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Regular meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners on June 20, 2023. To review the full agenda visit buncombecounty.org/commissioners.
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Sir,
it
is
the
to
accept
the
Matt
Grant
Matty's,
medicated
assisted
treatment.
It
is
a
grant
that
we
received
for
the
last
three
years
it
covers,
appeared
from
September
to
2022
to
June,
so
it's
passed,
Grant
we're
now
receiving
the
actual
documents
for
us
added
to
the
budget,
but
it's
for
work
that
we've
already
completed
and
it's
the
fund
Sarah
Gates
program.
Okay,.
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Good
evening,
I
came
here
tonight
to
personally
thank
the
council,
County
Commissioners,
the
mayor
guest
speakers,
the
City
and
County
Employees
volunteers
and
Community
for
the
recent
Memorial
Day
service
you
had.
This
is
the
first
chance
I
had
to
get
here.
I
would
also
like
to
thank
and
honor
all
military
members
and
families
past
and
present
from
every
country
worldwide
for
their
service
sacrifice.
G
No
actuary
could
calculate
how
many
lives
total
have
been
lost
in
combat
not
just
War.
Our
current
seniors
Elder
States
people
are
asking
the
age-old
question.
Is
this
generation
better
off
than
the
one
before
considering
children,
middle
age
and
Elders?
We
believe
if
we
act
now,
it
will
be
the
collective
bargaining
power
of
our
seniors.
Many
former
civil
servants
are
rising
to
the
challenge
of
not
just
trying
to
secure
the
viability
of
their
communities,
but
the
entire
planet.
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I
originally
went
back
to
town
hall,
Kensington
Maryland
and
thanked
the
administration
department
telling
them.
This
was
a
great
place
to
live
and
grow
up.
All
communities
have
their
challenges.
The
difference
back
then,
was
we
knew
and
helped
our
neighbors.
Our
civil
servants
were
living
amongst
us
proactively.
Serving
protecting
teaching
and
rescuing,
we
had
affordable
or
free
recreation
parks
and
entertainment.
It's
time
to
end
the
Civil
War
all
war
and
sign
a
lasting
sustainable
peace
treaty.
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I'm
sure
my
family
has
something
appropriate
so
that
all
countries,
one
neighborhood
at
a
time,
can
rebuild
themselves
and
help
neighboring
countries
wherever
possible,
with
supplies
and
Human
Resources
I've
been
advocating
for
peace
for
almost
three
decades.
The
measure
of
success
of
humanity
is
when
all
children
can
compare
and
contrast
the
world
upon
reaching
adulthood
and
still
be
able
to
afford
and
choose
to
live
and
serve
the
community
they
were
raised.
I
would
like
to
help
more,
please
authenticate.
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Good
evening
my
name
is
Joan
Hoffman,
my
husband
and
I
have
lived
in
Buncombe
County
since
2005
and
our
children
go
to
Glenarden
Elementary
School,
it's
with
a
heavy
heart
that
I
come
and
talk
to
you.
This
evening.
This
week
a
Pew
research
poll
said
that
75
percent
of
Americans
are
feeling
good
about
their
economic
situation,
but
our
local
teachers
are
so
underpaid
that
a
first-year
teacher
spends
35
percent
on
their
renting
of
a
one-bedroom
apartment.
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H
In
conversations
with
you
over
the
last
few
weeks,
the
only
real
objection
that
I
heard
to
the
budget
was
that
vulnerable
people
on
fixed
incomes
would
have
the
ability
to
would
not
have
the
ability
to
pay
the
extra
20
a
month
to
fully
fund
our
schools.
We
are
the
vulnerable
and
inflation
is
felt
so
much
harder
in
the
rental
communities
who
lack
the
stabilization
of
a
monthly
mortgage
payment.
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H
You
will
be
again
asking
our
school
staff
employees
to
continue
to
be
some
of
the
most
disadvantaged
members
of
our
communities
with
so
many
employees
making
1660
an
hour.
We
deserve
a
living
wage.
If
you
pass
your
proposed
budget
this
evening,
a
budget
that
contains
a
27
million
dollar
shortfall,
only
funding
one-fifth
of
the
school
board's
budget
request
increase.
You
will
be
making
a
huge
mistake
in
harming
our
students
the
many
indignities
of
constantly
being
overlooked
by
our
community
by
being
dismissed
by
our
local
leaders.
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I
I
I
I
have
found
myself
who
do
not
have
an
education
background,
serving
as
a
substitute
instructional
assistant,
to
help
the
teacher
I'm
73
years
old.
Not
getting
any
younger
still
look
good,
but
I
would
like,
but
I
would
like
to
appeal
to
your
heart
strings,
to
give
as
much
consideration
to
the
school
budget
for
Teacher
raises,
as
you
can.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
All
right.
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Good
evening,
Mary
standard
from
the
Montreat
Black
Mountain
community
and
I'd
just
like
to
follow
up
on
the
comments
of
the
importance
of
the
school
systems
to
Buncombe
County
from
time
immemorial.
The
first
Public
Schools
were
in
1886
and
we
need
to
make
sure
that
they
stay
supported,
but
I'm
here
tonight
with
good
news,
a
bit
of
history
and
a
save
the
date
I'd
like
to
share
with
you
a
little
bit
about
the
Allen
School,
which
was
only
a
10-minute
walk
from
this
present
building.
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But
the
Allen
School
can
best
be
described
by
the
words
black
female
and
college
prep.
The
Allen
School
was
founded
in
1887
by
Presbyterians,
Quakers,
methodists,
blacks
and
whites.
Its
mission
was
to
educate,
Asheville's
black
community.
The
first
class
opened
with
three
generations
enrolled
in
its
Elementary
School
curriculum
by
1897.
Its
mission
was
to
provide
a
boarding
and
day
school
for
black
females
located
just
east
of
Charlotte
Street
at
the
foot
of
beaucatcher
mountain,
the
Allen
school.
Now
the
site
of
The
Literacy
Council
and
explore
Asheville,
also
known
as
the
TDA
is
little
recognized.
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Despite
its
historic
role
in
educating
young
black
females
during
the
earliest
20th
century,
an
educational
desert
for
both
women
and
for
blacks
accredited
in
1924,
the
integrated
staff-
yes,
integrated
staff
emphasized,
is
demanding
college
preparatory
courses,
professionalism
and
Leadership.
Closing
in
1974,
as
codified
segregation
was
fading.
More
than
1100
black
females
passed
through
its
doors.
Many
went
on
to
college
graduate
and
professional
schools.
North
Carolina
alumni
included,
tryons
Eunice
Kathleen
Wayman
known
as
Nina
Simone
and
Monroe's
Dr,
Christine,
Darden,
mathematician
member
of
NASA
and
central
figure
of
the
movie
hidden
figures.
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The
good
news
I
would
like
to
invite
you
and
all
the
residents
of
Buncombe
County
to
attend
an
occasion.
2
p.m.
Saturday
October,
21st,
2023,
so
you've
got
plenty
of
time
to
put
it
on
your
calendar.
The
occasion
is
to
be
an
unveiling
of
the
state
of
North
Carolina
historical
marker
for
the
Allen
School,
a
process
to
which
took
over
a
year
to
accomplish
the
place
right
outside
this
building
is
going
to
be
in
front
of
the
Buncombe
County
Register
of
Deeds
office
and
there's
a
reception
to
follow
from
2
to
4
30
p.m.
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K
I'm
here
to
ask
for
you
to
stretch
I,
hear
that
you're
considering
a
one
cent
increase
for
our
schools.
Our
our
community
is
looking
for
approximately
a
5.8
Cent
increase
and
to
restore
the
Asheville
City
School
tax
to
the
12
cents,
up
from
10.8
or
10.6
I
lose
track
of
all
the
numbers.
Sometimes
our
schools
are
in
crisis
our
teachers.
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K
So
I
ask
for
you
to
stretch
and
it's
my
belief
that
our
County
and
our
city
will
back
you
up
right
now.
We
are
losing
staff
at
an
incredible
rate,
used
to
be
that
Asheville
City
Schools
was
up
in
the
teens.
Had
one
of
the
highest
turnover
rates
in
the
state
for
staff,
and
last
year
we
had
schools
in
the
50
percent
range
and
that
is
not
sustainable.
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We
have
the
lowest
or
second
lowest
of
all
our
metropolitan
areas
in
pay
in
the
state
of
North
Carolina
for
Asheville
City
schools
and
Buncombe
County
schools,
and
we
have
the
highest
cost
of
living
and
all
of
our
School
communities
are
suffering.
Our
parents
are
struggling
to
fill
in
the
gaps
our
students
are
suffering
because
of
this
we
have
great
teachers
and
we
just
we
need
to
keep
them.
So
please
do
all
that
you
can.
Thank
you.
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My
name
is
Chris
Kingsley
and
I'm,
an
instructional
assistant
and
a
school
bus
driver
for
harmony.
Valley,
Elementary
I
drive
my
school
bus,
primarily
in
the
Bent
Creek
community,
and
it's
an
ordinary
Community
there's
nothing
special
there,
there's
no
Mansions.
There's
ordinary
houses
with
front
yard,
a
backyard,
a
driveway
most
of
the
families
there
have
a
car
or
two
they
have
a
child
or
two.
They
have
some
pets,
nothing
special,
but
a
nice
place
when
I
drive
through
there
on
my
school
bus.
My
thought
as
I
go
through
is
wow.
L
These
people
must
really
be
making
some
decent
money
because
that's
the
State
of
Affairs
in
Asheville
right
now,
I
live
with
my
fiance
and
we
rent
a
two-bedroom
apartment
and
there
is
no
way
we
could
ever
afford
a
house
with
the
way
things
are
going
right.
Now,
it's
just
not
in
the
cards
of
all
of
the
classified
staff
in
Buncombe
County
schools
that
I
know
who
do
live
in
a
house.
Their
spouses
are
paying
for
most
the
time
or
they
live
there
after
their
parents
died.
L
There's
no
way
to
afford
a
house
which
used
to
be
a
pretty
ordinary
thing
when
I
was
growing
up
living
in
a
neighborhood
like
Bent
Creek.
Wasn't
too
big
of
a
deal
me
and
my
fiance
would
have
been
able
to
afford
that
20
years
ago,
living
with
two
adults
with
two
full-time
incomes
me
more
than
full-time
I,
have
two
jobs
that
I
work
10
hours
a
day
during
the
school
school
year
and
I
have
this
job
too,
that
I
work
over
the
summer
that
pays
way
more.
L
If
they
offered
me
the
opportunity
to
do
this,
full-time
I
would
leave
I,
wouldn't
be
driving
a
bus
anymore.
I
wouldn't
be
working
those
10-hour
days,
because
there's
no
hope
for
us.
You
have
a
chance
to
provide
that.
You
have
a
chance
to
provide
that
that
hope
that
looking
into
the
future
and
thinking,
maybe
things
will
get
better
and
there's
no
point
in
waiting
for
the
state
to
take
a
stance
on
this.
L
The
state
of
North
Carolina
has
proven
time
and
time
and
time
again
that
they
don't
care
about
public
education,
but
you
have
a
chance
to
set
the
standard.
You
have
a
chance
to
be
a
shining
Beacon
of
Hope
you're
in
the
mountains,
Let
Them
Fight
their
culture
war
in
Raleigh.
Let
them
write,
let
legislate,
legislation
to
ban
curriculums
that
don't
even
exist
while
over
here
in
Asheville,
progress
can
be
made.
We
can
move
forward
while
they
stay
in
the
Stone
Age
over.
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M
My
name
is
Matthew
Leggett
I
teach
at
Montford,
North,
Star,
Academy,
I,
teach
8th
grade
social
studies,
I
love,
teaching
social
studies,
there's
probably
no
other
job
I
get
where
I
can
just
like
talk
about
history
all
day
and
I
feel
blessed,
but
I'm
getting
incredibly
tired.
Now
you
guys
have
a
huge
decision
to
make
right
now
and
I
kind
of
feel
as
a
teacher
that
people
think
the
decisions
that
we
make
as
teachers
are
kind
of
petty
and
silly
I
know
what
I'm
going
to
tell
you.
M
The
decisions
I
make
I'm
sitting
in
my
classroom,
I'm
instructing
a
group
of
kids.
One
kid
has
a
meltdown
and
I've
got
to
decide,
do
I
go
outside
in
the
hallway
and
try
to
help
this
kid
through
a
mental
health
crisis
or
all
these
other
kids
are
sitting
here
without
anyone
in
the
classroom
to
instruct
them.
This
is
not
an
easy
decision
to
make
I
have
to
decide
if
I'm
doing
a
project
and
there's
not
enough
money
in
our
budget,
which
dries
up
very
quickly.
M
At
the
beginning
of
the
year,
a
project
designed
to
keep
kids
invested
in
what
they're
doing
what
do
I
have
to
give
up
to
do
it
and
I
do
I'll,
give
up
dinner
to
go,
buy
fifty
dollars
worth
of
glue
sticks,
so
they
can.
You
know,
make
a
model
of
something
because
it's
what
I
do
it's
the
contract
I
signed?
What
I
need
you
guys
to
do
is
to
make
a
hard
decision
all
right
and
the
deal
is
I'm
going
to
tell
you
what
I've
learned
about
life.
M
If
everybody
likes
me
and
likes
the
things
I
do
then
I,
probably
ain't
living
much
of
a
life.
You
know
I'm
going
to
rub
people
the
wrong
way,
but
I've
got
to
do
the
right
thing
and
the
right
thing
is
in
front
of
you
right
now.
I
can
tell
you
that
right
now
and
I
get
so
frustrated.
When
I
hear
about
teachers
who
have
a
cushy
life
and
a
cushy
job,
I
mean
you
know,
you
can
believe
what
Fox
News
says.
M
You
know
we
end
up
feeling
like
we're
being
kicked
around
by
everyone
else
by
the
people
in
government
who
have
been
elected
to
make
all
of
our
Lives
good
right
and
we
feel
like
we're.
Getting
kicked
around
and
pushed
and
shove,
and
you
can
only
do
that
so
long,
so
I
really
hope
that
you
do
what
you
know
in
your
heart
is
right.
Thank
you.
N
Hello
good
evening,
I'm
Liz,
Le
blue.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
everything
that
you
do
I
know
your
job
is
very
challenging.
I
am
a
17-year
veteran
teacher
I've
taught
in
Asheville
for
that
length,
I'm.
Also,
a
parent
of
a
public
school
student
I
am
a
product
of
public
school
and
I'm.
A
currently
teaching
in
the
special
education
department
at
Asheville,
High
School
decisions
made
today
determine
what
our
schools
will
look
like
in
August.
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N
B
O
Nice
to
see
you
all
again:
I'm
Christina,
Mason
and
I
own,
a
home
in
West
Asheville
and
I
pay,
Buncombe,
County
and
Asheville
City
Schools
taxes.
My
son
Henry,
is
a
rising
first
grader
at
Isaac,
Dixon
Elementary,
where
I
would
like
to
mention.
They
have
experienced
crazy
turnover.
We've
had
a
lot
of
the
long-term
subs
and
a
rotation
even
among
those
subs,
and
we're
hearing
about
more
turnover
coming
this
coming
year.
O
I'm
back
tonight,
even
though
I'm
not
an
employee
and
I'm,
just
a
parent,
because
it's
plain
to
see
that
our
public
schools
are
at
their
Breaking
Point
and
I
really
want
you
to
make
funding
Public
Schools
your
highest
priority
and
I
know.
That's
a
big
ask
with
so
many
things
on
the
table,
but
I
think
it's
really
important.
O
Our
public
schools
are
imploding
because
we
don't
pay
wages
that
meet
the
cost
of
living.
We
pay
lip
service
about
appreciating
teachers
and
School
Employees,
but
we
don't
back
that
up
with
policy
action
and
dollars.
We
let
our
schools
get
run
into
the
ground,
and
our
teachers
get
burned
out
and
stretched
too
thin
to
meet
our
kids
needs.
O
We
call
our
teachers
and
classified
staff
public
servants
to
excuse
the
fact
that
we
don't
pay
them
what
they're
worth
they
should
not
have
to
sacrifice
their
health
work.
Second
and
third
jobs
be
constantly
stressed
out,
have
to
donate
their
overtime
and
be
fighting
to
give
our
children
the
basic
education
that
they
are
legally
entitled
to.
Our
schools
have
been
working
on
a
skeleton
crew,
since
the
pandemic,
most
teachers
would
never
complain
to
your
face.
O
This
is
really
rare
that
educators
will
come
to
you
and
say
that
they're
not
making
enough
money,
it's
just
it's
not
what
they
do,
but
they're
exhausted,
they're
broke
they're,
demoralized
and
they're
done.
Our
lack
of
support
is
also
hurting
our
kids.
It's
draining
away
the
seasoned
Educators,
who
just
can't
take
it
anymore.
O
Our
students
aren't
getting
that
consistency
and
the
Deep
lasting
relationships
with
staff,
because
there's
so
much
turnover
our
children
aren't
seen
in
the
same
way,
because
it's
always
a
new
set
of
eyes,
just
imagine
with
the
school
turnover
being
what
it
is,
we're
just
giving
them
the
bare
minimum,
and
it
doesn't
have
to
be
this
way.
We
can
have
nice
things.
We
just
have
to
invest
in
them.
O
It's
going
to
be
way
more
costly
to
rebuild
our
schools
than
to
fund
them.
Now,
if
you
don't
fund
this
budget
after
our
Educators
have
poured
out
their
hearts
and
their
souls
to
you,
I
cannot
even
imagine
The
Exodus
of
employees
that
we
will
see
it
will
be
a
catastrophe
and
we
will
have
deserved
it.
So
I
implore
you
to
please
fully
fund
both
of
these
budgets.
B
P
Hello,
my
name
is
Soren
Peterson
I
was
in
the
Overflow
room
and
heard
my
name
called
and
rushed
in
here
when
I
came
to
this
meeting
for
the
last
meeting,
I
spoke
about
what
the
numbers
here
were
actually
meeting
and
just
to
recap,
with
the
fully
paid
supplemental
teachers
will
have
increased
their
pay
by
19
since
the
last
time
that
the
local
supplement
was
adjusted
six
years
ago.
In
that
same
time,
inflation
has
gone
up.
26
percent.
P
94,
it's
nearly
doubled,
which
means
that
if
you
adjust
for
inflation
after
paying
for
the
cost
of
living
in
Buncombe,
teachers
will
be
making
eight
thousand
dollars
less
today
than
a
new
teacher
would
be
making
eight
years
ago,
from
thirty
six
thousand
down
to
twenty
eight
thousand
well,
that
was
what
I
brought
up
last
time.
What
I
want
to
bring
up
this
time,
among
other
things,
is
putting
that
in
context
of
where
other
counties
are
in
the
state.
P
The
eight
other,
similar
metropolitan
school
districts
across
North
Carolina
all
have
better
pay
to
cost
of
living
ratios
than
Buncombe
County
does
the
most
similar
Wake
County
in
terms
of
cost
of
living,
which
is
still
six
percent
less
expensive
than
it
is
in
Asheville,
pays
their
teachers,
seven
percent
more
in
the
local
supplement.
So
again,
the
seven
percent,
but
it
is.
It
is
unfortunate
that
we
look
at
the
state
in
North,
Carolina
and
the
state
legislature
is
putting
out
twenty
dollar
a
month.
P
Pay
raises
and
pretending
like
that's
something
to
be
proud
of,
but
the
fact
is
when
the
cost
of
living
in
our
county
is
doubling,
that
is
the
job
of
the
county,
and
it's
the
job
of
of
the
growth
that
we've
seen
to
help
feedback
into
that
system.
I
have
heard
concerns
around
the
fact
that
this
tax
increase
on
property
taxes
are
going
to
impact
the
most
at
risk
and
vulnerable
groups
in
Buncombe
County.
P
Rent
increases
have
gone
up,
43
percent,
since
the
beginning
of
the
covet
pandemic
and
new
teachers
coming
here
to
look
for
a
place
we'll
stay
are
making
so
much
less
that
it's
not
even
funny
just
to
cap
it
off
when
you're
talking
about
people
that
are
working
at
the
bottom
of
this
pay
scale
already
not
making
enough
to
pay
the
cost
of
living.
A
lack
of
fully
funding
the
budget
doesn't
mean
that
they
can
put
Less
in
savings.
P
B
B
E
Whereas
each
year,
the
month
of
June
honors,
the
1969
Stonewall
riots
at
the
Stonewall
Inn
in
New,
York,
City,
frequently
referenced
as
the
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
Whereas
more
than
35
000
of
our
neighbors
in
Western,
North,
Carolina
identify
as
lgbtqia
Plus
and
whereas
a
recent
survey
at
UNC
Asheville
revealed
that
a
third
of
the
students
don't
identify
with
conventional
binary
heterosexual
stereotypes
and
whereas
lgbtqiaa
plus
individuals
across
the
United
States,
including
those
who
live
in
our
local
community,
continue
to
face
hate
and
discrimination
simply
for
being
who
they
are
and
for
who
they
love.
And
there
remains
much
work
to
do
to
extend
the
promise
of
our
country
to
every
person.
E
E
And
whereas
as
an
employer,
Buncombe
County
has
the
responsibility
to
provide
a
safe
and
inclusive
workplace
for
all
employees
and
be
a
proud
supporter
and
leader
toward
lgbtqia
plus
equity
in
Buncombe
County.
Well,
there's
more
work
to
be
done.
We
are
moving
forward
in
a
spirit
of
unwavering
commitment
to
the
lgbtqia
plus
community,
now
be
resolved
that
we
Proclaim
June
2023,
as
Buncombe
County
pride
month,
signed
brownie
Newman,
chairman
of
the
Buncombe
County
Board
of
Commissioners.
Thank
you.
Q
R
S
See
each
of
you
today,
I
am
here
to
give
our
annual
presentation.
If
it's
going
to
come
up
there,
we
go
for
the
Buncombe
County
tourism
Development
Authority,
which
was
created
in
1983
by
an
act
of
North
Carolina
legislation
to
oversee
the
collection
of
an
investment
of
lodging
taxes
that
are
paid
by
visitors
who
stay
in
overnight
commercial
accommodations
such
as
hotels,
motels,
bed
and
breakfasts,
and
vacation
rentals.
S
S
These
are
members
of
our
community.
They
are
neighbors
who
raise
families
here
and
run
businesses
here.
Many
of
them
come
from
humble
beginnings
in
the
travel
industry,
starting
as
laundry
attendance
night,
Auditors,
barbacks
banquet
servers
and
including
myself
as
a
waiter
to
help
balance
resident
and
visitor
needs
which
we're
certainly
hearing
about
this
evening.
We've
committed
to
field.
A
S
S
S
S
We
do
this
effort
on
behalf
of
the
community
Through
strategic
pillars
or
imperatives
that
we've
created,
that
ladder
up
to
broader
Community
goals,
including
Buncombe
County's
strategic
plan
and
those
are
delivering
balanced
recovery
and
sustainable
growth.
Encouraging
safe
and
responsible
travel,
engaging
and
inviting
more
diverse
audiences
and
promoting
and
supporting
Asheville's
creative
spirit.
S
S
We've
partnered
with
Garden
and
Gun
Magazine
to
have
a
half
hour
nationally
run
PBS
docu-series
called
the
good
road
that
was
shot
here
in
our
community
earlier
this
month
and
will
Air
either
in
September
or
October.
This
fall
this
the
26
minute
docu-series,
will
tell
the
stories
of
the
center
for
honeybee
research,
the
South,
Side,
Community,
Garden,
Hood,
Huggers,
riverlink
utopian
seed,
project
and
I
know
something
that's
dear
to
commissioner
Wells
Hart,
which
is
the
farm
Heritage
Trail,
and
we're
really
delighted
to
shine
a
spotlight
on
the
great
work.
S
That's
happening
in
our
community
in
this
area,
on
engaging
inviting
more
diverse
audiences
and
importantly,
connecting
them
with
our
community
entrepreneurs
and
neighborhoods.
The
African-American
Heritage
Trail,
which
will
now
be
called
the
black
cultural
heritage.
Trail
development
is
underway
with
the
advisory
input
from
a
committee
of
local
residents,
investment
in
the
ymi
cultural
center
and
we're
looking
forward
to
have
the
dedication
of
the
black
cultural
heritage.
S
T
S
So
the
Legacy
investment
from
tourism
fund
or
Lyft
fund,
the
applications
for
participating
on
the
committee
are
currently
open.
You
can
find
that
on
ashevillecvb.com
applications
are
open
until
July
7th
and
then
there
will
be
a
committee
that
will
review
those
and
will
bring
those
forward
to
the
tourism
Development
Authority
board
for
approval
later
this
year.
U
Hey
elder
abuse
awareness
month,
whereas
the
world
elder
abuse
awareness
day
is
June
15th
and
on
June
15
2006,
the
international
Network
for
the
prevention
of
elder
abuse
and
the
World
Health
Organization
at
the
United
Nations
launched
World
elder
abuse
awareness
day
and
proclaimed
this
day
as
a
day
to
recognize
the
significance
of
elder
abuse
as
a
public
health
and
human
rights
issue,
and
whereas
Buncombe
County
is
vulnerable
and
Elder.
Adults
deserve
to
live
safely
with
dignity
and
whereas
2023
marks
the
18th,
Annual
World
elder
abuse
awareness
day.
U
Now,
therefore,
the
Buncombe
County
Board
of
Commissioners
do
hereby
Proclaim
June
2023
as
elder
abuse
awareness
month.
We
urge
all
citizens
to
participate
in
community
efforts
to
support
and
approve
and
improve
the
safety
and
well-being
of
vulnerable
and
Elder
adults
and
secure
their
right
to
live
free
of
abuse,
neglect
and
exploitation.
V
That
was
there,
and
we
just
appreciate
Buncombe
County,
recognizing
this
serious
issue,
drawing
attention
to
it
and
helping
us
improve
the
lives
of
adults
by
adopting
it
as
a
strategic
plan
agenda
item
and
would
ask
that
anybody
who
has
a
concern
always
speak
up
because
that's
how
we
are
able
to
do
what
we
do
each
and
every
day
is
because
someone
has
enough
concern
to
voice
that
to
our
agency.
So
thank
you
great.
B
All
right,
the
next
item
on
our
agenda
is
a
presentation
from
the
individ,
the
independent
Review
Committee,
which
did
a
report
on
the
water
outages
that
occurred
in
Asheville
and
Buncombe
County
this
past
winter.
So
appreciate
the
members
for
serving
on
this
committee
and
for
taking
time
to
share
some
of
the
information
with
us
this
evening.
W
We
had
multiple
committee
members
that
also
again
comprise
from
Representatives
appointed
by
the
city
of
Asheville
council
with
me
tonight
is
Kim
dirt
Murphy
your
second
appointee,
and
she
will
provide
the
briefing
on
the
water
and
both
the
comms
section.
It's
important
to
note
here
that
dirt
was
a
fantastic
representative
of
the
County
serving
on
all
three
subcommittees.
W
We
had
an
initial
kickoff
meeting
on
February
10
23
that
bride
brought
us
together.
We
received
our
charge
from
the
city
of
Asheville
and
we
broke
up
into
three
different
subcommittees
to
take
this
look
into
a
a
very
big
event
and
made
it
into
a
little
bit
more
bite-sized
pieces
of
that
was
a
water
system
in
operations,
the
communications
in
a
emergency
response.
W
It
took
us
about
three
months
to
take
this
deep
dive,
countless
interviews
and
what
we
see
here
is
90
requests
for
information
if
you're
lucky
enough
to
know
or
have
worked
with
Mr
Jay
Dundas
from
the
city
of
Asheville.
He
coordinated
all
of
our
efforts
to
coordinate
interviews
to
processing
these
requests
of
information,
and
while
he
received
a
lot
of
Praise
at
city,
council
I
would
love
to
extend
that
here
at
the
County
Commissioners
on
the
the
utmost
professional
professionalism
of
Mr
Dundas,
it
was.
W
X
X
X
If
you'll
notice,
the
the
three
water
treatment
plants
are
on
here,
we
have
the
William
de
Brule
water
treatment
plant
in
the
North
Fork
Water
Treatment,
Plant
they're
in
the
Northeast
part
of
the
county,
and
then
the
Mills
River
Water,
Treatment
Plant,
which
is
in
the
South.
The
Mills
Road
River
water
treatment
plant
is
a
little
different
from
the
the
ones
in
the
Northeast.
X
It
has
to
pump
water
primarily
to
the
west
and
the
South
part
of
the
county,
and
that's
very
important
when
we
lost
that
all
of
our
capacity
had
to
come
from
the
William
de
Brule
and
the
North
Fork,
which
Supply
everything
by
gravity
you'll,
also
notice
that
we
have
different
booster
pump
stations
on
here.
The
booster
pump
stations
help
to
protect
against
head
loss,
which
simply
means
that
we
can
maintain
pressure
further
out
in
the
system
and
at
areas
of
higher
elevation.
X
X
A
little
bit
of
context,
if
you
were
to
lay
all
of
our
pipes,
end
to
end
in
our
system,
it
would
extend
all
the
way
to
Miami
Florida
and
back
okay,
so
27
main
breaks
really
isn't
as
much
as
it
may
seem.
The
biggest
problem
that
we
discovered
was
high
customer
consumption
and
a
lot
of
these
were
leaks
and
breaks
due
to
the
cold
weather.
X
Now
the
Mills
River
Water
Treatment
Plant
was
taken
offline
because
it
did
have
some
cold
induced
treatment
issues.
It
was
off
for
approximately
four
days.
The
North
Fork
and
William
de
Brule
plants
remained
in
service.
You'll
notice
that
you
know
our
total
system
demand
exceeded
31
to
32
million
gallons
of
day,
but
the
the
North
Fork
and
the
William
de
Brule
combined
provide
36
million
gallons
per
day.
That
should
have
been
enough
to
provide
water
to
the
South
and
the
west,
but
it
wasn't
and
I'm
not
going
to
to
read
all
of
this.
X
You
guys
know
a
lot
of
it,
but
basically
people
in
the
South
and
the
West
lost
service.
The
South
system
had
to
be
isolated,
because
if
they
did
not
isolate
that
area,
they
would
have
lost
water
to
Mission
Hospital
Mission
Hospital
is
the
third
largest
water
consumer
that
that
they
have
so
anyhow,
the
the
storage
tanks
in
South,
Buncombe
and
Candler
knob
were
rapidly
depleted.
They
had
to
be
valved
off
to
prevent
from
damaging
the
system.
The
the
system,
recovery
was
slow
and
one
of
the
reasons
for
that
was
a
closed.
X
24
inch
transmission
valve
that
was
not
found
until-
and
this
is
a
typo
should
say-
6
45
a.m,
on
Monday,
January
2nd,
and
there
was
also
a
situation
where
a
control
valve
in
the
South
was
listed
as
being
100
open.
It
was
only
10
percent
open
and
the
reason
why
it
was
listed
as
20
open
is
because
they
don't
want
to
have
it
open
any
more
than
10
percent
on
a
regular
situation.
Otherwise
they
can
overflow
the
tanks
in
the
southbunctum
area.
X
The
graph
that
you
see
in
front
of
you
has
a
lot
of
stuff
in
it.
Basically,
what
we're
looking
at
is
we're
looking
at
how
much
demand
we
had
in
the
system
how
much
water
we
were
able
to
supply
from
the
tanks
and
how
long
you
know,
basically,
the
decline
of
the
tank
levels
and
then
how
long
it
took
to
recover
the
levels
in
those
tanks.
X
The
the
information
never
got
to
the
valve
Crews,
who
could
have
opened
that
and
prevented
the
situation
essentially
and
then
another
thing
that
I
had
spoke
about
the
the
southern
portion
control
valve.
Another
thing
that
we
identified
that
would
have
helped
with
system
resilience,
would
have
been
if
the
East
Asheville
booster,
Pump
Station
had
been
available
for
use
that
was
decommissioned
back
in
2010
and
we
needed
to
have
that
in
line
in
order
to
get
enough
water
to
the
South
and
the
West.
X
So
a
basic
rundown
of
our
recommendations.
The
very
first
thing
that
we
want
to
see
happen
is
an
independent
valve
assessment
of
all
the
large
transmission
veins,
we're
talking
about
pipes
that
are
16
inches
or
more
in
diameter.
We
want
to
enable
scada
control
that
means
supervisory
control
and
data
acquisition
of
that
South
control
valve
so
that
it
can
open
more
than
10
percent.
X
We
have
some
other
recommendations,
both
short
and
long
term.
We
would
like
to
have
a
preliminary
engineering
report
to
see
about
the
feasibility
of
recommissioning,
the
East
Asheville
booster
Pump
Station.
We
need
to
have
a
way
to
derive
total
daily
demand
within
our
scada
system.
Basically,
that
will
just
allow
the
water
resources
department
to
figure
out
how
much
water
they
need
to
produce
in
any
given
24-hour
period.
X
One
of
the
things
that
all
three
subcommittees
identified
as
something
that
would
have
helped
is
Advanced
metering
infrastructure
as
it
stands
right
now.
It's
a
radio
read
meter
for
most
of
the
customers,
and
because
of
that,
we
were
unable
to
ever
determine
who
lost
water
and
who
didn't.
If
we
would
have
had
that
Ami
in
place,
we
would
have
been
a
lot
further
ahead
and
that's
something
that's
actually
in
progress
right
now,
we're
just
hoping
they
can
expedite
it.
X
The
engineering
division
within
the
Water
Resources
Division
there
are
only
three
Engineers
there,
and
none
of
them
are
involved
in
daily
operations,
and
we
would
like
to
see
someone
you
know
be
involved
in
those
operations.
Another
issue
is
knowledge
retention
within
the
Water
Resources
Department,
as
people
leave,
they
take
that
knowledge
with
them
and
one
of
the
issues
that
came
up
very
early
on
in
interviews.
X
We
would
like
to
see
them
do
tabletop
exercises
just
so
they
can
be
put
in
a
situation
where
they
can
go
through
various
scenarios,
so
they
don't
have
to
basically
make
it
up
as
they
go
along
as
they
did
in
this
situation,
District
or
Zone
meters.
That
would
have
helped
in
locating
the
main
breaks.
So
that's
another
thing
that
has
begun
to
be
implemented,
but
they're
not
far
enough
along
and
then
finally,
something
that
they
may
I
would
think
reach
out
to
you.
X
X
Okay,
the
communications
subcommittee,
the
members
were
Mike
McGill.
He
was
a
co-chair
with
Rob
brisley
Mike
handles
customer
and
crisis
comms
for
water
utilities.
Rob
brisley
handles
more
of
the
emergency
communications
for
the
North
Carolina
Incident
Management
team
he's
actually
directly
employed
by
FEMA
and
me.
X
So
we
conducted
more
than
50
hours
of
one-on-one
interviews
with
many
people:
staff,
elected
officials,
the
news
media
customers.
That
was
my
big.
My
big
focus
is
trying
to
talk
to
the
people
who
lost
water,
particularly
throughout
the
county,
because
their
voices
were
underrepresented,
and
we
also
did
document
reviews,
including
the
comms
and
emergency
response
plans.
X
The
communication
problems
arose
from
a
lot
of
different
things.
One
of
the
biggest
ones
was
the
fact
that
people
were
just
out
of
town.
It
was
a
holiday
and
nobody
wanted
to
be
the
bearer
of
bad
news.
Essentially
it
that's.
What
it
boils
down
to
the
the
water
department
felt
that
when
Mills
River
went
offline,
it
wouldn't
be
that
big
of
a
deal
because
Mills
River
had
been
offline
before
for
months.
X
X
Another
problem
was
the
water
team
because
they
were
leading
the
the
incident.
They
were
also
leading
comms,
there's
not
a
Communications
professional
who
is
dedicated
to
the
water
team.
So
no
one
within
the
city's
com
staff
understood
the
workings
of
a
water
utility.
They
were
not
able
to
ask
informed
questions
and
guide
the
communications
during
this.
All
they
were
able
to
do
was
produce
what
they
were
told
to
produce,
and
that
is
known
as
an
operational
response
to
public
Communications.
X
X
Instead,
what
happened
was
the
comms
team
got
information
from
from
everywhere,
so
it
wasn't
just
the
Water
Resources.
It
was
also
elected
officials
and
it
it
just
led
to
Communications
that
were
really
jumbled.
There
was
too
much
information
and
too
many
gaps
in
between
that
information
for
a
consistent
message
to
come
out.
X
There
was
so
much
pressure
from
elected
officials
on
water
resources
and
comms
to
put
out
a
time
frame
for
the
restoration
of
service
that
they
ultimately
caved
when
in
their
professional
opinions,
they
should
not
have
ever
caved
on
that
the
problem
was,
and
it's
understandable,
because
if
you
have
people
ringing
you
up
and
they
want
answers
once
my
water
coming
back
on,
you
want
to
be
able
to
give
them
something.
You
know
it's
completely
understandable.
The
problem
is
that
24
to
48
hours,
time
frame
was
completely
unrealistic.
X
X
So
basically
what
we
need
to
do
and
I'll
just
go
ahead
and
flip
through
we
determined
that
we
need
to
hire
a
public
information
officer,
that's
dedicated
just
to
water
resources
and
to
their
credit
they're.
Actually,
in
the
process
of
doing
this,
we
need
to
have
crisis
problems,
training
for
all
members
of
the
cape
staff
based
on
ICS
training.
X
We
need
to
start
instituting
the
comms
portion
of
the
ICS
underneath
the
national
Incident
Management
System.
It
does
not
have
to
be
an
emergency
in
order
to
use
this
framework,
because
this
is
very
good
framework
for
all
crisis
comms.
That
will
come
out
whether
it's
a
water
situation
or
any
other
situation
that
might
arise.
X
X
And
then
we
also
would
like
to
see
Nims
and
ICS
training
and
certifications
for
all
the
city
staff
responsible
for
crisis
comms
and
we've
got
all
kinds
of
different
certifications
that
people
can
take
to
to
work
us
closer
to
that
and
then
finally,
regular
engagement
with
Buncombe
County
com
staff,
Buncombe
County,
wasn't
called
into
this
at
all
in
any
formal
way,
and
it
would
have
been
very
helpful
in
reaching
more
residents
than
what
happened.
So
that's
it
for
the
comms.
Are
there
any
questions?
Kim.
U
In
your
opinion,
within
the
first
72
hours
of
the
incident
occurring
or
starting
whatever
the
right
word
is
sure,
is
it?
Is
it
your
opinion
that
both
or
City
water
staff
and
or
city
management
staff
knew
that,
due
to
the
water
tanks,
not
already
being
refilled
and
the
offline
nature
of
the
Mills
River
facility,
you're,
saying
I,
think
what
you're
saying
is
that
they
knew
that
it
was
impossible
for
service
to
be
restored.
Within
24
to
48
hours.
X
U
U
X
X
X
X
X
X
W
So
the
final
subcommittee
was
the
emergency
response.
I
was
selected
to
chair
this
committee,
along
with
Rob
rissy,
who
you've
heard
and,
of
course,
our
dirt.
Our
common
theme
of
our
our
committee.
We,
we
established
five
major
findings,
and
so,
instead
of
just
going
over
these
individually
I'll
just
jump
right
through
to
our
recommendations
and
I'll
highlight
those
findings,
and
so
our
first
finding
was
at
the
incident.
Command
system
was
not
you
even
thought
of
or
implemented
according
to
federal
guidelines
and
even
towards
the
city
of
operations
plan.
W
The
good
thing
is:
is
that
exists?
There's
nothing
that
has
to
be
created.
It
just
has
to
be
trained
and
implemented,
and
we
also
look
for
them
to
identify
who
would
fill
these
major
roles.
We
we
saw
that
in
the
com
section
and
even
the
water
is
when
they
do
their
tabletop
exercises.
We
want
them
to
take
those
individuals
that
would
fill
those
command
and
general
staff
positions
and
then
throw
things
at
them,
take
them
out
of
their
comfort
zone.
W
You
get
that
inflammation
of
the
joint
information
Center,
where
you
got
your
pio's
huddled
together,
developing
that
message
that
one
cohesive
message
passing
that
up
to
the
decision
makers
to
make
sure
that
the
message
is
appropriate
and
so
you're
just
going
to
hear
this
throughout
is
Implement
that
ICS
train
on
it.
But
you
got
to
practice
it
over
and
over
again.
W
Our
second
finding
goes
is
going
to
go
in
line
with
the
ICS,
in
that
there
was
inconsistent
or
a
complete
lack
of
training
for
elected
officials,
City
management
and
operational
staff
surrounding
Emergency
Management
response.
You
don't
know
what
you
don't
know,
and
so,
as
dirt
spoke
earlier,
where
lines
got
blurred.
If
you're
unable
to
work
in
and
around
the
ICS
system,
then
those
roles
do
become
blurred
and
problems
begin
to
arise.
W
So
it's
very
good
to
identify
what
levels
of
training
in
the
ICS
system
that
elected
officials,
all
the
way
down
to
those
customer
forward
positions,
would
need
very
similar
to
this
body
to
interact
with
the
ICS
system.
There's
a
level
of
knowledge,
basic
level,
knowledge
that
you
should
have
ICS
one
of
the
Hallmarks
of
it
is
common
terminology
and
how
we
do
things
in
the
process
of
planning.
W
It's
done
the
same
here
as
in
all
other
50
states
in
the
union,
ICS
there's
one
system,
and
so
we
can
operate
within
that
we
explored
even
and
again
in
this
commission.
Commissioner
Newman,
you
have
powers
under
North,
Carolina,
General
statute,
so
there's
times
where
you
would
be
involved
within
an
emergency
to
prepare
an
emergency
declaration
and
all
those
powers
given
towards
a
county.
Commissioner,
the
chair
of
the
county
commissioner.
So
your
level
Advanced
Training
may
be
maybe
just
a
little
bit
higher
because
of
those
duties
under
General
statute.
W
W
But
we
saw
this
in
covid
and
what
the
good
thing
in
that
the
city
has
in
their
pocket
is
Chief
Knighton
was
our
EOC
manager
that
set
up
our
cover
doc.
He
works
for
the
city
of
Asheville
Fire
Department.
He
is
a
nationally
recognized.
Ics
trainer
he's
an
expert
at
it,
and
so
they
are
ahead
of
the
game
when
it
comes
to
implementing
this
kind
of
a
strategy
in
his
ability
to
cross
that
aisle
between
city
and
county
to
bring
our
two
agencies
together.
W
W
So
the
idea
is,
as
I
explained,
unified
command
to
city
council
was
simply
just
kind
of
what
we
know
from
TV,
and
so
what
I
would
say
is
pick
any
of
your
favorite
crime
drama.
They
arrive
on
scene,
then
a
federal
three
letter
comes
in
and
they
then
they
start
fighting
about
who's
whose
jurisdiction
is
well.
That's
not
unified
command
at
all,
but
what
it
does
do
is
it
does
bring
those
stakeholders
together
at
a
table
and
share
common,
make
sure
that
the
needs
are
fulfilled
for
their
community.
W
So
this
gained
a
little
bit
of
traction
when
I
briefed
this,
and
so
this
being
my
second
go
around
I
can
speak
to
it
and
it
says
Buncombe
County
should
take
an
active
role
to
ensure
inclusion
in
such
events.
So
what
do
I
mean
by
that
remember?
I
was
a
boots
on
the
ground
during
this,
so
I
was
able
to
see
the
immense
input
that
director
Taylor
Jones
at
Emergency.
Management
was
doing
what
Nathan
green
with
the
health
department
was
doing
to
try
to
coordinate.
What
can
we
do?
W
How
can
we
help
this
was
happening,
but
remember.
Our
charge
was
not
just
to
Silo
ourselves
within
just
emergency
response
professionals,
and
so
what
we
did
is
as
dirt
spoke
to
is
we
wanted
that
input
from
our
community,
so
our
stakeholders?
It
varies
very
differently
from
what
the
city
of
Asheville
May
recognize,
and
so
we
have
Farms,
and
so
what
we
heard
from
people
is
how
do
I
water,
my
cows,
how
do
I
water,
my
livestock?
W
Is
that,
yes,
if
we're
not
included,
we
should
take
a
more
active
role
and
to
make
sure
that
we
have
that
seat
at
the
table.
So
those
kinds
of
organic
ideas
can
come
to
the
table
and
we're
making
sure
we're
taking
care
of
all
of
our
community
needs
finally
form
a
joint
Incident,
Management
overhead
team
between
the
city
of
Asheville
and
Buncombe
County,
I'm,
proud
to
say
that
Emergency,
Management
and
Buncombe
County
is
right.
W
It
doesn't
mean
that
this
team
would
come
in
and
take
over
the
incident,
but
we'd
prop
up
and
we'd
sit
behind
those
that
needed
to
be
in
that
seat
and
help
them
guide
them
along
to
get
them
on
the
path
forward
and
get
them
spun
up
to
a
full
operational
Emergency,
Operations
Center
or
develop
that
needed
incident.
Action
Plan.
W
What
that
means
is
green,
there's
no
life,
Hazard
yellow,
yes,
we
have
an
impact
and
red
lives
would
be
being
lost
and
so
in
the
planning
process
behind
the
scenes
with
Emergency
Services
professionals,
those
are
common
terminologies
and
those
were
the
those
are
the
conversations
we
certainly
would
be
having
with
each
other.
It
is
not
dialogue
for
our
public.
It's
it's,
not
something
that's
put
out
there,
it's
not
something
that
our
public
would
understand.
So
what
we
realized
is
we
missed
what
the
pulse
of
the
community
was
saying.
W
It
was
clear
throughout
this
crisis
that
the
community
was
telling
us.
This
was
a
major
event
to
them
and
they
did
not
hear
it.
They
didn't
understand
it.
They
weren't
getting
the
communications,
they
were
necessary
or,
as
dirt
pointed
out,
they
had
simply
just
tuned
out.
They
heard
24
to
48,
and
then
they
heard
it
again
and
they
heard
it
again
and
then
they
were
done
so
what
again?
W
What
you
see
is
train
operate
with
the
incident
command
system,
open
up
that
EOC
practice
that
that
is
an
Endeavor
and
then
information
push
to
the
community
needs
to
be
timely
and
accurate
in
addition
to
that
24
to
48
hour
push,
so
was
the
demand
for
the
outage
map
that
we
all
saw.
The
danger
to
that
is
fire
chiefs,
like
myself,
were
using
that
map
to
determine
areas
in
my
own
District
that
did
or
did
not
have
water.
W
It
was
that
Friday
before
we
decided
to
do
the
non-potable
water
that
I
found
out
areas
of
my
community
did
not
have
water,
and
so
had
there
been
a
response
remember
in
this
time
period.
In
this
very
cold
week,
there
was
five
working
fires
that
West
Buncombe
responded
to,
so
we
were
having
men's
fires,
because
people
were
heating
differently,
there's
a
potential
that
myself
and
other
Fire
Chiefs
would
have
used
this
data
inaccurately
and
have
been
unprepared,
and
so
we
I.
W
W
These
documents
are
big
again,
it's
all
about
identifying
the
threats
to
your
community
and
kind
of
pre-planning
what
you
would
do
for
them.
When
something
happens,
how
do
we
keep
on
going?
How
does
the
community
recover?
How
does
government
still
continue
to
function
so
they
are
giant
documents,
but
what
we
caution
them
and
and
I
in
my
presentation
of
City
I,
look
right
at
mayor
manheimer
and,
as
he
said,
there's
specific
wording
in
there
Emergency
Operations
plan.
W
W
U
Chief
I've
got
two
questions,
I
think
specifically
for
you
first
one.
Yes,
there
was.
There
was
a
lot
of
great
that
occurred,
including
Chiefs,
like
you
and
the
emergency,
the
County
Emergency
Services
response
in
terms
of
response
to
the
Public
Health
crisis
and
I.
Guess
that
that
response
came
eventually
right.
Let's,
let's
call
it
eventually.
U
W
It
would
have
been
for
every
fire
district,
there's
very
few
of
us
that
have
fire
hydrants,
so
some
some
fire
departments
that
are
fully
non-hydrated,
so
they
don't
have
any
water
in
their
District.
Of
course
it
wouldn't
have
changed
them,
but
but
for
those
of
us
that
do
have
hydrants,
we
would
have
completely
changed
our
response
model.
More
water
tankers
would
been
put
on
the
road
and
probably
even
further
conversations
with
other
departments
would
have
had
to
beef
up
that
response
of
water
tankers
into
our
individual
districts
during
any
kind
of
a
structural
related
call.
W
U
Yeah
sorry
I'm
thinking
about
how
people
could
have
died
because
of
that
that
communication.
Okay.
My
second
question:
let's
is
about
hypotheticals
it's
clear
that,
like
after
several
days
it
turns
into
a
Public
Health
crisis.
Perhaps
if
it
was
six
or
twelve
hours,
that's
not
a
Public,
Health
crisis.
I
think
that's
Fair
statement
that
we
could
probably
all
agree
on.
Is
it
clear
to
you,
I
guess
today,
like
when
a
unified
response
to
a
Public
Health
crisis
is,
is
should
occur
like?
W
If
you
haven't
already
very
quick
class,
is
very
easy,
but
they
say
incident
command
system
is
modular
and
what
they
mean
is
it
takes
very
little
time
to
spin
it
up.
So
you
can
start
very
small,
but
within
just
of
a
matter
of
minutes
we
can
have
a
planning
section.
We
can
have
an
operation
section,
we
can
have
a
logistic
section
and
we
can
start
spinning
up
That
Joint
Information
Center,
bringing
all
those
stakeholders
together,
and
so
what
I
would
say
is
benchmarks
have
to
be
established.
W
You
have
to
have
those
trigger
points
when
you
know
the
Size,
Direct
duration
and
complexity
of
an
incident.
That's
going
to
play
into
whether
you
need
to
open
up
an
Emergency,
Operations
Center,
so
the
answer
your
question
is
a
lot
of
this
can
be
done
with
planning,
not
easy
planning,
but
it
can
be
done
with
planning.
B
E
Y
I'd
like
to
tag
on
to
that
too
Jasmine,
just
as
an
addendum,
because
you
said
it:
Chief
Agnes,
the
city
has
a
nationally
known
trainer,
who
led
the
eocrine
coven
for
us
as
well
and
to
have
not
used
Chief
knighton's,
nationally
known
expertise
in
this
situation.
I
just
want
to
add
that
to
the
end
of
commissioner
Beach
ferrara's
question
is:
where
was
the
breakdown
in
that
as
well.
W
So
I
believe
there's
there's
always
management
prerogative
and
so
the
decisions
that
are
made
on
the
management
side
on
the
best
placement
of
who's
going
to
be
where
and
what
positions
they
were
serve.
It
was
in
now
retired
Chief
Burnett's
decision
that
he
was
going
to
be
the
the
active
lead
for
the
Asheville
Fire
Department
in
the
coordination
of
this
crisis,
and
so
that's
that's
the
decision
of
the
of
the
management.
That's
what
that's!
What
happened?
W
As
far
as
why
we
do
have
a
statement
that
they
in
hindsight
would
have
opened
an
EOC
for
Optics,
and
so
what
that
led,
our
subcommittee
to
believe
is
there
was
just
a
complete
lack
of
again.
We
spoke
to
a
lack
of
pulse
on
what
the
community
was
telling
us
and
that
they
were
not
getting
the
answers
that
they
wanted.
X
Water
Resources
realized
that
they
had
a
problem,
an
emergency,
a
quote
emergency
on
Christmas
Eve,
all
right,
but
they
felt
that
they
could
handle
it
all
right,
the
communications
team,
because
they
fell
under
the
Water
Resources
Department
put
out
that
message.
You
know
this.
This
wasn't
something
that
stemmed
initially
from
you
know,
emergency
response.
This
is
something
that
actually
stemmed
initially
from
the
reaction
of
the
water
department
and
the
fouled
Communications,
and
then
emergency
response
got
caught
up
in
that
snowball,
which
is
yeah.
AA
AA
X
Commissioner
Whitesides,
what
you
said
was
true:
there
there
was
a
vacuum
and
Leadership.
You
know
all
across
the
board
and
going
back
to
what
Dennis
said
when
you
have
multiple
people
identifying
themselves
as
being
the
incident
commanders.
You
know
at
that
moment
that
you
don't
have
strong
leadership.
U
W
Absolutely
right,
it
was
literally
it's
it's
the
mountain
right
behind
our
main
station
right.
It
never
showed
up
on
the
outage
map
as
not
having
water.
Yet
my
fire
station
said
it
did
not
have
water,
but
I
never
did
lose
water,
so
that
was
that
was
the
the
clue
in
is
a
resident
showed
up
at
the
station.
Wanting
water
and
I
just
happened
to
ask:
where
did
you
where?
Where
did
you
live
and
The
Epiphany
happened?
Then
I
was
in
a
much
Dane.
I
was
in
a
very
dangerous
situation.
U
There's
a
lot
of
things
in
this
report
about
the
infrastructure
that
the
staff
knew
was
offline
or
broken
or
off
just
in
general,
and
that's
more
damage
than
I
thought
it
would
be,
but
I
guess
the
report
doesn't
touch
on
a
lot
of
the
stuff
like
this,
where
staff
didn't
know
what
they
didn't
know,
or
that
your
neighborhood
didn't
know
that
they
should
be
out
of
water.
They
had
no.
X
Okay,
so
going
back
to
the
issue
of
the
advanced
metering
infrastructure
had
that
been
in
place
that
wouldn't
have
been
an
issue,
it's
there
was
also
an
issue
when
I
was
talking
about
the
the
thin
engineering
department
within
Water
Resources,
their
GIS
person,
the
the
seat
was
vacant,
they
didn't
have
anybody
there
who
could
generate
a
map
and
a
map
was
asked
for
rather
forcefully
by
a
couple
of
elected
officials.
It
was
done
at
a
time
when
water
resources
was
busy
trying
to
figure
out
what
they
didn't
know.
X
X
Ami,
okay
and
basically,
what
that
does
it's,
it's
sort
of
like
a
smart
meter
for
your
water.
So
if
you
don't
have
any
water
flowing
into
a
residence,
the
Water
Resources
Department
will
be
able
to
know
hey,
there's
a
break
you're,
not
using
water.
Conversely,
if
you
know,
like
the
break
occurs
at
your
house
and
all
of
a
sudden
there's
all
kinds
of
water
flowing
water
resources
will
be
able
to
to
go
in
and
and
fix
it
there.
That
would
have
been
important
because
there
were
so
many
on-premises
breaks
and
my
house
included.
X
U
Promise
this
is
my
last
question.
There's
it
probably
doesn't
reach
the
top
10
of
issues
in
this
report,
but
tell
me
about
just
manual
labor
like
like
Staffing
availability
to
physically
fix
things
that
were
broken
during
this.
This
incident
I
think
a
lot
of
people
myself
included,
pictured
like
staff
working
24,
7.
X
Of
the
issue,
or
not,
actually
they
they
were
working
very
very
hard,
as
far
as
stepping
goes
is
a
very
thin
staff.
It's
not
just
within
the
engineering
department.
They
do
have
a
dedicated
valve
Crew
That's
supposed
to
go
around
and
assess
all
of
the
valves.
There
are
only
three
people
on
that
crew
and
they
get
pulled
to
other
projects
as
the
need
arises.
X
B
And
is
that
one
of
the
places
where,
if
you
know
in
hindsight,
if
the
city
had
sort
of
alerted
other
local
governments
and
other
public
agencies
earlier
to
kind
of
get
eyes
on
this,
because
I
was
I,
was
sort
of
worried
about
that
same
thing?
I
miss
over
the
holidays,
it's
freezing,
cold
and
I
have
no
doubt
that
people
who
were
working
on
it
were
working
as
hard
as
they
could.
But
it's
just
a
lot
of
actual
work
that
has
to
be
done
right
so
was
the.
B
W
That
that
is
the
that's
a
perfect
example
of
what
a
unified
command
does,
because
it's
not
just
having
a
seat
at
the
table,
protecting
your
stakeholders,
it's
all
about
what
resources
I
have
available
to
me
to
help
you.
So
yes,
if,
if
we
would
have
spun
that
up
and
and
got
those
stakeholders
together,
certainly
this
sharing
of
resources
and
and
getting
those
technicians
out
in
the
field
to
help
a
valve
is
a
valve.
Z
I
want
to
say
thank
you.
It's
I
won't
say
it's
good
to
know
why
my
water
was
out
for
that
long,
but
certainly
helps
me
process
it
a
little
bit
better
about
what
our
action
items
can
be
and
where
the
collaboration
needs
to
improve
there
for
better
results,
because
certainly
communication
lacking
in
a
lot
of
areas,
and
it's
not
fun
to
not
be
able
to
share
with
folks
what's
happening
when
you're
living
through
it
with
them.
Y
I
like
to
Echo
that,
thank
you
both
I
know.
This
was
a
significant
investment
of
your
time
and
we
were
really
appreciative.
My
question
back
to
ourselves
is:
what
do
we
need
to
do
to
look
internally
to
ensure
that
our
own
house
is
in
order
to
prevent
this
from
happening
on
the
Buncombe
County
end
of
things
you
know
manager
Pender?
Do
we
need
to
look
at
doing
some
ICS
training
internally?
You
know
just
throwing
that
out
there
do.
Y
C
So
you
guys
funded
our
Coop
our
continuity
of
operation
plans
two
years
ago
and
we're
actually
in
the
middle
of
updating
that
now.
So
that
is
an
ongoing
process
for
us.
As
Chief
agnet
mentioned,
we
do
drill
we,
our
Emergency
Management
Services
on
Angie,
Ledford
and
Taylor
Jones.
We
do
have
that
process.
We
do
utilize
a
lot
of
our
partners
already
he
mentioned
Chief
Knighton
Maybe
started
covid.
C
One
thing
you've
heard
from
us
is:
we
don't
have
a
space
for
an
EOC
that
is
on
our
long-term
goals,
that
we
would
want
a
space
that
we
do
not
have
to
go,
convert
conference
rooms
or
try
to
patch
together
in
the
EOC.
But
that
is
something
that
we
need
to
put
on
our
plan
as
well,
but
as
an
operations,
we
do
try
to
make
sure
that
we're
working
with
our
partners
to
make
sure
we're
trained
and
ready
for
incident
command.
Y
Thank
you
for
that.
Update
and
I
apologize,
I
I
think
I
made.
It
sounded
like
I
didn't
think
that
was
happening
on
the
staff
end.
What
do
we
as
Commissioners
need
to
be
doing
to
make
sure
that
we
know
our
own
specific
roles
and
what
our,
what
our
guard
rails
are
in
times
of
of
an
emergency
in
crisis,
so
I
apologize,
I,
wasn't
quite
clear
on
that
Avril
I.
C
Didn't-
and
there
is
training
incident
command
training
as
Chief
Wagner
also
mentioned,
Nim,
straining
that
you
guys
can
take
from
a
leadership
perspective,
and
if
that
is
a
trainer
that
you
want
us
to
go
ahead
and
look
to
make
sure
you
guys
take.
We
can
do
that.
I
see
head
nods,
so
we'll
work
on
getting
that
done
with
Lamar
to
make
sure
there
is
training
at
the
leadership
level
for
nym
straining.
Y
B
You
do
you
have
I
do
have
one
other
question
kind
of
specific,
so
there
was
a
in
terms
of
the
doing
better
on
Communications
in
the
future.
So
there's
a
recommendation.
If
I
heard
you
correctly
for
the
city
water
department
to
I
mean
there
were
these
very
technical
issues
that
emerged
through
this
particular
incident
right
and
the
City's
other
Communications
staff
didn't
have
expertise
in
those
kind
of
technical
issues.
B
B
Okay,
you
know
I
mean
obviously
in
a
way
that
seems
like
obviously,
a
very
logical
solution
to
that
problem.
Right,
someone
who
would
be
very
dedicated
to
that
would
have
in-depth
knowledge.
But
of
course,
while
there's
lots
of
you
know
basic
improvements
to
infrastructure,
that
would
be.
You
know
that
are
ongoing
and
be
good
to
carry
out.
I
mean
on
most
days.
This
isn't
what's
happening
right,
I
mean
most
days.
B
This
is
a
very
rare
kind
of
incident,
so
I
guess
one
question
would
just
be
like
what
would
that
person
do
like
the
rest
of
the
time
when
we're
not
in
the
midst
of
like
you
know,
what's
a
you
know,
fairly
rare
sort
of
situation
and
and
part
of
where
my
my
mind
goes
to,
that
is
just,
but
there
are
other
potential
kind
of
emergencies
too.
Right
I
mean
it
could
be.
B
You
know
it
could
be
something
related
to
just
other
types
of
natural
disasters
or
human
created
disasters
that
affect
provision
of
services
and
I'm,
just
kind
of
wondering
about
I,
don't
know
it's
just
kind
of
a
similar
situations
could
occur
with
in
other
areas
and
I'm
just
curious.
How
the
city's
thinking
about
that
piece
of
the
communications
and
Staffing
and
training
for
communication
staff
around
those
kind
of
issues.
C
B
X
Thing
the
the
Water
Resources
Department
to
the
best
of
my
knowledge,
does
not
have
a
crisis
communication
plan
in
place.
So
another
thing
that
a
Pio
dedicated
just
to
Water
Resources
would
be
able
to
do
is
to
develop
plans
to
match
various
scenarios
as
they
happen.
You
know,
because
it's
not
just
water
outages
because
of
freezing
cold
temperatures.
There
are
water
outages
because
of
tropical
storms.
We
lost
the
North
Fort
plant,
I.
Think
back
in
2005,
so
I
mean
there.
B
Q
So,
for
an
overview,
I'll
start
with
an
update
on
the
work
that
you
authorize
related
to
the
reparations
commission's
commission's
immediate
recommendation
to
Cease
the
harm,
accompanied
by
an
audit
after
that,
I'll
share
a
little
bit
about
the
commission's
progress
and
what
you
can
expect
as
we
look
ahead
on
this
project
over
the
last
couple
of
months.
The
reparations
Commission
in
both
project
cape
and
the
project,
Cape
team
has
ramped
up
activity
and
intentionality
around
Communications
and
engagement.
Q
Q
Q
The
selection
committee
recommendation
will
be
completed
by
July
3rd,
updated
into
local
cost,
share
agreement
to
the
Board
of
Commissioners
somewhere
between
July
and
August,
and
the
final
contract
execution
no
later
than
August
31st.
As
a
reminder,
the
selection
committee
includes
four
reparations
commission
members.
They
have
and
will
continue
in
the
process
to
select
the
firm
to
complete
this
work.
Q
Q
There
are
various
opportunities
for
the
community
to
stay
attuned
and
to
provide
input
in
this
effort.
You
have
and
will
continue
to
see,
commission
and
project
team
members
in
the
community
and
at
various
collaborative
events,
and
we
also
have
ifas
that
will
be
featured
on
wres
our
communities,
our
County's
podcast
and
actually
the
first
one
was
done:
June
14th
by
the
housing
IFA,
and
so
our
tier
Collective
presented
at
the
last
CRC
meeting,
and
they
were
using
their
presentation
to
educate
to
share
that.
Q
We
need
more
youth
to
be
involved
and
they
wanted
to
talk
specifically
about
what
they
would
like
to
see
the
reparations
Commission.
Do
you
also
had
the
storytelling
Day
on
May
20th
by
the
shallow
Community
Association
grind?
Fest
was
May
26
and
the
28th,
and
so
I
have
a
two-minute
video
that
I
will
share
from
the
interview
arterial
conducted
with
Dr
Mullins
about
the
reparation
process.
Q
The
work
we
are
doing
locally
aligns
so
much
with,
which
is
what
is
being
done
across
the
country.
Two
weeks
ago,
I
attended
the
elite
align
arise,
conference
on
reparations
and
I
had
a
wonderful
time.
I
met
influential
people,
influential
people
who
are
developing
and
implementing
plans
for
operations
at
the
local
state
and
legislative
level.
There's
great
work
being
done
in
Asheville
and
in
Buncombe
County
and
we're
part
of
that
work.
Q
Projects
like
arteries
documentary
can
be
the
beginning
of
collaboration
and
collaborating
efforts
across
multiple
organizations
to
keep
the
reparations
conversation
going
further
and
from
that
a
light
align
an
arise
conference
I
had
three
takeaways
that
I
want
to
share
with
you
today.
One
is
that
local
and
grassroot
organizations
have
and
are
influencing
government
and
policy
changes.
Two.
There
are
a
variety
of
ways
to
expand
the
reparations
conversation
and
engage
Youth,
community-based,
Organization
and
other
stakeholders.
Q
When
we
left
that
event,
they
have
created
an
ecosystem
map
where
everyone
who
was
in
attendance
will
be
put
on
that
map
and
that
will
be
shared
with
us
so
that
we
can
share
resources,
support
and
have
ideas
that
build
amongst
us
and
then.
Lastly,
the
concept
of
looking
at
reparations
through
a
variety
of
lenses.
Some
of
those
lens
include
business,
support,
narrative
listing
policies
and
media
and
Hollywood,
and
so
arterias
Collective
their
documentation.
Their
documentary
will
fall
under
narrative
history
and
medium
and
I
will
show
a
clip
from
that.
AB
AB
AB
AC
Redeem
itself,
actually
it's
the
kind
of
capitalism
I
see
benefiting
the
top
one
percent.
That's
what
I
want
for
the
99
of
which
we
are
part
you
see.
One
of
the
things
I've
experienced
is
that
wealthy
people
don't
worry
about
money.
They
don't
worry
about
eating
living
inside.
They
don't
worry
about
the
health
care
when
they
need
something
it's
available.
AC
I.
If
that's
possible,
then
it's
possible.
Then
let's
do
that.
You
know
what
I
you
know:
I'm
doing
taxes
right
and
I'm
looking
at
people
who
are
paying
no
taxes,
you're
saying
that
we
can
have
an
economic
model
that
yeah
people
are
like
living
the
life
and
paying
no
taxes.
Why
can't
we
have
an
economic
model
that
at
least
meets
the
basic
needs
that
create
a
Humane
Society
and
translate
that
into
ways
that
are
viable
through
our
institutions
and
I
and
I?
A
Q
Okay,
so
that
was
just
a
clip.
You
can
access
that
whole
video
on
YouTube
and
it's
about
11
minutes
long,
but
wanted
to
just
show
that
as
an
example
of
what
our
youth
are
doing
regarding
reparations
and
how
this
aligns
with
the
overall
reparations
that
is
happening
and
being
discussed
in
the
larger
context
regarding
reparations
and
how
we
can
continue
to
move
forward.
Q
So
looking
ahead,
the
commission
is
expected
to
continue
this
work
throughout
its
second
year
term.
Over
the
next
few
months,
the
team
will
continue
efforts
around
engagement
and
seeking
Community
input
on
the
recommendations,
specifically
those
most
impacted
to
ensure
that
black
voices
and
input
can
help
shape
the
commission's
recommendations.
And
so,
as
you
can
see,
the
next
commission
meeting
and
vote
on
recommendations
will
be
in
September
and
recommendations
presented
to
the
board
of
County,
Commissioners
and
city
council
will
be
in
October
any
questions
or
discussion.
You
have
for
me.
Q
AB
B
Thank
you
for
the
thank
you
for
the
updates.
We
appreciate
it
very
much
anything
else,
all
right,
all
right,
Commissioners
Steve.
Moving
on
to
new
business,
the
got
several
items
first
item
is
a
resolution
approving
the
acquisition
and
Adoption
of
the
express
voting
Express
vote.
Voting
system
for
use
in
Buncombe,
County
and
Corrine
Duncan
from
election
Services
is
talk
to
us
about
it.
AD
Good
evening,
commissioners,
election
Services
came
before
you
during
budget
discussion
and
proposing
the
use
of
expressvote
touchscreen
ballot
marking
for
early
voting.
This
is
an
expansion
from
our
current
use
of
expressvote
and
you'll,
see
a
request
for
funding
this
project
in
the
budget
proposal
supported
by
Avril
per
GS
163
165.8.
The
use,
in
addition
to
the
funding,
must
be
approved
first
by
the
Buncombe
County
Board
of
Elections,
which
has
already
happened
that
happened
in
January
and
then
the
Commissioners
for
final
approval.
B
AE
For
trash
talk
good
afternoon,
Mr
chairman
members
of
the
board
hope
everybody's
doing
well,
thanks
for
having
me
this
afternoon
again.
Dane
Peterson
of
Buncombe
County,
Solid
Waste
director,
and
we
are
coming
to
this
board
this
afternoon
to
request
approval
for
the
ordinance
amendments
that
will
allow
us
to
a
better
align
with
our
programmatic
goals,
as
well
as
our
fee
schedules,
fee
schedule
and
the
ordinance,
and
we
did
bring
this
discussion
to
this
board
on
our
early
May
briefing.
AE
So
a
summary
of
some
of
the
points
that
we're
going
to
talk
about
through
the
presentation
I'd
like
to
clearly
separate
that
this
is
a
kind
of
lump
in
some
language
changes,
but
there's
two
separate
topics
here
so
when
you
think
about
the
mixed
loads,
we're
thinking
about
material,
that's
coming
to
us
that
has
substantial
recycled
material
mixed
with
waste,
and
the
other
portion
of
that
is
the
number
two
there.
The
a
fee
for
uncovered
and
unsecured
waste
loads.
So
don't
blow
litter
on
your
way
to
our
facilities,
basically
cover
your
loads.
AE
AE
Sorry,
so
again
talking
about
these
two
topics
with
the
mixed
waste
load.
Our
goal
is
to
encourage
haulers
to
separate
your
cycling
at
the
point
of
source.
We
do
see
loads
that
come
in
that
have
a
lot
of
trash
mixed
in
with
a
lot
of
cardboard
recycled
material
and
that
material
Finds
Its
way
to
the
landfill.
And
that's
that's.
That's
not
a
good
situation
for
us
in
order
to
help
take
steps
towards
increasing
diversion.
AE
AE
So
when
you
think
about
the
cars
pickup
trucks
that
could
be
potentially
ten
dollars
additional
fee,
when
you
come
to
our
facilities,
if
it's
not
properly
covered
or
secured,
and
for
commercial
and
all
other
vehicles
that
could
be
25
fine
per
trip,
waste
aversion
project
goal,
so
we
want
to
be
able
to
extend
the
life
of
the
landfill.
I
won't
read
the
whole
thing
to
you.
AE
AE
A
AE
Lot
of
contractors
in
the
area
we
want
to
be
a
partnering
with
that
educating,
saying:
hey,
you
don't
have
to
thaw
this
in
one
dumpster
and
if,
if
you
can
separate
those
out,
there's
actually
opportunities
with
us
private
businesses
in
the
county,
where
you
can
get
a
reduced
tip
fee
or
in
some
situations
with
metals
and
cardboard,
maybe
even
make
a
rebate.
So
it's
good
information
there
modifying
operations
for
Recovery
of
Select
materials.
AE
Our
team
does
a
good
job
at
the
Tipping
floor
of
the
transfer
station
and
at
the
landfill
to
do
the
best
we
can
to
pull
materials
out
of
loads
that
we
see
have
recycled
material
right.
That's
a
challenge,
and
one
of
the
you
know
when
you
do
your
when
you
do
research
on
recycling,
the
cleanest
method
of
handling
those
recycling
Commodities
and
getting
them
to
Market
is
Source
separation.
Once
it's
mixed
together,
it's
compacted
a
lot
of
times.
AE
You
lose
value
in
those
because
there's
contamination,
but
our
teams
do
a
really
good
job
of
trying
to
pull
what
we
can
out
of
those
clean
wood.
Cardboard,
Metals
concrete
those
type
things
encouraging:
they
load
delivery
to
landfill.
That's
ongoing:
promoting
reduced
tipping
fee
for
Source
separated
materials
again
to
the
point
earlier
yard
debris:
clean
wood,
bring
that
material
straight
to
the
landfill,
for
instance,
and
that's
half
of
the
tip
fee
of
what
you
would
pay
for
it
to
go
to
the
MSW
aligned
landfill.
AE
So
we
want
to
promote
those
and
make
sure
people
are
aware
of
that
requiring
C
diversion
plan
by
contractors
that
will
be
ongoing.
Working
with
General
services
staff
appreciate
their
efforts
in
partnering
with
us,
so
County
initiatives
projects,
especially
where
they're
C
and
D
tear
out
there's
a
focus,
I
think
jointly
to
say.
Okay,
we've
got
this
project.
How
do
we
focus
on
recycling
those
valuable
materials?
Your
concrete,
your
Metals,
your
bricks,
there's
markets
for
that,
so
that
there
is
a
focus
there.
AE
We
appreciate
that
enforcing
the
cardboard
or
ordinance
creating
a
commercial
recycling
guide,
we're
working
on
getting
a
more
robust
recycling
guide
for
that
and
planning
for
sufficient
capacity.
That's
talking
about
our
landfill
capacity,
another
takeaway
from
the
diversion
study.
We've
got
quite
a
bit
of
recycling
in
our
waste
and
that's
that's
the
reality
of
where
we're
at.
We
feel
like
again
these
take
steps
towards
pulling
some
of
that
material
out
of
going
to
landfilling
that
space
and
putting
it
into
circularity
markets
for
recycling.
We
broke
those
into
three
parts:
residential
commercials,
C
and
D.
AE
Picture
example
of
of
the
types
of
loads
we
get
sometimes
a
couple
of
those
had
Steel
trailer
axles,
tires
yard
debris,
trash
cardboard,
just
just
all
lumped
into
one.
So
those
are
examples
of
loads
that
we
want
to
Target.
We
want
to
educate
the
hauler
talk
to
the
businesses
about
that
operation
that
process
so
that
we
can
get
those
materials
separated
before
it
gets
to
us
and
again,
materials
were
specifically
focusing
on
with
ordinance
changes
are
cardboard:
clean
wood,
white
goods,
metal
and
clean
Concrete
and
brick
the
inert
material,
unsecured
uncovered
waist
loads.
AE
So
again,
that's
that's
the
fees
that
we're
proposing
through
the
fee
schedule
once
ordinance
changes
so
started.
Some
information
on
secure
your
load
campaign
and
we're
going
to
be
putting
more
information
out
as
we
move
through
the
next
couple
months,
we're
looking
to
make
those
fees
go
effective,
August
1st
of
this
year,
obviously
with
pending
the
approval
of
this
board.
AE
Here's
some
examples,
especially
the
two
on
the
left.
You
you
know
that
much
there's
that
material
has
left
that
vehicle
you're
fairly.
Certain
of
that
I
mean
we
see
a
lot
of
these
loads
where
it's
made
a
mess
on
the
way
to
our
facilities.
That's
what
we're
trying
to
take
steps
on
to
reduce
that
and
and
when
you
look
at
the
research
majority
of
litter,
is
blown
out
of
vehicles
not
necessarily
thrown
out.
So
that's
that's
that'd,
be
a
big
step
towards
that
Outreach
plan.
AE
So
we're
going
to
be
Distributing
brochures
at
both
facilities.
Resources
will
be
on
the
website.
You
can
see
a
couple
of
the
excerpts
of
the
Flyers
and
the
brochures
below
secure
your
cargo
load.
Warrior
I
like
the
pictures
that
actually
show
an
example
of
the
proper
way
to
secure
that
load
and
cover
it
compared
to
that
you
didn't
do
a
real
good
job.
There
Buncombe
County,
Waste
Disposal
guide.
That's
what
we
talked
about,
that
our
team
has
developed
for
the
recycling
Market
information,
so
timeline
ordinance
changes,
Here,
We,
Are,
Tonight
security
load
campaign.
AE
We're
kicking
that
getting
some
material
out
this
month
in
July.
Our
plan
is
to
start
the
secure
your
load
warnings
without
fees,
so
we
want
to
get
our
code
enforcement
people
out
at
the
scale
houses
our
scale
house
team,
recycle
team
out
there
saying
hey
this
is
this
is
not
the
way
to
do
that.
Here's
some
information.
AE
So
key
takeaways
I
think
we've
talked
about
that
litter
reduction.
I
know
we
all.
We
know
how
beautiful
Buncombe
is,
and
it's
important
that
we
all
take
steps
work
together
to
make
sure
we're
we're,
managing
and
reducing
litter.
We
feel
like
to
cover
your
load
campaign
Works,
towards
that
Solid
Waste
will
provide
resources,
information
and
warnings
prior
to
assessing
fees,
increased
recycling,
waste
subversion
will
extend
the
life
of
the
landfill
and
also
keep
keep
material
in
circularity.
AE
You
know
benchmark
in
other
counties.
We
we
do
understand.
This
is
not
necessarily
breaking
the
mold.
There
are
other
municipalities,
places
that
charge
similar
fees
for
uncovered
loads
and
also
for
mixed
waste
loads.
Think
of
a
couple
like
Orange
County,
Catawba,
County
Forsyth,
so
they
have
similar
fee
structures
to
ours.
A
AF
Hello,
thank
you
all
so
much
for
having
me
I'm
Hannah,
ledgerton,
youth,
Justice
division
manager
with
Buncombe
County,
Justice,
Services
Department.
One
of
my
roles
in
that
position
is
to
support
the
juvenile
crime
prevention.
Council
on
the
in
front
of
you
today
is
the
request
to
approve
the
annual
certification
and
plan
for
the
jcpc
and
each
year.
This
is
a
requirement
from
the
state
that
all
jcpcs
submit
to
the
state
these
documents
that
show
our
jcpc
processes,
compliance
findings
and
recommendations,
including
the
funding
allocation
recommendations
for
the
coming
year.
AF
So
to
give
you
a
little
bit
more
context,
all
right.
This
is
going
to
be
familiar
for
some
of
you,
but
hopefully
we'll
provide
some
helpful
information
as
a
whole.
So
the
juvenile
crime
prevention
councils
are
created
by
the
North
Carolina
General
statute
that
mandates
the
development
of
local
jcpcs
through
that
the
JC,
the
North
Carolina
Department
of
Public
Safety
Division
of
Juvenile
Justice,
allocates
funding
to
jcpc
seeds
in
each
County
across
the
state.
AF
The
number
of
16
and
17
year
olds
being
held
in
our
juvenile
confinement,
particularly
Juvenile
Detention
facilities,
as
they
awaited
trial
on
more
serious
offenses,
and
there
were
some
additional
factors
that
led
to
decline
in
case
processing,
including
covid
and
staff
vacancies,
and
just
of
note
during
this
time
same
time,
period.
Buncombe,
County's,
juvenile
delinquency
rate
has
declined
as
well
so
corresponding
with
Trends
across
the
country
that
serving
youth
in
community
to
meet
their
needs
as
much
as
possible
leads
to
the
best
outcomes.
AF
Juvenile
crime
prevention
council
allocations
at
the
state
level
are
set
by
the
legislature
and
did
not
change
much.
In
the
first
decade
of
the
funding,
there
was
a
slight
increase
in
2019
linked
to
raise
the
age
and
the
local
funding
amount
is
determined
by
the
size
of
the
youth
population
and
the
makeup
of
the
county.
AF
It
must
be
used
to
address
the
needs
of
Youth,
who
are
court
involved
first,
and
if
there
are
additional
funding
remaining,
then
programs
that
serve
more
of
a
prevention,
Focus
could
be
considered.
That's
legislatively
mandated
without
significantly
increases
of
funding.
It
tends
to
be
focused
on
prioritizing
programs
that
are
serving
court-involved.
AF
In
corresponding
with
the
jcpc
legislative
powers
and
duties
the
each
year,
the
jcpc
plans
based
off
of
the
reviews
reviewing
data
of
Youth
who
went
through
juvenile
intakes
of
the
previous
year.
Looking
at
risks
needs
protective
factors
and
then
setting
funding
priorities
for
the
coming
year,
especially
in
court
in
alignment
with
gaps
in
our
community
services
in
the
winter.
AF
I'm
going
to
talk
more
about
that
in
a
second,
so
this
gives
you
a
snapshot
of
our
Buncombe
County
data
over
the
past
four
complete
years,
the
starting
at
the
Juvenile
population
level,
which
has
changed
a
bit
depending
on
the
age
of
juvenile
jurisdiction
set
by
the
state.
As
far
as
which
category
they're
looking
at
and
then
shows
you
the
number
of
juvenile
Cena
intake.
That
will
be
the
num
corresponding
with
a
number
of
Youth
who
have
complaints
filed
on
them
coming
from
Community
from
school
from
other
sources.
AF
And
then
the
court
counselors
will
put
youth
a
number,
a
substantial
majority
of
Youth,
typically
on
diversion
plans
or
contracts.
And
then
a
smaller
number
are
approved
for
court.
Then
you
can
see
the
higher
level
of
supervision
with
a
decreasing
number
of
Youth
based
off
of
their
behaviors
offenses
and
risks
and
needs.
AF
This
is
the
last
complete
data
from
our
year
of
complete
data
from
our
jcpc
funded
programs,
and
it
shows
the
legal
status
at
intake
for
jcpc,
funded
programs
and
in
2021
to
2022.
201
local
youth
were
served
by
jcpc
funded
programs,
primarily
who
were
diverted
away
from
the
court
system
or
referred
as
part
of
their
Juvenile
Justice
disposition.
AF
Our
current
jcpc
funded
programs
are
the
Buncombe
County
Teen
Court,
which
provides
diversion
from
juvenile
court
and
is
an
also
an
alternative
to
out-of-school
suspension.
Centers
on
load
recidivism
through
restorative
justice,
practices,
earn
and
learn.
Restitution
serves
youth
who
are
assigned
a
monetary
compensation
for
their
those
impacted
by
their
case,
and
they
are
able
to
provide
hours
of
community
service
to
in
lieu
of
monetary
payment
themselves.
The
money
still
comes
from
the
state
and
and
from
earn
and
learn's
budget
to
support
the
compensation
for
victims.
AF
AF
So
of
this
six
kind
of
seven
programs
being
funded,
noting
that
Aspire
has
two
programs
that
they
provide.
Kids,
that
work
and
the
connection
only
all
of
the
programs
were
eligible
for
two
years,
except
for
the
Youth
dresses
clinical
program,
since
it
is
in
its
first
year
of
of
existence,
and
these
are
the
funding
levels
recommended
in
the
annual
plan.
I
had
to
go
before
the
Board
of
Commissioners
approval.
B
Z
AC
B
Our
consideration
budget
tonight
concludes
several
concludes
a
long
process
that
we
started
back
before
the
end
of
last
year
on
development
of
the
budget,
and
so
John
Hudson
is
here
to
pick
us
off
and
I.
Think
the
county
manager
might
also
have
some
all
right,
we'll
start
with
John
and
we'll
go
from
there.
AG
Thank
you,
Commissioners
I'm,
just
here
to
raise
your
attention
to
this.
This
is
this
law
has
been
in
effect
for
about
two
years,
but
basically
it
states
that
local
officials
cannot
particip
that
that
serve
on
non-profits,
that
the
public
government
entity
is
giving
money
to
can't
vote
on
those
actions.
So
being
that
you
all
are
very
active
in
the
community
and
that
a
number
of
you
are
on
many
commissions.
B
So
I
wanna
before
the
meeting
I,
was
talking
to
the
county
manager
about
when
we
would
take
this
up,
but
let's
go
and
just
get
this
taken
care
of
now.
So
it's
out
of
the
way
Commissioners
I
had
three
hard
copies
of
this.
So
but
let
me
just
review
it
real
quickly.
So
the
four
different
items
one
is
a
and
these
are
all
within
the
overall
budget,
but
we'll
just
pull
them
out
and
vote
on
them
separately,
as
I
was
just
explained.
B
The
first
is
the
grant
funding
for
the
bunk
Asheville
bunkum
Economic
Development
Coalition,
in
the
amount
of
four
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars.
Commissioner
Whitesides
represents
Buncombe
County
on
the
board
of
the
EDC.
So
first
would
be.
Would
there
be
emotion
in
accordance
with
General
statute,
14-234.3.
B
For
commissioner
Al
Whitesides
to
be
recused
from
voting
on
that
Grant
with
the
economic
development
Coalition,
is
there
a
motion
to
recuse
commissioner
Whitesides
I'll
make
that
motion?
Is
there
a
second
to
recuse,
commissioner
Whitesides,
all
right,
all
in
favor
of
the
motion
to
recuse,
say
aye
aye
any
opposed
all
right
and
now
we
need
a
motion
to
approve
the
funding
for
the
economic
development
Coalition
make.
B
B
AA
B
B
B
The
next
item
is
consideration
will
be
consideration
of
a
356
thousand
dollar
Grant
to
open
doors
of
Asheville,
and
commissioner
Martin
Moore
serves
on
that
board
in
accordance
with
GS
section
14-234.3.
Is
there
a
motion
to
recuse
commissioner
Martin
Moore
from
this
item
so
move?
Second,
all
in
favor
of
the
motion
to
recuse,
commissioner
Moore
say
aye
aye,
any
opposed.
B
Is
there
a
motion
to
approve
the
proposed
allocation
of
funding
to
356
thousand
dollars
to
open
doors
of
Asheville
so
moved
all
in
favor,
say
aye
aye
any
opposed,
and
the
last
item
is
in
regards
to
a
grant
of
a
hundred
and
twenty
nine
thousand
seven
hundred
eighty
eight
dollars
to
the
Asheville
area,
Arts
Council,
doing
business
as
Arts
AVL
and
commissioner
Moore
also
serves
on
the
board
of
the
Arts
Council.
Is
there
a
motion
to
recuse,
commissioner
Moore
from
voting
on
this
item
in
the
budget
still
moved.
Y
B
B
Motion
and
second
in
favor,
of
an
appropriation
of
129
788
to
the
Asheville
area,
Arts
Council,
please
say
I
I
any
opposed
all
right.
Thank
you.
I
think
that
that
regard
those
are
all
the
items
where
there
was
a
potential
conflict
of
interest
identified,
so
those
items
have
been
taken.
Care
of
and
all
Commissioners
can
fully
participate
in
consideration
of
the
overall
budget.
That's
correct!
All
right!
Thank
you.
D
D
D
Those
five
priorities
were:
expansion
of
Public
Safety
homelessness
and
the
Continuum
of
Care
early
childhood
education,
Workforce
Development
infrastructure
and
unincorporated
growth
areas
and
consolidation
of
school
systems.
This
budget
advances
those
priorities.
We
are
increasing
investment
in
public
safety
by
6.6
million
dollars,
primarily
in
emergency
services,
in
response
to
the
EMS
study
and
the
sheriff's
office,
with
24
new
positions
to
include
18
paramedics,
homelessness
and
the
Continuum
of
Care
is
highlighted
by
positions
in
Community,
Development
and
pack
Library,
as
well
as
funding
partners
for
services.
D
Early
childhood
education
receives
a
two
percent
increase
and
will
move
to
a
multi-year
fund
to
capture
any
unused
appropriation
for
future
allocation
infrastructure.
Funding
includes
investments
in
water
quality
and
planning
to
include
three
new
positions.
Consolidation
of
school
systems
will
be
Revisited
in
the
future.
D
This
budget
includes
12
million
dollars
toward
established
strategic
initiatives
to
include
affordable
housing
conservation,
easements
early
childhood
education,
K-12
education,
special
projects,
Economic
Development
incentives,
homeowner
assistance
grants,
reparations
and
septic
repair.
New
priorities
include
funding
for
clean
water
initiatives,
a
contribution
toward
McCormick
field
and
green
Bank
Investments
for
an
additional
half
million
dollars.
D
Inflation
has
been
an
impact
not
only
on
our
expendures,
but
our
staff
as
well
per
the
Personnel
ordinance.
This
budget
includes
cost
of
living
adjustment,
increase
for
County
employees
of
the
two-year
average
of
the
Consumer
Price
Index
for
fiscal
year
24.
This
results
in
an
increase
of
7.28
percent.
D
The
fiscal
year
24
general
fund
budget
is
now
430
million.
Four
hundred
twenty
thousand
four
hundred
forty
one
dollars
in
2017,
the
property
tax
rate
was
60.9
cents
per
100
of
appraised
value.
Following
that
Year's
revaluation
in
2018
the
tax
rate
was
set
2.6
cents
over
Revenue
neutral
at
53.9
cents
per
100
of
assessed
value.
D
D
With
the
ongoing
discussion
at
the
state
level
on
school
funding
and
no
finalized
state
budget
can
I
manager.
Pinder
recommends
that
the
board
utilize
the
funding
formula
and
appropriate
3.35
percent
growth
for
the
K-12
systems,
plus
funding
for
phase
two
of
the
2022
Buncombe
County
Schools
pay
study
a
B
Tech
funding
remains
at
the
recommended
level
of
8.1
million
dollars.
D
As
soon
as
the
state
budget
is
final,
and
we
know
the
impact
to
schools,
the
county
manager
further
recommends
that
we
do
a
budget
amendment
to
meet
Our
obligation
to
match
any
salary
changes
for
our
locally
funded
teachers.
This
budget
amendment
could
fund
K-12
schools
up
to
113.3
million
dollars
since
the
recommendation
of
the
budget.
We
have
further
evaluate
new
debt
possibilities
in
fiscal
year
24
and
has
resulted
in
a
reduction
by
six
hundred
thousand
dollars.
Our
finance
director
reassessed
investment
earnings
potential
and
increased
that
Revenue
by
two
hundred
thousand
dollars.
D
D
D
A
change
in
the
tax
rate
of
additional
Penny
will
bring
in
additional
revenue
of
5.1
million
dollars.
These
changes
result
in
an
additional
6.8
million
dollars
to
the
recommended
fiscal
year.
24
budget
of
note
for
all
functions
other
than
education.
This
budget
increases
2.6
over
fiscal
year.
23
amended
Which
is
less
than
the
revenue
growth
rate
of
3.35
percent.
D
D
Foreign
s
include
capital
projects.
Eight
new
capital
projects
will
be
established
in
fiscal
year
2024
to
include
major
renovation
repairs
at
our
facilities
and
the
Detention
Center,
as
identified
by
the
comprehensive
facility
assessment,
Courthouse
repairs,
design
of
a
new
storage
facility,
fire
station,
alerting
Paving
projects
and
Renovations
at
both
200
College
Street
and
35
Woodfin
Street.
D
Earlier
this
evening,
you
heard
from
our
Solid
Waste
director
regarding
Ordnance
changes
for
fees.
Our
Solid
Waste
fund
is
an
Enterprise
fund,
meaning
that
it
is
self-sustaining.
With
revenues
and
fund
balance,
tonnage
has
been
relatively
flat
from
fiscal
year
22
to
23
and
the
fiscal
year.
24
budget
for
solid
waste
is
15
million.
Seven
hundred
forty
thousand
eight
hundred
sixty
one
dollars
a
2.3
percent
reduction
from
fiscal
year.
23.
D
In
the
opioid
settlement
fund,
we
are
budgeting
for
three
of
the
allowable
strategies,
with
some
specific
objectives
established
for
up
to
three
years
for
4.9
million
dollars.
This
will
add
eight
Grant
funded
positions;
seven
in
community
paramedicine
and
inclusive
engagement
coordinator
in
the
equity
office
to
expand
opioid
response.
D
There
are
two
budget
ordinances
requiring
adoption.
The
first
is
the
annual
funds
ordinance,
which
establishes
the
annual
budget
for
All
annual
funds,
as
well
as
includes
the
adoption
of
the
fiscal
year,
2024
fee
schedule
and
the
position
classification
and
pay
plan.
These
documents
are
posted
with
the
agenda.
The
second
ordinance
is
the
capital
project
funds
ordinance.
This
makes
updates
to
the
multi-year
funds
to
align
with
any
Appropriations
from
the
annual
funds
and
to
establish
recommended
capital
projects.
B
Y
B
B
All
right,
well,
I'll,
I'll
jump
in
all
right,
so
I
guess
first
I
would
just
want
to
say
thanks
to
thanks
to
everyone,
who's
helped
work
on
this
budget.
The
budget
planning
process
is
almost
an
ongoing
process
over
the
course
of
the
year.
As
soon
as
we
get
this
one
approved
we'll
be
starting
to
work
on
next
year's
budget.
Pretty
quick
so
appreciate
all
the
all
the
work
from
the
county
staff
on
all
the
analysis.
That's
needed
to
you
know
to
make
informed
decisions
around
investment
of
our
taxpayers
funds.
B
This
is
one
of
the
most
important
decisions
the
commission
makes
every
year.
So
we
appreciate
everyone's
hard
work
on
this,
as
well
as
I
want
to
express
appreciation
to
all
the
people
who've
taken
time
to
come
out
and
talk
to
the
Commissioners
about
the
budget
process
and
how
how
you
want
to
see
your
funds
invested
going
forward.
B
So
we
must
vote
on
our
budget
at
this
meeting
in
order
to
comply
with
that
state
law
requirement.
Unfortunately,
the
North
Carolina
legislature,
which
is
of
course
the
single
largest
actor
in
the
whole
public
education
funding
space,
does
not
have
a
similar
requirement
to
approve
their
budget
on
the
same
timeline.
B
So,
as
we
are
here
deliberating
on
these
matters
this
evening,
we
still
don't
know
what
the
state
is
going
to
do,
and
it's
not
just
a
matter
of
a
lot
of
interest
since
they're,
the
single
largest
funder
of
public
education
and
a
lot
of
other
issues
that
have
local
impacts.
But
a
big
part
of
how
that
impacts.
Buncombe
County's
budget
is
that
most
of
the
staff
positions
in
the
two
school
districts
in
Buncombe
County,
the
city
district
and
the
bunkin
County
District.
B
The
base
salaries
for
those
positions
are
paid
by
the
state
of
North
Carolina.
But
we
also
have
many
additional
positions
in
both
of
the
school
districts
that
are
not
paid
for
by
the
state's
budget.
They're
just
paid
100
percent
out
of
the
local
funds
that
are
contributed
by
the
county
and
maybe
some
of
the
federal
funds
that
come
in
as
well,
but
mostly
from
the
county
funding
that
that
goes
to
the
two
school
districts
and
so
in
the
state's
budget.
B
But
one
of
the
obligations
we
will
have
in
the
County's
budget
process
is
to
provide
the
same
pay
raise
for
the
locally
compensated
education
employees
in
Buncombe,
County
that
the
state
compensated
positions
will
receive
through
the
state
budget
and
there's
a
wide
range
of
proposals.
You
know
the
governor
proposed
very
generous
funding
for
teacher
pay
raises
and
other
school
employees
pay
raises
the
two
there's
a
bill:
that's
passed,
the
house
and
a
bill
is
past
the
Senate.
B
It
can
range
anywhere
from
you
know:
4.25
percent
for
this
one
year
and
10
over
two
years
to
a
much
smaller
number
that
I
think
past
the
state
senate.
So
but
we
need
to
know
what
that
number
is
because
I,
certainly
everyone
in
the
commission
is
committed
to
providing
the
same
pay
raise
for
the
locally
funded
positions
that
the
state-funded
positions
will
get.
B
So
so,
for
that
reason,
the
the
additional
funds
for
the
school
districts
that
are
in
the
proposed
budget
and
I'm
just
going
to
use
some
round
numbers
here.
These
are
not
the
exact
numbers,
but
just
to
sort
of
simplify
the
conversation.
A
little
bit
is
around
five
million
dollars,
but
from
discussions
with
the
staff
and
the
other
Commissioners,
all
the
Commissioners,
the
ultimate
amount
of
funding
that
Buncombe
County
will
commit
to
the
two
school
districts
in
Buncombe.
B
They've
certainly
taken
more
time
at
some
points
in
the
past,
but
the
the
base
budget
that
was
in
the
county
manager's
proposal
that
we
discussed
at
the
public
hearing
last
week
was
around
10
million
dollars
again
I'm
just
rounding
some
of
the
numbers.
So
forgive
me
for
that
that
amount
of
funding
what
that
would
essentially
be
able
to
accomplish
with
the
school
districts
would
be
to
provide
more
than
two
million
dollars
of
additional
operating
funds
for
the
school
systems.
B
It
would
provide
over
two
million
dollars
to
implement
the
phase
two
of
the
salary
study
that
was
developed
by
the
Buncombe
County
school
system,
which
we
implemented
phase
one
of
last
year.
So
we
could
Implement
phase
two
of
it
this
year
and
then
would
plan
to
implement
phase
three
of
it
next
year.
So
it
would
provide
funding
to
implement
phase
two,
and
it
would
also
provide
enough
funding
that
we
felt
it
would
I
should
be
able
to
cover
the
full
pay
raises
for
the
locally
funded
positions
in
education.
B
Even
assuming
the
more
optimistic
scenarios
for
how
the
State
Legislative
funding
would
go.
So
that's
what
that's,
what
10
million
dollars
would
do
if
the
state
funds
the
pay
raise
is
at
a
lower
level,
it
would
provide.
There
would
be
some
additional
funding
there
that
could
go
to
salaries,
because
the
match
requirements
from
the
county
would
be
less
because
the
state
did
less
so,
but
with
the
commission's
deliberation
over
this
over
the
last
several
weeks
in
the
public
hearing
we
had
last
week,
I
think
part
of
what
we
want
to
say
this
evening.
B
Is
that
we're
hearing
from
the
community
that
we
need
to
do
more
on
teacher
compensation,
and
so
the
commission
is
willing
to
increase
the
tax
rate
by
one
cent
on
the
on
the
tax
roll,
which
generates
over
5
million
additional
dollars.
That
would
be
contributed
to
the
county
schools
and
the
city.
School
district
will
get
an
equal
amount
proportional
to
the
number
of
students
they
have
in
their
District,
so
both
districts
will
get
the
same
amount
of
funding
per
student,
but
we
need
to
know
what
the
state
we
need
to.
B
We
need
to
understand
how
the
state
budget
is
going
to
land,
and
we
also
need
to
have
additional
discussions
with
the
city
and
county
school
boards
on
this,
because
and
the
way
this
process
works,
it's
not
simply
a
decision
from
the
County
Commission.
We
can
approve
a
level
of
funding
for
the
schools,
but
ultimately
it's
the
school
districts,
the
elected
school
boards
from
the
city
and
county
school
districts
that
actually
decide
how
those
funds
will
be
spent.
It's
not
a
decision.
B
B
While
we
don't
know
exactly
where
the
state's
going
to
land
using
some
of
the
figures
that
perhaps
are
kind
of
considered
most
likely
to
occur
around
the
state,
the
state's
funding
the
County's
allocation
of
an
additional
five
million
dollars
could
likely
allow,
in
addition
to
all
the
items
I
discussed
before
the
Compensation
Plan
matching,
the
pay
raises.
Operating
costs
could
allow
us
to
increase
the
teacher
supplemental
pay
for
the
Buncombe
County
schools,
with
the
equal
proportion
for
the
city.
Schools
could
increase
the
teacher
supplemental
pay
by
around
two
percent
or
somewhere
in
that
neighborhood.
B
Just
a
couple
other
notes,
I
would
I
would
I
would
share
on
this
part
of
the
reason.
The
conversations
with
the
school
boards
is
really
important.
Is
that
it's
not
just
amount?
It's
not
just
about
how
much
funding
the
school
districts
get
it's
about,
how
they
prioritize
These
funds,
the
Asheville
city,
school
district.
There
are
115
school
districts
in
the
state
of
North
Carolina.
B
But
Buncombe
County
schools
with
almost
half
the
amount
of
funding
locally
compared
to
the
city
school
district,
provides
a
higher
teacher
supplemental
pay
in
the
Asheville
City
School
District.
So
these
conversations
about
how
these
additional
tax
funds
will
be
invested
are
very
important
to
have
with
the
school
boards,
because
different
these
different
bodies
have
made
very
different
decisions
about
how
to
allocate
the
resources
they
have
to
run
their
districts,
and
we
know
that
there's
there
could
always
be
more.
B
Funding
would
always
be
beneficial,
but
I
think
what
we
have
heard
and
what
we
think
the
community
agrees
with.
You
know
we
don't
take
raising
the
tax
rate
lightly,
but
if
we're
going
to
increase
the
tax
rate,
I
think
the
commission
believes
it's
very
important
that
those
additional
revenues
go
to
increase
the
teacher
supplemental
pay.
So
that's
what
we're
going
to
be
advocating
for,
and
we
look
forward
to
talking
further
with
the
school
boards
about
that.
T
Well,
I'll
just
add
that
I
think
going
forward
I
see
an
opportunity
with
the
new
leadership
that
we
have
in
both
districts
as
well
as
those
school
boards
to
really
take
a
clear-eyed
and
fresh
look
at
how
we
can
set
our
schools
up
and
set
specifically
for
Student,
Success
and
so
I.
Look
forward
to
these
continued
conversations
and
working
with
the
school
leadership
and
our
school
boards
on
ensuring
that
we
do
that
for
our
community.
E
Bernie
thanks
for
that
kind
of
walk
through
of
the
the
path
ahead
and
and
just
reiterating
what
I've
heard
sort
of
many
people
say
on
this
question
of
local
education.
Funding
in
the
past
few
months
is
that
you
know
really
see
this
as
an
ongoing
question.
Our
community
will
need
to
be
asking,
as
we
Watch
What
Happens
at
the
state
level,
we're
closely
watching
the
voucher
Bill
among
other
pieces
of
legislation
and
what
its
implications
will
be
for
local
school
systems,
for
example.
E
I
think
we're
making
not
just
significant
financial
investments
but
sophisticated
and
Innovative
investments
in
how
we
can
really
invest
at
the
systems
level
in
some
cases,
change
some
of
what's
happening
at
the
systems
level.
To
try
to
reverse
some
of
these
Trends.
So
again,
just
want
to
reiterate
what
others
have
said
about
the
the
level
of
gratitude
for
community
members.
E
Who've
been
Advocates
and
will
continue
to
be
fierce
and
tireless
Advocates
on
so
many
of
these
issues
and
also
County
staff
and
including
and
especially
front
line
County
staff
who
each
and
every
day
are
kind
of
facing
the
realities
of
these
issues
and
working
hard
to
make
sure
that
we're
showing
up
in
every
way
we
can
for
the
people
of
Buncombe
County.
So
thanks,
it's
an
honor
to
work
with
all
of
you
on
this
process
and
I
look
forward
to
voting
in
favor
of
this
budget.
Y
Say
budget
process
is
never
easy.
These
are
never
easy
decisions
that
we
have
to
make
and
I
do
want
to
acknowledge
that
we
have
lifted
up
Public
Safety
as
well
as
one
of
our
priorities
this
year
and
I.
Think
in
light
of
the
report
that
we
heard
from
Ms,
Murphy
and
chief
fagnet
tonight,
I
think
we
can't
let
our
foot
off
the
gas
pedal
as
we
think
about
public
safety
and
moving
forward
even
looking
at
the
need
for
an
EOC
so
moving
that
right
along
I'm
I'm
grateful
that
we've
started
that
work.
Y
Y
You
have
to
do
what
the
general
assembly
won't
do
for
us.
It's
the
responsibility
of
North
Carolina
to
fund
our
Public
Schools
and
they've,
now
placed
the
burden
on
the
Board
of
Commissioners.
Commissioners
have
to
make
a
hard
decision.
Those
are
direct
quotes
from
public
comments.
Two
weeks
ago
and
from
emails
that
have
continued
to
come
in
because
Raleigh
has
not
done
their
job,
we
are
now
having
to
ask
the
taxpayers
of
Buncombe
County
to
do
what
is
supposed
to
be
done
and
when
I
say
hard
decisions
are
made.
Y
I
saw
the
head
shaking
I
saw
that
two
percent
was
not
what
you
were
hoping
to
hear
tonight.
But
let
me
tell
you:
it
took
a
lot
of
work
on
the
part
of
the
seven
of
us
to
come
to
that
agreement,
because
we
know
that
a
penny
increase
across
Buncombe
County
as
I
represent
parts
of
barnardsville
and
big
Ivy
alongside
commissioner
Wells
with
Lester
and
San
Dimas.
We
know
that
those
families
have
to
start
selling
off
pieces
of
their
land
family
land
that
has
been
in
families
for
Generations
every
time.
Y
If
I've
said
it
once
and
I'm
opining
a
lot
y'all
that
there
was
a
6
billion
dollar
rainy
day
fund
sitting
in
Raleigh
I
sure
wish
that
our
public
school
advocates
across
Buncombe
County
in
the
state
of
North
Carolina,
had
joined
the
call
in
asking
for
those
funds
to
be
allocated
to
our
public
schools.
Now
what
we
have
is
Governor
Cooper,
declaring
a
state
of
emergency
in
public
education
and
a
good
portion
of
that
rainy
day
fund
is
going
to
support
private
school
vouchers
for
families
from
extreme
means
of
wealth.
Y
Y
Decisions
across
both
districts
have
not
been
made
over
the
years
and
we
are
now
being
forced
to
have
to
work
with
you
all
to
right-size
your
districts
to
provide
efficiencies
so
that
those
efficiencies
can
then
free
up
dollars
to
better
allocate
them
to
the
supplements
that
we
know
not
only
our
teachers
but
I
saw
a
social
worker
here
tonight.
A
guidance
counselor,
our
assistant
principals,
principals,
desperately
rely
on
to
help
pay
the
bills
at
the
end
of
the
month.
AA
I
was
educated
through
the
system
in
North
Carolina
right
up
through
North
Carolina
Central,
the
my
University
and
all
my
both
daughters
and
my
wife.
All
of
us
have
what
seats,
no
seven
degrees
from
the
University
of
North
Carolina
schools,
I
spent
24
years
on
school
boards,
16
on
University
boards
and
eight
on
the
public
K-12
Asheville
City
School
Board.
The
other
two
was
my
album
all
the
eight
years
in
UNC
Asheville
for
eight
years,
but
when
I
started
on
the
University
School
Board
in
1978.
AA
With
my
alma
mother,
we
were
the
Envy
of
the
country
and
you
look
at
schools,
not
only
the
university
system
but
K-12,
but
today
it's
embarrassing
to
see
what's
happening
to
our
school
system
and
we
had
to
struggle
to
do
what
we've
done
for
our
schools.
I
know
some
people
don't
agree
with
this,
but
I
know
what
it's
like
to
live.
With
the
teacher
and
my
wife
retired
for
35
years
from
the
city
school
34
from
the
school
system,
we
purchased
a
lot
of
coats.
AA
We've
got
to
start
voting
and
let
it
be
heard
that
look.
This
is
what
we
want
and
hold
our
elected
officials
account,
and
you
can't
stop
here
in
Asheville
in
Buncombe
County
we've
got
a
hold
of
them
accountable
in
Rocky,
because
at
the
rate,
we're
going,
the
school
situation
is
not
going
to
be
any
better
and
fortunately
I'm
in
a
position
that
I
hate
to
say
it.
AA
We
have
forgotten
about
our
future
in
this
state
and
that's
all
about
kids
across
the
state,
but
it's
time
for
us
sure
a
whole
less
accountable.
But
let's
hold
everybody
accountable.
Don't
stop
at
the
city
hall
at
the
city
hall
in
the
courthouse.
You
need
to
go
above
because
we've
got
to
be
heard
I'm
through
no.
U
Well,
I
would
add
that
you
know
there's
a
lot
of
great
and
important
items
in
this
budget
that
I'd
love
to
be
talking
about,
but
I
think
it's
going
to
get
overshadowed
by
K-12
education
funding
and
it
probably
should
for
a
lot
of
the
reasons.
Al
just
mentioned
it's
important
for
the
public
to
understand
why
we're
raising
taxes,
it's
important
for
the
public
to
understand
how
we
got
here.
U
It
did
not
happen
overnight.
Our
schools
are
in
a
staffing
crisis
and
that
started
in
2011.
when
the
general
assembly
became
unified
under
one
political
party.
That
does
not
appreciate
democracy
and
it
sees
education
as
a
threat
and
the
Teachers
Association
as
a
political
footballer
toy
to
to
see
if
they're
angry
that
they
they
feel
like
they're,
making
the
right
decision
and
everyone
loses,
and
especially
our
children
and
I.
U
That's
a
unique
thing
among
constitutions
in
the
United
States
and
it's
pretty
clear
it
could
be
clear.
That's
pretty
clear
and
that's
that's
a
message
to
the
general
assembly
and
you
know,
like
I
said
we
haven't,
got
we
didn't
get
here
overnight.
I
also
think
we
need
to
think
about
the
future
and
I.
Think
we've
all
learned
a
lot
of
lessons
over
the
last
few
years
that
we
need
to
engage
with
our
school
board
a
lot
more
across
the
next
12
months,
like
like
commissioner
Newman
mentioned
I.
U
The
the
truths
and
reality
of
the
cost
of
living
here
is
is
real
and
mathematical.
Mathematical
fact,
regardless
of
what
teacher-based
pay
is
or
will
be,
it's
just
a
fact.
There's
nothing
about
interest
rates
today
that
suggests
that
our
housing
crisis
is
going
to
dramatically
improve
across.
You
know
the
end
of
the
decade,
so
it's
for
those
reasons
that
I
easily
and
enthusiastically
support
this
budget,
but
also
hope.
Z
I'll
Echo
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
the
same
sentiments:
gratitude
for
staff,
gratitude
for
our
teachers
and
education
advocates
and
certainly
support
an
increase
for
the
purpose
of
teacher
pay
and
hope
to
work
with
our
school
boards
as
we
Elevate
our
conversations
around
teacher
pay
here
as
we're
working
and
looking
toward
the
many
needs
of
Buncombe
the
real
problems
that
folks
are
facing
right
now
from
affordable
housing,
Public,
Safety,
behavioral,
health
concerns
and
education,
certainly
atop.
The
list.
Z
I
hope
that
we
continue
to
work
with
all
of
our
partners
locally,
to
figure
out
how
we
navigate
this
really
precarious
situation
that
we're
in
I,
don't
I,
don't
see
a
lot
changing
at
the
state
level.
So
what
that
means
for
us
just
continuing
that
conversation
continuing
to
have
those
discussions
about
what
our
priorities
are
going
to
be
going
forward
and
how
we
reach
a
goal,
reach
the
goal
that
all
of
us
are
fighting
for.
As
a
commission
here.
B
B
You
know
a
privilege
to
serve
in
this
role
and
I
and
I.
You
know
I
think
this
budget
has
done
a
lot
of
great
things
in
it,
and
but
one
of
the
more
challenging
things
about
this
role
of
government
is
that
we
have
very
few
options
for
how
we
generate
revenue
for
our
budget
right
and
really
the
only
I
mean
really.
The
only
real
powerful
tool
we
have
in
the
toolbox
is
where
we
set
the
property
tax
rate
and
so
but
part
of
the
challenge.
B
With
that
I
mean
is
people
have
said
over
and
over
and
again
I
mean
the
case
for
doing
this
is
hey.
It's
such
an
expensive
place
to
live
right.
It's
like
housing
is
really
expensive.
Other
things
are
expensive
about
living
here.
Raising
the
property
tax
is
just
literally
a
direct
increase
in
the
cost
of
housing
in
our
community
right.
It's
literally
a
tax
on
housing
and,
and
you
know,
and
other
property
as
well,
but
so
part
part
of
the
reason.
I
think
this
is
a
challenging
decision
from
you
know.
B
Our
job
is
to
try
to
set
good
policies,
make
sound
Investments
for
the
whole
community
and
we're
focusing
a
lot
on
affordable
housing
and
what
we
can
do
about
it
from
an
investment
standpoint
of
this
project,
as
was
described
in
the
presentation,
we're
supporting
several
excellent
projects
with
development
partners
that
are
going
to
bring
hundreds
of
new,
affordable
units
online.
That's
great!
We
try
to
do
what
we
can
from
a
land
use
standpoint,
but
I,
don't
think
anybody
in
this
room
is
going
to
disagree.
B
That
affordable
housing
is
one
of
the
most
important
challenges
facing
our
community.
It's
a
beautiful
place
to
live,
but
yeah
can
regular
people
still
afford
to
live
here
now
people
talk
about
like
oh,
you
know
when
I
was
when
I
moved
here.
The
idea
of
you
know
like
Bent,
Creek,
great
neighborhood.
B
You
know
and
regular
people
who
had
you
know
not
fantastic
jobs,
regular
jobs,
goodbye
house
in
Bank,
Creek,
sure
now,
that's
Out,
Of
Reach
for
many
many
people
and
and
many
people
who
have
bought
in
our
community
can't
can't
even
afford
to
continue
making
the
payments
because
of
the
rising
cost
of
living.
I
mean
the
the
the
issue
we
wrestle
with
is
not
a
lack
of
willingness
to
increase
investments
in
schools
or
or
some
kind
of
ideological
opposition
to
raising
taxes.
B
It's
that
the
tools
that
we,
the
only
tools
we
have
to
do
so
are
not
very
Progressive
forms
of
Taxation
I.
Think
we're
all
behind
this
budget
in
the
in
in
committing
These
funds
to
teacher
pay
raises,
but
at
the
same
time
we're
cognizant
that
we're
basically
taking
the
funds
out
of
other
working
people's
pockets.
To
do
this,
it's
not
all
coming
from
tourists.
It's
not
all
coming
from
millionaires
property
taxes
are
taxes
that
hit
the
middle
class
and
and
regular
people
directly.
That's
where
most
of
the
revenue
comes
from
and
that's
why
that's?
B
Why
that's
why
I
do
find
it
to
be
a
challenging
decision,
but
I
do
support
this
and
agree
that
supporting
public
education
is
our
our
most
fundamental
responsibility.
For
those
reasons,
all
right.
Any
other
comments
on
the
first
motion,
all
right,
all
in
favor
of
the
motion
to
approve
the
budget
say
aye
aye
any
opposed
all
right.
We
also
need
a
motion
to
approve
the
capital
ordinance.
B
Further
discussion,
all
in
favor,
say
aye
aye
all
opposed
all
right
appreciate
everyone.
Who's
worked
on
this
again,
thanks
for
thanks
for
thanks
for
everyone,
who's
working.
This
and
and
again
we
anticipate
an
important
budget
amendment
that
we
will
take
up
as
soon
as
the
state
budget
has
been
finalized.
Hopefully,
in
the
coming
few
weeks,
all
right
Commissioners,
we
have
a
few
additional
items
to
address
this
evening.
The
next
one
is
consideration
of
a
budget
amendment
for
the
West
Asheville
EMS
base
design.
John
Hudson
is
going
to
help
us
out
with
this
and
Robert.
F
F
Total
cost
of
the
project
will
be
six
hundred
fifty
thousand
dollars,
including
a
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
for
the
feasibility
study
and
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
the
temporary
EMS
base.
General
Services
requests
to
reallocate
650
000
for
the
existing
fiscal
year,
23
from
the
existing
fiscal
year,
23
EMS
based
construction
project
in
order
to
fund
this
project,
which
would
reduce
the
fiscal
year
ems-based
construction
project
budget
from
7
million
two
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
to
six
million
six
hundred
thousand
dollars.
No
new
County
funding
is
required.
F
F
Scotland
Southern
Asheville
also
impacted
by
McCormick
and
a
new
ambulance.
That's
nearby
now
Swannanoa
Black
Mountain
under
the
prioritization.
The
third
item
I
last
presented.
The
third
item
was
to
go
to
a
location
in
which
there's
availability
to
to
do
a
project,
so
swannano
property
at
owenpool
is
available
and
it
is
in
a
priority
location
in
the
east.
F
Kind
of
an
example
of
of
where
the
temporary
EMS
base
might
sit
on
the
Asheville
Primary
School
site
is
shown
in
this
image.
Of
course,
this
is
tentative.
It's
relative
to
the
feasibility
study
and
and
what
it
concludes
an
example
of
the
the
office
space
and
sleeping
course,
which
would
be
modular,
are
are
given
in
these
images.
F
F
It
has
also
planned
where,
where
as
much
as
we
are
possibly
able
to
to
meet
lead
adopted
resolutions
and
I
only
say
that,
because
it's
much
easier
to
eat
to
meet
gold,
which
is
our
resolution
in
an
urbanized
area,
because
the
way
the
points
set
up,
so
it's
really
a
challenge
to
meet
it
in
a
more
rural
area
that
doesn't
lessen
our
intent
to
get
every
single
point.
We
can
possibly
get
next
steps
in
which
we're
asking
the
action
on
reallocate
650
000
for
the
existing
is
from
the
existing
fiscal
year.
F
23
EMS
based
construction
project
in
order
to
fund
the
Asheville,
Primary,
School
site
feasibility
study
and
the
installation
of
a
temporary
mobile
EMS
base
at
the
Asheville
Primary
School
site,
which
would
reduce
the
fiscal
year.
23
EMS
based
construction
project
budget
from
700,
7
million
250
000
to
6
million
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
with
no
new
funding
required.
In
addition,
I'm
in
the
scope
of
the
fiscal
year,
23
EMS
based
construction
project
to
be
for
the
construction
of
a
permanent
EMS
base
to
be
located
near
Owen,
pool,
entertain
questions.
U
F
Oh
so
correct
what
to
address
that
yeah,
the
temporary
is
about
getting
service
in
place
as
soon
as
possible,
right
while
it
is
being
studied
for
the
best
uses
of
the
site,
including
a
permanent
EMS
base
in
that
process,
could
be
upwards
of
two
to
three
years
concluding
and
budgeting
for
Designing
and
then
moving
into
that
construction.
All
the
time
the
temporary
base
can
serve
that
part
of
the
community,
while
all
the
other
emotions
going
on
and
being
decided
upon.
T
B
AH
Good
evening,
chairman
Newman
commissioners
I'll
try
to
make
this
quick
get
you
out
of
here
about
10
o'clock,
March
30th,
the
general
Services
Fleet
building
went
out
to
bid
on
May
9th.
We
received
only
two
bidders,
so
we
had
to
extend
it
until
May
17th,
where
we
had
three
bidders
and
our
lowest
bidder
was
Hickory
Construction.
AH
And
here
tonight,
I
would
like
to
request
a
budget
amendment
and
to
execute
a
contract
with
Hickory
Construction
I'll
give
you
a
quick
update
on
the
Fleet
Services
building.
First,
we'll
start
with
the
outside
on
the
lower
right
hand
corner
this
shows
the
recommended
alternates
as
well
as
some
of
the
other
amenities
in
the
lower
right
hand,
corner
you'll
see
alternate
four:
that's
a
trailer
and
Equipment
storage
area
intended
to
store
our
tractors,
backhoes,
lawnmower
and
trailers.
Things
of
that
nature.
AH
AH
Our
external
envelope
has
been
designed
in
accordance
with
the
international
grain
construction
code,
which
exceeds
the
requirements
of
the
North
Carolina
energy
code.
Some
of
the
things
that
we've
done
to
at
least
lessen
the
amount
of
HVAC
requirements
is
installed
some
canopies
and
shade
coverings
to
reduce
the
glare
on
the
Southwest
glazing.
AH
Also
you'll
see
the
vapor
intrusion
mitigation
mitigation
System,
since
this
is
located
on
a
property
that
we
currently
own,
that
was
a
retired
landfill
alternate
one
is
our
rooftop
solar
PV
system
it
is.
It
will
be
the
second
largest
that
the
county
owns
and
is,
on
the
whole,
the
entirety
of
the
high
Bay
portion
of
the
roof
and
inside
the
garage.
We'll
also
have
some
mobile
EV
chargers
for
Diagnostics.
AH
Scattered
around
the
building
you'll
see
several
high
efficiency
HVAC
equipment
that
includes
electric
resistant
Heat
moving
inside
you'll
see
we
have
glass
on
in
the
corridors
on
the
doors
and
the
side
lights,
to
allow
some
of
the
natural
light
from
the
outdoors
into
the
inner
parts
of
the
building.
We
have
multiple
collaboration
areas
in
the
garage
area.
We
have
three
high
volume,
low
speed
fans,
we're
working
to
standardize,
the
workbenches
and
toolboxes.
AH
We
also
are
looking
to
purchase
mobile
lifts
that
provide
operational
flexibility.
It
allow
us
to
pick
up.
You
know
our
largest
mobile
command
center
or
a
Toyota
Corolla
they're
very
flexible,
and
then
we
carried
the
high
Bay
roof
line
all
the
way
through
our
storage.
Speaking
with
the
metal
building
manufacturer
to
lower
it
back
down
to
the
office.
AH
AH
So
our
remaining
CRP
budget
is
seven
million
seven
hundred
forty
eight
thousand
nine
hundred
and
seven
dollars
which
originated
in
June
of
2021
our
base
bid
plus
the
alternates
minus
a
couple.
Ve
items
is
nine
million
453
thousand
dollars,
which
leaves
us
a
deficiency
of
one
million,
seven
hundred
and
four
thousand
ninety
three
dollars,
which
is
a
21.99
increase
since
June
of
2021.
AH
Our
base
bid
is
8
million.
Fifty
four
thousand
dollars
alternate
one
is
the
solar
panel
installation
at
487.
000
alternate
two:
is
our
mezzanine
storage
system
at
two
hundred
and
thirty?
Nine
thousand
alternate
three
is
our
whole
building
generator
at
five
hundred
and
three
thousand
and
Alternate?
Four
is
our
trailer
storage
shelter
and
it's
at
170
000..
AH
AH
AH
AH
So
we're
requesting
the
CIP
budget
increase
of
one
million
seven
hundred
four
thousand
ninety
three
dollars
to
construct
the
general
Services
Fleet
facility
with
all
the
alternates.
This
project
will
be
debt
financed
and
does
not
require
additional
pay
go
funding
and
our
next
steps
would
be
Board
of
Commissioners
approval
of
the
amendment
and
the
request
to
enter
into
a
contract
tonight.
Contract
negotiation
would
need
to
be
completed
by
717.
AH
B
D
This
new
statement
requires
that
governments
treat
certain
multi-year
software
or
I.T
agreements
as
liabilities
and
that
we
must
make
a
debt
entry
for
the
lifetime
value
of
the
agreement.
This
is
the
first
year
for
this
standard,
so
all
active,
applicable
Agreements
are
covered.
No
new
funding
is
required,
but
there
must
be
a
budget
for
the
entry.
There
are
two
ordinances
attached.
One
is
for
the
general
fund
for
12
million
dollars
and
a
Second
Amendment
for
the
register
of
deeds.
Automation
fund
for
three
hundred
thousand
dollars.
B
All
in
favor
say
aye
aye
any
post
all
right
thanks
John!
Thank
you
all
right,
Commissioners.
We
have
a
couple
of
board
appointments
to
address
versus.
We
have
four
reappointments
on
the
juvenile
crime
prevention
Council
and
two
of
them
are
being
considered
tonight.
Right,
Lamar,
okay,
there's
there's
only
two
reappointments
and
we
have
all
right.
I'm.
E
B
A
B
Okay,
all
right
thanks
for
the
reminder
all
right
on
July
18th
at
3
pm,
the
Commissioners
will
hold
their
briefing
meeting
at
200
College
Street
room
326
in
downtown
Asheville
and
on
July
18th
at
5
PM.
The
Commissioners
will
hold
a
regular
meeting
at
5
pm
at
200
College
Street
in
room
326
in
downtown
Asheville
Mr
Euler.
Is
there
a
need
for
a
closed
session
terrific?