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From YouTube: Board of Commissioners' Regular Meeting (Oct. 6, 2020)
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This is the regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners for Oct. 6, 2020. To see the agenda for this meeting and others visit buncombecounty.org.commissioners.
A
A
Before
we
begin
our
meeting
this
evening,
I'd
like
to
ask
for
a
moment
of
silence
during
which
people
may
offer
a
silent
prayer
or
to
remember
the
more
than
210
000
people
who
have
died
in
our
country
this
year.
As
a
result
of
the
covet
19
pandemic,
we
offer
our
prayers
and
help
to
all
who
have
become
sick
as
a
result
of
this
contagious
disease
and
express
our
thanks
to
all
those
people
who
work
on
the
front
lines
and
caring
for
our
communities.
A
A
A
Is
there
any
item
on
the
agenda,
the
outcome
of
which
will
have
a
direct,
substantial
and
readily
identifiable
financial
impact
for
any
board?
Member?
Does
any
board
member
have
a
financial
interest
in
any
public
contract
coming
before
the
board?
Today,
there
being
none
all
board.
Members
have
a
duty
and
obligation
to
vote
on
any
matters
voted
on
by
the
board.
At
this
meeting,
all
right
we
come
to
the
consent
agenda.
B
B
A
A
All
right
so
we're
going
to
do
public
comment
at
5
15.
we're
just
about
there.
Mr
joyner.
Is
there
someone
who's
teed
up
to
comment?
Why
don't
we
go
ahead
and
is
there
just
one
person
or
how
many
do
we
have
well?
Why
don't
we
go
ahead
and
invite
that
person
to
share
their
public
comments
and
if
anybody
else
calls
in
it'll
be
probably
after
5
15
by
the
time,
the
first
person's
done?
So
why
don't
we
go
ahead
and
hear
from
that
resident.
A
A
A
C
E
G
H
I
could
hear
it
right
now
and
let
me
do
that:
try
to
mute
everything,
but
this
we
need.
We
need
to
work
these
bugs
out.
I
know
I
couldn't
log
in.
I
could
not
log
in
on
vbid
and
you
need
to
have
something
over
there
about
five
six
minutes
early
so
that
we
can
get
a
comment
in
and
right
now
zoom.
I
have
nothing
but
my
picture
in
public
comments,
so
it
is
no
big
deal,
I'm
not
worried
about
it.
H
My
comment
was:
I'm
still
looking
for
ridership
on
the
bus
lines,
the
ridership
per
route.
I
think
the
commissioner
should
be
getting
that
every
month
to
monitor
their
routes
and
which
one
are
turning
a
profit
which
are
not
costing
an
excessive
amount
per
individual
that
rises.
That
just
makes
common
sense
number
two.
H
So
it
appears
to
me
that
there
is
a
special
district
tax
and
this
is
addressed
to
al
because
he
does
have
concern
for
folks
in
his
community
and
bottom
line
is,
if
you
look
at
the
tax
structure,
the
city
of
asheville,
with
the
15
cent
school
tax,
only
for
the
asheville
city
limits,
it
doesn't
touch
any
of
the
schools
that
asheville
there
might
be
a
situation
where
taxes
are
contributing
to
keeping
people
at
the
bottom
of
the
economic
scale.
So
maybe
that's
more
important.
H
A
I
I
At
that
time,
I'm
looking
at
the
commissioner,
we
had
planned
to
come
back
on
october
20th
and
we
were
asked
if
there
was
any
way
to
move
this
along
us
any
quicker.
Could
we
do
that
because
the
grant
application
is
first,
come
first
served,
and
so
we've
been
able
to
bring
this
back
to
you
tonight
for
your
consideration
max.
Will
you
please
pull
up
the
presentation?
I
I
will
provide
some
funding
overview
in
case
anybody
wasn't
here
last
time
to
hear
that
presentation
update
you
on
the
public
input
that
we
received
since
we
saw
one
another
on
this
topic
last,
philip
hardin
from
health
and
human
services,
we'll
provide
an
overview
of
the
draft
application,
and
then
we
will
request
your
action
on
two
items.
First
hold
the
public
hearing.
I
So
as
a
reminder,
these
are
federal
funds
that
initiated
with
the
u.s
department
of
housing
and
urban
development
or
hud
passed
down
to
the
state
department
of
commerce
and
made
available
to
local
jurisdictions.
There's
27.5
million
dollars
available
statewide
and
the
maximum
project
amount
is
900
thousand
dollars.
I
An
important
note
is
that
this
is
for
what
they
call
non-entitlement
communities.
The
city
of
asheville
is
an
example
of
an
entitlement
community,
so
the
city
works
directly
with
hud
and
they
have
their
own
cdbg
cv
grant
program
going
on.
In
fact,
the
city
is
directing
those
funds
towards
subsistence
payments,
which
you'll
hear
us
propose
to
you
this
evening.
I
So
we
came
to
you
and
held
the
first
public
hearing
when
we
described
what
the
funding
could
do.
We
got
your
approval
on
a
citizen
participation
plan.
You
may
remember
there
wasn't
anyone
present
during
the
meeting
with
comment,
but
we
had
some
great
coverage
in
the
mountain
express
after
the
meeting
and
received
some
public
input
by
email
and
by
phone
and
we've
drafted
the
application
which
is
with
me
tonight.
I
We
got
13
comments.
As
of
the
writing
of
this
powerpoint
there's,
actually
one
more
that
came
in
since
so
14
members
of
the
public
contacted
us
with
comments
and
housing
or
housing
and
utility
assistance
was
the
top
need
that
people
wrote
in
or
called
in,
asking
us
to
fund.
With
this
grant,
you
can
see
a
listing
of
some
of
the
other
ideas
that
people
came
up
with.
J
J
J
J
And
then
we
have
also
have
the
ability
to
fund
have
other
funding
sources
available
to
us
at
hhs
and
through
the
community
that
can
help
remember
that
these
subsistence
payments
need
to
be
through
covet
related
and
as
we're
working
through
crf
funding.
We're
seeing
a
lot
of
folks
that
are
not
necessarily
coveted
related,
but
we're
helping
those
folks
with
other.
J
We
would
be
responsible
for
that
activity,
delivery
or
the
project
delivery
and
grant
administration
and
the
delivery
would
be
actually
the
eligibility
piece
people
we
would
determine
eligibility
submit
for
payments.
Our
finance
office
would
submit
the
payments.
The
county
finance
office
would
process
those
payments
and
then
we
would
also
be
responsible
for
the
grant
administration,
which
is
the
overseeing
of
the
grant,
the
audit.
Those
types
of
things.
J
J
There's
a
lot
of
work
that
goes
in
on
the
finance
side
of
the
house
when
you're
talking
about
serving
hundreds
and
hundreds
of
folks
and
then
25
000
would
be
what
they
call
grand
administration
and
you're
eligible
for
up
to
10
of
the
grant
or
90
000
for
grant
administration.
But
that's
more
high
level
like
audit
consulting
those
types
of.
I
A
A
A
A
A
I
We
have
only
that's
available
only
until
december
30th
and
if
we
exhaust
it
prior
to
that,
we
can
look
at
our
coronavirus
relief
grant
and
see
if
there's
any
ability
to
add
to
that.
But
it
cannot
be
used
past
december
30th
and
these
cdbg
funds,
okay,
would
not
be
coming
in
until
the
beginning
of
the
new
calendar
year.
Did
you
want
to
add
more
specifically.
J
A
We
don't
know
when,
so
we,
these
funds
will
not
become
available
to
actually
utilize
until
after
january
1st,
but
we
expect
to
be
notified
of
whether
it's
if
it's
funded
and
fully
funded
bef
before
the
end
of
the
year.
Do
we
have
a
sense
of
like,
what's
most
likely
when
we'll
get
the
information
on
it's
being
funded
or
not.
J
The
grant,
hopefully,
will
go
in
on
october,
the
21st,
probably
a
couple
weeks
before
you're
notified
two
to
three
weeks
before
you're
notified,
so
maybe
mid
of
november
mid
mid
november
to
late
november.
Hopefully
it
is
a
first
come
first
serve
type
of
grant,
so
I
think
a
lot
of
counties
are
just
now
ramping
up
to
to
do
their
whole
grant
process.
Okay,.
A
Do
based
on
the
number
of
folks
we've
been
helping
out
so
far.
Do
we
have
a
sense
for
sort
of
what
the
average
amount
of
funding
like
if
350
requests
have
come
in
and
maybe
there's
some
reasons
that
I
don't
know?
I
don't
know
what
the
criteria
are.
Maybe
not
all
of
those
will
be
funded,
but
what's
the
average
amount
that
a
you
know
resident
gets
helped
out
on
in
this
regard,.
J
J
J
J
A
And
so
one
other
question
and
just
for
a
little
bit
of
context,
commissioners,
the
house,
affordable
housing
subcommittee,
was
meeting
earlier
today
and
we're
going
to
be
bringing
recommendations
to
the
commission
about
the
housing
funds
that
we
budgeted
in
different.
We
received
different
proposals
and
there's
some
proposals
related
to
this
same
concern
and
so
we're
we
were
trying
to
kind
of
understand
how
this
application
relates
to
some
of
the
other
proposals
that
the
subcommittee's
been
looking
at.
A
So
this
is
helpful,
so
one
of
those
proposals
was
from
physically
legal
services
and
I
think
we're
trying
to
kind
of
again
kind
of
figure
out
how
these
things
work
together.
What
health
and
human
services
is
doing
and
what
physical
legal
is
doing?
Could
you
just
summarize
for
us
again?
We
talked
about
this
when
we
appropriated
the
funds,
but
for
the
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
funds
that
we've
appropriated
and
then
there
was
75
000
on
top
of
that
to
pisgah
legal.
Do
I
have
those
numbers
right?
That's.
J
A
J
A
Okay,
this
might
be
a
little
out
of
order,
but
sybil,
would
you
mind
if
I
asked
you
a
question
about,
because
we
were
just?
We
were
having
the
same
discussion,
I'm
just
trying
to
understand
how
the
different
parts
could
work
together
or
if,
in
the
proposal
that
pisgah
legal
gave
us
for
county
funding-
and
it
was
a
pretty
big
request-
it
was
like
over
600
thousand
dollars
so
of
those
funds.
If
they
were
appropriated,
they
would
be
used
to
both
provide
some
staff
support
for
pizza
legal.
A
So
they
could
continue
to
do
the
legal
advocacy
for
residents,
but
then
also
a
good
percentage
of
those
funds
would
just
be
additional
funds
to
actually
kind
of
help,
resolve
issues
with
landlords
right
in
terms
of
people
who
are
in
arrears
or
might
be
concerned
about
that.
So
it's
it's
both
of
those
purposes.
Is
that
right?
Yes,.
A
A
K
Is
just
as
a
minor
correction,
there
is
a
small
portion
of
the
650
dollars
so
in
a
per
unit
basis
there
is
an
administrative
fee
associated
with
each
of
those
assistance
pieces
for
the
the
gamut
of
applicants
that
would
be
received.
So
there's
an
administrative
grant
request,
as
well
as
an
administrative
cost
for
each
assistance.
That's
provided,
but
really
it's
to
operate.
An
in-house
tenant
based
rental
assistance
program,
similar
to
programs
offered
by
ebelin
or
elida.
It's
bringing
that
in.
J
J
B
I'm
just
chairman,
I'm
glad
you
brought
that
up.
I
was
thinking
the
same
thing
when
we
just
had
this
conversation
not
to
not
too
long
ago
about,
but
it's
it
seems
like
it's
an
easy.
If
you
get
a
bunch
of
people
together
and
you
ask
them
what
their
needs
are.
There's
a
lot
of
people
that
you
know
need
some
assistance
with
their
with
their
payments
and
but
I
think
matt
the
I
want
to
say,
pizza
legal
was.
B
K
So
the
way
that
that
program
under
the
guidance
for
the
affordable
housing
services
program
works
is
that
there's
a
cap
of
2
500
of
assistance
per
household,
so
they
applied
for
the
full
cap
for
each
household.
They
proposed
as
well
as
I
believe
it
was
277
dollar
admin
charge
for
each
of
those
units.
I
don't.
A
Okay,
yeah
and
again,
I
know
this
is
a
little
unusual
for
us
to
be
asking
about
stuff,
that's
really
at
the
committee
level,
because
they
are
so
related.
It
is
helpful,
I
think,
to
just
sort
of
understand
this.
While
we've
got
all
the
right
people
in
the
room
and
the
pisco
legal
funds
for
tenant
based
assistance,
those
funds,
if
we
approve
their
proposal,
they
the
funds-
do
go
directly
to
pisgah
legal
services
right,
so
pisgah
legal
would
be
administering
those
payments
out
to
resolve
various
needs.
K
So
the
traditional
method
that
we
provide
tenant-based
rental
assistance,
which
is
how
we
would
propose
to
carry
that
forward,
is
a
reimbursement
basis,
so
they
would
handle
the
cost
they
would
incur
the
upfront
expenses
and
then
request
reimbursement
for
those
providing
substantiated
documentation.
For
that.
So
we
could
so.
K
We
control
it
and
it
would
there
would
be
a
contract
in
place.
You
know
if,
if
the
committee
were
to
recommend
it
and
the
board
were
to
approve
that,
then
we
would
go
into
contract.
It
would
spell
out
the
expectations
of
both
parties
and
identify
for
them
how
they
would
submit
claims
for
reimbursement.
Okay,.
A
M
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
commissioners.
This
is
a
short
sweet,
simple
update
to
our
personnel
ordinance
for
a
couple
years
now
our
excess
liability
insurance
carrier
for
autos
has
requested
that
we
add
a
provision
and
policy
and
include
education
to
employees
who
might
be
driving
on
the
job.
So
this
would
apply
whether
or
not
you're
driving
a
county
owned,
a
motor
vehicle
or
driving
a
personal
vehicle,
and
it's
just
stuff
that
makes
sense
that's
consistent
with
state
law.
M
The
request
is
that
county
employees
would
be
prohibited
from
driving
a
county-owned
vehicle
or
personal
vehicle,
while
they're
texting
or
emailing,
while
operating
the
vehicle,
don't
operate
the
vehicle
and
use
a
laptop
tablets.
Portable
media
devices,
don't
read
a
map
or
type
a
document
or
printed
electronic
material,
and
you
must
pull
over
to
the
side
of
the
road
or
another
safe
location
before
checking
messages,
returning
calls
text,
messaging,
emailing,
reading
maps
etc.
M
M
Did
it
quickly
because
the
insurance
carrier
safety
national
asked
that
it
be
done
to
keep
the
negotiated
rates
before
october
14th,
so
the
date
sort
of
snuck
on
up
on
us.
So
we
added
it
to
the
at
this
time.
The
vehicle
usage
policy
will
come
back
to
the
board
in
the
not
too
distant
future,
just
for
normal,
clean
up
over
time
and
to
put
into
common
form
with
other
policies.
A
All
right
so
make
sure
I'm
clearing
what
you're
you're
asking
for.
We
need
to
hold
a
public
hearing.
Yes
and
then
you're
asking
us
to
approve
the
amendment
to
the
personal
ordinance
tonight
as
well.
Yes,
sir,
okay,
very
good,
all
right!
Let's
go
ahead
and
call
the
public
hearing
we'll
open
that
at
5
42..
B
M
H
M
B
M
B
N
B
M
Most
any
phone
digital
phone
today,
modern
technology.
Yes,
I
agree
again.
I
think
this
is
part
of
language
and
statutes,
and
language
and
policies
catching
up
with
technology
and
we're
not
going
to
in
the
near
future
and
again
that
that's
the
intent
of
it
and
that's
to
the
extent
of
the
request
of
safety,
national
and
in
line
with
the
current
state
law-
and
this
will
come
back
to
this
board
within
the
next
few
months
and
I'm
sure
we'll
pick
up
any
other
discrepancies
and
make
it
as
clear
as
we
can.
A
E
A
E
A
N
N
N
N
So
that
video
is
going
out
and
let
people
see
what
we're
getting
ready
to
do
with
asheville
they've
already
started
doing
work
in
the
cherokee
center.
So
if
you
go
in
there
now,
you'll
see
it
being
transforming
from
what
they
say
from
a
high
school
gym
to
more
of
a
nba
sports
arena.
So
that
is
happening
now,
and
anybody
wants
to
make
any
comments
enough.
Commissioner
edwards
asked
to
make
comments.
O
O
It's
just
an
incredible
opportunity
for
our
community
to
bring
a
incredibly
well-known
basketball
tournament
to
our
community
and
for
all
of
you,
north
carolina
fans.
You
get
to
bring
your
tar
heels
right
here
in
our
backyard
and
doing
so
in
a
very
controlled
environment
during
a
really
tough
time
in
our
community
in
our
country.
But
I
would
be
remiss
if
I
did
not
acknowledge
the
county
staff,
who
also
had
a
hand
in
making
this
happen.
O
Avril
pender's,
incredible
leadership
and
openness
to
having
these
conversations
really
helped
drive
this
decision
forward,
as
well
as
fletcher
tove
for
his
work
on
the
public
health
aspect
and
dr
mullendore,
but
the
name
that
continues
to
come
up
in
our
sports
commission
meetings.
That
was
the
behind
the
scenes
person
still
the
behind
the
scenes.
Person
driving
the
maui
invitational
forward
is
tim
love,
so
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
each
of
you
at
the
county
level
who
have
made
this
happen
for
our
community.
O
A
B
I'd
like
to
make,
I
just
want
to
make
a
quick
comment.
As
a
you
know,
the
county
representative
on
the
tda
board
regarding
the
sports
commission
in
the
past
commissioner
newman,
you
know,
would
probably
echo
this.
In
the
past,
the
sports
commission
has
become
a
a
line
item
that
has
has
been
a
challenge.
You
know
in
funding
in
the
past,
and
you
know
I
just
want
people
to
understand
that
there
is.
A
All
right,
a
great
job,
everyone
who's
been
involved
in
this.
It's
going
to
bring
a
lot
of
great
attention
to
our
community
from
across
the
country.
So
it's
really
exciting
all
right.
We
don't
have
any
old
business,
so
we
come
to
new
business
and,
as
we
discussed,
we're
going
to
take
up
the
consideration
of
the
inca
barn
agenda
item
first.
B
Yes,
so
let
me
just
want
to
make
sure
I
get
everything
everything
right,
so
we
have
with
us
michaela
beshear
the
ag
teacher
and
ffa
advisor
kevin
franklin,
agricultural
teacher
and
ffa
advisor
both
from
inca
high
and
alex
payne
is
with
us
ffa,
president
and
student.
So
I'm
going
to
turn
this
presentation
over
you
guys.
You
can
tell
us
a
little
bit
about
the
the
project
and
why
it's
important
and
I'm
certainly
hopeful
the
commissioners
will
agree.
Thank
you.
D
D
Our
first
plea
is,
for
the
sake
of
equality
or
equity,
of
the
six
buncombe
county
high
schools.
Five
of
those
high
schools
have
an
animal
science
program
and
inca
is
the
only
one
that
does
not
have
a
relatively
new
or
new
or
really
nice
barn
to
utilize
animals
for
the
hands-on
experiences
for
their
students.
D
D
This
intersection
will:
what
is
what
is
going
to
hold
the
animals?
You
know,
and
that
will
be
a
security
issue
also
we'll
have
the
panels
and
food
storage
and
actually
the
pens
for
the
animals
in
this
intersection.
The
outside
will
be
for
storage,
and
ms
boscher
is
going
to
tell
you
some
more
about
the
reasons
why
this
barn
is
so
important
to
our
community.
P
So,
first
off,
I
would
like
to
take
a
moment
to
tell
you
guys
a
little
bit
about
agriculture
education,
because
agriculture
education
works
a
little
bit
differently
from
our
other
classes
at
the
high
school
level.
So
our
program
has
a
three
circle
model,
which
means
we
have
three
parts
to
our
program.
The
first
part
is
our
classroom
and
laboratory.
P
P
P
P
Also,
during
virtual
this
semester,
I've
been
reaching
out
to
parents,
and
many
of
the
parents
have
told
me
that
my
class
is
their
student's,
favorite
class,
because
their
students
are
excited
about
this
barn.
The
parents
are
excited
about
this
barn,
as
well
as
our
teachers.
I
actually
had
a
science
teacher
come
up
to
me
in
the
hallway
the
other
day
and
say
how
excited
he
was
for
this
opportunity
of
us
getting
this
barn
and
how
he
had
even
spoken
to
the
lunchroom.
Ladies,
that
the
lunchroom
ladies,
were
excited
about
this
barn.
P
Everyone
at
our
school
is
excited
about
this
barn
and
the
reason
that
they're
excited
is
because
this
is
something
that
is
going
to
stand
for
generations
to
come.
It
isn't
something
that's
just
going
to
affect
a
few
students.
This
is
going
to
be
a
structure,
that's
going
to
stand
for
years
and
be
the
pride
of
the
inca
candler
community,
and
not
just
the
inca
candler
community,
but
all
of
buncombe
county,
because
it's
providing
students
with
skills
that
will
prepare
them
for
careers
and
for
them
to
bring
careers
in
animal
science
right
here
to
buncombe
county.
P
D
B
So
I'll
just
make
a
comment.
You
know
for
the
board.
I
was
contacted
regarding
this
project
and
you
know
they
do
have
a
deadline
on
some
of
this,
and
I
appreciate
the
commissioners
putting
this
on
the
gen
and
looking
at
it,
it's
a
it's
a
great
opportunity
for
the
community.
You
know,
literally,
you
have
a
shed
there
and
because
of
being
able
to
receive
these
larger
funds,
it
gets
you
in
an
opportunity
or
actually
you
will
be
able
to
go
back
and
even
look
at
some
of
the
estimates
that
you've
got.
B
You
know
be
able
to
negotiate
and
be
able
to
to.
You
know
receive
quite
a
bit
more
money.
The
fifteen
thousand
dollars
is
really
just
a
an
amount
that
you
know
helps
put
you
very
close
to
your
goal
and
it's
a
it's
really
a
matching
grant,
since
you
guys
have
more
than
you
know
well,
over
thirty
thousand
dollars
already
raised,
and
it's
just
an
opportunity
to
be
able
to
to
close
a
whole
of
education
in
in
the
inca
area,
and
you
know
it's
even
more
important
today.
B
I
think
for
people
to
be
able
to
get
outside
to
be
able
to
see
the
advantages
of
classrooms
being
actually
outside,
and
this
this
gives
you
a
great
learning
opportunity
and
was
was
very
very
you
know,
proud
to
be
able
to
bring
it
to
the
board
for
the
board
to
take
it.
Take
a
a
look
at
funding
it
I'm
certainly
excited
about
supporting
it.
So
I'm
trying
to
think
if
there's
anything
else,
I
don't
think
you
the
the
information
that
I
was
given.
B
P
B
P
B
A
I
have
a
couple
questions
all
right
do,
and
I
know
this
is
y'alls
projects.
I
don't
know
if
you
have
all
the
information
on
some
of
the
other
histories
of
the
other
projects.
Do
you
know
how
the
other
projects,
the
other
barn
projects
of
the
other
county
schools
like
how
are
they
funded
and
do
the
county
schools
put
any
funds
towards
these
projects,
or
is
it
all
private,
fundraise
or
just
this?
I
think
it's
the
first
time
we've
had
yeah
a
project
like
this
before
so
it's
a
little.
A
You
know
it's
a
little
different.
You
know
we
have
a.
We
have
a
capital
commission
that
commissioner
belcher
and
I
serve
on
that
is
responsible
for
funding
or
making
recommendations
on
funding
for
a
lot
of
the
big
capital
projects
in
schools.
Schools
have
money,
they
have
some
lottery
money
to
spend
on
capital
projects
too.
So
those
are
the
those
are
kind
of
the
financing
sources
for
most
capital
projects.
You
know
large
and
small
on
the
school.
So,
but
do
you
guys
have
any
information
on
how
the
other
projects
got
funded?.
D
C
A
B
So,
chairman,
it's
a
little
bit,
you
know
it's
a
it's
a
little
bit
like
the
discussion
we
had
had
before
about.
You
know
the
certain
there's
a
list
and
there's
some
things
that
just
you
never
ju,
you
just
never
get
to
you
know,
and-
and
this
is
this
is
one
of
them.
I
think
the
grant
that
that
you
received
was
really
the
shot
in
the
arm
to
kind
of
get
you
fired
up
and
excited.
P
Yes,
I
will
note
that
the
the
difference
with
ours
is
with
the
grant
specifically
because
of
the
grant
we
do
have
to
get
moving
now.
So
that's
we
did
reach
out
to
our
cte
director
and
our
principal
first
to
see
if
it
could
be
requested
in
capital,
and
it
could
not
be
done
this
year.
It
could
next
year,
but
that's
the
issue
is
that
it
has
to
be
done
before
december
31st.
A
A
Is
going
to
recommend-
and
we
just
we
agree
on
a
you-
know
how
much
we
want
to
have
available
for
that
and
then
different
projects.
You
know,
folks
from
throughout
the
county,
can
submit
proposals.
You
know
we
have.
I
think
that
process
works
really
well
with
some
of
the
other
grant
funding
that
the
county
provides.
So
I
think
it's
a
great
project.
B
Chairman,
I
you
know,
I
agree
with
you
know.
I
agree
with
what
you're
saying
most
of
these.
I
don't
say
most
of
these.
A
lot
of
these
occur
simply
because
of
you
know
the
circle
that
you
may
be
in,
or
somebody
else
may
be
in,
and
then
people
bring
the
need
to
you
and
it
falls
outside
of
the
conventional
funding
and
then
there's
a
and
most
are
required
match
requests
they
when
I
say
that
I
mean
they
have,
they
have
money
they've
already
raised.
B
You
know
it's
just
meeting
the
need
of
citizens
in
the
county
and
then
they
need
there's
more
and
most
of
these
fall
in
a
category
where
you
just
don't
get
pushback
on
the
mission
associated
with
them.
So
I
agree
with
you
that
we
ought
to
have
a
we
had
to
have
a
better
way
to
do
it,
particularly
in
the
for
the
schools,
because
I
mean
you
know.
I
mean
you're
on
that
you're
on
the
the
school
capital
commission
and-
and
you
know
how
long
the
list
is.
B
O
I
know
we've
had
conversations
about
organizations
coming
to
us
outside
of
a
budget
cycle
asking
for
significant
amounts
of
money
and
where
those
conversations
have
gone
and
where
they've
led
us,
and
I
really
believe
that
this
is
another
prime
example
of
taking
a
look
at
how
we
do
these
requests.
I
mean
y'all.
I
live
with
a
high
school
principal
he's
like
I
need
money
for
this.
I
need
any
threat.
O
For
multiple
requests
that
are
really
difficult
to
say
no
to
I
mean
this
is
this
is
difficult
to
say
no
to
the
playground
was
difficult.
I
mean
all
of
these
things
and
I
think
we
really
are
setting
ourselves
up
for
some
really
hard
decisions.
If
we
don't
dig
in
and
look
at
what
happens
outside
that
traditional
budget
cycle.
F
Yes,
I'll
go
in
here
I'll
have
to
support
this.
I
mean
because
y'all
have
done
a
lot
of
work.
You
know
I
know
four
or
five
years
ago
or
whenever,
if
owen
would
have
went
through
the
channels,
this
could
have
been
a
lot
easier
to.
Maybe
we
could
have
done
something
four
years
ago
of
putting
something
in
place
for
this,
and
I
appreciate
the
way
y'all
went
out
and
talked
with
the
community
and
looking
at
grants.
So
this
is
very
important.
I
think
the
playgrounds
was
very
important.
F
I
F
A
A
O
N
We
did
budget
a
contingency-
and
I
see
jennifer's
here
tonight,
but
we
did
have
a
contingency
in
our
budget
that
would
require
board
action
or
it
could
become
fund
balance,
but
we
would
have
the
budget
ordinance
pulled
together
and
bring
that
back
on
consent
for
you
next
time.
So
you
can
see
exactly
what
the
revenues
will
be
coming
from.
B
N
N
N
Can
I
ask
a
question,
yeah
sure,
just
a
process
question
she
mentioned.
The
grind
is
coming
from
here,
so
it
has
to
be
done
by
december.
It
has
to
be
spent
by
december
31st,
so
we're
going
to
put
funds
in,
but
not
all
of
it.
They
still
have
to
go
fund
a
raise,
a
significant
portion.
What,
if
that
doesn't
happen,
do
we
still
just
give
our
funds
or
whatever.
B
P
A
D
B
P
A
B
A
P
N
A
Yeah
and
the
barn
is
not
going
to
be
built
by
the
end
of
the
year.
You
just
need
to
expend
these
funds
so
that
they're
incurred
costs
by
the
end
of
the
year,
we're
just
trying
to
get
a
sensor.
Is
there
any
risk
around?
If
we
put
our
money
in
that
the
project
you
know,
for
some
reason
doesn't
happen.
L
L
My
concern
is:
has
nothing
to
do
with
your
project
at
all
and
you
all
have
gone
through
good
channels
to
start
this
conversation.
But
my
concern
is
that
there's
schools
all
across
our
community
that
have
needs
that
some
of
us
may
know
about
others
may
not,
and-
and
I
think,
if
we're
going
to
be
allocating
funds
outside
the
budget
cycle
to
address
those
I'd
like
us
to
do
it
in
a
way.
That's
fair,
consistent
and
transparent,
above
all,
versus
if
someone
needing
to
work
through
a
political
process
to
have
a
vote.
L
So
my
my
my
friendly
and
supportive
request
would
be
that
we
just
slow
things
down
a
little
bit.
Have
this
on
our
agenda
for
the
20th.
I'd
be
happy
to
be
a
commissioner
supporting
it
as
an
agenda
item
on
october
20th,
but
that
it
really
has
that
two-prong
package
of
a
budget
amendment
and
an
accompanying
proposal
about
how
we
can
do
how
we
can
hear
additional
ideas
from
our
community
like
this,
and
we
could
maybe
designate
an
amount
for
the
this
current
fiscal
year
that
we
would
be
comfortable
drawing
from
the
fund
balance.
B
B
I
think
we
should
develop
a
policy
particularly
on
schools,
but
I
also
think
there's
just
going
to
be
times
when
the
community
is
going
to
have
a
need
and
it's
going
to
happen
and
it's
going
to
come
up
and
it's
going
to
be
brought
to
commissioners
at
different
times,
and
then
we
just
have
to
look
at
it
and
decide
whether
we
want
to
do
that
or
not,
and
I've
made
a
motion
for
the
fifteen
thousand
dollars
come
out
of
the
general
fund
that
has
been
seconded.
I
agree
with.
B
I
agree
with
commissioner
mitch
ferrara
that
we
ought
to
look
at
some,
particularly
when
it
comes
to
schools.
I
mean
the
these
things
are
going
to
come
up
and
if
we
have
an
opportunity
to
be
able
to
to
get
you
know,
particularly
in
a
lot
of
covet
and
others,
to
be
able
to
get
their
kids
outside
and
get
them
involved.
B
And
you
know-
and
this
is
the
proper
way-
and
it
is
extremely
transparent-
we're
in
front
of
everybody-
you
are
here
presenting
it-
we're
clearly
asking
for
a
certain
amount
of
money
after
you
guys
have
already
raised
a
certain
amount
of
money,
so
it's
extremely
transparent
because
we're
having
the
conversation.
I
do
agree
that
you
know.
Maybe
we
can
develop
other
policies,
but
I
don't
want
to
slow
this
particular
request
down
by.
I
think
we
can
do
that
later.
B
Have
the
have
the
county
manager
put
that
in
consent
so
that
we
have
that
budget
ordinance
properly
and
then,
if
we
want
to
look
at
you
know
establishing
policies
and
come
together
and
see
what
that
list
looks
like
and
who
it
is,
then
we
probably
should
do
that.
But
some
of
these
things
are
just
going
to
happen
organically
they're
just
going
to
come
out
of
the
community,
and
you
know
it's
going
to
be
our
job
to
go
yeah
on
a
lot
of
things.
So.
C
B
L
Could
you
all
just
clarify
the
timeline
that
you're
working
under
I
know
grading
has
to
be
completed
by
december
31st,
but
is
there
a
specific
timeline
by
which
you
would
need
the
county
to
make
a
decision
other
than
as
soon
as
possible?
But
is
there
any
sort
of
written
thing
in
the
grant
criteria
or
anything
like
that.
P
L
F
B
A
We're
inviting
every
we've
got
more
than
40
schools
in
this
county.
I
want
to
invite
every
school
to
bring
us
the
thing
that
you
want
funded
the
most
at
your
school
that
nobody's
ever
found
the
money
for
bring
us
your
most
compelling
idea.
I
guarantee
you
every
single
school
in
this
county
would
bring
us
a
heart-tugging
story
about
something
that
they
have
worked
on
hard
they've
raised
some
money
on,
but
they
just
they
need
some
other.
Every
school
has
a
similar
story.
It'll
be
a
different
kind
of
project,
but
they
all
have.
A
They
all
have
things
and
just
taking
them
on
one
at
a
time.
It's
just
not
the
right
way
to
do
it.
You
know
we
need
to
kind
of
say,
hey
here's
so
much.
We
can
fund
for
this
kind
of
stuff.
Let's
look,
let's
invite
all
these
proposals
and
then
let's
look
at
them
together
and
make
the
tough
budget
decisions
just
doing
it.
One
at
a
time
is
just
not
the
best
long-term
way
to
do
it.
There
is
a
motion
in
a
second,
so
we'll
we'll
vote
on
this.
Mr
whiteside
says.
E
E
N
E
N
B
B
B
The
challenge
is,
and
commission
and
chairman
knows
this-
the
challenge
is
is
particularly
in
the
school
capital
commission
fund
is
that
the
list
is
just
so
long
and
we
can't
we
can't
do
it
all,
but
when
you've
got
the
public
and
the
private-
and
you
know,
you've
got
federal
grants
and
you've
got
some
other
things.
For
the
county
to
be
able
to
help
is,
is
really
it's
not
a
bad
thing.
We've
got
to
do
it
the
right
way,
but
this
is
a
very
transparent
way
to
do
it.
So
I'm
done.
Thank
you.
I
got
one.
F
F
F
nobody's
ever
brought
these
to
us.
They
might
have
got
brought
to
the
school
board,
but
they've
never
been
brought
to
the
commission
say
we
need
to
put
this
much
money
aside
for
this
and
with
amanda
edwards,
husband
or
being
a
principal
and
she
hears
it
all
the
time.
What
money
you
got
and
she
heard
it.
You
know
myself
and
commissioner
belcher
is
in
our
district.
F
We
represent
district,
three
or
elected
in
district
three,
but
we
represent
the
whole
county
and
it
seems
like
district
three,
really
reaches
out
a
lot
to
us
when
they
have
a
issue
that
they
would
like
to
talk
about.
We
don't
do
it
by
you
know
outside
we
listen
and
say
you
know,
we're
not
going
to
pay
for
all
of
it
and
they
have
worked
really
hard
to
get
grants.
Raising
money
and
everything
better
policies
is
a
fix,
but
I
think
this
is
pretty
crucial.
F
H
F
B
A
A
A
Okay,
so
the
concern
is
that
you
know
what
we
don't
want
to
see
happen
is
that
our
funds
are
used
and
spent.
But
then
the
project
doesn't
happen
like
I
think,
that's
the
fundamental
concern,
so
we
would
like
to
probably
have
a
process
to
make
sure
our
funds
don't
get
spent
until
until
there
is
certainty
that
the
project
can
be
executed
on.
So
I
think
what
we've
done
is.
A
We've
we've
pledged
the
funding,
but
I
think
what
I'm
just
I'm
just
kind
of
I'm
saying
we,
because
I'm
just
kind
of
thinking
out
loud
here,
I'd
like
to
just
ask
the
staff
to
you,
know,
monitor
the
project
and
make
sure
that
our
funds
don't
get
spent
unless
there's
confidence
that
the
organization
is
prepared
to.
You
know
fully
execute
on
the
project.
We
don't
want
a
partially
built
project.
That's
got
our
funds
in
it
and
isn't
successfully
happen.
It's
very
unlikely
to
happen,
but.
A
A
I
live
right
down
the
street
from
momentum,
so
I
get
I
get
a
reminder
about.
You
know
that
these
things
can
happen
yeah,
and
that
was
a
that
was
a
big
project
that
you
know
got
started
and
they
didn't
have
the
funding
and
it
was
a
failed
project.
So
this
is
a
much
smaller
project,
but
I
think
we
need
any
kind
of
construction
project
like
this.
We
just
need
to
make
sure
the
county's
taxpayer
interests
are
looked
after,
so.
B
I
think,
however,
it's
written
up
is
fine.
I
don't.
I
don't
think
that
the
ffa
is
going
to
have
a
problem
with
that.
The
reality
is,
is
in
that
community
that
there
are
already
people
that
are
stepping
up.
You
know
to
fund
the
rest
of
the
this
money.
The
original
amount,
some
of
the
quotes
that
you've
had.
B
B
N
P
I
will
note
if
you
look
on
the
back
page,
where
the
funding
is
actually
listed
out
on
the
special
notes.
We
do
have
potential
for
more
things
to
be
donated.
For
example,
the
grading
has
been
donated.
The
survey
has
been
donated
and
we're
still
awaiting
other
concrete
quotes
that
may
be
at
a
lower
price.
So
we
just
wanted
to
be
very
clear
that
this
is
probably
the
maximum
price
and
that
there
is
a
potential
for
that
to
maybe
go
down
some.
A
Got
it?
Okay,
all
right,
commissioners.
Thank
you
all
very
much.
Good
luck.
We
look
forward
to
seeing
that
seeing
the
project
come
online,
all
right.
Commissioners.
The
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
the
health
benefits
item
and
sharon.
Burke,
our
hr
director
is
going
to
be
back
to
talk
about
this
item.
C
S
Our
dental
plan,
we
did
shop
out
for
our
dental
plan
and
what
we
were
able
to
do
is
move
or
we
recommend
that
we
move
from
a
self-insured
plan
to
a
fully
insured
plan
and
we
would
offer
employees
two
different
types
of
programs,
a
base
program
and
a
buy
up
program.
The
buy
it
program.
We
are
enhancing
that
a
little
bit
to
offer
adult
orthodontia.
C
S
So
what
I'd
like
to
do
is
now
show
you
what
the
the
difference
in
the
premiums
would
be.
So
if
you
look
at
the
first
column,
I
guess
first
column
to
your
left
where
it
says
current
premiums.
That's
what
our
employees
pay
right
now
for
the
buy-up
program
and
then,
if
you
look
at
the
renewal
premiums,
all
the
rates
that
we
were
able
to
secure
all,
but
one
is
actually
a
decrease
to
our
employees.
S
S
S
S
N
E
H
A
Any
opposed
all
right,
wonderful!
Thank
you
great
job,
thanks.
So
much
it's
a
good
point.
All
right.
Next
up
is
a
budget
amendment
for
jcpc
funding
plan
and
jennifer
barnett
is
going
to
help
us
out
with
this.
Along
with
following
this
will
be
budget
amendments
for
hhs,
cares,
funding
and
school
adm
capital
fund,
school
safety
and
a
retaining
wall
project,
so
we'll
have
jennifer
help
us
out
with
all
these.
T
T
T
Already
budgeted
in
the
general
fund
is
the
15
500,
which
is
the
administration
portion
provided
with
this
funding
source.
Our
request
this
evening
is
to
budget
the
expenditure
of
the
six
hundred
and
twenty
eight
thousand
nine
hundred
and
seventy
seven
dollars
in
the
general
fund
to
enable
the
pass-through
of
that
funding
once
you
all
have
already
seen
those
allocations.
So
we
need
to
be
able
to
pass
that
through
back
out
to
those
identified
organizations
that
are
in
support
of
preventing
delinquent
youth,
supporting
at-risk
youth
and
their
families
in
buncombe
county.
H
A
H
T
T
The
second
is
from
the
north
carolina
department
of
health
and
human
services,
a
funding
amount
of
sixty
nine
thousand
two
hundred
dollars
to
provide
a
one
hundred
dollar
monthly,
supplemental
payment
to
our
foster
care
providers
for
the
months
of
july
through
september,
who
are
tasked
with
the
responsibility
for
the
care
of
our
foster
children,
and
so
this
establishes
those
two
funding.
Dollar
amounts
will
receive
the
revenue
and
the
expenditure
for
those
purposes.
O
T
Moving
on
to
our
final
budget
amendment
for
the
evening,
it
is
for
our
school
capital,
adm
capital
fund,
two
projects
were
brought
before
the
school
capital
fund
commission.
On
september,
the
14th
2020,
where
the
school
capital
fund
commission
is
recommending
these
two
particular
items
a
previously
funded
project
for
the
montford
school
or
the
the
montford
wall.
T
The
second
project
was
a
new
project
recommended
from
the
school
capital
fund
commission
in
a
total
dollar
amount
of
seven
hundred
and
seventy
thousand
dollars.
One
hundred
and
000
is
recommended
for
asheville
city
schools.
660
000
is
recommended
for
buncombe
county
schools,
and
this
is
to
as
a
result
of
the
security
assessment,
these
were
identified
needs
that
they
need
to
upgrade
their
facilities
with.
B
So
I'm
going
to
move
approval
and
just
got
a
couple,
quick
comments.
The
the
board
had
already
approved
the
the
upgrading
of
the
security
throughout
all
the
schools.
You
know,
I'm
just
glad
that
this
is
finally
done,
and
the
montford
is
just
simply,
as
you
said,
it's
just
running
into
some
additional
additional
costs.
Books
are
good.
B
A
I'll
second,
the
question:
the
commission,
the
school
capital
commission,
spent
a
fair
amount
of
time
looking
at
these
everyone's
in
agreement
on
these
we're
going
to
have
a
longer
list
of
other
projects
to
recommend
shortly
as
well,
because
these
are
not
all
the
funds
that
we
have
available
for
this
year.
But
we
wanted
to
move
these
two
pieces
ahead
as
they
were
kind
of
at
the
top
of
the
list.