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From YouTube: Board of Commissioners' Briefing (January 19, 2021)
Description
This Briefing of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners' includes the COVID-19 Community Update, information about a County facility study, and more.
A
B
Good
afternoon,
thank
you
for
your
time
and
attention
today,
as
we
provide
the
covet
19
situational
report,
with
an
update
on
vaccine
rollout
and
max
whenever
you're
ready.
Thank
you
so
much
so
we'll
begin
with
how
many
cases
and
other
indicators
those
indicators
that
we've
been
looking
at
and
as
of
today.
C
B
So,
as
of
today,
we've
identified
12
040,
confirmed
cases
in
buncombe
county.
Since
the
pandemic
start
230,
coveted
19
deaths
have
been
identified
and
our
current
new
cases
per
100
000
per
week
is
368.,
and
now
that
is
actually
down
from
the
previous
week
after
several
weeks
of
consistently
increasing
percent
positivity
locally,
we
are
seeing
our
first
week
of
significant
decrease
in
the
number
of
tests
that
are
coming
back
positive.
C
B
There
was
a
slight
dip
in
the
hospitalizations
about
a
week
ago,
but
now
you
can
see
again
that
stabilization
and
high
level
plateau
our
current
metrics
have
shown
some
improvements
since
last
week,
and
currently,
as
I
mentioned,
the
new
cases
per
100
000
remains
high,
but
we
did
see
that
decrease,
and
these
are
the
numbers
as
of
today,
since
the
state
did
not
update
the
dashboard.
Yesterday,
I
went
ahead
and
pulled
them
for
you
today,
so
you
had
the
most
recent
new
cases
per
100.
B
B
B
B
The
hospital
data
continues
to
be
stable
for
the
second
week
in
a
row,
there
was
not
a
significant
change
in
the
percent
inpatient
hospital
beds
occupied
by
coveted
19.
Nor
was
there
a
significant
change
in
the
percent.
Icu
beds
occupied
by
coveted
19.,
I
did
want
to
take
a
bit
of
a
deeper
dive
into
the
indicators,
given
that
you
are
set
to
review
restrictions
placed
that
were
effective
january
2nd,
and
I
thought
it
might
be
more
helpful
to
sort
of
look
at
those
in
particular.
B
So
the
first
is
the
current
epi
curve
for
buncombe
county.
You
can
clearly
see
the
post
thanksgiving,
thanksgiving
surge
that
continued
into
the
december
holidays
and
following
that
surge
in
the
recent
days.
This
is
where
we
can
start
to
see
that
high
level
plateau
emerge,
that
if
we
were
to
draw
a
trend
line
there,
that
we
would
start
to
see
that
very
high,
but
start
to
level
out
just
a
bit.
B
B
B
So
when
we
looked
at
right
before
christmas,
we
were
seeing
our
8.2
percent
and
that
had
a
steady
incline
until
just
about
right
before
new
year's,
where
we
saw
it
increase
significantly
and
now,
we've
started
to
see
that
come
down
as
we've
entered
the
post
holidays
and,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
our
current
rate
is
about
nine
five.
Nine
point:
five
percent.
This
is
the
first
week
over
week
that
we've
seen
a
significant
decrease.
Last
week,
when
I
reported
to
you,
it
was
still
11
point
something
11.7,
which
was
a
change
from
10.5.
B
So
this
is
the
first
week
to
week
change
where
we've
seen
a
significant
decrease
in
the
percent
positivity
and
then,
when
we
look
at
the
hospitalizations-
and
this
is
the
inpatient
census,
the
blue
line
is
system-wide
for
hci
hca
and
then
the
orange
is
just
mission
specific
and
you
can
see
these
are
parallel
and
very
similar,
very
similar
in
their
trends.
But
what
what
I'm
looking
at
right
now
is
at
the
right
before
the
holidays.
B
A
Thank
you
so
much
stacy
and
it's
good
to
hear
some
positive
news,
even
though
it's
in
the
context
of
an
awful
lot
of
coveted
transmission
and
sickness
occurring
in
the
community.
At
least
it's
not
growing
in
the
way
that
we
saw
it
at
the
end
of
the
year
in
the
beginning
of
2021.
So
that's
that's
great
to
hear
so
just
to
maybe
just
kind
of
summarize
what
I'm
hearing
in
terms
of
the
process,
so
the
health
team
kind
of
reviews,
all
the
data
on
mondays
each
week.
D
A
A
Okay,
so
that
review
would
be
on
monday,
the
25th,
and
if
it
looks
positive,
then
we
could
consider
going
ahead
and
making
the
decision
at
that
time
to
go
with
the
state
policy,
and
the
commission
also
has
a
meeting
the
following
day
too.
So
if
we
I
mean,
of
course
I
could,
I
could
use
my
authority
to
go
to
the
state
policy
or
the
commission
can
be
the
next
day.
So
if
we
could
also
have
a
commissioned
discussion
about
it
at
that
meeting
as
well,
if
we
desire
to
commissioners,
are
there
any
questions
or.
A
All
right,
I
think,
we're
good
on.
Thank
you
for
the
updates
and
we'll
hope
for
continued
good
news
and
continue
to
ask
for
the
community
support
in
keeping
these
numbers
going
in
a
more
positive
direction,
and
hopefully
that'll
allow
us
to
to
make
a
decision
next
week
that
I
know
a
lot
of
folks
would
like
to
have
us
do
in
terms
of
the
restrictions
policy
on
indoor
dining,
so
all
right,
stacy.
What's
what's
next
all.
A
C
B
So,
just
a
reminder
that
the
north
carolina
department
of
health
and
human
services
did
change
their
prioritization
plan
on
january
14th
to
align
with
the
federal
administration
recommendations.
This
change
went
into
effect
january
15th
this.
This
change
did
come
as
locally.
We
had
already
implemented
and
scheduled
our
appointments
under
the
previous
iteration
of
the
vaccine
prioritization.
B
So
we
will
begin
really
incorporating
the
new
phases,
which
were
really
just
amended
phases
at
the
end
of
this
week
and
beginning
next
week,
and
so
just
as
a
reminder
aligning
to
the
federal
recommendations,
the
first
group
one
what
what
they're
calling
now.
So
they
collapsed
many
of
those
subgroups
that
we
were
seeing
prior
and
group.
One
now
is
healthcare
workers
and
long-term
care
facility
staff
and
residents
with
group
two
being
65
years
and
older.
B
B
We
are
looking
forward
to
having
two
other
community
health
centers
anticipated
this
week,
which
would
be
winches
and
appalachian
health.
It
is
expected
that
they
will
be
receiving
small
vaccine
allotments
and,
in
anticipation
of
their
onboarding,
we
actually
invited
winches
to
come
shadow,
our
vaccination
site,
so
that
they
could
get
an
understanding
of
float
like
how
does
the
clinic
flow?
What
are
the
operations
like?
What
are
best
practices.
B
And
then
leading
into
that,
I
just
wanted
to
share
that
in
addition
to
the
collaborative
health
and
human
services
has
worked
with
mission
health
to
initiate
vaccine
transfer,
to
increase
the
number
of
vaccine
that
we
can
get
out
into
the
community.
And
what
you
see
here
is
our
inventory
of
first
dose
what
it
looked
like
earlier
today.
B
B
And
I
wanted
to
also
state
that
we
did
receive
our
notification
last
friday
of
what
we
would
receive
this
week.
Our
regular
doses
of
975
pfizer
are
coming
to
us
and
another
500
bump
from
the
western
north
carolina
collaborative
that
we're
doing
as
a
region
that
arrived
at
least
one
of
those
arrived
today,
and
we
will
be
working
to
utilize
that
500
moderna
doses
as
a
that
bump
to
help
expand
our
reach
into
healthcare
workers
and
utilize,
our
40
cox
site.
For
that.
B
F
B
What
you're
seeing
here
is
the
number
these
are
all
first
dose
so
of
of
the
shipment.
We
received
12
21.
We
received
700
doses
of
moderna
each
one
of
those
vials.
Sometimes
you
can
get
an
extra
dose
out
of
so
we
actually
administered
712
doses
to
people.
This
is
all
first,
their
first
dose.
There
are
no
more
of
that
shipment
on
the
shelf
and
then
going
forward.
The
second
shipment
we
received
975
of
pfizer.
B
B
Not
I
don't
have
second
dose
on
here
yet
because
those
just
came
and
we're
starting
to
get
people
their
second
dose
that
we're
in
the
old
version
of
phase
one
a
which
were
medical,
first
responders,
health
care
workers,
critical
to
coven,
19
care
and
long-term
care
facilities,
staff
and
residents.
So
they're.
Those
first
folks
that
we
did
that
week
of
christmas
and
the
week
of
new
year's
are
just
now
getting
their
second
doses.
A
B
No,
we
have
a
separate
allocation
of
second
doses
right
now.
The
state
is
still
sending
designated
second
doses
that
match
your
first
dose
allocation,
so
we
received
our
second
doses,
which
would
have
been
700
of
moderna
and
975
of
pfizer
you're,
not
seeing
that
there
here.
This
is
all
first
dose
because
we
just
started
second
doses.
B
A
G
B
Very
good
question,
so
we
have
to
be
very
careful
and
make
sure
that
we
are
as
careful
drawing
up
the
second
doses
as
we
were
the
first
so
that
we
can
get
those
additional
doses
out
of
them.
So
that
is
absolutely
at
the
forefront
of
our
minds
and
our
nurses,
in
fact,
pharmacists,
who
are
drawing
that
up
that
you
have
to
be
very
careful.
You
have
to
be.
You
have
to
know
what
you
gave
the
first
time
and
make
sure
that
you're
drawing
up
just
as
much.
D
G
B
So
that's
where
that
first
bump
came
from,
I
think
that's
where
the
second
bump
was
coming
from
because
they
suspended
it
for
a
second
week
to
allow
those
cvs
and
walgreens
to
start
using
the
doses
that
were
on
their
shelf.
So
we
we,
as
the
as
the
western
north
carolina
collaborative,
got
some
of
those
doses.
Some
hospital
systems
got
some
of
those
doses
in
the
triad
and
triangle
to
do
different
types
of
events.
Okay,.
G
B
Are
responsible
for
allocating
to
them,
so
the
federal
government
tells
the
state
of
north
carolina.
You
get
x,
amount
of
doses
off
the
top
of
that
allotment
to
north
carolina
has
to
go
the
long-term
care
facility
federal
program
and
then
the
rest
is
distributed
throughout
the
state.
So
the
state
has
indicated
to
the
federal
government
that
they
would
suspend
that
allocation
to
the
long-term
care
facility,
federal
programs,
as
they
have
many
doses
on
their
shelves
and
have
not
vaccinated
all
all
their
doses.
Yet.
A
H
Just
a
quick
question
on
the
slide
you
just
we're
on
is:
if
we
look
at
this
data
and
then
look
at
the
new
vaccine
dashboard
on
the
state
site,
I
just
want
to
make
sure
I
understand
how
to
track
those
two
pieces
of
data.
My
understanding
is
that
on
the
state
site
that
would
be
inclusive
of
these
shots,
reflected
here,
plus
what
mission
hca
has
administered
but
not
including
long-term
care,
so
on
a
daily
basis.
H
B
C
H
B
B
They
they
have
received
that
those
additional
healthcare
workers
that
were
not
in
the
initial
1a
category
have
received
a
notification
from
our
medical
director
and
those
appointments
were
opened
at
40
cox
for
our
health
care
workers,
yes
you're,
full
and
as
far
as
working
with
our
hospital.
Yes,
we
have
been
in
talks
with
mission
hospital
about
how
they
may
be
able
to
utilize
some
of
their
vaccine
to
also
help
provide
vaccinations
for
that
now.
Expanded
healthcare
worker
group.
B
And
I
just
wanted
to
give
you
an
example
of
what
what
it
looks
like
and
so
for
just
one
week
of
planning
or
allocations,
and
this
is
just
for
this
week
of
january
18th-
that
we
had
2845
appointments
scheduled
for
this
week.
We
actually
have
2285
vaccines
scheduled
for
use
that
were
in
our
inventory
at
that
time,
which
means
that
we
had
560
vac
vaccine
appointments
that
had
to
be
covered
by
the
next
shipment,
which
is
the
one
that
came
in
today.
B
So
we
open
up
appointments
ahead
of
time,
at
least
two
weeks
out
for
a
minimum
of
500
and
that
will
likely
increase
over
time
as
our
as
our
projections
increase
and
then,
as
we
receive
notification
of
our
shipment,
we
increase
those
are
add
to
those
appointments
so
that
it
becomes
much
more
than
just
500
a
week.
It
becomes
2845
and
then
even
doing
that
we
still
always
have
a
deficit
until
the
next
shipment
comes
in,
and
so
we
are
always
running
from
week
to
week.
B
B
B
The
waitlist
will
open
to
others
as
the
other
phases
open.
So
right
now,
the
wait
list
would
include
those
in
phase
one
and
two
and
as
phase
three
opens,
then
you
would
be
incorporated
and
folks
can
call
when,
when
it's
launched
this
week,
folks
will
be
able
to
call
the
250-5000
or
visit
bunkanready.org
to
put
themselves
on
the
list
or
have
a
call
member
help
them
get
on
the
list.
B
They
will
be
placed
on
the
list
and
then,
as
we
open
appointments,
our
call
team
will
call
them
and
give
them
an
appointment,
so
they
don't
have
to
keep
calling
back
and
those
those
appointments
remember
are
based
on
what
phases
we
are
in
right.
So
if,
if
you
don't
meet
the
criteria
for
phase
one
and
two,
the
the
wait
list
is
meant
to
give
appointments
for
those
who
are
in
those
phases.
B
We
hope
that
it
will
reduce
the
call
volume
and
the
stress
and
you'll
be
placed
on
a
wait
list
based
on
the
current
phases
potential
cons
that
we
did
want
to
make
folks
aware
of
that.
It's
it's
still
not
a
perfect
system,
so
the
new
phases,
as
the
new
phases
are
rolled
out,
they
will
immediately
be
at
the
bottom
of
the
list.
But
then
what
happens?
B
Is
that
once
a
phase
opens,
then
all
the
phases
are
kind
of
equal,
and
so,
if
right
now
we're
in
phase
one
and
two
and
when
we
open
phase
three
they'll
be
at
the
bottom.
But
if
someone
else
from
phase
one
and
two
called
in
after
the
fact
they
will,
they
will
be
time
stamps.
So
it's
all
a
continuous
time
stamp.
B
We
do
anticipate
that
folks
might
sign
up
for
multiple
lists
and
accept
multiple
appointments
which
could
hinder
some
of
that
ability
to
make.
We
do
not
want
folks
to
make
appointments
with
multiple
providers
and
then
become
no-shows
at
vac
sites,
because
it
is
very
important
that
people
understand
that
we
thaw
out
and
get
enough
vaccine
ready
for
that
day.
Wasting
vaccine
is
not
an
option,
and
so
we
would
just
want
that
to
be.
A
Stacey,
you
have
a
question
and
thank
you
for
for
working
on
this.
I
think
this.
This
sounds
really
positive.
So
with
the
waitlist
process,
that
means
when
we
get
new
shipments
on
fridays,
there
won't
be
a
call
like
basically,
the
process
is
to
get
on
the
wait
list.
It's
not
to
call
when
we
get
new
new
doses
that
week
it's
get
on
the
list
and
and
you'll
be
scheduled
and
we'll
get
to
everyone.
As
soon
as
we
can
based
on
the
supply
is
increasing.
B
That's
correct
so
when
we
open
up
those
new
appointments,
you
won't
have
to
rush
in
to
call
we'll
work
off
that
list,
that
we
have
and
call
you
and
say
all
right.
We
have
appointments.
Here's
your
available!
Here's
your
first
available
appointment,
all
right!
Great
we've
got
you!
We've
got
you
in
there,
but
we
do
anticipate
that
as
new
phases,
open
and
folks
want
to
get
on
that
wait
list,
because
the
new
phase
is
open.
We
might
still
see
a
lot
of
call
volume.
We
might
see
a
lot
of
traffic
on
the
website.
I.
G
G
B
B
Yet
we
had
already
scheduled
out
all
of
our
available
vaccine
at
that
time.
So
we,
you
know,
we
try
really
hard
to
help
help.
People
understand
that
you're.
Yes,
we
are
incorporating
you,
but
we
we
had
given
all
of
the
appointments
for
our
vaccine
at
this
time,
so
we're
going
to
work
to
try
to
find
more
vaccine
and
then
open
appointments
for
you,
so
that
that's
where
you
saw
the
bump.
B
We
decided
to
use
our
bump
this
week
from
the
western
north
carolina
collaborative
specifically
for
our
health
care
workers
and
then
now,
with
the
implementation
of
a
waitlist
this
week
that
we'll
be
able
to
get
through
some
of
those.
But
that's
one
of
the
challenges
is
that
as
soon
as
they
change
it
at
the
state
level,
it's
much
harder
to
change
it
at
a
local
level.
When
you've
put
appointments
out,
you
have
folks
getting
ready
to
show
up,
and
your
vax
plan
is
in
place.
G
B
B
B
And
so
just
what's
the
plan
for
the
wait
list,
and
so
we
are
already
training
and
getting
our
ready
team
and
they'll
be
notified
and
queued
up
for
calls.
The
website
will
be
updated
to
reflect
the
current
phases.
I
just
sort
of
mentioned
that
on
the
website
we
call
them
the
big
buttons.
There
will
be
big
buttons.
That
say:
are
you
a
healthcare
worker?
Are
you
65
or
older?
B
If
are
you?
You
know
there
will
be
a
button
for
folks
who
are
neither
one
of
those
things,
so
they
can
understand
where
they
are
in
the
process
and
then
the
phone
tree
message
will
be
updated
to
reflect
those
weight
that
waitlist
option
as
well.
Mass
notifications
will
be
sent
out
when
the
new
phase
when
we
enter
a
new
phase
in
the
wait
list,
is
open
for
that
new
phase
and
the
wait
list
again.
You
can
get
on
the
wait
list
when
it's
launched
through
buncombe
county
at
buncomberready.org
or
by
calling
2505
000.
B
Later
this
week
later
this
week,
yes,
please
be
patient
as
we
are
building
this,
and
we
want
to
be
sure
that
it
is
as
right
as
it
can
be
for
folks
to
be
able
to
use
it
most
effectively.
So
you
will
see
notification
coming
out
when
it's
ready
for
folks
to
be
able
to
call
so
vaccine
rollout
for
the
second
doses,
just
quickly
that,
beginning
january
25th,
second
doses
will
be
provided
at
our
drive-through
sites
at
designated
high
schools.
B
E
C
A
Yet
it's
going
to
be
ready
to
go
later
this
week
and
folks
can
call
or
go
to
our
website
to
get
on
the
wait
list,
and
then
the
county
will
follow
up
with
them
to
schedule
an
appointment
as
our
vaccine
supplies
increase,
and
we
have
enough
shots
to
give
to
additional
people
so
more
details
than
that.
But
I
think
those
were
kind
of
some
of
the
important
important
updates.
I've
heard.
C
A
And
this
is
kind
of
in
the
weeds
kind
of
detail,
but
in
terms
of
people
getting
a
follow-up
phone
call
that
that'll
probably
be
from
a
from
a
human
being,
as
opposed
to
recordings
like
it'll,
actually
be
someone
calling
to
talk
to
them
and
talk
through
the
scheduling
of
the
their
second
vaccines.
I.
B
D
K
It
good
afternoon
I'm
going
to
roll
into
the
the
vaccine
operations,
but
I
didn't
want
to
address
a
couple
of
the
questions
earlier
from
an
operations
standpoint.
One
was
about
with
the
wait
list.
I
just
want
to
make
it
clear
trying
to
set
expectations
for
you
guys,
because
a
lot
of
times
the
responses
we
see
from
the
public
you
guys
see
as
well.
So
we
do
know
you
know
with
the
wait
list
once
that
wait
list
gets
to
tens
of
thousands
of
people.
K
Theoretically,
with
our
input
of
vaccines.
You
know
people
are
going
to
be
scheduled
out
to
february
to
march
to
april.
Just
make
sure
you
guys
are
aware,
there's
going
to
be
some
consternation
from
that
and
the
other
part
for
commissioner
edwards
about
your
question
earlier
from
from
dentists
and
commissioner
sloan
your
question
about
how
those
changing
phases
affects
us
in
operations.
I
think
a
really
good
example
is
probably
what
prompted
your
question.
This
is
from
the
density
community.
K
K
So
now
we
have
a
community
who's,
been
jerked
back
and
forth
because
of
federal
and
state
guidance
who
we've
already
allocated
vaccines,
who
probably
are
in
high
demand
and
we're
doing
the
best
we
can
with
that
extra
bump
to
compensate
for
that,
and
but
it
all
comes
down
again
to
a
supply
and
demand
issue.
We've
got
thousands
of
people
in
the
dental
field
and
their
offices
in
town,
and
we
have
you
know
500
allotted
to
a
health
community
group.
K
On
a
week
to
week
basis,
we
are
now
administering
100
of
our
first
dose
weekly
allotments
on
that
wednesday.
The
wednesday
schedule
today's
throughput,
where
we're
seeing
about
600
at
the
vac
site.
By
the
time
I
left
our
average
entry.
The
vaccination
time
is
12
minutes.
That
means,
when
somebody
arrives
from
the
time
they
walk
into
the
door.
To
the
moment,
the
injections
going
in
their
arms
averaging
is
about
12
minutes
and
we
think
that's
even
a
little
slower
than
our
average
for
the
general
public
because
of
the
age
group
we're
focusing
on
now.
K
I
also
want
to
point
out
stacey
kind
of
alluded
to
this,
but
we're
currently
vaccinating
over
a
thousand
more
a
week
than
as
our
standard
allotment
from
the
state.
Our
standard
allotment
from
the
state
is
only
975
of
pfizer,
we're
getting
that
500
bump
from
the
western
north
carolina
collaborative
that
stacey
talked
about
and
for
the
last
couple
of
weeks
we're
getting
a
bump
of
975
from
mission.
So
that's
public
health
going
out
and
advocating
to
the
state
and
local
partners
that
we
need
more
vaccines
because
we're
ready
to
give
them
out.
K
It's
a
week
to
week
right
now,
so
we
received
it
last
week
and
we
just
we
just
worked
with
them.
They
receive
it
again
this
week,
oh
wow,
okay,
so
that
that's
that's
us
with
our
partnership
with
mission
system,
dr
hathaway,
advocating
and
saying
we
need,
you
have
doses,
we're
ready
to
give
them
out
share
those
with
us
yeah,
and
this
week
should
be
here
by
the
end
of
the
week
and
that's
going
to
go
to
our
appointments
for
the
following
week.
K
K
today
with
is
the
highest
throughput
we've
had
so
far,
and
what
we're
seeing
is
that
we're
even
more
efficient
than
we
would
calculate
it
on
paper,
and
so
what
we
thought
was
4
000
a
week
from
what
we've
seen.
I
think
we
can
easily
do
a
thousand
a
day
there
for
a
total
of
five
thousand
a
week
and
potentially
once
we
see
those
numbers,
I
have
a
pretty
good
feeling.
K
K
K
There's
a
different
administrative
burden
for
first
doses
versus
second
doses
and
there's
different.
It
just
removes
a
lot
of
complications
from
having
to
have
multiple
vaccines,
multiple
doses
at
the
same
site
for
scheduling
purposes,
so
those
second
doses
will
start
being
administered
at
a
vehicle-based
site
at
reynolds.
High
school
vehicle
base
works
really
well
for
this,
because
there's
much
less
of
administrative
burden.
Basically,
if
they
already
have
their
vax
card,
they're
fast
tracked
right
through
they
don't
even
have
they
never
have
to
get
out
of
the
car.
Very
minimum
paperwork.
K
So
when
we're
at
full
capacity
of
those
schools,
we
think
each
one
should
have
a
throughput
of
roughly
5
000
a
week
so
between
the
5
000,
plus
at
our
fixed
site
and
the
5
000
at
those
vehicle-based
sites
with
one
that
gives
us
a
max
throughput,
weekly
from
public
health
of
10,
000
or
potentially
15
000.
If
we
have
two
sites
in
a
hybrid
model,
there
are
some
planning
assumptions
here.
The
first
is
that
these
projected
throughputs
are
based
on
what
we're
seeing
so
far
at
current
operations.
K
As
we
scale
up,
you
know,
those
mathematics
might
not
always
work
out.
We
did
see,
fortunately,
this
time
that
were
more
efficient
than
we
would
thought
on
paper,
but
you
know
with
vehicle
base.
You
know
it
may
be
less
efficient
than
we're
planning,
but
we
won't
really
know
until
we
get
those
in
full
swing,
and
the
other
assumption
is
that
at
some
point
right
now
we're
having
these
conversations
about
first
and
second
dose
at
some
point
that
only
becomes
relevant
at
an
individual
level
and
what
that
means
is
at
some
point.
K
K
K
So
this
is
stemming
from
the
some
of
the
conversations
we
had
last
week.
This
is
our
public
health
burden
to
get
us
to
70
vaccinating
the
community.
There
are
some
notional
assumptions
here
that
we
know
aren't
necessarily
true
or
will
change,
but
this
is
a
good
way
to
kind
of
conceptualize
what
we
have
to
do
for
the
community
and
response
that
I
think
some
of
the
questions
and
conversation
we
had
last
week.
K
So
this
is
assuming
that
public
health
is
the
only
provider
in
the
community,
so
this
is
before
we
account
for
any
additional
providers
which
we
know
and
hope
more
will
come
online.
This
is
an
accounting
for
the
mission
hospital
system.
We
also.
This
is
the
assumption
that
as
much
as
we
could
push
out
will
be
supplied
from
the
state,
and
this
is
also
the
assumption
that
all
the
vaccines
we're
going
to
be
working
with
have
the
two
dose
regimen,
meaning
we
have
a
three
week
or
four
week
period
between
first
and
second
dose.
K
K
So
if
you
in
the
far
left
you
see
if
we
have
those
two
sites
open
just
for
public
health,
doing
10
000
a
week,
40
000
a
month
that
takes
us
37
weeks
to
get
the
70
assuming
there's
that
appetite
in
the
community,
so
nine
and
a
half
months.
If
we
have
those
three
sites
functional
which
gives
us
notionally
fifteen
thousand
a
week
for
sixty
thousand
a
month.
K
That
puts
us
at
six
and
a
half
months
and
then
that
this
last
slide
is
the
reality
based
on
our
current
allotments,
where
we're
getting
14
785
a
week
with.
No,
that's
that
that's
from
the
state,
not
accounting
the
mission
transfer,
which
is
5
900
a
month
which
puts
us
at
60
months
to
completion,
and
we
know
that's
going
to
change.
We
know
we're
going
to
start
seeing
more
vaccine
and
more
providers
come
online,
but
from
what
we're
seeing
right
now
just
for
perspective.
This
is
this.
Is
the
hurdle
we're
seeing.
K
We're
looking
at
this
through
an
equity
lens.
So
if
we
give
it
the
providers,
it
means
more
locations,
geographically
dispersed
throughout
the
community.
It
means
different
hours
and
it
means
more
opportunities
for
community.
Just
just
like
flu
clinics,
you
could
go
to
a
supermarket
a
pharmacy,
some
local
provider
and
get
flu.
It's
not
just
all
of
public
health,
low
distribution.
K
K
And
finally,
it
gives
a
good
ramp
up
time
for
providers
doing
max.
Vaccination
is
a
pretty
complex
operation,
so
if
we
start
them
early,
it
gives
them
time
to
learn
the
process,
train
their
staff
and
go
through
their
own
process
improvement.
And
then
we
can
verify
as
we
pass
the
providers
that
they
do
have
the
appetite
and
the
capacity
to
push
what
we're
given
and
then
we
can
slowly
ramp
them
up
at
a
local
level.
K
So
so,
currently,
there's
only
a
handful
of
providers
approved
in
buncombe
county
we're
hoping
very
quickly.
More
of
those
providers
are
approved
by
the
state.
What
we
don't
know
yet
is
even
once
they're
approved,
will
the
state
be
giving
them
direct
allotments,
or
will
they
be
giving
allotments
to
us
and
mission
who
then
have
to
transfer
to
them?
I
don't
think
we
have
a
clear
picture
on
that
process.
Yet
and
that's
part
of
our
our
hurdles
we
see
in
our
planning
process.
Is
we
just
don't
know
that
it
seems.
B
B
We
do
have
a
couple
who
have
been
brought
on
board
and
with
the
north
carolina
with
the
western
north
carolina
collaborative
one
did
receive
that
was
blue
ridge
did
receive
a
vaccine
transfer
for
them
to
be
able
to
start
doing
it
as
others
come
on
board.
The
hope
is
that
they
will
receive
their
vaccine
allotments
directly
from
the
state,
but
the
state
has
said
to
be
determined
because
they
only
have
a
small
for
the
state.
They
only
have
a
small
amount,
so
they
may
divvy
it
up
to
counties
or
hospitals.
B
B
And
so
we
talk
about
that
almost
weekly
with
the
state
about
firming
up
that
plan
and
fast
tracking
those
providers,
particularly
as
we
think
about
what
fletch
was
saying
when,
when
we
think
about
flu
and
those
types
of
you're
going
to
be
able
to
get,
you
know
you
get
a
flu
shot
at
your
pharmacy
at
your
medical
home
and
particularly
with
our
populations,
who
are
65
and
75
and
above
they
have
medical
homes.
They
have
trusted
places
they
like
to
get
their
medical
care
that
they
may
feel
more
familiar
with
that.
B
And
so
we
want
those
providers
to
have
access,
and
we
want
those
providers
to
be
practicing
mass
vaccination
or
at
least
their
vaccine
protocols,
but
without
enough
vaccine.
It's
kind
of
hard
so
what's
been
happening.
So
far,
is
a
provider
other
providers
getting
transfers
of
small
doses,
small
amounts
or
getting
a
small
allocation
straight
from
the
state.
H
As
we
think
about
who
will
be
providing
vaccines
down
the
road,
do
we
have
any
sense
of
what
hca's
plan
is?
I
know
they
are
a
closed
pod,
meaning
they
would
just
vaccinate
their
employees
and
then
do.
We
know
whether
they
would
plan
to
stop
at
that
point
or
whether
they
would
continue
to
operate
as
a
provider
of
vaccines
at
the
community
level.
B
I'm
not
aware
of
their
long-term
plans.
I
can
tell
you
what
we've
been
talking
through
most
recently
great,
so
in
the
first
first
phases
they
were
dedicated
to
their
to
those
phase,
1a
healthcare
workers,
critical
to
covet
care,
which
was
most
certainly
their
charge
and
then,
as
time
has
gone
on,
as
you
heard
tonight
or
today,
they
have
been
talking
with
us
about
transferring
more
of
their
vaccine
to
the
community.
So
we
received
one
transfer
of
9.75.
Last
week
we
are
set
to
the
transfer
was
initiated
today.
B
It
usually
takes
a
couple
of
days,
so
we
are
likely
to
see
that
physical
transfer,
meaning
it
comes
into
our
possession
by
the
end
of
the
week.
The
mission
has
been
really
open
about
discussing
that
with
us,
particularly
if
they
have
vaccine
that
they
can
give
being
able
to
give
that
to
us,
and
we
are
discussing
with
mission
2
about
their
possibility
of
not
just
in
a
closed
pod.
B
But
how
can
they
also
help
us
with
our
healthcare
workers,
particularly
with
groups,
as
you
heard
fletch
sort
of
describe
that
you
know
we're
in
we're
out
we're
in
like
how
do
we
reach
this
group
that
clearly
now
in
in
this
more
simple
vaccination
prioritising
plan
are
a
priority
in
phase
one
and
so
we're
discussing
that
we
have
our
weekly
calls
on
wednesday.
So
I
imagine
I'll
hear
more
tomorrow
about
what
their
plan
is
to
help
go
out
into
the
community.
H
Okay,
thank
you
that
follow-up
on
that
quickly
is
just.
It
seems
like
following
up
on
parker's
question,
where
there
there
is
a
scenario
where
we
could
actually
be
the
local
distributor
to
various
satellite
sites
and
then
also
looking
at
scenario
a
and
b
on
this
last
slide
any
way
you
look
at
it.
The
county's
playing
a
central
key
leadership
role,
correct
in
how
this
is
actually
going
to
move
and,
in
fact,
probably
the
largest
leadership
role
in
our
county,
as
we
think
about
the
entities
that
exist
here.
So
that's.
C
H
Of
our
charge,
right
now
is
to
figure
out
how
we
step
into
that
fully
and
y'all.
Thank
you.
This
is
a
really
crisp
accessible
presentation
of
I
know,
there's
a
tremendous
amount
of
data
and
logistics
to
distill
down
to
something
that
we
can
digest
and
the
community
can.
So
thank
you
for
the
hard
work
and
and
and
the
sort
of
I'm
a
guessing
a
lot
of
work
over
the
weekend
that
went
into
getting
ready
for
today
so
appreciate
it
most
appreciate.
A
B
The
western
north
carolina
collaborative
yes,
okay,
so
right
now
it
is.
It
includes
health
departments,
community
health,
centers
and
hospitals
in
the
area,
and
so
I
should
say
I
I'm
sorry
that
dr
hathaway
couldn't
be
with
us,
and
I
won't
go
into
great
detail
because
I
do
not
know
it.
But
in
addition
to
transferring
vaccine
to
us
here
in
buncombe
county
at
the
health
department
mission
also
transferred
it
to
other
groups
within
the
collaborative.
A
Heard
kind
of
anecdotally
that
some
of
them
are
applying
to
be
part
of
the
get
get
certified
as
well
to
be
able
to
distribute
the
vaccines
to
the
general
public,
as
the
vaccine
supplies
increase
is
it
are.
Is
there
any
way
that
we
could
kind
of
find
out
what
their
plans
are?
To
I
mean,
of
course,
they
have
to
get
approved
by
the
state,
but
it's
correct,
but
they
I'm
sure
within
their
organizations,
they're
thinking
about
assuming
we're
approved,
here's
what
we
think
we
could
probably
do
at
our
different.
A
You
know
retail
locations
and
things
like
that,
but
I
mean
it's
potentially
a
significant
capacity
as
well
right
I
mean,
I
think,
there's
like
a
dozen
ingles
and
then
like
another
dozen
cvs's
in
walgreens,
so
you
know
maybe
25
or
30
sites.
Potentially
that
could
be
sites.
So
how
do
we
ascertain
what
they're
thinking
so
it
can
be
kind
of
you
know,
part
of
the
overall
picture
of
what
community
capacity
could
look
like
so.
B
I'm
going
to
step
back
just
a
second
and
say
that,
yes,
in
the
north
carolina
department
of
health
and
human
services
plan,
they
started
with
hospitals
and
health
departments,
and
then
the
next
wave
is
fqhc's
community
health
centers.
And
then
it's
my
understanding
that
large
retail
pharmacies
are
next,
and
so
many
of
those
large
retail
pharmacies
have
already
started
creating
their
plans
they're,
putting
up
their
websites
they're
getting
themselves
ready
in
anticipation.
B
And
so
I
do
not
at
this
point,
have
a
very
good
picture
of
what
that
landscape
looks
like
locally
only
that
they
have
not
been
onboarded
yet
so
in
our
not
receiving
vaccine.
Yet,
as
far
as
the
department
of
health
and
human
services
plan
is,
but
that
our
next
wave
will
be
those
community
health
centers,
so
that,
as
fletch
mentioned,
that
they
are
reaching
populations
that
we
are
eager
to
serve
either
through
our
historically
marginalized
populations
or
our
equity
lens
or
create
medical
homes
where
this
can
happen
too.
B
And
then
the
plan
is
to
go
into
the
large
retail
pharmacies.
I
can
ask
the
state
if
they
have
better
indications
about
when
that
will
happen
and
who
they've
been
talking
to
and
and
what
their
plan
is.
But
I
that
has
not
been
broached
in
great
detail
right
now,
but
to
your
point.
Yes,
the
assumption
is
that
they
will
be
brought
on
board
and
will
provide
much
opportunity.
B
Yes,
the
hope
is
by
the
time
we
get
to
that
level
of
provider
onboarding
that
those
providers
will
be
receiving
direct
allocations
from
the
state.
If
not
yes,
if
those
allocations
are
sufficient
and
they're
coming
to
the
county,
then
we
would
be
able
to
transfer
if
they
were
approved
through
the
state
as
a
cvms
covet
enrolled
provider.
J
I
have
another
question:
I
I'm
really
pleased
to
hear
about
the
equity
work
in
particular,
and
I
think,
with
winches
and
appalachian
health,
hopefully
coming
online
soon.
That
will
start
to
address
some
of
those
challenges,
and
I
certainly
appreciate
the
work
that
is
being
done
in
other
languages.
However,
my
concern
is
what
other
types
of
relationships
are
being
built
to
specifically
reach
our
non-native
english
speakers.
As
we
know,
that's
a
significant
portion
of
the
residents
of
buncombe
county.
J
I
know
these
are
done
in
both
language.
You
know
in
multiple
languages.
Videos
have
been
done
in
other
languages.
Eight
to
five,
however,
is
a
prime
time
for
that
particular
population
of
our
community
to
be
working,
and
they
don't
necessarily
have
access
to
watching
these
at
a
later
date,
and
the
relationships
that
they
have
in
their
community
is
where
they
tend
to
get
their
information
and
building.
Those
relationships
are
really
important
for
them
to
trust
the
government
county
government
in
particular
to
issue
vaccinations.
B
We
continue
to
work,
particularly
with
vaccine
with
community
health
workers
that
are
in
the
community
and
have
reached
out
our
equity,
and
our
communications
team
have
worked
at
worked
with
not
only
our
community
health
workers
that
are
in
buncombe
county,
but
again
those
community
stakeholders
who
have
close
ties
to
help
folks
understand
how
they
can
get
vaccine.
What
are
the
options
for
them?
What
phases
they
are
in,
that
work
continues.
D
K
That
we're
also
we've
provided
interviews
and
we'll
continue
to
provide
interviews
directly
to
jm
pro,
which
is
the
largest
spanish
language,
based
latinx
media
platform
in
the
community,
and
also
for
six
or
seven
months
now,
every
messaging
for
coming
from
public
health,
whether
it's
at
a
community
briefings
or
this
briefing
right
now,
is
being
live
cast
in
spanish
on
on
our
facebook
channels.
So
we're
we're
constantly
striving
to
make
sure
we
reach
our
non-language
non-english
language.
Speakers.
J
And
please
note
it's
not
a
criticism.
I
appreciate
what
is
being
done
and
has
been
done
and
how
it's
being
looked
towards
in
the
future.
I'm
concerned
that
that
is
a
target
population
that
is
not
tuned
in
to
these
briefings
and
such
during
the
eight
to
five
work
day
and
how
we
continue
to
reach
them
when
they
are
not
at
work.
L
You
know
a
question
I
have.
Is
we
look
ahead
and
hopefully
we've
got
a
lot
of
vaccine.
We
have
a
lot
of
different
organizations
in
the
community
given
vaccines.
Are
you
going
to
have
any
way
for
these
organizations
to
talk
to
each
other?
Because
what
happens
if
al
whiteside
said
well,
we
got
10
locations
or
you
know
other
than
the
county,
I'm
going
to
sign
up
with
all
10
and
see
who
I
can
get
to
first.
L
C
B
So
I
can
tell
you
for
the
actual
vaccine
administration
piece:
all
vaccine
providers
in
north
carolina
must
be
enrolled
through
the
vac
through
the
coveted
vaccine
management
system.
That's
the
thing
we
call
cvms
when
you
get
your
vaccine,
you
have
to
be
put
into
that
cvms
system.
So
if
you
got
your
first
vaccine
with
us,
but
then
you
moved
to
another
county
or
whatever
happened,
and
you
had
to
go
somewhere
else.
B
B
That
is
a
great
concern
to
me
that
folks
might
be
on
wait,
lists
everywhere,
and
I
some
of
that
will
work
itself
out.
As
we
call
people
back
and
say
we
have
an
appointment
available
for
you
and
they
may
say,
as
other
providers
get
on
board.
Oh
I'm
getting
mine
at
cvs
or
I'm
getting
mine
with
my
fqhc
and
and
we'll
just
mark
through.
B
You
know
we'll
check
them
off
the
list
and
move
on
to
the
next
person,
but
as
far
as
your
vaccine
administration,
that
is
precisely
the
reason
the
cvms
system
is
supposed
to
be
is
in
place
and
you
must
be
enrolled
not
only
as
a
provider
in
that
to
be
able
to
give
out
vaccine,
but
as
a
recipient.
You
are
logged
into
that.
A
System,
I
have-
maybe
maybe
one
last
question
just
go
into
this-
going
to
this
slide
about
the
public
health
burden,
70
the
slide
that
fletch
went
over.
I
think
this
is
a
it's
an
important
slide.
It
kind
of
shows
the
order
of
magnitude.
You
know
that
this
kind
of
whole
initiative
ultimately
is
going
to
have
to
encompass
for
a
county
with
more
than
a
quarter
of
a
million
people,
and
people
need
to
get
two
vaccines.
A
It's
just
it's
just
a
it's
a
lot,
and
so
you've
got
these
three
different
scenarios
of
kind
of
this.
The
kind
of
status
quo,
very
limited
vaccine
supply.
You
know
if
that
doesn't
change
which
it
will,
but
if
it
didn't
it
would,
you
know,
be
a
very
long
haul
and
then
looking
at
if
we
had
the
ability
to
get
you
know
ten
thousand
a
week
or
fifteen
thousand
a
week,
the
relative
time
frames
to
get
to
the
seventy
percent
goal
under
those
scenarios.
A
K
Correct
not
ideal
and
frankly,
not
anticipated,
but
part
of
my
role
as
preparedness
director
is
these
worst-case
scenario:
plannings
and
so
yeah.
So
if
if
we
were
getting
the
vaccine,
that's
the
again
the
long
term
in
this
poll,
if
we
had
the
vaccine
that,
to
that
rate,
we
could
over
the
six
and
a
half
months,
we
could
do
it
or
over
the
nine
and
a
half
months,
depending
on
the
rate
right.
K
A
Great
well,
that's
been
that's
fantastic
and
very
encouraging.
This
may
be
a
question
more
for
avril
than
for
flesh
I'll
just
ask,
and
anybody
can
feel
it.
So
are
there
other
things
that
the
staff
need
from
the
commission
in
order
to
make
planning
for,
assuring
that
we
could,
if
the
supply
chain
is
out
there
to
do
it,
that
we
could
achieve
the
six
and
a
half
month
time
frame
in
terms
of
the
seventy
percent
goal.
A
K
We
do
have
this.
This
burden
plays
out
a
little
bit
where
you
know
we're
not
getting
the
assistance
we
anticipate
from
community,
but
I
think
we'll
also
be
speaking
to
this
a
little
bit
at
five
o'clock.
But
I
think
when
we're
looking
at
multiple
sites,
where
we
have
not
just
a
b
tech
but
one
or
two
vehicle-based
sites,
we
do
need
to
increase
that
footprint
a
little
bit.
A
A
M
All
right
good
afternoon,
so
I
will
get
us
started
here
with
our
economic
overview
follow-ups
then
rafael
give
us
some
information
related
to
the
property
tax
rate
and
some
benchmarking
that
was
requested
and
then
there's
a
few
other
items
related
to
education,
we're
still
working
with
our
education
partners
on
that.
So
we'll
bring
that
information
to
you.
Sam
will
at
a
future
meeting
in
terms
of
the
economic
overview.
There
were
a
few
questions
we
want
to
go
through
those
I
do
want
to
say.
M
We
appreciate
a
time
of
heidi
and
clark
at
the
chamber
kind
of
reviewing
some
of
this
information
and
and
working
through
it
with
us.
But
overall
the
questions
were
first,
a
question
of
hiring
trends
by
industry.
Commissioner
sloan
asked
who's
hiring
so
we'll
go
through
that.
The
second
is,
commissioner:
edwards
asked
about
benchmarking
to
peers.
What's
our,
what
are
our
employment
trends
versus
other
regions
and
then
the
third
commissioner
whitesides
asked
a
question
about
labor
market
and
some
demographic
data
and
we'll
we'll
dive
into
that.
M
So,
first
of
all,
I'll
show
you
a
lot
of
charts
that
look
like
this.
This
is
a
waterfall
chart
that
shows
you
the
month
over
month,
change
so
that
large
orange
bar
there
is
a
decline
from
march
to
april
of
this
year
of
36
000
jobs.
So
this
is
the
asheville
msa,
which
is
the
the
entire
asheville
region,
several
counties,
and
so
what
you
see
here
is,
first
and
foremost,
we
lost
36,
000
jobs
in
the
region,
and
we
have
about
a
9
197
000,
employee
workforce
in
this
region.
M
The
second
key
takeaway
here-
and
this
is
this-
is
the
asheville
metropolitan
area
as
a
whole-
is
we've
so
far,
recovered
through
november
recovered
thousand
six
hundred
jobs,
but
fifteen
thousand
four
hundred
are
not
yet
recovered.
What
that
means
is,
as
of
the
end
of
november,
eight
percent
of
people
locally
that
were
working
in
february
are
currently
out
of
work.
M
So
when
we
look
at
asheville,
leisure
and
hospitality,
we
see
there
from
march
to
april
we
lost
18,
800
jobs,
and
so
what
that
is
is
that
is
over.
Half
of
all
job
loss
in
this
region
was
in
leisure
and
hospitality
that
industry
lost
64
percent
of
its
workforce
month
over
month,
over
half
of
the
area
workforce
and
just
for
context.
We
have
about
it's:
it's
about
30,
000
individuals,
29
to
30,
000
individuals
in
the
region
in
that
workforce,
so
significant
job
loss
in
leisure
and
hospitality.
M
A
M
This
sector
is
with
the
month-over-month
data.
At
the
msa
level,
we
can
get
a
little
bit
more
refined,
but
it's
not
from
that
same
data
source
through
the
bureau
of
labor
statistics,
month-over-month
data
with
the
employer
survey,
so
this
is
the
most
granular
that
we've
gotten
to
so
far,
but
some
of
that
data
comes
out
and
it's
a
little
bit
more
lagged.
Okay,
thank
you.
M
So
leisure
and
hospitality
is
not
our
biggest
sector,
but
it
was
our
hardest
hit
sector.
Our
largest
sector
is
actually
education
and
health
services,
and
so
education
and
health
services
in
the
region
has
about
37
600
employees.
It's
about
19
of
the
region's
workforce,
and
what
you
see
here
is
we
lost
6,
000
jobs
in
this
sector.
M
So
the
left
chart
here
is
what
you've
seen
it's:
the
asheville
total
employment
and
on
the
right
you
see
wilmington
and
what
you
see
here
is
a
minus
16.9
percent.
So
if
minus
17
versus
minus
18
in
asheville
very
similar
trends
in
both
from
march
to
april-
and
what
we
see
is
that
both
regions
have
experienced
significant
job
loss
and
so
far
an
incomplete
recovery,
so
you
see
there
may
june
starts
to
pick
back
up.
It's
still
improving,
but
but
about
halfway
recovered.
M
M
Very
similar
trends
lost
66
percent
of
employment
in
that
first
month
picked
up
17
percent
and
then
23.
mind
you.
This
data
is
not
seasonally
adjusted
so
for
a
beach
economy.
You
would
expect
that
summer
to
have
a
little
bit
sharper
recovery
right
away,
so
leisure
and
hospitality
employment
fell
more
than
64
percent
in
both
regions
and
remains
minus
25
in
both
regions.
M
So
that's
a
look
at
a
similar
economy.
Similar
up
here,
but
the
other
natural
comparison
point
is
a
local,
pier
and
that's
greenville,
the
greenville
south
carolina
msa,
and
so
when
we
look
at
asheville
same
chart
here,
you
see
asheville
on
the
left,
minus
18.3
percent
and
greenville
starts
to
get
a
little
bit
interesting.
M
You
see
a
less
severe
recovery,
minus
10
and
what's
fascinating
from
this
analysis
is
greenville
has
not
only
experienced
a
full
recovery,
they
have
experienced
growth
since
february
and
that's
all
industries
total
workforce,
and
so
we
start
to
ask
the
question
why
asheville
has
an
incomplete
recovery
compared
to
greenville's
complete
recovery?
It
could
be
partially
diversification
of
the
economy,
higher
reliance
on
manufacturing,
less
reliance
on
tourism,
less
relative
importance
of
leisure
and
hospitality.
There's
a
number
of
factors
at
play,
but
it's
an
important
comparison
and
for
context.
M
We
don't
have
a
good
answer
why
asheville
remains
minus
25
and
greenville's
minus
five,
but
a
portion
of
that
could
be
related
to
some
of
the
reliance
on
tourism
versus
so
leisure
and
hospitality
is
restaurants,
hotels,
accommodation
performing
arts,
and
some
of
that
could
be
related
to
tourism
and
travel
versus.
You
know
kind
of
leisure
in
place.
If
you
will
so
two
market
comparisons
there
just
kind
of
wanted
to
give
you
an
overview
of
their
kind
of
where
we
are
versus
some
peers.
M
So
instead
what
we've
done
is
we've
tried
to
take
some
some
national
data
and
and
really
national
demographic
data
related
to
the
leisure
and
hospitality
sector,
and
use
that,
as
just
to
give
you
some
information
and
if
you
think
of
that
locally,
it
might
give
you
an
idea
of
some
of
the
effects.
I
will
say
the
latest
jobs
report
we
have
is
december
and
what
we
learned
from
that
jobs
report
nationally
as
the
country
as
a
whole
lost
140,
000
jobs.
M
If
you
look
by
gender,
the
country
lost
the
females
in
this
country,
lost
156,
000
jobs,
150,
156,
000
jobs,
men
gained
16,
000
jobs.
So
there
are
some
gender-based
effects
when
we
start
looking
at
the
demographics
of
what
is
that
workforce
shift?
Look
like
so
it's
it
just
reiterates
the
importance
of
of
continuing
to
look
at
this
topic
and
understand
what
is
what
is
at
play,
but
again
bureau
of
labor
statistic.
M
Data
doesn't
allow
us
to
get
too
granular
to
this
specific
question,
so
we'll
look
at
national
data
and
I'll
go
through
that
when
we
think
about
demographics,
for
the
leisure
and
hospitality
industry,
the
first
that
we
think
about
is
that
we've
got
here
is
age,
and
so
what
this
graph
is
showing
you
is
from
left
to
right,
younger
to
older
and
it's
the
percent
of
the
workforce
at
that
age.
So
the
blue
line
is
the
hospitality
industry
it's
higher
percent
at
the
younger
ages.
M
The
red
line
is
is
more
of
a
standard
for
all
other
ages.
It's
kind
of
what
we
expect
in
kind
of
the
workforce,
fewer
very
young
as
you
get
into
that
prime
working
age,
it
kind
of
levels
off
its
even
distribution
and
then
tails
off
towards
retirement.
What
this
tells
you
is
the
leisure
and
hospitality
industry
skews
younger.
So
that's
our
first
kind
of
national
takeaway.
In
terms
of
demographics,
this
chart
is
educational
attainment.
M
So,
each
of
the
different
shades
of
blue
there,
starting
with
the
hospitality
industry
from
left
to
right,
the
lightest,
is
less
than
high
school,
then
high
school,
some
college
college
graduate
or
professional
degree.
What
this
chart
is
telling
you
is
that
in
the
leisure
and
hospitality
industry,
about
50
percent
of
workers
either
have
a
high
school
degree
or
less
compare
that
to
the
the
bar
below
other
industries
about
33
percent
have
a
high
school
degree
or
less.
M
So
what
that
tells
us
is
nationally
leisure
and
hospitality,
skews
less
educated,
so
excuse
younger,
skews,
less
educated
and
then
the
third
we
look
at
is
income,
and
so
this
is
income
quintiles,
it's
individual
income
level,
so
the
bottom
quintile
0
to
18
000
as
an
individual.
So
you
see
in
the
hospitality,
that's
about
35
percent
of
individuals
and
then
the
second
quintile
18
000
to
33
000,
that's
about
65
percent
of
people
in
leisure
and
hospitality,
work
make
33,
000
or
less
and
then
other
industries
compare
that
to
about
36
percent.
M
And
so
this
this
next
metric
is
not
specific
to
leisure
and
hospitality,
but
this
is
national
unemployment
by
race
again
trying
to
find
the
best
data
that
helps
to
tell
the
story
this
story
by
these
different
demographics,
and
so
what
you
see
here
is
is
before
the
pandemic.
The
orange
line
at
the
top
there
on
the
far
left
was
black
or
african-american
around
six
percent.
That's
that
was
black
or
african-american
unemployment
and
among
the
groups
listed
here
that
was
the
highest.
M
You
see
a
peak
in
about
april
may
of
around
17,
and
then
it's
recovered
down
to
about
10
percent.
Similarly,
the
green
line
was
slightly
above
four.
That's
hispanic
or
latino
peaked
around
19
percent
in
april
and
has
trended
down
with
with
the
last
month,
trending
a
little
bit
up,
and
then
you
see
down
at
the
bottom.
Around
three
percent
was
white
and
asian,
both
spiked
around
14
in
april
asian,
actually
trended
up
and
has
had
a
slower
recovery.
Both
are
now
down
around
around
six
percent
here
in
december.
M
So
again,
these
are
national
trends,
but
if
we
were
to
take
them
and
think
about
them
here
locally,
it
might
give
you
a
little
bit
of
a
somewhat
of
an
answer
to
that
question
of
who's
being
affected
when
we
think
about
demographics
and
so
before.
I
turn
it
over
to
raphael.
To
talk
about
property
tax
just
to
wrap
up,
most
local
industries
are
now
recovering
and
hiring.
H
H
H
N
I'm
here
to
talk
about
the
property
tax
piece
of
questions
that
you
raised
during
the
commissioner
meetings,
all
right
there
we
go
so
at
your
board,
retreat
back
in
december.
You
all
asked
a
couple
of
questions
related
to
the
property
tax,
and
my
goal
today
is
to
walk
you
through
the
answers
and
provides
you
some
data
related
to
those
questions.
The
first
question
was:
what
is
our
property
tax
rate
in
comparison
to
our
peer
counties
and
then
what
is
our
property
tax
burden
in
comparison
to
pierre
county?
N
So
we
actually
dig
deep
a
little
bit
and
help
you
understand
that
from
the
context
of
affordable
housing
cost
burden.
So
I
want
to
start
by
looking
at
a
statewide
level
and
show
you
where
buncombe
county
lies
statewide.
So
this
map
from
the
north
carolina
association
county
commissioner
associates
tax
rates
by
county
there's
a
lot
of
stuff
here
so
I'll,
just
kind
of
tell
you
the
important
stuff
here.
So
when
you
look
at
the
map,
the
darker,
the
color,
the
higher
the
property
tax
rate,
the
lighter
the
color,
the
lower
the
property
tax
rate.
N
So
you
look
at
where
the
circle
is.
Where
buncombe
county
is-
and
you
look
at
the
counties
around
us
all,
the
counties
that
are
but
buncombe
county
are
the
same
shade
as
us.
So
what
that's
telling
us
is,
in
addition
to
us
having
a
relatively
low
shade,
so
relatively
low
property
tax
rate
compared
to
the
rest
of
the
state
we're
completely
in
line
with
our
regional
partners.
N
Then,
if
you
look
at
the
actual
table,
if
you
could
read
the
numbers,
what
you
would
see
is
of
our
pioneering
counties.
We
actually
have,
with
the
exception
of
madison
county,
the
lowest
property
tax
rate
of
any
of
the
counties
that
we
touch
so
in
our
direct
region,
we're
the
second
lowest
property
tax
rate
statewide.
We
have
the
14th
lowest
property
tax
rate,
so
from
that's
from
a
statewide
perspective.
Just
to
provide
that
context.
N
N
N
All
right
so
I'll
move
on
to
our
pier
counties
and
when
we
look
at
the
pier
counties
for
the
purpose
of
this
analysis,
we
looked
at
the
big
ten
counties
in
orange
county,
so
the
11th
biggest
counties
essentially
north
carolina
and
it's
really
difficult
to
compare
apples
to
apple's
tax
value
and
property
tax
rates
among
counties
because
everyone's
on
a
different
reappraisal
cycle,
the
way
they
determine
a
median
tax
value
is
different.
So
we
had
to
do
some
work
to
normalize
and
create
as
good
of
a
process.
N
We
could
so
what
we
did
was
we
pulled
median
sales
data,
so
the
median
sales
price
for
a
house
in
each
of
these
counties
from
the
north
national
association
realtors.
For
last
year
for
q3
of
2020.,
we
took
that.
Then
we
took
the
property
tax
rate
and
applied
the
property
tax
rate
to
that
median
sale
price.
So
the
median
house
values
the
sale
price.
Then
we
calculated
a
median
tax
bill
so
that
median
tax
bill
is
not
the
actual
tax
bill,
but
it's
the
next
proxy
for
a
tax
bill.
N
If
you're
to
back
into
the
tax
value,
you
should
get
a
similar
story
and
we
actually
did
look
at
a
couple.
Different
rates
of
running
the
numbers
and
we
always
came.
We
came
out
with
the
same
story
every
single
time.
So
if
we
go
through
this
chart
and
we
look
at
the
property
tax,
we
started
with
that
rate.
Buncombe
county
has
the
lowest
property
tax
rate
of
the
big
11
counties
to
north
carolina.
N
We
are
one
of
only
two
counties,
starting
the
50s.
Everyone
else
is
in
60s,
70s
and
orange
county
gets
into
the
high
80s
there,
so
property
tax
wide
we're
at
the
bottom
we're
the
lowest.
Then
we
look
at
the
median
sales
price,
the
median
home
value
we
jump
up
to
fourth
right,
so
we
got
orange
county,
we
got
union
county
and
we
got
wake
county
that
have
a
higher
valuation
than
us,
but
everyone
has
a
lower
valuation,
so
lowest
tax
rate.
Fourth
highest
valuation.
What
does
that
mean
for
your
actual
tax
burden?
N
N
N
The
first
caveat
is
that
this
is
looking
at
home
ownership.
This
does
not
include
renters.
We
just
don't
have
good
enough
data,
that's
grand
early
enough
at
the
msa
level
to
give
you
rental
data,
and
this
is
looking
at
county
taxes,
not
looking
at
specific
taxes
for
asheville,
weaverville,
woodfin
and
all
that,
so
this
is
kind
of
just
looking
at
the
county
tax
rate.
N
So
at
the
top,
what
we
did
is
we
look
at
the
sale
price
for
a
home
at
the
three
different
quartiles,
so
the
25th
percentile,
the
15th,
the
first
quartile
25th
percentile,
the
second
quartile,
the
median
and
third
quartile,
which
is
your
70th
percentile.
We
said:
what's
the
sale
price
for
a
home
in
buncombe
county,
looking
the
most
real-time
data
we
have
for
the
first
quartile,
that's
a
238
thousand
dollar
house
at
the
median.
N
That's
a
three
hundred
and
four
thousand
five
hundred
dollar
house
and
at
the
third
quartile,
that's
a
four
hundred
and
twelve
thousand
five
hundred
dollar
level.
So
we
then
took
that
pricing
there
and
we
said,
what's
the
actual
tax
value
assigned
to
that,
so
our
tax
department
did
that
back
in
calculation.
N
N
Well,
no
more
than
thirty
percent
of
your
income
on
home
ownership
or
housing
costs
so
for
a
family
for
making
twenty
six
thousand
five
home
ownership
at
the
25th,
percentile
or
above
is
unaffordable
in
buncombe
county
for
a
family
for
making
35
800
home
ownership
for
homes
at
the
25th,
percentile
or
above
is
unaffordable
for
families,
making
80
percent
of
ami
or
57
300.
You
see
that
that
25th
percentile
home
is
affordable
and
there's
sufficient
gap
there
that,
even
with
utilities
included
which
we
don't
have.
N
N
So
it's
not
the
tax
bill,
that's
making
unaffordability
it's
the
mortgage,
but
the
tax
bill
comes
in
addition
to
that
and
while
we
don't
have
rental
data
here,
it's
important
to
note
that
when
the
property
owner
base
their
property
tax
bill,
they
do
pass
that
property
tax
bill
on
to
the
renter
in
the
form
of
an
elevated
rent.
So
the
renters
do
pay.
N
N
So
a
couple
of
key
takeaways
from
this
presentation
are
one
is
that
we
have
the
lowest
tax
rate
among
our
peer
counties
and
one
the
lowest
ones
in
north
carolina
that
we
have
the
fourth
highest
valuation
among
our
peer
counties.
But
we
come
out
seventh
out
of
11
in
terms
of
our
tax
bill
again
because
of
our
low
tax
rate.
N
Then,
when
you
look
at
our
specific
bunker
county
and
the
burden
of
our
property
taxes
and
home
ownership
costs,
we
see
the
housing
is
affordable,
primarily
for
those
at
the
median
home
household
income
level,
and
that
our
high
valuation
leads
to
higher
higher
home
ownership
costs
and
higher
property
tax
bills.
Despite
a
lower
tax
rate
comparatively
and
I'm
happy
to
take
any
questions
that
you
may
have.
G
N
Was
that
just
raw
numbers?
No,
it
was
just
straight
up.
We
looked
at
the
11th
largest
and
then
we
just
said
where's
our
tax
rate
fall.
Okay.
What
you
could
do
is
you
could
weight
it
to
look
at.
You
could
get
a
lot
more
complex
and
do
some
more
waiting,
but
we
did
do
that
analysis,
but
the
story
still
remained
the
same.
They
were
still
around
the
seven
out
of
11.
There.
A
This
is
great
analysis.
Thank
you
very
much.
You
know
I've
served
in
local
government
for
many
years
and
this
chart
that
looks
at
like
home
values
with
the
tax
rate
and
how
it
compares
to
other
counties.
This
is
something
I've
like
asked
many
people
to
do.
I
think
it's
the
first
time,
like
someone's,
really
kind
of
like.
A
Let's
really
do
that,
so
I
think
it's,
I
think
it's
very
illuminating
in
terms
of
how
our
relatively
low
tax
rate,
but
our
relatively
high
cost
of
living
plays
out,
for
you
know
an
average
person
or
family
in
our
community
compared
to
other
counties
across
the
state.
So
thank
you
very
much.
It's
a
lot
of
good
great
information
and
I
appreciate
y'all
doing.
N
L
N
L
I
hope
you
can
do
something
I
would
like
to
see
some
of
that,
because
that
would
really
come
in
good
to
that.
We
can
use
that
when
we're
looking
at
revaluation,
where
we're
going
with
tax
rate
and
all
and
we
need
to
in
order
to
look
at
that,
you
know
to
look
at
the
services
we're
giving
versus
you
know
other
counties
and
all
I'd
just
like
to
know
where
we
are.
H
Is
sort
of
a
little
bit
of
a
rabbit,
hole
but
kind
of
broadly
relevant?
Would
it
be
possible
to
get
some
case
studies
on
how
different
counties
are
thinking
about
special
taxing
districts
or
special
assessment
districts
relative
to
services
provided
like
within
some
of
these
counties?
In
addition
to
this,
there
may
be
those
special
assessment
districts
as
well,
and
just
having
a
little
bit
more
understanding
of
how
different
communities
are.
Thinking
about
that
as
part
of
the
whole
picture,
around
property
taxes
would
be
really
helpful.
A
D
E
A
E
A
A
A
I
O
All
right,
thank
you
very
much
for
having
us
today
I'll
try
to
keep
it
as
brief
as
possible.
What
I'll
do
is
I'll?
Take
you
through
an
overview
and
update
of
where
we
are
in
our
master
plan
and
our
comprehensive
facilities
plan
and
as
well
as
give
you
an
example
of
some
of
the
items
that
we're
working
on
today
and
the
deliverable
that
we
will
have
at
the
end
of
this.
O
Our
first
step
to
this
project
was
these
building
assessments.
We
looked
at
38
buildings
across
buncombe
county.
We
took
3d
scans
of
all
of
these
facilities,
made
a
list
of
deficiencies
and
maintenance
items,
as
you
see
in
that
example,
below
and
I'll.
Take
you
through
a
brief
example
of
what
that
facial
data
looks
like.
I
O
O
O
Also
from
there
we
can
link
to
the
departments
that
are
within
that
building.
In
this
building
in
particular,
we
have
the
planning
department,
they
did
an
exp
extensive
survey,
department
survey
and
that's
all
linked
within
this,
as
well
as
organizational
charts,
noting
future
growth
projections
for
the
next
15
years.
O
O
In
terms
of
telecommuting,
we
identified
that
there
were
283
people
across
buncombe
county
that
indicated
that
they
would
telecommute
post-pandemic
if
policy
allowed.
Those
were
primarily
located
within
the
I.t
department,
public
health,
economic
services
and
social
work,
services
departments
and
a
number
of
those
people
in
those
departments
are
already
working
on
a
telecommute
type
basis
or
were
previously
working
prior
to
the
pandemic.
O
We
do
understand
that
any
those
people
who
are
telecommuting,
many
of
them
would
still
need
to
provide.
You
would
still
need
to
provide
some
touchdown
shared
space
for
them
for
any
part-time
telecommuters,
but
looking
at
in
terms
of
a
space
analysis,
283
people
and
if
that
means
a
reduction
of
about
80
square
feet
per
person
for
that
private
type
space.
That's
a
reduction
of
about
22,
700
square
feet
of
employee
employee-related
space.
O
O
Those
departments
noted
on
the
screen
are
generally
located
in
about
four
different
facilities
right
now,
and
so
the
efficiencies
that
would
be
gained
by
co-locating
some
of
those
those
facilities
and
also
combining
that,
with
the
knowledge
that
the
building
in
which
many
of
them
are
located,
has
some
concerns.
In
terms
of
the
maintenance
items
that
would
need
to
be
upgraded,
as
well
as
some
ada
and
accessibility.
O
And
that
ties
again
with
recreation
services,
with
those
accessibility
concerns
we
also
looked,
are
looking
at
the
lease
buildings
which
are
noted
here
and
what's
the
best
use
for
the
departments
within
those
spaces.
What's
the
best
location
for
those
departments
moving
forward,
is
it
to
maintain
those
leases,
or
is
it
to
look
at
some
of
this
consolidation
or
these?
O
O
I've
got
a
few
points
up
on
the
screen.
I
don't
want
to
go
through
all
of
them
here,
but
I
do
want
to
point
out.
Buncombe
county
libraries
ranks
first
in
the
peer
set
for
physical
materials
and
for
programs
and
attendance
for
children's
programs,
but
has
the
fewest
public
computers.
So
there's
some
part
of
this
library
study
with
looking
at
what
are
the
strengths
of
the
buncombe
county
library
system
and
what
are
the
areas
of
improvement
and
what
is
the
best
way
to
balance
those
two.
O
A
E
A
Right,
I
mean
it
seems
like
maybe
an
additional
discussion
at
a
briefing
setting
sounds
good.
We
might
have
to
take
different
pieces
of
it.
You
know,
because
I
don't
know
if
there
might
be
too
much
here
to
cover
all
of
it
in
one
briefing
meeting.
So
whatever
you
think
is
the
right
way
to
do
it
and
we
could,
if
we
need
to
have
part
of
it
at
a
regular
meeting
too.
Just
whatever
fits
with
the
timing
we
have
available
at
each
meeting
is
fine
with
me.
Okay,.
A
All
right,
thank
you
all
for
the
update
on
the
facility
study.
We
appreciate
it.
Thank
you
all
right,
commissioners,
we
are
at
time.
So,
let's
take
it.
Let's
take
a
five
minute
break
and
then
we'll
reconvene
for
our
regular
meeting
and
we're
going
to
move
the
emergency
paid.
Six
sick
leave
item
to
a
new
business
discussion.
Is
that
where
you
want
to
do
that,
can.