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If you don't have over two hours to watch the entire Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting - fear not! Here is a condensed version of what you missed. To view the entire meeting and see the agenda, you can visit buncombecounty.org/commissioners
A
B
You
for
taking
the
time
to
recognize
and
support
educators
in
Buncombe
County
and
for
the
tireless
efforts
you
put
into
making
our
County
better,
so
I
appreciate
that
it's
an
honor
to
be
here
and
what
makes
my
job
so
fulfilling
and
so
rewarding
is
the
staff
we
have
at
Pisgah
and
the
talent
we
have
in
Buncombe
County.
So
it's
been
an
honor
and
privilege
to
be
Teacher
of
the
Year
for
Buncombe
County
when
you're
surrounded
by
greatness
and
talent.
It
can
only
make
you
a
little
bit
better.
So
I've
learned
a
lot.
A
C
Is
the
100th
year
of
public
health
nursing
in
North
Carolina?
So
as
a
part
of
that
centennial
celebration,
the
state
Division
of
Public
Health
decided
to
award
100
distinguished
public
health
nurses
across
the
whole
state.
This
is
a
very
high
honor
and
nurses
had
to
be
nominated
and
chosen
from
among
not
just
every
county
in
North
Carolina,
but
also
state
staff,
as
well
as
University
staff
who
teach
public
health,
nursing
and
I
could
not
be
prouder
to
say
that
of
those
100
nurses
in
the
state
of
North
Carolina.
A
D
E
Focus
on
and
defined
economic
prosperity
as
a
more
balanced
and
diversified
economy,
obviously,
quality
jobs
and
economic
mobility
for
all
of
our
residents.
Raising
the
standard
of
living
for
Buncombe
County
residents
through
raising
the
average
wage
for
Buncombe,
County
households
and
finally,
growing
sustainable
tax
base.
That
leads
strategic
investments
by
this
body
in
things
like
infrastructure
and
education
and
public
safety
for.
A
Local
industry
expansions
were
spotlighted
rike
LLC
with
15
new
jobs
and
ten
point:
nine
million
dollars
in
capital,
investment,
East,
Fork
pottery,
with
75
jobs
and
2.5
million
in
capital,
investment,
Hakan
industries
with
a
hundred
and
sixty
jobs
and
a
19
point.
Six
million
dollar
capital
investment
and
Fox
Factory
is
bringing
sixty-five
jobs
with
a
1
million
dollar
capital
investment.
F
Seeking
approval
to
enter
into
a
financing
agreement
to
purchase
the
vehicles
we
went
through
a
competitive
solicitation
receipt
14
responses,
Bank
of
America
public
capital
corporation-
is
the
recommended
lender
for
this
project.
Total
all-in
interest
rate
is
two
point:
four
six
percent,
which
includes
the
budget
amount
of
one
six,
five,
one
one,
seven
four,
as
well
as
the
issuance
cost.
That
would
be
included
with
this
financing
arrangement.
D
Tax
collection
services
for
these
municipalities
since
2005
those
agreements
became
a
little
stale,
so
we
renegotiated
those
agreements
with
their
respective
boards
and
the
boards
have
those
respective
boards
have
approved
each
of
these
agreements.
At
this
time,
we're
asking
for
you
to
authorize
the
Chairman
and/or
county
manager
to
execute
these
agreements,
so
that
they'll
be,
you
know,
become
fully
official
and
move
over
from
there.
The.
G
Fourth
tonight
is
about
endorsing
medication,
assisted
treatment
as
a
standard
of
care
that
folks
deserve
and
ought
to
have
access
to
it's
specifically
about
expanding
that
access
at
the
detention
center,
recognizing
that
for
folks
who
are
incarcerated-
and
you
have
opioid
use
disorder,
the
risks
of
overdose
and
accidental
death
by
overdose
in
the
days
immediately
after
release
as
they
enter
their
commute,
our
community
again
spike
to
dangerously
high
levels.
You.
H
A
I
That
school
capital
fund
Commission
meeting
was
to
appropriate
money
for
an
actual,
more
detailed
study
where
we
had
engineers
come
in
with
equipment
record,
the
actual
signal
levels
of
those
of
the
radio
systems
in
there,
and
it
came
back
and
it
was
actually
significantly
worse
than
we
anticipated.
So
that's
that's
the
reason
for
this,
this
additional
money
on
the
scale
of
things
again,
we
said
20
schools
and
we
budget
1.9
million,
it's
more
in
the
range
of
40,
something
schools
and
it's
an
additional
$200,000
to
close
that
gap.
The.
A
J
250,000
dollars
of
that
I
mean
is
dollars
that
were
previously
being
paid
from
state
funds
for
communication,
the
that
is
not
a
state
allowable
cost.
Therefore,
those
would
be
dollars
that
we
would
recommend
to
be
paid
out
of
county
funds,
with
an
additional
$50,000
request
to
cover
a
1
/,
an
anticipated
1
percent
salary
increase
the.
A
Motion
was
approved,
7
to
0
as
a
bonus
during
the
commissioners
pre-meeting
recent
high
school
graduate
elias
varn
presented
a
painting
he
created
of
district
1,
commissioner
al
Whitesides
to
the
Board
of
Commissioners.
Elias
is
not
only
a
talented
local
artist,
but
he's
heading
off
to
South
Korea
for
nine
months
to
be
a
cultural
ambassador
before
heading
on
to
George,
Washington,
University
great
job
Elias.
A
If
you
have
questions
or
comments
about
the
commissioners
meetings,
there
are
a
few
ways
that
you
can
be
involved.
First,
the
board
takes
general
public
comment
at
the
end
of
each
meeting
during
the
designated
public
comment
period.
Second,
you
can
visit
Buncombe
County
org
/.
Let's
talk
to
leave
your
feedback.
Third,
you
can
email
or
call
the
commissioners
directly.
Their
contact
information
can
be
found
at
Buncombe,
County,
org,
/.
A
Commissioners,
you
can
view
the
County
Board
of
Commissioners
meetings
live
on
Facebook
NBC,
TV
charter
channel
192
on
the
first
and
third
Tuesday
of
the
month,
barring
the
cancellation
of
the
meeting.
They
can
also
be
viewed
on
facebook
by
following
Buncombe,
gov
or
YouTube
after
the
fact,
by
visiting
youtube.com
/
bc,
gov
TV
also
again
stay
tuned
to
charter
channel
192,
buncombe
county
government
television,
where
commissioner
meetings
air
every
night
at
8
p.m.