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Description
During this special meeting, the board received an update from public health on current COVID-19 information, including vaccines, and they heard from Economic Services on the One Buncombe COVID-19 Rapid Relief Fund. The next Board of Commissioners' Regular Meeting is taking place on Tuesday, January 19 at 5pm. To view the agenda you can visit buncombecounty.org/commissioners.
A
All
right
good
evening,
I'd
like
to
call
this
special
meeting
of
the
county
commission
to
order.
The
purpose
of
this
meeting
is
to
discuss
plans
for
distribution
and
administration
of
the
kova
19
vaccines
in
buckingham
county.
We're
also
going
to
be
discussing
potential
county
support
for
individuals
and
businesses
in
buncombe
county
that
have
been
financially
harmed
by
the
kova
19
pandemic.
So
we're
going
to
start
with
a
discussion
of
the
vaccination
plans
and
I
think
stacy
saunders
is
going
to
get
us
started.
So
thank
you
for
being
here.
B
B
And
I'm
sorry
that
there's
something
must
be
where
we're
using
a
different
technology,
but
currently
we
are
seeing
still
a
high
level
of
new
cases
in
our
community.
We
are
seeing
about
138
new
cases
per
day.
On
average
we
were
seeing
close
to
133
to
135
the
last
time
we
talked
to
you.
Our
new
cases
per
100
000
population
per
week,
has
increased,
has
increased
from
last
week
and
is
currently
at
400
cases
per
100
000
per
week.
B
This
is
the
visualizat,
the
map,
the
statewide
map,
visualizing
that-
and
you
can
see
here
that
we
are
in
that
lighter
phase
of
400,
but
just
on
the
cusp
of
that
getting
ready
to
go
into
the
next
phase
this,
while
this
rate
is
increasing,
it
is
at
a
slower
rate
than
the
weeks
before
so
from
last
week.
B
With
that
being
said,
our
percent
positive,
our
percent
positivity.
B
Sorry
max
it's
it's
not
going
forward.
B
There
we
go.
Thank
you.
Positivity
continues
to
increase
as
well
as
of
yesterday.
Our
percent
positivity
was
11.4
percent.
This
is
the
statewide
map
showing
the
percent
positivity
across
north
carolina.
This
is
a
0.5
percentage
point
increase
from
last
week.
Mid-Week,
I
will
say
around
wednesday.
Our
percent
positivity
was
about
12.5
percent,
so
we
saw
it
rise
through
the
week
and
now
coming
down
a
bit
and
and
again
little
glimmers
of
hope,
but
that
rate
that
percent
positivity
is
extremely
high,
far
higher
than
the
five
percent
that
we
desire
it
to
be.
B
Again,
hospitalizations,
here's,
our
regional
look
and
you
can
see
it
here.
What
I
was
explaining
before
is
that
our
hospitalizations
remain
high,
but
you
are
starting
to
see
that
yellow
line,
which
is
the
trend
line,
show
a
very
high
level
plateau
very
early.
I'd
like
to
see
that
stay
for
a
couple
more
weeks
before.
I
truly
believe
that
it's
there,
but
that
does
that
trend
line
is
showing
a
bit
of
a
plateau.
B
B
B
Our
deaths
still
remain
high
again
as
long-term
care
facilities
get
the
memo
that
they
have
to
make
sure
that
they
report
the
deaths
within
24
hours
and
then
our
hospital
indicators
that
we,
we
measure
being
the
inpatient
beds
occupied
by
cova
19
and
the
percent
icu
beds
occupied
by
kova
19,
actually
went
down
slightly
this
past
this
week
from
about
14
percent
in
the
inpatient
beds
to
12.1
and
the
percent
icu
beds
were
was
in
the
30s
and
now
is
at
29.
So
a
slight
improvement
there
with
that,
we'll
we'll
go
right
into
vaccine.
B
A
Stacey
before
we
leave
the
metrics
portion,
I
just
had
one
question:
when
we
talk
about
the
positivity
rate
from
test
and
it's
11.4
now,
is
it
correct
that
within
the
medical
community,
the
assumption
is
that
that
I
mean
that's,
obviously,
the
percentage
of
people
who
got
tested
who
were
positive,
but
that's
not
necessarily
the
same
thing
as
the
percentage
of
a
population.
A
That's
correct
having
kobe,
because,
obviously
it's
a
lot
of
times
when
folks
are
having
symptoms
or
not
feeling
good,
they
think
they
might
have
it
that
they
go
get
tested.
So
it's
the
the
percentage
of
people
at
any
given
time
in
the
community
is
a
smaller
number
than
than
reflected
in
in
the
positivity
test
result
is.
B
A
And
for
that
reason,
is
it
true
that
it's
it's
really
in
a
community
like
ours,
for
example?
A
B
So,
to
go
back
to
the
vaccination
prioritization
plan
when
we
talked
to
you
last
time,
our
plan
was
to
begin
vaccinating
in
phase
1b
group
1,
which
are
the
75
year
olds
and
older
beginning
this
week,
and
we
have
begun
that
we'll
talk
more
about
that
in
a
little
bit
so
far.
B
B
I
just
wanted
to
show
this
slide
because,
as
folks
talk
about
vaccine
supply
and
being
able
to
use
vaccine
and
quickly,
you
know
quickly
getting
it
out
and
what
does
that
look
like
at
a
local
level?
I
just
wanted
folks
to
understand
how
vaccine
comes
to
us,
and
so
what
you
can
see
on
on
a
friday,
we
receive
notification
a
thursday
or
friday,
we'll
receive
notification
of
what
we
expect
to
get
the
following
week.
B
So
that
notification
comes.
We
start
planning
opening
up
schedules
based
on
what
we
expect
to
get
that
that
actual
shipment
does
not
arrive
until
tuesday
or
wednesday.
So
I
have
not
received
words
that
we
have
gotten
our
week's
shipment
for
this
week,
so
we
so
then
we
begin
using
that
typically
the
day
after
it
arrives
and
receive
notification
again
on
the
following
friday
of
what
we'll
get
the
following
week.
B
C
B
So
just
a
reminder
about
phase
one,
a
rollout
from
here:
okay,
so
phase
one
roll
out
the
healthcare
workers,
critical
to
covid
care
of
cova
19
positives
right
now,
we're
utilizing
existing
community
provider
email
lists.
So
this
was
the
groups
that
we
recognized
that
had
are
critical
to
the
care
of
cova
positive,
so
they're
assessing
their
testing
they're
providing
care.
So
these
would
be
the
the
providers
with
within
our
community
that
are
not
necessarily
hospital
based
that
are
doing
this
type
of
work.
B
B
So
those
types
of
folks.
We
have
a
list
and
worked
off
of
that
provider
list
and
those
medical
first
responder
list
to
get
those
provider
agencies
aware
of
their
availability
to
receive
vaccine
and
then
provided
them
with
all
the
information
did
a
bulk
upload,
which
I
know
doesn't
mean
much,
but
I'm
going
to
try
to
explain
that.
Which
means
we
ask
them.
You're
a
1a
provider
send
us
all
of
your
staff
that
meet
this
criteria
in
this
form,
so
that
we
can
input
that
into
the
database.
B
You'll
receive
a
notification
and
then
we'll
start
scheduling
you
to
get
vaccinated,
and
then
we
utilized
irwin
hill's
site
for
the
initial
two
weeks
of
that
1a
rollout.
This
1a
rollout
also
includes
the
long-term
care
facility
staff
and
residents
skilled,
nursing,
we're
facilities,
we're
almost
at
100
enrollment.
B
B
The
state
has
to
divide
that
up
amongst
the
different
providers,
one
being
cvs
and
walgreens
as
long-term
care
facility
federal
providers
and
that
that
gets
taken
from
the
state
amount
they
have
to
date
been
given
about
169
000
doses
through
that,
through
an
allocation
through
those
allocations
and
to
date
have
vaccinated
38
895
through
that
program.
B
D
Stay
see
this
is
commissioner
edwards.
Do
we
have
any
idea
how
many
folks
in
the
1a
still
need
vaccinated.
B
Thanks
for
the
question,
and
so
last
week
we
saw
of
the
group
that
we
had
the
bulk
bulk
emails
for
and
were
able
to
bulk
upload.
We
had
about
50
of
them,
respond
with
response
rates
and
being
vaccinated.
We
know
that
that
was
happening
over
holidays,
and
so
we
reached
back
out
to
them.
We
had
quite
a
few
of
them
come
out
yesterday
and
today,
we'll
have
a
better
number,
probably
after
this
week,
so
we
continue
to
vaccinate
them
this
week
with
our
with
our
1b
group
ones.
E
Had
a
question,
I
had
a
question
about
the
mobile.
The
mobile
vaccinators
briefly
tell
us
what
their
capabilities
are
like.
A
And
hey
fletch
before
you
speak
on
that
point,
question
on
just
following
up
on
the
cvs
and
walgreens,
so
they're
focused
on
the
long-term
care
facilities
now,
but
as
we
get
into
later
phases,
their
retail
facilities
will
also
be
providing
general
population
vaccinations.
B
A
B
I
only
know
of
their
participation
nationally
or
federally
through
the
long-term
care
facility
vaccination
program,
which
is
a
federal
run
program
and
is
separate
parallel
to
the
state
but
separate.
F
Currently,
we're
breaking
down
our
vaccine
operations
into
two
methods:
fixed
site
operations
currently
at
ap
tech
and
our
mobile
operations.
Currently
we
have
three
mobile
teams
assigned
those
teams
are
just
three
members:
they
come
from
the
same
staffing
we
use
for
the
fixed
site
staff.
We
just
you
know
as
we
pull
from
that
same
pool
and
they
deployed
to
those
long-term
care
facilities
that
list
of
90
minus.
You
know,
14
that
we
were
in
charge
of
public
health.
We
started
those
operations.
Last
tuesday,
we
allotted
100
vaccines.
F
But
then
they're
they're,
going
on
site
essentially
doing
the
same
thing.
We
do
at
fixed
site
operations
but
they're,
taking
it
into
the
patient's
rooms
potentially
or
into
a
lobby
space
and
having
them
come
down
there
running
a
little
mini
point
of
dispensing.
F
Right
so
so,
currently
we're
set
up
each
of
those
is
a
team
of
three
two
assigned
two
vaccination,
one,
switching
to
a
one
paramedic
as
the
lead
of
that
team,
who
also
acts
as
a
vaccine
handler
just
a
reminder
that
these
vaccines
aren't
as
simple
as
just
necessarily
pulling
from
the
vial.
Some
of
them,
particularly
the
pfizer
one,
requires
some
special
handling
and
mixing
thawing
processes.
B
So
phase
one
sorry
phase,
one
b
group,
one
roll
out
again:
this
is
our
individual
75
years
and
older.
We
did
establish
the
phone
line
as
you're
aware
heavy
demand
for
this
vaccine
and
such
heavy
demand
that
created
some
phone
issues.
We
created
an
online
portal
for
self
scheduling,
able
to
schedule
two
weeks
out
and
provide
a
minimum
of
500
for
two
weeks
out
and
then,
when
we
receive
the
notification
of
what
we're
expecting
to
get
the
week
following,
we
can
open
up
more
schedules.
B
We
were
being
very
cautious
because,
right
now
we
do
not
know
until
we
get
that
notification
what
we
are
going
to
get.
So
we
aired
on
the
side
of
caution
with
just
our
you
know
what
we
were
seeing
with
our
first
allocation
and
knowing
that
we
had
to
designate
some
of
that
to
long-term
care
facilities
that
were
our
charge.
B
So,
as
we
receive
more
vaccine
and
that
number
increases
about
what
allotments
we
get,
it
is
very
likely
that
that
500
minimum
can
be
expanded
to
have
more
of
those
appointments
as
a
minimum
and
then
opening
them
up.
As
we
receive
our
notifications,
we
established
our
larger
and
more
accessible
mass
vaccination
site
at
av
tech.
Some
of
you
came
by
to
see
that
today
we
appreciate
you
doing
that.
B
I
do
think
it
helps
for
a
better
understanding
of
how
that
actually
works,
and
we
also
provided
appointments
at
our
40
cox
location,
where
the
health
department
is
for
the
first
week
phase
one
group
phase,
1b
group,
one
that
has
been
working
very
well.
We
are
running
it
through
our
immunization
clinic
so
much
more
much
reduced
than
what
we
can
do
at
ab
tech
and
then
after
this
week
we
will
be
shifting
everybody
over
to
a
b
tech.
B
B
They
should
receive
a
second
dose
reminder
about
one
week
before
their
second
dose
is
needed
and
then
they'll
make
an
appointment
with
the
local
health
department.
In
some
of
the
questions
that
you
have
asked
that
we
will
go
through
soon,
we
touch
on
what
we
are
looking
forward
to,
which
is
our
qrmd
electronic
medical
record
add-on
that
will
potentially
allow
us
to
make
appointments
for
the
second
dose
at
the
time
they're
getting
their
first
dose
vaccination.
G
B
Well,
we're
hoping
so
what
will
happen
is
that
we're
hoping
to
send
out
a
link
or
send
out
the
notification
for
those
who
receive
their
doses
this
week
right.
G
B
That
you
would
go
onto
our
website
with
a
special
plate,
we'll
be
adding
a
special
place
for
the
second
doses.
B
I
B
G
Don't
worry
I'll,
let
you
know
if
it's
a
problem.
I've
got
one
other
question
too.
I
noticed
yesterday
and
it
moved
smoothly.
I
mean
you
know
after
you
can
get
an
appointment,
it's
fine,
but
I
noticed
the
employees
there
now
have
we
hired
more
employees
to
do
this
or
we
borrowed
employees
from
other
locations.
F
Thank
you,
commissioner.
Martial
I'm
going
to
skip
ahead
a
little
bit
and
see,
but
I
think
those
slides
are
coming
later,
but
I
get
to
speak
to
in
general.
The
staffing
you
saw
there
yesterday
is
primarily
buncombe
county
employees
or
contracting
employees.
So
now
I
want
to
emphasize
again
public
health
is
the
lead,
but
a
lot
of
the
staff
you
saw
particularly
during
logistics,
comes
from
emergency
services,
but
all
the
vaccinations
currently
are
being
done
by
public
health
nurses.
G
Yeah
because
my
concern
was,
I
would
was
concerned
if
we're
borrowing
from
peta
more
or
less,
to
pay
paul
it's
going
to
catch
up
with
us,
because
these
people
will
be
there
for
a
while.
I
mean
you
know,
they're
not
going
to
go
away
because
when
you
look
at
just
in
my
age
group
alone,
you're
talking
about
40
000
people
you'll
be
vaccinating
for
quite
some
time
and
then,
as
you
open
up
the
others.
But
you
know
I
was
worried.
F
Yes,
sir,
later
in
the
presentation
we'll
be
going
over
some
staffing
requests,
we've
made
to
allow
us
to
increase
our
capacity
from
2000
to
4000
in
this
upcoming
week
and
and
then
what
our
long-term
decision
points
are
for
that
good.
Thanks.
H
B
We'll
still
have
we'll
still
have
our
phone
line
available
as
well,
and
so
folks
can
still
make
an
appointment
through
there.
We'll
still
have
the
online
portal.
All
those
options
will
still
be
available
and
then
I
think,
later
on,
in
the
slides
too,
someone
had
asked
about
that
accessibility
piece.
B
It
is
okay
for
a
friend,
a
family
member,
to
make
those
appointments
for
our
over
75
population
as
well.
We
have
had
that
happen
already,
and
so
you
do
not
have
to
be
the
individual
to
make
the
the
individual's
appointment.
So
if
someone
else
has
that
access
and
can
do
that
for
you
or
help
you
or
support
you,
then
we
support
that
as
well.
Stacy.
J
F
So
I
understand
this
is
a
very
small.
You
might
be
able
to
actually
read
the
numbers
on
the
screen,
but
I
wanted
to
show
you
this
is
a
tool
we're
using
to
track
and
allocate
our
vaccine
allotments
on
a
day-by-day
basis
going
forward,
so
we're
just
tracking
our
moderna
and
pfizer
in
the
total
in
we
have
from
the
state
for
that
week
and
what
we're
allocating
each
day
you'll
see.
Obviously
we
have
some
numbers
in
the
future.
Those
are
just
for
planning
purposes,
but
the
big
takeaways
are.
F
This
is
the
totals
we're
taking
into
the
next
week,
and
you
know
what
our
current
stock
is,
but
again
complexity
here
is
from.
We
have
to
make
this
allotment
on
a
wednesday,
the
wednesday
schedule,
and
we
don't
know
what
our
allotment
for
the
next
week
is,
probably
to
a
friday,
so
we're
holding
some
reserves
for
the
following
monday,
tuesday,
wednesday,
until
we
know
how
we
can
supplement
that
scheduling.
With
the
edition
this
this
week
we
were
able
we,
on
top
of
our
edition
of
the
975
pfizer.
F
A
F
And
I
think,
as
you
can
see,
our
planning
through
next
week's
we're
getting
down
to
you
know
just
a
few
dozen:
a
safe
safety
buffer
of
a
few
dozen
vaccines
and
as
we
get
better
idea
of
how
consistent
these
shipments
are
coming,
we'll
be
able
to
even
narrow
down
that
safety
buffer.
But
we're
planning
ahead
so
every
week
we're
using
almost
our
entire
stock
on
hand.
H
F
Yes,
as
soon
as
we
have
confirmation
of
shipment,
we'll
open
up
that
schedule,
okay,.
F
F
Okay,
so
that's
this
and
then
I
want
to
go
ahead
and
start.
We
received
questions
from
the
board.
We've
worked
on
some
responses,
but
stacy
and
I
are
going
to
kind
of
tag
team
our
way
through
these.
Just
to
make
sure
we
answer
all
the
questions
you
guys
had.
You
want
to
start.
B
Yeah,
so
we
figured
we
would
really
go
and
answer
each
one
of
the
questions
so
that
you
could
actually
use
this
as
a
tool
when
you're
answering
those
calls,
because
I
just
want
to
be.
I
am
going
to
go
back
and
just
hone
in
on
that
patience
and
understanding
from
everyone
that,
even
with
perfect
systems
in
place,
we
are
very
limited
by
the
number
of
vaccine
that
we
were
receiving.
B
So
it
is
likely
that
we
will
still
get
concern
cause
of
concern
and
frustration,
not
because
we
don't
want
to
vaccinate
folks,
but
we
don't.
We
are
limited
by
the
number
of
vaccines.
So
so
we
want
to
be
able
to
give
you
all
tools
to
go
back
with.
B
We
sent
out
those
reminder
emails
because
we
know
some
practices
and
some
folks
were
out
for
holidays
and
the
second
part
of
that
around
frontline
frontline,
essential
workers
or
frontline
healthcare
workers.
The
frontline
essential
workers
are
not
included
in
one
a
those
are
actually
included
included
in
phase
one
b
groups,
two
and
three,
where
direct
care
help
direct
health
care
providers
and
a
front
line.
Essential
workers
will
be
included
at
this
time.
A
Stacey
just
for
clarification,
when
you
say
you
you
reached
all
that
were
eligible.
That
means
we
we
contacted
them.
That's
correct,
that's
correct
and
about
50.
50
have
currently
been
vaccinated,
so
we've
got
about
50
left
to
finish
up
and
those
will
be
taken
care
of
through
the
additional
allocations
that
we
get
each
week,
we'll
reserve
a
certain
percentage
of
those.
To
finish
to
finish
up
this
group,
we.
B
Only
reserve
a
certain
amount
for
our
long-term
care
facilities
that
we're
charged
to
to
vaccinate
other
phase.
1A
providers
are
invited,
continue
continually
get
invited
through
their
through
the
emails
that
we
send
them
and
get
scheduled,
and
so
we
had
some
show
up.
Yesterday
we
had
some
show
up
today.
A
B
We're
still
using
our
bulk
upload
for
those
groups
and
then
we'll
start
with
dose
two
of
second
dose
on
that
group
starting
next
week.
Yeah,
okay,.
B
B
So
for
buncombe,
county
employees
or
those
the
county
is
responsible
for
administering
vaccine
who
work
in
a
health
care
role.
Please
describe
what
types
of
positions
are
in
1a
compared
to
1b
group,
2
and
3..
So
1a
are
those
healthcare
workers,
caring
for
and
working
directly
with
patients
with
covid,
including
staff
responsible
for
cleaning
and
maintenance
in
those
areas,
decedent
care,
etc.
B
The
phase
1b
group
2
again
are
those
healthcare
workers
and
front-line
essential
workers
who
are
over
50
and
then
group
three
is
regardless
of
age
and
north
carolina
dhhs
then
has
deeper
dives
that
allow
us
to
sort
of
know
exactly
what
those
groups
look
like,
or
it
gives
us
examples
so
at
this
point
for
the
buncombe
county
employees,
if
they
were
medical
first
responders
if
they
are
working
a
testing
site,
if
they're
the
first
wave
of
vaccinations.
B
If
they
are
some
of
our
folks
who
are
in
direct
care
with
covid
cova
care
and
evaluation,
they
were
included
in
one
a
so
health
care.
Workers
who
have
direct
care
like
clinic
staff
would
be
regular,
clinic
staff.
Not
coveted
types
of
work
would
be
included
in
that,
if
they're
in
group
2,
if
they're
over
50
and
then
in
group
3
regardless,
the
definition
for
frontline
essential
workers
is
immense.
So
I
won't
go
over
that,
but
I've
given
the
links
so
that
folks
can
get
an
idea
of
what
is
included
in
there
right
now.
B
B
So
this
question
is
getting
out
if,
if
a
healthcare
worker
is
in
group
1b,
they
are
not
eligible
until
most
of
the
residents.
In
one
b
group
one
have
received
vaccine,
and
so
what
we
can
tell
you
is
that,
right
now,
north
carolina
department
of
health
and
human
services
determines
when
new
faces
are
opened
and
it
is
not
definitive
when
they
will
move
into
additional
phases.
B
A
So
your
understanding
is
that
either
that's
perhaps
not
correct,
or
it's
at
least
not
consistent
with
what
each
of
the
counties
and
organizations
are
supposed
to
be
doing,
so
we're
also
sort
of
go
at
the
same
speed.
It's.
C
B
It
doesn't
come
up,
then
I
will
answer
it
for
you.
Thank
you.
I
thought
so
so
this
is
asking
about
the
organizations
that
play
a
role
in
administration
of
vaccine
and
currently
north
carolina
department
of
health
and
human
services,
initially
rolled
out
vaccine
provider
enrollment
to
hospitals
and
local
health
departments.
Only
cvs
and
walgreens
are
vaccine
providers
through
the
federal
program.
This
is
not
a
state
program.
B
The
state
plans
to
enroll
other
provider
types.
This
is
in
process
and
we
do
know
that
there
are
a
few
fqhcs
statewide
that
have
been
launched
as
enrolled
providers,
but
not
yet
receiving
direct
allocation
of
vaccine.
So
that
means
they
can
give
the
shot
but
they're
not
receiving
vaccine.
Yet
so
they
could
receive
it
through
a
transformative
vaccine
transfer
from
another
provider.
E
Quick
question:
maybe
none
of
these
questions
are
quick,
but
can
you
tell
us
a
little
bit
more
about
what
that
that
enrollment
process
is
like
what?
What
does
a
facility
need
to
have
in
terms
of
expertise,
staff
refrigeration?
B
B
They
have
to
have
a
point
person
contacts,
but
they
don't
have
to
have
ultra
cold
chain
storage,
necessarily
for
for
to
be
eligible
for
pfizer.
Pfizer
comes
in
its
own
thermal
system.
That
is
good
for
a
certain
amount
of
time,
so
it
is
not.
It
does
not
preclude
you
from
being
an
enrolled
provider.
Should
you
not
have
ultra
cold
chain
storage,
because.
B
B
A
One
other
question:
I
someone
shared
that
they
were
aware
that
ingalls
was
hiring
some
nurses
presumptively
to
also
participate
in
this.
Do
you
know
if
that's
if
ingalls
is
planning
on
being
a
participant,
I've.
B
A
So
so,
obviously,
this
is
still
obviously
a
work
in
progress
with
the
different
organizations
that
want
to
participate
applying
to
the
state
of
north
carolina
to
be
participants
right
correct.
Do
we
have
do
we
have
any
knowledge
about
the
time
frame
for
when
different
companies
or
organizations
will,
you
know,
be
formally
approved
for
it?
Where
kind
of
this
will
kind
of
come
into
a
little
bit
more
focus
for
what
that's
going
to
look
like
that's.
B
All
determined
by
the
state-
and
we
do
not
have
firm
dates,
as
that
will
happen
that
is
currently
in
the
process
and,
as
I
said,
we
have
three
statewide
fqhcs
that
have
already
been
launched.
The
state
continues
to
enroll
folks
and
get
them
ready
for
for
launch,
but
I
don't
have
a
concrete
date
as
to
when
that
will
be
complete.
All
of
that
is
determined
by
department
of
health
and
human
services.
A
B
The
only
agencies
in
the
community
to
be
receiving
vaccine
is
where
this
question
is
going
and
yes
currently
buncombe
county
hca
in
buncombe,
county
hca
and
the
health
department
have
received
vaccines.
Cvs
and
walgreens
also
have
received
it.
We
do
not
have
any
further
information
about
their
role.
Rollout
locally,
only
statewide.
A
B
Program
and
this
question
is
getting
at
do
each
one
of
these
organizations
have
a
unique
group
that
they
are
focused
on,
and
I
can
only
say
that
currently
hca
and
the
health
department
are
the
only
ones
receiving
vaccine
in
buncombe
county.
Vaccinating
providers
follow
the
department
of
health
and
human
services
vaccine
prioritization
plan
and
exact.
The
department
of
health
and
human
services
is
actively
enrolling
other
providers
so
so
far
we
are
driven
by
the
vaccine
plan,
so
healthcare
workers
critical
to
covet
care
and
now
75
years
and
older.
Those
are
our
groups.
B
This
is
getting
to
some
of
the
questions
you
were
asking
is
again
just
to
reiterate
that
the
health
of
the
department
of
health
and
human
services
prioritized
hospitals
and
health
departments
at
the
as
the
first
vaccine
providers.
They
are
actively
enrolling
other
types
of
providers.
I
do
not
have
dates
as
to
when
those
providers
will
be
launched.
H
So
I
have
a
question
to
follow
up
on
that.
I
think
during
the
the
briefing
today
with
the
governor
cooper
secretary
cohen,
said
that
some
hospitals
are
working
with
the
county
health
departments
when
they
have
extra.
I
believe,
and
so
has
there
been
anything
with
that
conversations
around
around
that
if
they
do
have
extra
that
we're
able
to
get
that
out
in
another
way,.
B
That's
been
the
guidance
from
the
state
to
hospitals
that
if
they
have
more
than
what
their
1a
population
is
that
they
should
work
with
their
communities
to
get
that
vaccine
in
a
provider
transfer
so
that
it
can
go
out
to
community.
We
meet
weekly
with
our
hca
representatives
to
to
see
where
they
are
with
their
vaccine.
They
are
still
currently
to
our
knowledge.
Vaccinating
their
1a
population
we'll
meet
again
tomorrow,
we'll
discuss
it
again,
but
other
than
that.
I
don't
have
any
other
further
information
about
that.
Okay,.
F
So
this
next
question
is
asking
about
with
the
entire
the
county
population
and
our
vaccine
goals.
You
know:
do
we
have
any
idea
what
percentage
of
the
vaccines
buncombe
county
government
has
to
provide
to
cover
down
the
gaps
between
the
other
businesses,
hca
and
pharmacies?
F
So
I
want
to
break
this
down
this
question
down
a
couple
places.
First,
our
public
health
goal
for
vaccine
coverage
in
2021
is
70
vaccine
uptake,
and
this
is
this
is
this
is
already
a
lofty
goal
for
us.
We
know,
depending
on
the
population
surveyed,
we're
currently
standing
about
50
hesitancy,
and
we
know
there
are
other
logistical
hurdles,
but
our
goal
for
2021
is
70
uptake
in
the
community
and
as
far
as
what
percentage
of
that
buncombe
county
public
health
will
be
required
to
cover
on.
F
We
have
a
really
hard
time
now,
with
the
data
available
to
know
what
that
number
is.
I've
listed
here
some
of
the
variables
we
don't
know
at
what
rate
rate
the
federal
supply
to
the
states
will
expand
and
depending
on
when
that
expands
and
how
many
other
providers
are
enrolled
or
what
phase
we're
in
that
will
determine
some
of
our
coverage.
We
don't
know
the
state's
schedule
for
advancing
through
the
phases.
F
We
don't
know
how
many
community
providers
will
enroll
and
receive
the
vaccine,
and
even
if
they
receive
it
in
what
quantities,
and
we
don't
know
to
what
degree
yet
hca
system
mission
health
system
can
support
the
community,
as
they
finish
up
with
their
own
charge,
how
much
of
how
much
they'll
be
able
to
turn
and
start
assisting
us
with
our
efforts.
So
it's
really
hard
to
at
this
at
this
state,
put
a
number
on
what
percentage
of
these
vaccinations
will
fall
to
public
health.
A
So
fletcher,
I
understand
that
we're
working
with
all
this
really
incomplete
information
from
you
know,
mostly
the
state
government.
I
guess
at
this
point.
A
So
so
I'm
not
I'm
not
asking
this
for
any
fault
of
our
staff,
since
we
just
don't
have
the
information,
but
this
seems
like
a
huge
problem.
Not
knowing
this
right,
I
mean.
Are
we
planning
to
so?
If
we're
gonna,
if
the
goal
is
70,
that
means
we
need
to
vaccinate
182
000
people
ballpark
in
the
county
as
a
whole,
and
we
need
to
do
it
twice
right
for
each
of
those
people.
A
I
mean,
as
I've
heard
the
discussions
we
talk
about
ab
tech.
You
know
if
the
other
facility
at
the
old
mall
opens
up,
maybe
the
capacity
for
2000
vaccinations
a
week
or
something
in
that
neighborhood
which
which
would
be
you
know
if,
let's
just
say,
let's
just
say
as
this
unfolds
in
the
coming
weeks
and
it-
and
it
becomes
more
and
more
clear
that
the
state's
expecting
local
government
to
provide
a
really
high
percentage
of
the
total
vaccinations
that
actually
get
administered
in
in
a
county.
A
Then
we
would
need
way
more
capacity
than
that
I
mean,
I
guess
just
sort
of
intuitively.
It
seems
like
you
know
we
have.
We
have
all
these
angles.
We
have
all
these
cvs
and
walgreens,
it
seems
like
surely
the
plan,
as
it's
presented,
you
know,
as
it
kind
of
is
presented
by
the
state
over
time,
will
fully
utilize
all
those
private
sector
resources
too.
So
our
role
in
this
will
be
relatively
modest,
but
that's
just
you
know,
I
mean
that's
just
a
non-professional
person
speculating
here.
Is
there
anything
more
that
we
can?
A
I
don't
know,
do
we
that
we
can
kind
of
assume
about
about
some
of
some
of
the
ways
other
businesses
will
be
involved?
Yes,.
F
Sir,
so
I
can
speak
a
little
bit
to
long-term
strategy
for
this
year
so
start
with
our
stance
going
into
next
week,
the
18th
we'll
be
at
buncombe
county
public
health
positioned
to
do
4,
000
vaccines
a
week
capacity
and
with
our
current
allotments.
That
will
cover
what
the
vaccine
we're
getting
at
some
point
as
our
allotments
increase
beyond
that
scope,
we're
at
a
decision
point
and
that's,
I
think,
what
you're
alluding
to
we
either
have
to
decide
whether
public
health
takes
on
that
burden.
F
We'll
have
to
essentially
double
our
footprint
double
our
staffing
to
accommodate
those
new
allotments
or
that's
where
we
can
rely
on
those
community
partners,
those
other
providers
being
enrolled
and
if
they're
not
getting
their
shipments
from
the
state.
That's
when
we
hit
our
capacity,
we
can
start
transferring
those
additional
vaccines
to
those
providers
and
that
will
take
a
huge
burden
off
of
public
health
and
also
give
more
opportunities
and
options
to
the
community
and
also
will
address
some
equity
issues
and
address
some
of
the
weight.
F
So,
instead
of
one
resource,
the
community
will
have
you
know,
maybe
half
dozen,
maybe
a
couple
dozen
resources
in
the
community
to
go,
get
those
vaccines.
But
again
we
don't
have
a
timeline
for
that.
We're
hoping,
in
fact,
maybe
as
early
as
february,
to
start
seeing
some
of
those
providers
receive
their
own
allotments.
A
Okay,
let
me
repeat
back
what
I
think
I
heard
make
sure
I
got
it
right
so
at
starting
next
week,
we'll
have
the
capacity
to
administer
4
000
vaccinations
per
week
internally,
with
county
county
internal
capacity,
correct.
F
And
I
do
I'll
get
this
again
in
later
slides,
but
when
we
talk
about
4000
capacity,
we
have
to
remember
that,
after
that
initial
number,
the
initial
dosage
three
or
four
weeks
later
we're
automatically
doubling
our
capacity,
because
we
have
to
give
new
first
doses
and
that
second
dose
at
the
rate
it
came
in
so
a
4,
000
vaccine
capacity,
gives
us
one
one
breakdown,
2,
000,
new
vaccines
and
then
three
or
four
weeks
later,
depending
on
the
vaccine.
The
two
thousand
second
doses.
A
Okay
and
actually
I'll
just
hold
this
for
later,
I
bet
you're
gonna
cover
it
so
good.
A
F
I'm
not
aware
of
any
specified
state
goal
that
was
through
our
incident
managed
team
management
team,
knowing
that
70
initially
is
what
the
experts
are
telling
us
for
that
general
shielding
from
herd
immunity
we've.
We
understand
that
at
50
we
may
be
able
to
see
some
of
our
trends
our
metrics
shift
significantly,
but
that
goal
is
at
70
to
hit
that
bottom
threshold
for
herd
immunity.
F
So
on
to
the
next
question,
this
is
a
question
about.
Do
we
really
into
the
insight
we
have
into
the
federal
pharmacy
program,
how
the
cbs
stores
and
walgreens
stores
are
responding,
and
so
we
don't
really
have
this
data
at
a
local
level
as
stacy
alluded
to,
we
can
see
the
state
overall
reports
of
vaccine
and
vaccine
out,
and
you
know
we're
really
hoping
some
more
opportunities
for
providers
come
online
in
the
next
couple.
F
B
C
Steve
can
we
pause
for
one
second,
I'm
sort
of
processing?
What
I
I
think
I
just
heard.
Fletch
helpfully
connect
some
dots
and
I
think
it
might
just
be
worth
the
pause
over.
Those
is
that
this
goal
of
70
wasn't
a
random
or
aspirational
target.
It's
the
the
minimum
number
at
which
we
begin
to
achieve
herd
immunity
so
specifically
in
bunken
county
we'd,
have
to
have
about
183
thousand
people
receive
both
doses.
F
Yes,
so
so
from
epidemiologists
looking
at
this
are
saying
you
know-
and
this
is
all
you
know-
science
textbook
kind
of
theory
sure,
but
at
fifty
percent
vaccine
uptake
we
could
see
start
seeing
significant
changes
in
our
trends
or
the
exponential
curve.
We're
on
now
start
seeing
that
adjust
and
then
to
get
that
kind
of,
like
that
minimum
threshold,
for
what
we
would
talk
about
the
shield
from
that
herd.
Immunity
starts
at
70
percent
and
again
this
is
try
to
keep
for
perspective
at
the
beginning
of
last
year.
F
This
was
a
novel
coronavirus
before
it
was
covered.
19.
I
mean
we
don't
still
don't
know
a
whole
lot
about
it.
We're
still
learning
about
it.
These
are
brand
new
vaccines.
So
just
that's
just
general
epidemiology
virology
information
that
that
threshold
of
70
is
where
we
start
seeing
that
shield
effect.
C
Okay,
so
there's
a
lot
of
number
and
data
points
and
I'm
trying
to
think
about
ways.
We
can
effectively
help
our
community
understand
what
we're
trying
to
do
here
and
one
way
to
do
that
would
say
we're
trying
to
have
130
000
people
get
both
shots
to
begin
to
see
our
trends
reverse
and
once
a
hundred-
and
whatever
number
I
just
said,
83
000
get
both
shots
will
actually
reach
herd
immunity,
which
is
one
of
the
goals
in
this
marathon.
K
E
F
Exactly
textbook
science
says
70
is
where
we
could
get
right
and
again
as
we're
doing.
We
see
different
polls
both
in
the
kind
of
focus
on
the
state
but
nationally,
depending
on
the
population
survey.
That
hesitancy
is
still
hovering
about
50
and
we
hope
over
time.
You
know
with
more
education
programs
and
as
people
see
their
friends
and
relatives,
get
it
with
no
consequences
that
that
hesitancy
will
reproduce.
F
E
B
B
That
is
the
actual
like
putting
of
the
in
the
arm
all
the
work
that
goes
around
that
insurances,
including
medicaid,
medicare,
private
insurance,
are
covering
the
cost
of
that
administration
fee,
so
there's
no
cost
to
the
actual
person
for
the
uninsured
hersa,
we'll
pay
that
administration
fee.
So
this
is
to
sort
of
help
with
all
of
the
the
costs
that's
around
providing
vaccine,
but
the
actual
vaccine
itself
is
free
to
everyone.
F
So
this
is
a
question
assuming
the
volume
at
what
rate,
basically
our
throughput
of
our
vaccination
sites.
So
this
is
a
calculator
we
use
internally,
really
the
takeaway
from
this
is.
I
want
to
show
you.
Our
current
stance
is
what
we've
been
at
is
you
know,
be
about
a
2
000
a
week
capacity
and
going
forward
with
our
new
staff
and
new
footprint
next
week
be
ready
to
do
4
000.
F
again,
this
is
theoretical
on
paper,
so
we
we
think
when
we
go,
we
haven't
had
this
stress
our
full
capacity
yet,
and
so
when
we
see
that
I
think
we'll
get
be
able
to
get
more
numbers
than
this
from
the
nature
of
having
you
know
all
lanes
open
to
having
that
back
pressure
from
having
the
vaccines
to
give,
but
we
just
haven't
had
that
yet
because
we
haven't
had
the
vaccines
to
put
out,
but
we
we
have
we're
calculating
our
throughput
every
day
for
our
sites
determining
you
know
how
many
with
our
weekly
allotments,
we
have
to
put
through
site
how
many
we
could
push
through.
F
Numbers
and
again,
another
question
is
what
is
the
maximum
capacity
for
the
government
for
public
health
to
administer
these
vaccines
on
a
daily
and
weekly
basis,
so
drilling
down?
Our
stance
will
be
at
next
week
for
planning
purposes,
we're
looking
at
doing
90
an
hour
for
765
a
day
for
a
weekly
total
of
3825.
F
A
A
So
I
mean,
I
think,
you
kind
of
spoke
to
this
a
little
bit,
but
just
again
kind
of
like
if,
if
it
plays
out
such
that,
we
really
do
need
to
significantly
increase
our
capacity,
because
other
parts
of
the
community
are
going
to
do
are
going
to
do
not
as
much
do
do
you
guys
feel
confident
we
have
the
capacity
to
like
if
we
needed
to
you
know
to
double
that
or
if
we
needed
to
do
three
times.
A
F
Yes,
that's
a
good
question,
so
we
have
the
capacity
even
from
this
footing,
we'll
go
to
next
week
to
make
some
adjustments
to
for
small
incremental,
like
if
so
right
now
we
know
that
pfizer's
coming
in
doses
of
975
and
the
modernity
can
be
in
limits
of
100..
So
for
the
time
being,
any
shipment
is
going
to
come
in
those
increments.
F
So
that's
where
that
2000
benchmark
was
set
was
that
that
covers
us
in
a
weekly
shipment
of
either
two
shipments
of
pfizer
or
up
to
three
times
our
first
shipment
of
madeira,
which
was
700
so
that's
kind
of
like
our
planning
goal.
We
can
do
some
things
with
shifting
hours.
If
you
know
if
we
have
a
small
increase
on
top
of
that.
F
So
instead
of
running
that
eight
and
a
half
hour
point
of
dispensing
or
fixed
site
vaccine
operations,
we
can
extend
that
to
10
or
12
and
then
basically
break
that
down
to
two
shifts
working
that
day
to
give
more
exposure.
That's
a
easy
way.
We
can
make
a
small
increase.
F
We're
also
have
we're
planning
now
to
set
up
potentially
one
or
more
drive-through
clinics
which
again
very
similar
to
how
we
do
testing,
which
we
can
set
up
out
the
community,
in
addition
to
the
fixed
site,
to
give
us
a
few
more
numbers
at
one
point.
If
we
do
significantly
get
a
significant
increase,
we
will
have
to
and
we've
done
those
measures
and
we're
still,
you
know
getting
more
allotments.
F
A
When
we
talk
about
transferring
to
other
organizations,
I
mean,
I
think
that
sounds
great.
Let's
use
all
the
communities
assets
if
we
in
expertise,
if
we
need
them,
but
I
thought
earlier
y'all
were
talking
about
like
the
state,
is
making
those
decisions
about
okay
pharmacies,
we
give
you
our
blessings,
so
go
forth
and
you
know
so,
but
if
the
county
ultimately
could
with
our
allocations
subcontract,
we
could
we
could
contract
with
other
companies
too
separate
from
whatever
state
plans
are
made.
Is
that
what
I'm
hearing.
E
B
A
And
for
that
reason
that
gives
you
a
lot
of
confidence
like
this
will
be
able
to
be
scaled
pretty
quickly,
if
not
with
internal
capacity.
A
bunch
presumptively,
a
lot
of
different
organizations
and
businesses
do
have
this
expertise,
we'll
want
to
be
part
of
this
and
we
can
draw
upon
them
too.
That's.
B
H
B
Kids,
so
fqhcs
in
the
area
we've
already
been
talking
to
them
as
they
get
their
provider
enrollment
done
and
are
anticipating
getting
launched.
We've
already
sort
of
talk
talk
to
them.
We
have
other
community
providers
who
are
very
interested.
We
even
have
community
partners
who
have
sites
that
if
we
were
able
to
transfer
that
vaccine
to
one
of
our
community
providers
who
was
enrolled,
they
would
have
a
site
partner.
B
B
B
Okay,
thank
you
yeah
and
with
all
with
the
hope
that
they
will
also
be
receiving
their
own
direct
vaccine
allocation
as
well,
but
it's
likely
that
they
will
get
enrolled
first
launched
first
and
may
not
receive
a
direct
allocation
at
that
time,
so
it
might
be,
it
might
take
longer
for
them
to
get
a
direct
allocation.
That's
where
the
the
provider
tran
the
transfer
comes
in
play.
A
Thank
you
because
this
supplies,
you
could
change
really
quickly.
Right,
I
mean
the
the
incoming
administration
is
talking
about
100
million
vaccines
within
100
days,
which
some
people
you
know
debate
whether
that's
going
to
be
realistic
or
or
not,
but
still
that's
a
huge
number
right.
So
we
could
go
from
a
thousand
to
I
mean
there
could
be
tens
of
thousands
arriving
within
the
county
potentially
fairly
soon
if
there,
if
those
numbers
are
anywhere
in
the
right
neighborhood
of
accurate.
B
Yes,
all
of
that's
dependent
on
what
federal
administration
decides
to
do,
and
if
that
increase
does
happen,
then
those
provider
that
type
of
vaccine
transfer
is
exactly
what
we
would
be
looking
at.
In
addition
to
do,
we
need
to
stand
up
another
site.
C
Just
if
we
could
stay
here
for
a
second,
it
feels
like
one
of
the
lessons
we've
learned
from
the
period
since
march.
Is
that
the
count
the
county
is
often
best
positioned
to
play,
that
role
of
being
nimble
and
expanding
capacity
and
going
to
where
the
gaps
are,
even
if
it
is
not
traditionally
part
of
the
county's
jurisdiction
to
do
so,
and
I
I
I
guess,
I'd
like
to
stay
here
a
little
bit
as
we
do.
C
I
know
you
all
have
been
deep
in
scenario
planning
and
I'd
just
like
to
pause
a
little
bit
more
on
this
question
of
sort
of
what
are
the
assumptions
that
have
upon
which
this
sort
of
capacity
question
has
been
based,
for
instance,
if
I
just
if
we
were
to
make
a
decision
at
a
county
to
say
our
goal
is
that
the
county
will
scale
up
as
much
as
we
need
to
as
soon
as
supply
is
available.
C
Until
we
see
other
capacity
exist,
that's
a
different
approach
than
saying
we
will
methodically
expand
to
a
set
capacity
that
we're
determining
now
and
we'll
kind
of
wait
to
see
what
happens
both
on
the
supply
side
and
the
private
sector
side
of
things,
if
that
makes
sense,
assuming
there's
a
runway
involved
with
scaling
up
so
assuming
if
this
is
all
hypotheticals.
But
if
we
were
to
say
we
want
to
be
positioned
to
scale
up
as
much
as
we
need
to
to
ensure
that
whatever
the
supply
is,
it
can
be
delivered
quickly
to
buncombe
county
residents.
C
That's
a
different
posture,
then
we're
scaling
up
to
this
watermark
and
we
can
scale
incrementally
if
we
need
to,
but
we're
really
rolling
the
dice.
Excuse
me
we're
we're,
assuming
that
all
the
things
that
are
being
sort
of
promised
are
going
to
be
delivered
upon,
and
I
just
think
that's
a
I'd
like
to
drill
down
a
little
bit
on
sort
of
where
the
where
that
decision
rests.
I
guess
and
are
we
at
a
juncture
at
which
that's
a
conversation?
C
We
should
be
having
and
understanding
a
bit
more
about
the
sort
of
timeline
of
that
runway
so
that
it
if
the
decision
we're
actually
we
want
to
scale
as
much
as
we
need
to
what.
How
long
would
it
take
like
what
would
be
involved
in
doubling
the
number
of
staff,
for
instance,
or
the
kinds
of
things
that
would
be
required
for
that?
C
I
think
to
me
that
feels
like
the
central
decision
you
all
are
doing
excellent
job
of
implementation
and
and
the
technical
side
of
the
medical
and
the
community
side,
but
at
the
level
of
sort
of
what
is
the
county's
posture
in
this
moment.
That
feels
like
the
question.
That's
on
the
table
or
one
of
the
questions
that
we
ought
to
be
engaging
with
similar
to
the
the
questions
and
discussions
we
had
around
testing
and
as
they
were,
testing
shortages,
and
this
question
is
well.
What
role
has
the
county
historically
played?
C
A
So
it's
sort
of
like
it
seems
like
to
be
to
make
sure
this
can
be
successfully
executed
on.
We
need
to
definitely
have
a
plan
where
the
county
could
ramp
up
our
own
internal
capacity
to
get
done.
What
needs
to
be
done
if
it,
if
other
private
sector
partners
emerge,
who
could
clearly,
you
know,
add
value,
do
it
more
efficiently?
A
E
A
Do
you
guys
have
any
other
thoughts
on
on
the
kind
of
internal
versus
you
know,
kind
of
the
internal
versus
contracting
out
or
the
right
combination
of
that
I
mean
just
in
light
of
in
light
of
you
know,
there's
a
lot
of
unknowns,
but
those
are
big,
fundamental
questions
about
doing
things
directly
versus
what
percentage
we
might
need
to
bring
in
contracts
with
other
others.
On.
F
Right
so
I
I'll
work
through
that
and
answer
that
by
looking
at
the
next
couple
questions,
but
I
think
I
think
that's
the
heart
of
it,
the
the
whether,
if
we're
ready,
if
we
want
to
expand,
be
able
to
have
that
capacity
ourselves
or
whether
we're
going
to
plan
on
setting
that
threshold,
where
we
start
doing
that
transfer
to
other
providers
and
I'm
gonna,
and
I
think
the
slide
after
this
when
we
start
getting
the
staffing
for
those
sites
and
what
that
requirement
is
and
how
that
breaks
down.
F
So
by
what
date,
would
the
county
be
prepared
to
reach
that
maximum
capacity
for
vaccines?
So
currently,
this
current
space
ran
allows
us
to
do
4
000
per
week.
That's
that
puts
us
in
so
monday
with
the
additional
staff
we
have
coming
in
we'll
be
able
to
do
that
january.
18Th.
We'll
also
begin
our
first
week
of
doing
both
first
and
second
doses,
so
that
again
subtracts
from
our
capacity
we're
doing
new
doses
and
the
second
round
for
those
who
had
it
in
the
weeks
prior.
F
So
currently,
the
county
is
currently
preparing
sites,
potentially
ab
tech
and
potentially
sears
or
some
other
drive-through
site,
how
many
sites
or
how
many
can
we
do
a
week
dealing
weekly?
I
think
we
addressed
these
a
little
bit,
but
the
tools,
a
single
site-
you
know
for
4
000
and
then
a
additional
site
for
potentially
another
2
000
a
week,
and
let
me
I
want
to
skip
forward
to
address
your
question
with
the
here.
We
are
how
many
staff
are
required
to
operate
each
site
at
these
operations.
F
So
that's
the
footprint
we'll
be
in
next
week,
and
this
is
again,
this
is
public
health
staff.
This
is
emergency
services
staff,
it's
a
couple
of
sheriff's
deputies,
it's
a
handful
of
medical
licensed
volunteers
and
in
addition
to
that
public
health
staff,
some
of
those
are
currently
contracted
staff.
F
This
next
slide
shows
the
breakdown
of
who
is
kind
of
like
a
general
function.
On
the
left
and
on
the
right,
who
has
a
specified
skill
set
and
whether
that's
a
medical
skill
set
law
enforcement,
skill
set
some
kind
of
logistics,
skill
set
or
or
resources,
and,
to
be
honest,
what
we
found
out
on
the
left
registration
is
put
under
there.
Those
are
some
contracted
staff.
We
have
doing
registration,
but,
as
we've
seen
with
this
cvms
system,
it
really
is
a
learned
skill
set
to
be
able
to
navigate
that.
F
So
going
back
one
slide
to
set
up
another
site
in
addition
to
the
physical
location
and
equipment,
it
would
be
another
potentially
56
persons
to
staff
a
second
site
and
find
a
suitable
location
that
is
accessible
to
public
transportation,
which
has
parking
loops
or
park.
Parking
lots
available
is
somewhat
centralized.
It's
also
part
of
that
equation.
A
F
F
The
other
requirements-
oh
and
four
pharmacy
staff,
who
are
some
sort
of
licensed,
pharmacist
or
advanced
rn
and
then
and
then
the
other
requirements
for
specified
skills
are
either
because
they
have
a
skill
set
or
they
have
access
to
equipment
or
resources
or
databases
that
are
required
for
a
function
of
that
site.
A
If
we
needed
to
stand
up
another
site
or
sites,
you
know
assuming
that
there's
funding
either
appropriated
by
us
or
we
get
federal
funding
or
wherever
the
money
comes
from.
Are
we
confident
we
could
actually
recruit
the
skill,
the
number
of
people?
We
would
need
to
replicate
this
because
you
know
these
are
all
professions
that
are
in
high
demand
right
now
right,
so
do
we
feel
good
about
that,
or
is
that
a
concern
that,
even
if
the
financial
resource
resources
are
there,
could
we
literally
get
enough
people
in
those
spots.
F
So
I
could
speak
to
that
a
little
bit
by
individual
roles,
so
our
vaccinator
pool.
We
think
we
have
a
ever
growing
group
of
vaccinators.
We
know
we
have,
apart
from
the
public
health
nurses,
we're
using
now
we
potentially
have
hundreds
of
emts
in
the
county
who
can
be
leveraged
through
that
position.
We
know,
we've
had
some
nursing
groups
and
other
medical
groups
reach
out
to
volunteer
so
the
vaccinator,
which
is
the
biggest
draw
from
this
group.
F
F
We
currently
have
some
of
those
volunteering
to
augment
dr
mullendore,
and
we
have
a
growing
pool
of
that
as
well,
and
I
think,
if
we
put
out
the
call,
we
would
have
those
doctors
available
to
us
where
I
do
think
you
know
as
far
as
the
rest
of
it
just
having
the
support
staff,
those
those
educators
and
observers.
I
think
again,
those
are
kind
of
those
are
county,
emts
and
paramedics.
F
So
I
think
we
could
step
up
with
this.
But
a
lot
of
this
staffing
unless
we're-
and
this
is
a
question
really
forever-
is
whether
we
would
pull
this
from
other
accounting
resources
continue
to
do
that
or
whether
we,
you
know
contract
that
out
and
that
that
you
know
have
different
financial
implications.
K
E
I
guess
one
question
I
have
around
these.
The
assumptions
that
I'm
putting
into
this
data
is
is,
I
assume
this
is
built
around
what
we
know
about
the
moderna
and
pfizer
vaccine
and
hypothetically,
if
johnson
and
johnson
were
approved,
something
like
that
came
down
the
pike.
Would
that
change
any
of
this
any
of
these
needs
in
your
eyes?
Or
do
you
not.
F
For
right
now,
we're
planning
on
everything
having
a
two
dose
vaccine:
okay,
regimen-
and
you
know
three
to
four
weeks
separation.
So,
fundamentally,
I
don't
think
that
changes,
even
if
there
was
another
vaccine
that
had
the
two
dosages.
I
think
this
is
still
the
same.
It's
fundamentally
the
process
of
doing
a
point
of
dispensing
for
a
syringe,
injection-based
vaccine.
It's
fundamentally
simple
and
doesn't
change
it's
just
it's
the
scale
of
this,
which
makes
this
one
complex
and
the
speed
at
which
we're
trying
to
do
it.
F
F
Continue
with
the
questions
so
securing
staff-
oh
yes,.
D
Sorry,
I
know
it's
hard
with
me
not
there.
I
do
have
one
one
request.
I
think
it
would
be
helpful
for
us
to
see
what
it
would
cost
to
scale
up
so
that
we
could
be
prepared
to
make
that
decision
if
and
when
the
time
comes
to
do
so.
F
And
we
we
have,
in
general
the
numbers
of
the
the
cost
of
this
site
going
forward.
So
it
would
essentially
be
doubling
that
I
think-
and
I
do
want
to
take
a
moment
to
point
out
what
a
great
partner
ab
tech
has
been,
is
providing
this
location
to
us.
It
needs
meets
so
many
of
our
needs
in
such
a
fantastic
location
for
our
operations.
We're
really
lucky
to
have
that.
I
think
one
of
the
biggest
hurdles
and
obstacles
for
setting
up
a
second
site
would
be
finding
a
comparable
site.
F
As
I
mentioned
earlier,
that's
somewhat
centralized
easily
accessible
on
public
transportation
routes
has
a
good
parking
traffic
loop
system
and
what
kind
of
cost
might
be
associated
if
we're
going
after
that
kind
of
site.
We're
still
working
with
the
sears
site,
encounter
some
hurdles
with
that,
but
we're
working
through,
hopefully
to
do
a
site
survey
later
this
week
and
continue
that
assessment
and
maybe
not
for
a
indoor
based
site,
but
a
at
least
a
vehicle-based
site,
and
but
we're
pretending
we're
continuing
to
pursue
other
options.
J
And
this
is
a
question
that
has
come
in
later
in
the
powerpoint,
but
when
you're
talking
about
the
staffing
and
the
dollar
amount,
we
do
know-
and
I've
talked
to
you
guys
about
using
some
of
our
coven
money-
that
we
currently
have
that's
about
400
000,
and
that
is
what
we
intend
to
hire
some
of
the
staff
and
that
you're
talking
about
for
future
expansion.
So
we've
talked
with
emergency
services
and
he's
not
here
now.
J
But
taylor
has
asked
make
sure
that
we
can
get
some
of
the
paramedics
which
would
be
the
hardest
part
for
us
to
staff
up
and
get
ab.
Tech
is
currently
running
a
paramedics,
class
and
they're
close
to
graduating,
so
we're
hoping
to
get
some
of
those
as
temps
that
we
could
hold
on
to
and
have
that
staffing
level.
Because,
as
you
mentioned,
a
lot
of
these
positions
are
currently
filled
with
paramedics,
so
they're
they're,
the
ones
that
also
have
to
respond
to
a
heart
attack
or
drive
the
ambulance.
Where
we
need
that.
J
F
I
think
plans
use
utilize
volunteers,
so
we've
been
using
volunteers
for
this
response
for
a
long
time,
specifically
for
vaccination
purposes
since
week,
one
we're
using
both
medical
and
non-medical
volunteers
for
both
the
medical
assessment
on
site
for
the
mobile
vaccinator
team,
going
out
to
those
long-term
care
facilities
and,
as
you
know,
our
general
staffing
at
the
site,
the
greeters,
the
triage
et
cetera,
any
individual
who
volunteers
does
have
to
complete
volunteer
forums
and
a
background
check
and
a
drug
screen
according
to
the
county
policy
school
of
pharmacy
students
and
preceptors
will
also
be
joining
these
efforts
in
the
later
in
the
spring.
F
Maybe
in
a
couple
weeks,
I
do
want
to
point
out
a
program
we've
had
in
place
now
for
four
years
building
up
specifically
to
event
like
this
is
a
very
great
partnership
with
the
unc
echelon
school
of
pharmacy
at
unca.
F
For
the
last
four
years,
my
preparedness
program
has
been
running
pod
exercises
in
january
with
different
threats,
anything
from
anthrax
to
measles
vaccine
to
pandemic
influenza,
specifically
for
this
kind
of
scenario,
and
the
whole
idea
with
that
was
to
create
this
roster
of
pharmacy
student
volunteers
who,
in
the
event
of
pandemic,
would
be
on
hand
to
augment
our
workforce,
and
so
we're
going
to
see
that
come
into
fruition
here
in
a
couple
weeks,
and
but
we
are
looking
for
skilled
volunteers
specifically
for
medical
experience
who
and
who
are
able
to
commit
multiple
days
a
week
for
a
prolonged
period.
F
One
concern
we
do
have
about
volunteers
is
especially
for
this
scenario.
If
we
vaccinate
a
certain
number,
we
have
to
have
a
commitment,
three
or
four
weeks
later,
to
be
able
to
vaccinate
that
same
number
again.
So
we
can't
have
short
turnaround
on
volunteers,
as
we've
seen
for
other
efforts
where
maybe
they
could
get
a
couple
days
in
or
another
volunteer
for
a
week.
It
really
has
to
be
a
prolonged
commitment
and
we're
working
on
a
plan
to
put
out
to
make
kind
of
specify
the
requirements
we
would
have
for
volunteers.
For
that
need.
F
This
is
another
question
about
the
volume
of
vaccines
and
how
long
it
would
take
to
get
to
that
goal.
For
vaccination,
I
talked
about
how
the
goal
would
be
70
percent
and
again
similar
answer
to
the
one.
Previously
it's
really
hard
at
this
point
in
time
to
determine
how
long
it
would
take
to
get
to
that
percentage.
Point
again.
Some
variables
we
don't
know
what
would
rate
the
federal
supply
to
the
states
will
expand.
F
We
know
messaging
from
the
income
administration
is
they
want
to
open
up,
but
they've
been
holding
back
those
that
50
for
the
second
dose
they
may
be.
Releasing
that
for
a
big
push,
we
don't
know
the
skate
schedule
for
advancing
through
phases.
There's
been
some
on.
You
know
cons,
that's
constantly
changing.
F
We
don't
know
how,
in
the
end,
how
many
community
providers
will
be
enrolled
and
then
again
once
they're
enrolled
if
they
will
get
vaccine
and
then
if
they
do
get
vaccine,
how
large
that
allotment
of
vaccines
would
be
to
them
and
again
we
don't
know
what
to
what
degree
the
mission
system
will
be
able
to
support
us
once
they're
done
with
their
initial
charge
of
their
own
staff
and
employees,
and
we
don't
know
over
time
how
our
sentiments
towards
the
hesitancy
of
the
vaccine
will
change.
What
we're
hoping.
F
What
we've
seen
a
little
bit
so
far
is
as
we
continue.
Our
education
campaigns
and
stacy
wood
has
developed
who's.
Leading
our
joint
information
center
has
developed
a
very
comprehensive
and
equitable
communication
strategy.
F
We
hope
that,
as
that
continues
to
push
out
through
the
community,
we'll
see
some
reduction
in
hesitancy,
and
we
also
hope
that
a
lot
of
people
as
they
see
their
friends
and
neighbors
vaccinated
will
kind
of
alleviate
some
of
their
fears.
I
know
anecdotally,
we
hear
from
people
that
they're
they
want
to
get
that
vaccine.
F
They
just
don't
want
to
be
in
the
first
round
and
for
some
people
first
round
means
wait
a
week
or
two
for
some
people
first
round
might
mean
you
know,
wait
eight
or
ten
months,
but
we
just
do
want
to
take
this
opportunity
to
emphasize.
You
know.
The
vaccines
are
very
safe,
they've
been
vetted,
there's
a
lot
of
miscommunication
that
they
were,
they
were
rushed
which
it
was
a
fast
turnaround,
but
these
vaccines
were
kind
of
vaccines
that
have
been
development
over
years
that
were
able
to
be
repurposed.
F
So
I
just
want
to
emphasize
that
they
are
safe
and
to
get
our
community
back
to
normal
is
the
faster
we
can
get
to
that.
Fifty
percent
and
seventy
percent
five
vaccine
uptake
the
faster
we
can,
you
know,
get
back
to
what
you
know,
stop
wearing
masks
and
have
our
you
know,
restrictions
on
our
gathering
sizes,
the
faster
that
comes.
A
So
the
you
know
it
may
not
with
the
unknowns
we
have
may
not
be
really
possible.
You
know
do
this
right
now,
but
it
seems
like
in
terms
of
scenario
planning-
and
I
guess
just
what
I'm
trying
to
understand
with
this
is
like.
If
the
supply
of
vaccines
were
not
a
constraint.
Let's
just
say
there
were
plenty
of
vaccines.
All
we
we
could.
A
So
I'm
not
asking
for
this
for
tonight,
because
I
realize
we're
still
working,
you
know
still
developing
and
we're
going
to
learn
more,
but
I
guess
my
hope
is
that
in
the
as
soon
as
we
can,
we
can
kind
of
start
having
clear
sense
of
that.
There's
a
clear
pathway
like
you're,
saying
to
quickly
get
to
that
70
percent
level.
A
If
the
supply
constraint
is
addressed
and
then
to
make
sure,
we
don't
then
have
some
other
constraints
that
really
end
up
causing
this
to
take
a
lot
longer
than
we're
going
to
want
to
have
it.
Take
right.
F
And
I
I
understand
that,
and
the
issue
is
for
that
planning
purpose
right
now
we
would
be
based
on
that
rate.
You
know
basically
on
two
sources:
hca
system
and
public
health,
and
until
we
know
what
other
providers
would
provide,
we
just
don't
know
what
kind
of
rate
the
community
can
receive
at.
But,
as
we
know,
those
providers
come
online,
we'll
account
that
into
our
planning
efforts.
A
Is
it?
Is
it
possible
to
just
realize
they've
got
to
get
certified
by
through
a
state
process
but-
and
maybe
there'll
be
some
surprises?
Maybe
there'll
be
some
groups
like
hey?
We
didn't
really
think
about
this
group,
maybe
playing
a
role
in
this
that
you
know
come
out
of
the
come
out
of
the
woodworking
and
participate,
but
we
do
know
some
of
the
likely.
A
You
know
actors
right
so
you
mentioned
that
we're
already
having
some
conversations,
but
would
it
make
sense,
just
you
know,
kind
of
really
kind
of
let's
make
a
list
of
everyone
we
think
is
likely
to
have
the
capacity
to
do.
This
probably
is
interested
in
even
as
we're
waiting
on
the
state
to
certify
them
really
try
to
get
as
much
information
as
we
can
about.
Okay,
you
know
here's
what
here's,
what
the
county's
doing
now,
here's
what
we
think
we
can
do.
B
That's
where
your
community
providers
come
in
your
question
earlier
like
if
we
had
no
restraints,
we
had
all
the
vaccine
we
wanted,
then
not
only
would
health
departments
be
doing
it,
but
medical
homes
like
your
fqhcs,
your
urgent
cares
your
primary
care
providers
like
folks
who
already
have
established
a
relationship
with
our
community
and
they're
trusted,
and
they
know
where
to
go.
That's
where
we,
you
know
we
want
them
to
have
that
access
as
well.
B
So
these
discussions
are
happening
not
only
for
for
those,
particularly
those
fqhcs
who
might
be
the
next
ones
to
be
launched,
but
our
safety
net
providers
in
general.
What
are
their
interests,
so
those
are
folks
who
are
going
to
be
providing
for
uninsured
or
underinsured
individuals
and
we're
also
having
that
conversation
with
our
hospital
partners
about
what
does
that
look
like
that
happens
regionally
every
week
as
well.
So
the
some
of
those
conversations
are
already
happening.
B
A
formal
list
has
not
been
created
about
who
you
know
what
providers
would
do
what,
but
those
conversations
are,
are
occurring
and,
as
I
said,
you
know,
the
hope
is
that
more
providers
get
enrolled
and
would
actually
get
their
own
allocation
directly
from
the
state
and
could
be
either
mobilizing
in
their
in
in
a
community
as
a
pop-up
site
or
through
their
own
medical
homes
as
a
as
an
option
and
that's
how
we
get
that
blanket
of
opportunity
and
blanket
of
locations
within
our
community.
It
can't
just
be
one
site
at
the
health.
A
Based
on
what
we
know
about
the
process,
you
know
from
doing
it
ourselves
at
our
site
and
you
know
other
sources
of
information.
Is
it
your
sense
that
assuming
places
get
certified,
get
vaccines
from
one
source
or
another
like
the
retail
pharmacy
locations
throughout
the
community
are
likely
to
be
places
where
that's.
B
C
Brownie,
I
think
this
is
the
definitely
the
correct
answer
to
the
question
here.
We
don't
know
we
just
don't
have
enough
information
to
know,
but
I
think
another
again,
just
sort
of
at
like
the
high
level
of
how
we're
processing
this
another
way.
To
think
about
this
is
that
I'm
doing
math
on
the
fly,
which
is.
C
C
What's
the
nature
of
the
challenge
we're
facing
in
buncombe
county
and
what
sort
of
a
what
are
the
different
sort
of
through
lines
through
which
we're
approaching
this,
so
is,
if
any
of
that's
incorrect,
please
jump
in
and
let
me
know,
but
I
mean
are
those
the
kind
of
numbers
that
you
all
are
thinking.
Okay,
that's
what
we'd
like
to
be
hitting
or
are
we
thinking?
Actually,
what
we're
talking
about
is
a
two-year
timeline
before
we
could.
F
I
think
that
is
the
kind
of
numbers
where
we're
looking
at
and
go
back
to
one
of
these
slides
real
quick
around
that
you
know
30
to
40
000
a
month
and
then
the
capacity
at
our
one
fixed
site
is,
as
from
public.
Health
alone
is
about
15
000
16
000
a
month,
and
then
that's
where
we
look
to
rely
on
these
providers
to
cover
that
other.
F
A
And
and
just
to
write
to,
but
obviously
it's
highly
desirable
to
do
it
as
fast
as
we
can
so
really.
The
goal
would
be
to
get
to
that
70
number
and
to
get
to
as
much
of
it
earlier
in
the
year
rather
than
later
in
the
year
right
like.
If
we
can
get
to
a
big
percentage
of
that
by
within
six
months,
then
the
pandemic
will
end
right.
I
mean
to
a
large
degree
right.
So
that's
I
mean
that's.
How
folks
are
all
thinking
about
this
right.
F
All
right
so
there's
a
question:
please
describe
the
county
staff
leadership,
that's
planning
this
and
we'll
coordinate
the
vaccination
program
and
the
role.
So
this
is
our
based
off
of
ice
incident
command
system
structure.
Just
for
your
review,
stacy
sanders
is
our
deputy
incident
commander
running
backs
operations,
our
I'm
the
operations
chief.
We
have
a
logistics
chief,
brittany
curtis,
who
I
do
want
to
give
a
shout
out.
He
was
doing
a
fantastic
job
really.
F
The
reason
public
health
is
looking
so
good
right
now
is
emergency
services
supporting
us
with
these
logistics
behind
the
scenes,
our
plan
chief
angie
ledford,
also
at
emergency
services
and
finance,
lisa
white
stacy
wood
managing
our
communications,
with,
as
our
public
information
officers,
still
running
the
joint
information
center
taylor
jones
emergency
services
director.
As
a
liaison
to
that
agency,
we
were
adamant
about
putting
in
the
equity
team
into
the
command
structure.
F
One
of
our
founding
goals
for
this
effort
is
to
make
sure
it's
done
equitably
and
then
from
there,
and
of
course
you
know
this
is
this
is
just
the
incident
management
core
structure,
but
there's
many
more
people
involved
in
making
this
a.
B
B
This
can
be
the
some
of
these
pieces,
like
the
number
of
appointments
that
are
put
out
into
the
schedule
can
be
much
larger,
but
at
this
point
calling
the
5000
number
and
then
prompted
to
a
schedule
or
online
at
buncomberready.org,
the
surge
staffing
right.
Now
we
have
the
ready
team
answering
those
calls
and
the
demand
is
really
high.
B
B
So
we
are
asking
for
folks
to
be
patient
to
be
understanding
with
that
process
to
commissioner
newman's
point:
if,
if
we
had
our
pie
in
the
sky,
we'd
have
vaccine
for
everybody
who
wanted
it.
We
are
not
there
yet
and
we
are
continually
trying
to
refine
this
system
to
make
it
as
easy
and
accessible
as
possible,
and
this
is
just
more
on
that.
B
B
The
curemd
online
scheduling
portal
for
vaccine
once
approved
so
update
as
we
were
coming
into
today,
is
that
as
of
today,
that
our
it
and
our
legal
teams
have
reviewed
that
contract
and
have
approved
that.
So
now
we
start
to
work
on
the
actual
logistics
of
getting
that
into
our
our
hands
and
built
into
our
system.
B
We
are
working
on
a
plan
to
switch
over
to
that
tentatively
next
week.
That
is
subject
to
the
builds
that
have
to
happen
the
logistics
that
have
to
go
behind
the
scenes
to
get
that
in
there
when
that
dot.
When
that
switch
does
occur,
that
will
all
happen
on
the
back
end,
so
the
public
facing
piece
will
not
change,
so
the
public
won't
see
it
as
a
different
type
of
tool.
It
will.
It
will
still
be
a
link
on
our
website,
but
once
they're
in
there
the
scheduling
piece
will
look
a
little
different.
B
And
the
next
question
is
about:
if
people
wish
to
or
have
interest
in
getting
a
vaccine,
what
are
the
various
ways
that
the
county
communicates
to
the
public
and
new
as
new
appointments
are
opened,
current
notification
methods
are
our
website.
Message
is
updated.
Our
phone
message
is
updated.
The
county
newsletter
is
updated.
Social
media
press
release
in
the
media
outlets.
We
are
trying
to
hit
it
as
much
as
in
many
different
ways
about
when
we
have
appointments
and
when
we
run
out
of
appointments.
B
Once
all
the
appointments
are
filled.
The
message
changes
on
the
website
and
the
phone
message
that
appointments
are
filled
and
that
more
will
open
when
available
vaccine
arrives
and
exploring
additional
options
for
notification.
We
recognize
that
it's
not
a
perfect
system
and
the
demand
is
quite
high,
so
we're
trying
to
get
information
out
as
quickly
as
we
can.
B
We
just
want
to
reiterate
that,
and
we
will
not
have
sufficient
supply
of
vaccine
for
a
very
long
time,
so
it
is
likely
that
we
will
still
con
still
hear
frustration
and
concerns
about
being
able
to
get
an
appointment,
because
there's
just
not
enough
vaccine
to
go
around
at
this
point.
A
Stacey
can
ask
a
question
about
that
on
that
one.
So
are
we
aware
of
any
places
or
has
the
has
the
staff
thought
about
the
idea
of
I
mean
right
now,
people
can
go
to
the
website.
Try
to
get
a
spot,
try
to
get
a
call
in
try
to
get
a
spot.
A
Has
there
been
thought
given
to
a
concept
where
people
can
you
know
if,
if
you're
calling
in
or
or
using
the
website-
and
you
can't
get
a
spot
now
because
they're
so
limited
where
you
could
in
essence
kind
of
put
yourself
on
a
list
and
then
as
the
vaccine
supplies
ramp
up
and
the
logistical
capacities
ramp
up
where
by
the
county,
would
then
essentially
make
an
appointment
for
people
you
know
and
then
and
then
they
would
get
a
follow-up,
email
or
text
or
robo-call
or
a
human
being
calling
them.
A
However,
it
works
basically
just
informing
them,
like
you've
been
scheduled
for
such
and
such
a
date.
Obviously
such
a
system
would
put
a
lot
more
on
to
the
county,
to
sort
of
do
that.
One
potential
benefit
of
it,
though
I
mean
the
the
big
downside.
It
seems
of
the
system
that
we
have
now
where
people
in
essence
have
to
try
to
schedule
themselves
is
that
the
vaccine
supplies
are
so
low
and
that,
hopefully,
will
improve.
But
it's
going
to
be
that
way
for
a
while.
A
You
know
the
concern
is
just
that
for
most
people,
it'll
be
this
experience
of
every
week
every
single
week.
Trying
to
do
this
again
and
only
a
small
fraction
of
the
people
will
successfully
get
the
appointment
right
because
the
supplies
are
so
low,
so
it
just.
I
guess
the
concern
is
that
that
is.
We
can
urge
patients
and
we
certainly
will
nothing
will
you
know.
A
Some
of
this
is
just
outside
our
control,
but
I
guess
just
requiring
people
to
go
through
that
process
week
after
week
after
week
and
being
unsuccessful
is
just
obviously
it's
going
to
be
really
frustrating
for
folks.
So
have
we
thought
about
maybe
a
process
of
where
people
can
get
on
a
list
and
then
they
get
scheduled,
so
they
don't
have
to
kind
of
keep
trying
over
and
over
and
over
again.
B
We've
discussed
it
and
received
some
feedback
today,
you
know
from
some
good
feedback
about
our
own
site,
comparing
it
to
a
site
that
did
use
that
weight
listing
where
it
was
not
turning
out
so
well,
and
so
the
wait
listing
piece
where
we
call
back
creates
a
very
long
list
where,
as
we
open
into
new
phases
as
well,
people
get
pushed
even
further
back
right,
so
you're
creating
a
cue
that
creates
just
even
more
of
a
backlog
and
as
we
move
into
having
more
vaccine,
maybe
things
will
change
with
the
requirements
with
having
cvms
register
up
front
versus
on
the
back
end,
particularly
if
we
get
enough
vaccine
and
we're
opening
into
phases
that
are
much
bigger.
B
We
would
like
to
start
to
see
that
mass
vaccination
and
it's
true
a
sense
that
folks
show
up
we
register
on
site
and
would
be
able
to
do
it
that
way
as
well.
Then
then,
you've
created
a
list,
whereas
folks
could
just
show
up
at
a
site
and
that's
the
hope
if
we
get
enough
vaccine
that
you
won't
have
to
have
all
of
these
very
tedious
and
logistical
types
of
things
right
now.
B
B
It's
only
been
in
place
for
a
few
days,
and
you
know
once
once
the
appointment
is
made,
things
are
working
fairly
well
and
the
the
site
is
working
very
well,
and
so
really
it
comes
down
to
that
supply
piece,
which
is
we
don't
have
control
over
that
creating
a
we've.
We've
discussed
the
the
wait
list
and
it
does
have
logistical
burden
to
it,
to
already
administrative
pieces
that
the
staff
are
already
doing
and
with
the
with
the
back
sites.
A
Do
you
have
any
do
we
have
any
recommendations
for
the
public
that,
assuming
that
they
have
you,
know,
computer
or
internet,
to
use
the
online
portal
versus
making
phone
calls
just
in
terms
of
maybe
for
like
which
one
is
going
to
be
a
friendlier
process,
or
maybe
kind
of
lighten
the
overall
load
and
on
the
whole
system?
Are
we
encouraging
folks
to
use
the
portal
if
they
can
or
we're
sort
of
whatever
people
prefer
of.
B
Course
yeah.
So,
if
you
are
able
to,
if
you
have
internet
access
and
can
use
the
portal,
absolutely
use
that
we
do
have
the
phone
line
available
for
folks
who
do
not
have
internet
access
or
do
not
have
consistent
access
to
in
internet
where
they
can
access
the
the
website
and
those
two
options
are
available
again
as
we
move
into
qrmd.
C
B
It
I
think
at
our
last
meeting
and
someone
had
one
of
you
had
asked
about
particularly
help
with
transportation.
We
did
reach
out
to
dogwood
health
trust,
to
discuss
the
potential
support
of
transportation
for
individuals
in
in
the
way
of
vouchers
or
other
support.
The
foundation
has
shown
interest
in
currently
coordinating
a
meeting
to
further
discuss
what
that
might
look
like.
B
This
one
is
about
a
particular
group
and
where
they
might
fall
and
again
I
just
want
to
refer
folks
to
the
vaccination
prioritization
plan
and
the
deeper
dives,
knowing
that
the
department
of
health
and
human
services
clearly
puts
on
that
vaccination
plan
that
it
is
ten.
You
know
it
is
tentative.
It
is
subject
to
change
and
for
for
folks
who
believe
they
might
be
a
direct
care
provider
or
a
frontline
essential
worker.
B
This
question
is
referring
to
vaccine
availability
for
those
who
are
16
and
younger,
and
so
currently,
students,
16
years
and
older,
are
included
in
phase
3
of
the
vaccination
plan.
As
it
is
stated
now,
those
younger
than
16
years
will
be
vaccinated
only
when
approved
for
them
to
receive
that
and
that
that
approval
has
not
yet
happened.
B
B
B
B
For
this
question
it
looks
it
looks
like
maybe
not
everything
got
transferred
over.
So
this
is
the
question
earlier
about.
How
does
the
state
formulate
how
much
they're
going
to
give
to
each
county,
and
so
initially
it
is
based
on
the
state
allocation
from
the
federal
government,
so
once
they
once,
the
state
receives
their
notification
of
what
the
federal
government
is
going
to
give
them.
They
then
look
at
what
the
allocation
must
be
to
the
federal
program
for
the
long-term
care
facilities
and
take
that
off
the
top.
B
Then
they
look
at
each
county's
burden
of
the
population
of
the
phase
that
we
are
in
and
so
with
phase
1a.
That
was
healthcare
workers,
critical
to
covet
care
and
clearly
more
hospitals
got
that
that
vaccine
allocation,
as
most
of
many
of
those
healthcare
workers
were
in
that
setting
and
then
allocation
was
given
to
some
local
health
departments
in
that
first
week,
so
initially,
essentially
they're
working
off
of
that
same
type
of
calculation.
Each
time
which
is
how
much
do
they
have
to
give
the
long-term
care
facility
federal
program?
B
What
is
the
burden
within
each
county
of
the
phases
that
we
are
in
and
then
dividing
that
up
between
hospitals
and
health
departments
going
forward
that
was
initially
how
they
did
it
going
forward?
They
will
be
looking
at
how
much
of
your
cvms
inventory
of
vaccine
has
been
pushed
out
so
again,
an
incentive
not
to
hold
anything
back
to
get
it
out
as
quickly
as
possible.
So
they'll
be
looking
at
the
the
shipments
that
we
have
received,
what
has
been
inventoried,
what
has
been
administered
and
how
much
you
have
left
in
your
inventory
per
cm.
B
B
B
Individuals
will
receive
a
reminder
from
cvms
about
a
week
prior
to
their
second
dose
for
those
first
phase,
1a
folks
we'll
be
following
the
same
procedure.
We
did
for
their
first
dose.
That
was
that
bulk
upload.
Those
are.
We
had
good
census
data,
essentially
not
true
u.s
census
data,
but
provider
census
data
of
like
who
are
these
providers
and
we're
able
to
bulk
upload
those
groups.
B
So
we
have
already
begun
to
email,
those
provider
groups
with
a
link
for
scheduling
the
second
dose-
and
you
know
going
that
way
and
for
phase
one
b
group,
one
those
groups
for
their
second
dose
we'll
be
using
the
phone
line
or
the
online
system,
since
we
don't
have
cure
emd
yet,
but
once
we
are
able
to
switch
over
the
ideas
that
they
would
be
getting
their
second
days
dose
scheduled
at
the
time
of
receiving
their
first
dose.
So
the
link
on
bunkunready.org
will
say
you
can
schedule
your
vaccine.
B
B
B
We
assigned
our
coordinator
to
reach
out
to
those
long-term
care
facilities
on
the
list.
We
found
that
some
of
them
were
actually
on
the
federal
list
so
that
90
went
down
to
the
upper
70s
found
that
some
were
covered
by
the
cv,
cvm
cvs
and
walgreens
some
declined
vaccine
others
began
to
get
scheduled,
we're
using
our
mobile
vaccination
team
for
this
population.
B
We
deployed
last
week
vaccinated
110,
as
fletch
said
earlier,
and
scheduled
to
vaccinate
about
330
in
this
population
this
week,
and
so,
as
we
think
about
rolling
out
all
the
shipment
that
we
get
of
vaccine.
We
always
have
to
think
about
this
group
until
we've
completed
them
and
make
sure
that
we
reserve
some
for
them.
E
Quick
clarification
for
folks
watching
us
at
home.
Can
you,
I
guess,
describe
briefly
what
it
means
for
a
facility,
an
elder
care
facility
to
to
to
decline
vaccination?
It's
not!
It's
not
the
facility
making
that
decision
for
the
patients.
B
No,
it's
not,
and
so
these
long-term
care
facilities
that
are
on
that
list
vary
greatly
as
to
what
their
form
and
function
are.
100
of
our
skilled
nursing
facilities
are
enrolled
in
the
cvs
and
walgreens
program.
So
many
of
these
long-term
care
facilities
that
we're
charged
with
range
anywhere
from
having
only
like
six
beds
to
maybe
50
or
plus
beds.
We
do
have
one
quite
large
one
that
I
think
got
vaccinated
today,
it's
our
largest
one,
and
so
for
some
of
these
smaller
long-term
care
facilities.
B
They
are
polling
their
patient
they're,
pulling
their
residents
and
their
staff,
and
if
they
find
that
none
of
their
residents
want
it
and
none
of
their
staffs
want
it
then
they're
declining,
and
we
document
that,
on
our
form
that
they
have
declined
that
service
some
of
them
it
it's.
It
varies
that
some
of
their
residents
and
some
of
their
staff
want
it
and
not
not
all
so,
not
unlike
the
general
population,
and
then
we
have
some
who
are
all
staff
and
all
residents
want
it,
and
so
it
varies
greatly
with
those.
B
B
We're
continuing
to
do
our
media
days,
which
are
also
for
those
who
are
tech
savvy
and
can
do
facebook
and
streaming
live,
but
also
allowing
our
media
partners
just
to
come
to
site
and
we
do
media
there
so
that
it's
in
our
newspapers
and
on
our
tv
news,
broadcast
joint
information
center
team
has
sent
information
to
our
community
stakeholders
to
assist
in
getting
information
out
to
different
community
groups.
B
Individuals
can
use
the
phone
option
or
online
to
schedule
appointment,
caregivers,
friends
again.
I
just
want
to
reiterate
this
caregivers
friends
and
support
people
can
make
those
appointments
for
an
individual.
It
does
not
have
to
be
the
individual
who
makes
that
appointment
if
that
is,
if
that
eases,
their
access.
B
This
one
is
comprehensive
list
of
agencies
that
are
providing
vaccinations
at
this
time.
Only
only
public
health
in
the
hospital
public
health
is
providing
to
the
general
population,
and
the
hospital
is
still
working
on
their
1a
and
again
just
to
reiterate
that
the
department
of
health
and
human
services
is
launching
some
fqhcs
and
other
providers
this
week
and
into
the
next
few
weeks,
but
it's
not
anticipated
that
they
will
receive
a
direct
allocation
once
they're
enrolled
that
may
might
take
more
time.
B
This
again
is
about
communication
and
media,
so
we
are
using
websites,
social
media
media
outlets,
continuing
to
tweak
those
web
pages,
and
those
prompts
continually
refining
the
process
for
making
an
appointment.
The
online
schedule
again
is
not
the
scheduler
that
we're
using
is
not
as
robust
and
not
intended
for
this
function,
so
we
are
finding
little
intermittent
issues
or
little
bugs,
and
we
are
grateful
for
our
our
colleagues
on
our
ite
team,
who
have
been
troubleshooting
that
and
working
with
our
team
for
creating
solutions
for
that
and
creating
workarounds
that
include
that
manual.
H
B
I'm
looking
at
stacy
wood
in
the
back
to
see
if
she
wants
to
cover
that,
but
I'll
give
it
a
stab,
and
the
answer
is
yes
that
we
do
have
the
newsletter
and
folks
can
sign
up
for
that.
She
did
intimate
earlier
today
that
that
we
are
I'm
going
to
expand
that
subscription
for
that
newsletter
as
well,
so
that
if
they
sign
up
for
the
newsletter,
we
have
more
band,
we
we
have
more
subscriptions
ready
for
that,
and
people
can
get
their
information.
That.
L
Way
so
we
have
a
mass
notification
system
that
we're
using
to
communicate
about
appointment,
availability
and,
like
stacy
said
they
can
sign
up
for
the
coven
19
newsletter
by
visiting
the
buncombe
buncomberready.org
page
and
sign
up
and
we're
communicating
as
soon
as
appointments
open.
That's
how
we're
getting
the
word
out
quickly.
L
H
A
L
Text
bc
alert.
I
can't
remember
the
sorry
the
what
they're
supposed
to
tax
do,
but
I
will
follow
up
here
shortly
with
that
information.
I
B
We
had
a
question
about
what
does
someone
need
to
bring
even
in
to
the
back
side
and
individuals
attest
at
the
time
of
scheduling
that
they
meet
the
criteria
and
at
that
time
of
vaccination
individuals
check
in
with
their
name?
No
id
is
required,
although
we
do
recommend
it,
because
it
does
make
registration
a
bit
easier,
particularly
to
make
sure
that
we
spell
names
right
and
get
addresses
right.
So
we
do
recommend
that
you
bring
that
with
you.
B
So
just
the
same
things
that
you
would
bring
to
your
doctor's
office,
your
you
know
your
id
insurance
card
things
like
that.
That
can
make
it
helpful
for
us.
B
You
know
if
you,
if
you
believe
that
you
you
know
if
you
have
medications
that
you're
you
want
to
ask
the
doctor
about
and
those
if
they're
a
contraindication
bring
your
list
with
you,
so
things
that
you
would
normally
bring
to
your
doctor's
office
so
that
we
have
mo
all
the
information
that
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we
can
assess
you
properly
and
get
you
to
the
vaccinator
as
quickly
as
possible.
E
C
B
And
so
there
was
a
question
about
hca's,
open,
pod
and
eligible
to
receive
large
doses
of
vaccine,
and
this
really
does
need
to
be
deferred
to
hca.
I
can't
answer
answer
that
one
for
you
and
this.
A
On
the
previous
question,
though,
so
people
don't
need
to
bring
an
id
and,
as
the
different
you
know,
demographic
groups,
75
and
older.
You
know
others
will
change
in
the
future.
In
essence,
we're
just
going
to
trust
people
to
like
not
try
to
participate
in
a
group
that
they
don't
really
belong
to.
That's.
B
We
would
really
like
for
folks
to
honor
that
and
understand
that
we
are
trying
to
get
our
75-year
an
older
population
and
that,
if
you
were
to
do
that
to
sign
up
in
a
phase
that
is
not
yours,
you
are
taking
in
that
away
from
a
high
priority
group,
a
priority
group
that
is
higher
at
risk
than
than
what
you
are.
B
B
A
And
as
we
get
into
the
later
phases-
and
it's
not
just
ages
but
different
professions,
are
we
again
going
to
basically
say
folks?
You
know
we
need
to
trust
each
other
like
we're
not
going
to
require
people
to
prove
they
work
at
a
grocery
store.
We're
just
going
to
say
this
is
the
policy
and
the
vast
majority
of
people
will
do
the
right.
A
D
Get
into
the
discussing
what
other
resources
we
need
to
potentially
make
available.
I
do
have
another
question
in
the
past
couple
of
days
since
beginning
the
vaccination
process
of
those
over
75
have
there
been
no
shows
and
what
happens
to
those
vaccines
when
someone
doesn't
show,
does
it
just
roll
into
another
day?
Do
you
open
available
appointments
so
probably
just
a
two-part
question
there,
that's
what
they
look
like
in
terms
of
no
shows
and
then
what
is
the
process
to
reallocate.
B
The
vaccine-
that's
a
great
question,
so
very
little
no-shows
high
demand
very
little
no-shows,
and
this
is
a
great
question
I
will.
I
do
want
to
commend
our
folks
that,
for
those
of
you
who
visited
the
vax
site
today,
we
didn't
show
you
sort
of
the
back
room
where
our
pharmacist
and
our
nurses
are
actually
pulling
up
that
vaccine
and
they
are
doing
that
very
carefully.
B
They
are
taking
note
of
how
many
patients
we
have
brought
in
how
many
have
checked
in
and
pulling
up
enough
dosage
for
what
we
have
in
the
facility,
so
we're
not
constantly
pulling
up
and
then,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
having
lots
left
over.
We
do
not
want
that
to
happen,
so
we
are
carefully
monitoring
at
the
site.
How
many
people
we
have
at
the
vaccination
sites?
How
many
available
doses
that
the
nurses
have
at
their
stations
already,
and
I
will
say
you
know
at
the
end
of
the
day
we
have
had.
B
You
know
just
a
handful
of
k
of
doses
that
have
been
left,
which
you
know
maybe
two
or
three,
and
what
we
do
there
is
that
we
have
medical
first
responders
who
haven't
been
vaccinated
yet
or
vaccination
staff
who
are
at
the
vac
site
with
us
who
have
not
been
vaccinated
yet
who
fit
in
either
one
a
or
one
b
group
one
and
so
we're
sticking
with
our
phases.
B
But
we
will
not
waste
a
dose
and
we
will
give
it
to
one
of
those
people
if
we
have
a
few
doses
left
over
at
the
end
of
the
day.
But
we
are
monitoring
that
and
I
just
want
to
say
a
big
shout
out
to
our
pharmacy
staff
and
and
our
nurses,
who
are
watching
that
carefully,
because
each
one
of
those
those
doses
is
just
so
important.
D
Sounds
really
incredible
that
you're
able
to
monitor
it
back
carefully,
so
it's
not
to
waste
it,
but
I'm
really
impressed
that
then
you're
able
to
find
someone
close
by
on
site
first
responder,
someone
in
that
1a
that
hasn't
received
it
yet
so
thanks
for
everyone's
hard
work
on
that,
I'm
sure
the
details
behind
that
is
really
difficult.
So
thanks.
B
And
yes,
thank
you
max
they're,
showing
it
on
the
screen
now
so
you'll
notice
that
this
question
was
out
of
number
and
we
did
have
a
question
about.
Does
the
county
manager
have
all
the
resources
in
hand
to
implement
county
vaccination
plan?
So
we
saved
that
one
to
the
to
the
end
and
I'm
going
to
defer
to
county
manager
pender
for
that
one
before.
J
B
Yes,
yes,
so
important
part
here
that
we
talked
about
last
week
too,
is
that
it
will
take
a
very
long
time
for
us
to
get
to
a
place
where
we
won't
be
wearing
mass
or
social
distance
anymore.
So,
just
because
you've
gotten
your
first
dose
of
vaccine
does
not
mean
you
get
to
go
around
without
a
mask.
You
must
wear
your
mask.
You
must
keep
six
feet
of
distance.
B
F
G
G
B
Thank
you
so
much
for
that.
So
in
1a
we
we
touched
on
this.
The
last
time
too.
That
1a
was
so
prescriptive
that
healthcare
workers
critical
to
covet
care
is
very
prescriptive.
Prescriptive
in
a
very
set
sort
of
population.
So
a
lot
of
that
population
is
in
the
hospital
and
other
kind
of
healthcare
settings.
As
we
get
into
1b
group
1.
B
We
again
the
75
years
and
older
population
still
a
prescriptive
type
of
group,
but
working
with
our
community
partners
to
get
that
information
out
through
our
faith-based
organizations
that
we
have
vaccine
for
this
group
now
and
urging
them
to
help
organize
groups
that
may
not
have
as
much
access
to
transportation
or
access
to
online
services
to
help
them
get
signed
up.
B
As
more
vaccine
is
available
and
we're
able
to
do
a
provider
transfer
also
being
able
to
work
with
those
community
partners
who
either
have
space
or
also
reach
other
populations
that
we
don't
normally
reach
to
be
able
to
give
them
vaccine,
or
at
least
partner
partner
them
with
a
community
within
a
neighborhood
or
within
a
community
center
of
a
historically
marginalized
population.
To
to
be
able
to
get
that.
So
we
are
working
on
that
trying
to
think
through
that.
I
I've
got
one
before
we
go
there,
going
back
number
question
34
the
28
days,
and
then
it
says
four
day
grace
period
or
after
that
in
case
someone
comes
ill
or
something.
How
much
time
have
they
actually
got
to
take
second
dose.
B
So
we
we
set
it
up
for
21
and
28
days
respective
of
the
actual
vaccine,
the
once
when
the
vaccines
were
approved.
There
was
a
grace
period
allowed.
So
it's
four
days
prior
that
if
you
were
in
that
window
and
you
had
and
it's
not
quite
day
28
but
maybe
it's
day,
26
you're
still
okay,
to
get
your
vaccine
at
that
point.
So
that's
what
those
grace
periods
are
and
then
any
time
after
that.
B
So
if
you
miss
your,
if
you
miss
day
28
and
it's
day,
30
and
you
didn't
get
your
vaccine,
you
can
get
your
vaccine
like
you,
you
haven't
missed
your
window.
You
just
can't
get
it
any
earlier
than
that
grace
period.
A
A
So
the
the
current
plan
is,
we
will
have
the
capacity
to
do
4,
000
vaccines
a
week
starting
next
week
and
that's
all
going
to
be
basically
at
the
av
tech
site.
The
a
b
tech
site
will
have
that
capacity.
Did
I
understand
that
correctly?
A
F
A
But
in
essence,
if
you
wanted
to
really
grow
it
quite
a
bit
more
then
in
this
essence
we
might
need
to
think
about.
Where
do
we
do
another
site
similar
to
a
b
tech
or
to
spread
it
out
and
grow
it
is
that
am
I
did
I
hear
that
like.
If
we
wanted
to
go
to
8000,
we
wouldn't
do
all
that
a
b
tech.
We
would
look
at
some
other
sites
to
try
to
bring
things
online.
That's.
F
A
But
we
haven't,
we
haven't
committed
to
doing
a
second
site,
yet
we're
looking
at
some
options,
but
we
haven't
made
a
definitive
decision
yet
on
doing
that
in
light
of
the
vaccine
supplies,
don't
you
know,
we
wouldn't
have
them
to
actually
distribute
yet
and
waiting
to
see
how
some
of
these
other
plans
unfold
from
the
state
level.
Is
that
right?
That's
correct
thanks.
J
J
Now-
and
they
don't
go
too
far,
because
we
had
a
meeting
with
public
health
and
emergency
services
to
look
and
see
what
that
staffing
model
will
look
like.
So
we
can
put
some
money
and
some
ideas
behind
that
so
last
week
with
finance
and
with
budget,
and
I
believe
we
landed
on
13
new
paramedic
positions
that
we
would
need
to
have
in
the
hopper
so
to
speak,
and
so
that
is
about
thousand
490
to
get
us
for
all
the
supplies,
all
the
staff
and
everything
that
we
would
need.
J
We
need
about
four
hundred
and
ninety
six
thousand
dollars
is
the
estimate
that
they
gave
me
that
would
get
us
through
june
30..
So
just
fishing
out
this
calendar
is
what
we're
looking
at.
We
happen
to
have
480
almost
490
000
left
over
from
the
cures
money
or
the
kovid
relief
fund.
So
my
request
would
be
to
take
that
money.
That's
already
been
obligated
for
covid
and
use
it
to
fund
this
upfit
of
staff
and
equipment
that
is
needed.
J
So
at
this
time
the
question
is
asking
me:
do
I
have
what
I
have
need
in
hand?
I
do
for
this
rest
of
this
calendar
year
as
it
sits
today
if
the
decision
is
to
go
to
more
upscale
and
let's
go
to
8
000
or
9
9000
or
whatever
that
looks
like
we
can
come
back
with
another
request.
So
I
do
need
some
guidance
if
the
guidance
would
be
for
us
to
look
to
have
8
000
capacity
and
not
just
use
our
partners.
I
would
need
that
guidance,
so
we
can
build
that
out
as
well.
C
Just
to
kick
off
the
conversation
I
would
support
take,
I
would
support
running
the
numbers
and
come
and
us
being
able
to
see
a
plan
for
that
more
rapid
expansion
and
based
on
the
conversation
we've
heard
tonight,
I
would
I
would
think
I
would
intend
to
support
it.
It
feels
like
it
would
be
a
very
wise
use
of
resources.
C
D
E
G
A
Yeah,
you
know
I
mean
I
I
am-
I
mean
I'm
very
ambivalent-
about
how
these
vaccines
get
out
into
folks.
You
know
arms,
you
know
it's
not
it's
not
like.
I
just
want
buncombe
county
to
be
the
one
doing
it,
but
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
that
the
community
does
have
the
capacity
that,
because
I
think
the
supplies
will
really
grow.
A
I
mean
it's
been
much
slower,
getting
started
than
was
what
was
hoped
for,
but
I
do
think
it's
going
to
ramp
up
quickly
and
we
don't
want,
as
that,
limiting
factor
fades
away.
We
don't
want
to
have
other
limiting
factors
that,
where
there's
actually
vaccines
available
in
bunking
county
that
people
can't
can't
get
so
I'm
definitely
supportive
of
looking
at
that
budget
plan
too.
If
some
of
these
other
state
plans
really
I
mean,
as
they
become
more
clear,
then
perhaps
we
will
be
able
to
make
a
more
informed
decision
around
gosh.
A
Okay,
look,
you
know
the
private
sector
is
going
to
be
able
to
do
20
000
a
week
and
we're
good,
and
we
can
you
know
we
could
we
could
hold
off,
but
it
may
be
that
we
need
to
do
even
more
than
this.
So
I
certainly
think
we
should
go
ahead
and
like
let's
look
at
the
plans
to
do
that
and
make
sure
the
resources
are
there
to
do
it.
If
we
need
to
do
it.
A
One
last
question:
we
talk
about
the
drive-through
sites,
but
just
for
folks
who
haven't
been
to
this
one
site.
Yet
most
people
who
get
vaccines
will
get
out
of
their
car
and
go
in
to
like
the
abtech
facility
or
somewhere,
but
there
might
be
literal
drive-through
sites
as
well
in
the
future
where
people
actually
just
stay
in
their
cars.
I'm
trying
to
share
like
some
people
kind
of
visualize.
What
this
might
look
like
correct.
F
F
We
think
we
could
get
a
pretty
considerable
number
through,
but
not
quite
a
bit
fewer
than
the
the
in
in
person
just
the
nature
of
the
logistics
and
having
big
parking
lots,
but
we
can't
push.
We
think,
a
substantial
number
through
a
vehicle-based
site,
similar
to
how
we
do
it
at
the
fixed
site.
Okay,
thanks
fletcher.
A
A
We
can
use
the
cares
funding
we
already
have,
but
there
might
be
additional
funding
too
to
help
that's
the
great
all
right,
stacy
fletcher,
everyone
who
is
here
to
contribute
tonight.
Thank
you.
I
think
we
all
feel
like
there's
a
lot
of
great
information,
so
thank
you
all
very
much
for
taking
time
to
take
a
deeper
dive
in
all
this
tonight.
We
really
appreciate
it.
A
All
right
so
next,
I
think
we're
going
to
turn
to
discussion
around
potential
additional
county
support
for
local
businesses
and
individuals
who
are
facing
hardships
are
related
to
the
financial
consequences
of
the
covid
pandemic
that
we're
still
working
through.
So
tim
love,
I
think,
is
going
to
kick
us
off.
K
Good
evening,
commissioners
and
chair
for
this
presentation,
I'll
sort
of
take
lead
and
get
us
up
to
speed,
but,
as
you
have
specific
questions
about
any
of
the
existing
programs,
I
wanted
to
make
sure
you're
aware
that
in
the
room
we've
got
stoney
and
philip
hardin.
Who
can
speak
to
specifics
about
economic
services?
Programs
like
snap
and
wic
and
other
things
like
that
with
all
that
said,
I'll
kick
us
off.
K
So
you
know
the
discussion
today
is
about
another
round
of
one
buncombe,
so
additional
coveted
relief
in
our
community
to
get
to
the
point,
so
you
know
the
need
in
our
community
is
great,
and
I
think
we
know
that,
but
I
wanted
to
do
a
little
history
to
remind
us
kind
of
where
we've
been
so.
You
know
in
april
2020.
K
You
know
this
board
took
a
leadership
role
and,
with
the
support
of
the
greater
community,
was
able
to
come
together
with
the
one
buncombe
fund,
which
resulted
in
raising
1.4
million
dollars
in
donations
from
individuals,
businesses,
governments,
foundations
and
those
those
funds
were
used
for
individuals
and
supported
over
a
thousand
individuals
with
just
day-to-day
essential
needs.
You
know
payment
of
utility
bills,
housing
mortgages
things
like
that.
K
Additionally,
one
buncombe
funds
were
able
to
be
used
to
support
95
small
businesses
across
buncombe
county,
and
you
know
those
small
businesses
were
able
to
retain.
You
know
nearly
700
jobs
in
our
community,
so
I
think
it's
important
in
this
moment
to
recognize
kind
of
that
that
success,
and
that
was
early
in
the
pandemic,
when
this
board
sought
to
provide
bridge
funding
as
we
waited
to
see
what
came
from
the
federal
and
the
state
level,
and
I
think
what
we'll
find
is
we're
facing
kind
of
a
similar
situation
today.
K
Part
of
the
good
news
story
is
that
of
these
small
businesses,
some
have
been
able
to
repay
their
loans,
have
been
making
their
payments
or
on
schedule.
We
haven't
had
any
defaults,
so
that's
a
really
good
thing
and
because
of
the
nature
of
the
fund,
you
know,
there's
funds
that
have
come
back
to
one
bunkum
that
can
be
reutilized
and
redeployed
into
the
community
to
meet
needs.
So
that's
a
great
story
and
something
that
I
wanted
to
recognize
as
we
get
into
our
presentation.
K
That
said,
the
reality
is
still
stark:
unemployment
in
and
around
buncombe
county,
the
city
of
asheville
other
municipalities
hovers
around
six
percent,
that's
certainly
better
than
the
18
percent
that
we
faced
early
in
the
pandemic,
but
it's
not
good.
Additionally,
we've
seen
many
of
our
programs
like
snap
and
medicaid
experience
a
spike
in
applications.
You
know
snap
as
an
example
is
up.
24
medicaid
is
up
7,
so
the
need
is
clear
with
individuals
in
our
community.
K
Additionally,
the
need
is
fairly
clear
with
our
businesses
too.
You
know
businesses
have
been
dealing
with
lower
folks
coming
in
to
seek
their
services.
We've
seen
them
deplete
their
cash
reserves
as
they
sort
of
deal
with
lower
demand
taking
on
additional
debt,
because
many
of
the
sources
of
funding
from
the
federal
and
state
level
have
been
required
to
take
on
debt,
but
they're
also
facing
a
need
to
pivot.
K
The
game
is
changing
for
them.
Instead
of
providing
services,
indoor
they're
forced
outdoor
and
sort
of,
instead
of
doing
things
in
person,
they're
sort
of
doing
things
online,
so
there's
additional
cost.
That
comes
with
that.
So
we
just
wanted
to
recognize
that
need,
but
then
pivot
and
sort
of
say
you
know
what's
coming.
You
know
there
is.
There
is
some
positivity
here,
and
so
I
wanted
to
update
the
board
today
and
just
say
in
kind
of
plain
speak
for
individuals
that
need
assistance.
K
There's
approximately
1
million
dollars
in
funding
that's
available
today,
and
so
a
press
release
will
go
out
with
this
information.
This
relates
to
the
cdbg
funding
that
we've
talked
about
with
you
before,
as
well
as
additional
funding
from
one
bunkum,
and
so
that
funding
is
available.
Today,
constituents
tomorrow
can
go
out
and
if
they're
struggling
with
utility
bills
struggling
with
mortgage
payments,
they
can
request
those
services
the
way
they
do.
That
is
simple.
They
call.
K
828-250-5500
this
is
our
economic
services
call
center.
It
is
separate
from
our
other
call
centers,
but
they
will
speak
to
someone
who
can
help
them
navigate
the
system.
So
if
they
have
a
question
call
the
number
someone
on
philips
team
will
help
you
navigate
figure
out
what
you're
eligible
for,
if
there's
another
program
that
isn't
a
county
program,
they'll
get
you
to
they'll,
get
you
to
that
program.
K
So
the
key
takeaway
is:
there's
money
available
today,
approximately
a
million
dollars
to
seek
that
funding.
Call
the
number
828
250-5500,
which
will
put
you
in
touch
with
a
call
center
of
staffed
with,
I
think,
14
people
that
can
help
get
you
directed
to
whoever
you
need
to
get
to,
regardless
of
where
you
live
in
buncombe
county.
K
That
said,
on
the
small
business
side,
we
want
to
spend
a
little
time
there
today
to
talk
about
potential
resources
and
and
seek
guidance
from
the
commission
on
what,
if
anything,
the
board
would
seek
to
do
we're
not
seeking
a
vote
today
because
of
the
nature
of
economic
development
funds.
We'll
we'll
talk
through
that
as
we
go.
K
One
of
the
things
that's
become
apparent
and
I
think
in
the
immunization
vaccination
discussion
it's
apparent.
Communication
is
like
you
can't
put
a
price
on
it
right,
knowing
where
to
go,
who
to
talk
to
how
to
get
updates
is
critical,
so
we
believe
that
it's
important
to
do
a
communication
campaign
that
is
targeted
at
our
individuals
but
also
targeted
at
our
small
businesses.
K
On
the
individual
front.
I
think
it's
critical,
you
know.
I've
just
told
you
to
call
the
economic
services
hotline
if
you
need
service,
but
there's
also
a
great
resource
in
the
form
of
2-1-1.
This
is
a
statewide
program.
It's
fully
funded.
They
have
a
call
center
here
in
asheville,
that's
available
to
answer
any
questions
that
individuals
have
just
dial
2-1-1.
K
K
K
Purpose
of
that
is
to
talk
about
the
latest
code
advice
for
businesses,
and
so
that'll
include
details
about
the
ppp.
How
do
you
get
a
second
draw?
What
is
loan
forgiveness,
all
that
good
stuff?
But,
additionally,
you
know
as
an
employer.
You
know
what
are
your
bounds
on
requirements
around
vaccination?
Can
you
require
your
employees
to
be
vaccinated?
That's
a
legal
question.
I
do
not
care
to
answer,
but
that's
the
type
of
discussion
that
they'll
have
on
that
town
hall.
K
More
town
halls
are
coming,
we'll
continue
to
publicize
that
through
our
distribution
channels,
but
that's
one
way
that
we
get
the
word
out.
Additionally,
I
think
it's
important
to
sort
of
recognize
some
campaigns
that
are
going
on
that
are
really
important.
We've
talked
a
lot
about
restaurants
and
capacity
in
recent
weeks.
There's
an
ongoing
campaign
now
that
we
hope
everyone
will
support
hashtag
keep
asheville
cooking.
K
Quite
simply,
you
know
you
want
to
support
your
your
local
restaurant.
A
great
way
to
do
that
is
through
take
out,
especially
considering
capacity
restrictions.
Additionally,
restaurant
week
is
coming
up.
You
know,
that's
normally
an
event
that
packs
our
restaurants
locally,
so
we're
encouraging
folks
during
restaurant
week
you
can
still
you
can
still
support
your
restaurants
again
through
takeout
or,
if
you're
able
to
do
so
in
person
safely.
You
can
do
that
as
well.
K
Here
I've
listed
a
few
links
as
well
about
resource
pages,
there's
about
a
million
of
these
in
the
world,
but
I
wanted
to
point
out
three
in
particular:
mountain
bisworks,
the
chamber
of
commerce
and
explore
asheville.
All
three
have
dedicated
covet
19
business
pages
that
folks
can
go
check
out
and
they
have
slightly
different
leanings
depending
on
the
industries
they're
supporting,
but
wanted
to
call
those
three
out
in
particular.
K
That
said,
you
know,
communication
alone
may
not
be
sufficient
to
carry
us
into
this
next
phase.
As
our
small
businesses
face.
You
know
what
we
can
reasonably
call
a
lull
seasonally
here
in
buncombe
county
with
the
number
of
folks
that
are
going
to
restaurants
participating
in
our
other
vacation
oriented
businesses.
K
So
the
discussion
we'd
like
to
have
with
the
board
today
is
about
a
small
business
support
model
that
replicates
kind
of
what
we
did
the
first
time
around
with
one
buncombe,
but
adds
a
couple
new
wrinkles.
So
in
terms
of
eligibility
right
off
the
top
we're
talking
about
small
businesses,
that's
currently
defined
as
less
than
50
employees.
K
K
In
fact,
I
think
out
of
the
95
loans,
there
was
only
one
that
went
to
an
employer
with
more
than
25.
So
in
practice
this
went
to
a
smaller
number
of
people,
but
we
do
think
it.
It
could
be
advantageous
to
cast
a
wider
net
if
you
will
something
for
the
board
to
consider
and
you're
welcome,
to
give
us
feedback
today.
Is
you
know,
within
that
small
business
frame?
K
Are
there
areas
that
we
want
to
focus
on
certain
populations,
in
particular,
sole
proprietorships
or
partnerships
have
frequently
been
left
out
when
we
talk
about
other
types
of
funding
programs
at
the
state
or
federal
level.
K
K
K
K
The
first
piece
would
be
to
replicate
one
buncombe
from
the
first
round,
which
is
to
do
low
interest
loans
up
to
ten
thousand
dollars
with
no
payments
for
a
duration
of
time.
In
our
prior
model,
we
did
low
interest
loans
for
about
a
six
month,
a
no
payment
term.
We're
researching
that
now
with
our
cdfi
to
see
what
we
think
is
appropriate.
K
I
think
what
you'll
see
from
us
on
the
low
interest
front
is
we
can't
get
to
zero,
but
we
do
believe
we
can
get
closer
to
where
ppp
is,
which
is
closer
to
one
percent
or
the
disaster
relief
loans
which
are
about
three
and
a
half
percent.
So
that's
the
range
we're
looking
at
we're
hoping
to
be
in
there
somewhere
and
we'll
bring
that
back
to
you
in
the
future.
K
If
you're
interested
in
terms
of
the
deferred
payments,
we
are
proposing
move
into
that
12-month
period
based
on
the
suggestion
of
our
cdfi,
but
we'll
bring
that
back
to
you
as
a
formal
recommendation
at
our
next
meeting.
K
However,
much
has
changed
in
the
world
and
we
believe
there's
a
different
interpretation
of
that
that
I'd
like
to
share
with
you
today,
so
the
the
quick
snippet
on
that
is
a
grant
program
up
to
five
thousand
dollars
to
hire
employees
at
a
living
wage.
So
we'll
talk
about
that
on
the
next
slide,
but
that's
kind
of
your
quick
snippet.
K
If
no
quick
questions
on
that
slide,
I'm
going
to
jump
into
the
next
one,
which
is
about
grants
so
the
proposed
grant
program.
This
is
very
draft.
So
I
want
you
to
understand
that
we're
still
working
through
the
details,
because
we've
not
done
this
before,
but
the
purpose
would
be
to
preserve
and
maintain
employees,
and
this
is
a
very
important
thing,
based
on
the
guidance
we've
received
from
the
school
of
government.
K
K
This
is
for
the
maintenance,
maintaining
a
specific
employee,
a
specific
number
of
positions
or
to
hire
even
better
folks
that
are
unemployed.
Perhaps
that's
the
line
that
we
feel
like.
We
can
follow
the
way
that
we
would
get
there
again,
we'd
focus
on
small
businesses
and
right
now
we're
saying
with
less
than
50
employees
that
could
be
lowered
potentially,
but
the
model
would
align
with
the
unc
school
of
government
and
their
recommended
reopen
and
rehire
program.
K
You
would
need
to
demonstrate
a
direct
connection
to
the
employment
of
individuals
and
those
grants
would
be
up
to
5k
the
requirements
to
get
there
bullet
one
would
be
a
living
wage
requirement.
You
know,
if
we're
offering
grants,
we
want
to
make
sure
the
jobs
on
the
other
side
are
are
paid
in
a
way
that
folks
can
afford
to
live
here.
K
We
would
tag
that
against
the
just
economics
living
wage
numbers
for
the
most
recent
year.
A
parenthetical
here
is
for
those
that
are
familiar
with
the
service
industry.
Folks
get
an
hourly
wage
that
in
many
cases
when
I
was
a
server,
was
213
an
hour,
but
then
that's
augmented,
obviously
by
your
tips
and
gratuity.
K
K
Additionally,
if
grants
for
direct
employment
are
are
made,
there
needs
to
be
some
type
of
retention
period,
and
this
is
similar
to
the
economic
development
deals
that
you've
heard
us
talk
about
at
a
grander
scale.
So
how
long
will
you
maintain
that
employee?
It
can't
be
for
two
weeks.
We
would
like
to
see
it
for
a
longer
period
of
time,
for
instance,
six
months
you
know,
maybe
at
the
end
of
six
months
we're
at
a
different
phase
of
the
pandemic,
so
there
does
need
to
be
a
retention
period.
K
Additionally,
we
need
documentation.
So
if
we
establish
your
baseline
at
the
beginning
of
a
grant
as
an
example
of
10
employees,
we'd
like
to
see
documentation
through
that
six
month
period
through
ncui
filings
or
other
filings
with
the
state
payroll
filings,
basically
that
show
that
you've
maintained
those
employees.
K
K
K
K
I'll
keep
going
so
you
know
the
request
of
the
board
again.
This
is
not
this.
This
is
not
a
formal
request
where
we're
seeking
a
vote,
but
you
know
definitely
want
the
board
to
consider
you
know.
Do
you
feel
like
additional
funding
is
needed
on
the
individual
front?
Based
on
our
conversations,
you
know
we
we
have
about
a
million
dollars,
that's
available
today,
which
we
think
will
tide
us
over
for
a
period
of
time.
K
K
We
have
outstanding
applications
for
a
number
of
large-scale
grants
and
funding
sources
which
I
won't
speak
to
at
this
point,
but
that
we
anticipate
will
be
announced
soon,
additionally,
on
the
small
business
front,
if
you're
interested
in
pursuing,
because
this
is
economic
development,
because
this
is
economic
development,
we
do
have
to
follow
the
statutes
and
there's
a
required
public
hearing,
and
so
in
order
to
do
a
public
hearing,
we
have
to
notice
that
public
hearing,
which
is
a
10-day
requirement,
so
the
soonest
we
would
be
able
to
get
in
front
of
the
board
for
a
public
hearing
would
be
february
2nd.
K
If
you're
interested
in
pursuing
this
that
public
hearing,
we,
we
would
ask
you
to
approve
150
000
for
additional
small
business
funding
that
could
go
to
loans
or
grants.
But
we
would
additionally
combine
that
with
50k.
That's
remaining
in
the
one
bunkum
fund
for
200
000
loan
pool
200
000
is
a
great
start,
but
doesn't
get
us
as
far
as
we
need
to
go
so
on
this
slide.
We're
talking
about
you
know,
staff
intentions
to
continue
to
work
with
our
partners.
K
So
that's
kind
of
the
ask
in
terms
of
next
steps.
If,
if
the
board
seeks
to
move
forward,
we
would
look
to
schedule
a
public
hearing
for
february
2nd
and
then
we
would
work
with
mount
bisworks
to
have
a
launch
which
would
be
in
february
2021
on
the
earlier
side
of
that,
but
I'm
not
ready
to
commit
them
to
a
date
unless
we
know
where
you
all
stand.
So
what
questions
do
you.
E
K
It's
hard
for
me
to
put
a
firm
pin
in
it.
You
know
ppp
is
one
of
the
big
programs
that
we
know
is
coming
and
right
now,
our
understanding
is,
banks
are
still
trying
to
figure
out
how
much
money
is
available
and
banks
are
also
making
the
determination
will
they
offer
ppp
and,
if
so,
to
whom,
so
that
that's
a
bit
of
a
a
challenge
for
us.
I
think
we
should
also
expect
a
number
of
grant
programs
to
come
through
at
the
federal
and
state
level.
K
Similarly
to
what
happened
in
our
last
round,
many
of
those
grant
programs
are
no
longer
accepting
applications.
Example
would
be
retool
nc
or
the
nc
mer
program,
so
we're
hoping
that
some
of
those
programs
come
back
online,
but
we
don't
know
exactly
when
so
I
wish
I
had
a
better
answer
for
you.
Thank
you.
K
A
A
You
know
a
couple
of
thousand
dollars
can
be
a
total
lifeline
to
help
get
through.
You
know
the
toughest
part
of
this
winter
and
hopefully
the
last
parts
of
this
terrible
pandemic.
So
I'm
very
supportive
of
it.
I
really
like
the
fact
that
we're
going
to
try
to
work
with
some
of
our
partners
again
to
try
to
get
the
number
up
as
well.
So
it's
not
just
the
county,
but
a
community
goal.
500
000,
I
think
is
is
is
is
right
on
so.
A
Thank
you,
commissioners.
Any
other
questions
right
now.
I
guess
just
one.
You
know
just
one
thought
in
terms
of
the
timing
on
this,
and
I
know
there's
work
to
be
done
to
kind
of
create
an
application
process
and
work
with
mountain
biz
works
and
things
like
that,
but
I
think
I
think
we'd
all
love
to
kind
of
we're
going
to
get
the
help
out
there.
We
want
to
get
it
to
folks
as
expeditiously
as
we
can.
A
You
know
if
it
would
be
helpful
for
us
to
do
like
we
could
always
do
a
special
meeting.
You
know
because
we
need
to
do
a
public
hearing,
but
since
we
can't
do
this
at
the
next
meetings,
we
don't
have
10
days.
We've
only
got
seven
days,
but
rather
than
waiting
another
two
weeks.
You
know
I
mean
if
we're
in
consensus,
we
know
how
it's
going
to
go,
we're
going
to
approve
it
it's,
but
we
need
to
do
it
so
if
we
needed
to
call
a
short
special
meeting
to
hold
the
public
hearing.
A
H
G
K
That's
great
well,
I
will
crunch
the
notice
numbers
and
see
what
that
looks
like
and
we'll
bring
that
back
to
you
and.
H
K
I
think
the
yes,
I
think
that
that
is
the
best.
What
I
will
say
candidly
is
the
business
community
is
seeking
grants
and
you've
you've
heard
that
loud
and
clear
many
businesses
have
taken
on
a
tremendous
amount
of
debt.
However,
we
we
think
there
is
some
flexibility
that
you
could
achieve
with
a
loan
and
grant
program.
C
H
M
Just
one
point:
if
you're
trying
to
do
a
special
meeting
before
the
first
meeting
regular
meeting
in
february
because
of
the
dates
that
the
legal
notices
run
in
the
newspaper
or
when
you
can
even
put
them
in
the
newspaper
the
soonest,
we
could
do
it
be
that,
like
the
28th
or
29th,
I
think
of
this
month.
So
it'd
save
a
few
days.
But
not
a
lot.
Just
wanted
to
make
you
aware
of
that.
Okay,.
A
Well,
if,
if
it's
just
a
day
or
two,
perhaps
it's
not
going
to
be
as
warranted,
but
thanks
for
looking
at
that.
The
other
thing
I
would
just
say
too
is
that
this
is
a
good
discussion.
I
I
hear
I
hear
support
from
the
commission,
so
I
think
we
can
communicate
to
the
community
that
we're
going
to
do
this.
We
have
to
have
a
public
hearing
and
vote
on
it
formally,
but
this
is
something
we're
going
to
do
so,
our
staff,
you
know,
as
you
work
on
more
details.
A
N
So,
as
far
as
the
question
goes,
yes,
the
money
that
we've
set
aside
900
000
of
that
is
a
cdbg
grant
and
would
be
for
rent
utilities
mortgage
those
those
types
of
assistance.
And
then
we
have
another
hundred
thousand
that
came
through
the
service
foundation
and
then
we're
going
to
use
that
for
the
same
option.
Right
now
until
we
get
the
cdb
gel,
dji
or
bcbb.
N
Would
be
hopefully,
sometime
early
february,
we
have
the
documents
in
the
process
of
getting
those
mailed
back
to
them.
So
hopefully,
sometime
early
in
february.
N
K
All
right,
if
no
further
questions
I'll
sit
down,
but
thank
you
for
your
support
and
we'll
continue
working.
Okay,.
A
Thank
you
tim
phillip.
I
had.
I
did
have
one
other
question.
This
is
a
question.
I
asked
staff
to
look
at
recently
and
there's
a
lot
of
different
programs
out
there
to
help
folks.
Who've
lost
a
job
lost
wages.
Things
like
that,
but
just
because
some
obviously
one
of
the
really
important
parts
of
it
for
folks
who
have
lost
their
job
is
unemployment
benefits,
right
state
benefits
and
then
there's
some
federal
benefits,
and
I
thought
it
might
be
helpful
if
you
might
just
you
know.
A
A
You
know
either
earlier
this
year
or
more
recently,
and
so,
if
you
could
describe
a
little
bit
about
what
those
kinds
of
support
levels
look
like,
so
we
can
sort
of
understand
where,
where
we
come
in
and
provide
some
other
things,
how
it
sort
of
supplements
that
base
level
of
support
folks
will
hopefully
be
able
to
access.
Okay,.
N
I
will
attempt
to
do
that.
Okay,
it
is
a
little
complicated
in
a
lot
of
different
ways,
but
let's
start
with
the
easiest
one
state
unemployment
benefits
they
nothing
really
all
of
the
federal
stimulus
dollars
and
the
changes
around
unemployment
did
not
affect
state
unemployment
benefits.
They
still
remain
the
way
they've
always
been,
which
means
that
you're
eligible
for
it
used
to
be
up
to
300
for
12-week
period.
N
N
Unless
you,
you
have
to
be
off
of
unemployment
for
a
certain
number
of
a
certain
amount
of
time,
and
I
think
that's
generally
a
year
unless
you
receive
a
new
job
and
then
re-qualify,
and
then
there
were
the
pandemic
and
extended
unemployment
benefits
from
a
federal
level
early
on
they
were
called
extended
benefits
and
that
provided
an
extra
600
per
week
to
individuals
on
top
could
be.
They
could
run
concurrently
with
your
state
unemployment,
or
they
could
be
after
your
state
unemployment.
After
your
state,
unemployment
expired.
N
Those
benefits
expired
in
july
and
were
not
renewed,
and
then
there
was
an
extension
on
a
federal
level.
There's
pandemic
benefits
of
300
a
week
that
that
occurred
sometime
around
the
end
of
august
or
early
september,
and
so
those
folks
that
maybe
had
expired
state
benefits
or
expired.
N
Their
600
dollars
that
went
away
in
july
could
receive
those
that
300
dollar
benefit
per
week
and
then
that
expired
at
the
end
of
december,
and
then
there
was
one
other
category
that
for
those
folks
who
were
not
eligible
for
state
unemployment
benefits
the
self-employed,
the
artist,
those
folks
they
could
receive
federal
unemployment
benefits
either
the
600
or
the
300.
During
that
same
time,
period.
N
A
Okay,
so
for
folks
who
you
know,
obviously
there
were
a
lot
of
jobs
lost
back
in
the
spring,
so
a
lot
of
folks
have
already
used
their
13
weeks
of
state
unemployment
benefits,
so
that's
exhausted
for
that
group
of
folks.
So
for
those
in
that
category,
it's
really
the
300
of
federal
unemployment
benefits
in
essence
that
they're
able
to
receive
now
through
march.
N
That
would
more
for
most
folks.
That's
that's
probably
correct.
I
mean
you
know
that
12
weeks
of
state
benefits,
if
you
were,
if
you
lost
your
job
or
had
reduced
employment,
started
receiving
those
benefits,
you
know
early
on
or
say
april,
or
so
they
lasted
through
what
june,
possibly
and
and
expired,
and
if
you've
not
gone
back
to
work
and
and
say
lost
wages
after
that,
then
you
would
not
be
eligible
for
those
state
benefits
again
right.
A
So
so,
if
you're
only
getting
the
federal
benefits
it's
around,
maybe
like
thirteen
hundred
dollars
a
month
or
somewhere
in
that
neighborhood.
It's
the
federal
support
for
folks
who
are
currently
not
working.
People.
A
J
N
That
is
a
carry
forward
for
some
folks,
but
new
newly
lost
wages
could
also
be
eligible
for
that
also,
you
know
those
benefits
exist
for,
for
anyone
and
and
the
federal
benefits
are
a
little
bit
different
than
the
state
benefits
if
you're
eligible
you're
going
to
get
the
300
a
week
with
the
state
benefits,
you
know
it's
on
the
sliding
scale
it's
based
on
the
wages
that
you
paid
in,
so
not
everybody
would
have
been
eligible
for
a
maximum
amount
of
benefits.
A
A
All
right:
well,
I
appreciate
the
staff
pulling
together
this
special
meeting
on
pretty
short
notice.
I
think
it's
been
super
informative,
so
and
there's
some
exciting
plans.
So
thank
you
very
much
commissioners,
thanks
for
coming
over
for
special
meeting
tonight
as
well
and
we're
adjourned
and
we'll
be
back
next
tuesday
for
a
regular.