STATE OF
The Henderson County Board of Commissioners met for a regularly
scheduled meeting at 6:00 p.m. in the Commissioners' Conference Room of the
Those present were:
Chairman Grady Hawkins, Vice-Chairman Larry R. Young, Commissioner Bill
Moyer, Commissioner Charlie Messer, Commissioner Shannon Baldwin, County Manager
David E. Nicholson, Assistant County Manager Justin B. Hembree, County Attorney
Angela S. Beeker, and Clerk to the Board Elizabeth W. Corn.
Also present were: Budget and Management Director Selena Coffey,
Fire Marshal Rocky Hyder, Planning Director Karen Smith, Risk Management
Director Bill Byrnes, Finance Director J. Carey McLelland and Deputy Clerk to
the Board Amy Brantley.
Absent was: Public Information Officer
CALL TO ORDER/WELCOME
Chairman Hawkins called the meeting to order and welcomed all in
attendance.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Commissioner Young led the Pledge of Allegiance to the American
Flag.
INVOCATION
David Nicholson gave the invocation.
DISCUSSION/ADJUSTMENT OF AGENDA
Chairman Hawkins added an item regarding Sales Tax as the first
Discussion Item. He also added Discussion Item “F” – Delivery of Services.
Chairman Hawkins made the motion to accept the agenda as presented. All voted in favor and the motion carried.
CONSENT AGENDA
Chairman Hawkins pulled Item “M” for some discussion. Chairman Hawkins made the motion to approve
the consent agenda as presented except for Item “M”. All voted in favor and the motion carried.
The Consent Agenda then consisted of the following:
Tax Collector’s Report
Terry F. Lyda had submitted the Tax
Collector’s Report dated September 3, 2004, for the Board’s information.
Petition for addition to
Staff had received road petitions to add roads to the
State Maintenance system:
2.
It has been the practice of this Board to accept road
petitions and forward them to NC DOT for their review. It has also been the practice of the Board
not to ask NCDOT to change the priority for roads on the paving priority list.
Request Public Hearing for Road Name
Rocky Hyder requested the Board to set a
public hearing date for the following road names:
Proposed Name
Staff’s recommended date for the public
hearing was October 4, 2004 at 7:00 p.m.
Request for
Public Hearing on property address changes
Staff had submitted a request for a date and time for
a public hearing for the purpose of approving property address changes for the
period from February 1, 2004 to August 31, 2004. Pursuant to NCGS 153A-239.1 counties must
hold a public hearing on property address changes, therefore the Board conducts
public hearings on a bi-annual basis to formally approve changes made in the
previous six month period.
The
Henderson County Public Schools
Financial Report – July 2004
This report was presented for information and consent
approval.
Financial Report – July 2004
Cash Balance Report – July 2004
These reports were presented for information and
consent approval.
The
current month and YTD costs in the General Fund Non-Departmental line item were
the annual property/liability and workers compensation insurance premiums paid
to the NCACC Insurance Risk Pools for FY 2005. These costs were to be allocated
out to departmental budgets in succeeding months.
The
YTD deficit in the Revaluation Reserve Fund was primarily due to there being
three payrolls in the month of July instead of the normal two pay periods.
The
YTD deficit in the CDBG –Scattered Site Housing Project, the Mud Creek
Watershed Restoration Project and the Mills River Sewer Capital Project were
all temporary due to timing differences in the expenditure of funds and the
subsequent requisition of State funds to reimburse those expenditures.
The
County Services Building Project deficit was due to architectural fees,
demolition/abatement and utilities relocation work performed at the former
Governor’s Highway Safety Program
The Board was presented a grant application from the NC Governor’s
Highway Safety Program for a grant to the Henderson County Sheriff’s
Department. The amount of the grant was $10,000 and required no match.
Approval of Order Granting a Special
Use Permit for Expansion to a Pre-existing Mining &
Extraction Operation for Hooper’s
Creek Quarry #SP-02-01 (Revised) & Approval of Order Denying Related
Variance
The
Board reconvened previous quasi-judicial public hearings held on January 15,
2003 and March 3, 2003 at its meeting on August 18, 2004, to consider
application #SP-01-02(Revised) for a Special Use Permit for the expansion of a
preexisting mining and extraction operation known as Hoopers Creek Quarry, and
to consider a related application for a variance from the fencing requirements
for the expansion.
Immediately
following the hearing, the Board voted to approve the Special Use Permit for
the expansion of the quarry with the expansion having to meet all of the
requirements specified in the Zoning Ordinance. The Board requested that staff
bring back a draft order consistent with the findings, conclusions and the
decision made by the Board regarding the Special Use Permit application. In
addition, the Board denied the related variance application. An order granting
the Special Use Permit and an order denying the Variance were provided for the
Board’s consideration.
Referral of Application for a Special
Use Permit for Leoni’s Mountain Lake Homes, a Proposed Planned Unit Development
(PUD) [Application #SU-04-01, Submitted by Mr. Todd Leoni]
Mr.
Todd Leoni had submitted an application (#SU-04-01) for a Special Use Permit
for a proposed Planned Unit Development (PUD) to be known as Leoni’s Mountain
Lake Homes. The proposed PUD property was located off
Section
200-33F of the Henderson County Zoning Ordinance requires that an applicant for
a PUD have a pre-application conference with the Planning Board and Planning
Department Staff prior to submitting a Special Use Permit application. Following
the pre-application conference, the applicant may submit a Special Use Permit
application to the Board of Commissioners in accordance with Section 200-70 of
the Zoning Ordinance. Section 200-33F also requires that the applicant submit a
development plan to the Board of Commissioners and a copy of the plan to the
Planning Board for review and recommendations. Sections 200-56 and 200-70 of
the Zoning Ordinance require that the Board of Commissioners refer applications
for Special Use Permits to the Planning Board for review and recommendations
prior to a public hearing.
On
August 17, 2004, the applicant’s agenda conducted a pre-application conference
with the Planning Board and Planning Department Staff as required by Section
200-33F of the Henderson County Zoning Ordinance. On September 1, 2004 the
Planning Department received Special Use Permit application materials which had
already been supplied to the Board of Commissioners Office.
Mr.
Nicholson recommended that the Board of Commissioners refer application #SU-04-01,
submitted by Mr. Todd Leoni for a Special Use Permit for a PUD, to the Planning
Board for review and recommendations.
Proclamation –
The Board had approved similar proclamations in the
past applauding those who participate in this charitable event. They were
requested to proclaim Saturday, November 20 as Henderson County Benefit Toy Run
Parade Day.
Big Sweep Day Resolution
The Board had approved similar resolutions in the past
urging citizens to do their part to restore the beauty and function of our
lakes and streams by volunteering to participate in the Big Sweep event. They
were requested to declare September 18, 2004 as Big Sweep Day in
BRCC Technology Education and
An
Agreement regarding the BRCC Technology Education and
Item “M” - Water and Sewer Line
Extensions (pulled for discussion)
Chairman Hawkins noted that the
City of
Bill Moyer stated that the sewer line
would serve
adopted the CCP, and Chairman Hawkins
felt people should know that the Board was considering compliance with that
plan when making such decisions. Commissioner Moyer reminded the Board that as
soon as the Water and Sewer Master Plan was in compliance with the CCP, then
requests would go to the Water and Sewer Advisory Committee who would review
those requests and inform the Board as to their compliance with the CCP. Chairman Hawkins made the motion to approve
Item “M” as presented. All voted in favor and the motion carried.
NOMINATIONS
Notification of Vacancies
The Board was notified of the following vacancies which will
appear on the next agenda for nominations:
1.
Environmental Advisory Committee – 1 vac.
Commissioner Moyer informed the Board that there
would be an additional vacancy upcoming on the EAC due to the recent unexpected
death of Dennis Honnold.
Nominations
Chairman Hawkins reminded the Board of the following vacancies and
opened the floor to nominations:
1.
There were no nominations at this time so this item was rolled to
the next meeting.
2.
Juvenile Crime Prevention Council – 4 vac.
There were no
nominations at this time so this item was rolled to the next meeting.
3.
Mountain Area Workforce Development Board – 4 vac.
There were no
nominations at this time so this item was rolled to the next meeting.
4.
Nursing/Adult Care Home Community Advisory Committee –
1 vac.
Chairman Hawkins nominated Nuala
Fay for reappointment to position #8. There were no other nominations. Chairman
Hawkins made the motion to accept Mrs. Fay by acclamation. All voted in favor
and the motion carried.
5.
Planning for Older Adults Block Grant Advisory
Committee – 3 vac.
There
were no nominations at this time so this item was rolled to the next meeting.
6.
Senior Volunteer Services Advisory Council – 1 vac.
There were no
nominations at this time so this item was rolled to the next meeting.
7.
Solid Waste Advisory Committee – 1 vac.
There were no nominations
at this time so this item was rolled to the next meeting.
IMPORTANT DATES
Board of Commissioners’ Meeting Dates
Chairman Hawkins asked the Board
their preference for upcoming meeting dates and times since several Board
members had expressed a desire to go to evening meetings. Commissioner Young stated
that he preferred meeting at 6:00. There was discussion about which evenings
worked best for the Board, and what effect a change to evening meetings might
have on some of the County’s senior drivers. Commissioner Moyer stated that
they changed the mid-September meeting in order to try a new schedule, and did
not feel future meeting dates should be changed prior to trying out that fist
change. He did suggest however, changing the time of the October 4th
meeting from 5:30 to 6:00. Additional discussion regarding the meeting schedule
would be held at the September 20th meeting. Chairman Hawkins made the motion to change the October 4th
meeting time from 5:30 to 6:00. All voted in favor and the motion carried.
Set Quasi-Judicial Public Hearing on
Vested Rights Application #VR-04-01 for WAWF, LLC (aka P.I. Storage, Inc.)
On
August 18, 2004, the Planning Director received an application and site plan
for a statutory vested right under Chapter 189 of the Henderson County Code
from Mr. William L. Barnwell. The
application was for a proposed storage facility being constructed at
Chapter
189, the County’s Vested Rights Ordinance, implements the provisions of NCGS
153A-344.1, which provides the ability for a landowner to establish a statutory
vested right for a development project through the approval of a site specific
development plan. The Vested Rights Ordinance requires that the Board of
Commissioners hold a public hearing on the application and that such hearing be
held within 45 days of its submittal.
Therefore, the Board must hold a hearing on Mr. Barnwell’s application
on or before October 1, 2004. Ms. Smith pointed out however, that the applicant
had requested that the Board waive the 45 day requirement.
Chairman Hawkins suggested
the Board schedule a Special Called Meeting for the purpose of holding the
quasi-judicial public hearing on vested rights application #VR-04-01. Chairman Hawkins made the motion to set a
Special Called Meeting for Vested
Rights Application #VR-04-01 for 6:00 on October 14, 2004.
All voted in favor and the motion carried.
Set Date to Resume Quasi-Judicial
Public Hearing on Vested Rights Application
#VR-03-01 by
At
the Board’s meeting on March 17, 2004, the Board learned that Glade Land Fund,
LLC, had requested that the Board table its vested rights application (#VR-03-01) for the proposed
Fox Glen Planned Residential Development (see Attachment 1). A quasi-judicial public hearing on the
application (which was to be a continuation of a hearing that began on January
14, 2004), had been scheduled for March 22, 2004. The Board decided to cancel the March 22,
2004 hearing.
The
hearing must be held and advertised in accordance with the County’s Vested
Rights Ordinance (Chapter 189 of the
Chairman Hawkins suggested
the Board schedule a Special Called Meeting for the purpose of holding the
quasi-judicial public hearing on vested rights application #VR-03-01. Chairman Hawkins made the motion to continue
the Quasi-Judicial Hearing for #VR-03-01
for 6:00 on October 5, 2004. All voted in favor and the motion
carried.
SALES TAX
Mr.
Nicholson expressed concern with regards to the Town of Mills River. It was his
understanding that the Town did not file the form with the State in June to
request Powell Bill funds. Mr. Nicholson had received budgetary information
from the Town, but could not assure the Board that the Town met its obligation
in order to have received a share of the Sales Tax for Fiscal Year 2003-2004. He
suggested that a letter be sent from the County to
Chairman
Hawkins suggested that this matter also be discussed later under “Legislative
Goals”, because there seems to be no check from the State on whether newly
incorporated Towns qualify to receive funds. There followed some discussion on
how Flat Rock was affected by this law. Since it was unclear whether or not
additional municipalities might be affected, Commissioner Moyer suggested
finding out how they might all be affected before sending any correspondence.
There followed additional discussion about the specifics of Powell Bill funds
and the Statutes as they relate to Sales Tax. It was the consensus of the Board
to have Mr. Nicholson send correspondence to the NC Department of Revenue
asking for clarification on the Powell Bill, budgeted incorporation services
and the eligibility for sales tax.
Statement of
Intention for the Work First Program
State law
requires each county, biennially, to submit a County Work First Block Grant
Plan to the Division of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The SFY 2005-2007
Plan was due to the State November 1, 2004. Each
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Notify the State as to whether the county selects
standard or electing status. Notification includes documentation of majority
vote and the Chairman’s signature. That information was due to DHHS by
September 30, 2004.
Ø
Appoint a member of the Board of Commissioners to
the Workfirst Planning Committee.
Ø
Approve the Work First Planning Committee
membership.
Chairman
Hawkins had attended the Work First workshop, and it was the recommendation of
that Committee to continue as a standard county. Commissioner Moyer made the motion to remain a standard county. All
voted in favor and the motion carried.
Architectural
Mr.
Nicholson then introduced Alan McGuinn of Calloway, Johnson, Moore and West
Architects. Mr. McGuinn explained that the design of the building was an “L”
shaped building. He showed a variety of different drawings which showed the
location of the departments to be located within the building. Located on the
first floor were: Inspections, Planning and Zoning, Utilities, Elections,
Property Addressing, Fire Marshal, Veteran’s Services, Environmental Health and
the Health Department. Located on the second floor were: Social Services, Human
Resources, Budget and Finance,
Mr. McGuinn
explained that they were on schedule for the project. Bids were scheduled to be
due in March, 2005 with the construction closeout being July 7th,
2006. Construction was anticipated to take 14 – 15 months. He stated that with
respect to construction costs, the original construction budget was for
$11,612,000 with a recommended 10% contingency. The recent increase in building
materials appeared to have eroded that contingency money, and Mr. McGuinn
suggested adding an additional 3-5% for contingency. The exterior of the
structure is planned to be a metal building, with a metal stud construction
with brick on a portion of the building and stucco on a portion of the building
to make it look more appropriate to a government building.
Mr. McGuinn
then discussed the number of parking spaces, stating that they had a minimum of
320 and a goal of 350. The current plan reflected 373 parking spaces, with the possibility
of expanding to 390. Chairman Hawkins questioned whether the project was still
within budget, assuming the use of the contingency. Mr. McGuinn stated that
they did foresee using the contingency and recommended adding an additional
3-5% contingency. Chairman Hawkins also asked whether the power line move was
shown on the chart. Bill Byrnes, Risk Management Director, stated that Duke
Power planned to have the power line moved by mid-May 2005.
Commissioner
Baldwin stated that recently some issues had come up with regards to
programming. He questioned how space needs were derived, stating that he
understood a study had been done for the other building which had been used and
expanded upon. Mr. McGuinn answered that they had started with the existing
program which had been done on the existing building. That programming was
analyzed, then the architects met with every department about their space
needs.
Commissioner
Young questioned the number of parking spaces required by the City of
Commissioner
Young referenced three letters recently received from the Board of Elections, the
Board of Health and the Social Services Board. There followed considerable
discussion about the possible reasons these letters were now being written and
sent to the Board, and how the issues with those Boards might be resolved. The
Board asked several questions of Mr. McGuinn regarding how he had worked with
the departments in question to resolve their issues with the initial plans. The
Board also asked several questions of Liston Smith, DSS Director, regarding how
many parking places he currently had, how he computed how many he would need,
and why it had taken to this point for the growth concerns to come to light.
There was
then some discussion about the best configuration for entrances to the various
departments within the building. Commissioner Moyer expressed concern about DSS
and
Chairman
Hawkins expressed his concern over the timing of the receipt of the letters,
stating that receiving them so late in the process seemed very suspect. He felt
it was incumbent upon the Board to move forward with the project, noting the
concerns in the letters. He asked Mr. McGuinn why he planned to wait until
March to bid the project. Mr. McGuinn answered that they could try to
accelerate that schedule, and could possibly have the construction documents
ready by the end of the year. Chairman Hawkins felt the County should attend
the December Local Government Commission meeting looking for the authority to
borrow the money for the facility, and should be ready to go by early January.
Commissioner
Moyer felt that proceeding without further study, especially with regard to the
entrance would be a mistake. He explained that there were occasionally
situations where the building needed to be secured and there were occasional enforcement
issues. David Nicholson stated that there were separate entrances planned for
DSS to ensure safe ingress and egress, especially for children. Mr. McGuinn
then went over the schematic drawings, pointing out traffic flows for various
departments and exterior doors in addition to the main entrance/exit points.
There was
additional discussion about the needed number of parking spaces. Mr. Nicholson
stated that he would address parking for the various departments again.
Commissioner Moyer stated that he was looking for a parking study on which the
departments would sign-off agreeing to the average number of people who would
be in the building at any one time, the average number of clients, the average
number of visitors, etc. Commissioner Baldwin stated that he just needed to
have faith in the process, know that the department’s needs had been assessed
and there was adequate parking to address the needs. Mr. Nicholson stated that
he felt that had been done, but was willing to look at it one more time.
Chairman
Hawkins asked that prior to the next Board meeting, Mr. Nicholson and Mr.
McGuinn readdress the parking situation, and determine when the project could
be ready to go out to bid. Mr. Nicholson noted that staff would already be
having preliminary discussions with the Local Government Commission (LGC) in
September for the school projects, and would address during that meeting what
the County would be able to do in terms of financing. He pointed out that for
the LGC to approve the financing, the County would actually have to have the
bids in hand. He pointed out that the Board would also need to decide whether
they wished to proceed with this on the same time schedule as the school
projects, and whether they wished to do one COPs issue or a separate COPs
issue. It was the consensus of the Board to bring this item back for further
discussion at the next meeting.
Legislative
Goals
Mr. Hembree
discussed some of the possible Legislative Goals for the 2005 session of the NC
General Assembly. Chairman Hawkins had suggested a goal of clarification in
terms of incorporation laws as they relate to Powell bills, the number of
services the municipalities must provide, and how that impacts whether or not
the municipalities receive sales tax.
Chairman
Hawkins questioned whether removing restrictions on expenditures of 911
surcharges had been suggested before. Mr. Nicholson stated it had been
requested previously, and that we continue to ask. Under “Growth Management”, Chairman
Hawkins questioned the usefulness to
Commissioner
Messer questioned the sales tax that was scheduled to roll back from the
Governor and the General Assembly, stating that could happen soon. Justin
Hembree stated that the top two things on the Association’s Legislative Goals
for any session deal with a revenue menu and protections for local revenues. He
discussed protecting that ½ cent sales tax so it wouldn’t revert back to the
State. Commissioner Moyer stated that the ½ cent sales tax was due to sunset at
the end of December, but the clear message coming from the legislature was that
they were not going to consider a revenue menu. He stated that what they would
consider though, was putting the burden on the counties to pick up the
additional ½ cent sales tax after it sunsets. He felt one of the major goals should
be the ability to pick up the ½ cent sales tax starting January 1st
if we need it.
Chairman
Hawkins spoke in favor of three goals dealing with collection of motor vehicle
taxes. He then questioned one of the goals dealing with land rent studies, asking
what land rent studies were. Justin Hembree stated that it was his
understanding that the State was supposed to do studies every year to determine
the value of land rented out primarily for agricultural uses. Over the past
year the State had not performed those studies, so the Assessor’s Office was
using old figures while trying to come up with a formula to update those
figures. The goal was to ask the legislature to fund the Department of Revenue
to do the studies because local governments were seeing a significant loss in
revenue based on the value of rent being provided.
There
followed discussion about several additional goals on the proposed list,
including the definition of a “charitable hospital” and the need for a
“Transfer of Development Rights Program”. Chairman Hawkins asked Mr. Hembree to
condense the list based on the conversation, with the additions of the
incorporation laws and the ½ cent sales tax. David Nicholson requested the
addition of a goal dealing with primary runoffs, discussing the exorbitant cost
to the County for holding a primary runoff. Commissioner
Moyer made the motion to approve the list of legislative goals with the
addition of the three items suggested and submit it. Commissioner Moyer
amended his motion to delete the goal regarding “charitable hospitals”. All
voted in favor and the motion carried.
Non-Profit
Grant Agreements
Chairman
Hawkins suggested for all the contracts, issuing a letter stating that the
audit only dealt with the county funds. David Nicholson stated that in some
cases audits of the county funds would be very simple, while others would be
more difficult. He explained that such audits would likely be in the case where
the county felt there had been a misappropriation of funds. Commissioner
Baldwin disagreed, stating that he felt the audits should show what the
county’s funds had allowed them to do it terms of an outcome or service. Mr.
Nicholson stated that he felt the annual report would accomplish that goal.
Angela Beeker felt that it might be good to clarify that if it was necessary to
audit an organization’s entire records to see how the county’s funds were
spent, we would have the right to do that. Chairman Hawkins suggested sending
out a letter to all the non-profits to clarify that.
There was
then discussion about a clause in the contract which stated that the Board of
Commissioners had the right to appoint an ex-officio member to the governing
board of the agency. ECO had requested that clause be stricken because it would
require ECO to revise their by-laws. Commissioner Moyer stated that we were
reserving the right to do that with each organization, though to many the
county contribution was a very small part of their budget. He did not feel that
asking for the right to that ex-officio member was necessary or appropriate. Commissioner
Baldwin agreed that the Board should not try to control how the organizations
were providing the services, he just wanted to make sure the County was getting
the most they could for the money spent. It was the consensus of the Board that
in the letter being sent out, explaining that it was not the Board’s intent to
exercise that right this year, and that it would not be included in future
contracts. Chairman Hawkins made the
motion to approve the contracts with the stipulation that the County correspond
as indicated to all the agencies. All voted in favor and the motion carried.
Strategic
David Nicholson stated that two things had
happened in the past few months that had caused staff to relook at the
Strategic Plan. First was the adoption of the County Comprehensive Plan (CCP).
The question was how to take all the steps in the CCP and roll them into the
Strategic Plan. Staff had brought to the Board one of the Board’s responsibilities
associated with the Strategic Plan which was to determine the water and sewer
extensions. At that time the Board indicated that they had talked about that
issue as part of the CCP, and asked staff to find some way of integrating the
Strategic Plan and CCP together.
Mr. Nicholson stated that he viewed the
Strategic Plan as the work plan for the year, it is the overall project and
underneath it is the specific actions to be taken. The Board had questioned how
the Strategic Plan and the CCP fit together. Mr. Nicholson stated that the CCP
had lots of details in it, lots of information about things the Board would
like to accomplish. He saw no reason to repeat those details in the CCP, but to
have them in the Strategic Plan as a reference point.
Mr. Nicholson had staff go through the
Strategic Plan and tell him what had been done, what had not been done, and if
done where was it done. The adoption of the CCP had accomplished a lot of
things the Board wanted to complete this year to some extent. The process had
resulted in a combined Strategic Plan and CCP Implementation Schedule. Chairman
Hawkins felt that combining the documents into a single document to look at
made logical sense. Ms. Coffey noted that the combined chart only included
Phase I, which only went through 2007, making it more of a short term document.
Commissioner Moyer expressed some concern
over the format, stating that not having the target dates in sequence made it
difficult to sort and prioritize. David Nicholson stated that he had asked Mr.
Hembree to sort and prioritize, and would bring that back to the Board if they
approved the format. There was discussion about the “ongoing” target dates and
the usefulness of that term. David Nicholson stated that staff would work on a
priority list by date so they could start working on the issues.
Delivery of services
Chairman Hawkins stated that he wished to
discuss the delivery of services in the mental health area. Within the
community there had been several serious incidents involving mental health.
Emergency rooms at both Pardee and
David Nicholson stated that he already had
some good news on that issue, when Trend books close on June 30, 2005 they will
have a positive fund balance. He stated that he would like to have
organizations such as Mountain Laurel, DSS, Health Department complete a grant
type application to receive funds to provide mental health services. Chairman
Hawkins asked David Nicholson to bring back more detail on solutions to the
problem in October. Commissioner Young questioned whether other counties were
having similar issues. David Nicholson answered that every county in the state
was experiencing similar problems. One of the problems with finding private
providers to provide services is that Medicaid rates had still not been
received. There was additional discussion about how the jail was also being
affected.
Chairman Hawkins also discussed property
addressing and the 911 system. The CAD system generated from property
addressing is what operates the 911 system. Several counties operate those as a
separate department, and he suggested looking at the organizational structure
and trying to find ways in which to expand services in that area. He asked Mr.
Nicholson to look at placing the 911 center under the control of the Emergency
Management Department.
CLOSED SESSION
Chairman Hawkins made the motion for the
Board to go into closed session as allowed pursuant to NCGS 143-318.11 for the
following reason(s):
1.(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. (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.
All
voted in favor and the motion carried.
ADJOURN
There being no further business to come before the Board, Chairman Hawkins made the motion to adjourn
the meeting at 9:22 p.m. All voted in
favor and the motion carried.
Attest:
Elizabeth W. Corn, Clerk to the Board Grady Hawkins, Chairman