MINUTES
STATE
OF NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY
OF HENDERSON MAY 22,
2000
The Henderson County
Board of Commissioners met for a special called meeting at 2:00 p.m. in the
Commissioners= Conference Room of the
Henderson County Office Building at 100 North King Street, Hendersonville,
North Carolina.
Those present were: Chairman Grady Hawkins, Vice-Chair Bill
Moyer, Commissioner Renee Kumor, Commissioner Don Ward, Commissioner Marilyn Gordon,
County Manager David E. Nicholson,
Finance Director J. Carey McLelland and Budget Analyst Selena
Coffey.
Absent was: Clerk to the
Board Elizabeth W. Corn. Mr. Nicholson prepared notes in Mrs. Corn=s absence.
Present from Blue Ridge
Community College was Mr. Ed Bell, Dean of Administrative Services.
Also present were:
Dr.Tom Burnham, Superintendent of Henderson County Schools and the following
members of the Board of Public Education: Chairman Ervin W. Bazzle, Vice-Chair
Brenda Brock, Kenneth Butcher, Allen Combs, Melissa Maurer, and Jane
Orwoll. Absent from Board of Public
Education was Linda Hawk.
CALL TO ORDER/WELCOME
Chairman Hawkins called
the meeting to order. He welcomed the
Board of Education and stated that the purpose of this meeting was to review
the Board of Education=s budget, Blue Ridge
Community College=s budget and to review
several pieces of budget information requested by the Board at previous
meetings.
FY 2000 - 2001 BUDGET
Board of Public
Education - Budget Request
Board of Education
Chairman Ervin Bazzle recapped their budget development process and thanked the
Board of Commissioners for their assistance in last year=s budget. This year, due to growth in the number of
students, they are getting an additional 9.5 positions from state funding.
Superintendent Tom
Burnham reviewed their budget request.
Their budget is broken down into three sections - Uncontrollable,
Program Enhancements, and Salary Increases for Non-Certified Employees.
The Boards also discussed
other issues such as state recommended class sizes, the need for additional
classrooms and school fund raisers. The
Boards discussed the need to improve technology in the schools to assist
students in their higher education and in the job field.
Dr. Burnham stated that
they had requested 2.3 million dollars in capital funding. He provided the Board with a chart of
completed capital projects.
There were no further
questions/discussions with the Board of Education.
Blue Ridge Community
College - Budget Request
Ed Bell, Dean for
Administrative Services for Blue Ridge Community College, stated that their
original request was for a 1% reduction in funding for FY 2000-2001. However, the Board of Trustees wished to
request two Sheriff=s Deputies. The net cost of this request is an
additional $50,000 or a 2% increase.
The Board discussed with him the proposed state bond package. Blue Ridge Community College would get 1.6
million dollars in renovation funds for the Flat Rock campus.
Miscellaneous Budget
items
The Board continued
their review of the budget by looking at several items from previous budget
workshops. These included funding of
the additional staff for EMS for nine months, Library security, Public
Buildings= Contracted Services,
Zoning Fees and a chart of the total number of personnel by department.
The Board discussed the
requests for the Board of Education and Blue Ridge Community College. Funds were provided in the County Manager=s Recommended Budget for
the Uncontrollable Expenses and Program Enhancements. The Board agreed with funding these sections of their budget
request. The Board discussed the
request for security at Blue Ridge Community College. The Board agreed not to fund this additional request.
The meeting was
adjourned at 4:35 p.m.
APPROVED BY:
Grady Hawkins, Chairman
Henderson County Board of Commissioners
ATTEST:
Elizabeth W. Corn
Clerk to the Board