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Buncombe County Board of Commissioners' Meeting from May 2, 2017.
A
A
Earlier
this
week,
former
county
commissioner
doris
gates
and
hannah
passed
away,
commissioner
gates
and
tanner
accomplished
much
during
her
years
of
public
service,
she
helped
organize
the
incorporation
of
the
town
of
Woodson
and
then
was
elected
to
serve
on
the
Woodson
Board
of
Aldermen
in
1976.
She
ran
for
county
commissioner.
A
She
spent
47
dollars
of
her
of
her
own
money.
In
that
campaign
for
cards
to
hand
out
and
to
pay
the
filing
fee,
she
was
the
highest
vote
getter
of
all
the
candidates.
She
would
go
on
to
serve
on
the
County
Commission
for
16
years.
During
her
time
on
the
County
Commission,
she
became
known
for
her
effective
leadership
on
many
issues,
including
support
for
public
schools
and
increasing
teacher
pay.
She
was
known
for
her
accessibility
and
always
returning
any
contacts
from
her
constituents.
A
She
served
on
the
State
County
Commission
board
for
seven
years
driving
to
Raleigh
for
that
board
once
every
month
and
she
spearheaded
changing
the
county's
motto
from
men
to
match
our
mountains
to
a
people
to
match
our
mountains
doors.
His
daughter,
Debbie
cadet,
continues
to
serve
on
the
Woodson
Board
of
Aldermen.
Let
us
hold
a
moment
of
silence
to
remember
the
life
and
service
of
County
Commissioner,
Doris,
Skeets
and
Tanner.
B
To
make
sure
that
everybody
knows
that
City
County
Plaza
on
Thursday
from
12:00
to
2:00,
it's
a
National
Day
of
Prayer
and
there
will
be
representatives
from
the
county
and
the
in
the
city
and
various
faith
organizations.
So
we
encourage
you
to
let
your
friends
and
family
know
and
if
you're
available
to
come
out,
if
not
we'd,
encourage
you
to
pray
for
our
country
and
County
and
and
all
the
work
that's
being
done.
The
need
is
great
and
we
encourage
you
to
do
that
on
the
on
the
forth.
Thank
You
chairman,
thank.
D
A
A
Give
a
lot
of
folks
are
eager
here
and
babies.
All
right
is
there
any
item
on
the
agenda,
the
outcome
of
which
will
have
a
direct,
substantial
and
readily
identifiable
financial
impact
for
any
board.
Member
also
does
any
board
member
have
a
financial
interest
in
any
public
contract
coming
before
the
board
today,
seeing
none
all
board
members
have
a
duty
and
obligation
to
vote
on
any
matters
that
are
voted
on
at
the
County
Commission
meeting
this
evening.
A
Moving
on
the
public
comment,
the
time
for
individual
comment
to
the
board
is
three
minutes.
If
your
time
expires,
you
may
leave
any
question
along
with
your
name
address
and
phone
number
with
the
county
manager
board.
Members
are
not
expected
to
comment
on
any
matters
during
public
comment.
This
is
your
time
to
speak
to
us.
The
board
reserves
the
right
to
deny
public
address
on
any
subject
previously
presented
to
the
board
during
the
same
meeting.
Are
there
any
members
of
the
public
who
would
like
to
participate
in
public
comment
this
evening?
A
E
Going
to
read
because
I
don't
want
to
miss
anything
important.
Mr.
chairman
and
members
of
the
Commission,
my
name
is
Allie
climb,
oh
and
I
serve
as
the
coordinator
of
the
Buncombe
County
aging
plan
I'm
here
this
evening
with
Bill
O'connell
a
volunteer
member
of
the
ACC.
Thank
you
for
agreeing
to
support
the
age-friendly
communities
resolution
appearing
in
your
consent.
E
Consent
agenda
I
am
proud
that
Buncombe
County
has
a
long
track
record
of
going
above
and
beyond
to
serve
its
older
citizens,
both
by
contributing
County
dollars
to
the
federal
and
state
aging
funds,
and
by
approving
ambitious
and
comprehensive
aging
plans
for
more
than
a
decade.
Your
vote
tonight
is
both
a
promise
and
a
mandate
that
we
work
together
throughout
Buncombe
County
and
over
the
long
haul
to
become
more
and
more
age
friendly.
In
addition,
this
resolution
proclaims
May
2017
older
Americans
month
in
Buncombe
County
in
that
Proclamation.
D
Thanks
so
like
the
old
wrestling
matches
with
tag
teams,
I'm
Ellie
said
I'm
bill
O'connell,
also
speaking
to
an
issue.
That's
in
your
consent
agenda,
the
age-friendly
communities
network
appreciate
that
we
have
that
on
the
agenda
tonight
and
I
also
want
to
say
how
neat
it
is
to
be
on
the
agenda
in
this
position.
Speaking
to
this,
at
the
same
time,
you
have
so
many
kids
on
the
other
end
of
the
age
spectrum
I
think
it
says
a
lot
for
our
community.
D
D
We'll
be
looking
for
benchmarks
comparative
measures
with
which
to
be
able
to
come
back
to
you
and
report
how
we
stack
up
relative
to
those
communities
and,
finally,
by
your
direction.
We
also
have
portfolio,
if
you
will
to
invite
other
leaders,
stakeholders
in
the
community
to
join
with
us
in
that
planning
and
by
that
I
mean
folks
from
the
clinical
medical
community,
the
public
health,
community,
education,
business,
housing
and
other
community
services
to
join
us
in
creating
plans
for
the
future
plans.
D
That
always
in
the
past,
have
not
necessarily
cut
across
the
silos
of
our
responsibilities,
and
our
job
will
be
to
try
to
bridge
those.
So
five
years
from
now,
Buncombe
County
should
be
known
as
more
than
just
a
popular
place
to
retire,
but
also
a
model
for
a
community
on
Aging
in
well
being
so,
I
will
end
there
and
thank
you
again
for
your
help
with
this
and
I
appreciate
joining
in
making
this
happen
over
the
next
five
years.
Thank
you.
Thank.
F
F
G
Mr.
chairman,
members
of
the
Commission,
my
name
is
Roberta
Madden
I
live
in
Black,
Mountain,
North,
Carolina
and
I'm.
Here
to
speak
in
in
support
of
the
Equal
Rights
Amendment.
We
sent
each
of
you
a
copy
of
a
resolution
that
we
would
like
you
to
consider,
if
not
tonight,
perhaps
in
your
next
meeting,
the
Equal
Rights
Amendment
has
24
words
and
it's
been
around
for
94
years
and
still
hasn't
made
it
all
the
way
through.
G
G
H
I'm,
just
here
to
piggyback
on
what
Roberta
said,
my
name
is
Amanda
Krause
I've
been
working
on
passing
the
Equal
Rights
Amendment
for
about
a
year
now,
starting
in
Washington
DC
and
doing
the
march
from
New
York
City
to
Washington
DC.
To
raise
awareness
about
this.
All
those
states
have
already
ratified
those.
So
we
need.
We
need
to
really
be
one
of
the
states
to
take
hold
of
this
and
I
think
by
passing
a
local
vacuum.
County
resolution
we'll
be
able
to
raise
awareness
about
this.
H
If
all
of
you
would
take
the
time
to
watch,
a
film
called
equal
means
equal.
It
will
elaborate
on
all
of
the
reasons
why
the
current
laws
do
not
protect
women
fully
against
being
discriminated
against,
and
it
can
be
found
on
iTunes
and
Amazon.
It's
called
equal
means
equal
and
it's
directed
by
camallo
lopez.
H
If
you
check
your
email,
you'll
see,
I
sent
you
details
on
all
of
that
information
and
I
have
here
921
signatures
on
petitions
from
Buncombe
County
residents,
supporting
the
Equal
Rights
Amendment
resolution
here,
so
we'll
continue
to
gather
those
signatures
until
we
can
hold
a
beautiful
presentation
here
for
y'all.
Thank
you
so
much
thank.
I
J
Thank
You,
mr.
chairman,
remember
the
board,
glad
we're
getting
a
good
start
on
the
budget
message
it
may
2nd
to
the
May
31
last
year.
That's
good!
Thank
you
for
doing
that.
First
of
all,
I
don't
think
a
TV
in
the
media
should
be
the
one
announcing
all
this
stuff
out
before
you
hear
it.
We
should
have
had
a
budget
workshop
rather
than
having
a
budget
message.
First,
we
don't
know
what
we're
doing
we're
listening
to
the
county
manager.
That
don't
mean
she
knows
everything
now
number
one.
J
Individual
property
owners
is
the
key
here
they
are
the
taxpayers.
That's
holding
this
thing
up
all
the
way
small
business
you've
heard
of
SIBO
small
business.
They
are
the
1%
okay
1%.
You
heard
that
the
taxpayers
individually
are
the
one
that
is
paying
the
bill.
It
ain't,
the
small
business
people,
the
general
fund
budget
has
increased
10%
over
the
last
10
years,
10
percent
a
year.
J
We
can
show
you
the
figures
if
you
want
whose
budget
is
increased
by
that
individually
or
anywhere
else,
and
what
has
kept
up
with
it,
inflation
sure,
hasn't
or
retirement,
or
nothing
else.
In
2014
296
million
dollars
in
the
budget
to
be
presented
on
the
general
fund
or
the
amended
budget
2015
and
2016,
he
went
to
321.
That's
a
twenty-four
million
dollar
increase
in
two
years
over
the
two
years
now,
plus.
What
are
you
adding
to
the
revenue
neutral
this
year?
J
Revenue
neutral
should
be
at
forty
nine
point:
nine
I've
revised
my
numbers,
I
said
50
cent
a
month
ago.
It's
forty
nine
point:
nine,
with
the
new
numbers,
debt
service,
five
hundred
and
thirty-eight
million
dollars.
We
need
to
have
either
the
county
manager
or
you
take
the
county
managers,
credit
cards
and
tear
them
up
five
hundred
thirty-eight
million
dollars
in
the
hole
okay.
So
we
need
to
be
looking
at
that
the
budget
ordinance
or
budget
message.
J
You
need
to
be
going
back
and
look
at
historical
and
see
just
how
much
this
budget
has
increased
over
times.
Now
it's
not
time
to
stand
here
and
debate
all
this
at
one
time,
but
if
you
want
to
talk
individually,
I'm
happy
to
talk
to
you,
figures
don't
lie,
but
Liars
figure.
They
say
so.
When
we
start
talking
about
numbers,
don't
tell
me
we
can
bring
it
jackin
the-box
out
as
I
had
anytime,
and
you
can
throw
my
numbers
out,
but
I'll
compare
your
numbers
with
anything.
J
The
kind
of
managers
got
and
let's
see
who's
right,
got
that
new
tax
rate.
Forty
nine
point:
nine
anybody
disagree
with
that
told
you
Hannah.
Okay,
nobody
disagrees
so
we're.
Looking
for
the
lure
of
the
tax
rate
here,
the
people
individual
okay,
they're
carrying
the
load
90,
some
percent,
it
ain't,
these
big
business
people
dressed
up.
You
know
I'm
an
individual
and
thanks
alright.
K
Good
evening
county
commissioners,
I'm
Timothy
Sadler
and,
as
some
of
you
may
know,
I
helped
run
a
non-profit
effort
to
help
veterans
actually
homeless
veterans
here
in
the
community
for
about
two
years.
I
did
that
work
and
my
contact
information
still
is
on
some
of
the
resource
materials
for
different
groups
out
there
and
I
like
it.
That
way,
I
from
time
to
time,
will
get
a
call
from
someone
in
in
need
of
some
support
and
I'm
always
happy
to
help
that
individual.
Just
yesterday,
I
got
a
call
from
a
homeless
veteran.
K
Her
name
is
Vivian
Suber
and
Vivian
had
been
referred
to
homeward
bound
on
to
the
SSF
or
ssvf
program,
and
she
is
likely
to
get
support
there.
Unfortunately,
it
takes
time
for
that
process
to
be
complete,
so
it
typically
is,
is
three
to
six
weeks
turnaround
time
well
that
three
to
six
weeks
puts
a
veteran
out
in
the
street
and
and
homeless,
and,
and
that
is
exactly
the
case
of
Vivian,
she
was
lucky
enough
to
have
Alice
who's
behind
me,
helped
with
a
one-night
hotel
room
and,
of
course,
that's
up
tonight.
K
We
are
here
tonight
to
ask
if
there
is
a
commissioner
that
has
a
relationship
with
an
administrator
at
the
Charles
George
facility
that
we
could
sit
down
and
have
this
conversation
it
if
we
can
figure
this
out
here
will
be
a
great
example
for
the
rest
of
the
country,
because,
what's
going
on
here
is
not
exclusive
to
Asheville.
I
have
Alice
behind
me.
She
has
a
little
more
context
to
offer
to
this
matter,
and
thank
you
for
your
time.
L
Good
evening
commissioners
I've
been
before
here
here
many
times
before,
well,
I
see
a
whole
lot
of
new
faces.
This
time,
I've
been
addressing
homeless
situation
in
this
county
for
ten
years
now,
and
it
seems
like
mostly,
the
women
veterans
are
falling
into
the
cracks.
This
is
not
the
first
case
with
Vivian
suber
I've
had
numerous
cases.
L
L
So
in
my
efforts,
starting
or
a
homeland,
that's
is
a
nonprofit
to
help
specifically
homeless
veterans
and
what
those
who
are
at
risk
of
homelessness.
I'm
encountering
a
lot
of
difficulty,
getting
the
resources
to
these
women
to
help
them
and
I
appreciate
any
assistance.
I
can
get
from
the
county
and
I'll
be
talking
to
city
as
well
to
allocate
these
resources
is
difficult
for
the
veterans
because
of
emergency
services
is
not
there.
They
go
for
emergency
services
and
we'll
come
back
next
week.
L
B
A
N
N
He
was
an
MC
for
20
years
with
one
of
the
festival
events
and
he
came
to
our
public
comment
for
not
years,
but
for
decades
we
didn't
always
agree
with
him,
but
he
was
always
passionate
about
the
kids
and
the
fate
of
our
kids,
so
I
just
wanted
to
read
his
name
in
his
memory
into
the
record
tonight.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
O
A
A
motion
in
a
second
all
in
favor,
please
say
aye
aye
all
opposed.
Thank
you
all
right.
Moving
on
to
proclamations,
we're
going
to
start
off
with
the
foster
family
appreciation
month,
recognition
and
Commissioner
Joe
Belcher
is
going
to
help
out
with
this,
along
with
Angie
Garner.
So
if
y'all
would
both
please
move
over
to
the
poach
Arno's.
B
We've
we've
had
adults
do
that
here,
so
it
would
be
okay
with
the
kids
doing
it,
but
I
haven't
had
an
opportunity
to
do
this
several
times.
My
my
daughter
and
my
son-in-law
had
an
opportunity
to
foster,
and
you
know
so,
I
understand
the
relationship
and
my
son
and
his
his
wife
also
adopted
a
young
out
of
my
grandchild
and
in
during
turn.
Actually
they
were
involved
in
the
birth
process
and
everything
so
pretty
exciting.
B
To
be
able
to
to
do
this
so
we've
got,
it
looks
like
we
got
four
families
that
we're
going
to
recognize
and
I
what
I'm
going
to
do
is,
and
it's
actually
four
different,
four
different
award
summary
each
one
of
them
and
you
can
come
up
and
we'll
present
them
into
individual.
And
then
you
want
to
speak
at
the
end
or
you
want
to
speak
towards
each
of
the
awards
tenets
or
each
other.
Okay,
all
right
so
we'll
go
ahead
and
let
me
read
the
first
one
and
then
she'll.
B
Let
us
know
what
the
ward
is
all
about,
but
Buncombe
County,
Commissioners,
recognize
and
honor,
Brandi,
Lam
and
Brandi,
Mackenzie
and
I
hope.
I
got
that
right
on
behalf
of
the
citizens,
oh
yeah,
on
behalf
of
the
citizens
of
Buncombe
County.
This
board
expresses
its
sincere
appreciation
by
presenting
you
with
the
creating
impact
award,
yokomo.
B
You
see
that
you
know
a
pep
all
when
you
see
one,
don't
you
for
bravely
facing
the
challenges
that
impact
children
helping
them
on
to
success.
Your
outstanding
commitment
to
children
and
families
makes
our
community
a
better
place.
Thank
you
for
being
a
true
example
of
our
motto:
people
to
match
our
mountains
and
it's
signed
by
all
of
the
all
of
the
commissioners.
S
Q
B
On
behalf
of
the
citizens
of
Buncombe
County,
this
board
expresses
its
sincere
appreciation
to
you
by
presenting
you
with
the
nurture
back
to
health
award
for
fostering
children
in
need
your
outstanding
commitment
to
children
and
families
and
makes
our
community
a
better
place.
Thank
you
for
being
true
example
of
our
motto,
people
to
match
our
mountains,
and
it
is
also
signed
by
all
the
commissioners.
Thank
you
very
much.
Congratulations.
I.
Q
Well,
yes,
they're
still
fostering,
but
yes,
what
I
want
to
say
is
those
accept
you
that
you
are
a
nurse
and
you
took
time
off
from
your
job
to
help
nurture
a
child
back
to
health,
and
now
they
work
diligently
with
the
birth
mom
with
this
little
child
and
in
fact
attend
church
together
and
medical
appointments,
as
well
with
a
little
girl.
So
thank
you
for
the
work
that
you
do.
B
S
B
Men
wanted
to
say
hi
to
everybody,
since
you
got
here
on
behalf
of
the
citizens
of
the
Buncombe
County.
This
board
expresses
its
sincere
appreciation
by
presenting
you
with
the
shining
supporters
award
for
helping
children
find
their
light
again.
Your
outstanding
commitment
to
children
and
families
makes
our
community
a
better
place.
Thank
you
for
being
a
true
example
of
our
motto:
people
to
match
our
mountains
and
again
this
assigned
to
all
the
commissioners.
Thank
you.
B
Q
I
like
to
say
that
they
just
recently
adopted
a
little
girl
from
us,
I
was
confused.
I
apologize
and
again
I
have
worked
really
hard
with
the
birth
family,
navigating
through
some
difficult
times,
and
we
appreciate
the
work
that
you
do
and
know
that
everything
you
do
is
in
the
best
interests
of
the
children
and
it's
nurses
I.
Thank
you.
S
B
B
On
behalf
of
the
citizens
of
Buncombe
County,
this
board
expresses
its
sincere
appreciation
by
presenting
you
with
the
perseverance
and
dedication
Award
for
providing
safety
stability
and
dedicated
care
that
has
helped
young
people
toward
success.
Your
outstanding
commitment
to
children
and
families
makes
our
community
a
better
place.
Thank
you
for
being
a
true
example
of
our
motto:
people
to
match
your
mountains,
and
again
this
is
time
to
all
the
commissioners.
Thank
you.
Q
So
I
want
to
say
that
the
Andersons
are
in
a
unique
position.
They
have
been
lifelong
resource
for
these
girls,
and
these
two
girls
here
are
super
successful
they're
straight-a
students,
they're
athletes
and
the
oldest
has
just
been
accepted
into
college
and
it's
going
to
be
joining
their
cheerleading
squads.
T
Q
Want
to
say
a
few
words
again,
you
know
again.
These
are
just
for
families
who
represent
many
of
our
families
that
serve
our
children
here
in
Buncombe
County,
and
we
really
appreciate
the
hard
work
and
dedication
that
goes
in
to
the
to
the
difficult
challenging
a
very
rewarding
work
that
these
foster
families
provide
to
our
children
and
to
our
birth
parents.
Working
with
them
as
well.
I
think
that's
good
for
folks
to
hear
that.
C
A
R
Whereas
a
Buncombe,
County
Chapter
of
the
concerned,
bikers
Association
North
Carolina
has
requested
that
the
month
of
May
be
proclaimed,
motorcycle
Awareness
Month
and
whereas
this
board
feels
this
is
the
best
interest
of
all
the
citizens
to
promote
motorcycle
safety
awareness
and
to
foster
the
sense
of
brotherhood
and
sisterhood
among
all
users
of
our
County
roadways.
Now,
therefore,
be
it
proclaimed
by
the
Board
of
Commissioners
for
this
county
of
bunkum
as
followed,
but
the
month
of
May
17
be
proclaimed.
Motorcycle
Awareness,
Month,
Duncan
County.
R
Thanks
to
all
the
citizens,
Buckham
County
are
hereby
encouraged
to
join
area
motorcyclists
in
an
effort
to
improve
traffic
safety
and
increased
motorcycle
awareness.
And
this
is
a
proclamation
be
affected
upon
this
adoption
adopted
this
days
second
day
may
2017
by
the
Buncombe
County
commissioners
German
running
them.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
U
That
was
a
tough
act
to
follow.
This
is
probably
close
to
20
years.
We've
been
doing
this.
We
appreciate
you
doing
it.
I
kind
of
miss
here
and
Bill
Stanley
talked
about
his
old
red
panties
folks,
a
lot
of
you
are
aware.
We
do
go
into
driver's
ed
we're
in
our
11th
year
of
going
into
driver's
ed
classes
in
the
Buncombe
County
Heywood
of
surrounding
counties.
U
To
try
to
make
these
beginning
drivers
motorcycle
aware
we've
got
our
big,
yellow
billboards
going
up
now,
look
out
for
those
all
around
the
county
in
Haywood,
County
and
Henderson,
County
and
folks.
Anything
you
can
do
to
help
us
make
our
driving
public
motorcycle
aware
helps
us
out.
North
Carolina
is
the
12th
leading
state
in
total
motorcycle
registrations.
Now
Buckham
County
is
in
the
top
five
and
per
capita
motorcycle
registrations
in
the
state,
and
we
have
a
lot
of
riders
here
and
local
riders.
We
appreciate
it
folks.
We
have
a
lot
of
visitors.
U
P
P
When
you
read
when
I
read
this
Proclamation
after
I
read
each
one,
they
do
it,
not
a
hundred
percent,
but
a
hundred
and
fifty
percent
I've
never
seen
an
organization
or
a
place
that
touches
the
lives,
whether
it's
infants,
learning
how
to
swim
or
seniors.
Folks
learning
how
to
come
off
of
type
two
diabetes
and
the
programs
they
have.
P
It
is
a
wonderful
wonderful
place
and
it's
it's
a
feel-good
place
and
the
programs
they
have
the
little
money
they
asked
us
for,
and
the
programs
they
give
us
are
extraordinary,
whether
it's
women
trying
to
go
back
to
work,
whether
it's
working
with
a
BTech
students
and
childcare.
So
I'll
read
the
proclamation
now
and
you
look
a
little
like
Holly.
P
Sexism
and
poverty
in
our
community
now,
therefore,
be
it
proclaimed
by
the
bunka
Board
of
Buncombe
County
Commissioners,
one
that
made
2017
be
designated
as
YWCA
of
Asheville
month
in
Buncombe.
County.
To
that,
we
do
hereby
commend
the
YWCA
of
Asheville
in
its
mission
and
efforts
to
eliminate
racism
and
power.
Women
stand
up
for
social
justice,
help
families
and
strengthens
communities,
3
that
this
proclamation
be
effective
upon
this
adoption
adopted
the
second
day
of
May
2017
bunka
County
Board
of
Commissioners,
signed
by
Ronnie
Newman.
V
It's
your
comment.
Thank
you
good
afternoon.
My
name
is
Beth
masca
and
Holly.
Jones
is
a
good
friend.
I
am
CEO
of
the
YWCA
of
Asheville,
chairman
Newman,
County
Commissioners
and
dr.
green.
Thank
you
for
this
proclamation.
Celebrating
the
YWCA
s,
one
hundred
and
tenth
anniversary
I
will
briefly
share
some
highlights
of
our
rich
history
that
lead
up
to
our
curtain.
V
Current
partnerships
of
Buncombe
County
today,
starting
in
1907,
the
first
location
of
the
YWCA
CA
of
Asheville,
opens
as
a
boarding
house
for
self-supporting
women
1913
a
group
of
African
American
women
called
the
Employment
Club
begin
meeting
to
find
jobs
and
provide
support
for
working
black
women
1923.
The
first
official
Phyllis
Wheatley
branch
of
the
YWCA
formally
opens
to
offer
housing
and
employment
resources
for
African
American
working
women
in
the
1940s.
V
The
YWCA
young
Wives
Club
begins
offering
group
childcare
during
its
meetings,
as
the
importance
of
childcare
to
women's
economic
sustainability
becomes
more
evident
in
the
1970s
to
address
the
fact
that
pregnant
teenagers
were
being
forced
to
leave
school.
The
YWCA
starts
the
continuing
education
program
for
teen
mothers.
They
advocate
for
a
policy
change
and
within
5
years.
This
program
is
absorbed
by
the
Asheville
City
Schools
into
the
optional
program.
V
1985
high
dropout
rates
for
pregnant
and
parenting,
teen
teens
motivate
the
YWCA
to
create
mother
love,
a
program
to
support
teen
moms
and
encourage
graduation
and
further
education
1987
in
collaboration
with
the
Buckman
County
Women's
Commission,
the
YWCA
Women's
Center
opens
the
center
offers
a
Job
Club
resource
library,
workshops
and
referrals
in
1999.
The
new
choices
program,
which
provides
case
management,
access
to
child
care
group
support
and
job
skill
building
to
serve
women
living
below
the
poverty
who
want
to
achieve
economic
self-sufficiency.
V
Jumping
ahead
to
2014.
The
getting
per
head
program
begins
to
empower
women
of
all
ages
and
backgrounds,
living
in
poverty
to
take
control
of
their
financial
future,
improve
the
lives
of
their
families
and
better
our
community,
and,
most
recently
in
2016,
the
YWCA
empowerment
childcare.
Formerly,
the
drop
in
childcare
expands
access
to
childcare
for
student
parents
through
a
new
partnership
with
a
BTEC.
The
YWCA
also
provides
on-site
childcare
at
the
new
Family
Resource
Center.
V
As
a
proclamation
notes,
the
YWCA
addresses
gaps
and
access
to
childcare,
education,
health
and
wellness
investments
from
Buncombe
County
Department
of
Health
and
Human
Services
currently
support
the
mother
love
program
that
serves
33t
teen
parents
in
eight
high
schools
in
Buncombe,
County
of
the
mother
love
participants
receiving
case
management.
Last
year,
27
of
the
thirty
three
teens
graduated
high
school
or
advanced
to
their
next
grade.
We
are
also
grateful
to
host
a
community
connector
and
to
receive
additional
Department
of
Health
and
Human
Services
support
for
empowerment,
child
care
program.
V
Last
year,
empowerment,
child
care
provided
nine
thousand
eight
hundred
and
forty
nine
hours
of
free
child
care
to
family,
seeking
economic
security
of
the
one
hundred
forty-seven
family
served
thirty-six
secured
full-time
employment,
three
secured
part-time
jobs,
seven
parents
with
disabilities
secured
benefits
one
enrolled
in
a
four-year
college.
Forty
five
enrolled
in
community
college
or
vocational
training.
Twenty
five
obtained
a
child
care
subsidy
and
found
full-time
childcare.
A
five
parents
started
their
own
businesses.
V
These
services
would
not
be
available
to
our
citizens
without
the
important
support
of
partnership
with
Buncombe
County,
and
we
thank
you
for
your
support.
The
highlights
I
shared
from
our
history
are
only
a
small
part
of
the
impactful
ways.
The
YWCA
has
served
our
community
on
behalf
of
the
YWCA
board
of
directors,
including
our
board,
president
Lindy,
a
child
and
board
members,
Nona,
workman,
Leslie,
Fay
and
dr.
Bobby
short.
We
want
to
invite
you
all
to
join
us
to
celebrate
a
110th
anniversary
on
May
11th
at
UNC
Asheville
from
6-8
lepenski
auditorium
at
the
communities.
V
A
W
Mr.
chairman,
members
of
the
board,
Jason
walls
on
behalf
of
Duke
Energy,
has
applied
to
rezone
ten
parcels
totaling.
Twenty
three
point:
five:
nine
acres
from
our
three
residential
district
to
EMP
employment
district.
The
parcels
are
located
on
the
north
side
of
new
rock
Wood
Road
between
I
26
and
fishers
Mill
Road
and
are
vacant.
With
the
exception
of
three
single-family
homes
along
new
Rock
Wood
Road,
the
parcels
are
contiguous
to
the
existing
Duke
Energy
plant
property.
Access
to
the
parcels
is
largely
through
the
existing
power
plant
property.
W
However,
there
is
direct
access
to
some
of
the
parcels
along
new
Rock
Wood
Road,
which
is
a
NCDOT
Road
and
Aberdeen
Drive,
a
privately
maintained
Street,
providing
access
to
the
late
Julian
Trails
subdivision
the
property
to
the
immediate
north
of
the
subject.
Parcels
is
the
Duke
Energy
power
plant
and
that
property
is
zoned.
Emp
properties
to
the
south,
separated
by
new
rock
Wood
Road
are
comprised
of
single-family
neighborhoods
owned
are
three
residential.
W
The
Lake
Julian
trails
subdivision,
which
is
located
on
the
north
side
of
new
rock
Wood
Road,
is
owned.
A
MP
and
portion
zoned
our
three
properties
to
the
east
of
the
subject
parcels
near
the
intersection
of
fishers.
Mill
Road
are
zoned
r3
and
contain
a
manufactured
home
park
and
some
single-family
homes,
I
26,
is
to
the
west
of
the
subject
parcels
the
applicant
is
seeking
to
rezone
the
properties
in
order
to
provide
temporary
employee
parking
and
staging
of
construction
materials.
W
During
the
conversion
of
the
existing
coal
fire
power
plant
to
a
new
gas
fired
plant,
the
Planning
Department
recommends
approval
of
the
proposed
rezoning
as
it
is
consistent
with
comprehensive
land
use
plan.
The
2013
update
recommends
that
commercial
and
industrial
development
be
within
reasonable
proximity
to
major
transportation
corridors
within
combined
water
and
sewer
service
areas
outside
of
steep
sloped
areas
outside
of
high
elevations
outside
of
moderate
and
high
hazard,
slope
stability
areas
and
outside
FEMA
flood
hazard
areas.
W
W
The
Planning
Board
held
a
public
hearing
on
this
application
April
3rd
of
this
year.
The
applicant
discussed
the
need
to
locate
the
lay
down
yard
and
parking
next
to
the
plant
rather
than
in
off-site
locations
in
the
environmental
and
economic
benefits
of
the
plant
conversion.
He
also
detailed
plans
to
mitigate
the
impact
on
the
community,
including
installation
of
buffers
and
landscaping,
and
direct
directing
traffic
away
from
the
neighboring
subdivisions.
One
person
spoke
during
public
comment.
W
She
stated
she
was
in
favor
of
the
conversion
to
cleaner
energy,
but
was
concerned
that
there
be
an
adequate
buffer
provided.
The
Planning
Board
found
that
the
proposed
map
amendment
is
consistent
with
the
land-use
plan,
as
it
is
readily
accessed
by
a
transportation
corridor
and
can
be
served
by
public
water
and
sewer.
X
X
Of
get
those
answered.
Ok,
for
there
are
trees
that
we're
going
to
be
cut.
We
don't
really
want
any
more
trees
cut
in
our
area.
I
know
we
have
discussed
with
Duke
Energy
before
that
the
farmers
they're
going
to
build
and
that
sort
of
thing,
but
we
are
concerned
I,
guess
because
they're
it's
going
to
really
increase
the
amount
of
traffic
that's
coming
into
that
area
and
that
road
is
probably
not
going
to
sustain
a
lot
more,
but
I
understand
why
they
want
to
have
this
done,
but
I
just
like
a
couple
of
answers.
Ok,.
Y
We've
talked
several
times
and
we've
listened
to
that
community
and
we
understand
their
concerns
around
visual
mitigation
traffic
and
other
things,
and
we've
already
made
some
some
adjustments
to
help
accommodate
some
of
those
concerns.
One
of
the
adjustments
we've
made,
although
in
this
Trumpy,
recognize
that
there's
currently
some
street
cuts
into
the
subject,
parking
properties
we're
asking
to
be
resumed.
We
are
not
going
to
use
those
and
actually
going
to
close
those
properties
off
we're
going
to
direct
employees
to
use
a
this
is
where
that
map
is
weird.
Y
It
is
a
northeasterly
exit
before
Lake
Julian
trail.
The
entrance
of
Lake
Julian
trails
is
the
main
entrance
into
the
power
plant.
Also,
these
properties
allow
us
to
cut
an
internal
road
to
where
all
construction
movement
will
happen
on
plant
property,
and
we
will
not
have
to
use
the
state
road
and
further
kind
of
degrade
or
or
be
a
nuisance
to
our
neighbors
and
so
we're
trying
to
be
very
thoughtful.
Mindful
and
we've
had
a
lot
of
conversations
with
neighbors
on
ways
to
help
address
some
of
their
concerns,
and
we
will
continue
to
do
that.
Y
One
other
item
we're
doing
is
behind
Lake
Julian
trails,
we're
actually
building
a
berm
and
they
and
a
decorative
in
a
decorative
wall
with
landscaping
on
the
apartment
side
of
that
plant.
You
know
as
part
of
our
efforts
to
remove
coal
ash.
We
actually
had
to
take
down
trees
behind
those
those
residents,
those
residential
units
and
so
we're
trying
to
add
back
some
some
pleasing
aesthetic
kind
of
an
individual
mitigation,
and
so
we're
trying
to
be
thoughtful
and
mindful
and
work
directly
with
the
neighbors
to
help
address
a
lot
of
their
concerns.
A
Z
Hi
everyone,
my
name,
is
Susan
Fisher
I
live
in
the
hunters,
trace
neighborhood,
which
is
across
from
the
three
homes
that
were
vacated,
I,
guess,
Duke
Energy
had
purchased
them
and
I
guess.
My
question
is
and
I
could
you
kind
of
answered
it
they're,
not
planning
on
going
into
that
area,
they're
planning
on
going
where
the
entrance
is
further
from
like
Julianne
trails
towards
Glenn
bridge?
Is
that
correct.
A
Z
Z
Z
So
those
are
the
questions.
I
have.
What
are
they
going
to
do
with
their
property
if
the
homes
that
they
vacated
that
they
purchased?
Is
there
going
to
be
a
road
built
into
that
area
where
those
homes
were
vacated?
Are
they
going
to
leave
the
trees?
Is
it
going
to
the
structure
of
that
area
going
to
pretty
much
stay
the
same,
or
what
are
they
going
to
do
with
that
area
that
they
purchase
those
homes?
But
that's
what
my
question
is:
okay,
thank.
A
Okay,
what
I'd
like
to
do
is
close
the
public
hearing,
but
then
I
think
we'd
like
to
hear
from
Duke
any
additional
thoughts.
Some
of
the
questions
that
have
come
up
during
the
hearing,
so
I'm
going
to
close
the
public
hearing
at
5:52
p.m.
and
I'll
invite
mr.
Walz
or
anyone
else
to
share
any
additional
thoughts
based
on
questions
that
we're
asked
during
the
hearing.
Y
Mr.
chairman
you're
stuck
with
me,
I'm
sorry
with
a
diamond,
so
to
answer
several
other
questions
and
if
I
miss
one,
let
me
know
so
the
the
homes
that
were
purchased
we
will
be
tearing
those
homes
down.
Some
of
the
homes
are
in
disrepair
we
just
actually
last
third
I
think
it
was
last
Thursday
or
last
week
we
received
the
final
permits.
Y
The
erosion
and
sediment
control
permits
needed
to
actually
tear
those
homes
down,
and
so
that's
going
to
be
happening
in
very
due
course
and
we'll
be
cleaning
up
those
properties
because
those
those
vacant
buildings
have
really
fallen
into
disrepair
and
have
been
a
substantial
eyesore
to
our
neighbors
across
the
road
and
under
stress,
and
so
we
are
fixing
that
very
quickly.
We
will
be
clearing
some
of
the
trees
on
those
on
those
parcels
there
to
turn
that
property
into
a
lay
down
yard.
Y
What
that
will
allow
us
to
do
is
if
I
had
an
aerial
map,
it
will
allow
us
to
actually
put
the
road
on
the
inside
of
the
power
plant.
So
once
employees
get
to
work,
they'll
park
their
cars,
but
all
of
the
large
equipment.
The
cranes
the
machinery
that
took
those
will
actually
be
able
to
travel
on
plant
property
without
having
to
go
on
the
roadway
to
eliminate
traffic.
The
road
the
entrance
Road
will
actually
be
closer
to
Fisher's.
Y
Mill
Road
will
be
in
between
Fisher's
Mill
Road
and
the
lake
Julian
trails
neighborhood
on
that
intrat
Road,
we'll
be
building
a
700
foot
decorative
wall
to
help
provide
some
visual
mitigation
to
the
neighbors
of
Lake.
Julian
trails
and
I
also
want
to
reinforce
that.
We
know
that
this
is
a
temporary
use.
Y
The
company
has
no
plans
after
we
build
the
plant
for
this
property,
and
so
we
have
committed
to
the
neighbor,
both
the
hunters
tres
community,
as
well
as
like
Julian
trails,
to
have
very
open
dialogue
about
what
they
would
like
to
see
as
we
can,
as
we
finish
the
plant
and
leave
that
area,
and
while
those
conversations
are
ongoing,
that
is
still
our
commitment
to
work
with
the
neighborhood's
on
ways
that
we
can
lead
that
property
as
a
benefit
to
those
communities.
That,
quite
frankly,
we
that
we
will
have
an
impact
on
during
construction.
A
I
W
A
A
Right
and
we've
got
a
motion
in
a
second
a
further
discussion,
all
in
favor,
please
say
aye
aye
any
opposed
all
right.
Thank
you.
All.
Thanks
for
everyone
who
came
for
this
item
next
on
the
agenda
is
three
initial
budget
presentations.
The
first
will
be
from
the
Asheville
City,
Schools
and
I
would
before
we
start.
These
three
I
would
also
reiterate
that
on
Tuesday
May,
2nd
I'm,
sorry
Tuesday
May
16th
at
noon,
the
County
Commission
will
hold
a
budget
retreat
here
at
200,
College
Street
we'll
be
spending
that
whole
afternoon.
A
AA
AA
Quick
look
at
the
factors
that
are
influencing
our
budget
request
tonight.
One
is
the
citywide
demographics.
The
second
is
increased
student
enrollment,
the
classic
k3
class
size
reduction
issue,
state
mandated
increases
and
Phase
two
of
local
salary
supplements.
Actually,
we
are
driven
by
increased
the
privilege
and
honor
of
having
increased
enrollment.
As
you
can
see,
the
population
in
the
city
of
Asheville
is
increasing
1.5
percent
annually
since
2002,
actually
also
looking
at
increased
enrollment
trends
from
our
school-age
population.
Again,
this
is
city
of
Asheville
demographics.
AA
Our
increased
enrollment
trends
in
Asheville
City
Schools.
Over
the
past
six
years
we
have
grown
20%
and
according
to
the
Department
of
Public
Instruction
demographics,
we
are
one
of
19
systems
out
of
115.
That
is
projected
to
show
significant
growth
over
the
next
5
years,
and
here
is
a
graphic
of
our
enrollment.
Actually
over
the
past
5
years
and
today
we
have
4550
students
enrolled
in
Asheville
City
Schools.
AA
That's
a
reflection
of
our
20
percent
growth,
I'd
like
to
focus
for
just
a
moment
on
Asheville
middle.
Thank
you
for
the
beautiful
a
new
facility,
and
it
is
so
true
that
if
we
build
it,
they
will
come.
We
found
that
through
this
school
year,
we
increased
by
100
students
at
Asheville
middle
school
this
school
year
from
last
year.
If
you
will
look
at
the
totals
at
the
bottom
on
the
slide
from
1516,
we
have
699
we're
at
799
today.
AA
Another
way
to
look
at
our
increased
enrollment
at
Asheville
middle
school.
If
you
look
at
798
799
the
students
we
have
today
in
that
building,
when
our
Sirk,
our
3rd
4th
and
5th
graders
get
to
the
middle
school
in
2019
20,
we
will
have
an
increased
enrollment
just
by
kids
in
our
pipeline
today
of
320
students,
the
projected
population
of
Asheville
middle
will
be
1117,
as
you
will
recall
that
building
capacity
is
around
900.
AA
AA
It
allows
us
the
opportunity
to
phase
in
those
classroom
reduction
requirements
I'm
going
to
share
those
with
you
in
just
a
moment,
and
it
also
requires
the
superintendent
of
the
school
district
to
report
directly
to
the
State
Department
of
Public
Instruction,
twice
a
year
to
verify
the
class
sizes
in
k3
next
school
year.
We
will
have
the
opportunity
to
have
20
students
enrolled
for
a
class
in
k3
3.
This
year
we
had
21
students
and
we
always
have
the
flexibility
of
going
up
three
in
a
classroom.
So
the
max
this
year
was
24.
AA
AA
Another
way
to
look
at
the
classroom,
size
reduction
is
again
looking
at
next
year,
the
HB
13
our
projections
for
next
school
year,
adhering
to
the
20
per
classroom.
We,
in
fact
we
worked
on
these
numbers
today
and
they
worked
out
exactly
as
we
had
thought
they
would.
We
will
need
5
new
teachers
to
begin
to
work
on
this
classroom
reduction
size
and
also
we
project
to
new
teacher
assistants.
AA
Let's
take
Claxton,
for
instance,
we
have
four
first
grade
classes
at
Claxton
with
21
children
in
a
classroom
according
to
the
new
legislation
in
2018
19
that
will
translate
into
five
classrooms
just
for
first
grade
now,
with
four
kids
left
over
well,
kids,
don't
come
in
nice
packages
of
sixteen
sixty
and
sixteen,
so
you're
always
going
to
have
some
left
over
a
remainder
which
we
think
will
we
will
have
to
look
at
combination
classes
to
satisfy
some
of
those
requirements.
So
that's
just
an
impact
at
one
grade
level
at
one
school.
AA
C
AA
AA
So
in
answer
to
especially
the
middle
school
enrollment,
we
are
looking
next
year
for
the
Montford
campus
to
be
the
Montford
North
Star
Academy,
and
it
will
have
only
6th
graders
and
we
are
anticipating
about
a
hundred
students
there
and
we
have
future
growth
plans
for
a
seventh
and
an
eighth
grade
class.
But
if
need
be,
as
we
look
at
the
demographics,
it
could
become
a
five
six
school
that
is
still
a
possibility
with
that
facility.
AA
We
are
looking
at
sharing
resources
with
Asheville
middle
school
in
order
to
help
fund
to
pay
for
the
sixth
grade
class
at
the
Montford
campus.
The
second
building
that
we
have
some
space
in
is
Asheville
primary
next
year.
We
are
actually
looking
forward
to
still
serving
our
preschool
program
there,
but
on
the
other
side
of
the
hall,
we
would
like
to
serve
preschool
through
second
grade
again
to
help
with
the
enrollment
issue
and
the
classroom
reduction
size
issue.
AA
We
in
the
future
would
like
to
expand
to
grades
3
and
then
continue
to
add
grades,
4
&
5
as
our
enrollment
increases
and
as
we
see
the
need,
the
Asheville
primary
will
feature
mixed
age
classes
because
it
will
be
based
on
a
Montessori
theme.
We
will
have
four
classes
on
what
I
call
the
other
side
of
the
building
outside
of
the
preschool
and
that
will
be
to
preschool
kindergarten
classes
and
to
first
and
second
grade
classes
again
getting
at
the
classroom,
size
reduction
and
using
our
facilities.
AA
We
do
pride
ourselves
on
our
preschool
program
and
we
will
continue
that
preschool
program
and,
in
fact,
cultivate
it
and
grow
it.
Next
year,
Asheville
City
Schools
will
have
seven
preschool
classes
in
the
preschool
building
18
children
each.
We
will
also
have
three
of
the
Vernor
preschool
classrooms.
AA
We
do
not
get
any
state
funds
for
preschools,
but
you
can
see
some
of
the
funding
sources
there
that
we
do
draw
from
in
Asheville
City
Schools
next
year
we
will
serve
a
hundred
and
eighty
preschoolers.
That
will
be
our
largest
number
ever
for
three
and
four-year-olds
and
again
we
want
to
continue
to
grow
that
program.
AA
These
are
just
some
of
the
highlights
of
the
ways
we
intend
to
spend
our
money
to
look
at
meeting
the
challenges
of
increased
enrollment
and
also
decreasing
class
size.
At
the
same
time,
which
is
really
a
double-edged
sword
for
us,
we
will
expand
and
focus
heavily
on
the
Asheville
primary
campus,
and
you
can
see
some
of
our
needs
there.
AA
We
will
also
be
looking
at
the
Montford
campus
for
resources,
but
mainly
the
Montford
campus
will
be
funded
from
existing
resources
at
the
Asheville
middle
school
and
other
priority
fundings
include
if
we
can
fling
it
another
assistant
principal
at
Asheville
middle
school,
that
wonderful
building
has
those
three
levels
with
sixth
grade
on
the
top
and
and
seventh
and
eighth,
and
we
need
really
an
administrator
on
each
floor
to
help
manage
our
students
and
make
sure
that
we
are
safe.
Then,
in
the
class
size
reduction.
AA
I've
already
alluded
to
the
fact
that
we
would
like
to
look
at
five
new
teachers
this
year
to
begin
to
reduce
classroom
size.
So
it
will
not
be
such
a
way
for
us
year
after
next
and
then
other
resources
that
we
would
look
at
would
include
day
treatment.
Assistance
I
have
been
out
of
the
school
business
for
three
years
now,
and
I
will
tell
you
that
I
have
been
amazed
this
year,
as
I
came
back
at
the
needs
of
our
children
in
terms
of
mental
health
facilities
and
just
help
for
those
children.
AA
So
we
have
begun
a
day
treatment
program
at
each
of
our
levels,
elementary
middle
and
high
school,
and
we
would
like
to
grow
those
also
we're
looking
at
our
state
mandated
increases.
The
salary
increases
that
we
think
will
come
5%
for
certified
and
3%
for
non
certified
and
then
the
benefit
cost
increase
the
retirement
rate
and
the
insurance
will
be
going
up
our
local
increases.
We
are
hopeful
that
we
can
implement
phase
2
of
the
local
salary
supplement
and
we
have
given
you
some
of
those
estimates
for
us
last
year
with
the
local
salary
supplement.
AA
We
did
address
the
living
wage
issue
and
we
also
increase
the
last
step
of
the
local
salary
supplement
for
those
employees
who
had
20
years
or
more
experience.
I
guess
now
we're
to
the
bottom
line
our
ask
and
it's
pretty
simple.
We
are
asking
for
a
5%
increase
over
last
year.
We
would
be
hopeful
that
we
might
be
able
to
have
the
local
salary
supplement
and
then
for
us.
A
very
separate
funding
issue
is
the
ask
asheville
district
supplemental
tax,
which
I
call
the
school
tax.
We
now
are
funded
at
15
cents.
AA
We
would
ask
that
we
be
funded
at
13
cents
and
we
would
like
the
15,
but
we
would
be
so
grateful,
but
we're
hopeful
we'll
get
13
cents
and
then
we
will
be
looking
at
the
Asheville
City
Schools
fund
balance,
because
we
are
opening
for
two
new
campuses
and
we
are
going
to
have
to
use
some
of
our
own
funding
to
do
that.
But
we
are
healthy
enough
that
we
think
we
can
do
that.
We
want
to
thank
you
for
always
being
supportive
of
the
school
system.
AA
We
couldn't
ask
for
better
County
Commissioners,
nor
for
more
support,
and
we
know
that
you
have
everyone
to
look
out
for
and
we
just
appreciate
being
part
of
the
everyone,
and
we
know
that
you
will
fund
us
as
generously
as
you
can
and
we
will
look
forward
to
that.
I
have
been
the
superintendent
of
Asheville
City
Schools
for
30
days
now.
P
AA
Not
sure
that
I
will
have
the
answers,
but
I
do
have
the
Asheville
City
Schools
leadership
team
with
me
back
here.
We
thought
all
of
you
would
wait
and
our
board
chair
and
those
are
the
experts
back
there.
So
we
will
be
happy
to
entertain
any
questions
that
you
have
and
if
you
don't
have
any
we'll
be
very
happy
about
that
also
I.
S
P
AA
Yes,
we
have
actually
we
fund
locally,
a
teacher
at
the
elementary
level,
and
then
we
are
partnering
with
a
mental
health
agency
who
actually
I
believe
draws
down
Medicaid
from
our
students,
and
we
have
begun
a
program
at
the
elementary
level
had
one
well
actually
two
classrooms
on
the
preschool
site
and
we
have
just
sent
those
children
back
to
their
home
schools.
With
some
push
in
supports.
AA
In
longer
right
now,
we
have
been
told
that
they
already
have
to
site
licenses
and
they're
not
supposed
to
have
more
than
two,
although
I
guess
the
latest
word
and
Mandy
can
help
me
with
this-
is
that
maybe
that
could
be
gotten
around
so
and
also
our
consultant
told
us
that
that
facility
was
not
appropriate
for
the
preschool.
But
we
have
our
preschool
expert
here,
who
is
the
principal
of
Asheville
primary
but
she's,
also
our
preschool
director.
B
AA
AA
AA
B
AA
A
D
AA
AA
Believe
that
will
be
a
trading
chip
because
I
think
the
I
really
don't
know
the
reasoning
at
the
general
assembly,
but
I
would
think.
The
reasoning
is
that
if
you
have
fewer
children
in
a
classroom,
you
wouldn't
need
as
many
adults.
So
right
now
we
have
assistance
funded
for
kindergarten
through
second
grade
and.
C
AA
A
AA
A
AA
AA
We
are,
and
actually
we
were
hopeful
that
we
would
have
50
students
and
we
have
really
been
amazed
at
the
interest
in
a
small
setting.
We
normally
lost
children
at
the
middle
school
age
level.
They
would
come
to
us
through
elementary.
They
would
depart
to
go
to
charter
schools
at
the
middle
school
level
and
they
came
back
to
the
high
school,
but
this
year
and
I
believe
thanks
to
that
gorgeous
new
building
and
other
initiatives.
But
that
is
such
a
big
drawing
card.
A
That's
great,
and
so
so
sixth
grade
will
start
and
the
fall,
and
then
a
decision
will
be
made
to
build
it
out
as
a
sixth,
seventh
and
eighth
grade.
Basically
smaller
middle
school
right
or
there
might
be
a
chance,
it's
more
like
an
intermediate
school
of
five
six,
that's
if
the
the
primary
scenario
is
that
it's
going
to
be
a
smaller
setting.
A
AC
AA
AA
AC
O
Z
O
AA
And
we're
requesting
another
SRO
I,
don't
know
if
you
noticed
up
on
the
screen.
We
have
one
that
is
shared
among
all
the
elementary
schools.
We
have
one
at
the
middle
school
and
we
have
two
at
the
high
school.
So
we
were
requesting
an
additional
SRO
to
help
cover
Montford
and
the
primary
school
and
also
help
with
the
other
elementary
schools.
We
would
divide
those
campuses
between
the
two
FRS.
You.
O
AA
O
AA
O
S
P
AA
P
B
B
It
was
for
the
for
the
elementary
schools
to
go
in
the
elementary
schools.
I
can
tell
you
at
some
of
the
it's
different
at
different
schools,
that,
of
course,
it's
different
in
Irwin
and
in
Pisgah,
but
the
ones
that
I
have
seen
have
been
just
friends
to
the
children
they
go
in
there
reading
to
the
kids.
They
are
trying
to
minimize
the
you
know
that
here.
M
B
Fear,
you
know
and
I
mean
one
blue
lights
behind
me.
I
get
a
little,
you
know,
but
you
know
it's
just
the
part
of
the
uniform,
but
we
approve
that
too,
so
that
the
the
young
kids
would
have
someone
that
would
make
them
feel
more
safe
and
someone
they
could
actually
go
to
so
I.
Think
building
on
that
relationship
is
a
good
thing
to
do
as
well
as
some
of
the
other
needs
that
you
might
have
within
school.
They
were
talking
about.
You
know,
mental
health
needs,
and
they
were
also
talking
about.
B
Were
the
SRS
we're
being
used
that
somewhere
spread
a
little
thin
and
they
would
like,
as
you've
requested,
maybe
maybe
another,
but
so
I,
think
in
general,
or
the
relationship
between
SRO
and
the
school
is
really
good.
That
they're
they're,
both
the
principal's
as
well
as
SROs,
are
doing
a
doing
a
fantastic
job
from
what
I'm
from
what
I
hear
so
right.
A
AD
The
way
we're
going
to
proceed
is
in
three
steps:
I'm
going
to
give
you
a
very
brief
overview
of
who
we
are
at
the
college,
what
we're
doing,
because
I
think
there
are
some
numbers
there
that
you
may
be
interested
in
then
we
are
going
to
move
into
the
budget
request
and
after
that,
I'm
going
to
have
an
in-depth
explanation
of
our
capital
improvement
projects
which
we're
asking
you
to
fund
this
year
and
that
will
be
done
by
dr.
Dirk
willness
who's
sitting
over
here
to
my
left.
He
is
my
right.
AD
The
college
was
funded
about
was
founded,
of
course,
in
1959,
we
are
approved
by
the
Southern
Association
of
colleges
and
schools,
the
Commission
on
Colleges.
This
is
the
approving
accrediting
body
for
the
southeastern
part
of
the
United
States.
It's
in
it's
vitally
important
that
we're
accredited
and
we
are
in
fact
through
to
2024.
AD
AD
They
are
the
kinds
of
things
that
lead
directly
to
work
directly
to
jobs
in
Buncombe
County
and,
as
a
matter
of
fact,
we
pay
attention
to
that
on
a
regular
basis,
because
if
we
are
running
a
program
which
does
not
lead
to
jobs
than
we
cancel
it,
because
we
want
the
students
who
go
into
those
programs
to
know
that
they
can
get
an
academic
degree
which
will
also
lead
them
to
a
job.
Only
three
of
our
programs
and
they're
very
popular,
but
only
three
of
our
programs
lead
to
university
transfer.
AD
That's
the
associate
nartz
the
associate
science
and
the
associate
in
engineering
degrees
all
of
those
transfer
through
an
articulation
agreement
that
we've
worked
out
with
the
university
system
into
the
four-year
institutions
and
the
articulation
agreement
is
so
smooth.
Now
that
the
student
is
guaranteed,
when
finishing
his
transfer
degree
with
us
to
be
able
to
take
all
of
those
credits
into
the
university
and
be
in
junior
status
there
at
the
university
continuing
education.
Of
course,
you
know
about
the
thing
in
there
that
we're
probably
the
most
proud
of
is
basic,
adult
education
and
high
school
equivalency.
AD
AD
We
have
a
number
of
proposed
new
programs
which
I
think
we
have
mentioned
before,
but
it's
worth
taking
a
look
at
them.
I
have
a
home
for
the
interventional
cardiovascular
technology
program.
We
will
be
beginning
that
one
in
January
of
this
year,
on
the
fourth
floor
of
the
new
allied
health
building,
the
rest
of
the
programs
on
there
are
all
in
the
investigatory
stage
we're
looking
to
see
if
we
can
get
some
of
them
started.
Mr.
AD
The
enrollment
this
year
was
very
healthy,
nine
thousand
nine
hundred
and
ninety-one
students
in
curriculum
classes.
Those
are
the
ones
seeking
college
degrees
and
diplomas.
Now.
The
reason
why
that
number
is
as
large
as
it
is
is
because
students
don't
necessarily
go
semester
after
semester
in
a
need
model,
as
we
used
to
in
the
60s
and
70s.
Instead,
many
of
our
students
drop
out
for
a
semester.
We
call
them
stop
outs,
but
they
are
still
seeking
a
degree.
AD
Our
total
number
is,
in
the
two
large
semesters
of
the
year,
was
nine
thousand
nine
hundred
ninety
one
students
continuing
education,
the
various
activities
there,
thirteen
thousand
four
hundred
and
eighty
nine
students
for
a
total
of
twenty-two
thousand
eight
hundred
and
sixty
three
people
taking
some
sort
of
activity
at
a
BTEC
during
the
the
year
that
we're
about
ready
to
complete
and
then
a
number
that
I'm
real,
proud
of
I
want
to
share
with
you
here
by
the
way.
The
slide
was
updated
about
four
o'clock
this
afternoon,
so
that
number
is
no
longer
accurate.
AD
We
degrees
and
diplomas
that
we
will
be
awarding
in
on
the
thirteenth
of
May
degrees
and
diplomas
will
be
ten
a
one
thousand
and
ten.
We
also
will
be
awarding
295
certificates
again,
a
small
group
of
courses
about
four
to
five
in
a
field
that
gets
the
person
ready
to
go
out
and
get
a
job
real
quickly,
295
certificates
for
a
total
of
one
thousand
three
hundred
and
five
one
thousand
three
hundred
and
five
degrees
diplomas
certificates
that
we
will
be
awarding
this
semester.
AD
The
total
enrollment
at
a
BTech
anybody
who's
ever
touched
any
course.
With
us,
since
1959
is
three
hundred
and
thirty
nine
thousand
people
in
and
over,
ninety
percent
of
that
number
are
Buncombe
County
residents
well
over
ninety
percent
of
that
number
employees
right
now.
Two
hundred
and
forty
nine
full-time
staff,
178
full-time
faculty
and
then
part-time
staff
of
a
hundred
and
fourteen
and
four
hundred
and
seventy
three
part-time
faculty
members
for
a
total
of
little
over
a
thousand
people
who
work
in
some
fashion
at
a
BTech
and
now
our
budget
request.
AD
We
are
asking
this
year
for
seven
times:
seven
million
eight
hundred
thousand
dollars
from
you.
That
is
an
increase
over
the
previous
year
and
we'll
talk
about
that
in
a
moment.
In
addition,
we
are
putting
into
that
an
anticipated
fund,
balance
of
eight
hundred
and
forty
six
thousand
nine
hundred
and
seventy
nine
dollars.
So
the
operating
revenue
of
the
year
is
going
to
be
we're.
Proposing
is
eight
million
six
hundred
and
forty
six
thousand
nine.
Seventy
nine.
AD
The
increase
is
principally
two
things
first
of
all.
Last
year
we
did
not
ask
you
for
a
salary
increase
for
our
employees.
However,
our
our
county
employees,
our
county
employees,
however,
the
state
gave
a
increase
to
our
state
employees
and,
as
a
consequence,
we
had
to
give
that
same
increase
out
of
the
county
budget
to
the
county
employees.
That's
about
50
people
that
that
means
that
the
number
that
we're
asking
for
this
year
goes
up
by
the
raise
that
was
given
last
year.
AD
In
addition,
the
governor's
budget
right
now
is
proposing
a
2%
raise
and
a
$500
bonus.
That's
the
only
thing
we've
heard
from
the
General
Assembly,
and
so
we
have
built
that
into
the
number
there
so
part
of
the
increase
we're
asking
for
is
that
raise
we
gave
last
year
and
we've
got
to
give
again
this
year
and
the
raise
that
we're
anticipating
the
General
Assembly
giving
to
state
employees.
In
addition,
the
the
major
capital
projects
add
up
to
four
this
year:
1.5
million
dollars
and
I'm
going
to
ask
Dirk
to
explain
those
to
you.
AE
AE
One
thing
that
we've
noted
since
have
been
at
a
BTEC
for
the
last
year
or
so
is
that
we
have
an
aging
fiscal
plant
and
one
of
the
things
that
the
leadership
of
the
college
was
able
to
address
a
couple
years
ago
was
the
full
facilities,
assessment,
condition
assessment,
and
so
in
2015
they
did
a
capital
improvement
plan.
A
terior
two
year
plan
to
address
to
address
the
shortcomings,
deferred
maintenance
at
the
institution,
and
this
was
but
to
be
updated
annually.
AE
However,
it
wasn't
really
funded,
except
through
the
reserves
that
the
college
has
had
on
hand
over
the
last
couple
of
years.
We
have
now
revised
that
for
this
year
and
this
document,
I
don't
have
a
copy
for
you
to
full
copy
today,
but
I
will
send
this
to
each
of
you.
So
you'll
be
aware
of
the
condition
assessment,
as
well
as
our
prioritization
of
the
deficiencies
that
need
to
be
addressed
over
the
next
10
years,
and
we
did
include
that
three-page
spreadsheet
in
your
budget
package
from
us.
AE
So
if
you
want
to
get
a
rush,
look
at
that,
you
can
go
in
and
see
what
we've
done
to
prioritize
those
needs
over
the
next
ten
years.
Those
assessments
address
things
such
as
roofs,
HVAC
controls,
health
and
safety,
life,
safety,
sustainability,
energy
efficiency
and
then
also
we
have
put
in
a
building
longevity
concerns
and
most
notably,
the
fact
that
that,
while
we
have
a
beautiful
campus
with
these
fluted
bricks,
the
reality
is
is
that
there
are
very
porous
material
and
they
need
to
be
routinely
cleaned
and
sealed.
AE
And
so
we
built
into
the
budget
a
routine
plan
for
doing
that,
starting
next
year
with
starting
with
Simpson
and
then
Elm,
which
is
another
issue,
a
building
that
needs
to
be
addressed
fairly
quickly.
And
then
we
would
proceed
with
this
plan
over
the
next
ten
years.
Asking
for
your
support,
as
well
as
identifying
other
sources
of
support,
as
we
have
done
already.
AE
If
you
look
at
the
spreadsheet,
that
is
in
your
packet,
you'll
see
that
a
great
many
of
the
deficiencies
that
we
cited
two
years
ago
have
had
been
addressed
with
connect,
NC
bond
funds,
and
so
that's
counting
as
a
head
start,
but
moving
forward.
We
can't
continue
to
ignore
the
deferred
maintenance.
The
Senate
that's
there
and
we
want
to
make
the
investments
and
repair
and
replacements
that
need
to
be
made
moving
forward.
So
I'll
be
glad
to
answer
any
questions.
B
A
B
AE
Assessment
was
done
in
2015
and
it
identified
a
ten-year
plan
that
was
to
be
moved
forward.
Every
year
it's
been
revised
this
year.
There
were
some
projects
that
were
accomplished
last
year
and
this
year,
but
moving
forward
there's
a
consistent
and
a
forward-looking
plan
that
will
address
those
items
in
priority
order.
Okay,.
AD
That
has
is
the
document
that
you've
already
received
column
by
column,
the
explanation
of
the,
for
example,
the
1.5
million
we're
asking
for
this
year,
but
then
the
rest
of
the
next
10
years.
But
in
there
there
is
also
a
an
explanation
of
each
building
that
we
own
and
the
condition
of
that
building.
AC
AE
They,
okay,
yes,
well.
Obviously,
a
lot
of
the
buildings
that
we
have
the
older
inventory
on
some
of
those
buildings
are
3040
years
old,
and
so
usually,
when
you
capitalize
the
building
you've
showed
appreciation
over
it's
useful
life,
which
typically
probability
would
be
50
years
with
HVAC
equipment
or
roots.
It
could
be
20
years
or
whatnot.
So
that
is
addressing
the
fact
that
we
have
a
lot
of
our
assets
that
are
now
nearing
the
end
of
their
useful
life.
They
need
be
replaced.
Rooves.
B
AE
AE
B
P
You
were
gracious
enough
to
take
Commissioner,
Whiteside
and
I
and
trustee
Jean
Belt.
Is
he
still
here
and
you
know,
I've
been
back
and
forth
at
a
BTEC
for
various
things,
but
I
was
really
horrified
at
the
state
of
some
of
those
buildings
and
it
was
almost
like
two
different
worlds.
You
know
the
beautiful
allied
health
building
and
then
two
blocks
over
the
leaking
the
smell.
P
What
you
did
said
have
a
good
air
quality
report,
so
it
would
be
easy
to
point
fingers
and
say
you
know
how
this
got
to
be
the
state
at
that,
but
I
think
for
the
public
and
for
us
and
our
tax
dollars.
We
really
need
a
concrete
plan
of
going
forward,
so
we
don't
have
a
bright
new
building
and
then
one
falling
apart,
not
too
far
away
and
also
so
I
hope
we
can
get
that
also
I
think.
P
At
that
time
we
asked
for
a
list
of
the
most
popular
classes,
the
ones
where
people
were
achieving
the
most
success
in
to
get
that
also
I
think
we
had
asked
quite
a
while
ago
the
racial
breakdown
of
the
faculty
and
also
the
applicants.
As
far
as
diversity,
and
then
also
I,
think
somebody
said
when
we
were
there,
the
incubator
and
brewery
and
Inca
the
utilities
on
that
we're
greater
than
at
the
campus.
Is
that
right?
No.
C
A
Don't
have
any
questions
right
now,
but
I
appreciate
the
presentation
and
I.
You
know
and
I
do
think
that
I'm
glad
we're
spending
time
talking
about
the
maintenance
needs,
because
it's
not
the
you
know,
always
the
glamorous
new
new
projects.
But
it's
it's
an
important
responsibility
to
make
sure
we
take
care
of
these
facilities
long-term,
so
I'm
glad
we
have
this
and
as
with
all
the
different
budget
items,
of
course
we're
going
to
have
difficult
decisions
to
make
about
prioritization
of
that.
C
A
AD
AD
AD
B
I
would
like
one
other
comment.
I
would
like
to
say
to
this.
The
capital
improvement
plan
that
you've
given
us
and
the
way
that
you
have
spread
this
out
is
very
clear
on
each
of
these
buildings
as
to
what
the
needs
are
and
replacing
and
it
it
looks
like
it's.
It's
a
it's
very
well
thought
out
and
and
and
I
appreciate,
it's
very
easy,
very
easy
to
look
at
this
and
determine
what
you're
going
to
be
doing
to
these
buildings,
and
we
n
tend
to
see
that
each
of
them,
you
know,
have
some
work.
B
B
You
know
they've
a
comment
and
go
out
and
seeing
something
I
think
any
buildings
need
there
are
times
when
you
can
catch
them
on
a
good
day
or
a
good
month
or
a
good
year,
and
they
need
work
and
so
I
think
you
know
for
me,
I,
you
know
I
just
want
to
know.
You
know
how
you're
taking
care
of
that
and
I'm
not
going
to
get
into
the
weeds
on
it.
You
know
it's
just
to
be
able
to
know
that
those
other
great
buildings
out
there.
B
We
know
that
the
way
they're
made
I'll
give
a
you
know
shout
out
to
John
and
dr.
green
on
that
on
the
way
those
buildings
are
done,
you're
not
constructed
you're,
not
going
to
have
the
same
issues
and
not
even
we're
not
going
to
have
this
discussion.
Well,
I.
Don't
have
this
discussion
because
I'm
normal,
you
know,
hope
I'm
around,
but
I'm
not
going
to
be
in
this
seat
down
there.
You
know
many
many
years
down
the
road,
but
so
I
think
those
precautions
have
been
taken
on
the
new
buildings.
B
It's
the
old
buildings
that
we're
concerned
about,
and
if
there's
not
a
good
capital
plan
or
a
good
maintenance
plan,
you
know,
then
it
does
it
doesn't.
You
know
make
us
concern,
but
a
it
would
be
very
easy
for
you
to
give
us
that
and
then
that
concern
could
be,
could
probably
pretty
easily
removed.
I
think
so
as
long
as
a
good
plan
like
this,
so
the
capital
plan
I'll
just
give
you
kudos
for
that.
So
thank.
AD
B
O
I
want
to
commend
you
too
I'm
thinking
it's
a
good
permanent
preventative
maintenance
plan.
Unfortunately,
we
haven't
had
that
all
along,
but
going
forward.
I
agree
gel.
That
should
eliminate
a
lot
of
the
problems
chap
today,
because
it's
obvious
with
some
of
those
buildings
I
went
into.
It
was
much
of
a
point:
cool
good.
AC
X
AD
P
Was
I
got
there
good?
It
was
helpful
too
I
think
for
some
of
us
when
we
saw
something
like
six
million
dollars
in
the
budget.
Called
maintenance.
I
was
in
the
impression
it
was
for
maintenance
and
and
Dirk,
was
very
kind
and
explained
how
that's
broken
down
so
because
it
gave
the
impression
of
maintenance
being
performed,
but
it's
not
that
at
all.
So
thank
you
via
the.
AD
Of
it
covers
both
of
our
our
maintenance
people
and
our
police
force.
A
couple
years
ago,
we
went
from
having
a
security
guard
force
that
was
not
armed
to
a
sworn
deputized
police
force
and
that
cost
the
county
a
lot
of
money.
But
with
the
kinds
of
things
that
have
happened
and
on
college
campuses,
it
was
the.
A
AD
AB
Mr.
chairman
commissioners,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
present
the
2018
budget
tonight.
As
you
know,
we
have
many
departments
and
locations
where
citizens
can
access
our
service,
some
one
that
it
starts
presentation
tonight
by
sharing
a
video
of
some
of
those
locations.
Folks,
there's
some
that
people
will
never
really
see
without
this.
AB
I
also
want
to
think
before
we
start
several
members
of
our
staff,
who
have
done
just
a
really
good
job
to
get
us
to
this
point
to
know
I
think
Diane
price
autumn
lovers,
Matt
Evans
we're
sitting
here
in
the
back,
also
want
to
thank
all
our
department,
heads
and
their
support
staff
that
helped
put
these
budgets
together.
It's
a
lot
of
work.
It
starts
in
November
when
we
start
coming
in
with
capital.
Plans
goes
right
on
through
the
end
of
June
when
they
start
wrapping
it
up
after
everybody's
adopted
it.
AB
Okay,
this
budget
is
the
2018
budget,
is
419
million
two
hundred
eighty
nine
thousand
dollars,
and
it's
composite
above
the
non
general
in
the
general
fund
components.
The
non
general
phone
components
which
are
paid
with
fees
and
special
revenues
and
restricted
taxes
includes
solid
waste
insurance,
air
quality,
fire
districts,
occupancy
tax
and
9-1-1
funds.
AB
The
general
fund
portion
and
I
would
say
before
we
get
to
the
general
fund,
while
we
focus
on
the
general
fund,
because
it's
for
our
mandated
programs
on
where
the
bulk
of
our
property
tax
or
where
our
property
taxes
and
keep
Avenue
store
located.
I
didn't
want
to
acknowledge
that
all
of
our
revenues
come
from
our
citizens
and
visitors
to
our
community,
and
we
are
very
conscious
of
that.
AB
AB
In
2003,
the
General
Assembly
passed
a
law
that
said,
for
each
taxing
unit
has
to
publish
a
revenue
neutral
rate
in
a
reappraisal
year
and
using
the
new
real
estate
value,
while
values
did
go
up
a
great
deal
this
year,
and
it
is
the
taxable
properties
in
this
in
the
tax
base
that
generate
our
property
tax
levy,
I
would
say
that
we
also
have
a
significant
non
profit
non-taxable
base.
It
also.
AB
So,
in
calculating
a
revenue
neutral
rate,
we
would
we
would
take
a
look
of
what
our
year
would
be
like
without
a
reappraisal,
so
it'd
be
what
it
were
revenues
last
year.
What
was
growth,
because
the
statute
is
very
clear
about
with
keeping
growth,
and
then
we
use
this
this
new
tax
base
that
comes
from
the
reappraisal
to
generate
the
tax
rate.
That
would
would
we
would
need
to
have
that
much
money
come
into
our
budget,
17
plus
growth,
and
that
tax
rate
would
be
50
1.3
cents
in
our
appeal
loss.
AB
We've
used
three
hundred
and
forty
million
dollars,
and
we
will
have
a
further
discussion
about
that
on
the
16th
so
that
we
know
how
the
process
works.
How
we
reach
that
number.
So
our
old
rate
of
60
point
four
revenue
neutral,
is
51
point
three
and
we
have
used
fifty
five
point:
nine
to
develop
this
budget.
A
penny
is
now
worth
three
point:
six
million
dollars,
so
funding
cuts
at
this
point
is
a
pretty
it's
a
big
leap
to
get
to
a
penny.
AB
If
we
talk
about
our
revenues
for
a
few
minutes,
property
tax
here
in
the
yellow
is
by
far
is
our
primary
revenue
and
by
legislative
design.
It's
the
source
that
we
have
the
most
control
over.
We
also
receive
sales
tax
revenues
and
that
is
authorized
by
the
General
Assembly,
with
some
restrictions
and
distribution
of
sales.
Tax
can
be
changed
by
the
legislature
at
any
time
and
we
have
intergovernmental
revenue
that
we
will
also
talk
about
as
I
go
through
this
process.
AB
Some
people
like
to
see
a
pie
chart
and
some
people
like
to
see
a
chart.
Property
tax
represents
sixty
two
point:
seven
percent
of
our
revenue
streams.
Let's
talk
to
a
minute
about
sales
tax
sales
tax
in
Buncombe
County
is
seven
percent,
seven
cents,
another
dollar
that's
collected
by
our
vendors
and
sent
to
the
North
Carolina
Department
of
Revenue.
They
keep
four
point.
AB
Seven
five
cents
of
that
is
then
two
and
a
quarter
cents
back
to
the
community
and
as
it
comes
back
into
the
community,
we
have
to
distribute
it
several
different
ways
say
this
red
dot.
There
we
go
the
first
half
cent.
Half
penny
goes
to
the
school
capital
Commission
from
the
k-12
bricks
and
mortar.
A
quarter
of
a
penny
is
article
46
and
we
have
use
that
for
education,
but
it's
used
as
defined
in
resolution
by
commissioners,
so
that
leaves
a
opinion.
AB
It
happened
that
we
move
on
through
here
and
distribute
to
k-12
for
complete
call
at
current
capital
with
it's
basically
equipment,
some
major
maintenance,
it's
rarely
the
bricks
and
mortar,
but
you
might
see
some
major
maintenance
like
roofs
come
out
of
that
money.
We
give
that
to
the
schools
every
year
and
they
have
the
total
discretion
over
them.
AB
The
21
fire
districts
also
receive
a
portion
of
sales
tax.
Our
municipalities
receive
a
portion
of
the
sales
tax,
and
then
we
get
to
the
portion
that
we
get
to
keep,
which
is
about
eight
point,
eight
point:
five
percent
of
the
total,
our
point
six
or
six
tenths
of
a
cent
is
the
best
way
to
put
it
so
two
and
a
quarter
comes
back
to
us
and
we
end
up
with
six
tenths
of
a
cent
for
the
Macomb
County
General
Fund.
S
B
AB
B
AB
B
C
AB
B
AB
Look
at
the
little
different
way.
Looking
at
the
sales
tax
we
generated
in
2016,
331
million
dollars
worth
of
sales
tax
in
Buncombe
County.
Two
hundred
twenty
six
point:
five
million
of
us,
the
big
blue
area
here,
went
back
to
the
state.
There
are
there
several
boxes
here,
but
basically
42
million
of
it
went
to
to
education.
AB
We're
always
grateful
to
have
it
and
we
are
very
nervous
when
they
start
looking
at
it
of
making
changes
to
it
in
Raleigh,
and
they
tend
to
do
that.
Every
session,
the
other
funding
stream
that
I
want
to
talk
about
intergovernmental
revenues,
but
down
this
slide,
I
really
did
like
it.
This
is
where
your
federal
money
goes.
So,
if
you
take
a
look
at
it,
if
we
spend
$100
to
to
Washington
they're
going
to
put
it
into
several
of
these
pots,
Social
Security
Medicare,
defense
Medicaid.
AB
This
is
to
healthcare
issue
issues
down
here:
veterans,
SEP,
you
take
a
look
they've
cleanly
in
different
parts.
Well,
we
do
get
intergovernmental
revenue
for
paying.
They
pay
us
for
service,
and
they
pass
to
reimburse
some
of
our
expenses
so
coming
into
our
general
fund
would
be
monies
from
say:
Medicare,
Medicaid,.
AB
Some
transportation-
that's
not
in
the
general
fund,
it
does
come
into
US
and
some
housing
assistance,
so
those
are
the
primary
areas
where
we
get
intergovernmental
revenue
to
operate
our
budget,
and
that
represents
sixteen
point.
Seven
percent
of
our
funding
stream,
but
I
think
a
really
much
larger
point
to
that
we
need
to
make
is
in
our
community.
A
lot
of
this
money
comes
back
if
we
are
an
aging
population,
so
we
have
people
who
receive
Social,
Security,
Medicare
and
Medicaid
and
other
health
issues.
AB
Health
funding
is
provided
for
on
their
behalf
and
that
benefits
our
healthcare
providers
there's
food
stamps
which
they
receive.
So
when
you
look
at
what
our
citizens
receive,
it
turns
over
in
our
community
many
times,
so
the
impact
we
have
is
not
just
what
you
might
see
in
the
in
the
EMS
and
human
service
budget
from
intergovernmental.
Is
it
really
is
largely
impact
from
what
the
citizens
receive?
Also
one
other
thing
we
use
to
avoid
having
to
raise
property
tax
is
appropriated
funds.
AB
The
fund
balance
is
simply
the
cumulative
impact
of
revenues,
less
expenditures
over
the
life
of
our
organization.
We
are
required
to
have
a
fund
balance
and
historically
we've
appropriated
funds
and
have
a
great
track
record
of
not
using
that
fund
balance.
So
if
you
look
over
the
10-year
period
here
eleven
year
period,
you
can
see
we
have
appropriated
phone
balance
every
year
and
we
have
yet
to
use
any
fund
balance
and
do
not
anticipate
using
it
in
2017,
which
is
something
we
watch
very
closely.
Is
it
so.
AB
We've
actually
cut
back
on
areas
in
our
departments
where
they
we've
known.
We
would
have
savings.
We've
already
cut
back
on
those
to
get
to
this
budget
tonight,
so
we
don't
have
as
much
fund
balance
to
appropriate
our
areas
where
we
can
save.
We
continue
to
look
at
that,
but
right
now
we're
not
in
a
position
to
say
we
can.
We
can
appropriate
six
or
seven
million
and
feel
like
we
can
save
it.
So.
AB
About
following
line
the
resources
are
not
depleted.
When
we
do
fund
balance,
we
always
try
to
know
basically,
where
we're
going
to
save
that
what
departments
traditionally
don't
spend
as
much
where
we
might
have
different
sites.
It's
a
complex
process
to
sit
down
and
say:
okay,
we
think
we
will
have
less
expenditures
or
generate
more
revenue
and
it's
we
have
used
that
up
and
cut
departmental
budgets
back
by
some
of
those
things.
So
we
won't
have
those
savings
and
therefore
we
cannot
apropriate
as
much
fund
balance.
I.
A
C
A
Me
it's
great
that
we
don't
spend
it
you
know,
but
it
seems
that
if
we
really
tighten
it
up,
then
we
shouldn't
I,
don't
know
I've,
always
thought
we
should
show
less
plans
to
do
that
in
the
first
place,
but
in
the
past,
just
based
on
the
past
practice
of
actually
finding
ways
to
not
need
it.
It's
always
worked
out
in
a
positive
way,
but
I
like
the
idea
of
just
trying
to
project
as
accurately
as
possible
what
we
anticipate
we
will
need
in
the
departments
and
forecasting
less
of
it.
A
P
AB
So
that's
where
we
get
our
money
now,
what
do
we
do
with
it?
And
and
why,
if
you
look,
we
are
a
creature
of
counties
that
are
created
basically
to
administer
state-level
programs
and
we
don't
govern
alone.
We're
very
much
told
some
of
the
things
we
have
to
do.
So,
if
you
take
a
look
at
this
top
box,
bad
reflects
the
mandated
county
services
that
we
have
includes
things
like
Public,
Safety,
Human,
Service,
Emergency,
Management,
property,
tax
assessment
elections
registered
deeds,
building
home
enforcement
education.
In
a
summary,
so
we
are
required
to
provide
those
services.
AB
Those
services
represent
ninety
two
percent
of
the
expenditures
in
our
budget.
If
you
come
down
and
take
a
look
at
the
blue
box,
there
are
things
that
we
can
also
provide.
If
we
want
to
they're
optional
just
for
counties
and
there
you
see,
we
do
provide
some
of
them
water
and
Cooperative
Extension.
The
next
box
is
a
little
bit
hard
because
it's
it
overlaps
what
those
municipalities
and
counties
can
do.
These
would
boost
a
focus
in
this
box
right
here.
AB
Those
are
the
optional
services
that
we
can
provide
and
those
include
things
like
our
solid
waste,
art
library,
our
mountain
mobility,
ambulance,
services,
Parks
and
Recreation
stormwater,
land
regulation,
to
name
a
few.
So
when
you
look
at
92%
of
our
expenses
being
consumed
by
the
mandated
services,
it
doesn't
leave
very
much
to
provide
these
optional
services.
AB
Because
taking
a
look
at
the
functional
portion
of
our
spending,
you
see
that
human
service
is
thirty
five
point:
six
percent
of
our
expenditures-
Public
Safety,
is
twenty
eight
point:
three
education
is
twenty
three
point:
seven
and
in
the
general
fund,
is
where
an
general
government
is
where
you
would
see,
registered
aides
tax,
no
actions,
so
those
are
areas
that
consume
92
percent
of
the
budget.
Those.
AB
Expenditures,
yes,
we
have
not
I
have
not
netted
over
revenue,
just
provide
you
a
different
way
to
read
it
if
you
prefer
tables,
but
instead
of
just
looking
at
the
functions
where
we
spend
our
money,
I
thought
we'd
also
look
at
the
nature
of
our
expenditures.
If
you
look,
41%
of
our
budget
is
salaries
and
benefits,
and
we
have
almost
1,500
employees.
Basically,
17%
is
operating
expense.
AB
And
this
is
just
another
way
to
look
at
that,
and
it
tells
you
not
just
the
percentages
but
the
dollars
now.
I've
also
included
the
debt
service
there.
Let's
talk
about
the
individual
expenditures.
We
are
education
as
a
mandated
service
area.
It's
one
of
some
of
the
local
options.
You
have
really
are
around
supplements,
but
they're
very
clear
about
many
of
the
things
we
have
to
provide
in
education.
So
that's
county
school
city,
schools
and
a
BTEC
I
wanted
to
point
out.
AB
I
thought
this
was
a
pretty
good
graph
because
we
have
kids
in
so
many
different
types
of
educational
units,
Rep
about
38,000,
k-12
students,
63%
of
those
are
in
County,
Schools,
11%
in
city,
schools,
five
in
charter,
none
in
private
and
11%
or
homeschooled.
So
if
you
look
it's
a
pretty
it's
a
bigger
percentage
in
private
and
homeschool
than
I
realized.
Until
we
did
this
research
know
both
city
and
county
schools
have
to
share
the
funding
they
receive
from
both
the
state
and
the
county.
AB
AB
Asheville
City
Schools
has
also
there's
a
direct
relationship
there
in
the
funding.
We
have
to
pay
them
on
an
ATM
or
average
daily
membership
basis,
how
pretty
steady
on
a
BTEC,
and
if
you
look
but
on
the
debt
service
payments
which
we've
added
there,
it
has
gone
up
over
the
last
five
years,
but
we've
opened
five
new
k-12
schools
and
form
facilities
for
a
BTech
in
total.
Our
educational
budget
from
14
to
now
is
up
by
17
million
dollars.
AB
AC
Ask
a
quick
question:
just
going
back
to
the
previous
slide,
it
is
striking
to
see
that
11
percent
of
local
kids
are
being
homeschooled
comfortable
to
the
Asheville
City
Schools
I
haven't
seen
that
stop
before.
Can
you
just
quickly
either
quickly
review
for
us,
and
maybe
we
could
get
information
later
about
any
mandated
services
that
are
required
to
be
provided
to
kids,
who
are
home-schooled,
but
the
county
is
responsible
for
budgetarily
I'd.
AB
AB
And
there
are
some
your
costs
included
in
our
budget.
One
is
the
Cox
Avenue
is
coming
online.
We've
been,
would
capitalize
the
interest
on
that
and
that's
a
gorgeous
building.
You
saw
it
in
the
video,
but
it's
also
a
maxout
very,
very
busy
building
in
terms
of
what
we
serve.
So
the
debt
service
on
that
is
four
point:
seven
million
dollars.
We,
my
paper
here
sees
me
just
a
second
all
right.
A
new
funding
stream
is
a
tipping
and
community
innovations
grant
for
half
a
million.
We
do
have
a
couple
of
state
mandated
requirements
here.
AB
It's
a
new
work
coming
on
in
NC
fast
and
some
increases
in
state
retirement
for
our
employees,
and
then
we
have
some
debt
service
and
energy
and
utility
expenses
that
are
also
new
to
our
budget.
If
you
look
at
our
capital
projects
that
we're
requesting
it's,
the
lowest
number
I've
ever
come
in
with
this
is
basically
a
2.8
million
dollar
request.
AB
The
big
part
of
that
request
is
2.3
million
dollars
to
do
repairs
to
the
exterior
of
the
Old
Courthouse
that
is
taking
one
water
in
a
couple
of
places.
We've
put
that
off
for
two
or
three
years,
and
just
don't
think
that
we
can
put
it
off
any
longer
and
maintain
the
structure
of
the
facility.
So
we
would
finance
that
in
the
debt
service
would
be
171
thousand
dollars,
there's
also
a
replacement
of
a
cooling
tower
at
the
first
tower
of
the
detention
center.
AB
AB
B
P
Can
we
just
go
back
to
that
the
so
we
never
formed
an
equity
task
force.
Those
were
all
under
Health
and
Human.
Services
and
I
thought
that
money
one
was
coming
from
the
revenue
from
federal
prisoners
and
also
I
thought
it
was
already
approved
and
set
aside
and
the
tipping
grants.
Weren't
part
of
that
and.
AB
AB
P
AB
That's
okay,
I'll
I'll.
Make
sure
that
that
noted
in
the
record
get
back
to
your
question,
though,
if
you
were
on
go
out
and
buy
a
house
or
carve
the
payment
that
we're
going
to
make
is
the
same
thing
every
month
for
the
life
of
that
death
and
that's
what
most
people
think
of
how
they
think
of
debt,
but
in
governmental
debt,
especially
in
North
Carolina,
because
we
have
the
local
government
Commission
and
it's
critical
to
maintaining
the
site's
triple-a
rating.
It's
also
beneficial
to
maintaining
our
triple-a
ratings
in
decline.
AB
In
the
first
place
they
require
that
you
pay
even
principal
payments
so
on
your
car
loan.
You've
got
a
loan
and
you're
paying
a
lot
of
interest
in
a
little
bit
of
principal
bit
on
a
government
loan
you're
paying
the
same
amount
of
principal
in
every
payment.
So
your
payment
starts
high,
which
answers
your
question
about
the
debt
it
starts
high
and
then
it
makes
its
way
down
because
you
pay
less
interest
every
payment
with
titanians
twice
a
year,
the
impact
of
that.
AB
So
you
start
paying
on
a
million
dollars
at
sixty
three
thousand
and
when
you
get
to
the
end
of
it,
you're
paying
30
for
prepayment.
The
impact
is,
if
you
look
on
the
left-hand
side,
you
can
see
if
you
went
out
and
bought
something
for
a
million
dollars
as
John
Q
public
and
had
a
regular
mortgage.
You
pay
$50,000
for
your
payment
and
endow
what
you
would
have
paid
a
million
and
a
half
in
government.
AB
We
start
with
a
high
payment
and
make
our
way
to
our
lower
payment,
and
we
pay-
maybe
three
percent
less
three,
two
three,
two
three
and
a
half
percent
less
for
the
cost
of
the
project
doesn't
seem
like
as
much
an
a
million
dollars.
It's
a
lot
on
mewni
million
spot-on
for
you,
mm-hmm,
so
I
hope
that
answers
your
question.
We
start
high
and
it
makes
its
way
down
because.
B
AB
B
A
A
T
AB
AB
O
B
AB
That
is
something
that
mister
flora
watches
every
day
and
it's
dashboards
so
that
we
know
when
something
might
be
eligible
for
a
refinancing,
but
go
back
to
the
Commissioner
first
question.
Our
debt
balance
on
July
first
will
be
407
million
dollars
and
that's
comprised
of
fifty
three
point.
Six
percent
of
that
is
for
education.
That
means
a
couple
of
things.
AB
We
have
restricted
revenues
that
we
use
to
pay
that
portion
of
our
debt,
its
article
46
and
we
currently
are-
are
paying
for
the
allied
health
public
public
safety
training
facility
classroom
of
the
Flex
building
in
their
deck,
but
it
also
Article
39
pays
for
the
k-12.
So
out
of
the
53
point,
six
percent
of
that
day
of
the
debt
it
has
its
own
unique
payment
stream.
I
want
to
move
down
then
to
the
economic
development,
which
is
the
GE
building.
It
also
has
its
funding
stream
because
we
get
lease
payments
from
GE
for
that.
AB
That
would
throw
us
into
debt.
We
don't
need
to
build
a
landfill.
Our
schools
are
pretty
well
taken
care
of
and
there's
a
solid
plan
going
forward.
So
there's
not
anything
that,
just
tomorrow
would
say,
you've
got
to
go
out
and
build
a
jail
or
you've
got
to
go
out
and
build
a
landfill
work.
We
plan
for
those
things
and
we've
done
them
pretty.
Well.
AB
Our
debt
to
asset
ratio
is
very
good.
We
have
1.3
billion
dollars
worth
of
assets
and
we
carry
407
million
dollars
worth
of
debt
and
I
can't
do
a
PowerPoint
just
yet
without
German.
Yes,
favorite
slide.
It's
like
you,
have
a
61
thousand
dollar
mortgage
on
your
two
hundred
thousand
dollar
home
purchases.
AB
I'm
going
to
think
that
dr.
short,
very
much
for
about
bringing
up
that
the
House
bill,
3,
that
our
lobbying
agents,
which
is
the
State
Association
of
County
Commissioners
and
two
others-
that
we
follow,
had
a
different
interpretations,
so
I
will
follow
with
them
tomorrow
to
make
sure
we
were
told
that
everything
was
pushed
off
for
a
year,
but
I
will
follow
up
with
them
tomorrow
to
make
sure
about
that.
So
that
part
is
basically
better
news
I,
and
there
are
a
lot
of
bills
out
there.
AB
C
AB
It
passes
the
factor
that
use
one
of
the
factors
that
you
used
to
calculate
our
set
up
the
sales
tax
that
will
get
drops
from
us
getting
1.06
percent
percent.
Two
point:
nine
percent.
The
impact
of
that
is,
we
would
lose
one
point,
four
million
dollars
in
sales
tax
that
bill.
The
reason
we
watch
it
closely
is.
This
is
not
the
first
time
it's
been
introduced.
We,
it
was
introduced
last
last
session
and
introduced
again
this
against
this
session,
and
so
we
will
watch
it
very
very
closely.
AB
This
year
in
17
we
lost
$600,000
in
sales
tax.
Last
year,
you'll
recall
they
expanded
the
sales
tax
base,
particularly
to
provide
funding
to
smaller
counties.
They
also,
it
was
two
years
ago
they
did
it
and
they
also
budgeted
1.7
a
17
point:
six
million
dollars
to
hold
larger
counties
like
ourself
harmless.
So
it
held
us
harmless
for
one
year.
Then
they
did
not
budget
to
hold
harmless
for
17.
So
this
year
was
lost.
600,000
at
this
other
bill
passes
were
lost,
lose
1.4.
AB
AB
And
we've
had
good
growth,
we're
a
retail
community
and
that's
one
of
the
one
of
the
strengths
of
that
particular
sales
revenue
streams.
For
us,
if
you
are
Madison
County
or
one
of
the
smaller
counties,
the
argument
is,
they
need
the
money
to
build
schools
and
but
I,
don't
think
with
the
small
amount
they
get,
that
they've
been
able
to
build
schools
with
the
portion
that
gotten
so
far.
AB
Well,
the
budget
process
is
actually
very
far
from
over.
As
chairman
Newman
mentioned,
we
do
have
a
retreat
on
the
16th
from
12:00
to
little
after
4:00,
where
we
will
hear
from
here
about
state
at
the
financial
state
of
the
county.
We'll
hear
a
lot
more
about
the
reappraisal
process
and
outcome
from
that
we're
going
to
hear
from
many
of
our
larger
departments
to
get
a
high-level
overview
of
what
they
do,
the
services
they
provide
for
our
citizens.
AB
We
just
don't
have
decisions
to
make
about
nonprofits
funding,
which
we
may
would
also
talk
about
that
day.
At
the
5
o'clock
o'clock
meeting
on
the
16th,
we'll
hear
from
Buncombe
County
Schools
in
our
fire
departments-
and
we
didn't
hear
from
County
Schools
tonight
because
they
don't
pass
their
budget
until
Thursday
night
when
their
board
meets,
we
have
21
fire
districts,
we're
hearing
some
pretty
consistent
things.
AB
They've
got
all
have
older
equipment
that
needs
to
be
replaced,
several
wants
to
build
substations,
there
are
new
regulations
around
safety
and
the
cost
of
safety
equipment
has
has
gone
up
and
grants
have
dried
up,
but
you
will
hear
from
them
on
the
21st
and
I.
Think
they'll
have
a
very
organized
approach
to
this.
To
the
discussion
on
June
6,
we
will
have
a
public
hearing
on
the
budget.
AB
Another
thing
that
changed
last
year
was
any
money
you
appropriate
for
economic
development
also
requires
a
public
hearing,
so
we'll
also
hold
a
public
hearing
on
the
economic
development
coalition
funding
on
the
six
that
that's
just
a
new
requirement.
You
can
Nora
constant
confusion
around
that
from
last
year.
Very
few
people
use
that
as
a
justification
going
forth.
AB
B
Thank
you
very
much.
Yeah
I've
just
got
I've
just
got
a
couple
that
I
know.
This
is
a
living
document
and
thank
you
for
the
clear
presentation
tonight.
I
do
I
would
like
an
explanation
on
the
Ferry
Road
property.
How
that's
impacted
I,
think
that
I
think
the
public
knows
about
that
and
I
think
it'd
be
good
to
have
a
good
explanation
on
one,
how
that's
impacted
this
this
year's
budget
and
when
the
property
does
sale.
AB
We
did
include
6.8
million
dollars
in
one-time
revenue
in
the
17
budget
in
anticipation
of
selling
the
Ferry
Road
property.
We've
had
good
activity
on
the
property,
but
we
don't
have
an
offering
hand.
We
did
have
someone
who
saw
it
yesterday
and
he'll.
Listen,
others
will
be
seeing
it
tomorrow.
So
there's
very
some
activity.
We
have
some
some
other
people
in
the
community
who
are
taking
a
look
at
it
too.
When
we
do
sell
it,
it
is
one-time
revenue.
So
a
couple
options
we
would
have
is
to
take
it
and
use
it
for
one-time
expenses.
AB
AB
Have
a
have
buyers
for
all
of
our
portion
of
the
property,
and
at
that
point
in
time,
when
we
realize
realize
that
revenue,
because
we
do
have
to
come
to
you
to
to
accept
the
offer
and
sell
the
property,
we
may
have
ways
that
you
would
like
to
use
the
money
or,
as
you
look
at
some
of
the
one-time
things
that
we
need
to
fund.
It's
not
recurring
money,
though.
B
S
C
S
B
AB
Are
having
to
recover
fight
in
this
budget
and
we've
had
to
identify
a
lot
of
places
that
we
could
cut
and
hold,
and
and
in
order
to
make
it
through
17
without
that
revenue
stream.
We,
you
know,
there's
a
chance,
it'll
sell
in
18
it
wasn't.
It
wasn't
a
real
good
experience
to
go
ahead
and
budget
it
and
and
have
it,
not
sell.
Unless
we
worked
to
get
an
offer
in
the
next
few
weeks
before
the
calendar
year,
I
mean
the
fiscal
year
ended,
then
it
might
give
you
some
options
on
use
for
one-time
expenses.
B
AB
AB
B
C
B
M
I
Is
you
with
Ferry
Road?
Yes,
it's
a
one-time
occurrence,
but
why
are
we
telling
the
taxpayer
that
you're
the
one
that's
going
to
pick
up
the
currents
and
a
tax
increase
in
your
property
tax?
That's
what
we're
doing,
but
we're
not
going
to
go
down
we're
just
going
to
ask
them!
Give
us
the
money,
then
you'll
figure
out
but
I,
don't
understand.
I've
asked
the
question
more
than
once,
when
we
purchased
the
land
city
of
Asheville
special
six
point:
eight
million
dollars
in
the
city
of
Asheville
supposed
to
cut
us
a
check
for
3.4
million.
I
AB
The
general
statute
that
was
written
to
address,
selling
that
piece
of
property
said
that
the
proceeds
from
that
would
be
split
between
Henderson,
County
and
Asheville,
and
a
Nashville
had
to
direct
their
proceeds
to
the
county
to
use
for
public
safety,
which
we
did
so
it
was
restricted
use
coming
back
in
and
I,
don't
know
if
that
answers
your
question
or
not,
but
it
was
a.
It
was
a
several
step
process.
Well,.
A
I
It
don't
matter
if
they
did.
The
vote
was
made
for
this
property
in
a
15-minute
session
is
costing
the
county
taxpayers
basically
2%
on
their
property
tax.
So
it's
our
stupidity
for
doing
it
start
with
buying
land
and
if
now
we're
trying
to
sell
land
underneath
now
expect
the
taxpayers
to
pay
property
tax
on
the
same,
if
we
might
sell
it
still
yet,
but
it's
not
going
to
come
back,
it
will
be
utilized
the
money
of
the
utilized
in
something
else
in
the
county
so
and.
AB
I
Back
to
the
house,
miss
green,
the
house:
if
you
buy
a
$200,000
house,
you
can
only
afford
$200,000
house
pretty
soon
it's
going
to
catch
up
to
you.
Well,
we
could
just
got
caught
up
too,
but
we
have
a
way
to
get
it.
We
can
go
to
Dad's
I
need
some
more
money
to
fix
it
with.
So
that's
you
know,
that's
not
the
way
you
fix
things
if.
AB
A
Thinking
about
this
purely
from
a
budget
standpoint,
we
are
going
to
come
out
ahead
on
this
to
the
tune
of
several
million
dollars
so
which
budget
year
gets
counted
in
all
these
things
matter.
But
in
the
big
scheme
of
things
once
this
property
sells,
the
county
from
a
revenue
standpoint
will
come
out
ahead
on
this
by
several
million
dollars,
and
that's
just
that's
just
the
cash
flow
reality
of
it.
So,
just
to
kind
of
keep
in
mind
that
that
that
is
the
case.
We.
A
P
B
Well,
I
didn't
want
to
you
know
rehash
history,
but
I
think
sometimes
history
is
important
for
the
people
to
be
able
to
understand
what
happened
and
that
we
have
to
figure
out
a
way
to
lessen
the
impact
as
we
go
forward
and
in
the
budget
process
and
I'm
hopeful
that
we're
hopeful
that
we're
going
to
do
that.
We
you
know,
we
just
need
to
do
that
and
we'll
figure
out
a
way
to
make
that
happen.
So.
B
Quite
a
few
people
that
have
you
know,
think
goodness,
rightfully
so
filed
for
appeal
and
you
know,
and
that's
usually
a
pretty
good
amount.
I
know,
that's
you
know
and
I'm
not
trying
to
get
you
to
give
an
amount.
Yeah
I
know,
that's
a
pretty
good
amount
that
that
it
does
affect
the
budget
also,
as
as
we
move
forward
to
June
and
figuring
out
the
budget
so
well.
AB
B
You
know
it's
actually,
you
know
the
family's
outs
are
going
you
who
you
know
when
they
get
the
news
that
Darren
Oakland
that
there
they
would
peel
their
value
and
we
have
listened
to
them
and
listen
to
their
petition
and
it's
been
changed
and
and
I
think
I've
heard
you
say
that
it
may
not
only
affect
that
one
person,
but
if
it's
on
a
city
on
a
block-
or
maybe
someone
had
a
home
located
near
something
that
you
know
impacted
the
value
that
it
may
impact
more
than
one.
It.
AB
Does
our
property
tax
base
is
broken
into
neighborhoods,
unique
things
and
I'll
just
use
my
neighborhood?
We
have
44
homes
and
if
I
appeal
something
that
was
just
about
my
property,
then
I
would
probably
the
only
one
that
that
they
adjusted
a
base
on
up
or
down
either
way.
But
if
somebody
appealed
it
because
of
an
issue
with
the
road
or
something
that
was
the
common
infrastructure,
it
might
and
would
most
likely
adjust
our
44
rates
and.
P
AB
AB
AC
AB
A
J
A
Opposed
on
may
16th,
the
Board
of
County
Commissioners
will
hold
a
budget
workshop
beginning
at
noon.
In
the
first
floor
conference
room
at
200,
College
Street
in
downtown
Nashville
that
evening
at
5:00
p.m.
in
this
room,
326
a
tuner
College
tree,
the
Board
of
Commissioners
will
hold
their
regular
meeting
I'll
entertain
a
motion
to
adjourn.
Second
all
in
favor.
Please
say.