
cases
that
we
experienced
in
the
summertime
period,
which
is
about
a
third
of
the
way
it's
that
first
meaningful
hump,
was
about
40
per
day
in
our
hospital,
and
we
were
really
that
was
very.
Concerning
to
us.
H
We
predicted
the
long
dark
winter
that
was
coming.
Dr
fauci
predicted
that
and
you'll
see
where
that
steep
rise
in
the
curve
takes
place.
That's
what
happened
when
we
moved
indoors
in
the
cold
and
that's
what
happened
when
we
were
socializing
during
the
thanksgiving
holidays
with
each
other,
and
we
saw
a
straight
upward
rise
right
through
christmas,
a
little
bit
of
a
drop
and
then
right
up
again
to
the
new
year
holiday.
H
The
good
news
is
that,
of
course,
you
can
all
tell
that
we've
crested
and
we're
on
the
downward
slope,
and
so
that's
encouraging
and
we're
down
to
numbers
that
we
haven't
seen
since
the
beginning
of
december.
So
I
share
this
to
say
that
you
know
last
time
I
was
in
front
of
the
commissioners.
I
was
predicting
that
we
would
rise
above
180
or
200.
H
I've
never
been
more
happy
to
be
wrong
to
be
honest
with
you,
and
we
didn't
do
that
in
part.
That
was
because
of
the
social
distancing,
but
I
think
that's
good
news.
I
don't
think
this
drop
demonstrates
anything
to
do
with
vaccinations.
Yet
we've
just
vaccinated
too
few
people
and
I'm
sure
people
have
that
question,
but
it
certainly
has
gone
down
now.
There
is
absolutely
no
reason
this
curve
won't
go
back
up,
we've
seen
up
and
downward
slopes
throughout
the
course
of
the
last
year
and
that's
the
other
reason
I
wanted
to
share.
H
C
One
more
that
I
wanted
to
address
before
I
left,
because
I
know
commissioner
sloane
had
asked
about
the
long-term
care
facility
program
in
previous
meetings,
and
so
I
did
want
to
give
you
what
update
I
do
have
about
that
before
ending
our
our
presentation
as
you're
aware
that
there
is
a
federal
pharmacy
program
with
cvs,
cvs
and
walgreens
that
takes
care
of
long-term
care
facility,
many
of
the
long-term
care
facilities
and
they
have
received
what
they
they
receive.
An
allocation
off
of
north
carolina's
federal
allocation
to
run
that
program.
C
The
dashboard
is
showing
that
that
I
think
the
last
time
I
checked
was
a
little
over
50
percent
administered
and
that's
causing
some
great
concern,
and
so
I
did.
I
was
able
to
get
a
little
bit
more
information,
which
is
that
the
federal
government
did
do
a
one
to
one
meaning
100
percent
occupancy
for
dose
allocation,
so
those
that
that
program
received
allocations
based
on
100
occupancy.
We
know
that
that's
not
actually
true
that
some
of
our
long-term
care
facilities
might
have
70
to
80
occupancy.
C
So
there's
a
little
bit
of
skewing
because
of
having
to
allocate
based
on
100,
but
that's
not
true
value,
and
then
I
also
wanted
to
add
that
in
talking
with
state
partners
about
it,
what
we're?
Finding
too
is
that,
through
that
program,
long-term
care
facility
residents
are
we're
seeing
an
uptake
of
about
80
some
percent,
if
not
higher,
of
the
vaccine,
whereas
in
staff
it
can
range
anywhere
from
30
to
50
percent.
C
C
D
C
Yeah,
and
so
I
can
pull,
I
can
actually
tell
you
that
of
the
federal,
so
not
all
long-term
care
facilities
are
covered
by
the
federal
program.
There
were
several
that
we
had
to
cover
as
well,
and
we've
made
great
progress
through
that.
We
had
a
few
that
you
know
the
residents
in
the
facility
when
they
were
small,
they
didn't
want,
don't
did
not
want
to
participate,
but
overall
we're
having
good
participation
within
that
one
I'll
get
those
numbers
for
you
and
present
next.
I
B
And
I
have
just
one
follow-up
question:
stacey:
would
it
be
possible?
And
if
it's
not
here
in
the
meeting,
that's
fine,
but
maybe
an
email
could
be
sent
around
just
to
verify
where
we
are
on
the
wait
list
right
now
and
then
you
know,
since
we
do-
and
I
understand
we're
not
why
we're
not
doing
the
appointments,
because
there
is
some.
You
know,
there's
just
some
question
about
how
much
is
going
to
arrive.
C
H
Oh
sorry,
sorry
you're
coming
hiding
behind
you
exactly
stalking,
so,
just
with
respect
to
vaccines-
and
I
think
some
of
the
data
that
we
have
at
mission
is
helpful.
We
received
a
fair
number
of
vaccines,
early
on
and
we've
vaccinated
about,
seven
or
eight
between
seven
and
eight
thousand
initial
doses.
The
vast
majority
have
gone
to
our
front
line
health
care
workers
who
are
coveted
facing
we've,
also
vaccinated
community
health
care
workers
who
are
not
part
of
our
medical
staff,
and
then
we
actually
did
a
few
vaccinations
in
the
shiloh
community
this
last
week.
H
Interestingly,
our
uptake
rate
in
our
staff,
which
I
think
is
telling
that
they
should
be
the
highest
and
most
informed
people,
is
53
percent.
So
to
me
that
is
a
tragically
low
number.
We
are
at
a
point
now,
where
we
it's
in
the
past.
We
had
ample
vaccine
our
supply.
We
we
get
300
a
week
from
the
state,
so
we're
very
limited
in
how
much
we're
getting.
But
in
the
past
it
was
unlimited
and
relatively
speaking,
and
we've
only
had
a
54
uptake
rate.
H
So
it's
clear
that
we
need
broad-based,
widespread
community
efforts
to
get
people
to
take
up
the
vaccine
because
I
think
it'll
be
even
even
lower
in
the
community.
If
you
remember
the
numbers
that
dr
fauci
and
others
of
us
have
talked
about
repeatedly
for
herd
immunity,
meaning
when
enough
of
the
people
either
have
suffered,
the
disease
naturally
or
have
been
vaccinated
is
about
70
percent.
So
it's
going
to
be
a
long
time
before
we
hit
those
numbers.
H
Unless
we
can
improve
the
vaccination
rate
and-
and
just
so
you
know,
we
shared,
I
think
we
shared
three
trays
of
a
thousand
just
under
a
thousand
doses
with
buncombe
county,
that
we
had
that
we
couldn't
get
into
people
in
a
timely
fashion
and
so
at
the
state's
request.
We
shared
them
with
stacy.
We
shared
thousands
others
throughout
the
18
county
region
to
make
sure
that
we
got
as
many
and
as
quickly
as
we
could.
K
K
C
You
know
doing
regular
media
outlets
as
much
as
we
can
newspapers
and
our
own
website,
but
also
continuing
to
do
the
let's
talk
series
as
well,
so
that
folks,
it's
it's
not
always
me
talking
about
it.
It's
it's
folks
that
you
might
see
in
your
neighborhood
or
at
your
church
or
in
your
workplace
talking
about
it
too,
and
so
helping
to
normalize
that
this
is
you
know
getting
the
vaccine
is.
C
Is
you
know,
as
dr
hathaway
said,
you
know,
take
your
take
your
shot
when
it's
your
spot
and
normalizing
that
this
is
what
we
do
to
help
get
us
closer
to
the
end
of
the
pandemic,
and
I
think
that
we've
been
trying
really
hard
to
work
through
what
it
is
to
normalize
that
and
to
increase
not
to
sort
of
to
also
increase
vaccine
confidence
that
there's
safety
in
it.
You
know
we're
still
dealing
with
that.
C
Folks
are
not
so
sure
about
how
quickly
it
happened
and
so
making
sure
that
we
put
messages
out
there
that
folks
realize
that
it
did
happen
quicker
than
it
normally
does,
but
that
doesn't
mean
that
it
happened
that
any
of
the
steps
were
removed.
All
the
steps
were
still
there.
We
just
we
did
a
lot
of
quality
improvement
as
a
as
a
nation
and
figured
out
how
to
do
it
a
little
bit
faster.
C
B
All
right,
if
there's
nothing
else
on
this
item,
then
I
think
we're
ready
to
and
dr
hathaway
thank
you
again
for
being
here.
We're
ready
to
go
to
the
next
item,
which
is
a
discussion
of
buncombe
county
schools.
Facility
needs
survey,
and
we
have
tim
tim
is
here
and
thank
you
so
much
tim
fearley
for
being
here
to
discuss
this
item.
L
Every
five
years
ncdpi
requires
every
lea
to
report
back
to
them,
based
on
their
survey
and
their
forms,
information
about
school
buildings,
their
membership,
the
the
needs
of
capacities,
a
lot
of
information
about
the
building.
What
year
were
they
built?
How
is
the
accessibility
in
those
buildings
and
we
believe
they
use
that
database
to
make
a
case
for
bonds
and
such
so?
L
L
L
L
L
L
If
you
folks
are
funding
a
position
and
they
need
a
space
in
our
school,
we
track
that
make
sure
there
is
a
space
and
if,
if
that
reduces
capacity,
it
does
and
it
and
it's
true,
the
buncombe
county
schools,
functional
capacity
is
going
to
be
less
but
we're
in
real
good
shape.
As
far
as
as
membership
goes.
So
this
report
looks
at
zero
to
five
years
current
to
five
years
out,
and
it
also
has
a
section
of
six
to
ten
projections
and
you're,
seeing
the
school
by
school
capacities
and
you're.
L
L
It's
I
believe
it's
around
28
000
for
functional
capacity,
but
you
can
see
our
our
enrollment
is
twenty
three
thousand
three
sixty
projected
in
in
five
years,
and
it's
really
very
consistent.
We're
not
gaining
too
many
students
we're
not
losing
students
in
buncombe
county
schools
like
we
were
really
due
to
the
charter,
schools
and
other
options
that
has
pretty
much
leveled
off
we're
in
good
shape
in
buncombe
county
schools,
primarily
because
over
the
last
few
years,
we've
built
a
number
of
intermediate
schools
which
are
fifth
and
sixth
grades.
L
So
this
is
just
a
look
at
some
of
the
building
information.
We
ask
our
principals
every
year
to
map
out
on
their
school
plan
exactly
how
they're
using
their
school
and
that
affects
capacity.
It
capacity
changes
by
the
use.
If,
for
example,
you
have
several
special
needs
classes,
they
only
can
house
12
students
maximum,
whereas
a
regular
class
depending
on
the
grade
level,
maybe
anywhere
from
17
to
25
students.
So
if
we
have
a
school
that
has
a
lot
of
special
needs
students
that
capacity
may
reduce
over
time.
If
we
add
those
types
of
uses.
L
So
I've
put
up
wd
williams
elementary,
because
this
is
one
of
the
schools
that
has
a
lot
of
development
around.
It
is
pushing
its
capacity
and
it
was
an
open
plan
school.
This
is
a
school
that
we
will
we're
studying
right
now
and
we'll
be
going
to
our
school
capital
fund
commission
to
look
at
doing
renovations
to
accommodate
that
k3
class
size
reduction,
the
projected
increase
in
membership-
we
don't
know,
especially
with
covid
how
many
students
are
going
to
come
back.
L
So
each
school
has
a
capacity
calculator
like
this.
It
looks
at
the
the
number
of
classrooms,
but
also
the
core
facilities.
If
we
have
a
very
small
cafeteria,
for
instance,
that
can't
accommodate
the
number
of
students
that
the
classrooms
can,
that
would
reduce
the
capacity
we're
in
pretty
good
excuse
me
we're
in
pretty
good
shape
there.
We
have
a
couple
of
schools
that
cafeterias
are
a
bit
small
and
they
have
to
have
you
know
they.
They
just
start
lunch
a
lot
earlier,
but
in
general,
we're
in
very
good
condition.
L
L
There
is
another
portion
of
sales
tax,
article
4042
that
we
we
also
use
for
capital
improvements.
Those
are
generally
the
smaller
improvements.
They're
not
reported
in
here
ends
up
being
between
15
and
17
million
dollars
per
year
that
we
use
for
smaller
projects
like
carpeting
painting,
white
boards
technology,
the
type
you
know,
maybe
some
window
replacement,
smaller
roofs,
large
ticket
projects
go
into
this
report
and
go
to
the
school
capital
fund
commission,
and
we
deal
with
those
smaller
projects
through
the
article
4042
prioritized
process
that
we
do
with
the
school
board.
L
L
We
understand
that
our
needs
out
distance,
the
funding,
but
we
try
to
plan
and
make
sure
we
can
prioritize.
And
again
we
appreciate
the
the
work
with
the
school
capital
fund,
commission
and
you
to
address
our
most
significant
needs
and
we
will
phase
projects
as
needed
and
address
them
in
a
prioritized
manner
and
again
we're
in
fairly
good
shape.
L
So
this
the
capital
needs
and
again
we're
looking
at
williams,
you're
not
going
to
see
many
additions
in
here
williams
could
be
a
school
that
may
need
an
addition
if
the
development
in
the
area
proves
out
and
exceeds
our
expectations,
but
we're
not
requesting
that
at
this
time.
However,
that
school
is
an
open
plan
school
and
for
safety
and
security
for
the
instructional
environment
and
for
simply
updating
a
school
that
has
really
seen
very
little
attention.
L
It's
it's
kind
of
worn
out.
The
primary
areas
that
you'll
see,
reporting
reported
needs
are
safety
and
security.
Number
one
you
you'll
see
renovations
of
the
mechanical
equipment,
and
the
infrastructure
is
very
large
improvements
to
the
educational
environment
such
as
this
school
and
a
couple,
others
that
are
open
plan
schools,
where
we
have
very
little
to
no
acoustical
separation
between
classrooms
and
such
so
those
are
the
type
of
big
ticket
things
we
have
roofs
and
paving
that
are
significant.
L
So
and
there's
another
section
about
renovations
and
there's
where
you
see
in
wd
williams,
a
significant
ask
broken
down
by
their
formula
for
improvements
to
that
school.
It
remains
to
be
seen
exactly
what
this
will
look
like
once
we
complete
the
advanced
planning
study
and
we
develop
a
phasing
plan
and
determine
what
the
timing
will
be.
We
will
work
with
the
school
capital
fund
commission
to
try
to
address
the
issues
at
at
this
particular
school.
L
And
then
they
they
also
ask
for
six
to
ten
years.
That's
a
lot
of
crystal
ball.
A
lot
six
to
ten
years
is
really
hard
to
to
know.
We
report
63
million
dollars
in
known
issues.
We
know
it's
going
to
be
bigger
than
that
things.
Don't
always
last
the
the
life
span
that
you
expect
them
and
there
will
be
other
things
like
school
capital
or
the
k3
class
size
reduction
that
we
just
can't
predict,
but
it's
what
we
know
at
this
time,
I'll
end
it
with
information
about
the
meaning
of
this
report.
L
This
report
has
been
certified
by
the
school
board.
It's
required
to
be,
and
the
reason
I'm
presenting
to
you
is
that
we
are
required
to
make
our
needs
known.
The
school
system
is
required
to
make
their
needs
known
to
you,
the
county
commissioners,
by
certifying
this
report,
which
is
required
you're
not
committing
to
spending
that
money
you're,
not
committing
that
you
agree
with
the
needs.
All
you're
doing
is
signing
that
you
have
seen
them
so
hope
that
lowers
your
blood
pressure
a
little
bit.
L
B
All
right,
thanks
tim,
I
think
you
did
a
great
job
and
answered
all
of
them
before
we
even
had
to
ask
them.
Thank
you
so
much
I
did
have
one
question.
I
don't
know
maybe
tim
you're,
the
county
schools,
but
so
every
district
prepares
this
specific
report,
so
the
I
assume
the
city
school
district
has
prepared
an
equivalent
report.
Is
that
correct.
L
B
J
B
G
G
G
In
september,
we
met
with
and
launched
a
capital
planning
training
with
fire
chiefs
and
then
invited
any
staff
or
fire
district
board
members
who
were
interested
to
review
the
training
as
well.
It
was
provided
in
an
automated
format
made
available
on
our
county
site
for
the
districts
and
staff
to
review.
G
G
G
That
so
we
wanted
to
just
kind
of
briefly
review
a
proposed
timeline
for
fire
districts.
Reporting
this
year
will
be
unique,
so
the
same
as
the
county.
When
we
work
to
establish
a
tax
rate,
the
budget
office,
in
conjunction
with
the
county
manager,
will
prepare
what
is
the
revenue
neutral
calculation?
G
G
So
we
anticipate
providing
to
the
fire
districts
by
march
15th
our
internal
revenue
projections.
We
work
to
to
try
to
provide
them
with
information
around
what
the
sales
tax
and
the
property
valuation
revenue
could
potentially
be
for
each
district
and
then,
by
march
31st
we're
asking
that
fire
districts
work
to
notify
us
as
staff
about
whether
whether
or
not
they
would
plan
to
be
asking
for
a
tax
rate
that
would
be
greater
than
revenue
neutral.
M
Thank
you
jennifer.
This
will
be
brief.
Excuse
me,
but
I
did
want
to
give
you
an
update,
because
we
have
19
service
districts
and
all
of
the
agreements
for
those
service
districts
are
set
to
expire
in
june
of
this
year
june
of
2021,
and
so
considering
we
need
to
provide
fire
protection
services
across
the
county.
We
wanted
to
make
sure
you're
aware
of
the
latest
and
greatest.
M
So.
The
basic
idea
is
that
discussions
are
underway
with
the
different,
the
19
different
service
districts.
We
hope
to
have
something
in
place
prior
to
march,
but
it
may
take
a
little
bit
longer.
We
will
use
a
standard
agreement
template
for
all
districts
so
that
they're
all
kind
of
adhering
to
the
same
rules
and
principles
won't
see
a
ton
of
changes
this
year
in
concept
it's
going
to
be
very
similar,
but
there
are
some
areas
we
want
to
tighten
up.
Specifically
our
regulations
change
all
the
time.
M
Additionally,
as
some
of
you
are
aware,
we
moved
some
of
our
fire
districts
from
as
far
as
property
tax
disbursements
into
an
equal
monthly
disbursement
plan,
which
the
majority
of
our
districts
are
in.
That
will
be
the
standard
plan
as
we
move
forward
and
we've
been
in
discussions
with
all
departments
about
that.
M
Additionally,
tightening
up
a
few
areas
regarding
basis
of
accounting,
just
making
sure
that
everyone
is
using
the
the
accrual
basis,
as
opposed
to
other
bases
such
as
cash
accounting
and
then
finally,
making
sure
that
all
departments
have
similar
policies
and
procedures
in
place.
So
things
like
conflict
of
interest
personnel
manuals,
things
like
that.
M
M
B
A
F
F
For
buncombe
county
through
january
31st,
we
had
collected
195
million
nine
hundred
fifty
four
thousand
one
hundred
twenty
dollars.
That
equates
to
ninety
five
point:
nine
four
percent
collected
compared
to
ninety
six
point:
two
two
percent
collected
through
january
31st
of
2020.
So
that's
a
slight
decrease
of
0.29
percent.
F
I
wanted
to
give
a
quick
note
on
what
we
saw
with
in-person
transactions
with
a
partnership
through
communications.
We
tried
to
get
the
word
out
that
that
we
had
a
safe
environment,
but
we
wanted
to
encourage
the
use
of
other
methods
of
payment,
whether
that
be
online
or
a
dropbox
or
mail.
So
we
did
see
a
drop
this
year
in
in-person
payments.
Last
year
we
averaged
500
and
I'm
sorry.
Last
year
we
averaged
660
in-person
transactions
on
our
busiest
days
of
the
year.
F
This
year
we
averaged
538
in-person
transactions
per
day,
and
that
is
december
23rd
through
january
5th.
So
that
is
six
working
days
due
to
covid.
We
did
expand
our
lobby
area
and
we
also
expanded
our
payment
counter.
We
went
from
five
stations
to
six
with
that,
sixth
being
not
a
payment
acceptance
line,
but
more
of
if
a
taxpayer
wanted
to
set
up
a
payment
arrangement,
they
would
step
out
of
line
and
someone
would
come
serve
them
directly.
F
F
F
F
Registration
gaps
for
motor
vehicles,
so
if
someone
turns
in
their
tag
and
the
vehicle
sets
without
a
registration
for
six
months,
the
county
is
responsible
for
billing
and
collecting
that
six
months.
The
state
does
not
do
that.
So
this
was
the
first
year
that
we
billed
for
those
gaps
in
registration.
F
So
I
included
a
a
few
figures
here.
We
still
have
4336
of
those
bills
that
are
outstanding
equating
to
ninety
198.97
dollars
and
that
those
figures
are
included
in
the
totals,
above
so
the
total
property
tax
due
as
of
january
thirty.
First-
and
this
is
regular
property
taxes-
twelve
million
eight
hundred
thirteen
thousand
one
hundred
thirteen
dollars,
so
we
still
have
some
outstanding
bills.
E
D
B
F
The
levy
this
year,
we
saw
an
increase
so
last
year
what
we
had
collected
was
a
smaller
amount,
but
the
percentage
was
very
close,
as
you
can
see.
So
I
feel
pretty
good
about
where
we
are
right
now,
I'm
watching
it
very
closely
with
each
passing
week
and
I'm
doing
some.
Some
comparisons
dates
days
of
the
week
play
a
big
role.
Mondays
are
mondays,
and
fridays
are
our
heaviest
collection
or
payment
processing
days,
certainly
over
the
the
weekend,
plays
a
role
in
that
people
paying
online.
F
F
If
any
other
questions
so
next
steps,
so
delinquent
notices
for
the
current
tax
year
were
mailed
the
week
of
january
18th
to
property
owners
that
have
only
current
year
outstanding
tax.
This
year
we
mailed
twenty
thousand
two
hundred
thirty
eight
notices
compared
to
last
year.
Sixteen
thousand
one
hundred
ninety
seven,
the
big
difference
there
are
the
gap,
notices
the
the
gap
in
registration
notices
because
a
few
minutes
ago,
on
a
few
slides
before
we
saw
we
still
had
over
4
000
gap
gap
bills
outstanding.
That's
what
that
difference
is
on
your
consent
agenda
tonight.
F
You
will
see
the
resolution
to
advertise
outstanding
current
year:
real
property
tax,
that's
a
process,
that's
guided
by
statute,
I'm
planning
to
advertise
that
in
may
this
year,
which
is
a
month
later
than
I
have
historically
I'd,
really
like
to
get
a
few
of
those
bills
cleaned
up
and
paid
before
we
do
that
advertising
and
then
I
also
need
to
send
a
notice
of
advertisement
because
that's
also
a
statute
requirement.
If
we're
advertising,
we
have
to
give
notice
to
the
taxpayer
that
they
will
be
advertised.
F
F
We
have
two
payment
arrangements,
meaning
one
is
less
structured
where
the
taxpayer
chooses
when
they
send
their
payment
in,
and
we
may
give
them
a
call
to
remind
them.
Is
we
refer
to
that
as
a
casual
payment
arrangement?
We
also
have
a
pre-authorized
debit
payment
arrangement
where
the
taxpayer
signs
an
agreement
with
us
and
we
draft
their
bank
account
once
a
month.
F
We
have
historically
ended
those
in
april
and
may
so
april
for
the
casual
arrangement
when
the
taxpayer
controls
how
much
and
when
they
send
their
payment
and
then
the
pre-authorized
debit
we
end
in
may
so,
collection
actions
for
those
that
have
not
responded
to
our
contact
attempts
or
had
not
are
not
adhering
to
payment
arrangements.
This
is
normal
course
of
business.
This
is
how
we
operate.
If
someone
does
not
respond
to
us,
we
will
start
working
through
the
collection
actions
that
are
available
to
us
to
collect
any
outstanding
taxes
this
year.
F
Two
percent
of
our
total
bill
count
from
last
year
is
still
outstanding
and
those
taxpayers
have
not
responded
to
our
contact
attempts
and
those
are
by
and
large
the
same
number
of
they
have
the
same
bills
outstanding
for
this
year
too.
So
so
there
will
be
significant
focus
on
those
folks
pretty
early
on
in
the
process.
F
F
I
would
require
some
documentation
on
that,
so
we
handle
those
consistently
and
objectively
and
again
keep
in
mind
that
the
next
billing
cycle
is
is
will
be
coming
in
august,
but
that's
a
change
that
I
want
to
to
be
aware
of
and
think
through,
because
we
we
know
the
community's
suffering.
So
I
certainly
don't
want
to
forget
that.
Can
I
answer
any
other
questions
you
may
have.
F
B
I
We
did
have
one
additional
item
if
we
had
time
and
looks
like
we
do,
dot
is
looking
for
a
resolution
of
support
of
the
state
department
of
transportation
and
their
economic
development.
People
for
a
new
exit
exit
35
would
be
on
I-26.
They
need
that
resolution
as
support
of
for
any
projects
that
cost
more
than
250
000.
So
we
would
like
to
add
that
to
the
agenda
here
this
evening
at
the
five
o'clock
regular
meeting
and
again
that
resolution
of
approval
just
gives
them
the
opportunity
to
release
funding.
That's
already
been
promised.