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
                                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
 
4:45 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