AGENDA

Henderson County Board of Commissioners

100 North King Street, Hendersonville, NC

                                                                                      Wednesday, March 21, 2012

9:00 A.M.

 

CALL TO ORDER/WELCOME

 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY ANGELINA BRANCHE OF THE HAWKS’ 4-H CLUB

 

PUBLIC HEARING

A.     Grant of Economic Development Incentives to “Project PMA”

Request for the Board to grant economic development incentives to “Project PMA”

 

INFORMAL PUBLIC COMMENTS

 

DISCUSSION/ADJUSTMENT OF AGENDA

 

CONSENT AGENDA

A.     Minutes

March 5, 2012

Approval of minutes from previous meeting(s)

B.     Tax Collector’s Report

Routine monthly report on current tax collections

C.     Western Highlands Area Authority – Quarterly Fiscal Monitoring Report (FMR) for the quarter ended December 31, 2011

Routine quarterly financial report

D.     Quarterly Schools Maintenance Report

Routine quarterly maintenance update

E.      Surplus Equipment

Request to approve a resolution declaring surplus equipment, to be sold on govdeals.com

F.      Surplus Vehicles  

Request to approve a resolution declaring surplus vehicles, to be sold on govdeals.com

G.     Ambulance Procurement

Request the Board waive the bid requirements pursuant to NCGS 143-129 and approve the purchase of two ambulances

H.     Proclamation – Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Request to approve a Proclamation, proclaiming April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month

I.        Modification of Facilities Use Policy

Request for modification to the facilities use policy

J.       Resolution of Memoriam – James Breckenridge Blackburn

Request to adopt a resolution in memoriam

K.     Clarification of retention program

Request to clarify the employee retention program

L.      Agri-Business Development  

Request to approve the use of space at King Street for Agri-Business Development

 

Nominations

A.     Notification of Vacancies

Notification to the Board of new vacancies on County Boards and Committees

1.      Home and Community Care Block Grant Advisory Committee – 1 vac.

B.     Nominations

Nominations of citizens to County Boards and Committees

1.      Animal Services Committee – 1 vac.

2.      EMS Peer Review Committee – 1 vac.

3.      Environmental Advisory Committee – 2 vac.

4.      Equalization and Review, Henderson County Board of – 5 vac.

5.      Historic Resources Commission – 1 vac.

6.      Juvenile Crime Prevention Council – 10 vac.

7.      Land-of-Sky Regional Council Advisory Council on Aging – 1 vac.

8.      Mountain Valleys Resource Conservation and Development Program – 1 vac.

9.      Nursing/Adult Care Home Community Advisory Committee – 2 vac.

10.  Senior Volunteer Services Advisory Council – 2 vac.

11.  Travel & Tourism Committee – 1 vac.

12.  Western Highlands Local Management Entity – 1 vac.

 

Discussion

A.     Social Services’ Informational Update

Routine Informational update from the Department of Social Services

B.     2012 Community Waste Reduction and Recycling Grant

Request for Board support of a 2012 Community Reduction and Recycling Grant to the Division of Environmental Assistance and Outreach

C.     Patrolmen living at Fire Stations

Discussion of Patrolmen living at Fire Stations          

D.     Wingate University Programs

Update on Wingate’s Programs at the Hendersonville Campus

 

County Manager’s Report

            Routine Update from the County Manager

 

Important Dates

Upcoming schedule of meetings and events

 

Cane Creek Water and Sewer District

A.     Minutes

Approval of minutes from previous meeting(s)

            February 15, 2012

B.     Engineering Firm Selection / Fletcher Warehouse Interceptor Project

Requests the Board authorizes the selection of McGill & Associates as the most qualified responding firm to engineer and administer construction for the Fletcher Warehouse Interceptor Project

C.     Funding Agreement with the NCDOT / Fletcher Warehouse Interceptor Project

Requests the Board authorizes the County Engineer to execute the agreement with the North Carolina Department of Transportation for payment to the District of $358,696 for the Fletcher Warehouse Interceptor Project

 

CLOSED SESSION

1.      Pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. §143-318.11(a)(3),  To consult with an attorney employed or retained by the public body in order to preserve the attorney-client privilege between the attorney and the public body, which privilege is hereby acknowledged.  To consult with an attorney employed or retained by the public body in order to consider and give instructions to the attorney with respect to a claim.

2.      Pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. §143-318.11(a)(4), to discuss matters relating to the location or expansion of industries or other businesses in Henderson County, including agreement on a tentative list of economic development incentives that may be offered by the Board in negotiations.

3.      Pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. §143-318.11(a)(6), to consider the qualifications, competence, performance, character, fitness, conditions of appointment, or conditions of initial employment of an individual public officer or employee or prospective public officer or employee; or to hear or investigate a complaint, charge, or grievance by or against an individual public officer or employee.

 

 

 

 

 

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