TENTATIVE RETREAT AGENDA

WATAUGA COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

 

COMMISSIONERS’ BOARDROOM

WATAUGA COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, BOONE, NC

 

FEBRUARY 17 & 18, 2022

 

 

 

TIME

TOPIC

PRESENTER

PAGE

 

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2022

 

 

  12:00     PM

Opening Remarks and Lunch

Mr. Deron Geouque

 

    1:00     PM

Housing Needs Assessment Presentation

Mr. Patrick Bowen

1

    1:30     PM

FY 2022 Review and Discussion of FY 2023 Budget

Ms. Misty Watson

28

 

A.    Revenues

 

28

 

B.    Expenditures

 

29

 

C.    Debt Service Report

 

33

 

D.    Budget Calendar

 

35

 

E.     Special Appropriations

 

36

    1:45     PM

Review of Current Capital Improvement Plan (CIP)

Mr. Deron Geouque &

52

 

A.    Current CIP Status Report

Mr. Robert Marsh

52

 

B.    Valle Crucis Elementary School

 

53

 

C.    County Facilities Assessment Update

 

75

 

D.    Courthouse Parking Deck

 

77

 

E.     Courthouse Roof Repairs Update

 

81

 

F.     Human Services and Law Enforcement Roof Replacement

 

81

 

G.    ARPA Projects/Funding

1.      COVID-19 Expenses i.e. inmate testing              $270,000

2.      Law Enforcement Safety Gear                             $30,000

3.      Broadband                                                     $7,750,000

4.      Kill/Chill Water/Sewer                                      $500,000

5.      Valle Crucis School Water/Sewer                   $2,145,000

6.      Undesignated ARPA Funding                            $216,724

7.      Outside Agency Requests                                               

 

88

 

 

89

131

 

136

 

 

H.    Library

 

140

 

I.     School Facilities

 

141

    3:30     PM

Break

 

 

    3:35     PM

Sanitation Facility Upgrades

Mr. Rex Buck

144

    4:15     PM

Animal Care and Control Ordinance

Mr. Eric Presnell

153

    4:45     PM

Break

 

 

    5:00     PM

Appalachian District Health

Ms. Jennifer Greene

 

    5:15     PM

Watauga Medics

Mr. Craig Sullivan

408

 

A.     Annual Report

 

 

 

B.     Future Needs

 

 

    6:00     PM

County Manager’s Summary

Mr. Deron Geouque

 

    7:00     PM

Recess Until Friday, February 18, 2022 at 9:00 AM

 

 

          

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2022

 

 

    8:30     AM

Breakfast

 

 

    9:00     AM

Middle Fork Greenway Update

Ms. Wendy Patoprsty

 

    9:15     AM

Watauga TDA

Mr. Matt Vincent

Mr. Wright Tilley

437

    9:45     AM

2022 Revaluation

Mr. Larry Warren

442

  10:00     AM

Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute

Dr. Mark Poarch

 

  10:30     AM

School Board Funding Issues

Dr. Scott Elliott &

 

 

A.    FY 2023 Funding Needs                                                                                                

School Board Members

 

 

B.    Schools’ Capital Improvement Plan

 

 

  11:30     AM

Public Safety and Emergency Communications Matters

Mr. Will Holt

486

 

A.    Centralized Dispatch

 

486

 

B.    Systems Update

 

492

  11:45     AM

Miscellaneous & Commissioner Matters

A.    State Issues

B.    Commissioner Matters

Mr. Deron Geouque

 

 

  11:55     PM

Wrap Up, Goals & Objectives, Board Directives

 

 

  12:00     PM

Adjourn