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A
If
we
we
get
to
those
and
have
plenty
of
time
left
over,
I
thought
we
might
maybe
just
have
a
brief
discussion
about
one
item.
That's
on
the
agenda
for
the
for
the
five
o'clock
meeting,
which
is
we
have
a
couple
of
arpa
proposals
that
have
some
time
sensitivity
around
them,
and
so
our
early
childhood
education
committee
and
affordable
housing
committee
are
making
recommendations
around
three
proposals.
A
But
a
lot
of
this
has
been
sort
of
developing
just
even
up
until
today,
like
our
affordable
housing
committee
met
this
morning
and
or
this
afternoon
and
made
some
recommendations.
So
maybe
we
can
just
look
at
those
real
quickly
since
it's
not
some
of
this
information
has
been
published
over
the
last
week.
It's
been
more
of
a
work
in
progress,
so
we'll
look
at
that.
Any
other
items
that
anybody
would
like
to
discuss
at
the
briefing
meeting.
A
B
Thank
you.
As
of
april
27th,
there
have
been
fifty
three
thousand
seven
and
fifty
three
thousand.
Seventy
two
total
confirmed
cases
of
covet
19
in
buncombe
county
and
after
experiencing
several
weeks
of
very
low
trends,
we
have
experienced
an
uptick
in
cases
following
the
area,
schools,
spring
break
and
the
easter
holiday.
B
You
can
see
that
uptick
at
the
tail
of
the
curve
shown
on
the
screen
now.
Currently,
our
case
rate
is
136
per
100
000,
and
you
can
just
see
that
slight.
In
relative
terms,
it
is
still
very
low,
but
you
can
start
to
see
that
slight
uptick
there.
This
is
very
similar
to
an
uptick
in
trends
that
we
saw
about
a
year
ago
after
easter,
as
well.
B
Just
to
mention
wastewater
surveillance
has
also
shown
the
same
trend
while
overall
and
relatively
still
numbers
are
low.
There
was
an
upward
trend
in
that
surveillance
metric
as
well.
B
As
I
said,
it's
not
terribly
unexpected
that
we
might
see
an
uptick
in
cases
given
the
holidays
and
the
spring
break
activities
when
more
people
are
interacting
with
each
other
and
spending
time
with
each
other.
They
tend
to
gather
and
traveling
to
and
from
our
community
and
to
other
areas.
B
So
this
is
just
a
reminder
that
covet
19
and
its
variants,
including
our
omicron
variants
and
sub-variants,
continue
to
thrive
in
and
around
us,
and
this
illustrates
the
ability
of
covet
19
and
its
variants
to
infect
people.
In
fact,
when,
given
ample
opportunity
to
do
so
like
gatherings
so
we'll
continue
to
watch
the
case
trends
in
the
coming
weeks.
B
B
B
Now,
just
a
reminder
that
we
have
adopted
the
cdc
community
level
to
guide
general
public
recommendations
several
weeks
ago
toward
the
beginning
of
2022
and
as
a
reminder
for
everyone
in
the
highest
community
level,
everyone
would
be
recommended
to
wear
a
face
covering,
whereas
in
the
medium
level
those
who
are
immunocompromised
or
at
high
risk
for
severe
illness
would
be
recommended
to
wear
face
covering
in
indoor
spaces
and
at
the
lowest
level
or
the
or
the
green.
No
other
recommendations
are
suggested
other
than
staying
up
to
date,
with
your
vaccines
and
seeking
testing.
B
B
Now,
given
the
recent
uptick
in
cases,
it
is
important
for
each
person
to
assess
their
own
personal
risk
factors
and
their
own
level
of
risk
tolerance,
especially
in
crowded
spaces,
as
well
as
the
other
recommendations
of
in
in,
in
addition
to
getting
tested.
If
symptoms
and
staying
up
to
date
on
vaccine
that
actually
like
that
personal
assessment
of
your
own
risk
and
your
risk,
tolerance
is
something
that
we
will
continually
be
doing
and
should
be
from
here
until
the
near.
B
We
have
180
355
individuals
that
have
received
at
least
one
dose
in
buncombe
county
and
over
172
172
440
have
completed
their
series
with
now
almost
105
000,
having
received
a
booster
or
an
additional
dose,
making
our
booster
group
the
fastest
growing
vaccine
group-
and
this
is
again
just
a
moment
for
me-
to
have
a
reminder
for
folks
that
vaccine
is
available
for
everyone,
5
and
older,
staying
up
to
date
on
your
vaccine,
including
receiving
a
booster.
If
you're
eligible
is
recommended.
B
Everyone
12
and
older
is
eligible
for
a
booster
and
now,
just
a
few
weeks
ago,
those
50
and
above
or
with
underlying
health
conditions,
may
receive
a
second
booster
and
just
to
update
you
on
some
other
vaccine.
News
pfizer
has
requested
an
eua
for
the
five
to
11
year
old
booster,
but
as
right
now,
a
booster
for
that
age
group
has
not
been
authorized.
B
In
addition,
pfizer
and
moderna
are
submitting
data
to
the
fda
for
review
for
children
six
months
to
four
years
old.
It
is
expected
that
they
will
seek
that
eua
again.
Emergency
use
authorization
amendment
sometime
this
month,
and
so
we
would
expect
that,
possibly
by
early
june,
for
that
population
and
statewide
planning
has
is
underway
for
this
age
group
as
we
expect
them.
As
I
said,
to
be
eligible
in
the
coming
weeks,.
C
Stacy,
you
said
both
both
companies
are
gonna
are
expected
to
apply
for
that.
The
eu.
B
And
just
a
reminder
to
our
community
that
falcon
county
hhs
is
still
providing
vaccine
at
our
health
department
located
at
40
cox
avenue
in
asheville,
and
we
are
making
progress
in
the
hiring
of
our
mobile
team.
I'm
excited
to
tell
you
that
we
now
have
our
supervisor
on
board
and
continuing
to
interview
and
the
hiring
process
for
our
other
positions.
I
hope
the
next
time
that
I
see
you.
B
I
will
tell
you
that
that
team
is
fully
intact
and
ready
to
go,
and
you
know
not
to
say
you
know
that
we
are
extremely
eager
to
have
our
team
in
place
so
that
we
can
continue.
Our
equity
focused
outreach
for
kova,
19
and
many
other
services,
so,
to
say
the
least,
we
are
very
excited
to
start
having
those
folks
become
part
of
our
team
in
terms
of
testing.
I'd
just
like
to
remind
folks
that
our
state
testing
resource
starmed
still
remains
at
asheville
mall.
B
In
addition,
I
want
to
remind
everyone
that,
as
I
did
a
few
weeks
ago,
the
federal
administration
announced
a
few
weeks
ago
that
households
could
receive
a
second
round
of
at-home
test
kits
for
free.
I
do
encourage
individuals
to
go
to
covid.gov
test
to
sign
up,
for
that.
All
that's
needed
is
your
name
and
your
residential
address.
B
As
far
as
test
to
treat
that
initiative
launched
in
march
to
give
individuals
a
way
to
quickly
access
free
treatment
for
covid19
through
this
program,
people
are
eligible
or
able
to
get
tested,
and
if
positive,
if
they
are
positive
and
a
treatment,
is
appropriate
for
them
receive
a
prescription
for
an
oral
covit.
19
treatment
from
that
provider
and
have
their
prescription
filled
all
in
one
place.
So
this
is
your
one:
stop
shop
from
to
get
tested,
get
a
prescription
and
get
the
treatment
that
you
need.
B
And
as
I
wrap
up
today,
I
just
want
everyone
to
remember
just
a
few
things
that
cases
have
increased.
Sorry
for
that
typo
and
cases
have
increased.
So
it
is
important
for
you
to
monitor
your
symptoms
and
exposure.
B
I
just
wanted
to
take
a
moment
to
celebrate
public
health
nurses
who
work
for
buncombe
county
and
wanted
to
use
it
as
a
time
to
celebrate
and
make
aware
the
essential
role
of
public
health
nursing
in
our
community,
whether
they're
investigating
communicable
disease
and
working
to
working
very
hard
to
prevent
it
and
educate
about
it
or
providing
vital
reproductive
health
services
working
alongside
parents
and
children
or
helping
you
know.
Many
people
within
our
community
have
access
to
opportunities
of
health.
B
A
I
have
one
question
stacey
on
the
test
to
treat
the
places
where
you
can
do
the
testing
and
get
the
treatment
right
away
if
you're
positive
and
you
meet
certain
criteria.
A
Could
you
just
share
a
little
bit
more
information
about
about
the
criteria
for
folks
who
are
likely
to
be
then
approved
to
use
the
treatment
protocols,
because
it's
not
necessarily
automatic,
as
I
understand
it
right
so,
if
someone's
very
young
and
in
excellent
health,
perhaps
it
wouldn't
be
recommended
for
them.
A
But
do
you
have
a
sense
for
like
what
percentage
of
people
would
likely
qualify
for
treatment?
Is
it
just
how
how
those
kind
of
how
how
those
criteria
work
and
what
we're
seeing
so
far
in
terms
of
what
percentage
of
folks
likely
would
be
recommended
or
approved
for
a
treatment
with
the
antiviral
medications.
B
Thanks
for
the
question,
so,
yes,
there
are
specific
criteria
in
addition
to
that
treatment
is
best
when,
within
a
certain
amount
of
time,
which
is
within
five
days
of
symptoms
onset.
So
that's
the
big
one
that
first
gets
to
the
next
criteria,
which
is
typically
those
folks
who
are
at
the
highest
risk
for
severe
illness,
are
going
to
be
the
ones
who
are
eligible
for
treatment.
B
I
just
saw
an
article
the
other
day
for
north
carolina,
that
roughly
two-thirds
of
our
entire
population
would
be
eligible
because
of
underlying
health
conditions,
of
one
one
way
or
another,
whether
that
could
be,
you
know,
diabetes
or
cardiovascular
disease
or
obesity.
These
types
of
things,
one
or
more
of
those
underlying
health
conditions,
could
put
you
in
a
risk.
You
know
in
a
high-risk
category,
for
severe
illness.
A
Okay,
so
about
two-thirds
of
the
community
probably
meets
those
criteria.
Of
course
it's
voluntary.
So
if
they
wanted
to
do
that,
then
they
would
be
eligible,
but
if
they
do
need
to
meet
the
criteria,
if
someone
said
you
know,
look
I
am
young
and
healthy,
and
maybe
they
don't
have
these
criteria,
but
I'd
really
like
to
do
it.
It's
not.
You
can't
necessarily
just
opt
in
because
you
want
to
you
do
it
is
a
requirement
to
meet
one
of
the
criteria.
That's.
B
Why
it's
important
that,
if
you
test
positive
at
home
or
you
go
to
a
test
to
treat
facility
and
you
test
positive
there-
that
health
care
provider
at
that
facility
is
going
to
assess
whether
you
meet
that
criteria,
whether
you're
within
the
time
frame
of
the
five
days
of
symptom
onset
or
if
you
meet
that
that
that
you
meet
the
eligibility
or
the
criteria
for
treatment,
because
you
are
at
risk
for
severe
illness,
that's
correct!
That's
why
a
healthcare
provider
is
going
to
make
that
assessment
for
you
and.
A
If
someone
does
have
an
underlying
health
risk,
but
it's
after
five
days
does,
is
that
kind
of
a
automatic
not
eligible,
or
I
mean
there's
all
the
research
showing?
It
is
definitely
most
beneficial
when
started
within
five
days,
but
is
that
kind
of
a
hard
and
fast
policy,
or
how
does
that
play
out.
B
A
D
B
Yes,
sir,
that
is
correct.
You
can
come
to
the
health
department
and
get
your
booster.
You
can
come
to
the
health
department
and
get
any
dose
you
need
and
you
can
walk
in
and
we
have
intake,
especially
for
our
cova
19
vaccine.
Although
we've
integrated
into
our
immunization
clinic,
we
have
a
special
intake
for
that,
so
that
folks
can
walk
right
in
and
get
that
thanks
for
asking.
A
All
right,
the
next
item
on
our
agenda
is
a
discussion
about
buncombe,
county
land
conservation
goals
and
there
are
some
recommendations
that
are
coming
out
of
the
county's
energy
and
environment
committee.
And
so
I'm
going
to
turn
over
commissioner
wells
to
talk
about
some
of
the
recommended
goals.
E
We
we
currently
have
such
a
strong
conservation
program
in
buncombe
county
that
benefits
from
the
very
active
citizen
leadership
on
both
our
ag
advisory
board
and
our
land
conservation
boards.
E
Clearly
our
dedicated
staff,
some
of
who
are
here
with
us
today
in
case
there
are
other
questions
and
also,
very
importantly,
the
many
landowners
across
buncombe
county
who
have
voluntarily
conserved
their
farms,
forests
and
mountains.
And
so
I
think
that
context
is
really
important.
Then,
when
we're
looking
at
this
goal
that
we're
recommending
here
so
the
recommended
conservation
goal
and
staff
worked
on
this
diligently
on
this
and
then
brought
it
to
our
climate
environment
committee
and
they
recomm.
E
So
then,
when
we
look
at
what
it
would
take
to
get
to
that,
20
percent
goal,
there's
a
little
over
6
000,
more
acres
needed
to
achieve
this
goal,
and
I
do
think
that
our
community
has
shown
a
strong
appreciation
for
and
connection
to
nature
and
the
land.
And
so
it's
real.
It's
imperative
that
we're
good
stewards
of
these
natural
resources
that
we
are
blessed
to
have
here
in
buncombe
county,
and
I
do
believe
our
future
generations
will
one
day
thank
us
for
having
the
foresight
to
proactively
conserve
this
land
and
reach
these
ambitious
goals.
E
So
the
specific,
if
you
look
at
the
specific
funding
request,
then
for
this-
and
this
is
in
addition
to
the
current
750
000
that
we
have
allotted
over
the
course
of
this
time
in
order
to
do
this,
and
this
is
still
leveraging
other
resources
leveraging
federal
state,
as
well
as
the
the
donations
from
landowners
and
as
well
as
other
contributions,
it
would
be
about
9
million
500
000
right
around
that
one.
Other
point
that
I
did
just
want
to
make.
E
When
we
looked
at
the
goal
we
said
we'll
help
initiate
by
2030,
and
I
just
wanted
to
point
out
that
the
conservation
easements
it
takes
multiple
years.
So
that's
why
we
we
said
because
when
we
start
that
process,
we
may
get
all
these
initiated
by
that
time,
but
sometimes
it
takes
two
to
three
years
for
a
project
to
close,
so
I
did
just
want
to
remind
everybody
of
that.
E
C
I
just
add:
I
guess
that
you
know
this
is
something
that
we
are,
that
I
feel
like
is
important
to
all
of
us.
It's
important
to
our
community.
We
hear
it
when,
when
people
come
and
talk
about,
you
know
preserving
our
national
forests,
we
hear
it
when,
when
we
get
a
new
state
state
park
and
candler
or
private
landowners
take
on
this
effort
to
preserve
land
in
their
own
backyard,
which
is
also
something
that's
occurred.
C
You
know
occurring
recently
in
candler
and
it's
just
so
it's
kind
of
occurring
naturally
in
to
some
degree.
I
just
think
it's
really
good
to
have
a
goal
and
to
put
some
numeric
values
to
it
and
put
put
it
on
paper
that
we
kind
of
want
to
make
it
happen
financially
with
with
with
county
government
and
staff
support.
I
think
it's
a
reasonable
goal
over
this.
You
know
this
quantity
of
years.
C
It's
you
know
also
something
that
can
hypothetically
be
funded
through
multiple
sources
that
we
might
talk
about
later
today,
and
so
I'm
just
yeah.
I'm
just
excited
about
that
and
excited
to
see
this
committee
bring
bring
everyone
another
another
goal
achievable
yet
ambitious
goal.
So.
A
I
would
just
add
you
know,
I
think
that
this
is
really
about
building
on
these
proven
really
successful
initiatives
we
have
in
the
community.
A
There
are
so
many
private
landowners
in
the
community
who,
just
you
know,
really
love
their
love
their
land
and
they
want
to
see
it
protected
for
future
generations
and
they're
willing
to
take
steps
to
permanently
protect
these
properties.
Oftentimes
by
donating
of
you
know
all
or
very
the
majority
of
the
the
market
value
of
their
property.
So
they're
you
know
they
could
they
could
probably
make
more
money.
A
But
and
so,
and
so
you
know,
a
relatively
small
investment
from
the
county
just
helps
produce
such
a
significant
conservation
value.
I
mean
if
we
can
achieve
this
goal
of
preserving
over
6
000
acres
between
now
and
2030,
and
we
have
this
additional
investment
of
around
10
million
dollars.
A
Just
keep
doing
what
we're
doing
so
that'd
be
about
17
million
dollars
that
we
get
invested
if
we
can
preserve
6
000
acres
through
these
initiatives,
that
would
mean
that
we're
preserving
this
land
at
a
at
a
cost
to
county
taxpayers
of
less
than
three
thousand
dollars
per
acre.
I
mean
that
is
a
tremendous
conservation
benefit
for
the
amount
of
funds
that
we
would
be
putting
in
to
help
kind
of
make
these
partnerships
and
these
great
projects
happen.
A
So
I
think
it's
just
a
great
value
and
we're
excited
to
see
and
there's
this
and
there's
this
pipeline
of
like
there's
this
backlog
of
landowners
who
want
to
do
it,
and
so
we
just
need
to
kind
of
get
some
resources
in
there
to
help
to
help
them
do
what
they
want
to
do
to
protect
their
property
for
the
future,
so
really
exciting.
A
And
now
so
we're
at
the
briefing
meeting,
so
we're
not
going
to
vote
on
this
right
now.
We
don't
typically
vote
at
our
briefing
meetings,
so
this
is
just
to
kind
of
review
the
goal
and
then
we'll
place
this
on
the
agenda
for
one
of
our
next
meetings
to
more
formally
adopt
is
that
the
process
we're
looking
at.
F
F
A
Do
it,
I
don't
think
it's
going
to
take
long
since
we're
kind
of
talking
about
it.
Now
I
bet
it'll
yeah
just
go
we'll
just
do
it
all
right,
but
it's
we
don't
want
to
put
on
the
consent
agenda.
That
may
be
a
consent
consensus
if
it
is
an
important
goal,
so
we'll
just
we'll
take
it
up
and
we'll
we'll
vote
on
we'll
formally
vote
on
it
any
other
questions
or
comments
at
this
time.
A
All
right
thanks,
terry
all,
right
the
last
item
on
well,
we
do
have
the
arbor
recommendations,
but
the
next
item
on
the
agenda
was
the
employee
compensation,
study
and
sharon.
Burke
is
here
to
help
us
with
this.
E
G
So
we
have
melissa,
reichman
and
leslie
silva.
They
head
up
my
my
compensation
team,
but
I
think
with
the
work
that
these
two
amazing
individuals
have
done
on
this,
get
choked
up
here
for
a
sec
with
the
amazing
work.
These
two
have
done.
The
rest
of
the
team
have
had
to
step
up
and
help
them
too,
so
it
really
was
a
huge
effort
on
the
entire
hr
team.
G
Since
2018
2018
was
when
the
county
hired,
evergreen
and
evergreen
was
hired
to
come
on
in
and
they
were
looking
at
how
we
compare
our
salary
and
our
grading
system
to
our
peers
and
what
they
did
was
they
identified
some
areas
of
opportunity
for
us
and
provided
us
a
report
that
outlined
that
and
from
there
the
office
of
strategic
initiatives
in
human
resources
were
asked
to
create
a
pay
report,
and
it
was
a
position
in
pay
report
and
really
what
they
were
looking
at
was
and
well,
I
should
say
what
they
identified
was
is
right
here
is,
is
looking
at
the
four
focus
areas,
and
one
was:
we
didn't,
have
a
compensation
philosophy
and
without
a
compensation
philosophy.
G
How
do
you
know
what
to
pay
people?
How
do
you
know
what
your
salary
grades
are
and
from
there
a
report
was-
and
this
is
just
shows
you
some
of
the
timeline
at
this
point.
This
is
when
county
manager
pinder
showed
up
and
was
hired
and
has
been
able
to
really
lead
us,
and
so
she
formed
a
compensation
team
and
that
compensation
team
was
brought
forward
from
22
of
the
22
departments.
We
have
so
we
had
representation
across
the
whole
entire
county.
G
One
of
the
things
that
came
from
that
work
group
again
was
the
paper.
You
know,
I
should
say
the
the
philosophy,
compensation
philosophy.
That
really
was
the
foundation
of
the
study
that
we
worked
on
and
our
study
started
in
2020
and
we
finished
it
at
the
end
of
2021
and
worked
on
recommendations.
Since
then,.
G
So
once
again,
here's
our
project
timeline,
we've
gone
over
this
or
I've
gone
over
this
prior
to,
but
just
really
quickly,
phase
one.
What
we
found
was
many
of
our
positions
didn't
even
have
job
descriptions,
and
so
we
had
to
really
start
right
back
at
the
beginning
and
and
create
job
descriptions
work
with
directors
to
find
out
really
what
were
our
folks
doing
and
what
was
the
the
knowledge,
skill
and
abilities
that
we
needed
to
actually
perform
those
jobs
and
from
then
we
started
doing
a
market
analysis,
and
so
we
went
and
looked
at.
G
Who
are
our
peers?
And
what
does
that
look
like?
G
Bringing
it
four
phase,
four
we're
bringing
it
all
together.
So
this
is
where
the
market
analysis
came
forward
and
I
may
spend
a
little
bit
more
time
on
this
one,
and
so
we
started
off
surveying.
We
asked
20
agencies
and
16
actually
responded
to
us
of
those
16.
We
asked
for
177
benchmark
positions
and
what
that
means
is
those
are
positions
that
typically
every
county
will
have
accountants,
administrative
assistants
attorneys
and
we
we
asked
them
to
provide
us.
G
And
so
when
they
came
back,
we
either
matched
him
at
his
exact
match:
good
match,
fair
match
or
poor.
If
they
came
back
poor,
we
didn't
use
them
because
obviously
it
had
no
relativity,
and
so
then
we
we
gathered
all
that
data.
So
we
asked
for
what
was
the
average
pay
for
that
position
and
then
what
was
the
range
beginning
mid
and
end
for
that
position?
And
what
that
data
does
when
we
get
it
back,
it
helps
us
start
to
look
at.
Where
is
our
market?
G
G
So
we
all
know
it's
pretty
expensive
to
live
here
in
buncombe
county,
but
we
want
to
make
sure
that
if
we're
looking
at
apples
and
apples,
we
we
could
actually
say
we're
looking
at
apples
and
apples
and
how
to
do
that
was
the
regional
price
parity
and
what
we
did
was
we
took
everyone's
wages
and
then
we
brought
them
up
to
the
national
average.
So
it
really
doesn't
matter
how
much
buncombe
county
how
expensive
it
is.
It's
it's
all
at
the
same
level,
all
right
and
so
from
there.
I
should
say.
G
Let
me
back
up
so
here
are
the
counties
that
we
have
and
received
approval
to
use.
As
our
survey
market
survey,
recipients.
G
Any
questions
yet
on
that
part,
okay,
great,
so
then
we
went
into
the
market
evaluation
and
really
what
we
were
looking
at.
Is
you
know
using
that
that
data
and
I
had
sort
of
jumped
ahead
a
little
bit
and
what
we're
looking
for
is
the
market
rate
and
and
how
do
we
create?
You
know
true
wage
calculations,
and
we
did
that
also
by
including
the
living
wage.
G
G
All
right
so
now
we're
getting
to
the
good
stuff
all
right,
so
how
we
would
look
at
each
classification,
so
each
position
is
classified
and
we're
looking
at
when
we
try
to
when
we're
looking
to
decide.
Where
do
they
fall
within
the
grading
system,
we're
looking
at
the
compensable
factors
and
what
they
those
categories
and
those
compensable
factors.
They
come
out
with
complexity,
scope
of
knowledge,
problem,
solving
contact
with
others
in
leadership
and
there's
three
or
four
levels,
depending
on
those
categories
and
our
categories
break
out
to
support
professional
and
then
management.
G
One
level,
two
level
three
and
you'll
see
each
one
of
them
actually
have
a
score
above
them,
100,
150
150
and
that's
where
they
would
fall.
Let
me
show
you
a
little
bit
further
right
now,
so
this
is
even
deeper
dive.
So
when
you
look
at
the
recruiter
position
and
the
rec
services
position,
I
highlighted
them
in
red,
so
you're
going
to
see
that
the
recruiters
comp
factors
all
total
up
to
806
and
then
the
recreational
services
program
manager
comes
up
to
875..
G
When
you
look
to
the
right
of
that,
where
it
talks
about
complexity,
both
positions
were
pretty
equal
problem,
solving
pretty
equal
scope
of
knowledge,
pretty
equal
and
then,
when
you
looked
at
leadership
now,
leadership
doesn't
mean
necessarily
that
how
many
direct
reports
they
have.
It's
really
you
know
how
they
work
within
our
community.
Are
they
a
leader
within
the
community
or
leader
within
that
job,
that
they're
using
that
they're
performing?
And
that's
where
the
the
recruiter
was
a
little
bit
less
than
the
program
manager
and
then
both
of
them
scored
equally
as
contact
with
others.
G
To
786,
if
those
compensable
factors
fall
within
that
spread,
they
land
in
a
grade
208,
and
this
is
how
we
did
it
for
every
single
one
of
the
positions.
So
you
know,
if
down
the
road,
we
have
to
go
back
and
look
to
see,
you
know:
did
we
classify
this
position
right?
We're
going
to
be
able
to
have
a
defensible
way
of.
This
is
why
we
did
it,
and
this
is
exactly
how
it
played
out.
G
The
life
span
of
an
employee
is
about
30
years,
and
so
it's
a
30-year
spread
for
this
as
well
and
that
first
quartile,
that's
where
someone's
you
know,
they're
they're,
just
new
to
the
position
or
they're
really
gaining
skills
and
they're
getting
skills
with
the
knowledge
of
the
actual
organization
that
they're
working
for
same
thing
with
second
quartile.
It's
a
little
bit
more
skilled
and
they're
becoming
more
proficient
and
by
the
time
they
hit
that
26
years
they're
an
expert
they.
G
G
So
when
we're
aligning
our
our
years
of
exterior
experience
up
to
those
minimum
qualifications
again,
making
sure
that
the
pay
or
the
person
is
placed
in
the
correct
quartile
for
that
position
and
if
they
are
not,
then
we're
moving
them
up
to
the
bottom
of
that
range
all
right.
So
that
way
they're
at
least
paid
what
what
market
would
be
paying
for
that
position.
G
So
base
estimate
of
the
annual
base
pay
costs.
So
when
we
look
at
550
percent
of
our
employees
are
either
at
where
they
should
be
or
above
where
they
should
be
in
regards
to
their
positions,
and
you
can
see
all
the
other
figures
and
really
what
this
plays
out
to
is
about.
51
percent
of
our
employees
will
receive
some
type
of
a
compensation
change
or
a
great
change
back
up.
Everyone
will
receive
a
grade
change,
but
not
everybody
will
receive
compensation
change
there.
We
go.
G
This
slide
is
really
it's
really
impactful
and
I
think,
over
the
last
year
year
or
two
that
I
have
talked
to
y'all,
I
started
off
telling
you
about
the
some
of
the
challenges
we
had
with
the
ordinance
where,
where
our
employees
come
in
they're
placed
at
a
certain
salary
within
a
grade
and
any
time
that
we
offered
cola
or
you
all
approved
cola,
what
the
ordinance
required
me
to
do
was
to
change
the
grade
with
the
same
percentage
that
I
was
changing,
the
employees
pay
and
so
really
what
happened?
G
Is
the
employees
never
had
an
opportunity
to
move
through
their
grade
range?
And
that's
what
you
see
over
here
on
the
left,
so
754
of
our
folks,
that's
pretty
much
where
they
they
called
it
the
cement
sneakers
and
that's
really
where
they
started,
and
they
didn't
receive
any
kind
of
progression.
Through
that
grade,
they
did
receive
pay
increases,
but
not
progression
through
the
grade.
G
What
on
the
right,
based
on
the
study,
what
we
are
showing
is
a
much
more
healthier
organization
by
implementing
the
study
and
that
will
it
spreads
folks
out
through
the
obviously
all
the
four
quartiles
you'll
also
see.
There
were
nine
folks
that
were
below,
and
those
were
folks
that
we
identified
through
the
final
phase
that
were
working
outside
our
classification
and
we
need
to
get
those
folks
adjusted
to
the
right
ones.
G
This
is
also
a
really
impactful
slide,
and
what
it
shows
is
that
we
every
other
year
we
have
to
do
a
eeo4
report
and
what
it
does
is
it
reports
based
on
ranges,
and
then
you
know,
where
is
the
salary
change
and
so
for
those
that
are
making
less
than
3
3
200
they're
100
of
those
folks
are
going
to
be
getting
a
raise,
and
then,
when
you
look
at
those
that
are
making
74,
only
48
of
those
people
will
be
getting
a
raise
for
a
salary
change.
G
Now.
Y'all
may
know
that
back
in
early
january
timing
is
everything
right,
we're
just
getting
ready
to
provide.
You
know:
county
manager,
pender.
Our
findings
and
the
just
economics
came
out
with
a
recommendation
for
living
wage
to
be
increased
to
17
and
70
cents
an
hour.
We
will
be
using
the
17
or
recommending
the
use
of
17
an
hour,
and
the
reason
for
it
is
just
economics.
G
G
G
A
All
right,
great
presentation
that
doesn't
sound
like
there's
any
other
questions
for
now.
Thank
you.
We
look
forward
to
talking
further
all
right
commissioners
that
gets
us
through
the
three
items
that
were
listed
originally,
but
I
did
want
to.
We
do
have
plenty
of
time.
So
let's
have
a,
maybe
just
a
short
discussion
about
the
item
under
new
business
approval
of
coveted
recovery
funding.
A
So
there
is
some
additional
information.
That's
been
added
to
the
website
regarding
the
three
proposals
that
we're
going
to
discuss
this
evening.
A
Maybe
if
some
folks
from
the
early
childhood
education
committee
might
just
share
a
few
high-level
thoughts
about
the
bunker
partnership
for
children,
maybe
a
little
bit
of
information
about
the
time
sensitivity
around
it.
Why
we're
looking
at
that
one
early?
Maybe
just
a
real
high
level
overview
of
it
and
then
we'll
talk
more
at
the
meeting.
Of
course,.
H
Great
I'll
start,
and
then
robert
or
al,
please
jump
in
if
you'd
like
to
so
just
very
very
quickly.
H
The
this
process
in
many
ways
actually
began
about
a
year
and
a
half
ago,
when
commission
asked
our
early
childhood
committee
to
develop
some
specific
recommendations
around
how
we
could
begin
meaningfully
investing
in
pre-k
expansion
that
led
to
a
six-month
ad
hoc
work
group
process
of
really
digging
deeply
into
options
that
north
carolina
counties
have
available
to
them
for
expanding
access
to
quality,
pre-k
and
a
set
of
recommendations
that
came
to
us
almost
about
a
year
ago,
about
june
of
2021
that
really
focused
on
increasing
access
to
nc
pre-k
as
a
strategy
that
made
the
most
sense
given
the
landscape
in
buncombe
county.
H
At
that
point,
the
county
began
working
with
buncombe
partnership
for
children,
which
of
course
folks
know,
is
our
local
kind
of
issue,
area
expert
and
anchor
institution
around
these
issues,
and
they
did
a
very
deep
dive
process
of
working
with
early
childhood
providers
working
directly
with
families
to
identify
a
set
of
strategies
through
which
we
could
really
begin
seriously.
Investing
in
pre-k
expansion.
H
That
culminated
in
a
report
which
was
presented
and
unanimously
endorsed
by
our
early
childhood
committee
early
in
2022,
that
identified
six
targeted
strategies
over
a
two-year
period
to
really
focus
on
strengthening
the
infrastructure
of
our
current
nc
pre-k
program
and
creating
the
environment
in
which
more
providers
can
begin
to
open,
nc,
pre-k
classrooms
and
addressing
some
of
the
long-term
structural
barriers.
We
know
have
made
it
difficult
for
families
to
access
nc
pre-k
in
particular,
including
the
shortened
days
and
transportation
issues.
H
This
package
of
strategies,
which
has
been
before
us
several
times
at
the
discussion
level,
is
now
presented
to
us
as
a
proposal
to
for
the
arpa
funding.
It's
a
two-year
pilot
project,
that's
being
proposed
with
a
total
request
of
around
3.2
million
dollars,
and
I
think
it's
hard
to
over
express
the
amount
of
enthusiasm
that
the
early
childhood
committee
feels
around
the
set
of
strategies.
We
had
again
a
unanimous
endorsement
of
of
this
being
fully
funded
as
well,
and
just
really
reinforcing
that.
H
In
order
for
us
and
buncombe
county
to
get
serious
about
the
business
of
increasing
access
to
pre-k,
we
need
to
invest
in
serious
ways
in
the
the
infrastructure
and
some
of
the
evergreen
challenges.
We
know
that
have
made
it
very
difficult
to
expand
access
in
the
past,
and
this
project
does
does
that
and
structures
it
in
a
way
where
we
have
opportunities
for
assessment
and
evaluation
throughout
and
then
at
the
end
of
the
pilot
period.
We'll
have
a
lot
of
good,
rich
data
to
assess
which
strategies
we
want
to
continue
moving
forward
with.
H
H
No
jasmine,
I
think
you
said
oh
it's.
Our
whole
committee
is.
I
Has
endorsed
and
100
percent?
I
know
I
am
not
speaking
for
out,
but
I
know
we
talked
about
it
earlier-
we're
we're
on
board
to
do
it.
So,
hopefully
we
can
get
some
more
information
and
like
say
the
data
is
there
that
we
need
it
now
we
need
to
just
follow
through
with
this
one-time
money
that
we've
got
coming.
D
A
Great
all
right
any
questions,
commissioners,
all
right
thanks
for
that
preview,
we'll
do
it
all
again,
five
o'clock
and
and
then
so,
there's
two
affordable
housing
proposals
and
one
from
the
actual
housing
authority
for
the
d
review,
we're
calling
the
phase
one
d
review,
reimagining
d
review
project
and
then
the
mountain
housing
opportunities,
the
lakeshore
villas
apartments
in
south
asheville
and
so
the
affordable
housing
subcommittee
has
been
reviewing
these
two
proposals.
A
Along
with,
I
don't
know,
I
guess
about
10
to
12
other
proposals
that
were
submitted
to
the
affordable
housing
services
program,
application
process,
the
organizations
sponsoring
these
proposals
applied
to
both
arpa
and
affordable
housing
services,
program
funding,
but
so
the
affordable
housing
committee's
recommendation
is
to
support
these
two
projects
through
recovery
act
funding.
A
I
think
we
we
had
a
great
list
of
proposals
that
came
forward
this
year.
I
think
the
most
like
robust,
set
of
very
high
quality
proposals
we've
ever
had
before,
so
we're
going
to
have
some
other
recommendations
for
the
affordable
housing
services,
program,
funding
and
some
great
projects
over
there,
but
which
don't
have
the
time
sensitivity
that
these
two
do
so
again.
A
The
the
two
projects
are
one's
a
nine
percent
project.
There's
a
four
percent
project.
We've
talked
about
some
of
the
different
they're
similar,
but
they've
got
some
differences,
but
just
a
real
quick
overview
of
the
d
review
project
being
proposed
by
the
housing
authority
that
would
be
for
between
80
to
82,
new,
affordable
apartment
units
and
the
lakeshore
project
would
be
for
which
is
in
south
asheville
from
mount
housing
that
would
be
120,
affordable
apartments
and
again,
these
are
very
high
degree
of
affordability.
Here.
A
The
average
price
points
for
these
is
for
residents
of
buncombe
county
who
make
60
of
the
area
median
income,
so
a
very
high
degree
of
afforda
affordability
and
all
of
the
units
will
be
eligible
for
residents
who
hold
vouchers.
So
there's
this
big,
as
we
talked
about
this
big
gap
in
the
number
of
units
that
accept
vouchers,
these
two
projects
by
themselves
would
make
a
real,
meaningful
difference
to
them.
A
The
committee's
recommendation
is
to
support
the
deaverview
project
at
the
935
286
dollar
level
and
the
lakeshore
project
at
the
718
616
level.
This
the
developers
did
request
more
funding
than
this,
and
so
we,
our
staff,
did
a
great
job
kind
of
helping
us
analyze.
A
You
know,
what's
the
amount
that
we
really
feel
like,
we
need
to
put
into
this
to
really
fill
the
true
gap
need
for
the
projects
and
the
develop.
The
developers
would
be
able
to
receive
a
developer
fee
for
the
projects,
but
would
defer
a
portion
of
it
and
that's
part
of
how
we
see
the
projects
financially.
A
You
know
working
so
200
units
between
the
two
projects,
so
these
two
projects
by
themselves
would
get
us
over
10
of
the
way
towards
our
20-30
goals.
So
you
know
really
meaningful
in
that
regard
and
for
the
county's
total
investment
here
of
a
little
over
1.6
million
dollars
for
these
housing
projects,
the
d
review
project-
you
know
the
tax
credit
leveraged
from
that
is
over
seven
million
dollars
and
on
the
lakeshore,
almost
10
million
dollars.
A
So
these
two
projects
will
leverage
over
15
million
dollars
of
tax
credit
equity
to
buncombe
county,
so
real,
powerful
way
to
use
our
funds
to
support
really
significant
projects.
So,
anyway,
we're
excited
about
it,
parker
amanda,
any
additional
comments
or
thoughts
from
from
y'all
about
this
we've
been
spending
a
lot
of
time,
looking
at
spreadsheets
and
stuff
over
the
last
couple
of
months
around
these
and
others.
A
C
I
A
Is
our
last
meeting
before
that
date,
so
the
city
council
there's
also
a
request
to
the
city
council
on
the
diva
view
project
their
hcd
committee,
which
is
kind
of
their
affordable
housing
committee
equivalent
had
a
favorable
recommendation,
so
city
councils
are
planning
on
taking
up
the
recommendations
from
their
committee
at
their
meeting
a
week
from
today.
H
A
Do
set
their
rents
at
these
really
affordable
levels.
You
know
they
don't
generate
as
much
revenue
as
a
typical
market
rate
apartment
project
would
so
there
is
a
financial
gap
there
that
we
help
fill
and
but
for
these
two
projects
we
weren't
asked
to
fill
all
of
it
for
the
deaverview,
it's
the
city
in
the
city
and
the
county,
and
then
for
the
lakeshore.
It's
the
county
and
dogwood.
So
there's
a
significant
request
to
that
organization
as
well,
which
hasn't
been
finalized,
but
people
feel
optimistic
that
it's.
H
A
What
david
nash
has
been
attending
our
meetings
from
the
housing
authority
and
kind
of
talking
to
us
about
this?
It
is
very
competitive
process
from
what
david
has
said.
If
it's
not
successful
in
this
cycle,
I
think
the
most
likely
scenario
is
that
they
would
reapply
for
the
nine
percent
program
next
year.
These
you
know,
projects
of
less
than
100
units
sort
of
are
more
challenging
to
do
through
the
four
percent
program.
A
H
So
excited
about
pre-k.
The
reason
it
is
time
sensitive
is
that
there
is
a
july
1
start
date
for
this
project
and-
and
this
in
early
may
is
basically
the
latest
date.
The
bunker
partnership
for
children
could
be
informed
about
a
funding
decision
and
still
be
able
to
begin
it
implementation
on
july,
1,
meaning
that
that
basically
coincides
with
sort
of
the
start
of
a
new
enrollment
year
for
a
lot
of
programs,
so
that
was
the
the
time
sensitive
piece
of
it.
Sorry,
I
forgot
to
talk
about
that.
A
All
right,
commissioner,
so
if
the,
if
the,
if
the
commission
does
approve
these
three
projects
this
evening,
so
they
add
up
to
just
about
about
four
point:
nine
million
dollars
our
round
two
arpa
funding
was
for
an
additional
allocation
of
25
million
dollars.
Rounding
rounding
those
numbers,
so
this
would
be
about
20
of
our
round
two
allocation.
So
you
know
we
still
have
20
million
more
to
make
decisions
on
and
but
the
fact
that
it's
in
early
childhood
education
and
affordable
housing.
You
know
high
priorities.
A
I
think
that's
a
great
great
projects
to
get
to
get
launched
any
other
questions
about
this
for
now
all
right.
Well,
we
will
that's
everything
that
was
on
our
agenda,
so
we
can
adjourn
and
we
will
reconvene
at
five
o'clock
for
the
regular
meeting.