TENTATIVE RETREAT AGENDA
WATAUGA COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
COMMISSIONERS’ CONFERENCE ROOM
WATAUGA COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, BOONE, NC
TIME THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2009 PAGE
4:00 PM OPENING REMARKS – MR. ROBERT E. NELSON, JR. 1
4:10 PM REVIEW OF CURRENT (FY 2009) BUDGET – MS. DORIS ISAACS
1) Revenues
a) Sales & Property Taxes 3
b) Departmental (Register of Deeds, Planning & Inspections, Parks & Rec) 13
2) Expenditures
3) Fund Balance 16
4) Debt Service Report 17
DISCUSSION OF FY 2010 BUDGET – MS. DORIS ISAACS
1) Budget Drivers 22
1) Budget Drivers 22
a) Department of Social Services 25
b) School Board 83
2) Expenditures 24
3) Funding of Non-County Departments 30
a) Cooperative Extension
b) Health Department
c) AppalCART
d) Mental Health
e) Library
f) Special Appropriations 31
4) Fire District Funding 33
4) Fire District Funding 33
4:45 PM REVIEW OF CURRENT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN (CIP) AND
CAPITAL RESERVE FUND – MR. ROBERT E. NELSON, JR., MR. DERON
GEOUQUE AND MR. ROBERT MARSH 57
1) Current CIP Plan 59
2) Tax Software Update – Mr. Kelvin Byrd
3) Animal Control Facility 61
4) Discussion of Unfunded Projects
a) Recreation Center/Swimming Pool 64
b) Report on Eastern Senior Services – Ms. Angie Boitnotte 70
c) Western Watauga Community Center Expansion 73
d) Human Services Center Building # 3 74
e) Tag Office 77
f) AppalCART Building 79
g) Rich Mountain Tower Report *
h) Miscellaneous Projects 82
5:30 PM DINNER BREAK
6:00 PM JOINT MEETING WITH WATAUGA COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD 83
1) General Discussion 84
2) Review of Schools (CIP) Maintenance Plan – Mr. Dennis Ray 86
3) High School Project Update – Mr. Mike Kesterson 98
4) Recreation Fields Use Agreement
5) Playgrounds Update
6:45 PM CIP CONTINUED
8:00 PM RECESS UNTIL FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2009, 12:00 PM
TIME FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2009
12:00 PM LUNCH
12:30 PM EMS ISSUES – MR. CRAIG SULLIVAN
1) Contract Renewal Discussion 146
2) Annual Report 149
1:00 PM SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT REPORT & DISCUSSION –
SHERIFF L. D. HAGAMAN 176
1:30 PM PLANNING/EDC MATTERS – MR. JOE FURMAN
1) “Comprehensive Plan” Progress Report
2) Affordable Housing 197
3) Discussion of Abandoned Mobile Homes 203
4) Brookshire Project (Water/Sewer Issues)
5) Economic Development Matters 208
6) Daniel Boone Parkway Discussion 210
3:00 PM RECREATION MATTERS – MR. STEPHEN POULOS
1) Howard’s Knob Park *
2) 10 Year Plan Report 215
3) Skate Park Report 216
3:15 PM TAX MATTERS – MR. KELVIN BYRD
1) Reval Report/Discussion 223
2) Tax Base Projections/Comments 224
3) Tag/Passport Office Discussion 228
4:00 PM MISCELLANEOUS
1) Blue Ridge Parkway Request 229
2) Discussion of Referenda (Sales and Transfer Tax) 240
3) Recycling Report – Ms. Lisa Doty 257
4) Surplus Property Discussion
a) Edmisten House *
b) Old High School *
5) Hazard Map Discussion *
6) FY 09 Audit *
7) Soccer Complex Agreement Discussion 263
WRAP UP, GOALS & OBJECTIVES, BOARD DIRECTIVES *
5:00 PM ADJOURN
* Discussion items only, no written materials included