MINUTES
STATE
OF NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY
OF HENDERSON SEPTEMBER
5, 2000
The Henderson County
Board of Commissioners met for a regularly scheduled meeting at 5:30 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, County Attorney Angela S. Beeker,
and Clerk to the Board Elizabeth W. Corn.
Also present were:
Finance Director J. Carey McLelland, Assistant to the County Manager Selena
Coffey, Assistant County Attorney
Jennifer O. Jackson, Planning Director Karen C. Smith, Fire Marshal and
Emergency Management Director Rocky Hyder, and County Assessor Robert Baird.
Absent were: Public
Information Officer Chris S. Coulson and County Engineer Gary Tweed.
CALL TO ORDER/WELCOME
Chairman Hawkins called
the meeting to order and welcomed those in
attendance.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Commissioner Gordon led
the Pledge of Allegiance to the American Flag.
INVOCATION
Dr. Henry S. (Sandy)
Beck, III, Director of Missions/Associational Missionary @ Carolina Baptist
Association, gave the invocation.
DISCUSSION/ADJUSTMENT OF
AGENDA
Chairman Hawkins added
two items to Update on Pending Issues - #3. Update on Property Addressing
(David Nicholson) and # 4. Update on Mud Creek (Angela Beeker).
It was the consensus of
the Board to approve the above adjustments to the agenda.
CONSENT AGENDA
Chairman Hawkins made
the motion to approve the Consent Agenda.
All voted in favor and the motion carried. Chairman Hawkins then asked for Commissioner Gordon to read one
resolution and Commissioner Kumor to read the other.
Commissioner Gordon
read:
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS,
Mr. Herman Davis was instrumental in working with the State of North Carolina
in getting approval and funding for the construction of the new bridge on
Naples Road; and
WHEREAS,
This new bridge provides the citizens of Henderson County with a safe access to
Park Ridge Hospital and the Howard Gap Road area; and,
WHEREAS,
Mr. Davis has served this community in many other important ways including the
development of Henderson County=s Emergency Medical Service=s Northwest
Satellite Station;
NOW THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED, the Henderson County Board of Commissioners recommends to the
North Carolina Department of Transportation that Bridge Number 373 be named in
honor of Mr. Herman Davis. The Board
hereby directs that a copy of this resolution be filed with Mr. Ron Leatherwood,
Division 14 NCDOT Board Member and NCDOT Secretary David McCoy.
Adopted this 5th
day of September 2000.
Herman Davis was present
in the audience.
Commissioner Kumor read:
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS,
Blue Ridge Community Health Center provides low-cost health services to the citizens
of Henderson County; and,
WHEREAS,
The Center has worked diligently with both the local community and the Federal
Government in improving its financial position; and,
WHEREAS,
Congressman Charles H. Taylor has written Dr. Claude E. Fox, Administrator of
the Health Resources and Services Administration with the Department of Health
and Human Services requesting the consideration of forgiveness of the advanced
draw downs;
NOW THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED, the Henderson County Board of Commissioners adopts this
Resolution in support of Congressman Taylor=s request to the Department of Health
Services, in order to assist Blue Ridge Community Health Center with its budget
recovery program.
Adopted this 5th
day of September 2000.
The CONSENT AGENDA consisted
of the following:
Minutes
Minutes were presented
for the Board=s review and approval of
the following meetings:
July 3, 2000 regular meeting
August 16, 2000 regular meeting
Tax Collector=s Report
The Tax Collector=s Report was presented
for the Board=s review through August
30, 2000. The Deputy Tax Collector=s Report was also presented for the Board=s review through
August 29, 2000.
Henderson County
Financial Report - July 2000
The Henderson County
Financial Report was presented for review and consent approval.
Henderson County Public
Schools Financial Report - July 2000
The Henderson County
Public Schools Financial Report was presented for review and consent approval.
Recognition & Awards
Resolution- A Resolution
recommending that NCDOT name Bridge #373 in honor of Mr. Herman Davis was
presented for the Board=s approval (see above).
Resolution - A
Resolution in support of Congressman Taylor=s request to the Department of Health and Human
Services in order to assist Blue Ridge Community Health Center with its budget
recovery program was presented for the Board=s approval (see above).
NOMINATIONS
Notification of
Vacancies
The Board was notified
of the following vacancies which will appear on the next agenda under ANominations@:
1. Adjustment, Henderson
County Zoning Board - 2 vac.
2. Apple Country
Greenway Commission - 1 vac.
3.
Asheville/Buncombe/Henderson/Madison Regional Water Authority - 2 vac.
4. Community Child
Protection Team - 6 vac.
5. Downtown
Hendersonville, Inc. - 2 vac.
6. Hospital Corporation
Board of Directors - 5 vac.
There was some
discussion regarding Karyn Joyner who was recently appointed to this
Board. Ms. Joyner had questioned
whether the Board was considering her for reappointment as she has served such
a short time.
Commissioner Kumor made
the motion to suspend the rules and to extend Mrs. Joyner=s term for a full
term. All voted in favor and the motion
carried.
7. Library Board of
Trustees - 1 vac.
8. Planning Board,
Laurel Park - 1 vac.
9. Travel & Tourism
Committee - 4 vac.
10. Juvenile Crime
Prevention Council - 1 vac.
11. SmartStart - 1 vac.
Nominations
Chairman Hawkins reminded
the Board of the following vacancies and opened the floor to nominations:
1. Nursing/Adult Care
Home Community Advisory Committee - 2 vac.
There were no
nominations at this time so this item was rolled to the next meeting.
2. Juvenile Crime
Prevention Council - 1 vac.
Commissioner Kumor
nominated Reves Mendoza to fill the vacant position. He is under the age of 21.
She made the motion to suspend the rules and appoint Reves Mendoza. All voted in favor and the motion carried.
3. Mountain Area Workforce
Development Board - 1 vac.
There were no
nominations so this item was rolled to the next meeting.
4. Child Fatality
Prevention Team - 1 vac.
There were no
nominations so this item was rolled to the next meeting.
5. Land-of-Sky Regional
Council Advisory Council on Aging - 1 vac.
There were no
nominations so this item was rolled to the next meeting.
Hospital Corporation
Board of Directors
There was some
discussion regarding the five up-coming vacancies on the Hospital Corporation
Board of Directors. This is an
extremely important Board, the Hospital is the County=s biggest asset. Some of the people whose terms are expiring
will not be returning. It was decided
that the Chairman would correspond with the Hospital Board regarding any
particular qualifications they consider important in new appointments to that
Board. Chairman Hawkins will bring back any suggestions to the Board of
Commissioners.
REQUEST TO BE APPOINTED
THE SPECIAL COMMISSIONER FOR COUNTY BOUNDARIES
A letter had been sent
to Robert Baird, County Assessor, from Rodger W. Durham, PLS, County Boundary
Surveyor for the State of North Carolina, Office of State Planning.
Last April the State
began research in connection with the State of North Carolina=s Resurvey of the North
Carolina/South Carolina State Line. The tax listing sheets, the parcel overlay
property maps, and the orthos with parcel overlays C all the records and
documents that Pam Carver and her staff reproduced have been reviewed and will
pass on to the State=s contract surveyor when
that firm begins its work next month.
Henderson County will be alerted when the time nears to set the corner
common to Henderson and Transylvania Counties in the state line. Meanwhile, it was recommended that Mr. Baird
review NCGS 153A-18a and have the County Commissioners appoint him or some
reputable county resident with diplomatic skills as Special Commissioner for
County Boundaries.
The State has now
selected and is in the process of signing a contract with a firm to perform the
surveying work for the 5-mile state line pilot project. North Carolina Geodetic Survey expects that
this firm will conduct itself in a professional manner and will retrace the
1815 original survey as closely as modern instruments and methods will
permit. Mr. Durham anticipated that the
contract surveyor will make a courtesy call to Mr. Baird=s office, update the
landowner records, and perform some historical records research. Mr. Durham did not anticipate the surveyor
needing additional copies of the materials that have already been supplied him.
Per Mr. Durham AOn behalf of the State
of North Carolina and of Gary Thompson, Chief of North Carolina Geodetic
Survey, thank you again for the time and expense that you, your staff,
and Henderson County have spent in responding to the State=s request. As the project proceeds, if you have
suggestions or comments regarding the resurvey, please share them with me or
Mr. Thompson. I appreciate your county=s support and look
forward to seeing you again this fall.
Best wishes.@
Mr. Baird stated that
this is basically to establish or reestablish a true boundary between North
Carolina and South Carolina and between Transylvania and Henderson Counties as
well as Buncombe County and South Carolina. Robert Baird worked on the dispute
several years ago on the boundary of Buncombe and Henderson Counties. He requested that the Board appoint him.
Following some
discussion, Commissioner Ward made the motion to appoint Robert Baird as the
Special Commissioner for County Boundaries for Henderson County. All voted in favor and the motion carried.
FIRE AND RESCUE ADVISORY
COMMITTEE BYLAWS
The Board of
Commissioners forwarded Bylaws to the Fire and Rescue Association for
consideration on June 29, 2000. The
Fire and Rescue Association accepted and adopted the Bylaws without revision on
August 8, 2000. The Board was requested
to adopt the same.
Chairman Hawkins
informed the Board that the bylaws were the same as last seen by the
Board.
Chairman Hawkins made
the motion to adopt the by-laws as presented.
All voted in favor and the motion carried.
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
THE HENDERSON COUNTY SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE
At its meetings on June
21, 2000 and August 29, 2000, the Henderson County Planning Board voted to send
the Board of Commissioners a favorable recommendation on proposed
amendments to the Subdivision Ordinance. The Board was given a list of the proposed amendments.
Karen Smith explained
that the Board may want to hold a workshop to review the proposed changes. The proposed changes are mainly for
clarification, there are no major changes to the ordinance. The Board must hold a public hearing prior
to adopting the changes.
Commissioners suggested
that the workshop be videotaped when held.
The Board will set the workshop and public hearing under AImportant Dates@.
REQUEST TO PRESENT AN
UPDATE ON THE PUBLIC COMMENTS PROGRAM OF THE ASSESSOR=S OFFICE
Robert Baird had
presented a packet of Apublic comment cards@ that had been filled
out in his office. His office has been
receiving these cards from citizens over a two year period on a volunteer
basis. They are available in his office suite and on the web page.
Robert Baird stated that
he was pleased with the response. They
show a commitment from his staff to serve the public. He did mention three areas of concern:
1.
The
need for a better marque or directional sign in the foyer of the courthouse or
a customer representative.
2.
The
need for more work stations in his office suite. There are only four work stations for the general
public/professional community.
3.
The
need for additional staff to assist the general public.
No action was requested at
this time, this was information only for the Board.
UPDATE ON PENDING ISSUES
Health Services
Commissioner Kumor
referenced the memo from herself and Commissioner Ward dated August 30,
2000.
For the past few months the
Board of Commissioners has discussed the impact of health delivery issues in
the community. The two most challenging
issues are: the proposal for a community Afree clinic,@ and the current and long
term status of Blue Ridge Community Health Center. Commissioners Ward and Kumor feel that these issues are part of a
bigger issue concerning quality of health delivery services in our
community. They proposed that the
Board of Commissioners ask the Partnership for Health (a Healthy Carolinians
Board that includes many of the health providers in our community; Pardee, Park
Ridge, Trend, the Health Department, BRCHC, DSS, the Board of Education, BRCC,
the Medical Society, city council and county commission) to take the lead in
this assessment. There are Federal agencies
available to help with the process. The
Partnership is contacting representatives for further information. The Partnership should be encouraged to
include several community members in this process to work with the community
health professionals.
They suggested that the
Partnership be requested to pursue a process to:
1.
Access the health care services available in this community.
2.
Determine services needed to fill the health care delivery gaps in this
community.
3.
Outline a plan of action to address assessment results.
There was much discussion.
We are currently in a near crisis situation. There was discussion that we need
a Task Force to look at the immediate short term picture and then pull in some
additional help to study the long term. There was discussion that we need a AResource Assessment@ to answer Awho@ and Awhat@. The Board wants the
Partnership for Health to take a look at the short term situation (if they are
willing) about what duplication exists between the service providers, possible
improvements in efficiency of delivery, costing, mission and goals of the
various groups to see what can be done in the short term to improve the
situation and help resolve the crisis. The Board would like for this to take
place in the next 3 - 6 months.
It was the consensus of the
Board for the Chairman to write a letter to the Partnership and request some
additional information about a short-term solution and a Resource
Assessment.
Designing our Future
Chairman Hawkins had received
some letters regarding Henderson County making an appointment to the Visioning
Group - Designing Our Future. The Group
is comparable to a Board of Directors.
There is no charter, hence no specified number or types of nominees but
this group wants a member of Henderson County government to be on the
Committee. The Committee prefers that
Chairman Hawkins serve on the Committee but will understand if he wants to
appoint a designee.
The next meeting of the
Visioning Group will be Thursday, September 7, 2000, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. at
Interfaith Ministry.
David Nicholson stated that
the Board has funded this project $25,000, which is about 15% of their total
budget.
It had been the Board=s understanding that this
would be a citizen driven program and then the information would be presented
to the elected bodies. There was
discussion of inviting a member of this Group to make a presentation at an
up-coming Commissioner meeting.
Chairman Hawkins will send a
letter to the Committee and ask for an explanation on whether or not they wish
for elected officials to be included from the beginning in this project, the
County would like to know the ground rules. Chairman Hawkins will also, by
letter, request a report to the Board of Commissioners by year end from this
Group.
INFORMAL PUBLIC COMMENTS
There were none.
PUBLIC HEARING - To Consider
a Proposed Amendment to Code Chapter 97 - Fire Prevention
Chairman Hawkins made the
motion for the Board to go into Public Hearing. All voted in favor and the motion carried.
On August 7, 2000, the Board
of Commissioners scheduled a public hearing for this meeting to consider a
proposed amendment to Section 97-12 of the Henderson County Code. This Section is contained in Chapter 97 which
is entitled AFire Prevention@. Both Chapter 97 and the
proposed amendment to Section 97-12 were presented to the Board.
The proposed amendment
outlines who is responsible for performing investigations into the cause,
origin and circumstances of fires within Henderson County.
This public hearing was
advertised on August 28, 2000 in the Times-News. In addition, each Fire Chief
serving a County fire district was notified of the public hearing by receiving
a copy of the notice dated August 11, 2000.
Rocky Hyder explained that
the proposed amendment to the Fire Prevention Ordinance is considering the
change in responsibility for initial fire investigation. The Fire Chief will be initially responsible
to determine origin and cause. The Fire
Marshal=s office will be responsible for investigations if
there is injury or loss of life, incendiarism, or if the Fire Department
requests the Fire Marshal=s assistance.
Public Input
There was none.
Following some discussion,
Commissioner Kumor made the motion for the Board to go out of Public
Hearing. All voted in favor and the
motion carried.
Chairman Hawkins made the
motion to adopt the proposed amendment as presented. All voted in favor and the motion carried.
PUBLIC HEARING - To Consider
Economic Incentives for Manual Woodworkers and Weavers, Inc.
Chairman Hawkins made the
motion for the Board to go into Public Hearing. All voted in favor and the motion carried.
This public hearing was held
as required by NCGS 158-7.1 to consider the request of Manual Woodworkers and
Weavers, Inc., for assistance from Henderson County in the form of Economic
Incentives.
Manual Woodworkers and
Weavers, Inc., is a locally owned and operated corporation that is planning an
expansion consisting of an additional facility to be located on Sugar Loaf Road
consisting of 160,000 square feet of warehouse space to be used as a
fully-equipped distribution center. The
public benefit to be derived from this expansion would be the retention of a minimum
of 325 employment positions in Henderson County, and a taxable capital
investment of approximately $6,000,000.
Henderson County is considering granting assistance to Manual
Woodworkers with economic incentives consisting of the reimbursement of Manual
Woodworkers for their actual expenses incurred in extending public water and/or
sewer to the site, up to an amount of $100,000. If approved, the reimbursement would be paid over a period of 5
years, beginning in FY 01-02. (Please note: the notice in the paper incorrectly
states the payments will begin in FY 00-01.)
The total estimated cost to extend public water and sewer to the site is
$175,000.
Angela Beeker addressed this
item and explained that there were company representatives in attendance. Ms.
Beeker distributed a change in one paragraph of the Proposed Agreement
regarding the 325 positions that they must retain, which is an average.
Public Input
1. Jim Clarke - Mr. Clarke is the Chief
Financial Officer for Manual Wood Workers and Weavers. Mr. Clarke spoke in favor of the request. The proposed new distribution center will be
located at 521 Sugar Loaf Road, just east of the intersection of Sugar Loaf
Road and Howard Gap Road.
He explained that the
proposed distribution center will be a valuable asset to them for several
reasons:
1. The additional warehouse space will allow
them to double their inventory storage.
2. The capability of storing the additional
inventory will allow them to have a more balanced
manufacturing operation and a more
balanced employment profile. It will
allow them to advance manufacture items during their slow time of year for
storage.
3. The additional space will allow them to
have more stock keeping units in inventory so that they=ll be able to have a better
differentiation between the products for their national accounts and the
products for their independent gift shops.
4. The additional space, along with the
state of the art warehouse equipment will give them the
ability
to provide faster delivery to their gift shop customers.
The total costs of the
water/sewer line extensions is estimated at about $175,000. They requested assistance from Henderson
County in funding the necessary extensions.
They feel that this expansion will allow them to retain their
competitive edge in the gift industry and to retain 400+ Henderson County jobs.
Lemuel Oates was also in
attendance but did not speak. He is
owner and Chief Executive Officer of Manuel Wood Workers and Weavers.
2. Scott Hamilton - Mr. Hamilton is with the
Greater Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce and he spoke in support of the
request for economic incentives. He mentioned briefly the expansion of the tax
base with the investment of $6,000,000 at Manual Wood Workers and Weavers.
Commissioner Kumor made the
motion for the Board to go out of Public Hearing. All voted in favor and the motion carried.
Chairman Hawkins made the
motion to approve this request as presented for the economic incentive for
Manual Wood Workers and Weavers as well as to approve the form of agreement and
authorize the Chairman to execute the documents, also to approve the revised
paragraph as presented by Ms. Beeker.
All voted in favor and the motion carried.
PUBLIC HEARING - Rezoning
Application #R-01-00 (R-15 to C-4)
Mr. Leon Allison, Applicant
Chairman Hawkins made the
motion for the Board to go into Public Hearing. All voted in favor and the motion carried.
The Board of Commissioners
had scheduled for this date a public hearing on an application by Mr. Leon
Allison for a proposed amendment to the Official Zoning Map of Henderson
County. Mr. Allison had requested that
the County rezone approximately 4.62 acres that he owns on Old Spartanburg Road
from an %-15 Medium Density Residential District to a C-4 Highway Commercial
district. A portion of the subject 4.62
acres is within the Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of the City of Hendersonville
and Mr. Allison had requested that the City relinquish the ETJ on his
property. City Council will hold a
public hearing on that request on September 7, 2000.
The Henderson County
Planning Board reviewed the rezoning application at its meeting on July 25,
2000 and voted 5-4 to send the Board of Commissioners a favorable
recommendation on Mr. Allison=s request as submitted.
In accordance with Section
200-76 of the Henderson County Zoning Ordinance and State Law, notices
of the public hearing were published in the August 21, 2000 and August 28, 2000
editions of the Times-News. The Planning Department sent notices of the
hearing via first class mail to the applicant and the owners of property
adjacent to and near the subject property on August 18, 2000. On August 21, 2000 Planning Staff posted
signs advertising the hearing on the subject property.
Karen Smith addressed the
Board and answered some questions. She
and Josh Freeman showed the area in question on maps, etc.
Public Input
1. Luther Smith - Mr. Smith is agent for
Mr. Allison. He is with Luther Smith & Associates in Hendersonville. Mr. Allison=s request is for a 300 foot
strip back from the center line of Spartanburg Highway that constitutes
approximately 4.6 acres. Within that
4.6 acres there is a 70-80 foot power line right-of-way across the front of it,
adjacent to the road. What he actually
ends up getting is usable property for what he is proposing. Mr. Allison has talked to the majority of
the neighbors in the area and the majority are in support. They have petitioned the City to remove the
two little triangular pieces from the City=s ETJ, that is on their
agenda for Thursday night. The City
Planning Board has recommended that that occur.
2. Leon Allison - Mr. Allison is the
petitioner. He owns Allison Landscaping
& Stone. He has been in business in
Henderson County for 29 years. He has
five full-time employees. He has
removed about 3,000 yards of topsoil off the property and sold it, thus
creating more floodplain instead of less.
3. Charlene P. Rogers - Ms. Rogers thanked Mr.
Smith and Mr. Allison for speaking first as they answered some of the questions
she had. She has lived at 118 Loop Road
for 28 years. She stated that she has
watched the area around her grow more and more commercial. She expressed some concern about big trucks
going in and out as this is a heavily traveled section of road with much of the
East High traffic. She also expressed
some concern about flooding in the area.
4. Richard Case - Mr. Case lives at 1210
Old Spartanburg Highway and has for about 15 years. He spoke in favor of the request.
5. Steve Bond - Mr. Bond lives on the
property that is just southeast of the Allison property. He expressed some concern about increased
traffic in the area. He is more
concerned about what type business might go in there if Mr. Allison were to
sell some time in the future.
6. Bob Houk - Mr. Houk lives at 1112
Old Spartanburg Highway. He spoke in
favor of the request.
7. Ralph King - Mr. King owns the
property across the street from the Allison property. He spoke in favor of the request.
8. George Gosnell - Mr. Gosnell owns property
adjoining the Allison property. He
spoke in favor of the request.
9. Duewy Jackson - Mr. Jackson lives up the
road from the Allison property. He
spoke in favor of the request.
Chairman Hawkins made the
motion for the Board to go out of Public Hearing. All voted in favor and the motion carried.
Following some discussion,
Chairman Hawkins made the motion to approve application #R-01-00
by Leon Allison to rezone a
300-foot wide strip of land along the full frontage of his property (tax parcel
number 00-9578-51-9559) along Old Spartanburg Road from R-15 (medium density
residential) to C-4 (highway commercial), including that portion which is
within the Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of
the City of Hendersonville, upon its relinquishment by the City of
Hendersonville. All voted in favor and
the motion carried.
Chairman Hawkins called a
short technical recess.
Property Readdressing update
- add-on by
Chairman Hawkins
Chairman Hawkins asked David
Nicholson to update the Board on Property Readdressing. The workshop the Board
held earlier was not televised and therefore Chairman Hawkins wanted this to be
covered on T.V.
David Nicholson reminded the
Board that the workshop on Property Addressing was held on August 30. The staff presentation told the Board that
we ought to focus on providing the 9-1-1 Center with accurate and detailed
information of the location of emergency calls by using a map and by using
technology to provide that information to our telecommunicators.
There are some issues that
need to be addressed. We need to work
with the cities on them. Chairman
Hawkins and David are drafting a letter to the cities which should be delivered
this week. Some of those issues are looking at the issue of addressing major
and minor thoroughfares. There is logic
to renumbering those. Where practical and possible, we=ll discuss the elimination
of duplicate road names. There are some
specific city issues regarding road names that change in the middle of
municipalities that need cleared up.
County issues that need to
be addressed which the Board gave staff the go-ahead to start with these:
4.
Elimination
of routes and box numbers, co-ordinate with Post Office. The already distance-
based system will be utilized.
5.
Minor
ordinance changes will be needed.
6.
Posting
of addresses is very important.
7.
Mapping
system must be researched.
Staff met briefly following
the workshop on August 30 and discussed the issue the Board had charged staff with
- coming up with a timeline/schedule.
David stated that staff will hope to have a timeline for the Board of
Commissioners on this project.
Chairman Hawkins raised the
question of organization of property addressing and whether having the property
addressing work out of the Assessor=s Office was the best
organizational structure. The Board questioned David on his needs here. Robert
Baird and his staff have done a good job of getting us to this point but David
needs to carry out the new plan now.
It was the consensus of the
Board to give Mr. Nicholson the authority and the control to follow this
project through as he sees fit.
David Nicholson stated that
to this point this project has been a team effort. He recommended to the Board authority to move the positions to
Emergency Management Services. He stressed that the project cannot be completed
without the assistance of the Law Enforcement folks and Dispatch, Robert Baird=s staff and Land Records,
Kelly Laughton and others. This will
have to continue to be a team project.
The municipalities must be included also.
Mud Creek update - add-on by Chairman Hawkins
Chairman Hawkins asked
Angela Beeker to update the Board on this item. Commissioner Kumor and Mayor
Niehoff had some early discussions reference the Mud Creek Sewer District. Joint meetings with the City Council and the
Board of Commissioners followed. Commissioner
Moyer has worked some on the actual verbage of the agreement.
Angela Beeker stated that
the Boards did an excellent job in putting together the agreement on the major
issues but she and Commissioner Moyer are working on the verbage of some minor
issues that have arisen. She anticipated
that another day or so on her part, then she will give the agreement back to
Commissioner Moyer to review intent.
Ms. Beeker and Commissioner
Moyer hope to have a final draft ready to present to City Council.
IMPORTANT DATES
Chairman Hawkins asked the
Board to look at their calendars as they need to set a workshop on subdivisions
and a public hearing on same.
Chairman Hawkins set the
workshop for 5:00 on Thursday, September 21.
Chairman Hawkins made the motion to adopt a special order setting the
public hearing for 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 21, 2000. All voted in favor and the motion
carried.
There was no Closed Session.
There being no further
business, Chairman Hawkins adjourned the meeting at approx. 8:08 p.m.
Attest:
Elizabeth W. Corn, Clerk to
the Board
Grady Hawkins, Chairman