I'm going to do a little bit of the same thing. I'm going to do a little bit of the same thing. I'm going to do a little bit of the same thing. I'm going to do a little bit of the same thing. you you you Now, six o'clock, well, calls meeting order. Welcome your everybody to the Board of Mission Meeting for 6'3. The first time on our agenda is a pleasure of allegiance. We have a special guest here with us tonight. We'd like to ask our district attorney, Mr. Ted Bell, if you will, you'll be the lead us in pleasure of allegiance. The leg of the United States of America. To the Republic, which it stands, one nation, unhuggerized, indivisible, liberty and justice for all. All right. Thank you, Mr. Bell. Thank you, everyone. Commission, next item on the agenda is the agenda approval. What's the will of the board? Who's it we would accept the agenda approval? I've got a motion. The second, any discussion? I'm going to call a question. All in favor, raise your right hand. Any opposed, light wise? The agenda has been approved. Ladies and gentlemen, we have two public hearings tonight and then public comments during the public hearings. The portion for the public is actually for that portion of the public here. So the first item on the public hearing is 3-7-A-1 and bear with me to bring this up. It's a public hearing holding for real property, for distribution, disposition, excuse me, as economic development property. I'm open up the public hearing. I'd like to recognize if you can, I'm a development director, Mayor. Good evening, commissioners. Today, we're here in a public hearing notice to discuss two tracks of property that were purchased by the county back in 2008 They were purchased for certain county buildings in the anticipation that these projects would go through to fruition The projects did not proceed at that time and the land remained vacant in 2014-15 fiscal year money was secured through budget and This money was set aside for grading and site improvements. Since that time, the property has continually been marketed as an economic for economic development purposes. And today we have a resolution before you requesting that we formalize the county's intent to hold these tracks for economic development. Okay, thank you, ma'am. Director, are there any questions from the board? Members of the board. Commentary. Okay. Thank you. This is a public hearing. We'd like to ask if a member of the public lecture speak on this matter? We hear from the public hearing ID as 2, 4-371. Anybody in the public like speak on this? For those who have been here before, recognize that our county attorney asked me to say it's three times. So, make sure. Again, is there a go to the public. Again, is there a member of the public like to speak on this public hearing matter? Thank you. Here you go. I'll look to the commissioners for what's the will of the board. There is a resolution before you. They just own the agenda. Make a motion. We approve resolution. Second. We've got a motion to second. Any discussion? I'm going to call the question on favorite region right hand. The input was lie wise. Okay. That's my carry. Commissioners, the next item is 3784 is a public carry. But before we do that, I would like to have a consensus of the board. We just had a resolution regarding a property for economic development. So I want to read a statement. There's one additional public hearing originally scheduled for this evening that was published in daily career on May 23rd regarding the proposed sale of a 27.95 acre tract owned by Ruther County. Due to circumstances behind our control, we are unable to proceed with this hearing tonight. But I propose we hold a special meeting at the first possible date, which will be on Monday, June 17th at 6 o'clock PM. This will permit the required 10-day notice for the public hearing to be published in the dated courier. The public had the opportunity to speak to this proposal to proceed with the sale. This is an important project to the county. I'm sorry, I'm gonna repeat myself. This is an important project to the county. If accepted, well, through this board, we would require county staff to prepare this. It's necessary notice of public hearing for publication in the dating career so we can hold the public hearing at the first possible date, which is June 17th. At this time I'll look to the board for just not to have consensus that we can move forward with that. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, commissioners, the next item is 243784. This is a public hearing for the budget of fiscal year 2024 to 2025. I would now like to open up this public hearing. I would like to recognize our county manager, Mr. Steve Garrison. Thank you, Chair and commissioners. Just to go through a summary of the proposed budget, what we landed at is we're recommending that the total general fund be proposed at $80 million, $826,507 with a total budget for all funds coming in at $107,000, $510,000, $17,000, $13,000. And just as a reminder, that includes all those other funds that are just basically pass through funds such as the fire departments and other type funds that go through the county. The proposed budget, it presents a 4.283% increase in the general operating funds from fiscal year or 2425. It's an overall percentage increase for all the budgets at 5.68%. The proposed budget does not recommend an increase to our current tax rate, 45.4. However, to address a continued cost of our operations due to inflation, loss of sales tax dollars and to ensure that our employee wages assist our departments of the rates that those continue to support our department heads with their recruitment and retention efforts. It's going to, with that in mind, it's necessary to include two million four hundred and thirty one thousand three hundred fifty nine9 from our available and unrestricted general fund balance to balance this budget. And the post budget includes a 4% COLA increase for cost of living adjustment for staff as a reminder. We're trying to get our wages to where it's not just living wages thriving wage to ensure that we are competitive within the market. Primary factors that impact our budget and clears continued inflation and supply chain issues, wage competition with local and regional public and private sector employers, and a significant decrease in our sales tax revenues as I described last month. Top three areas supported by the proposed 2425 budget. Public safety at almost 29%, 28.93%. Education at 26.47%, and human services at 22.71%. Public safety education and human services make up over 78% of the county's total budget. and the community. The community is about 71%. Public safety, education, and human services make up over 78% of the county's total budget. Key takeaways. Key takeaways that we continue to address, attempt to address inflation while ensuring quality service delivery for our citizens. And we continue to implement employee recruitment and retention strategies all while not raising the tax rate. Looking at education, one of the critical areas we find, for FY 24 and 25, we are recommending a total of three million, 726,755 dollars to also the community college, with three million,26,755, going to operations and $700,000 to capital outlay. Including debt service for capital outlay projects, or the total county financial support to ICC and FY 24 and 25 will be for may in $186,000, $104 million, $186,165. School system, looking at the rest of the county schools, we are recommending an appropriation of 18 million, 368,368,689. 17 million, 368,689. We go to operations and $1 million to capital outlay. Including debt service for the school system, the total county appropriation support in the Rutherford County school system, during FY 24 and 25, will be 25 million, 88,646 dollars. Total county appropriations to supplement education, capital outlay, over and above sales tax and lottery, which are the biggest contributors we've pod to education. The distribution is 1,542,760. It's really just a highlight that we continue to see the erosion of our lottery funds availability as well as sales tax to go toward education. Solid waste enterprise fund is a reminder our solid waste department does operate as an enterprise which means it has to generate enough revenue to support its expenditures. In order to meet our legislative requirement to present a balanced budget for the solid waste enterprise, we are recommending the following. Solid Waste user fee increased from $153 to $160. The Solid Waste Homestead fee will increase from $60 to $70. Recycling availability fee would increase from $8 to $13. Municipal Solid Waste Tip and fee would increase from $74 to $76 per ton. Construction and demolition debris, Tip and fee will increase from $74 to $76 per ton. Construction and demolition debris, tipping fee will increase from $63 to $66 per ton. And the yard waste tipping fee would increase from $40 to $45 per ton. Jim, that's all I have for the presentation. Just to summarize, a budget that we gave you last time. And just as a reminder, we do have that budget presentation as well as I think the link to the message from last month. The line item budget is available as well as the budget message in its narrative context or written report form. Are all available on the county's website. Just go to the finance department. Chairman, Commissioner Gladj you're responding to questions you may have and also just to point out that you have a notice on here for public area for this Thursday. No. Bob, call. Bob, call. Thank you, sir. Excuse me. I'm correct. That's an adoption. Third year on. Yes, sir. Third year. Yes, sir. Thank you. You can miss any comment for the comments or questions at this time. But I would like to thank Mr. Garrison and all the finance staff for all the hard work, obvious hard work. It was with this budget together with all the departments and that. I think you've done a marvelous job. Thanks, sir. It shows excellent stewardship for your county's money. Thank you. Thank you. This is a public hearing on the budget for next year, 2024 through 2025. We need anybody to speak on this matter. Please come up. My name's Eric Gourney, I live in Henrietta. I feel like I've come to talk to you guys about the tax rate a couple times, and I feel like I've come to talk to you guys about the tax rate a couple times and I feel like I need to explain why lowering the tax rate is so important to me. And basically why I've been bringing this up. So I used to be a mildly successful insurance agent. And but in 2016 I was diagnosed with stage three esophageal cancer. And then the year later it came back after surgeries and chemo and all that year later it came back. Long story short, in five years I had 10 surgeries, many rounds of chemo, radiation. We just went through it. But cancer cost me my savings, my job, even my house, to pay off everything I had to sell everything I had and it had up moving to Henrietta in a double wide where I live now. I don't have anything left. And when you double my taxes, it really has huge effect on people like me. I didn't have any improvements to my land. I didn't change anything and yet you guys doubled my tax. And that really affects, like I said, people like me, people that are poor, that are living in your county. And it's out of their, you know, out of their hands of the situation that they're in. And if I don't pay my taxes, you'll send him over to my house with a gun on his side and take my house from me. The last thing that I have. I'm asking for you guys to lower the tax rate. I know they're recommending to keep the tax rate at 45 cent. There seem to be a lot of discussion about the inflation. Well, inflation is affecting us as well. All of my expenses have gone up. Because of that, we can't afford to keep the taxes as high as they are. So I'm asking you to lower the tax rate to 40 cents at the law. I'm asking you to reign in this budget by shrinking the size of your bureaucracy, which is, I mean, $107 million for 67,000 people, approximately. I think that our bureaucracy has gotten a little out of control. I know one of the new commissioners that are becoming up, ran, started his whole campaign because of problems with our bureaucrats. We need to rein this in and reigning it in, you can lower this budget. I'm asking you to not persecute the poor in this county. Some of us are here because of things that are out of our control. I'm asking you to lower the tax rate, already since that. Thank you, sir. Thank you. This is a public hearing on the budget for 2024. There's no speaker regarding. It's not public comment for the public comment area, but for the budget. Thank you. Good evening. I think this is the more appropriate time for me to speak. If that's okay. My name is Annie Dance. Thank you for allowing me to speak today. I'm out of utmost importance. The safety and security of our beloved Thermal Belt Rail Trail. This trail is not just a path for recreation, it is a vital artery that connects over 13 miles or a county promoting health while being in togetherness. However, recent incidents have raised concerns about the safety of those who use it, necessitating urgent action. I stand before you today, not only as a journalist, a constituent, but most importantly, an avid user of the trail. I think that funding surveillance cameras and increased police presence along the trail would very much help. In other jurisdictions, I know Marion PD has, for example, has, I believe, under $5,000 they spent on flock safety cameras, so that might be an option. And it's not clear to me where those conversations are. Funding cameras would be a proactive step in crime prevention. The railing cameras serve as a powerful deterrent. Knowing that people are being watched significantly reduces the likelihood of criminal activity. In addition, these cameras provide invaluable evidence in the event of any incidents, aiding the swift apprehension and prosecution of offenders. Funding an increased police presence is crucial. I know that there's almost 30% of the county budget going to that, and I applaud that. Again, it's unclear what if any increased patrols will go directly to the thermal belt rail trail. what if any increased patrols will go directly to the thermal belt rail trail. They do the trails non-negotiable. Government officials have responsibilities to do everything possible to protect residents and visitors, ensuring they can enjoy the trail without fear. In conclusion, funding for cameras and increased police presence is not an expenditure, but an investment in our community safety and wellbeing, and it sends a strong message that we value the security of our residents and visitors. And we are committed to maintaining the thermal belt rail trail as a safe welcoming space. I invite you to visit antideonstuffsubstarch.com for more information. And I greatly appreciate your time and consideration. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen we're at the public hearing for the budget for 2024 through 2025. Is there another person like to speak regarding the public hearing? Good evening commissioners, county manager. Seeing you talking about the budget, I'd like to y'all to see if you would consider a line item to help would combat the homeless problem that we have and substance abuse issues that we've got going on in the county. I do have a three minute talk. I was going to do it then, or I can do it now. Sir, are you stepped up here now? So, it's really up to you. Very well. That's why I mentioned earlier about the was a public hearing. Yes, no, I'm very. Thank you. My name's Pat Chamberlain. I'm the founder and executive director and pastor of Out of the Ashes Recovery Ministries located here in Rutherford County. We're here simply asking for you to consider us with financial support to help us maintain and expand the services in the future. Background and impact, let me provide you with an overview of the significant impact that our organization has had in our community over the past eight years. Our dedicated team has been offering crucial services at no cost to taxpayers or any level of government funding, county, state, or federal. It was not easy landing a critical service here in our community. As everyone thought it was a great idea, just not in their backyard. We're helping a problem that existed. We didn't create it. We're helping the homeless and substance abuse problem which helps tourism and increase dollars to our community. We support law enforcement and judicial systems by offering programs to help individuals who have been released from prison with nowhere to go or given conditional bonds assisting them in their journey to recovery and back to productive members of society. We have been committed to providing housing, transportation, food, supplies, individual group, therapy by licensed providers who we pay a fee for services for those who cannot afford it themselves. We drug test all individuals who seek our services. We offer peer support, recovery meetings, essential food supplies to those in need. We have also been a valuable resource to local law enforcement assisting and placing individuals who are out on the streets and have nowhere to go. The scope of our work is substantial. We have assisted thousands of individuals right here in our local community. And the value of our service extends far beyond mere numbers. Last year alone, despite facing a devastating fire during Christmas season in the coldest months of the year, last year alone we provided housing for over 300 individuals. From December 10th through February 1st, when the fire happened, we provided shelter to over 100 individuals. Food, therapy services continued on. Our efforts not only offer immediate relief to those in need, but also contribute to the overall safety and health of our community. By providing these services, we help reduce the burden on local emergency services and law enforcement, allowing them to focus on their other critical task. We believe that the impact of our work is invaluable and contributes significantly to the homeowners and the taxpayers of our community, as well as the social fabric and stability of our community. Overdose crisis and funding is needed. As we all are painfully aware, the overdose crisis continues to claim lives in our community despite our best efforts. We're struggling to keep the lights on and maintain our staff and operations. We make appeal to the commissioners. We're here today to ask you for your support. Our organization is doing everything possible to combat homelessness and addiction with the limited resources we have. In closing and gratitude we thank you for the time and consideration. We remain dedicated to serving Rutherford and Polk counties and look forward to the possibility of working together to enhance our community's well-being. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have. Thank you for your time and consideration. We look forward to continuing our collaboration with local authorities and stakeholders to ensure that our community remains a place where everyone can thrive. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thanks, sir. Public hearing is still open regarding for the budget. Does anybody else like to speak regarding the budget for 2024 or 2025? It's an opportunity for a member of the public to come speak regarding their comments regarding the budget for 2024 2025. Finally, does there anyone like to speak regarding the budget? At this time we'll close the public hearing. Public hearing is closed. Commissioners, there's no action. Tonight regarding this public hearing. We are I believe it's on them. Sorry On the 666 at 5 o'clock PMs when we look at the budget adoption and At this time we're going to public comments Fortunately, the public comments they spoke during the public hearing so I'm'm going to say your name, say, do you want anything to add or did you or could you piece me a set of Pat Chamberlain? You heard your ranger? You're good? Yes, it's fine. Miss Dance, I got yours. I want that. Okay. Mr. Gertmester Gurney? You're good. Gorn, sorry. Thank you. You're good? All right. Thank you. Commissioners, next item will agenda. It's a consent agenda. Is there an item that you like to add or remove from the consent agenda? Most of them will approve. Second. You got a motion second. You need discussion. Here and I call a question. I'm a favor. Raise your right hand. You can pose likewise. Okay, carries. Commissioners, next item is three three eight one seven. Voting delegate for the National Association of counties. I'd like to recognize Hazel Hnes, the clerk for the board. Thank you, sir. Any meeting with the National Association of Counties will be held in Camp Florida in July. So I don't think your mic's on. Any people here? No, I don't think your mic's on. Can you people hear her? Say it. Okay, you're live now. Okay, thank you. You just turned it off. Touch it again. Now don't touch it. There it is. No, don't touch it. There's a terrible comment. I think it's all again. The annual meeting of the National Association of Counties will be held in Tampa, Florida, in July this year. In order for the county to have a vote at the business meetings, the board will need to appoint a voting delegate. Commissioner Benfield has stated that he plans to attend the meeting. So you might want to consider appointing Mr. Benfield as your voting delegate. Motion wait point, Mike Benfield is our voting delegate. Second. I have a motion to second you discussion. Thank you. Thank you. You're going to call the question. All the way to your right hand. You can put it likewise. Okay. Go vote, Mike. Commissioners, next items, three, seven, nine, two. This is a Portman's to the North County Board and Commission's. And this is going to be a little lengthy. I'd like to recognize Hazel hangs are clerked to the board. And the commissioners, if you look at the spreadsheet before you, I believe we'll go by one board at a time. And Hazel, you're on. All right. We do have a number of terms of office on the road for County Board's information. And they will expire in June 30th this year. Mr. Chief Garrison's term on the road riddle water authority will be expired in June 30th. And Mr. Garrison has a case is really missed to serve an additional term if the board so chooses. Commissioner Wilson will the board. I should approve. Second. No motion. Second. Any discussion? Any time to call a question. I'll be raised your right hand. Any opposed? Lightwise. Mr. Anderson. Board. Ms. Susan Hanson and Mr. Kevigorn, are willing to be reporting to the historic preservation commission. You may wish to consider those applications. So we'll the Board. Motion to consider those applications. So we'll the board motion to approve. Second. We've done a motion second. Any discussion? We do have some openings there which will be advertising on for future meetings. Any further discussion? We're going to call a question. All right. Raise your right hand. Any opposed? Light wise. Okay. Thank you. Mr. Roger Jolly and Dr. Seema Degel have turned the expires on the Ascidental Community College Board of Trustees and both of these are willing to be reappointed if you choose to do that. So we'll award make a motion that we approve each. We've got a motion need a second. Point of order. Board of trustees do any need to do with this one at a time or you can't go in together like this. You can do them together sir. Yes thank you. All right. Any further discussion? Oh here none of the call to question all in favor raise your right hand. Any Oh and Miss Kim Allrich have all indicated that there were an interviewee appointee and Mr. Benjamin Roach has submitted the application to service and you represented the under 21-year category. Thank you, Hazel. Commissioner, what's the will of the board? Motion to move through the board. Second. Thank you, got a motion to second union discussion. You're gonna call a question. I don't think we're going to raise your right hand. Any opposed? Light wise. Thank you. Mr. Jim Edwards is willing to be reported to the library board. And Mr. Cody E sail has submitted an application to be appointed to this board to serve as a representative of district three. At the district five, when I make a motion for Karen Lugo. Feel that slot. Excuse me. Let me unravel this a little bit. Well, there's three there's three openings in the library and she mentioned two which is for district one and three and you have district five who we Approach one and three first and then we'll do district five. Yeah, it's such Regarding the district one district three that Went back up is the district three for one year of three years is the district three for one year of three years. I'm gonna back up here. Is there one year? Is there one for one year that I want to do? Yes, it goes. I think one of these terms is for different terms. One is for one year and two is for three years. Okay, so let's do the three years. Okay, so let's let's do the Three years, right? So let's do the three years first. That's James Edwards. What's the will of the board? Motion to approve that appointment Second Got a motion second in discussion You're gonna call a question all favorite your right hand and he puts a lot of eyes. Thank you. The second one is question all favor, raise your right hand. He can put it like wise. Thank you. The second one is, I'm Cody, is that right? And that's for one year, to get everything back on track. And this for district three, what's the will of the board? Motion. Thank you. Got a motion in a second. Any discussion? You're not going to call a question. All favor, raise your right hand. Any opposed? That's great. District five, Commissioner Tony has a recommendation. Caring Luke, go to point for the district five. The motion needs second. Got a motion to second, any discussion? That'd be a good point. What's the term? The regular term? Yes, the regular term. Yes, the regular term. I'm sorry, yes. Three year term. Any further discussion? You're going to under call the question. I want to favor raise your right hand. Any opposed? Likewise. Thank you. We're now planning commission. I don't have. The planning commission has three terms coming to an end. Mr. Ronny Harrow and Mr. Tony Fowler wish to be re-appointed. And we do have an application that for Mr. Scott Ballstein to serve as the district five at large category. Thank you. And his old commission is what's the will on the board. I move we accept these applications. And that motion needed a second. Thank you. And his commission is also will on the board. I move we accept these applications. And that motion needed a second. Thank you. And that motion second, any discussion? You're going to call the question. All in favor raise your right hand. Any opposed? Likewise. For the may, thank you. Thank you. You do have three matters. The Relic for County Economic Development Association. These terms are expired. and all three of those individuals have indicated they wish to be reformed. Those first is all the Spryokin, Mr. Terry Hines and Mr. Steve Garrison. Thank you, what's the will of the board? Make a motion to approve. Sorry, I got a motion to second. Any discussion? As commissioner, I'm obligated to vote by law Any further discussion You're gonna call a question on favor raise your right hand need to post-flight wise Next item next board is a TDA There are applications that have been received for the agencies of that board There are applications that have been received for the agencies of that board. Mr. Kendall Stowe and Mr. Scott Martin have applied to serve as representatives of the occupancy tax collector's line. And Mr. Day Long has applied to serve in that large slot. Dr. Margaret Anandziata has indicated her willingness to be reappointed in this board. She serves as a travel entourist from like her. the there is one vacancy. Yes, thank you, Commissioner. We'll be our parties of that in the future. Any further discussion? Who now to call the question? I'll favor your right hand. Any opposed? Likewise. I want to ask the committee. Thank you. Three members who are presently serving on the transit advisory board are willing to be reappointed. Those persons are Mrs. Ann Porter, Mr. Francis Cameron and Mrs. Susan Hall. Thank you. What's the will of the board? I'd like to make a motion. Will you approve the appointments? Thank you, commissioning. That motion needs a second, please. Second. I've got a motion and a second. This is discussion and you can discussion. Here now to call the question. All the favouritesation right hand. You post likewise. Thank you. Ms. Anita Monday, Mr. Tim Maccus and Mrs. Sadie Harp are requesting to be reported to the workforce development board. Thank you, Hazel. What's the will of the board? Make a motion to approve. Thank you. We've got a motion to second. Thank you. We've got a motion to second. Any discussion? Here now to call the question on favoration right hand. He No, bro. Thank you. We got a motion to the second. Thank you. Got a motion to the second in your discussion. You're going to call the question. I'll pay for your right hand. You can pose a lot of wise. Point to the minimum. Thank you. All right. Now let's go to page two. Just kidding. That's all I want. We're now to 3816 under new businesses budget amendments. Lecture recognized our finance director, director Paul Ruggish, director. Good evening. Good evening. There's several budget amendments for consideration. The first we've received some additional procedure funds for the sheriff's office and then I go in the equipment line. The off-site storage building needs a roof replacement set that would come from our fund balance appropriated for a roof replacement plan. The senior center received some donations for their health program as well as the miscellaneous donations. The senior game donations came in this year as well as the veterans program. And what we do is appropriate those funds, we'll be carrying on forward any unexpended funds as of June 30th and September. So we'll request the balances to be pulled forward. The next one for the vehicle repairs, those are the insurance claims that have been received this fiscal year. So that will go back in their vehicle maintenance line item for the sheriff, EMS, and maintenance. And there's a contribution to the DSS fund. This year we've been hit especially hard with the foster care program. So that is for the state foster care as well as the 4E program and that will true up this fiscal year as to where we expect to finish in June. Then DSS had some insurance claims. The grant fund, our donations received from the Sheriff's Office for the Star Program that they've started doing with the children that replace the great program this past year. that replace the great program this past year. The detention andmate supplies they received a grant for behavioral health blankets from dogwood help. And they've also DSS has also received some funds from partners for a collaborative program on safe sleep. The next one is for transits insurance claims for this fiscal year. In the last two articles out to projects in the capital projects fund that has since been completed this will move those residual balances back to the county debt service fund for future projects. Thank you. Any questions or comments from the board? I do have a question. I just for clarification. So we have the transit vehicle repairs insurance claims around 28,000. And then earlier we had EMS vehicle repairs around 16,000, 16,000. The sheriff vehicle repairs of 71,000. These are insurance claims and dividends is this our portion of insurance like deductible or is this the insurance- No, that's the insurance proceeds that have been received from an insurance company that helps to pay for those items. So this number is just, these numbers here is just a portion of the- But this number would be that cost of the accident less than number would be the cost of the accident less than $1,000 deductible if you were our fault. Then that's the proceeds. So this is almost the gross cost. Yes. Okay. Yes. And what time period do these? This covers the entire fiscal year. I normally pick it up in February or March. And this year I've been a little bit busy and I haven't grabbed those. Well, no, I wasn't. I was just curious about the time frame. But normally you see this in two batches. Right. So this is almost $100,000 worth of vehicle repairs. Yes. And one year time. Until the level 100. And that's somewhat normal if you look at past history on our insurance funds. That's nice. Okay. Thank you so much for that. Are there any questions from the board? Go ahead and read this. Budget amendments. What's the will of the board? Thank you sir. We've got a motion to second in discussion. You're not gonna call a question. I'll play a raise your right hand. You need to pose live. Okay. Thank you. 3789. It's let's make a deal on the gut deals. Nane, you're sorry to tell us about this. Good evening commissioners. I hope you're well today. The county has a short list of surplus real property that we are seeking to dispose of. We have tried in the past a couple of traditional real estate broker type options with no success. And we brought a Queens Gat lot to you previously. And I think the numbers speak for themselves as far as success. Those numbers were 65 bids for the total with over 6,800 hits to be able to view that property and check it out and consider bidding. So govdills.com is where we plan to have this auction. You've got a resolution before you tonight where we are seeking your approval. You'll be able to auction lot 61, which is in riverbend at Lake Lower Section 2. It is situated along Sparrow's way. That auction is tinnily pending your approval tonight, scheduled to run from noon on June 7th and ending at 9pm on July 12th. The high bidder would at that time be brought back to you at your August agenda for your consideration to either accept or reject that high bidder. And again, this is lot 61. The partial number and all the key data is in your package tonight, but I'll be glad to fill any questions. If you have any questions, I have a question. How long have we owned this parcel? Actually, I believe this one has been in county ownership for entirely too long. I do not have the exact time frame, but I believe we started looking at creating this short list of real property a few years ago. So I know it's been more, it's not a recent acquisition. It's something that's been off the tax books for entirely too long and so we're eager to be able to divest the county from this property and get it back in the tax. The period has been about five years. Five years. Yes, 20. 20 years? 23. 20, that's it, five. 20 years. 20 years. 2001. 2001. Yes sir. That's what the deed. This was deeded to the county in December of 2001. This is what the deed shows sir. They'll be a good one to put on there and then with it. Thank you are the other questions. Commission has a resolution before you will reveal the board. The motion approved. Exactly. We've got a motion second in discussion. We're going to call the question. I'll raise your right hand. The unit pose likewise. Okay. Thank you. Commission, next item is 3787. It is a good deal's option as well. Lecture recognized. Mr. Sir, thank you, commissioners. I appreciate your approval of that resolution. Tonight you have another resolution before you. Requesting approval for electronic auction on govdills.com. It is a parcel right here in Reutherfordon. It's on Cedar Street. The details of it are the same auction days. We'd like to run them for approximately four weeks. but with your approval tonight It would run from noon June 7th through 9 p.m. 1 July 12th then come back You're approval of rejection at your August agenda. I believe this one has not been in county ownership But just for a short time just a couple of years of October 2023 in this All right six months If there's any questions I'll be glad you try to fill them. I'll be any questions from the board commissioners. Thank you. What's the will the board deserve? Make a motion that we approve the resolution to authorize in the new electronic option. A parcel number one two zero four zero seven eight zero street theater street and brothers. Thank you commissioners. Second. Good motion in the second. Thank you, Commissioner. Thank you. Thank you, Commissioner. Motion second, any discussion? Here in the undercut question, all the favor is your right hand. And to be opposed to what I was. Very good. Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Clerk. Good luck, but. Mr. Speaker. Commissioner Nick Sietem is. Yes. Nick Sietem is 3786. The resolution declining the offer of surplus property. I'd like to recognize her county manager, Mr. Steve Gatorson. Thank you, Chairman. The Dr. Sutton superintendent Superintendent for the Ruther County Schools, reached out and they are desiring to the desired. There we go. To sell an unused portion of property, 5.88 acres parcel of land along East Second Street. I adjacent to the former RS Middle School campus. This is part of the original campus that was split with the new 221 highway that's coming through there. They have a desire was split with the new 221 highway that's coming through there. They have a desire to partner with the town of Routh just to see town manager Doug Barrick with us. And so they are looking to transfer that property to the town of Routh and future development site for potential for workforce development. However, the school board must declare the property as surplus property, which they haven't taken that action. And they have to offer it to the county for a first round of refusal. What you have before you this evening is a recommendation from staff of the resolution. We are requesting that you adopt to declare that property surplus and to well they've already declared that I apologize to decline the offer of the property Resolution to tax for your consideration chairman glad to respond to any questions that you may have The mayor's brother tenants here tonight. Okay. I didn't know I didn't know if you just want an arm wrestle over I didn't know he just won an arm wrestle over. No, okay. I can motion. Thank you, sir. Second. Got a motion, second, you discussion. You're going to call a question. All the favor raise your right hand. Any opposed? Likewise. Passes. the Commissioners next item apologize Next time items 3813 opioid cell lymphones project proposals I like to recognize Thank You, commissioners. If you would please permit me to recognize the tireless community partners and stakeholders who've been an active part of our Open Settlement Fund Strategic Planning Committee over the last two years. If you've been a part of that committee, would you mind to stand? This is the overall larger committee. Thank you. Appreciate you. Thank you. I say tirelessly because we have around them through a gang of a whole lot of meetings over the last couple of years. Part of the committee that we define as our subcommittee is our view committee that's looked at the request for applications that were submitted requesting a consideration from the commissioners for I'm just going to be very happy to be here. I'm really looking forward to investing a consideration from the commissioners for funds for opiate settlement funds toward projects that meet the M.O.A. Just to read through that real quick and before I do that, I wanted to recognize as well our subcommittee, those members that have already stood up. Let me start by introducing you to Peyton Williams. She's from the North Carolina Association of County commissioners, part of their OSTAT team. And she's been serving on our committee, as our committee coordinator. Peyton, would you mind stand again? I'm sorry. Really appreciate all that you've done to get our committee to this part. She's been our go-to subject matter expert and really has taken a lot of time working with, not only herself, but her team and Raleigh, trying to put together all the necessary forms and helping us to dive through the menagerie of the lab. Maybe a better description of the maintenance of agreement that we have with the state of North Carolina. But we appreciate you assisting us with this. Thank you. Geo-Miracle with the Health Council. It's also a member of the subcommittee that reviewed these applications as well as Dr. Paul Holden, who's here with us today. Keisha McDowell with the Graham Town team. Doug Warrick, as I mentioned, the town manager for other than Ted Bell, I believe is here, our district attorney. We appreciate his participation. Dana Stansbury with the Foothills Regional Commission. I don't believe she's with us. County Finance Director Paula Rich, County HR Director Deborah Conner, and then our County EMS Director Caleb Johnson. I'll just again just to thank them for being a part of the committee that reviewed the request for applications that were submitted to us a couple of months ago. And it was a pretty lengthy long process that we went through as a team to try to score and rank these applications that came in and we're preparing this evening to make recommendations to the commissioners for funding of particular projects. As a reminder, the Roth County ended into a national settlement agreements with companies engaged in the manufacturing distribution and dispensing of opiates, the allocation uses and reporting of funds stemming from these national settlement agreements and bankruptcy resolutions are governed by the memorandum of agreement. Julia is talking about the MOA quite a bit. That's between the state of North Carolina and local governments on proceed relating to the settlement of opiate litigation and supplemental agreement for additional funds from additional settlements of op opioid litigation. That's a mouthful. The Rutherford County Opioid Settlement Fund requests for applications of the RFA's Review Subcommittee has completed their review of submitted RFA's and recommend that County Commission approve three projects for funding via a resolution by the county of Rutherford County, our county of Rutherford, to direct the expenditure of opioid settlementford County, county of Rutherford, to direct the expenditure of opiate settlement funds. The three recommended projects would begin on July 1st, 2024, and would cover two years. So these will be two year service agreements that will assign with these three organizations. This will go from current fiscal year, 24, 25, and into 25 and 26. The three projects elected by the review committee has followed rather than regional hospital. They proposed an evidence-based addiction treatment programming and this is for an authorization of $400,000 for two fiscal years. The second organization, our recommendation is to fund preferred choice health care. They are offering recovery support services programming. That's for an authorization of $335,705 for two fiscal years. And then United Way of Rutherford County, they are offering recovery support services programming. That's for an authorization of $258,000 for two fiscal years. All total the amount of funding we're appropriating is around $993,705 for two years for these three organizations. We did a tax resolution without effect and presented to you this evening for your consideration. Just wanted this in a reminder. Over the course of the 18- period of the settlement we anticipate that right now the projection is exceeding 10 million dollars but well by the time you divide that out over the 18 years we want to make sure that we still have those funds available in a conservative matter to ensure that we have funding to last the entirety of 18 year period when the funds start trickling in so right now our proposal is 500,000 each year so we're trying to cap that at so far. We have kept you at that lower amount. Just a little bit less than a million for the two year period at 993,705 for these three organizations. We have a lot of great some middle. I wish we could fund every one of them. This is where we landed as far as trying to ensure that we can fund some programs we hope will move the needle on our continued Battles to combat opiate addiction and rather for county glad to respond any questions that you may have Accountability ability to do it. How will we know that the objectives are being reached and are money well? Yes, sir. I don't think Scott Lugano is with us this evening. If you remember last month, we ask you to allow the county to contract with the gate spring. That's a more of the primary functions that organizations will have is to help us do the reporting and the monitoring as well as mentoring and coaching to ensure that these funds are effectively spent. Right now, I think we're on a quarterly track for reporting which will upload into a state portal because the state will require that. If you have time to review the entirety of the MOA, it does have a lot of reporting requirements in there to ensure that we're not only holding the organizations accountable that we're being held accountable as well. But gate spring and Scott Lugano will be a great aid to help us offset some of that. Thank you, sir. It's a good question. Yeah, the MLA directs on a lot of what it can and can't be used for. Yes, sir. One of the things, well, I'm sorry to commissioner, I mean to cut you off. The MOA, that's been the toughest challenges. Right now you have option be your option, or option A or option B strategies. The option A strategies are quite broad, but that's why I mentioned Peyton and really appreciated her role in assisting us through the process because it's a bit complex and convoluted, I could say that. But the understanding is that they're wanting to ensure from state level, specifically the Attorney General's Office, funds are spent in a way that meet legal requirements, but also match federal requirements and relations to best practices for utilization of funds. So option A strategies, this is what we are at the moment. It will do a lot to help us move that needle again. But the option B strategies, that's the second part of what Mr. Lugano and Gasepring will be working on. We want to open those strategies up as well. There's several pages if you recall. There's only a couple of pages for the option A strategies, but there's multiple pages for option B strategies. They allow you to dive a bit deeper into some aspects of what the funds can be used for. Not necessarily flexibility, but greater utilization of those funds for the option B strategies. You have to check the boxes on quite a few activities in the community before you can open up those option B strategies. Scott's going to be working on that as well over the next two years. By the time we wrote around two years we'll have additional opportunities for some of the multitude of organizations in our community that might qualify for opiate distribution. Thanks sir. Commission has a resolution before you will see the board. Make a motion that we approve the resolution. Move this thing forward. I think a motion to you a second. Thank you. Commission, we've got a motion second. Any discussion? Any on call question all favor is your right hand. You can post log wise. Thank you gentlemen. Commissioner's next item is Commissioner reports of 3791. The Curves of Development report, would like to recognize. Okay. 30 seconds. Lines. How many seconds? 30 seconds. You got 30 seconds. The mission always is pleasure. Always. You know, pleasure to be here. Thank you. Mr. Chairman, commissioners. County manager, Ernie. Thank y'all for the opportunity to be here. Chairman, commissioners, county manager, Herney. Thank y'all for the opportunity to be here. As you recall last month, I did give you an overview of our 2425 budget. So I'm here tonight to just kind of hit the highlights and I promise I'll hit highlights and move through all these projects. There's some great things going on in Rufford Bound. Some great things going on in marketing. And you've got a full report before you. And hopefully you'll be able to add time to go through that. But I'm just going to go through real quick and hit the highlights. Rufferbound, as you know, we take one third of our Armsie Tax Collections that we receive and we put it back into our community. And that is what we work with the towns and the county to create Ruffer Bound. Ruffer Bound is currently nine projects completed with 14 in place and currently through 2324. We will have over $21 million of projects and funding for the projects. There's 14 different projects listed there, everything from Chimmy Rock to Ellenborough. And we, I won't go and read every one of them, but there's a lot of great things going on there. And but I will hit the highlights here. $21 million, as I mentioned, $10 million in grants. $10 million from local government and TDAs. Matching money there and then some private funds. So that is excellent opportunity for Rutherford County and Rutherbound to continue and we will continue. At the end of this next year, the TDA will put in another $1 million into Rutherbound and with the towns and the county matching those funds will be another $1.5 million. The $21 million is going to become another 1.5 million, but the 21 million is going to become 22.5 million. So, and hopefully more grants and a lot more opportunities to come. But at the end of this term, or at the end of this five or six years, TDA will put in $6.5 million back into Ruffer County projects. Okay, we've got chimney rock, street skate right now. As we speak, if you've been up to chimney rock The streets are torn up, but that's all good because it's gonna look really good We're having meetings with our stakeholders and we're gonna be talking with them There's a little bit of construction going on, but we're gonna get them all happy and do some social media And make sure everybody knows that they are still open for business Okay, Lake Lour. Morse Park, we do have a funding gap, but they're getting ready to go out to bid here real soon, and we will determine which kind of funding gap they have. Weatherton, Norse Park, the disc golf course, we're excited about that opportunity to come. We'll be going out to bid here. Oh, that was gone, but I think it's late summer. Same way with we'll come up with that funding gap after the bids all come in and get opened. But we're anticipating right now a little over almost 400,000 funding gap there with almost a two million dollar project. The factory continues to move forward and we look forward to this completion here in the near future. The Sloap Skate Park in Spendale, we're going to bid here in mid to late summer and determine what that funding gap will be. But again, another $2 million plus project and we've already come up with almost $2 million funds and we will continue with that. Poor City, the farmers market, they're right off the Thermal Belt Rail Trail. They're going to be kind of regrouping. I've right there I'm sure on a 1.5 funding gap, but I think they're going to downscale that project and kind of see where things are going. But we'll work closely, the TDA work closely with 4 City to see what they want to do. Ellen Burke, cotton gin park. We're excited about that. We've got $1.2 million of funds committed, and we're anticipating a bid of around $1.4. So we do have a $220,000 funding gap. Again, the final once everything goes out for bids, we'll know more about what the true funding gap will be. So we'll hopefully be able to go to bid here in the fall on that. But we'll see how things progress. There's one thing about having all these projects going. The timelines, we just throw them out the window. I mean, I wish they would go faster, but unfortunately, they're not. And we do have funding gaps, and I'll keep you posted on that. Thermal belt rail trail, Purple Martin, DDA will continue to contribute $100,000 a year into those two trails, each of those getting $50,000. Right now there's $400,000 available in funding for Thermal belt rail trail and Purple Martin enhancements and we'll be working with the trail collaborative to figure out what we would need to do. Also, Legacy Soccer Park. As you know, that is coming in 2026 towards end of the year there. The TDA is working with Town Forrest City, Rutherford County, and yes, without our H.I. Legacy Foundation and their contribution of over $13 million. None of that would have been possible. We're so thankful for our H.I. and what they've done. So thankful for all the other collaboration and we're excited about that part coming real soon. As you heard, I've talked about all the projects, they all have funding gaps, they all have marketing, they have groundbreaking, they need ribbon cuttings, they need promotion and work. The TDA, we have money set aside in our administration budget that we are working with all of the towns to help them. We're not just saying, hey, let's do a project, we're going to work with them and help get those funding gaps down. Because the goal is to do round breakings and ribbon cutting. And then, as I said, about 2324, we got a trail collaborative. We are working with creating trails up in the Lake Lord, Chendi Rock area, and working with conservative Carolina, Foothills Conservancy, Carolina Calamers, and Rutherford Outdoor Coalition. The TDA will continue to host RutherfordBound.com. We'll continue to do videos and promote all of our different projects throughout the county. We will continue to work with the state and be year the trail as we committed to. But this year, the state of North Carolina wants to be known as the Great Trail State and Rutherford County will do everything possible to promote our trails and partner with the state and help them with their goal of being come known as the Great Trail State. And 2425 scope of work as I mentioned will continue to do websites ribbon cuttings, ground breaking, promote trails. We'll have a ribbon cutting, we'll have a ribbon cutting, we'll have a ribbon cutting, we'll have a ribbon cutting, we'll have a ribbon cutting, we'll have a ribbon cutting, we'll have a ribbon cutting, we'll have a ribbon cutting, we'll have a ribbon cutting, we'll have a ribbon cutting, we'll have a ribbon cutting, we'll have a ribbon cutting, we'll have a ribbon cutting, ground-breaking and ribbon cuttings and so forth And that's just an example of some of the material that we help our towns with Towns the TDAs doing it the towns and the county you're not have to do any of that funding our At agency and rougher Destiny's by design is doing all that work and there's our ad agency and roughly distance by design is doing all that work. And there's example of one of our ribbon cuttings and the street that's going on. Okay, that's roughly bound. Now, the TDA is responsible for marketing promoting Rutherford County as a destination place. And as you can see, there is the travel guide that is one of our main focus and then I have a actual copy here. So we'll continue to do that. We're working with farmers. We're doing agritourism in Ruther County. We have a farmers act and we're also working with, we've hired P1 tourism and their collaboration with NC State University and they are helping us work with different farms, communities identifying farms that would like to have an event on their farm and have a way to create additional revenues or visitors to come out to the farm. And he wanted to help with us identify those farms, create those events, sales tickets, and provide extra revenue for farms. What kind of farms? And here's an example right there. There's some of the farms that we're working with out there. Very question, but distilleries, co-facts, creek farm. But if there is a farmer that would like to create a vent on their farm that they can sell tickets for, we'll work with anybody. I mean any of the farmers. And right now we've identified, I think the number was 13 that we're working with, but the goal is to identify more and create more events. But the agriculture is in piece of that is, as you promote people to come visit both for county and if they want to get the agri-cursor piece of it is visit out throughout the farms, we'll promote social media and try to drive traffic to go visit the farm. Okay? And we are community events programs, which is in our budget. We promote and help assist with marketing with all the different events, and there's the list of them there. But you see the jet ski there, the jet ski association has identified that they want to come back to the Isothermal Community College Lake and they are going to have another event on July 5th and 6th and get this. They're going to bring in lights and do night racing issue. So we're gonna, anyway, this would be the second annual and we're excited and we hope to make it a traditional competition and program there. And then also the TDA will all be also to support the, all-star game that's gonna go on Al's Park, which is July 7th and 8th. Keep up with County Beautiful. As you know, you County Commissioners challenged the TDA and Pickup Rocco to form a program of work that would educate and communicate and find volunteers to pick up litter. And thank you for that challenge. Well, here's where we are today with that program. We've had many volunteers. We've picked up tons of litter and Genevaylee with pickup Rocco has decided to resign. He's going to be on the board for the committee, but she's not going to be the executive director. So the TDA and the Keep Brother County committee is going to be the executive director. So the TDA and the Keep Brother County Committee is going to contract with ROC, and Jerry Stincelin of ROC is going to take on that program of work that Jenna did as the executive director. The TDA will continue to sponsor and fund $50,000. We have $50,000 in our budget to continue to pick up road code and we'll be working closely with Jerry Stenslin and ROC. Both of our board. So I see on here paid for 70 miles to pick up litter. Yes, and that is we've got volunteers that pick up so many miles, well there are certain miles that aren't safe. So then we do, there is part of that 50,000. I want to say that we give, I want to say we eat the TDA. 20,000, 30,000 goes to actual paid pickup, where we contract with a company to go out and actually pick up the player further. Question. Yes sir. At the last, in our egg dinner, I've been, I was at, I had, had opportunity to sit next to Sheriff Ellemberg and we were just talking to shop like we do. And he was making that he was interested in using prisoners to pick up in some of these areas. However, he had a deficit in funding from what the, what the state was providing and What he needed and I will think that this this differential here would probably come play would you reach out to share? Yeah, we're gonna spend money. Yeah, I agree But that was he mentioned that about three four weeks ago. Okay, actually the meetings tomorrow night So it was a month ago. Okay, sure, but I will But there with you was he was talking, and this is all, please, this is not for the paper, just because he's had, but he was talking about the challenges and opportunities of having a vehicle and all that. The state does provide some funding to him, but not to complete funding. Okay. And I mentioned to him that I thought that we, or the TDA, does outsource that and maybe we just a chance that we can partner. And it's good that some of these guys are here. Yeah, we've done that all the time. Years and years ago. Yeah. Yeah. I will definitely reach out to the sheriff. Okay. See what we can do. Well that concludes my report. if anybody's going to questions but Ruffer County Jurisams in good shape continue to pray that our Arctitex continues to break records so we can keep doing more more for Ruffer County. Well, thank you for everything you guys did close Commissioners Next items of tax collectors poor, that's for information only. And they just own their agenda and it's posted in the line. And last item, on our agenda is to adjourn. So what's the will of the board? Motion to adjourn. Second. We got a motion to second the discussion. Hearing none, I call the question. All the favorite rates are right hand. Any opposed? Latelized.