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From YouTube: Board of Commissioners' Regular Meeting (Nov. 2, 2021)
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Regular Meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners for Nov. 2, 2021. To view the meeting agenda you can visit buncombecounty.org/commissioners.
A
A
I
would
like
to
announce
that
if
you
need
parking
validation,
if
you
parked
in
the
county's
parking
deck
or
if
you
use
transit,
asheville
transit,
to
attend
this
meeting,
you
can
get
validation
for
your
parking
or
transit
from
one
of
the
deputies
that
is
with
us
this
evening.
You
can
see
them
on
the
way
out.
A
Is
there
any
item
on
the
agenda,
the
outcome
of
which
would
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
this
evening,
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.
Commissioners,
are
there
any
questions
about
any
items
on
the
consent
agenda.
A
Commissioners,
I'd
like
to
request
that
we
amend
our
agenda
in
just
one
small
way,
which
is
that
when
we
come
to
the
appointment
of
boards
and
commissions,
we
interviewed
applicants
for
the
ad
hoc
reappraisal
committee
earlier
today
and
there's
interest
in
the
commission
in
adding
one
additional
at-large
position
to
that
subcommittee.
A
A
B
A
We
now
come
to
public
comment.
Let
me
read
the
policies
around
public
comment.
The
time
limit
for
individual
comment
to
the
board
is
three
members.
If
your
time
expires,
you
can
leave
any
question
along
with
your
name
address
and
phone
number
with
the
county
manager
board.
Members
are
not
expected
to
comment
on
any
matters
during
the
public
comment
period.
This
is
the
chance
for
the
public
to
speak
to
the
board,
and
just
let
us
know
if
you
want
to
speak.
A
Just
let
us
know
your
name
and
where
you
live
and
you'll
get
an
orange
light
when
you've
got
30
seconds
left
and
then
a
red
light.
When
your
time's
up,
we
do
ask
when
your
time's
up
to
please
discontinue
your
public
comments,
because
we
want
to
give
everyone
the
same
amount
of
time
to
speak
during
public
comment.
A
A
C
C
The
oakley
library
is
located
directly
on
a
bus
line
where
the
bus
stop
steps
from
the
front
door
compared
to
riding
a
bus
from
the
south
library
which
can
take
up
to
a
half
an
hour
on
a
bus
and
seven
minute.
Walk
up
overlooked,
drive
without
any
sidewalks
hot
creek
east
can
take
over
an
hour
one
way
on
a
bus
from
shiloh
shiloh
and
oakley
residents
have
more
bus
riders
than
hawk
creek
and
biltmore,
which
can
turn
our
community
into
an
equity
desert.
C
There
is
a
sidewalk
that
leads
from
oakley
elementary
right
in
right
to
the
library.
Oklahoma
tree
is
one
of
the
most
diverse
schools
in
buncombe
county,
with
a
high
number
of
esl
students
in
this
library
in
buncombe
county
with
this
library
is
so
beneficial
to
the
students
and
teachers
to
have
an
educational
resource.
So
close,
the
list
goes
on
and
on,
but
the
most
important
reason
for
me
personally,
not
to
close
the
library,
is
that
it
is
a
free,
safe
place
that
I
can
bring
my
family.
C
There
has
also
been
a
major
drug
bust
in
our
neighborhood
by
two
men
who
have
also
been
charged
with
murder.
I
can
honestly
say
that
I
have
never
seen
or
spoken
to
a
police
officer
on
foot
in
our
neighborhood,
but
I
have
on
many
occasions
talked
to
the
firefighters
stationed
in
the
same
building
as
a
library.
C
I
can
also
say
when
I
had
to
call
9-1-1
twice
when
my
newborn
daughter
stopped
breathing
both
times
the
firefighters
were
there
faster
than
anyone
else
and
saved
your
life
both
times
having
first
responders.
In
the
same
building
as
the
library
helps,
keep
it
a
safe
place
located
next
to
the
library
is
insight.
Women's
recovery
center,
the
women
in
recovery
use
the
library
to
search
for
jobs
for
building
a
successful
life
outside
the
treatment.
D
Hi,
it's
my
first
time
at
one
of
these
meetings,
so
give
this
a
shot.
I'm
representing
a
group
of
paramedics.
It's
not
just
me,
there's
about
eight
or
ten
of
us
here.
A
Okay,
and
so
are
you
asking
for
extra
time?
Yes,
okay,
could
see
the
hands
of
the
folks
who
were
gonna,
give
up
their
time,
keep
them
up
for
just
a
second,
please,
okay,
I
see
six.
I
think
we,
I
think
our
policies.
We
need
eight
folks
to
give
up
their
time
in
order
to
get
extra
time.
A
E
A
A
Okay,
I
trust
you
and
so
for
the
folks
who
give
it
through
time
just
to
be
clear,
like
lance
will
speak,
but
you
but
you're
giving
him
your
time
for
public
comment.
Okay,
all
right,
please
proceed.
Thank.
D
You
again,
I'm
paramedic
lance
jones
proudly
serving
buncombe
county
ems.
Imagine
for
a
moment
the
worst
moment
of
your
life,
you've
called
9-1-1,
because
the
person
you
love
most
is
lying
on
the
floor
unresponsive.
You
have
no
idea
what's
happening.
Are
they
breathing?
Do
they
have
a
pulse?
Do
you
even
know
how
to
check
for
these
things?
Hopefully
an
ambulance
will
show
up
soon
to
begin
advanced
life
support.
D
D
That
being
said.
Currently
that
is
a
reality.
It's
not
just
a
hypothetical.
It's
a
reality
for
about
40
of
the
time.
Because
of
this
we
are
averaging
about
18
minutes
from
dispatch
to
arrival
on
scene
when
response
times
should
be
less
than
half
of
that
it
affects
our
community
members.
As
you've
already
heard,
call
volume
for
911
is
far
beyond
the
means
of
our
current
ems
system.
Population
growth,
failure
of
the
current
healthcare
system
and,
most
recently
the
local
fallout
of
a
worldwide
pandemic,
have
all
contributed
to
an
increase
in
911
calls.
D
In
just
the
past
five
years
call
volume
is
up.
15
percent
with
ems
answering
an
additional
4
000
plus
calls
yearly
all
the
while
doing
so,
with
at
least
one
truck
out
of
service
an
average
an
average
of
65
percent
of
the
time.
This
translates
into
physical
and
emotional
exhaustion,
burnout
and
possible
loss
of
life
for
both
medics
and
patients.
D
D
This,
along
with
an
overall
pay
increase
across
the
board,
will
serve
to
attract
potential
candidates
that
are
seeking
employment
with
other
agencies
that
are
nearby
that
have
comparable
compensation
with
much
less
stress
after
a
24-hour
shift.
Medics
need
time
to
rest
to
recover
and
spend
time
with
loved
ones
in
order
to
be
mentally
and
physically
able
to
return
to
work.
Two
days
later,
incentivizing
extra
shifts
with
more
pay
for
overtime
by
an
already
exhausted
workforce
is
not
a
viable
solution
and
will
be
detrimental
to
staff
in
both
the
short
and
long
term.
D
D
All
of
this
stems
from
a
passion
that
we
all
share
to
help
the
sick,
the
injured
and
to
save
lives.
They
want
to
serve
their
community
to
the
best
of
their
ability.
We
all
want
to
help.
We
are
now
asking
for
your
help.
Please
consider
us
as
people
with
families
that
want
to
make
it
home
without
wrecking
our
cars
on
the
way
due
to
exhaustion
after
a
shift.
D
Collectively
we
support
proposals
that
will
increase
our
number
of
dispatchers,
with
adequate
training
in
the
9-1-1
center
and
a
and
staffed
ambulances
in
the
field,
while
also
keeping
our
safety,
physical
and
mental
health
in
mind.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
Thank
you
for
your
continued
service
to
our
communities.
D
A
F
Okay,
I
just
want
to
finish
the
statement
from
carrie
smith,
my
friend
and
fellow
save
oakley
library
person.
She
wanted
to
finish
and
say
that
the
the
store
in
oakley
is
very
dangerous.
The
market
draws
people
who
buy
and
use
you
know
products
all
day
at
night
and
loiter
and
walk
through
oakley.
This
is
not
a
safe
place.
F
She
has
raised
her
children
in
the
library
because
it
is
a
free,
safe
place
to
grow
the
hearts
and
minds
a
place.
They
have
met
lifelong
friends
and
met
neighbors.
This
is
a
second
home
to
our
live
to
our
family.
We
have
been
going
to
mother
goose
story,
time
weekly,
since
her
five-year-old
was
an
infant.
Please
help
us
keep
the
oakley
library
in
the
heart
of
our
community.
F
Just
a
little
about
me,
I'm
a
realtor
for
the
last
eight
years,
full
time,
I'm
a
graduate
of
unc
asheville.
My
grandmother
lived
in
oakley,
so
I'm
kind
of
a
lifelong
resident
of
asheville.
I
serve
on
the
historic
resources
commission
for
the
city
and
the
county
as
well
as
a
couple
other
groups
I
feel,
like
our
library
is
super
important
to
the
community.
F
Equity
and
inclusion
for
the
county
does
not
mean
closing
libraries.
It
means
opening
more
libraries.
Buncombe
county
has
received
50.7
million
in
arpa
funding,
so
we
would
love
to
see
the
library
renovated
or
possibly
purchased
from
the
city
and
then
renovated,
because
the
city
of
asheville
owns
the
building
and
the
library
is
very
dated.
F
So
that's
a
problem
for
many
of
the
people,
but
it
is
a
key
location,
as
carrie
mentioned,
for
school
right
across
the
street.
The
bus
stop
steps
away
the
community
center
just
below
the
library,
as
chairman
newman
said
at
one
point
regarding
the
arpa
funding,
this
is
a
once
in
a
lifetime
opportunity.
F
Some
of
the
things
that
you
may
not
know
about
is
that
you
can
actually
borrow
a
computer
from
the
library
and
use
the
internet
for
free,
while
at
the
library
they
also
have
desktop
computers,
that
patrons
can
use
wi-fi
for
your
telephones
and
things
of
that
nature
and
our
library
is
incredibly
important
to
our
diverse
community.
Residents
of
oakley
speak
a
wider
range
of
language
than
any
other
school
in
the
system,
as
carrie
mentioned.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
All
right,
that's
everyone
who
signed
up.
Are
there
any
other
members
of
the
public
who
wish
to
speak
during
public
comment.
A
A
It
will,
it
has
already
come
up
yeah
and
if
you
can,
you
can
probably
get
it
to
advance
too.
That
is
not
always
say
completely
easy.
G
Okay,
thank
you
for
having
me
this
evening.
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
present
to
the
commissioners
the
work
of
the
audit
committee.
I
wanted
to
talk
briefly
about
the
purpose
of
the
audit
committee.
Our
purpose
is
to
assist
the
board
of
commissioners
in
fulfilling
your
oversight,
duties
as
it
relates
to
the
financial
reporting
process,
management
system,
systems
of
internal
controls
and
the
performance
of
both
internal
and
external
audit
functions.
G
There
are
currently
seven
members
on
our
committee.
I
kendra
ferguson
mscpa
and
serve
as
the
chair
of
the
committee.
I've
been
a
member
for
several
years.
We
also
have
commissioners
al
whitesides
and
robert
presley
and
commissioner
white
whiteside
serves
as
our
vice
chair.
We
have
two
other
members
of
the
community
they're
also
cpas,
larry,
harris
and
denny
yelton
mike
nephshield
is
a
member
of
the
banking
community
and
dr
glenda
weinert
is
a
small
business
owner
in
our
community
and
also
a
professor
of
accounting.
G
I
wanted
to
go
over
briefly
the
the
most
recent
meetings
that
we've
had
and
some
of
the
accomplishments
that
we
did
that
we
accomplished
at
those
meetings.
Back
in
december
of
2020,
we
approved
the
business
plan
for
the
internal
audit
department,
which
also
aligned
with
the
buncombe
county
strategic
plan.
We
also
approved
our
2021
meeting
dates
and
elected
officers
to
serve
for
2021..
G
We
continued
our
discussion
of
governance
documents
which
initiated
several
months
ago,
and
we
always
have
internal
audit
department
updates
at
our
meetings.
In
january
of
this
year,
we
reviewed
and
approved
the
fiscal
year
2022
budget
proposal
for
the
internal
audit
department,
which
then
went
through
the
typical
budget
process
for
all
other
departments
within
the
county.
We
also
received
an
update
on
the
external
audit
and
continued
our
discussion
of
the
governance
documents
and
received
another
update
from
the
internal
audit
department.
G
G
There
are
a
number
of
recent
successes
that
the
internal
audit
department
has
achieved.
In
the
last
few
months,
there
has
been
an
increased
number
of
employee
ethics
report
line
cases,
and
I
know
that
might
sound
counter-intuitive,
but
the
the
evidence
that
employees
are
willing
to
come
forth
and
make
complaints
demonstrates
confidence
in
their
process
or
in
the
process,
which
is
an
anonymous
process.
G
G
The
internal
audit
department
also
serves
on
various
county
work
groups
in
an
advisory
capacity
which,
to
me
is
evidence
that
the
internal
audit
department
is
seen
as
a
valued
partner
to
many
other
members
of
management
and,
additionally,
internal
audit
conducts
training
for
other
departments.
A
recent
training
and
trainings
that
has
happened
quite
quite
a
few
over
the
last
few
months
has
been
in
relation
to
coso's
internal
control,
integrated
framework,
which
is
something
that
abort
approved
the
implementation
of
several
years
ago.
G
G
Due
to
the
turnover
of
that
director
position,
we
were
supposed
to
do
that
kind
of
right
before
the
previous
director
left
the
county
and
truly
there
is
a
lack
of
resources
within
the
internal
audit
department.
I'm
saddened
to
actually
provide
a
further
update
versus.
What's
on
the
slide,
we
currently
will
be
losing
our
one
staff
person
in
the
internal
audit
department
within
the
next
couple
of
weeks.
She
has
accepted
another
position
within
the
county
and
that
is
going
to
significantly
hinder
the
progress
of
the
internal
audit
department.
G
Before
that
we
have
not
had
the
capacity
to
complete
audits.
We
have
not.
The
internal
audit
department
has
not
completed
an
audit
since
sheriff
duncan
was
in
office
a
couple
years
ago,
and
we
don't
have
the
current
expertise
within
the
internal
audit
department
to
assess
risk
and
audit
information
technology
functions.
G
I
wanted
to
provide
some
benchmarking
information
in
relation
to
other
north
carolina,
local
governments
and
their
internal
audit
departments.
So,
as
you
can
see
on
the
list,
buckham
county
and
the
city
of
asheville
are
down
at
the
bottom.
We
do
have
three
approved
for
positions
for
the
internal
audit
department,
but,
as
I
mentioned,
we
currently
will
have
two
vacancies,
and
one
of
those
positions
has
not
yet
been
advertised
and
unfortunately,
will
not
be
able
to
be
advertised
until
we
can
locate
a
director.
G
G
G
I
wanted
to
talk
a
little
bit
further.
I
actually
gained
some
additional
information
about
investigations,
which
has
been
a
significant
component
of
the
work
of
the
internal
audit
department
over
the
last
several
months
or
really
a
couple
of
years.
In
fiscal
year,
2021
the
internal
audit
department
completed
54
investigations.
G
G
G
It
is
a
particular
concern
of
mine
losing
our
one
internal
audit
department
staff
to
lose
the
independence
associated
with
the
investigations
that
are
currently
being
performed
from
my
understanding.
In
the
meantime,
since
their
staff
auditor
is
just
moving
to
another
county
department,
she
will
continue
to
assist
with
investigations,
but
the
perceived
potential
for
conflict
and
for
management
to
have
a
say
in
investigations
is
a
particular
concern
of
mine,
and
it's
something
that
we
really
need
to
have
in
mind
as
we
are
working
to
recruit
an
internal
audit
director.
G
G
We
also
will
be
meeting
next
week
to
go
over
and
recommend
the
fiscal
year.
2023
internal
audit
department
budget
the
it's
a
little
bit
earlier
this
year,
since
the
timelines
for
all
the
county
departments
are
kind
of
pushed
up
a
little
bit.
We
also
soon
will
hopefully
be
reviewing
and
recommending
the
fiscal
year.
2021
external
audit
to
the
board
there's
been
some
delays
caused
by
the
federal
government
that
has
delayed
the
external
financial
audit
due
to
the
all
of
the
additional
coveted
funds
that
have
been
received.
G
G
A
H
What
I
would
like
to
share
first
of
all,
is
to
thank
kendra
a
job
well
done
from
what
we've
gone
through
this
past
year.
I
don't
know
what
we
could
have
done
without
her,
because
I
know
she's
starting
her
new
business,
which
is
off
and
running
out
here
doing
well,
but
still
we
can
count
on
her
to
back
us
up
and
she's
done
a
good
job
with
that,
but
saying
that
we've
got
to
move
with
lightning
speed.
H
I
I
You
know
the
last
couple
years
with
some
internal
things
we
had
going
on
and
trying
to
get
it
and
now
we're
setting
at
a
point
that
myself
and
al
and
kendra
have
talked
with
the
county
manager.
We
have
got
to
get
someone
in
this
position.
It's
a
high
risk,
get
them,
but
also
we've
got
software
coming
and
we
got
a
the
opportunity,
an
opening
for
employees,
but
it's
hard
to
hire
them
until
we
get
someone
in
as
the
director
of
it
so
kendra.
I
G
Thank
you.
I
would
like
to
take
one
opportunity.
I
wasn't
going
to
name
her
specifically,
but
since
you
guys
did
kelly,
houston
has
done
incredible
work
for
the
internal
audit
department
and
really
deserves
to
be
commended
for
her
extremely
hard
work
and
really
just
keeping
the
department
afloat
over
the
last
couple
of
years.
B
So
kendra
I'm
here
so
with
that
what
seems
to
be
the
struggle
with
hiring
a
new
director
and
also
are
we
conducting
exit
interviews
when
staff
are
leaving
to
find
out,
because
obviously
this
is
really
detrimental
to
us
that
we
have
no
one
now
in
this
department.
So
I
just
kind
of
would
like
to
understand.
You
know
why
we're
having
a
hard
time
and
and
what
we
can
be
doing
better
to
to
get
this
handled.
Yeah.
G
G
My
personal
opinion:
we've
we've
gotten
a
limited
number
of
candidates
for
the
position,
and
many
of
them
have
external
audit
experience,
maybe
not
necessarily
government
experience
either.
An
internal
audit
is
just
it's
a
different
type
of
environment,
and
so
looking
for
someone
with
specifically
internal
audit
and
local
government
internal
audit
experience
has
been
a
significant
challenge.
A
G
Yeah
I
mean,
I
think,
the
potentially
looking
into
hiring
a
search
firm
may
help
us
get
a
broader
reach
than
we
can
currently
get.
It
is
a
very
specialized
thing
that
we're
trying
to
hire
for
so
maybe
if
we
had
someone
with
dedicated
attention
that
would
help
us
especially
move
with
speed,
because
that's
important,
but
also
I
wanna,
make
sure
that
we're
not
in
our
haste,
to
fill
the
position
that
we're
not
looking
for
someone
who
won't
stick
around
here
for
a
while
right.
G
Because
it's
it's
very,
very
important
that
we
have
someone
and
have
continuity,
especially
they're,
going
to
be
building
a
department
from
the
bottom.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
really
get
the
right
person
in
the
position
and
then
just
keep
it
on
your
your
minds
that
internal
audit
is
an
important
essential
function.
G
You
all
know
the
history
of
internal
audit
within
our
county
and
moving
it
to
be
a
completely
independent
department
away
from
management
was
a
huge
step
that
was
taken
because
it
was
not
always
that
way
and
it's
it's
independent
from
management
for
a
reason
to
lend
credibility
to
internal
audits,
work
and
just
keep
that
in
mind.
As
we
continue
to
move
forward.
A
I
That
in
saying
that
next
week
meeting
we
tried
to
change
it
and
I
have
got
an
engagement
I
can't
get
out
of
so
I
think
we
could
let
another
commissioner
set
in
visitors.
I
But
if
we
go
back
to
slide
number
eight,
if
you
can
pull
it
up
about
the
benchmarking,
that's
something
that's
really
been
overlooked
here
in
the
county.
You
look
at
all
the
other
counties
that
you
know
the
amount
of
staff
that
they
got
now.
Yes,
they
are
a
bigger
county
than
us.
Go
back
right
there
we're
at
three,
but
we've
been
working
with
one
for
the
last
four
months.
Isn't
it
al
and.
I
Long
into
july
and
two
for
the
last
four
years
that
I've
been
on
the
audit
committee,
so
yeah.
G
And
it
says
three
staff
and
that's
because
there
was
an
additional
position.
That's
been
authorized
in
2022,
which
we
had
intended
to
hire
kind
of
in
january
of
2022.
H
G
We
wanted
to
get
through
the
audit
management
software
implementation
first,
so
that
a
new
staff
audit,
because
this
is
a
pretty
entry
level
position
that
we're
wanting
to
add
a
new
staff
auditor,
wouldn't
be
learning
manual
processes
that
were
then
going
to
immediately
change.
Just
didn't
make
a
lot
of
sense.
A
You
know
looking
at
this
benchmarking
slide.
I
mean
if
you
just
looked
at
this.
It
doesn't
necessarily
seem
like
we're
in
the
wrong
neighborhood.
I
mean
you
know:
durham
county's
got
three
much
bigger
county
than
buncombe
county,
so
similar
same
number
of
them.
Guilford
and
wake
have
more,
but
of
course,
wake's
got
a
million
people
in
it.
It's
a
much
bigger
organization.
A
G
A
All
right,
commissioners,
the
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
public.
We've
got
a
public
hearing
and
related
to
personnel,
ordinance
updates.
A
And
looks
like
rafael
betty
says
here
to
talk
to
us
about
this,
so
thank
you
for
being
here.
J
Yeah,
commissioner,
so
thank
you
so
much
rafael,
baptista
with
strategy
and
innovation.
So
before
we
open
the
public
here,
we
wanted
to
give
you
a
presentation
related
to
the
policies
that
are
being
removed
from
the
personnel
ordinance
into
standalone
policies
and
especially
go
into
a
deep
dive
for
the
conflict
of
interest
policy
that
I
know
there
have
been
questions
around.
J
J
So
before
we
get
started
on
the
conflict
of
interest
policy,
I
thought
what
might
be
helpful
is
think
about
what
is
being
removed
from
the
personnel
ordinance.
So
we
just
can
kind
of
track
it.
So
if
you
think
about
the
personnel
ordinance
and
the
proposed
changes
today,
we're
making
some
changes
to
cost
of
living
adjustment,
which
we
spoke
about
at
the
last
briefing
we're
moving
health
and
human
services,
employees
from
the
state
personnel
system
to
the
county
personnel
system
and
we're
cleaning
up
the
on-call
language
to
allow
us
to
pay
employees
to
be
on
call.
J
But
if
you
take
those
out
here
to
other
kind
of
moves
being
done
within
the
personnel
ordinance.
So
the
first
four
moves
all
relates
to
conflict
of
interest,
we're
taking
gifts
and
favors
conflict
of
interest
outside
employment
and
limitations
on
the
employment
of
relatives
and
then
limitations
on
consensual
relationships
among
employees,
we're
taking
them
out
of
the
ordinance
and
putting
them
in
a
stand-alone
cough
defectors
policy.
J
So,
to
give
you
an
overview
of
the
conflict
of
interest,
we
always
think
about
what
are
the
key
factors
or
key
considerations
that
we
want
to
keep
in
mind
as
we
go
through
and
work
on
a
policy
so
in
relationship
to
the
conflict
of
interest.
This
is
a
policy
that
only
applies
to
county
employees.
This
policy
does
not
apply
to
the
count
during
buncombe
county
board
of
county
commissioners.
This
only
applies
to
county
employees,
so
the
clear
the
major
considerations
for
us
are
one
to
take.
J
J
I
fully
understood
every
difference
when
I
was
thinking
about
what
is
the
main
difference,
the
one
is
when
I
read
the
personnel
ordinance,
I'm
con
I'm
a
little
confused
as
to
what
qualifies
as
a
conflict,
but
I
read
the
policy,
it's
very
clear
to
me:
it's
very
clear:
what
is
okay,
what
is
not
okay
and
there
is
a
potential
thing:
that's
not,
okay,
what
are
the
steps
that
need
to
be
taken?
So
there's
a
lot
more
clarity.
J
The
second
is,
it
provides,
as
I
said,
it's
that
clear
guidance
on
how
to
manage
these
things.
When
I
presented
to
you
all
at
the
last
briefing,
I
talked
about
one
or
four
goals
with
these
changes
is
to
make
it
where
it's
more
clear,
to
management
and
to
employees
of
how
we
handle
things
we're
more
transparent
in
the
way
we
manage
things-
and
this
is
the
goal
of
the
updated
policy,
then.
Lastly,
it
requires
tracking
of
all
real
and
potential
conflicts.
J
J
J
For
the
first
time
we
are
requiring
that
employees
disclose
any
conflicts
they
have
in
relationship
to
secondary
employment.
The
personnel
ordinance
only
states
that,
if
I
want
to
take
on
outside
employment
of
buncombe
county,
I
need
to
get
approval
from
the
human
resources
department.
It
does
not
state
why
human
resources
would
or
not
would
not
approve
my
request
for
outside
employment
with
the
new
updated
policy.
It
specifically
states
when
conflicts
exist
with
outside
employment,
and
it
gives
grounds
for
which
human
resources
may
reject
a
request
for
outside
employment
in
relationship
to
employment.
J
Employment
or
relatives-
this
is
one
that
does
not
have
significant
much
change
to
accept
that.
Currently,
the
personnel
ordinance
says
that
if
the
county
manager
were
to
one
hire
a
relative
within
their
immediate
family,
they
would
require
board
approval
now
under
the
updated
policy
that
would
extend
to
first
cousin
or
closer
relative.
So
we're
expanding
the
range
of
individuals
for
which
the
county
manager
would
need
approval
from
the
board.
A
Can
ask
good
question
about
that?
Raphael?
Yes,
sir,
so
for
positions
where
the
county
manager
would
be
making
the
hiring
decision.
I
understand
that,
but
I
also
assume
that,
like
for
for
various
positions
lower
in
the
organization,
there'd
be
various
kind
of
hiring
decisions
that
are
not
considered
to
be
decisions
by
the
manager
or
do
they
all
kind
of
ultimately
flow
up
under
that.
So
basically
that
policy
captures
a
hundred
percent
of
hiring
decisions
throughout
the
organization.
J
A
If
it's,
let's
say
a
fairly,
you
know
yeah
a
position
that
the
county
manager
wouldn't
necessarily
be
from
a
practical
standpoint,
very
involved
in
that
hiring
process.
But
if,
if
it
does
involve
that
kind
of
relative,
then
it
would
be
sent
up
to
be
kind
of
reviewed
differently.
J
A
J
J
So
anyone
who
reports
to
the
board
that
would
trigger
the
board,
but
for
anyone
who
reports
under
avril's
the
county
manager
span
of
control
so
any
essentially
any
one
of
our
15
1200
employees
outside
the
sheriff's
office
and
registered
deeds.
They
would
be
approval
from
the
county
manager.
County
manager
would
approve
employment
or
relatives
there.
A
J
The
policy
states
that
starting
effective
upon
this,
and
once
we
get
the
system
up
and
running
in
our
our
erp
system,
the
system
in
which
we
manage
all
the
personnel
stuff
employees
will
have
to
disclose
any
employment
of
relatives.
Additionally,
when
someone
applies
for
a
job,
we
do
require
that
they
disclose
if
they
have
any
relatives
that
meet
the
definition
of
the
policy
you
work
for
buncombe
county.
At
that
point,
human
resources
works
to
manage
that
situation,
so
we
do
require.
We
do
track
it
in
our
internal
systems.
A
J
Additionally,
when
with
consensual
relationship
between
employees,
so
two
employees
who
enter
into
relationship
willingly
and
consensually
with
each
other,
the
only
change
in
the
from
the
ordinance
to
the
policy
here
is
that
we
state
that
not
only
do
you
have
to
disclose
if
there's
an
actual
conflict,
so
two
people
who
have
supervisory
or
a
conflict
there,
but
if
there's
a
potential
conflict
they're
required
to
disclose
it
to
human
resources.
So
there's
a
situation
where
maybe
there's
a
conflict.
Someone
could
see
a
conflict
they're
required
to
disclose
it
to
human
resources.
J
So,
in
relationship
to
the
role
of
boarding
board
of
county
commissioners,
the
first
one
is
to
adopt
and
review
the
policy
that
a
policy
could
only
be
changed
by
the
board
upon
a
vote
of
the
board.
And,
secondly,
it's
responsible
for
the
oversight
of
board
appointed
employees
so
holding
any
employee
who's
under
the
purview
of
the
board.
They're
they're
responsible
to
the
board,
and
that
doesn't
change
from
the
ordinance
to
the
policy.
J
So
that's
the
the
remaining
piece
on
conflict
of
interest.
Are
there
any
questions
on
that
before
I
move
on
to
the
other
policies.
A
You
know
my
my
only
question,
and
this
is
just
kind
of
like
you
know,
having
been
here
for
a
while
is
like
is
there
I
mean,
I
think
the
policies
you
described
sound
good.
I
just
wonder
if
there's
anything
else
that
could
be
done
to
just
further
kind
of
further
strengthen
them.
Honestly,
in
terms
of
like
the
nepotism
policy,
I
mean
the
kind
of
thing
that
I
think
about,
and
it's
not
you
know
like.
A
You
know
that
nepotism
is
not
tolerated
in
the
organization
because
it
has
been
abused
in
the
past
I
mean
it
just
I
mean
we
have
a
history
of
this
right
that
we
all
know
painfully
or
painfully
aware
of
so
just
one
of
the
things
that
some
I'm
supportive
of
these,
but
I'm
just
kind
of
just
thinking
about
what
you
know
are
there
other
things
that
could
further
enhance
it?
A
I
mean
one
of
the
things
I
would
want,
or
maybe
just
to
suggest
to
think
about.
For
for
for
this
kind
of
policy
would
be,
I
mean
obvious.
A
They
should
report
that
as
as
outlined
in
the
policy,
but
I
mean
I
would
suggest-
maybe
they
need
to
not
only
do
that,
but
if
there's
an
if
there's
ever
any
pressure
from
anyone
in
the
organization
to
do
that,
it
should
be,
they
should
have
an
affirmative
obligation
to
notify
our
internal
audit
folks,
because
that
is
you
know
it's
it's
it's
it's
a
violation
of
county
policy.
A
It
violates
our
ethical
standards
as
an
organization,
so
we
should
not
only
you
know
not
tolerate
it.
We
should
also
not.
We
should
let
folks
know
that
that
if
they
see
it
happening,
it
needs
to
be
reported,
because
I
guess
just
just
thinking
back
on
the
county's
past
like
if
I
feel
like,
if
we
had
had
more
policies
like
that
in
the
past,
perhaps
you
know
some
of
those
things
would
have
been
caught
sooner.
A
K
In
the
conflict
of
interest
policy,
but
I
want
where
I
feel
to
speak
to
the
fact
that
we
are
reviewing
all
policies
and
we
are
looking
at
our
hiring
practices
as
well
as
recruitment,
so
those
pieces
we
will
touch
as
we
go
through.
This
policy
works.
If
you
want
to
speak
to
the
timelines
and
stuff
that
you're
talking
about.
J
Yes,
so
the
remaining
policies
are
within
the
personnel
audience
that
we're
going
to
look
at
include
the
recruitment
selection
process.
So
that's
going
to
explicitly
touch
the
approach
in
which
we
take
and
how
we
make
hiring
decisions.
Okay,
so
we'll
make
sure,
as
we
work
through
that
policy
to
incorporate
that
feedback
chairman
thank.
J
So
there
are
three
other
policies
that
we
are
proposing:
removing
from
the
personnel
ordinance
and
making
into
standalone
policies
a
primary,
a
major
difference
between
the
conflict
of
interest,
and
these
policies
is
the
conflict
of
interest.
It's
a
personnel
policy.
It's
a
board
adopted
policy.
These
are
all
operational
policies
that
would
be
approved
and
managed
at
the
management
level.
J
So
the
first
one
is
acceptable.
It
usage
policy.
This
really
speaks
to
the
way
that
our
county
employees
interact
with
our
technology
and
with
our
server
system
and
our
internet
system.
So
it
speaks
to
their
day-to-day
interactions.
With
that
what
is
permitted
and
what
is
not
permitted.
So
this
is
very
much
an
operational
policy.
J
The
second
policy
is
vehicle
usage.
So
this
is
the
way
the
county
employees
engage
with
county,
owned,
rented
or
leased
vehicles
to
conduct
county
business.
So
can
I
use
my
cell
phone
while
I'm
driving
a
county
vehicle
answer
being
no
right,
my
obligations
for
proper
maintenance
and
notification
of
fleet
services.
If
there's
an
issue
with
my
vehicle,
so
how
I
engage
with
the
vehicles,
the
third
one
is
inclement
weather
so
currently
in
the
personnel
audience.
J
It
states
that
the
county
manager
has
some
authorities
around
closing
county
offices,
if
necessary,
due
to
adverse
weather
or
natural
disasters.
But
there's
not
a
huge
amount
of
clear
there's,
not
really
clarity
of
what
that
is.
So
we've
been
operating
under
kind
of
ad
hoc
policies
and
interpretations
over
the
last
few
years,
so
this
policy
will
give
us
specific
guidance
of
how
we
make
the
decision
of
when
to
close
county
offices.
J
But
I
think
also,
more
importantly,
with
the
increases
in
technology
over
the
last
couple
of
years
and
a
significant
amount
of
our
workforce
having
a
flexible
working
arrangement
where
they're
in
the
office,
sometimes
not
in
the
office.
Every
time
allow
us
to
ensure
that
our
policies
really
to
inclement
weather
are
reflective
of
the
current
working
conditions
of
more
employees
are
able
to
work
from
home
during
adverse
weather
than
ever
before.
J
So
those
are
the
changes
there
in
terms
of
next
steps,
we
would
propose
board
adoption
of
the
conflict
of
interest
policy
and
implementation
of
the
new
policies
and
procedures
will
go
with,
would
be
effective
upon
approval,
so
we
would
go
from
the
personnel
ordinance
conflict
of
interest
to
the
standalone
conflict
of
interest.
The
lie
would
just
switch,
would
just
happen
and
there
would
be
no
period
in
which
we
would
not
have
cognitive
interest
policy.
A
One
other
question:
this
comes
up
infrequently
enough
that
I
always
forget
how
it
works
in
between
coming
up
in
terms
of
inclement
weather,
so
this
would
deli
this
would
kind
of
create
some
more
standardized
protocols
around
that.
It
sounds
like
for
the
management
to
flesh
out,
but
when
it
comes
to
the
register
of
deeds
office
that
continues
to
be
a
place
where,
by
state
law,
the
commission
has
to
make
a
decision
to
close
operations
for
inclement
weather
or
for
other
reasons
too.
A
K
J
A
A
A
N
A
K
K
Rachel
is
a
former
assistant
dean
for
black
studies
and
first
generation
and
oral
income
students
at
dartmouth,
college
and
she
trains,
students,
faculty
staff,
community
members
and
non-profit
leaders
in
issues
of
equity,
community
engagement
and
social
justice.
So
I
told
I'm
going
to
call
her
up
to
make
her
say
something.
O
Thank
you
avril
and
thank
you,
mr
chair.
It's
a
pleasure
to
be
here
with
everyone.
Finally,
after
a
long
process,
I'm
very
excited
to
return
back
to
north
carolina.
This
is
my
home.
O
I
am
not
from
asheville,
but
I
am
so
looking
forward
to
making
this
my
home
over
the
past
two
days
that
I've
been
here
with
you
and
I've
had
such
warm
support
and
welcoming,
and
also
more
encouraging,
just
the
opportunity
to
hear
from
so
many
people
that
have
already
been
engaged
in
this
racial
equity
work
and
moving
forward
with
the
plans
that
buncombe
county
has
made
so
far.
So
I
feel
delighted
I
feel
blessed.
O
K
P
All
right
say
good
afternoon,
I'm
chris
austin.
I
am
the
county
safety
officer.
After
talking
to
avril
the
other
day,
I
was
asked
to
give
you
guys
a
quick
overview
of
exactly
what
alertis
was
just
kind
of
that
way,
everybody's
on
the
same
page
with
it
and
then
kind
of
real
quick
go
over
kind
of
where
we're
at
with
it,
and
you
know
what
progress
we've
made
with
it.
So
basically,
alertis
is
a
mass
notification
system
that
the
county
has
purchased
to
use
there.
P
We
go
basically
it's
a
mass
notification
system
that
the
county
has
purchased
to
use
internally
just
for
its
employees.
It
is
going
to
tie
in
with
code
red
systems
that
way.
If
a
situation
does
arise,
it
will
automatically
notify
the
public
that
hey
a
building's
closing
because
of
a
fire
emergency
situation.
Whatever
that
is-
and
you
know
kind
of
nothing
will
be
a
disruption
to
service,
but
basically
the
way
the
alerted
system
works.
Is
it
works
as
a
dual
prong
approach?
The
first
approach
is
it
works
through
a
hardware
portion.
P
Part
of
the
hardware
is
stuff.
Like
speakers,
you
guys
may
have
noticed
some
out
in
the
hallway
to
send
emergency
messages
and
different
things
to
people
that
are
out
in
the
hallway
and
different
things,
and
even
things
such
as
the
message
board
it's
in
the
back
of
the
room.
The
way
that
would
work
would
be
if
something's
happening
outside
here
or
down
in
the
lobby.
P
Member
staff
can
send
a
message
it'll
pop
up
on
the
back
screen
and
notify
you
guys
that
hey
something's
going
on
you
know
we
need
to
exit
the
room
or
whatever
it
is
that's
going
on.
The
other
part
of
it
is,
is
a
software
portion.
It's
been
working
on
this
for
close
to
a
year
and
a
half
we've
come
a
really
long
way
with
it,
and
the
way
it
works
in
general
is
is
if
an
alarm
goes
off
through
alertus.
It
takes
over
your
computer
screen.
P
It
goes
to
your
cell
phone
that
type
of
thing,
and
it
lets
you
know
that
hey
this
is
the
scenario
that's
going
on,
and
this
is
what
you
do
need
to
do
to
respond.
We
currently
have
it
set
up
in
three
different
alarm
levels.
The
first
one
is
just
simply:
I
need
a
manager
just
somebody
to
come
down
help
situation.
The
next
level
is,
I
need
security
at
my
location
and
in
the
final
level,
is
active,
shooter,
active
assailant,
something
like
that.
P
So
part
of
this
is
we
have
already
completed
the
first
phase
of
the
hardware
equipment
install.
We
do
have
everything
on
hand
to
start
with
phase
two.
I
want
to
give
just
a
second
give
a
shout
out
to
michael
mace's
guys,
because
once
they
got
started
installing
the
first
phase,
they
realized.
We
can
get
this
equipment
ourselves
and
we
can
make
this
work
and
they
were
actually
able
to
go
and
buy
the
equipment
for
phase
two
and
save
us
close
to
30
40
somewhere
between
30
to
40
thousand
dollars.
P
The
next
thing
is
is
that,
after
talking
to
I.t,
they
are
going
to
work
to
get
it
out
to
all
county
employees.
This
week,
they've
been
waiting
on
an
internal
information
message
to
kind
of
go
out
to
everybody
and
let
everybody
in
the
county
know
hey
this
is
what's
going
on
and
what
the
difference
is
between
alertis
and
code
red.
But
the
main
thing
is:
is
that
once
it
goes
out
to
everybody?
If
something
happens,
all
county
employees
will
be
able
to
receive
a
alarm
or
message
saying
hey.
P
There
is
an
emergency
situation
going
on
at
200
college
make
sure
you're
not
here.
You
know
if
you're
in
the
building
make
sure
you're
taking
appropriate
action
and
doing
what
it
is.
You
need
to
do
to
make
sure
that
you're
able
to
go
home
safe
at
the
end
of
the
day.
The
alert
is
trading
has
already
started.
P
P
You
know
and
try
to
survive
an
emergency
situation
essentially
and
as
sad
as
it
is,
you
know,
and
I
hate
the
idea
that
we
actually
have
to
worry
about
this
nowadays,
but
it
is,
you
know,
just
part
of
a
normal
everyday
life
anymore.
We
all
time
hear
about
stuff
happening
and
everybody
does
seem
to
be
real
happy
that
we're
able
to
give
them
this
and,
to
be
honest
with
you,
the
best
thing
that's
come
from
this
is
not
exactly
been
the
training
it's
been
on
the
back
side
of
it.
P
The
initial
group
we
did,
the
training
with
they
said,
hey
come
out
here,
come
to
our
building,
let's
walk
through,
so
I
was
able
to
walk
through
some
members
of
the
sheriff's
department
and
really
give
them
some
ideas,
and
you
know
different
things
and
some
strategies
to
be
able
to
help
in
an
emergency
situation.
P
K
Q
A
R
Okay,
so
buncombe
county
is
hosting
a
job
fair
for
all
of
our
positions.
This
is
an
internal
buncombe
county
job,
fair,
not
a
community
job
fair
on
saturday
november
6
at
the
health
and
human
services,
building
at
40
cox
avenue
from
10
to
3,
and
we
are
hiring
it's
a
sort
of
an
expedited
process
for
our
employees.
So
we
are
trying
to
do
sort
of
like
mini
interviews
on
site.
R
For
me,
one
of
the
largest
pieces
of
this
is
informational
and
educational
for
our
community
members,
who
may
not
know
some
of
the
services,
of
course,
that
buncombe
county
office
offers
to
them,
but
also
some
of
the
positions
that
we
have
available,
and
the
example
that
I
keep
giving
is
the
hvac
technician
which
is
about
to
be
posted,
probably
tomorrow.
So
people
may
not
think
of
buncombe
county
as
an
employer
that
employs
hvac
technicians.
R
So
all
of
these
positions
are
currently
hiring
or
in
the
process
or
about
to
be
posted
in
addition
to
some
other
ones,
who
are
that
are
actually
not
currently
listed
on
here
as
well.
So
we
have
things
from
I.t
to,
like
I
said,
hvac
technicians
to
paramedics
to
groundskeeping.
R
As
of
last
week,
we
had
approximately
70
openings,
so
I
know
this
looks
like
a
lot.
Some
of
them
are
multiple
positions,
multiple
openings
for
the
same
position,
multiple
positions
as
in
terms
of
head
count,
it
fluctuates,
as
things
are,
hired
and
posted
on
a
daily
basis
between
70
and
80,
approximately.
A
S
S
There
we
go
preliminary
recommendations
for
what
our
system
structure
should
look
like
and
also
for
the
individual
library
locations,
and
at
that
point
we
moved
forward
with
getting
additional
input
from
the
community.
The
library
advisory
board
organized
those
sessions
and
held
10
sessions
from
july
through
september,
which
was
included
in
both
in-person
and
virtual,
but
then
due
to
covet
intensifying,
we
had
to
shift
completely
to
virtual
and
is
the
feeling
of
the
library
advisory
board
myself
for
sure
that
we
need
to
have
those
in-person
sessions.
S
S
So
what
we're
looking
to
do
now
is
get
additional
guidance
on
what
we
should
do.
Moving
forward
we'd
like
to
continue
those
sessions,
we
don't
feel
that
we
should
prioritize
speed
over
making
sure
we
get
this
right
and
right
now
ron
pause
until
the
conditions
merit
going
back
to
in-person
sessions.
The
advisory
board
is
set
to
discuss
that
again
at
their
november
meeting.
A
Okay,
all
right,
thank
you,
jim,
so
I
think
the
commission
should
give
some
direction
on
this,
so
I'll
just
kind
of
jump
into
it.
I
think
the
I
you
know.
I
think
some
of
the
proposals
that
have
been
put
forward
in
the
current
library
plan
are
just
not
supported
in
the
community
in
terms
of
closing
some
of
these
community
libraries,
so
I
think
I
think
we
should
give
some
predictability
and
clarity
to
the
neighborhoods
that
have
been
really
concerned
about
the
potential
closure
of
these
libraries.
A
And
that,
but
that
also
that,
while
the
direction
is
to
focus
in
the
near
term
on
maintaining
and
improving
the
libraries
in
their
current
locations,
the
commission
is
open
to
considering
in
the
future
new
library
projects
on
a
case-by-case
basis,
if
on
a
case-by-case
basis,
if
they
have
the
support
from
when
within
the
neighborhoods
that
are
served
by
the
existing
libraries.
So
I'd
like
to
make
that
motion.
B
So,
yes,
I
feel
like
we
have
clearly
heard
from
the
communities
and-
and
I
think
it's
really
important-
that
they
are
more
involved
in
the
process,
and
I
know
you
all
are
trying
to
do
that.
But
it
seemed
clear
to
me
that
that
wasn't
effective
on
the
front
end
and
and
we
need
to
go
ahead
and
instead
of
drawing
this
process
out
any
longer
is
let
them
have
some
understanding
of
where
we
are,
and
it
is
clear
that
the
libraries
have
so
much
meaning
to
our
community
and
I
specifically
heard
from
oakley.
B
It
really
struck
me
how
many
people
said,
and
actually
some
of
them
were
children
about
how
safe
they
felt
in
their
library
and
how
connected
they
felt
to
their
library.
And
so
I'm
very
supportive
of
this
motion
to
go
ahead
and
just
let
our
communities
have
have
some
clarity
on
where
we
stand
with
this.
A
T
I
would
absolutely
echo
that
I
want
to
just
take
a
moment
to
acknowledge
and
thank
the
folks
who
came
this
evening,
and
we
have,
I
think,
each
of
us
gotten
hundreds
of
messages,
some
of
them
so
personal
and
poignant
about
the
power
of
libraries
in
our
community.
If
we
weren't
believers
before
this,
I
think
we
all
were,
we
certainly
would
be
now.
T
One
thing
I
just
do
want
to
elevate
is
that
in
some
of
the
discussions
we've
had
at
this
level,
some
questions,
I
believe
around
accessibility
and
ada
issues
have
come
up
and
I'd
like
to
make
sure
we
really
elevate
that
and
and
think
about
ways
to
prioritize
addressing
those
as
well
as,
of
course,
any
safety
issues
that
we
should
be
aware
of.
That
feels
like
a
different
category
of
urgency,
that
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
addressing.
B
And
one
thing
I
would
like
to
add:
I
think
it
would
be
I'd
really
like
for
county
management
to
go
ahead
and
maybe
reach
out
to
say
because
oakley,
I
believe,
is
a
city-owned
facility
and
black
mountain
is
a
black
mountain-owned
facility.
I
think
it'd
be
really
good
for
us
to
reach
out
and
start
looking
at
how
we
can
make
some
improvements
to
those
facilities
as
well.
So
we
need
to
learn
more
about
that.
N
N
After
hearing
from
so
many
residents
across
buncombe
county
about
how
closely
tied
they
are
to
the
particular
library
in
their
community
oakley
weaverville
black
mountain,
it
certainly
shifted
some
of
my
own
personal
excitement.
I
do
hope
as
we
move
forward,
we
can
look
at
ways
we
can
update
existing
facilities
to
incorporate
modernizing
what
we
can
offer
in
the
facilities
that
we
do
currently
have.
So
I
hope
that
there
is
a
way
that
we
can
compromise
and
still
offer.
H
You
know
I
was
riding
to
oakley
with
my
10th
grade
grandson
and
he
sort
of
brought
it
all
home
to
me
when
he
said
granddad,
who
were
the
idiots
to
the
proposing
would
close
the
library-
and
I
I
didn't-
have
the
nerve
to
tell
it.
You
know,
but
I
think,
through
this
process
we
found
out
from
the
public
and
that's
the
way
it
should
work.
You
know
we.
H
S
Absolutely
and
I'll
just
say
a
few:
if
I
could
a
few
things
one,
you
know
the
consultant
looked
at
data
in
numbers
and
what
what
gets
lost
in
that
is
the
intangible
quality
of
the
libraries
and
what
they
really
mean
to
people.
S
It's
just
numbers
on
paper
and
that
that
doesn't
translate
when
you're
talking
about
what
that
means,
when
you
take
library
service
out
of
a
community,
but
what
it
did
do
for
us
in
addition
to
giving
us
a
general
snapshot
of
what
the
facility
conditions
are,
which
we
knew
to
some
extent,
but
certainly
we
did
a
deeper
dive
on
in
the
front
end
of
that
to
what
you're
talking
about
in
terms
of
folks
reaction
to
how
accessible
these
buildings
are
and
what
their
conditions
are,
they
mean
so
much
to
so
many
folks,
and
you
know
we
really
need
to
invest
in
them
and
make
sure
they're
up
to
par.
S
Another
thing
I
would
say
too,
about
the
equity
piece
too.
Just
to
let
you
know
that's
something,
that's
very
much
on
the
forefront
of
our
minds
as
well.
One
thing
we
also
heard
through
these
feedback
sessions,
which
I
think
was
super
important,
particularly
from
the
oakley
community.
They
highlighted
the
fact
that
the
oakley
library
is
the
library
that
is
used
by
shiloh,
it's
the
closest
to
shiloh.
S
What
we
don't
know,
though,
is
is
that
enough
is
that
is
that
really
serving
that
community
in
the
way
we
need
to
be
serving
that
community?
S
One
thing
that
we
pursued
recently
is
an
opportunity,
through
the
state
library,
to
obtain
this
data
analysis,
product
called
gale
analytics,
which
we
hope
will
allow
us
to
do
a
deeper
dive
to
understand
how
the
the
shallow
neighborhood
is
being
served
to
understand
if
it's
adequate
in
the
way
we're
serving
it
right
now,
and
we
do
need
to
do
something
different,
that
this
study
didn't
capture
at
all,
which
is
which
is
very
possible.
So
we're
that's
definitely
on
our
minds
for
sure
to
make
sure
we
look
at
that
piece
too.
Continuing.
A
Any
other
comments
from
board-
you
know
just
the
only
thing
coming
out
is,
like
you
know,
I
I
do
think
the
you
know.
We
hear
all
this
attachment
to
the
facilities
and
you
know
the
facilities
locations
in
a
lot
of
ways.
Work
really
well
for
a
lot
of
folks,
but
you
know,
I
think
we
do
need
to
bring
it
open
minded
the
idea
that
you
know
in
the
future.
You
know
there
might
be
other
opportunities
that
are
going
to
be
even
better
for
the
neighborhoods
that
are
served
by
libraries.
A
I
think
the
you
know
the
east
asheville
library
process
was
an
example
where
you
know
in
that
project.
It
was
definitely
the
community
saying
you
know:
we've
loved
this
library,
but
it's
we
have
outgrown
it.
You
know
for
a
long
time
and
and
they
and
they
really
kind
of
pushed
us
to.
Actually,
you
know
actively
explore
other
possible
locations
to
put
that
and
but
ultimately
came
back
around
to
the
idea
that
actually
the
current
location
was
really
the
best
location.
A
Even
though
it's
it's
a
tight
lot
and
it's
co-owned
with
the
city,
so
you
kind
of
it
makes
it
a
little
more
complicated,
but
just
for
a
number
of
reasons
that,
after
looking
at
different
locations
with
a
really
open
mind
they,
you
know
there
was
kind
of
this
consensus
that
emerged,
that
let's
keep
it
where
it
is
and-
and
we
have
this
beautiful
new
library
there
that
everyone's
so
excited
about
so
but
I
think
it's
an
example
of
where
of
what
you
know
kind
of
how
that
exploration
process
could
look.
A
You
know,
I
think,
about,
I
think,
about
west
asheville
such
a
fast-growing
area.
You
know
people
love
the
library
there
too,
but
it's
it's
also.
You
know
very
fast
growing
part
of
the
community
and
in
the
long
term
you
know
they're,
perhaps
in
the
heart
of
west
asheville,
there
are
other
possibilities
that
would
even
better
serve
the
community
in
the
long
term.
So
I
think
we're
you
know
we
should
bring
it
up
in
mind
to
to
all
that,
while
also
hearing
like
in
the
short
term.
We
want
to.
A
Let
folks
know
that
the
services
you
have
and
the
facilities
you
have,
we
want
to
keep
that
and
build
and
build
on
it.
So
if
there
are
no
other
comments,
all
in
favor
of
the
motion,
please
say
I
I
any
opposed
all
right.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
jim.
A
K
As
keith
is
making
his
way
up,
sir,
I
would
start
this
item
by
saying
the
tax
collector
and
the
tax
assessor's
position.
While
they
are
administratively
responsible
to
the
county
manager,
they
are
appointed
by
the
board
of
commissioners
so
on
a
daily
basis,
keith
and
jennifer.
Who
will
be
next
do
report
to
the
assistant
county
manager
and
to
the
finance
officer?
You
must
appoint
them
by
statute
and
that's
why
they're
here
tonight
so
I'll,
let
keith
open
by
saying
whatever.
U
U
A
V
Thank
you,
mr
chairman
commissioners,
so
so
what
you
hear
me
say
will
sound
very
similar
to
what
you've
heard.
I
am
with
you
this
evening
to
request
reappointment
of
the
buncombe
county
tax
collector.
I
was
also
appointed
in
november
of
2017,
so
my
term
is
also
expiring,
so
I'm
requesting
reappointment
same
four-year
term
to
expire
in
november
of
2025,
and
I
would
also
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
you
have
or
or
anything
you'd
like
to
discuss.
N
A
All
right
there's
a
motion,
a
second
to
reappoint
jennifer
pike
as
tax
collector
for
a
four-year
term,
any
further
discussion
all
in
favor.
Please
say
I,
I
any
post
all
right,
jennifer
keith!
Thank
you
both
for
your
service
to
the
people
of
buncombe
county.
We
really
appreciate
it
and
we're
glad
to
have
you
re-upped.
My.
A
M
M
Benefits
of
the
landfill
gas
energy
program
are
significant
reductions
of
greenhouse
gases.
Methane
is
a
potent
greenhouse
gas.
Our
landfill
gas
collection
system
actively
collects
that
and
combusts
it
in
either
the
flare
or
the
generator
landfill
gas
can
be
used
in
the
generator
to
produce
renewable
electricity
duke
is
obligated
to
purchase
renewable
electricity
if
we
produce
it,
which
was
a
question
last
time.
I
wanted
to
make
sure
to
answer
for
you
and
then
duke's
power
purchase
agreement
would
allow
us
to
continue
producing
renewable
electricity
out
of
the
landfill.
M
I
brought
three
scenarios
to
you
this
evening.
There's
a
flare,
only
scenario
which
takes
the
generator
offline
and
then
scenarios
two
and
three
are
keeping
the
generator
online
scenario.
Two
is
a
one
year:
pricing
with
duke
and
the
scenario.
Three
is
the
three-year
pricing
structure
with
duke
so
I'll
run
through
those
for
you,
flair,
sorry,
flair.
One
scenario:
one
is
the
flare
only
so
we
have
reduced
the
expenditures
there
to
accommodate
for
estimated
staff
time
and
taking
the
generator
offline
and
then
the
revenues
there
would
only
be
from
carbon
credits.
M
A
M
Scenario,
two
is
keeping
the
generator
online
with
a
one-year
power
purchase
agreement
with
duke
they
would
give
us
3.1
cents
per
kilowatt
hour.
M
And
then
the
third
scenario
is
the
three-year
ppa
pricing,
which
is
the
3.3
cents
per
kilowatt
hour.
That's
really
the
only
difference
between
the
scenarios.
Two
and
three
is
that
increased
power
production
rate,
the
expenses
I
did
not
highlight
for
you,
that
is
with
the
generator
online
and
estimated
staff
time
scenarios.
Two
and
three
expenses
are
the
same.
M
M
At
that
time
the
manufacturer
recommends
we
do
a
major
overhaul,
which
is
a
engine
block
replacement.
You
can
see
in
the
picture
there
again
that's
approximate
timeline
of
july
2024
with
a
cost
currently
estimated
567
thousand
dollars
so
that
engine
you
see
is
like
a
big
huge
car
engine
and
it's
10
years
old.
Now
it
will
be
13
years
old.
M
So
you
know
we're
running
a
car
on
200
000
miles
and
it's
gonna
start
getting
expensive
to
repair
and
fix,
and
we
may
look
down
the
road
at
how
much
money
we
want
to
put
in
our
old
car
so
to
speak.
We
also
have
the
annual
75
000
loan
repayment
when
we
started
the
project.
That's
75
000
per
year
through
2032,
so
we'd
like
to
analyze
the
long
term
financial
impacts
and
come
back
to
the
board
in
2023
with
another
recommendation
at
that
time
and
then
just
a
timeline
for
all
these
moving
parts.
M
We've
got
the
loan
until
2032
generator
contract
at
60,
000
hours,
roughly
july
2024
three-year
ppa,
which
would
expire
october,
sorry
november
of
2024,
and
then,
during
that
three-year
period,
we'll
need
to
install
some
additional
gas
wells
in
the
landfill,
we'll
need
to
fix
a
few
of
the
old
ones,
because
they're
getting
old
too,
and
then
we
hope
to
evaluate
what
kind
of
gas
production
we've
got
at
that
time.
There
certainly
will
be
more.
M
D
A
A
Okay.
Next
item
is
consideration
of
budget
amendment
for
positions
and
funding
for
emergency
services,
response
and
jennifer
barnett.
Actually,
raphael
bautista
is
back
to
talk
with
us
further
about
this
item.
J
So
we'll
be
both
of
us
tonight,
so
I'm
here
just
to
see
if
there
are
any
questions
to
answer
any
questions
and
then
jennifer
will
take
on
the
budget
amendment
so
just
want
to
see
if
you
all
have
any
questions
related
to
this
item.
First.
A
E
So
our
first
request
is
related
to
a
general
fund
budget
amendment,
as
discussed
at
the
october
19th
commissioner
briefing,
and,
as
you
heard,
from
emergency
services,
director,
taylor,
jones
and
other
ems
personnel,
emergency
services
is
struggling
to
meet
the
demands
of
significantly
increased
call
volume
in
an
effort
to
support
this
need.
The
first
request
before
you
today
is
a
budget
amendment
for
the
purchase
of
two
quick
response
vehicles:
the
associated
equipment
for
those
vehicles,
as
well
as
additional
equipment
to
stock
spare
ambulances.
E
Utilizing
lapsed
salary,
as
well
as
the
other
proposed
on-call
and
shift
differential
costs,
as
outlined
on
october
19th,
I'm
also
from
lap
salary.
So
the
dollar
amount
associated
in
our
request
this
evening
is
for
the
one-time
capital,
360
000,
with
an
appropriation
from
fund
balance
and
then
again
the
18
paramedic
positions
happy
to
take
any
questions.
A
Jennifer
so
understand
for
the
remainder
of
the
fiscal
year.
That's
how
we
can
cover
this,
but
could
you
just
say
a
little
bit
about
kind
of
longer
term
the
financial
investment
needed
to
sustain
you
know
these
positions
on
a
going
forward
basis
like
for
a
full
year.
E
Sure
so
I
wanted
to
pull
up
the
the
slide
so
from
the
october
19th
briefing
the
information
that
was
outlined
for
the
staffing
costs
for
those
ems,
additional
positions
that
annual
estimated
seven
hundred
eight
thousand
seven
hundred
and
fourteen
dollars
with
a
caveat
that
future
years
obviously
have
some
varying
associated
costs
in
the
future.
Just
based
on
changing
position,
related
costs.
A
Commissioners,
any
questions
or
is
there
a
motion
regarding
the
proposed
budget
amendment.
A
A
P
A
A
We
appreciate
everyone
who
helps
make
this
happen
every
day,
especially
over
the
past
year
and
a
half
two
years
where
we've
worked
in
unusual
circumstances
and
and
you
all
have
been
a
key
part
of
helping
our
community
get
through
it.
So
thank
you
for
your
service
and
keep
us
posted
as
we
work
to
recruit
for
these
important
positions.
A
Thank
you
all
right.
The
next
item
and
jennifer
is
going
to
stay
with
us
to
talk
about
the
proposed
budget.
Amendments
for
school
capital
fund,
commission
recommendations
for
the
2023
school
projects.
E
A
A
And
I'll
just
make
a
brief
comment
before
we
vote
you
know,
we've
got,
I
think,
a
really
good
process
to
evaluate
these
projects.
We've
got
a
school
capital
fund
committee
that
includes
representatives
from
the
asheville
city,
schools,
the
buncombe
county
schools
and
the
county
commission
to
look
at
all
these
school
capital
needs
throughout
the
community
and
to
rank
them
and
prioritize
them,
and
this
is
a
lot
of
taxpayer
funding
that
we're
talking
about
here,
of
course,
almost
22
million
dollars,
but
I
just
really
appreciate
the
work
that
the
schools
put
into
thinking.
A
You
know
thinking
ahead
and
thinking
really
systematically
about
how
to
take
care
of
these
really
important
community
assets.
These
are
all
great
projects
and
there's
a
long
list
of
other
high
priorities
after
them,
so
but
we're
fortunate
to
have
a
dedicated
funding
source
to
help
take
care
of
these
projects
in
bunken
county.
E
A
A
Actually
I
guess
dating
back,
probably
over
six
to
nine
months
now
the
affordable
housing
subcommittee
of
the
county
commission
has
been
talking
about
setting
goals
related
to
affordable
housing
in
the
community,
and
our
staff
have
done
a
great
job,
helping
kind
of
bring
in
different
ideas
and
analysis
around.
A
You
know,
looking
at
what
other
cities
and
counties
across
north
carolina
are
doing,
in
particular,
in
north
carolina,
we've
also
looked
at
some
communities
outside
north
carolina
as
well,
but
you
know
many
communities
in
particular
that
are
experiencing
a
lot
of
growth
like
we
are
not
alone
in
the
challenge
of
affordable
housing
that
we
are
facing.
I
mean
most
cities
across
the
country
that
are
experiencing
a
lot
of
growth.
This
is
a
phenomenon
that
cities
and
their
surrounding
communities
are
facing
across
the
country,
and
so
we
looked
at.
What's
you
know?
A
What
is
mecklenburg
county
doing?
What
is
durham
county,
doing?
What's
guilford
county
doing
and
others,
and
you
know
what
we
found
is
that
a
lot
of
communities
in
north
carolina
and
elsewhere
around
the
country
have
really
stepped
up
their
investments
to
address
affordable
housing.
A
Other
communities
are
really
investing
a
lot
more
and
have
developed
some
really
innovative
and
scalable
and
effective
strategies
to
to
really
dramatically
increase
the
amount
of
affordable
housing
and
workforce
housing,
that's
being
developed
in
their
communities,
so
we've
been,
we've
been
learning
more
about
what
what
some
of
those
programs
how
they're
you
know
how
they're
operated
and
the
goals
that
they've
set
and
the
goals
that
they're
achieving
and
we've
been
impressed
by
by
some
of
the
examples
from
our
our
peers
around
the
state.
A
We've
also
asked
our
finance
staff
to
advise
us
around.
Well,
how
can
communities
approach
invest,
making
these
kinds
of
investments
buncombe
county
invests,
as
we
all
know,
in
our
out
of
our
general
fund.
We
invest
several
million
dollars
every
year
into
our
affordable
housing
services
fund,
and
we
see
tremendous
benefits
from
that.
We
we
see
the
home
repair
program
that
helps
many
many
families
be
able
to
stay,
keep
family
members
in
their
homes
safely.
A
The
affordable
housing
subcommittee
as
we
looked
at
this-
is
that
for
some
of
the
programs
that
would
really
allow
us
to
scale
up,
affordable
housing
development
in
buncombe
county,
really,
they
would
most
likely
require
debt
financing
for
them
and
likely
requires
voter
approval
to
invest
in
those
projects
the
county
has
you
know
we
are
fortunate
that
we
have
the
highest
credit
rating
possible
local
governments.
A
When
we
invested
in
the
renewable
energy
project
last
year,
we
got
very
inexpensive
capital
to
do
that
cost
of
the
county's
aaa
credit
rating,
but
when
we
think
about
affordable
housing,
the
county
can't
use
the
same.
Just
internally
approved
mechanisms
to
fund
future
investments
in
affordable
housing.
A
For
reasons
that
don
warren
would
be
able
to
give
a
much
more
sophisticated
explanation
of
then
I
I
can't,
but
it
has
to
do
with
the
kinds
of
you
know
real
estate
and
assets.
The
county
owns.
We
don't
we're
not
in
the
business
of
owning,
affordable
housing,
and
so,
unlike
we
own
schools
and
our
school
partners,
own
schools,
so
we're
able
to
use
them
to
invest
in
future
projects,
but
that's
not
the
case
with
affordable
housing.
A
So
anyway,
this
is
a
long
way
of
saying
the
affordable
housing
subcommittee
has
become
interested
based
on
this
research
on
the
idea
of
exploring.
If
we
want
to
invest
more
affordable
housing,
would
it
make
sense
to
consider
public
bond
referendums
as
a
mechanism
to
invest
in
this
in
the
future?
Of
course,
if
we
did
and
we
determined
that
they
were
feasible,
part
of
that
would
be
determining
whether
the
public
would
be
interested
in
supporting
that
too
so
kind
of.
A
And
if
so,
then
they
are
willing
to
as
an
organization
at
no
cost
to
the
communities
they
work
with
kind
of
carry
out
a
feasibility
study
for
that
purpose.
So
in
some
of
those
informal
conversations
that
some
commissioners
have
had
with
them,
I
think
it
was
expressed
that
yeah,
of
course,
environmental
protection,
land
protection
parks
and
greenways.
These
are
all
things
that
our
constituents
are
very
interested
in
in
buncombe
county,
but
we
also
face
a
huge,
affordable
housing
need
in
the
community.
So
we
were
going
to
explore
those
kinds
of
possibilities.
A
We
would
also
be
interested
in
looking
at
affordable
housing.
Not
just
you
know,
environmental
preservation
needs
so
anyway.
That's
kind
of
the
context
of
what
kind
of
brought
us
to
having
this
item
on
the
agenda.
This
evening,
the
affordable
housing
committee
has
issued
a
recommendation
in
support
of
kind
of
doing
a
feasibility
process
with
trust
for
public
land.
A
Our
energy
and
environment
committee
also
supported
supports
the
idea
because
it
does
include
a
potential
public
lands,
protection
or
public
lands
acquisition
piece
as
well.
So
I
would
just
share
that
as
context
commissioner.
Wells
has
been
involved
in
some
of
these
conversations
with
trust
for
public
lands
too.
So
would
you
like
to
share
any
comments
as
well.
B
Yes,
thank
you,
I
think
the
when
we
think
about
sustainable
communities.
We
know
we
need
good
jobs,
adequate
housing
and
communities
that
have
a
strong
sense
of
place
with
their
natural
and
cultural
resources,
and
so
I
find
that
conservation
and
affordable
housing
is
something
that
is
compatible
often,
I
think
people
think
of
them
as
two
completely
separate
things,
but
I
really
think
going
forward.
We
have
to
think
of
them
as
a
as
very
they're.
Not
it's
not
a
choice
of
one
or
the
other.
We
can.
B
We
can
do
both
and,
I
think
that's
very
important
for
our
community,
and
so
I
think
this
is
a
great
opportunity
to
look
at
this
feasibility
of
and
get
the
sense
of.
You
know
what
are
our
options
with
art
with
this,
and
how
does
the
community
feel
about
it?
Are
they
supportive
of
this
and
just
for
the
specifics?
B
It's
commissioner
new
and
spoke
so
eloquently
about
the
affordable
housing
piece
I'll
speak
some
about
the
green
infrastructure
piece,
because
I
think
this
is
really
an
important
tool
to
also
address
the
climate
crisis,
which
is
one
reason
that
our
environmental
committee
was
really
supportive
of
this,
because
when
you
look
at
specifically
around
when
we
think
about
public
asset
access
and
green
trails,
that
type
of
thing
we
think
about
providing
carbon-free
transportation,
linking
residents
to
popular
destinations
and
each
other
and
we've
certainly
been
hearing
from
the
community.
Lately.
How
much
that
they're?
Supportive
of
this?
B
So
these
and
many
more
reasons
such
as
because
they
also
boost
public
health
and
reduce
health
disparities,
strengthen
social
bonds,
economic
vibrancy
and
outdoor
education.
So
green
infrastructure
does
all
of
these
things,
which
I
think
is
really
vital
for
our
community.
So
I'm
really
interested
to
see
pursuing
this
feasibility
and
seeing
what
comes
out
of
it.
A
All
right,
commissioners,
are
there
any
questions
about
the
idea?
At
this
point,
let
me
just
maybe
one
more
comment.
If
we
do
approve
this
letter,
this
does
not
commit
the
county
to
any
particular
course
of
action.
A
A
This
is,
they
would
be
spending
their
staff
time
on
this
and
energy.
So,
while
there's
no
commitment
involved,
they
do
at
least
want
to
know
that
this
is
a
topic
that
the
elected
officials
are
interested
enough,
that
they
don't
go,
spend
you
know
three
or
four
months
of
their
time,
only
to
later
find
out.
Oh,
you
know.
This
was
just
brownie
and
terry's
like
fanciful.
You
know,
you
know
polite
conversation
one
afternoon.
A
They
want
to
know
that
the
community
is
sincerely
interested
in
exploring
this
information
and
we'll
listen
to
the
results
and
consider
it,
but
but
it
by
no
means
convince
the
county
to
any
particular
course
of
action,
and
for
that
reason
I'm
supportive
of
it,
because
I
think,
regardless
of
what
we
do
or
don't
do,
I
think
we
will
learn
a
lot
through
this
process
about
kind
of
the
technical
feasibility
of
different
financing
mechanisms
for
land
and
housing
and
the
community
feedback
on
these
different
ideas
as
well,
and
I
think
it'll
also
foster
some
more.
A
You
know
at
our
upcoming
meetings.
We're
gonna
be
talking
more
about
some
of
these
specific,
affordable
housing
goals.
For
example,
I
think
it
can
kind
of
help
focus
some
of
our
thinking
around.
What
are
we
really
trying
to
accomplish
over
the
next?
You
know
the
next
few
years
in
that
space
in
particular.
K
A
A
Further
discussion,
all
in
favor,
please
say
aye
aye
any
opposed
all
right.
Commissioners.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
consideration
on
that
item.
We
now
come
to
the
board
appointments
list
and,
as
we
mentioned
at
the
beginning
of
the
meeting.
A
Actually,
let's
we'll
take
that
we'll
take
up
the
resolution.
Second,
because
we
can
do
the
strategic
part.
Let's
do
the
strategic
partnership
grants
committee
first,
we
interviewed
a
number
of
really
great
applicants
for
this
committee.
A
We
have
one
opening
on
this
committee
at
this
time,
so
why
don't
we
just
go
around
and
let's
just
all
identify
the
candidate
that
we
would
prefer
and
if
one
of
them
clearly
has
a
majority
or
strongest
support,
then
we'll
go
with
that,
although
actually
I
mean
just
think
about
process
here
for
a
second
do
we
we
don't
necessarily
have
detailed
written
rules
around
this,
because
it's
kind
of
informal,
but
just
to
maybe
kind
of
anticipate,
a
scenario
if
someone
has
the
most
support
but
doesn't
have
a
majority,
I'm
not
sure.
A
A
A
Okay,
so
tara
schultz
and
ray
herman,
sorry,
I'm
just
so
tired
chandra
got
the
highest
number.
Let's
go
back
and.
A
A
Excellent
candidates,
so
we
are
tied
unless
someone
is
willing
to
well
and
parker
wasn't
in
the
interview,
but
he
might
end
up
being
a
tiebreaker
anyway.
We
do
need
some
process
to
break
the
tie.
I
don't
know:
if
is
anybody
interested
in
adjusting
their
position
on
it.
A
A
Q
N
A
Okay,
let's
let
tara
know
about
that.
If
nobody
wants
to
change
their
position,
it's
totally
fine,
we'll
just
need
to
vote
on
this
again
at
the
next
meeting.
I
know
parker
wasn't
able
to
be
in
the
interviews,
but
he'll,
probably
we'll
just
need
to
revote
on
that
at
the
next
meeting,
because
we've
got
a
tie
at
this
point.
A
Q
A
All
right
so
with
that
adopted
first,
let's
one
of
the
positions
is
for
a
real
estate
position.
I
hope
we
don't
have
another
tie
and
there's
two
there's
two
applicants
who
meet
the
real
estate
criteria
brooks
johnston
and
jonathan
hunter.
So
let's
go
ahead
and
do
that
one
first
and
get
that
one.
A
Out
of
the
way
amanda,
can
we
start
on
your
side,
and
would
you
indicate
if
you
prefer
brooks
johnston
or
jonathan
hunter.
A
B
A
All
in
favor,
please
say
aye
aye
any
opposed,
and
again
we
had
so
many
great
applicants
for
this
committee.
We
really
could
have
gone
wrong
if
we
just
pick
names
out
of
a
hat
honestly,
they
were
really
really
good.
So
thank
you.
All
for
your
interest
in
serving
on
this
board
got
an
announcement
to
make
on
november
16th
at
3
p.m.
The
county
can
yup.
H
N
H
Q
A
All
in
favor,
please
say
aye
aye,
any
opposed,
and
finally
historic
resources.
Commission.
A
All
in
favor
say
aye
aye
all
right.
Thank
you.
Sorry
about
not
flipping
the
page.
Over
now
we've
got
a
couple
of
announcements
unless
there's
anything
else
on
boards
and
commissions,
don't
think
so.
On
november
16th
at
3
pm,
the
county
commissioners
will
hold
their
briefing
meeting
at
200
college
street
room
326
in
downtown
asheville
on
november
16th
at
5
pm.
The
county
commissioners
will
hold
their
regular
meeting
at
200
college
street
room
326
in
downtown
asheville.
L
We
need
a
motion
to
go
into
a
closed
session
for
the
following
reason:
to
consult
with
an
attorney
employed
by
the
county
about
matters
with
respect
which
the
attorney-client
privilege
between
the
county
and
their
attorney
must
be
preserved,
including
potential
litigation
involving
the
county.
The
statutory
authorization
contained
in
north
carolina
general
statute,
143,
318,
11a3.