TENTATIVE RETREAT AGENDA
WATAUGA
COMMISSIONERS’ CONFERENCE ROOM
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 –
4) YMCA Discussion 31
5) Maintenance Costs for New Parks 37
6) Aho Container Site
7)
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
FUNDING NEEDS – DR. KEN BOHAM 127
4:15 PM
4:30 PM LANDFILL ENERGY PROJECTS DISCUSSION 161
1) Report on Recycling and Methane to Electricity Project – Ms.
2) Review of Energy Tax Credits – Mr.
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
9:30 AM EDC REPORT/DISCUSSION – MR. KEITH HONEYCUTT 207
RURAL BROADBAND INITIATIVE 223
10:00 AM PLANNING AND INSPECTIONS MATTERS – MR. JOE FURMAN
1) Reynolds
2)
3)
4) Comprehensive Plan Discussion
(Citizens’ Plan for Watauga Provided as an Additional Handout) 257
5) Abandoned
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
a) Use Policy for
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