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From YouTube: Board of Commissioners' Regular Meeting (June 7, 2022)
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A
A
Are
there
any
items
on
the
agenda,
the
outcome
of
which
would
have
a
direct,
substantial
and
readily
identifiable
financial
impact
for
any
board
members?
Does
any
board
member
have
a
financial
interest
in
any
public
contract
coming
before
the
board?
Today,
there
being
none
all
board.
Members
have
a
duty
and
obligation
to
vote
on
all
matters
considered
by
the
board
of
commissioners
that
are
meeting
this
evening.
A
Is
there
a
motion
to
approve
the
consent
agenda
and
to
follow
the
remainder
of
the
agenda
as
it's
been
published,
so
move?
Second,
all
in
favor,
say
aye
aye
any
opposed
all
rights.
We
come
to
public
comment.
We've
got
a
number
of
folks
who've
signed
up.
We
are
going
to
have
a
public
hearing,
we're
going
to
do
that
after
the
we're
going
to
do
that
after
the
comment.
A
At
that
time
there
is
one
person
who
has
signed
up
for
the
general
public
comment
and
is
that
the
representative
from
connect
buncombe,
dave,
nutter
dave
here,
come
on
up
dave
and
so
you'll
get
three
minutes
for
public
comment.
There'll
be
an
orange
light
that
goes
off
when
you've
got
about
30
seconds
left
and
a
red
light
will
go
off
when
your
time
is
up,
and
we
do
ask
folks
to
discontinue
their
public
comments
once
your
time
is
up,
because
we
want
to
give
everyone
the
same
amount
of
time.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
B
B
We
believe
that
general
obligation
bonds
are
the
right
funding
method
for
long-term
capital
investments,
whether
for
long-term
affordability,
for
our
housing
or
for
long-term
protected,
open
space
for
multi-modal
transportation
and
recreation
in
the
natural
outdoors
and
for
the
good
health
well-being
and
enjoyment
of
all
our
people.
As
part
of
the
smiling
joy
of
life,
we
need.
We
pledge
our
wholehearted
support
for
the
success
of
this.
On
november,
the
8th
please
adopt
the
bond
orders.
Thank
you
very
much.
C
A
D
D
We
accomplish
this
by
ensuring
that
veterans
and
their
families
can
access
the
full
range
of
benefits,
fight
for
the
interests
of
america's
heroes,
on
capitol
hill
and
educate
the
public
about
the
great
sacrifices
and
needs
of
veteran
veterans.
Transitioning
back
to
civilian
life,
dav
14
is
headquarters
in
in
hendersonville
we
serve
henderson,
pope
transylvania,
buncombe,
madison
and
mcdowell
counties
and
advocate
for
our
members.
In
more
than
38
u.s
states,
majority
of
our
membership
of
900
members
is
in
buncombe
county.
D
D
I
encourage
the
county
to
continue
to
support
veterans
and
their
families
where
they
paid
the
ultimate
price.
I'm
not
here
asking
for
money
but
to
remind
the
county
of
the
debt
that
was
paid
over
over
a
hundred
years
ago.
A
promise
was
made,
and
I
I
thank
the
county
for
what
they've
done
in
the
past.
I
I
encourage
you
to
support
the
veterans,
treatment,
court,
education
and
housing
for
veterans
and
look
forward
to
talking
to
you
all
more.
D
I
think
this
county
has
an
incredible
opportunity
to
utilize
veterans
and
resources
and
emergency
services,
and
I
look
forward
to
even
discussing
more
with
that.
A
couple
of
years
ago
we
had
some
of
the
county
get
to
show
up
to
one
of
our
presentations.
We
did
for
a
local
fire
department
and
we
were
going
to
expand
on
that.
So
thank
you
all
and
look
forward
to
talking
with
you
all
soon.
All.
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A
A
The
next
item
on
our
agenda
we've
got
two
presentations.
The
first
presentation
is
a
proclamation
recognizing
pride
month
and
commissioner
jasmine
beach,
ferrara
is
going
to
present
this
item
and
present
the
proclamation
and
kata
from
the
county's
information
technology
office
is
here
as
well
for
this
item.
E
Whereas
each
year,
the
month
of
june
honors,
the
1969
stonewall
riots
at
the
stonewall
inn
in
new
york
city,
frequently
referenced
as
a
start
of
the
modern
lgbtqia
plus
rights
movement
in
the
united
states,
now
celebrated
with
pride
month.
Events
nationwide,
whereas
it
is
important
to
take
time
during
this
month
to
reflect
on
the
lgbtqia
plus
rights
movement
and
the
important
progress
that
has
been
made.
E
While
there
is
much
work
to
be
done,
we
are
committing
to
a
better
future
by
showing
up
as
rachel
macy
stafford,
once
wrote,
bravely
boldly
flawed
and
full
of
hope.
Now
be
it
resolved
that
we
proclaim
june
2022
as
buncombe
county
pride
month,
signed
brownie
newman
chairman
buncombe
county
board
of
commissioners.
F
A
G
Good
evening,
thank
you,
chairman,
newman
and
commissioners
and
staff
for
all
of
your
support
of
the
asheville
buncombe
regional
sports
commission.
I'd
especially
like
to
thank
commissioner
edwards
for
her
leadership
as
our
board
liaison,
and
also
commissioner
presley
for
always
making
sure
that
sports
events
get
really
recognized
at
the
bctda
meetings.
So
thank
you
very
much
and
then,
last
but
not
least,
the
health
and
human
services
staff
who,
over
the
last
year
and
a
half
or
two
out
to
two
years,
have
worked
with
us
to
safely
work
with
sports
events.
G
So
I
wanted
to
kind
of
go
back
a
little
bit
and
chairman
newman.
I
think
when
we
began
to
discuss
a
sports
commission
you're,
a
city
council
member,
because
I
found
your
email
on
several
several
of
the
emails.
But
back
in
2006,
the
sports
commission.
The
the
county
began
to
discuss
a
sports
commission,
an
establishment
of
sports
commission.
In
october
of
2008,
there
was
a
study
by
ross
bartow
called
asheville
sports
destination
marketing,
which
recommended
the
establishment
of
an
independent
sports
development
office
or
sports
commission.
G
G
When
you
look
at
our
event
resume
this
past
year,
we
were
able
to
host
american
cornhole,
we
actually
hosted
it
twice.
They
became
a
great
fill-in
group.
They
were
our
first
coveted,
non-coveted,
basketball
or
coveted
non-basketball
event
last
july,
and
then
we
actually
were
able
to
have
them
fill
a
spot
in
january
that
we
needed
to
fill
the
asheville
championship
was
our
new
basketball
tournament
that
we
started
last
year.
G
The
field
of
teams
princeton
western
kentucky
south
carolina
and
champions
minnesota
from
the
big
ten,
and
we
hope
in
the
next
two
weeks
to
announce
not
only
the
field
for
2022,
but
the
field
for
2023,
which
we
think
you
will
be
very
pleased
with
the
billie
jean
king
cup.
We
were
the
first
or
only
the
second
city,
to
host
three
times
and
the
first
city
to
host
three
out
of
three
times.
In
five
years:
the
gran
fondo
asheville
and
usa
cycling
grand
fondo
national
championship.
G
Last
summer
we
hosted
976
riders
from
39
states,
plus
the
district
of
columbia
and
puerto
rico.
Also,
canada
and
columbia.
29
of
those
were
from
north
carolina.
17,
locally
and
kind
of
an
interesting
statistic
is
21
were
from
florida.
We
had
a
large
delegation
from
the
miami
area
who
actually
came
up
and
spent
a
couple
of
days
riding
around
in
rural
western
north
carolina
the
great
smoky
mountain
grapple
last
year.
It's
a
wrestling
tournament
that
we
started
in
2018.
G
We
had
this
year.
We
had
34
teams,
but
this
event
is
really
built
for
our
buncombe
county
teams
not
to
have
to
travel
to
raleigh
or
charlotte
during
the
holidays,
and
I
know
that
this
is
a
great
partnership
with
buncombe
county
schools.
Been
it's
been
a
really
good
event.
It
continues
to
grow
and
right
now
we're
at
34
teams
to
this
year
and,
of
course,
the
southern
conference
basketball
championships,
and
we
really
have
were
able
to
do
some
great
things.
We
were
able
to
celebrate
social
work
awareness
month.
G
G
The
first
full
weekend
of
january
usually
has
1642
gymnasts
and
has
over
2657
room
nights
the
first
week
in
january.
So
it's
a
time
when
our
community,
our
hospitality
community,
is
not
really
busy
and
then,
of
course,
the
asheville
spartan
race.
Several
of
you
have
been
out
to
the
elected
officials
receptions
that
we've
had
for
that,
and
we
are
currently
still
looking
for
a
site
to
still
complete
it
this
year,
but
we
had
to
not
have
that
for
the
last
two
years
and
that
has
over
a
5
million
dollar
impact.
G
And
so
when
we
looked
at
the
southern
conference
this
year,
we
we
limited
the
students
who
were
coming
for
education
days.
We
still
had
over
3000
students
there
for
education
days.
If
you've
never
participated
in
downtown
dribbble.
I
would
encourage
you
to
participate.
It's
an
incredible
celebration
of
our
community.
G
G
Also,
with
the
billie
jean
king
cup,
we
had
several
major
community
events.
We
were
able
to
have
a
because
it
was
during
spring
break.
We
were
not
able
to
actually
have
students
attending
the
event
the
tournament,
but
what
we
were
able
to
do
is
reach
out
to
our
spring
break
camps,
clinics
with
buncombe,
county
schools
and
also
the
city
of
asheville
parks
and
recreation,
and
we
had
over
300
students
who
had
a
great
day
of
tennis
and
pizza
at
rabbit
rabbit.
G
Groups
we
had
two
different
clinics
for
special
needs,
both
wheelchair
we
had
the
national
wheelchair
team
in
for
an
exhibition,
and
we
also
had
other
disability
tennis
clinics
and
then
our
middle
school
and
high
school
students,
and
then
I
think
our
most
successful
event
was
our
community
diversity
branch.
We
had
a
record
125
individuals
who
attended
a
great
community
conversation
with
two
of
our
leaders
in
our
community
tina,
madison
white
and
rachel
muir
from
unc
asheville.
G
It
was
a
really
impactful
event
that
we
held
at
the
cambria
and
then
the
champions
asheville
championship.
We
were,
we
started
a
pilot
program
last
year
and
we
are
looking
forward
to
an
incredible
program
this
year
that
we
are
working
with
buncombe,
county
schools
and
asheville
city
schools.
That
is
really
going
to
take
sports
marketing
and
sports
events
into
the
classroom
for
an
entire
semester.
So
we're
really
excited
about
the
announcement
of
that
in
a
couple
of
weeks,.
G
The
carpetbagger
lacrosse
tournament
used
to
be
one
weekend
and
girls.
Lacrosse
has
grown
so
much
that
they've
broken
that
event
into
two
weekends.
We
have
we're
adventuring
out
to
flag
football,
we'll
be
doing
that
at
the
john
b
lewis
soccer
complex
first
time.
We've
done
that,
of
course,
the
incredible
event
that
we
have
here
in
asheville
the
skyview
golf
tournament.
G
G
A
All
right
we
move
on
to
our
public
hearings.
We
do
have
three
public
hearings,
two
of
them
on
the
bond
orders
and
one
on
the
fy
23
budget.
So
the
first
item
is
a
public
hearing
on
the
general
obligation
bond
for
open
space
and
don
warren
and
sybil.
Tate
are
going
to
present
this
item
as
well
as
the
next
order
on
the
affordable
housing
bond.
H
H
We
do
have
in
the
audience
department
heads
from
each
of
the
departments
who
could
be
impacted
as
well
as
lilingo
vs,
our
communications
director.
So
if
you
have
any
questions
specific
questions
for
them,
they
are
here
so
just
an
overview.
We
have
two
bonds
to
discuss
this
evening.
First
is
the
open
space
bond
that
would
be
for
30
million.
H
This
would
be
primarily
for
capital
cost
and
acquisition
and
improvement
of
land
or
interest
they're
in
for
conservation
and
protection
of
natural
resource,
natural
resources
and
preservation
of
farmland,
including,
but
not
limited
to
the
development
of
greenways
and
trails
for
recreation
purposes.
The
second
bond
is
a
housing
bond.
We
refer
to
that
often
as
affordable
housing
bond.
That
would
be
for
40
million.
H
We
would
have
seven
years
to
access
the
funds
with
an
option
to
extend
for
three
more
years
and
staff
is
recommending
that
we
have
two
bond
project
managers,
one
for
each
bond.
The
bond
project
manager
would
be
responsible
for
reporting
to
commissioners
providing
a
transparency
website
and
also
reporting
to
the
various
advisory
boards.
H
The
selection
process
would
be
to
work
with
the
two
existing
advisory
boards
that
we
have
that
work
on
conservation
programming
and
those
are
the
ag
advisory
board,
the
land
conservation
and
the
land
conservation
board.
We
have
an
existing
program,
and
so
we
would
look
to
follow
that
program
and
that
process,
which
includes
a
written
application
and
site
visit,
and
then
a
presentation
and
recommendation
from
those
advisory
board.
H
Here's
a
list
of
potential
draft
criteria
for
evaluating
projects.
Of
course,
we
would
look
to
those
advisory
boards
to
review
these
draft
criteria
and
if
there
are
any
additional
plans
that
come
through
that
are
adopted
by
the
commissioners,
such
as
our
comprehensive
plan
or
our
master
plan
for
recreation.
H
Those
could
also
change
the
criteria,
so
oversight
and
transparency.
We
do
want
to
ensure
that
we
have
oversight,
transparency
for
each
of
the
programs
and
all
the
funds
that
are
invested
through
the
bond,
and
so
we
would
look
to
work
with
our
bond
project
manager
and
our
existing
staff
to
provide
regular
presentations
to
our
advisory
boards,
as
well
as
to
you
all,
and
we
will
also
have
an
independent
third
party
audit.
H
The
next
program
that
could
be
impacted
would
be
our
open
space
program
and
the
goals
for
this
program
would
be
to
protect
natural
resources,
create
recreational
opportunities
and,
of
course,
acquisition
of
open
space
similar
to
the
previous
program.
We
would
look
to
work
with
our
lcab
board
and
our
recreation
advisory
board
to
to
provide
oversight
and
review
applications.
H
Again,
here's
a
potential
draft
criteria
for
evaluating
projects.
We
would,
of
course,
again
look
to
those
boards
to
review
the
criteria
and
update
them,
based
on
any
plans
that
the
commissioners
might
approve
and
again,
oversight
and
transparency.
You'll
get
used
to
seeing
this
slide
throughout
the
presentation.
Because
again,
we
do
want
to
emphasize
the
importance
of
having
oversight
and
transparency
for
any
of
those
funds
that
are
spent
again.
H
The
next
projects
are
the
greenway
projects,
and
our
goal
here
is
to
complete
the
woodfin
and
inca
heritage
greenways,
and
we
will
look
to
our
greenway
plan
for
any
additional
greenway
projects
and
and
similarly
we'd
look
to
our
advisory
boards
to
help
us
develop
to
work
with
criteria
and
adapt.
Based
on
commissioner
adopted
plans.
H
The
selection
criteria
here
is
a
little
different.
It's
really
based
on
shovel,
ready
and
shovel
ready
is
defined
as
having
a
feasibility
study
completed
design
is
either
underway
or
completed,
and,
of
course,
it
has
to
align
with
our
partner
at
ncdot's
plans,
and
then
we
do
want
to
make
sure
we
have
site
control
and
again,
oversight
and
transparency.
H
H
And
the
criteria
that
we
would
look
at
would
be
to
ensure
that
we're
aligning
with
our
affordable
housing
program
criteria,
as
well
as
the
focus
for
for
these
bond
funds,
would
be
capital
cost,
namely
construction
of
units
and,
finally,
oversight
again.
We'd
work
with
our
bond
project
manager
and
our
staff
to
provide
updates
to
the
subcommittee
as
well
as
the
commissioners
and
have
that
third
party
independent
audit,
and
with
that
I
will
turn
it
over
to
don
warren.
To
talk
about
process.
I
I
J
A
A
All
right
commissioners,
let's
go
ahead
and
hold
the
public
hearing.
Is
there
a
motion
or
actually
don't
need
a
motion?
I
can
just
call
the
public
hearing
right.
I'm
gonna
go
ahead
and
call
the
public
hearing
for
the
general
obligation
bond
order
for
open
space,
we'll
open
the
public
hearing
at
5
40
pm.
A
B
B
A
A
K
Chair
newman
members
of
the
county
commission,
I'm
peggy
and
hanrahan
with
the
trust
for
public
land.
I
did
want
to
just
note.
I
saw
several
advocates
out
in
the
hall,
so
they
may
be
in
the
overflow
room,
I'm
not
sure
if
they
didn't
sign
up-
and
I
just
wanted
to
briefly
let
you
all
know
I've
been
doing
this
for
17
years
for
the
chester
public
land.
I
think
I've
worked
with
about
40
local
governments,
and
this
is
far
and
away
one
of
the
best.
K
I've
really
been
impressed
by
your
staff
by
all
of
the
county
commissioners.
Everyone
has
given
a
great
deal
of
time
and
there
is
already
a
citizen
support
group
that
has
been
put
together.
We
have
a
meeting
tomorrow
morning
and
I,
if
anyone's
watching
and
wants
to
participate,
we
are
really
looking
for
a
broad
cross-section
of
buncombe.
County
residents
will
be
totally
locally,
led
and
there'll
be
an
opportunity
for
people
to
learn
more
and
participate
and
share
with
their
with
their
neighbors
and
their
friends
and
their
co-workers.
K
G
A
A
A
L
L
L
L
We
are
funding
our
education
partners
at
104.9
million
dollars.
This
is
a
10.3
million
dollar
increase
over
the
fiscal
year,
22
amended
budget
welcome.
County
schools
receives
an
11.9
percent
increase,
while
asheville
sees
schools
based
on
the
average
daily
membership
split
receives
an
increase
of
8
percent.
L
L
L
A
So
let's
go
ahead
and
open
the
public
hearing
on
consideration
of
the
budget,
5
51
p.m.
We
do
have
a
list
of
folks
that
have
signed
up,
so
I'm
going
to
go
through
the
list
of
folks
in
the
order
that
they
signed
up.
But
if
you
didn't
sign
up
when
we're
done
with
the
list
I'll
ask
if
other
people
want
to
comment,
so
we
can
get
to
everyone
all
right.
First
person
is
casey
murdock.
N
N
My
pay
grade
is
a
68
and
I've
had
the
same
pay
or
that
pay
grade
has
had
the
same
pay
for
the
last
or
has
it
for
the
first
15
years
of
service,
same
pay
no
raise
whatsoever,
and
on
my
16th
year
I
got
a
28
cent
raise
first
raise
in
16
years
and
then
for
the
for
17
years
of
service.
I
only
make
a
dollar
13
more
per
hour
than
year
zero,
so
someone
hired
in
with
the
same
pay
grade
as
I
I
only
make
a
dollar
thirteen
more.
N
N
Asheville
city
schools
pays
a
higher
rate
and
is
one
grade
higher
for
the
same
position
that
I
do
there
are
69
if
my
research
is
correct,
that
would
be
about
929
dollars
per
month,
more
than
what
I
make
at
buncombe
county
schools,
buncombe
county
government
employee,
with
a
similar
job
than
what
I
do
makes
fourteen
hundred
and
sixty
one
dollars
per
month
more
than
I
do
similar
job
same
job
for
the
same
number
of
years,
that's
close
to
20
000
a
year
more.
It's
a
lot
like
most
of
the
staff
that
I
work
with.
N
I
enjoy
my
job
I
enjoy
serving
the
staff
and
students
of
our
community,
however,
not
being
compensated
for
the
work
that
we
do
is
discouraging
and
has
left
many
of
us
considering
looking
elsewhere
for
employment,
we
already
struggle
to
hire
qualified
staff,
since
we
do
not
offer
enough
compensation
and
when
we
do
hire
and
train
they're
hard
to
retain
they
get
trained,
and
then
they
move
on
somewhere
else.
That
pays
more.
N
A
All
right,
thank
you,
thank
you
and,
as
I
mentioned
at
the
beginning
of
the
meeting,
so
everyone
will
get
three
minutes.
You'll
get
an
orange
light
when
there's
about
30
seconds
left
and
a
red
light.
When
your
time's
up,
we
do
ask
people
to
discontinue
their
comments
once
your
time's
up,
because
we
want
to
give
everyone
the
same
amount
of
time
all
right.
The
next
person
that
signed
up
is
brian
black.
O
O
When
I
began
working
for
buncombe
county
schools
in
1995,
it
was
a
coveted
career
path,
working
for
the
county,
meant
security,
benefits,
training
and
opportunities
to
grow.
In
a
skill
keeping
in
mind
of
my
seri,
my
years
of
service
with
the
county,
I
would
bring
your
attention
that
the
last
time
that
we
saw
a
salary
increase
was
almost
13
years
ago,
which
was
approximately
two
percent.
O
Our
hvac
department
is
alarmingly
understaffed.
Right
now,
there
are
currently
seven
of
us
who
maintain
4.6
million
square
feet
of
equipment
and
classrooms
over
46
facilities.
In
the
past,
an
administrator
would
submit
a
work
order.
A
technician
or
mechanic
could
respond
quickly
to
that
call,
because
we
had
enough
staff
without
the
manpower
that
we
have,
that
we
used
to
have
we're
having
to
triage
requests
as
best
as
we
can
when
they
come
in.
O
We
have
worked
non-stop
to
maintain
and
continue
to
update
buildings
that
vary
from
a
few
years
old
to
50
plus
years.
In
some
cases
we
are
proud
of
our
schools
and
we
want
to
provide
the
best
care
that
we
can
for
educators
and
specifically
the
students
that
are
in
them.
We
are
struggling
to
hire
and
or
keep
people
in
our
department
because
they
can
go
to
work
for
another
school
or
a
school
system
or
company
doing
the
same
job
and
being
paid
substantially
more.
So
why
would
they
stay
with
buncombe
county
schools?
O
That
student
comes
from
a
team
of
people
supporting
the
students,
everyone
from
teachers
to
counselors,
to
parents
and
coaches
beyond
and
behind
the
scenes.
Janitorial
staff,
maintenance
staff,
cafeteria
staff,
bus
drivers
and
many
more
our
success
as
an
educational
institution
is
driven
by
test
scores.
So
if
you
want
to
see
test
scores
drop,
let
our
schools
continue
to
fall
apart,
continue
to
let
the
people
who
keep
the
rooms
clean,
who
prepare
meals,
who
deliver
the
children
to
school
safely
and
those
who
keep
the
classrooms
comfortable
for
learners
to
have
a
more
competitive
wage.
O
When
you
stop
prioritizing
the
employees,
everyone
in
this
county
will
suffer
by
you.
Funding
the
salary
study
recommendation
approved
by
our
school
board.
You
will
be
giving
buncombe
county
schools
a
fighting
chance
to
hire
and
retain
employees
for
the
next
generation
of
students.
Thank
you
very
much.
P
P
I
have
been
with
bcs
for
13
years.
I
came
on
board
in
2010
as
a
four-hour
custodian
since
I
have
hailed
full-time
custodial
positions
along
with
the
head
custodial
position
in
our
schools,
including
a
head
custodial
position
in
the
maintenance
department,
which
in
turn
led
to
my
current
position
since
the
2019-2020
school
year.
It
has
truly
been
a
challenge
to
retain
our
wonderful
and
caring
custodians.
P
For
the
past
two
school
years,
maintenance
staff
has
filled
in
for
the
missing
custodians,
taking
us
away
from
our
regular
duties
and
even
with
our
extra
help,
we
cannot
fully
meet
the
custodial
needs
at
all.
Our
schools,
the
upkeep
for
all
our
buildings
solely
depends
on
our
caring
staff
of
custodians
and
maintenance.
P
Q
Q
I'm
here
to
ask
that
you
fully
fund
the
salary
study
recommendations,
as
approved
by
our
board
of
education.
Our
department
is
charged
with
maintaining
46
facilities
daily.
The
state
provides
no
money
for
the
maintenance
of
our
school
facilities.
That
means
that
our
local
government
must
bear
that
responsibility.
Q
The
average
age
of
our
building
is
50
years
old
and
it
takes
adaptability
and
institutional
knowledge
to
carry
on
our
daily
duties.
We
ensure
that
the
county's
greatest
assets,
our
children,
have
a
secure
place
to
learn
the
well-being
that
our
services
provide,
creates
an
environment
where
students
can
be
successful.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
R
I
have
been
coming
to
you
for
the
better
part
of
the
last
decade
for
support
and
understanding,
as
we
navigated
the
many
insults
that
the
public
education
of
to
public
education
by
our
state
general
assembly,
local
delegates,
almost
completely
excluded.
Your
support
has
always
been
appreciated
and
I'm
grateful
to
each
of
you.
R
Unfortunately,
we
have
had
to
look
to
our
local
government
for
much
needed
funding
due
to
the
abysmal
treatment
by
the
state,
which
doesn't
seem
fair,
but
here
we
are,
but
yet
we
have
to
look
to
you
to
do
what
we
need
for
our
children
and
staff.
These
are
the
children
whose
parents
are
our
neighbors
and
our
co-workers,
whose
faces
we
cannot.
We
can
put
names
too
in
our
daily
lives.
R
These
are
the
children
whose
parents
should
be
writing
and
calling
you
our
state
representatives
also
daily,
and
to
fully
fund
the
resources
and
personnel
for
their
children's
education
today.
So
we
can
all
thrive
tomorrow.
These
are
the
children
whose
parents
will
be
storming
our
schools
when
their
children's
well-being,
health
and
safety
are
at
risk.
R
Buncombe,
county
association
of
educators
is
in
complete
and
full
support
of
meeting
at
least
one
of
our
professional
priorities,
which
is
the
bcs
request
to
fully
fund
classified
wages
to
15
an
hour
plus
the
10.77
supplement
and
a
decompressed
wage
scale
beginning
as
of
july
1st
of
this
calendar
year.
Our
classified
staff
clearly
deserves
this.
They
are
well
overdue.
R
They
are
the
people
you
can
trust
with
navigating
winding,
sometimes
slick,
asheville,
roads
and
traffic,
noisy,
yellow
buses.
These
are
the
people.
You
entrust
to
feed
sound
nutritional
meals
to
young
brains,
ready
to
learn.
These
are
the
people
who
run
small
groups
with
lessons
to
make
pinpoint
differentiated
instruction
possible.
R
These
are
the
folks
that
you
entrust
with
epi
pens
and
breathing
treatments
insulin
and
defending
against
armed
intruders,
who
would
defend
other
people's
children
at
the
risk
of
their
own
lives
and
so
much
more
that
you've
already
heard
from
essential
technology
maintenance
and
custodial
staff.
So
we
look
to
you
because
we
always
need
and
appreciate
your
support,
but
especially
because
our
general
assembly
won't
truly
see
the
overwhelming
need
to
do
what
is
right,
their
constitutional
duty.
R
While
they
sit
on
billions
of
dollars
of
surplus,
giving
billions
away
in
corporate
tax
credits,
these
children
cannot
wait
for
them
to
get
it
together.
Buncombe
county
schools
and
the
county
commission
should
be
racing
to
compete,
to
put
necessary
money
on
the
table
and
from
a
very,
very
verbose
community
voice.
Recently,
who
said
you
don't
buy
good
teachers,
you
don't
buy
loyalty,
good
teachers
are
born.
Well,
that's
all
well
and
good,
but
he
left
one
part
out.
They
have
to
live
too
and
live
in
this
community
and
they
should
not
have
to
sacrifice
their
well-being.
S
Hello,
everybody,
my
name
is
melissa
pedersen
and
I'm
the
upcoming
vice
president
of
the
buncombe
county
association
of
educators.
I've
been
a
schoolteacher
in
buncombe
county
schools
for
12
years
now
finished
today,
kind
of
still
working
summer
school
still
working
the
rest
of
the
week,
but
I'm
I
came
here
last
time.
I
was
pointing
out
that
one
of
my
friends
who
works
in
the
bunken
county
schools
in
a
classified
position
who
works
21
hours,
makes
a
take-home
pay
of
twelve
hundred
dollars
a
month,
and
I'm
glad
I'm
I'm
thankful
that
you
listened.
S
I'm
thankful
that
this
is
up
for
adoption
because,
like
everyone's
saying,
there's
no
plan
for
growth,
if
we're
not
paying
people
enough
that
they
want
to
come
into
the
schools.
I
was
reading
over
the
hill
study
and
they
were
saying
that
people
who
had
connection
to
the
schools
are
the
people
who
are
here
and
even
the
people
with
connection
are
leaving.
So
I
really
encourage
you
to
pass
the
budget
and
recognize
that
people
who
work
in
our
schools
are
valuable
and
deserve
at
least
a
15
minimum
wage,
at
least
in
buncombe
county.
S
So
I
wanted
to
quote
a
little
bit
of
that
hill
study.
The
first
thing
they
said
is
veteran
employees
want
to
continue
their
service
in
the
district,
but
the
stagnant
salaries
and
shortage
of
workers
in
the
area
are
increasingly
making
it
difficult
to
justify
remaining
in
the
district.
They
say
that
you
need
to
pay
for
experience.
Like
I
said
my
friend
worked.
21
years
makes
just
under
11
an
hour.
S
Another
quote
from
page
four:
is
decisions
to
raise
minimum
salaries
to
15
an
hour?
Do
not
address
compensation
of
the
compression
and
we've
been
talking
about
compression,
but
if
anyone's
watching
this,
the
streaming
that
someone
who
makes
21
dollars
who's
been
here
for
21
years
should
not
be
making
just
a
dollar
over
the
person
who
gets
hired
yesterday.
S
It's
just
not
fair
and
the
person
who
gets
hired
yesterday
should
be
making
that
15
an
hour.
So
we're
hoping
that
you,
you
do
the
decompression
salary
scale
and
hopefully
that
that
matched
some
of
the
two
percent
every
year
raises
that
people
need
to
get
because,
if
you're
working
21
years-
I
I
just
I
I
I
said
this
before,
but
it
it.
S
I'm
ashamed
that
the
county
that
I
live
in
and
and
the
state
that
I
live
in,
thinks
that
that's
the
value
of
the
people
who
work
with
our
children
and
and
I
and
I
support
all
our
classified
staff,
and
I'm
thankful
that
you're
out
here.
So
thank
you
for
considering
this
two
weeks.
Thank
you
for
voting.
Yes,
on
that
updated
salary
schedule.
T
As
our
elected
commissioners,
your
annual
pay
is
from
28
000
to
38
000,
which
is
kind
of
weird,
because
this
also
represents
the
pay
scale
of
the
vast
majority
of
the
non-certified
full-time
employees
of
buncombe
county
schools.
So
I
ask
you
this:
could
any
one
of
you
guys
live
on
this
salary
alone?
T
T
So
I'm
asking
you,
our
elected
officials,
dr
baldwin,
and
our
board,
to
step
up
and
take
charge
of
addressing
this
critical
issue.
We've
been
dealing
with
for
so
many
years,
we're
having
a
hard
time
providing
for
our
families
as
it
is
even
before
the
the
inflation
has
occurred,
and
it's
only
getting
harder
for
us
as
time
goes.
U
U
U
When
we
went
to
one
to
one,
we
did
not
get
any
kind
of
raise.
Every
student
got
a
device,
that's
over
22
000
devices.
We
didn't
get
enough
steps,
we
got
no
pay
grade
bumps.
We
got
no
bonuses,
we've
been
on
one
to
one
for
almost
seven
years.
Well,
we
just
finished
seven
years,
we're
starting
our
eighth
year,
asheville
city
schools,
their
pay
grades
for
their
tech
assistance
and
their
technology,
one,
which
is
what
I
am,
are
two
grades
higher
than
us.
We
don't
just
work
on
computers
on
software.
U
U
V
I'm
melanie
allen
and
I've
worked
for
buncombe
county
schools,
technology
department
for
the
past
26
years,
and
I
well.
I
wasn't
in
technology
all
26..
I
started
out
as
a
teacher's
assistant
in
the
classroom,
helping
the
teacher
filling
in
for
sub
duty
doing
any
duty
needed
in
the
school
to
help
make
the
school
run
day-to-day.
I
move
to
technology
and
same.
We
do
what
we
can.
We
do
what
we
need
to
to
help.
V
V
V
V
Some
of
us
are
vested
it's
hard
to
go,
get
another
job
when
you're
so
close
to
retirement
and
I'm
vested
and
lucky
to
have
be
one
of
the
people
that
does
get
to
have
my
insurance
paid.
When
I'm
gone,
when
I
do
leave,
we
have
watched
other
counties
around
us.
We
have
watched
other
agencies,
enable
steps
raises
and
we're
thinking
we're
next.
This
is
going
to
be
us.
We're
going
to
be
next.
It'll,
be
okay,
we'll
be
able
to
make
it
and
then
nothing
happens.
V
W
My
name
is
chris
kingsley
and
I
am
a
instructional
assistant
and
a
bus
driver
at
harmony
valley
elementary.
I
spoke
last
time
and
I
hope
that
what
I
said
resonated
with
you-
and
I
hope
that
it
stuck
with
you
and
remember
it,
but
I
would
like
to
reiterate
the
main
point
that
I
was
trying
to
make
last
time.
I
was
here
and
that
is
that
for
better
or
for
worse
right
now,
job
seekers
and
workers
get
to
be
picky
about
where
they
work.
There
are
enough
jobs
available
that
they
can
turn
down
jobs.
W
They
can
say
I
don't
like
the
schedule
of
that
job.
I
don't
like
the
benefits
of
that
job.
I
don't
like
the
pay
of
that
job,
so
that
means
that
it
is
the
responsibility
of
employers
and
in
this
case
you
to
make
your
jobs
as
attractive
to
job
seekers
as
possible
and
right
now
the
hourly
jobs
in
buncombe
county
schools
are
not
attractive
to
anybody
anywhere
at
all.
W
W
This
is
the
most
we've
ever
asked
for
it's
so
much,
but
it's
really
not,
because
what
we're
asking
for
is
to
be
able
to
live
off
of
full-time
jobs,
to
be
able
to
have
enough
money
that
we
can
live
of
a
full-time
job
without
any
other
extra
work.
And
I
don't
really
think
that's
asking
for
that
much
in
addition
to
that,
the
monetary
cost
of
this
is
not
lost
on
me.
W
I
realize
it's
more
money
than
we've
ever
asked
for
I
realize
the
dollar
value
is
more,
but
it
wouldn't
be
if
it
hadn't
been
ignored
for
so
long.
Imagine,
buncombe,
county
schools
is
your
car
that
you're
driving
around
the
check
engine
light
came
on
20
years
ago,
and
it's
been
driven
and
driven
and
driven
because
you
put
it
off
and
said,
I
don't
want
to
take
it
to
the
shop
now
that
costs
too
much
money
for
all
this
time.
W
Well,
now
the
engine's
dead
and
it's
time
to
replace
it
to
continue
that
analogy
a
little
bit
in
terms
of
the
decompression.
Here
you
got
to
get
those
oil
changes.
You
got
to
get
those
tire
rotations
on
your
car.
This
is
something
that
needs
to
be
addressed
every
single
year
when
it
comes
back
around
for
the
2024
budget.
You've
got
to
get
back
to
this
again
or
else
you'll
find
yourselves
in
the
exact
same
position
we're
in
right
now.
Thank
you.
X
X
X
Y
Good
evening
my
name
is
andrew
boone.
I
work
for
buckland,
county
schools,
transportation,
we're
in
charge
of
making
sure
that
the
buses
get
up
and
down
the
road.
Every
day
now
I
wrote
a
speech
explaining
what
we
do
in
our
duties
and
how
grossly
underpaid
we
are
and
how
under-appreciated
we
feel.
Well,
these
folks,
they
covered
everything
that
I
was
going
to
say,
because
their
strife
is
my
strife,
we're
all
going
through
the
same
thing
now.
Y
It
is
absolutely
100
shameful
that
any
of
these
people
should
have
to
work
a
second
job
to
make
ends
meet
to
take
care
of
their
families
working
for
the
state.
That
is
ridiculous,
and
you
got
you
know
that
you
know
that,
because
you've
seen
the
budget
and
this
amount
of
money
that
they're
asking
for
you
get
it,
you
see
that
something's
amiss
something
something's
gone
wonky
here.
Well,
it
has,
and
the
biggest
thing
that
I
want
to
stress
that
I
don't
know
how
many
of
these
people
are
actually
going
to
say
it.
Y
This
promise
of
our
pay
increasing
over
a
three
year
period.
While
we
appreciate
any
raise
that
that
we're
gonna
that
we
we're
can
get,
we
want
it
now,
all
of
it
now
stretching
it
over
a
three
year
period.
Until
I
see
it
in
my
wallet,
it
doesn't
exist
and
telling
me
that
it's
eventually
going
to
be
there.
That's
a
platitude
and
we're
sick
of
platitudes.
Y
There's
nobody
coming
up
to
fill
these
positions
of
these
folks.
That's
worked
here,
20
and
30
years.
I
got
guys
at
the
shop.
That's
worked
there,
their
entire
working
life
retired
and
came
back,
and
it's
not
because
they
got
paid
a
bunch
it's
because
they
love
what
they
do
and
they
do
a
good
job
of
it.
I
can
sit
here
and
tell
you
how
good
of
a
job
we
do.
The
state
inspects
all
of
our
buses
to
make
sure
that
we're
doing
our
job
make
sure
they're
safe
around
down
the
road.
Y
I'm
not
asking
I'm
pleading
with
you
guys,
pleading
you've
got
to
understand
how
grossly
underpaid
all
these
people
that
make
the
school
system
function,
how
grossly
underpaid
they
are
and
it's
got
to
be
fixed.
So,
even
though
my
speech
was
pretty
good,
I
promise
I
sat
down.
I
wrote
over
the
weekend,
it
was
it's
it's
it's
not
bad.
They've
already
said
it,
so
I
just
want
to
stress
again
listen
to
these
folks.
These
are
the
lifeblood
of
the
school
system.
Y
Z
Good
evening,
commissioners,
I'm
katie
cornell,
I'm
the
executive
director
of
the
asheville
area,
arts
council
and
I
wanted
to
take
a
moment
to
express
my
gratitude
for
including
arts
and
culture
as
a
prior
priority
in
this
year's
budget.
Thank
you.
So
you
don't
have
to
look
any
further
than
the
cover
of
the
budget
and
the
related
art
submissions
to
see
one
of
the
many
ways
in
which
the
arts
bring
people
together
and
help
build
this
community.
Z
Z
We've
been
providing
grants
to
local
artists
and
arts
organizations
since
1979
it's
a
critical
time
for
creatives
in
our
area.
As
you
know,
the
art
sector
was
devastated
by
covid,
not
just
here,
but
across
the
u.s
buncombe
county's
creative
sector
is
still
down
over
2
000
jobs
from
2019
and
our
performing
arts
organizations
continue
to
be
impacted
by
event,
cancellations
and
slow
ticket
sales
through
investments
by
the
county
and
the
state.
The
asheville
area
arts
council
has
granted
more
than
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
state
and
federal
relief
aid.
Z
Over
the
last
two
years,
we
asked
all
62
of
our
grant
recipients
from
this
time
period
how
they
felt
about
the
county's
proposal.
So
far,
we've
heard
back
from
43
organizations
all
in
favor.
No
one
has
been
opposed.
Here
are
some
of
their
comments:
larry
causey
from
black
mountain
center
for
the
arts
rights.
We
have
deep
appreciation
for
the
support
from
the
asheville
area,
arts
council
and
put
complete
faith
in
their
ability
to
manage
and
equitably
distribute
funds
through
grants.
Z
Claesta
cotton
from
youth
artist,
empowered,
writes
your
support
in
arts
funding
assists
youth
in
procuring
the
necessary
skills
to
grow
into
successful
citizens
of
the
globe
who
make
a
positive
impact.
Anne
chesky
smith,
from
western
north
carolina
historical
association,
writes
funding
through
the
arts.
Council
has
been
vital
to
our
non-profit
survival.
Z
Jen
murray
from
street
creature
puppets
writes
that
art
the
arts
council's
grants,
provide
vital
support
to
the
many
small
and
medium-sized
arts
organizations
in
our
area.
I
urge
you
to
take
time
to
read
through
the
rest
of
the
comments
which
I
sent
you
last
week,
and
I
encourage
you
to
reach
out
to
me
if
you
have
any
questions
again,
thank
you
for
realizing
that
investing
in
arts
and
culture
is
an
important
investment
in
buncombe
county
residents
now
and
for
the
future.
Thank
you.
A
A
All
right,
I
want
to
thank
everyone
who
took
time
to
come
out
this
evening
and
share
their
comments
on
the
budget.
So
one
of
the
most
important
decisions
the
board
is
responsible
for
making
each
year,
and
so
we
appreciate
everyone
taking
time
to
come
out
and
share
your
perspective
on
it
all
right,
I'll
close
the
public
hearing
at
6
29
p.m.
A
A
A
A
I
I
AA
F
A
AB
We
will
this
resolution
places
term
expirations
on
all
current
board
members,
and
it
also
reduces
the
the
number
of
board
positions
on
the
land
conservation
advisory
board.
So
the
original
resolution
set
board
members
at
15
and
this
resolution
will
reduce
that
to
nine.
So
currently,
we
have
11
board
members
serving,
and
this
new
resolution
states
that
two
of
the
current
board
positions
will
not
be
refilled
after
their
expiration
of
their
their
terms.
So,
therefore,
the
lcab
board
will
become
nine
members
total.
AB
So,
overall,
this
is
to
clarify
the
purpose
of
the
board
in
order
to
really
identify
this
board
as
being
able
to
make
recommendations
regarding
the
funding
of
easements
and
so
in
summation.
The
purpose
of
this
resolution
is
to
update
the
land
conservation
as
advisory
board
policies
in
order
to
align
with
our
current
county
board
policies.
AA
A
L
Good
evening
so
register
of
deeds,
excise
stamp
tax,
we're
seeing
much
more
revenue
from
this
tax
they
anticipated.
In
january.
We
raised
the
budget
for
this
revenue
to
eight
and
a
half
million
dollars
from
the
original
six
million
dollars
budgeted,
as
we
must
remit
49
of
this
revenue
back
to
the
state.
We
need
to
increase
the
budget
again
this
time
to
nine
and
a
half
million
dollars.
This
does
not
require
any
new
county
funds.
A
L
Yes,
as
a
self-insured
entity,
the
county
purchases
stop
loss
insurance
to
protect
against
high-cost
health
claims.
The
county
receives
reimbursements
or
credits
from
the
insurer
when
we
pay
these
claims.
This
amendment
takes
the
credits
received
this
fiscal
year
through
april
and
projects,
the
full
year's
credits
to
add
one
and
a
half
million
dollars
to
our
insurance
claims
budget
in
our
internal
service
fund.
No
new
county
funds
are
required
for
this
amendment.
AC
A
A
A
So
the
letter
that's
been
drafted
doesn't
endorse
any
one
organization
over
the
others,
but
does
endorse
the
idea
that
we'd
like
to
see
additional
alternatives
for
families
who
need
health
care
in
our
area,
as
well
as
endorsing
the
idea
that
it
would
be
desirable
to
have
a
the
presence
of
a
non-profit
hospital
serving
the
region.
So
that's
the
letter
that's
been
drafted.
I
would
just
add
that.
A
If
we
do
approve
this
letter,
I
just
wanted
to
be
clear
that
the
letter
is
not
just
from
the
chair,
but
that
it
expresses
the
perspective
of
the
board
of
commissioners.
So
we
might
just
maybe
maybe
just
tweak
the
language
to
just
make
it
clear
that
if
this
is
approved
that
this
letter
was
approved
by
the
board
of
commissioners
at
our
meeting
this
evening,
commissioners,
any
questions
or
comments
on
the
proposed
letter.
AA
A
A
AA
Happy
to
thank
you,
the
so
I've
been
hearing
from
community
members
so
just
to
put
some
context
for
those
of
you
who
haven't
been
out
there.
Our
leicester
library
and
our
new
leicester,
fire
department
share
the
same
drive
entering
onto
alexander
road,
and
so
I
had
community
members
had
reached
out
and
expressed
concerns
about
just
about
that
drive
and
that
access,
and
then
our
fire
department
and
our
fire
chief
ted
galeski
is
here
with
us
as
well.
They
had
also,
let
me
know
that
they
were
working
on
getting
a
light.
AA
The
originally,
I
think
it
was
going
to
be
just
to
address
the
fire
department,
but
north
carolina
d.o.t
worked
on
this
for
quite
some
time.
They
they
also
did
reduce
the
speed
limit
there
on
the
road
which
is
beneficial,
but
they
decided
that
the
best
type
of
light
would
be
this
attenuation
light
and
that
it
because
it's
a
shared
drive
that
they
they
put
it
there
in
that
position,
and
so
with
that
and
they
explored
various
options.
AA
AA
I
spoke
with
anna
henderson
at
north
carolina
dot
and
they're,
estimating
that
it's
twenty
five
thousand
dollars,
so
my
recommendation
would
be
that
we
consider
helping
pay
for
that.
Fifty
percent
of
that
cost,
because
it
is
also
very
much
benefiting
our
buckham
county
library
and
those
patrons
and
increasing
the
safety
for
all.
A
AC
AD
So
I
actually
have
a
question
I
was
under
the
impression
this
was
an
actual
stoplight,
and
that
was
why
I
request
I
signed
on
to
support
this
this
evening.
I
am
concerned
about
it
being
an
attenuation
light
and
how
that
actually
benefits
the
library
patrons,
because
my
understanding
of
the
attenuation
lie
is
that
the
fire
department
will
control
that.
AA
AA
A
A
A
AD
All
right,
that
is
not
what
I
was
the
under
impression
that
was
occurring.
I
was
I
from
the
conversation
that
was
presented
to
me.
It
was
a
stoplight,
not
an
attenuation
light,
so
I'm
a
little
concerned
that
I'm
not
sure
I
have
the
whole
picture
of
what
was
happening.
I'm
not
saying
I
don't
support
it.
I
just
don't
think
I
had
all
the
information
presented
to
me
until
just
now,
so
it
would
be
nice
to
have
some
additional
information
from
dot
versus
it
just
getting
filtered
to
us.
So.
AA
AC
AA
AD
J
We
haven't
pulled
the
library
patients,
we
did
ask
library
staff
and
so
they
said
any
light
would
be
helpful.
We
were
hoping
the
fire
department
did
approach
us
for
funding
on
this
as
well
and
to
terry's
point.
It
was
changed
from
just
the
light,
the
preemptive
light
that
they
can
change,
but
it's
only
a
flashing
light.
It
will
change
to
a
flashing
light
when
anybody
gets
on
that
sensor.
J
So
when
you
look
at
the
draft
the
graph
here
from
dlt,
it
does
say
vehicle
enters
when
it
pulls
in
it
does
go
to
a
flashing
light.
So
and
also,
if
you
look
at
the
little
bubbles,
I
will
call
them
on
the
slide.
That's
where
the
post
is
going
to
go
that
says
so.
People
driving
will
see
that
flashing
light
is
ahead,
but
that's
what
it
is.
It's
a
flashing
light.
The
chief
did
approach
staff
for
funding
and
we
told
them
no
from
a
staff
perspective.
AA
AD
J
J
A
So
I
don't,
I
don't
hear
any
real
objections
to
the
idea
of
doing
a
cost
here
on
this.
I
I
think
some
of
the
yeah,
some
of
the
technical
aspects
of
exactly
how
this
is
going
to
work
is
because
I
did
my
original
understanding
about
it.
When
I
heard
about
you
is,
it
was
not
the
attenuation
light
solution,
but
I
understand
why
that
sounds
like
that's
coming
forward.
A
So
we
could
have
this
on
the
next
agenda.
We
could
plan
on
putting
it
under
the
consent
agenda,
but
we
could
ask
that
there
be
a
little
bit
of
maybe
just
a
little
bit
more
just
a
technical
description
of
it,
so
that
everyone's
clear
on
exactly
what
the
solution
is
on
this
and
and
why
that's
recommended.
I
don't
know
if
that's
the
dot
thing
or
just
someone
could
just
provide
a
little
bit
more
of
a
little
description
on
that.
A
The
map
is
helpful,
but
I
think
members
of
the
public
who
might
just
look
at
that-
may
not
exactly
understand
what's
going
on
here.
So
if
there
could
just
be
like
a
real
short
description
of
exactly
what
the
project
would
accomplish,
and
we
could
just
plan
on
having
that
on
the
consent
agenda,
if
there
are
any
other
questions,
then
of
course
any
commissioner
can
ask
that
we
take
it
off
the
consent
agenda
to
just
have
some
more
discussion
about
it
before
we
vote,
but
would
that
be?
F
M
My
name
is
ted
godleski,
I'm
chief
of
the
leicester,
fire
department
and
kind
of
give
you
a
little
bit
of
background
of
this
when
we
decided
to
build
up
there.
We
actually
started
talking
with
ncdot,
probably
four
or
five
years
ago,
and
the
first
thing
that
was
proposed
was
putting
flashing
license
and
emergency
vehicles
that
we
would
have
control
of.
We
would
have
to
hit
a
button
in
the
station
that
would
flash
for
a
certain
length
of
time.
M
We
checked
into
a
stop
plot
down
there.
The
traffic
volume
does
not
constitute
putting
a
traffic
light
up,
so
we
went
and
just
by
happenstance
I
happened
to
be
up
there
one
day,
while
building
was
being
constructed
and
saw
d.o.t
out
there
and
spoke
with
them
and
their
recommendation,
they
said
why
don't
we
do
something?
M
To
put
that
will
benefit
everybody
and
it
doesn't
matter
whether
it's
a
40
000
pound
fire
truck
or
somebody
in
their
toyota
camry
leaving
the
library.
When
you
pull
on
that
sensor,
those
lights
will
go
off.
Just
as
commissioner
wells
and
due
to
it
benefiting
you
know
both
entities-
I
guess
you
might
say
that's
where
we're
at
tonight,
but-
and
maybe
I
shouldn't
say
this-
and
I
don't
want
to
explain
anybody's
idea-
the
lots
will
be
put
up
they're
going
to
be
put
up
we've
already.
Our
boards
already
voted
on
that.
M
So
you
know.
Regardless
of
what
happens,
I
appreciate
y'all's
consideration.
I
appreciate
your
time
and
looking
into
this,
you
know,
but
we're
going
to
want
to
put
them
up,
because
we
feel
it's
that
important
and
you
know
if
it
we
do
the
holocaust,
then
fine.
You
know
I
do
want
to.
I
want
to
commend
the
leicester,
library
and
the
library
system.
They
have
been
excellent.
A
A
A
A
A
A
C
A
For
that
all
right,
so
let's
keep
that
one
open
and
just
really
encourage
the
people
in
the
community
to
think
about
applying.
For
that,
that's
a
really
important
board
responsible
for
making
a
lot
of
recommendations
regarding
land
use
policies
to
the
county.
Commissioners,
it's
responsible
for
reviewing
any
rezoning
requests
from
property
owners
in
the
county.
So
let's
try
to
get
the
word
out
about
that.
That's
one
that
usually
there's
a
lot
of
interest
in,
but
it
may
just
be
that
we
need
to
talk
it
up
a
bit.
C
Well,
potentially,
it
looks
as
though
nine
interviews
is
possible.
We
have
four
for
the
airport
authority
and
five
for
a
b
tech
for
the
trustees.
So,
okay,
I
would
start
at
12
30
to
give
a
little
bit
of
grace
period.
If
that
is
okay.
But
if
that
is
not
okay
with
the
board,
then
we
can
make
an
adjustment.
A
AE
A
All
right,
commissioners,
thank
you,
have
a
couple
of
announcements
on
june
21st
at
3
pm,
the
commissioners
will
hold
their
briefing
meeting
at
200
college
street
room
326
in
downtown
asheville
on
june
21st
at
5
pm.
The
commissioners
will
hold
their
regular
meeting
at
200
college
street
room
326
in
downtown
asheville.
A
AE
Sir
we'd
ask
to
go
in
a
motion
to
go
into
closed
session
pursuant
to
general
statute.
143
318
11,
a
3
and
5.
number
five
is
for
discuss
the
price
and
other
material
terms
of
a
potential
real
estate
transaction
and
three
is
discuss
matter
with
the
attorney
employed
or
retained
by
the
county.
In
order
to
retain
the
attorney-client
privilege,
we
don't
anticipate
any
open
session
items,
but
just
direction
from
the
board.