TENTATIVE RETREAT AGENDA

WATAUGA COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

 

COMMISSIONERS’ CONFERENCE ROOM

WATAUGA COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, BOONE, NC

 

FEBRUARY 25 & 26, 2011

 

TIME               FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2011                                                                   PAGE

 

12:00 PM           LUNCH & OPENING REMARKS – MR. ROBERT E. NELSON, JR.                      

 

12.30 PM          REVIEW OF CURRENT (FY 2011) BUDGET – MS. MARGARET PIERCE           1

                                 (Budget Provided as an Additional Handout)

1)      Revenues

a)   Sales & Property Taxes                                                                                  3

b)   Departmental (Register of Deeds, Planning & Inspections, Parks & Recreation) 6

2)      Expenditures                                                                                                       7

3)      Fund Balance                                                                                                      8

4)      Debt Service Report                                                                                            9

 

  1:00 PM          DISCUSSION OF FY 2012 BUDGET – MS. MARGARET PIERCE

1)      Budget Drivers                                                                                                  11

a)   Department of Social Services – Including Child Support Enforcement             12

b)   School Board                                                                                                13

2)      Expenditures                                                                                                      14

a)      Cost of Insurance                                                                                            

b)      Retirement Contributions                                                                                  

3)      Funding of Non-County Departments                                                                  15

4)      Special Appropriations (Private Non-Profits)                                                        17

5)      Fire District Funding                                                                                           19

6)      Schedule                                                                                                            20

 

  2:00 PM          BREAK

 

  2:15 PM          REVIEW OF CURRENT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN (CIP) –

                         MR. DERON GEOUQUE

                         AND MR. ROBERT MARSH                                                                                 21

1)      Current CIP Status Report                                                                                 23

2)      Future Projects for Consideration                                                                          

3)      Pool Status Report – Robert Marsh                                                                    25

4)      YMCA Discussion                                                                                            31

5)      Maintenance Costs for New Parks                                                                     37

6)      Aho Container Site

7)      AppalCART Building

8)      Communications

a)      Code Red Discussion                                                                                   39

b)      VIPER Update                                                                                            47

c)      E911 Funds Discussion                                                                                51

9)      Review of County Lessor/Lessee Property                                                         61

 

  2:45 PM          TAX MATTERS – MR. KELVIN BYRD                                                                  

1)     Tax Reval Report                                                                                               63

2)     Tax Base Projections                                                                                         64

 

  3:00 PM          SCHOOL BOARD FUNDING ISSUES

1)        Schools’ Capital Improvement Plan                                                                    67

2)        FY 2012 Funding Needs                                                                                    77

 

  3:45 PM          CALDWELL COMMUNITY COLLEGE & TECHNICAL INSTITUTE 2012

                         FUNDING NEEDS – DR. KEN BOHAM                                                             127

 

  4:15 PM          EMS REPORT/DISCUSSION – MR. CRAIG SULLIVAN                                    129

 

  4:30 PM          LANDFILL ENERGY PROJECTS DISCUSSION                                                 161

1)      Report on Recycling and Methane to Electricity Project – Ms. Lisa Doty                

2)      Review of Energy Tax Credits – Mr. Deron Geouque                                            

 

  5:00 PM          HEALTH DEPARTMENT REPORT/ISSUES – MR. DANNY STALEY

                        

  5:30 PM          WRAP UP, GOALS & OBJECTIVES, BOARD DIRECTIVES

                        

  6:00 PM          RECESS UNTIL SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2011 AT 9:00 A.M.

 

TIME               SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2011                                                                      

 

  9:00 AM          WATAUGA HOUSING TRUST REPORT – MR. SCOTT EGGERS                     173

 

  9:15 AM          BROOKSHIRE PARK PROJECT UPDATE – MR. JOE FURMAN                     205

 

  9:30 AM          EDC REPORT/DISCUSSION – MR. KEITH HONEYCUTT                                207

 

                         RURAL BROADBAND INITIATIVE                                                                  223

 

                         ENTERPRISE CENTER DISCUSSION                                                                225

 

10:00 AM          PLANNING AND INSPECTIONS MATTERS – MR. JOE FURMAN

1)      Reynolds Blue Ridge Report                                                                             239

2)      Daniel Boone Parkway Discussion                                                                    241

3)      Cell Tower Ordinance Review                                                                          249

4)      Comprehensive Plan Discussion

      (Citizens’ Plan for Watauga Provided as an Additional Handout)                              257

5)      Abandoned Mobile Home Program                                                                   259

 

10:45 AM          TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY – MR. ROB HOLTON,

                         MR. WRIGHT TILLEY, AND MR. ERIC WOOLRIDGE

1)      Report

2)      Outdoor Recreation Plan

      (The Boone Area Outdoor Recreation Plan Draft Provided as an Additional Handout)

3)      Discussion

 

11:30 AM          MISCELLANEOUS & COMMISSIONER MATTERS                                              

1)      Manager’s Notice/Continuation Plan

2)      Farmers’ Market

3)      Courthouse Security                                                                                         263

4)      Fire Department Access to Gated Communities

5)      Lobbyist Discussion                                                                                          277

6)      Discussion of the Process of ¼¢ County Sales & Use Tax                                 281

7)      Consolidated Dispatch

8)      Discussion of Old High School Property

a)      Use Policy for Old High School                                                                   287

b)      Water Allocation                                                                                         288

c)      Special Zoning District

9)      State Issues                                                                                                     295

 

11:45 AM          WRAP UP, GOALS & OBJECTIVES, BOARD DIRECTIVES            

 

12:00 PM           ADJOURN