TENTATIVE RETREAT AGENDA
WATAUGA COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
COMMISSIONERS’ CONFERENCE ROOM
WATAUGA COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, BOONE, NC
TIME MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2008 PAGE
4:00 PM OPENING REMARKS – MR. ROBERT E. NELSON, JR.
4:10 PM REVIEW OF CURRENT (FY 2008) BUDGET – MS. DORIS ISAACS
1) Revenues (Sales & Property Taxes) 1
2) Expenditures
3) Fund Balance 14
4) Debt Service Report 15
DISCUSSION OF FY 2009 BUDGET – MS. DORIS ISAACS
1) Expenditures 17
2) Budget Drivers 17
a) Department of Social Services 23
b) School Board 30
3) Funding of Non-County Departments 26
a) Cooperative Extension 21
b) Health Department
c) AppalCART
d) Mental Health
e) Library 27
f) Special Appropriations 28
4) Fire District Funding 31
4:45 PM REVIEW OF CURRENT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN (CIP) AND
CAPITAL RESERVE FUND – MR. ROBERT E. NELSON, JR., MS. DERON GEOUQUE
AND MR. ROBERT MARSH
1) Current CIP Plan 49
2) Anne Marie Drive Park – Mr. Robert Marsh 51
3) Brookshire Road Project – Mr. Joe Furman
4) Animal Control Facility 54
5) School Bus Garage Property 58
6) Discussion of Unfunded Projects
A. Recreation Center/Swimming Pool 60
B. Eastern Senior Services 61
C. Human Services Center Building # 3/Tag Office/AppalCART Building 66
D. Old Cove Creek School 69
E. Green Valley Pool 70
F. Greenway Connector to Brookshire Property 72
G. Watauga County Library Expansion/Western Watauga Community Center Expansion 78
H. Miscellaneous Projects 79
6:00 PM DINNER BREAK
6:30 PM CIP CONTINUED
7:00 PM EMS ISSUES
1) Additional Part-Time Crew 85
2) Avery County/Beech Mountain Contract 86
3) Annual Report 91
4) Future Service Issues
8:00 PM RECESS UNTIL WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2008, 4:00 PM
TIME WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2008 PAGE
4:00 PM JOINT MEETING WITH WATAUGA COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD
1) General Discussion 119
2) Review of Schools (CIP) Maintenance Plan – Mr. John Anderson 120
3) High School Project Update
4) Use Agreements
a) WHS for LEED Certification
b) Elementary Schools
1) Recreation Fields
2) Playgrounds (Mabel School Request) 131
4:45 PM PLANNING MATTERS – MR. JOE FURMAN
1) “Comprehensive Plan” Progress Report 140
2) Hazard Map Discussion 143
3) Affordable Housing
4) Water Issues Discussion
5:30 PM DINNER BREAK
6:00 PM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS – MR. JOE FURMAN 143
6:15 PM TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MATTERS
1) Middlefork Greenway Project 170
2) Trails Master Plan 178
6:30 PM BLOWING ROCK FUNDING REQUEST (POOL RENOVATIONS) –
MR. J.B. LAWRENCE AND MR. SCOTT HILDEBRAN 185
7:00 PM MISCELLANEOUS
1) Farmers’ Market Request 193
2) Habitat Report/Request 194
3) High Country Council of Goverments Request 205
4) Optional Road Funding Discussion 206
5) Discussion of Referenda (Sales and Transfer Tax) 207
6) Discussion of Disposal Contract
7) Recycling 211
8) Tax Bill Inserts 214
9) Discussion of Special Separation Allowance 215
WRAP UP, GOALS & OBJECTIVES, BOARD DIRECTIVES
8:00 PM ADJOURN