TENTATIVE RETREAT AGENDA

WATAUGA COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

 

COMMISSIONERS’ BOARDROOM

WATAUGA COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, BOONE, NC

 

FEBRUARY 9 & 10, 2023

 

 

TIME

TOPIC

PRESENTER

PAGE

 

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2023

 

 

12:00 PM

Opening Remarks and Lunch

Mr. Deron Geouque

 

1:30  PM

FY 2023 Review and Discussion of FY 2024 Budget

Ms. Samantha Jones

 

 

A.    Revenues

 

1

 

B.    Expenditures

 

2

 

C.    Debt Service Report

 

6

 

D.    Budget Calendar

 

8

 

E.     Special Appropriations

 

9

1:45 PM

Review of Current Capital Improvement Plan (CIP)

Mr. Deron Geouque &

 

 

A.    Current CIP Status Report

Mr. Robert Marsh

10

 

B.    Valle Crucis Elementary School

 

11

 

C.    County Facilities Assessment Update

 

33

 

D.    Courthouse Parking Deck

 

35

 

E.     Roof Repairs Update

1.      Human Services

2.      Law Enforcement

 

39

 

F.     ARPA Projects/Funding

1.      COVID-19 Expenses i.e. inmate testing              $300,000

2.      Broadband                                                     $7,750,000

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

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

5.      Outside Agency Requests                                               

 

 

 

Dr. Jim Hamilton

 

 

42

45

 

G.    Library

Mr. Bill Dixon

46

 

H.    School Facilities

 

 

3:45 PM

Break

 

 

4:00 PM

Sanitation Facility Upgrades

Mr. Rex Buck

 

4:15 PM

Tax Matters

Mr. Larry Warren

 

 

A.     Appraisal

 

59

 

B.     2027 Revaluation

 

65

4:30 PM

Economic Development Matters

Mr. Joe Furman

 

 

A.     Workforce Housing

 

80

 

B.     Economic Development Commission (EDC) Update

 

81

4:45 PM

Watauga County Comprehensive Plan

Mr. Jason Walker

90

5:00 PM

Watauga Medics

Mr. Craig Sullivan

190

 

A.     Annual Report

 

 

 

B.     Future Needs

 

 

5:15 PM

County Naming Policy

Mr. Deron Geouque

207

5:30 PM

County Manager’s Summary

Mr. Deron Geouque

 

    6:00     PM

Recess Until Friday, February 10, 2023 at 9:00 AM

 

 

          

 

 

 

 

 

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2023

 

 

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

212

9:30 AM

Appalachian District Health

Ms. Jennifer Greene

 

 

A.    District Matters

 

216

 

B.    Opioid Plan

 

237

10:00 AM

Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute

Dr. Mark Poarch

263

10:30 AM

School Board Funding Issues

Dr. Scott Elliott &

267

 

A.    FY 2024 Funding Needs                                                                                                

School Board Members

 

 

B.    Schools’ Capital Improvement Plan

 

 

11:30 AM

Public Safety and Emergency Communications Matters

Mr. Will Holt

 

 

A.    EMS Updates

 

268

 

B.    Communications Updates

 

270

 

C.    Fire Department Contracts

 

272

11:45 AM

Miscellaneous & Commissioner Matters

A.    State Issues

B.    Commissioner Matters

Mr. Deron Geouque

 

 

11:55 AM

Wrap Up, Goals & Objectives, Board Directives

 

 

12:00 PM

Adjourn