Okay ladies and gentlemen I would like to welcome you here tonight Monday September the 19th 2022 to our commissioners meeting so at this time I would like to officially call it to order by asking Mayor Connors to give us an invocation and then lead us into pledge. It's very, so please stand. How father of art in heaven, how will be thy name? We come before you this day to thank you for the many wonderful blessings. Thank you for last night, peace was sleep and the rising of the early sun today. Clothing us in our holy and right night. We ask you tonight, Lord, as we go forward in the Venice matters of Dukeland County, it's wonderful County which you have blessed us to be good citizens of. As you have blessed the commissioners with the wisdom and knowledge that is needed, they carry out the business affairs. Remember our county manager, Lord, give him the wisdom and knowledge to carry out the daily tasks. Also remember our law enforcement, Lord, and the EMS and doctors in her doing great major work here today And lord as we go for remember our citizens who love to call this county home We thank you for these blessings tonight and in mighty name of yours precious son Jesus Christ let all of God's children see him in amen Pleasure to the black The United States of America And to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God in English with liberty and justice for all. Thank you mayor. the the the the the Chairman, members of the board, if it pleases the board, I have two items that I'd like to add to the consent agenda. First, DuPin County was awarded $1.5 million from the State Capitol Infrastructure Fund or SKIF to be used for the construction of a new road in the Economic Development Commission's airport. In order for the State Office of Budget and Management to release the funds to DuPin County, we must complete and submit a conflict of interest and a no overdue tax debt certification to OSBM. I would like to respectfully ask that the forms be added to the consent agenda for approval and that the chairman will be authorized to sign the same. The second item I would like to add is the deadline for the receipt of 2022 Community Development Block Grants, neighborhood revitalization applications by and to the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Commission is September the 30th, 2022. Red, as it is known, did not approve an extension of the application deadline beyond 930, which is the due date again. Therefore, we need to hold a second public hearing on 929 in order for the board to approve the final application and execute the resolution for submitting the application by the deadline. So I'd like to request the board's schedule of public hearing for the CDB GNR 2022 application at noon on September the 29th. That is the day of the board's workshop so you will already be in session that day. I would ask that those items be added to the consent agenda with the board's permission, Mr. Chairman. Pleasure to board. I've got a motion in a second. Any further discussion? All in favor say aye. Here. All right. I need approval of the minutes of our September 6 meeting. I've got a motion in a second. You can find a discussion. Here and none. All in favor say aye. All opposed. Same sign. Okay. I need a motion to approve the concerned agenda with the two items added that Mr. Davis presented. I got a motion down a second. Father discussion. Hearing none. All in favor say aye. All opposed. Same side. Carried. That moves us right in to item number one, which is public comment. Mr. Chairman, no one has signed up for public comments tonight. Okay. I'm going to ask you to ask the committee to ask the committee to ask the committee to ask the committee to ask the committee to ask the committee to ask the committee to ask the committee to ask the committee to ask the committee to ask the committee to ask the committee to ask the committee to ask the committee to ask the committee to ask the committee to ask the, members of the board. I would like to respect or request that a public hearing be scheduled on October the 17th, 2022 to receive public comments regarding a request from Laurie Peterson, Mbioe. To name a lien at 1069 Ward's Road Wireless in the right-and-bishtownship, Bill Peterson Lane in accordance with the Duke and County addressing and road naming ordinance. So moved. So, okay, I got a motion in a second to have this public hearing, any further discussion? Here in none, all in favor say aye. All opposed, same side, carry. Okay, that moves us to item number three, that's the George Feudal. Okay, that moves us to item number three, Mr. George Fugel. Mr. Chairman and board tonight, I appear before you, on behalf of the Duke's and County Airport Commission, as we honor Mr. Bob Quinn, Robert H. Quinn Jr., who has served as the airport Commission chairman since 1992. He's been the longest serving chairman of the airport board in its history. He finished his term on June 30th of this year and decided it was time he Bob had retired and moved to the coast. And so he decided it was time to give up his duties as chairman of the airport. And so I had the airport commission had unanimously requested that the board recognize his service to Dupont County through resolution from the board of commissioners. And at this time, I'll be happy to read it or if you would like read it. Read it to us please. County of Dupland Office of the County Commissioners resolution in honor of Robert H. Quinn Jr. State of North Carolina County of Dupland whereas Robert H. Quinn Jr. was a long-time resident of Dupland County of Graduate of East Dupland High School and James Sprunk Community College. Whereas Robert H. Quinn Jr. learned to fly at the Dupland County Airport, earning a private and commercial pilots licenses along with instrument and multi-engine ratings. Whereas Robert H. Quinn Jr. was appointed to the Dupland County Airport Study Committee on January 4, 1993, and whereas Robert H. Quinn Jr. was appointed to the Dupland County Airport Commission on March 15, 1993, and whereas Robert H. Quinn Jr. was appointed chairman of the Dupland County Airport Commission, and whereas Robert H. Quinn Jr. faithfully served as the chairman until June 30th, 2022, and whereas Robert H. Quinn Jr. as chairman gave unselfishly of his time and energy in presiding over innumerable board meetings for the purpose of formulating plans and implementing various phases of growth and development of the Dupland County Airport from March 15, 1993 until June 30, 2022. And whereas the Dupland County Airport Commission unanimously recommended a resolution in honor of his service to Dupland County be approved by the Dupland County Board of Commissioners. Now therefore be it resolved that the Dupland County Board of Commissioners hereby express his grateful appreciation to Robert H. Quinn Jr. for his outstanding service, leadership, and contributions to the Dupland County Airport Commission and to the citizens of Dupland County. In witness wherever I have here to here and to set my hand and cause the official seal of the County of Dupland to be affixed on this the 19th day of September 2022. Dexter B Edwards Chairman, Dupland County Board of Commissioners, attested by Davis H. Britson clerk to the Board of Commissioners. Mr. Chairman, we would recommend this for your approval and presentation to Mr. Bob Quinn. Commissioners, you've heard the resolution. Moving to adopt. Second. We've got a motion in a second. Any further discussion? Here and none. All in favor say aye. Aye. You're an animus. Mr. Bob Quinn, will you step forward please? Thank you. Thank you for everything. Thank you for everything. Thank you for everything. Thank you for your service. Thank you for your service. Thank you. Thank you for your service. Thank you for your service. Thank you for your service, sir. If I may ask, his wife is here, along with some of the other board members. If y'all would come forward, I'd like for us to get a picture of all of y'all here in the chambers with us commissioner standing behind you, please. either side would be good. Bob has anything you would like to say? Yes, there he is. Anybody got refreshments? All right, Bob, you got the floor. 4 o'clock. I got it. Three or four minutes. First of all, thank you very much. long. I've lived all my life in Durant County. It's been a good, good people. One of the things I've learned in my life is you try to leave better than you found it. And we were lucky enough to get George back here from Raleigh. That was Tysinger and some of them back in the day when George left. They nominated me as the front guy to get him back from from from Robert Barron back to do where he belongs. And we were able to accomplish that. This is where he belongs. This is what he loves. This is the airport he loves. And y'all should be proud of him. He's done a great job at Dukeland County. We appreciate y'all's support. I don't think we've ever sent a recommendation here from the committee that y'all's support. I don't think we've ever sent a recommendation here from the committee that y'all had turned down. Y'all give us great support. We try to do our due diligence and do the legwork and the homework and make good choices and stretch the dollars as far as we could to the point. Sometimes we did things out on the fringes, bringing our own equipment over here and doing some of the work on the weekends when a lot of eyes weren't on us back in the day. Running the equipment ourselves on the weekends that you can't do those things anymore. We got a good community now. Let's do in hard work. I leave it in good hands, I think. But it's time to go, it's time for younger folks to step in and do the hard work. And it is a lot of work. It's a lot of responsibility. But I appreciate your recognition. And we've done a lot of good work out there. That airport has come a long, long way. And it's something to be proud of. I know I am. I'm very proud of it. I hope y'all work too. But thank you for the recognition. And George, thank you for all that work. Thank you, Bob. Thank you. Applause. OK, that moves us. Oh, one more thing. Yes, sir. This first time I've had long pants on in four five months. Thank you. Have you still been getting socks on? We do appreciate that. Thank you. Have you still been getting socks on? We do appreciate that. Thank you so much. For those of you that might question it, I serve on the board with them. So, you know, we've had a lot of good times. So, we know how to deal with each other. Yeah. All right. That brings to the start of number four. Mr. Tony, the current. Thank you. Okay. That brings out a number four Mr. Tony McCurden Okay Mr. Chairman Commissioners, Mr. Brents, and I appreciate a little bit of time. I've got a don't be intimidated by the number of slides I've got here. I'll get going very quickly for you But just to introduce myself to you a number of you all have been kind enough to speak with me on the phone over the last few months and frankly, we've worked with Duke and County since Hurricane Florence. In my previous role as legislative affairs director for the city of Wilmington. And I do have a little bit of experience in Duke and County again, just to kind of introduce myself further. I served for a number of years as the Economic Development Director for Congressman McIntyre. So I had the pleasure of working with a number of you, and certainly with the communities here in Duplin County. About four months ago, I joined the American flood coalition as our Carolina's director. I advocate on their behalf and on the communities behalf within North and South Carolina. How I kind of got into that position was after Hurricane Florence, we, city of Wilmington, Pinder County, and a few other communities started to bring together some county commission chairs from throughout Southeast North Carolina. And the first meeting we had to try and advocate kind of collectively to make a difference on behalf of our communities. And the first meeting we had was at the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce meeting. I'm pretty sure Commissioner may have been you at the time. I think you were chair. Yeah. You were there for that meeting. And ultimately what that turned into is, a new day in North Carolina. North Carolina is in rarefied air now, I'd say, with Florida and Louisiana, with the amount of resources that have been put forward towards recovery. But more importantly, for our effort at the American flood coalition, resilience, which is investing on the front end of infrastructure to ensure that when the next Florence comes along, or frankly, even a major rain event that causes flooding, which we're seeing not only here in North Carolina, but nationwide, and it's not only along the coast, it's in our inland communities. It's a different day here to see that the amount of resources that have been invested in that. And I'll touch on this in just a moment, but the organization of which, again, Dupin County was a voice of that. Mr. Branson was always kind enough to communicate with me when we needed something from Dupin County, but the organization here in Eastern North Carolina, the priorities that we landed on ultimately were funded over $350 million in the state budget. Representative Jimmy Dixon, who's a friend of yours and a friend of ours, was very consequential in seeing that that funding got in there. I know he cares about Dukeland County. So with that, do I move this forward? Just say that. Okay. Slide every time you're ready, Mr. McEwan and I T-Department will move it for you. Thank you very much. All right. So introduce myself to you. I want to go through the AFC mission. Some of our members, the resources we provide. Let me also preface all this. We're asking for y'all to become a member of our coalition, but I'm not asking for any resources from y'all. If I'm being just honest and frank with you, we're a well-resourced national organization. Oftentimes we're in a position to return resources to communities like Dupin County and communities contained within. So I'm not asking you all for anything other than to be a part of the collaboration. Next slide please. So this is just to show you it's just not my sorry self running around here in North Carolina. This is our team staff wise. Most of these folks are in Washington. We have someone set up like myself in Texas as well as Florida. These are some of the brightest minds in the nation that work on these issues about protecting communities in advance of increased concerns or frankly it's happening now, increased concerns around flooding and sea level rise. We don't get into divisive issues like climate change or anything like that. We're about building resilience. We're having infrastructure conversations. Not only in North Carolina, but around the country. And a lot of these folks that you see here are people that are kind of really hardcore in the nitty gritty of policy. And so we're at the table with a lot of members of Congress and certainly state legislators like Legislatures like North Carolina around the country impacting large-scale policy changes. So, for instance, the next Water Resources Development Act, we're already working on that. We're pushing provisions that Congress members of Congress are incorporating into those proposals the same with the Farm Bill. Commissioner Garner had the pleasure of meeting with you the other day to inform some of our work and I appreciate that. So Congressman Rouser, Congressman Greg Murphy, those are folks that are very active with our organization and that we're actively working with them. Next slide, please. So just to show you some of our members, this is only a small kind of snapshot, right? So one thing unique about the American Flood Coalition, a lot of times organizations like this kind of come from the far left or far right, we're extremely bipartisan organization. Speaker Tim Moore is an active member of our organization and we have communities as large as City of Wilmington, but as small as the town of Fairblove in Columbus County. We have folks from as far east as the mayor of Naxhead and also as far west as the mayor of Canton, North Carolina, as you see there, Mayor Zebs Mathers, which is one of those communities that was greatly impacted a little over a year ago. When Hurricane, I believe it's Fred, came up to Gulf Coast and impacted Haywood County in our western part of our state. Next slide, please. And this is just some additional further examples that we just went through there. That's okay. You know, Mayor Verale, but then again, Mayor Boylan Spring Lakes. Next slide, please. So what we are is we're a 501C3 nonprofit. We are focused on advocating and coming up with national solutions to flooding and sea level rise. We're made up of retired military. We have a retired general on our board. Businesses, we have a number of chambers of commerce, you know, myrtle beach chamber commerce example that are members of ours. Next slide, please. So these are the states that we focus on, not because we're not interested in working with every state, but what we're really trying to do is in North Carolina, Florida, in Texas, in particular, we are trying to build a model of flood resilience that can be kind of imitated in other states around the country as well. So we're trying to focus on those three states and get it right. And that's also some of the heaviest memberships in those states as well. Next slide, please. I went through our mission basically again in short. We're a national organization that is focused on working on the challenges of increased flooding and sea level rise, and we look to partner with those like Dubin County that are on the front lines of these concerns. Next slide. So here's our four pillars. Next slide. And again, I'm trying to be respectful of your time. Here's some examples of some of the investments we make into our local elected officials to make sure that there is well versed in these issues as possible and that there is empowered as possible to make a difference. I know you notice Commissioner Branch there meeting with Congressman Greg Murphy, we got the Mayor of Bergo up there. As I've said far east and far west, Kent and Outer Banks and then we have a number of our folks that came up to our mayor summit recently meet my center tillysis folks and then that's to show just kind of the influence we have at a national level that's Michel Andrew the former mayor of New Orleans who is the infrastructure director for President Biden is Commissioner Branch would test to he came and spent over an hour with only about 25 30 folks that were in the room and so that doesn't happen very often that you get that level of access. Next slide, please. As I kind of went through the Eastern North Carolina Alliance and how that's really under the umbrella of AFC and what I do now, and those are the two main leaders of it is Commissioner Jackie Newton, Pinder County, and Mayor Safo Wilmington. We try to really pair our rural communities, our rural leaders with those that represent over more urban areas as well, because it's an issue that impacts both. Next slide. So as I said, just from the advocacy of Eastern North Carolina leaders alone, there were $357 million in direct response to the six parties that we developed. Five of those six priorities were thankfully put into House Bill 500 by Majority Leader John Bell Goldboro, who is a close ally of ours and close supporter of our work. Ultimately those funds got put into the state budget. So just a kind of a taste of what that means. So you know the first thing is fund an actionable flood resilience blueprint. That's $25 million right there. And what that will ultimately do is see that your staff, when that's completed, they're starting with the news and the Cape Fear River Basins. And once that's completed, it's going to help your staff have the access to the most up-to-date critical data that they need. But as well, it's going to build confidence at the state level that they've got a framework similar to what they're doing with transportation to take the politics out of it with the STIP process. And so it's going to take the politics out of it, make sure that the investments that are being made by the state legislature are done so in the proper manner. And it's so if somebody's more well connected in this particular county than in another, they're not doing a one-off project here that's going to have a negative impact over here. So it's kind of injecting science into this conversation of how they fund this. So that addresses a lot of the funding to make sure it's getting out properly. But as well, very importantly for us, it builds confidence at the state legislative level to see that they can invest more money and it's going to be handled in a proper scientific basement. Number two, ensure resilience, critical transportation infrastructure, that's a key issue for y'all, like it's a key issue for us. We just did a bus tour last week where we had a bunch of media and we were going over I-40, I-8-4-21 and looking at what NC DOT is doing to make a difference on that, what the plan is going forward. I'll say that they haven't done enough, and that's something that we're going to work on next legislative session as well, to ensure that everything that DOT is doing, that they're bearing in mind the flooding packs of that. If it means that a little bit extra resources are brought to bear to make a difference on that, then that's what worth the table to work on. Support Riverine and Stream Management to reduce flooding. I remember one of the first meetings we had when we met with Representative Jimmy Dixon. He said, that's about the most important thing you can do in this subject. And I'm proud to say that we had over $100 million to get funded. That we've never seen that level of historic funding from our state legislature for stream and debris clearing out. And it makes a major difference. It's not the end-all be-all of someone like to say, but it makes a major difference. It's not the end all be all is someone like to say but it makes a major difference. It's certainly at a minimum of band-aid until we can get some of these big things going in the state which are now funded. But that's something that's happening all over the state and there's another $83 million once they finish the blueprint that DQ is going to be able to get out there. But North Carolina Department of Ag has led the way in large part as it's going to leave with funding. Increased resilience, capacity, and technical assistance. Of all the money, probably the thing I'm most proud of, is there's $6 million that we're getting to coag the crosses state to hire two people over a two-year period. And what they are going to do is work with the smallest communities in our state to make sure they're proactively looking at what they can do to build flood resilience in their communities. I always think about a place like Fairbluff. You all have heard the stories of what happened to Fairbluff in Columbus County. It's been written about New York Times. You know, what have you? They don't even have a full-time manager, Mr. Brinson, as you likely know. They have a manager that shared amongst five different communities. So how can you expect a communal like Fair fair bluff that is on the front lines of concern on this issue to be able to proactively get after these things. So what we've now done with this 6 million is we've got staff that's going to be embedded at each cog around the state and they're going to be going out and working with those elected officials and town staff, county staff and then when they do receive recovery funding so they'll help them identify where the funds are to make a difference, help them apply for those funds if they're blessed enough to receive those funds they're going to help with some of the administrative workload on that as well which a lot of our communities just don't frankly have the capacity to deal with and even those that do like I came out of the city of Wilmington it's a it's a it's a major burden even even to a city like Wil. So, and then, last thing, fun flood mitigation, innovative pilot projects, you're, we're not here to tell you what's right for your community. If it's great infrastructure or if it's green infrastructure, what works for you and we want the dollars to be responsive to the unique needs of your community. And I'll get through this real quick. Next slide, please. Just kind of what we offer, we help even with communications tools, networks, as I mentioned, of leaders on flooding. And we try to be a platform for advocacy and education. Next slide. Just as an example, something that we created with the Cresky Foundation, I used to do economic development. And as I said with the member of Congress,. I used to do economic development, as I said, with a member of Congress. It was my task to help communities, you know, like a Kenanville. Find resources. You just go on the internet and try to navigate some of these federal government websites. It's crazy. You can't do it. So what we did is we put in the resources to where your staff can much more easily just go on here and just do basic keyword searches. Plug in, what's the population of your community? It will spit out every available resource at the state and federal level. That's called the flood funding funder again. Just one of those things we try to return value to our communities. Next slide. These are just another couple of examples of member resources. Next slide, please. Again, same thing. Next slide. And that's all I got. Sorry, I hope I didn't take up too much of your time. But again, I just want to get across it. You're a very important part of this conversation. You're a very politically important county. We would love to have you all standing with us as we work on more of these things. And anything that I can do to be a resource for y'all, please count me in. And what I hope to do ultimately is that, you know, capture what y'all's needs are from y'all is commissioners or from your staff and then elevate those at the state national level. What we hope to be is basically your advocate on these issues. That's all I got. Questions? I have a question. Yes, sir. You mentioned infrastructure and DOT and I guess talking to them, working with them. Yeah. What are your thoughts? You mentioned, fortunately, when I lived on the Dukeland Pender border on the Northeast Cape Year and I had 54 inches in my home. And I believe, although I'm a novice, that the bridge from Dukeland and Hinder on our 40 basically serves as a damn And it damned up the water on Florence and build it way up. Yeah, is that been something you guys have looked at or thought about But maybe building in higher or not be a different nut you guys but the other to your work with it Yeah, let me preferences by saying I'm not an expert on the intricacies of flood reserves I'm more kind of dealing with politics You know, we're not we, you know, good amount of... I don't know what it looks like, but I guess lived experience. That matters. So, you know, there's a menu of kind of different things that, as I understand, the DOT can do. One of the things we saw, as I mentioned, we did this, we did a for you anniversary of Florence Shuttle Tour last week. Actually we had a national and state media with us on a bus and we had about 10 local electrophysial legislators travel around for about five hours looking at sites. One of the sites we looked at was 421 and as you may know as you're getting kind of right there at that new hint of account I think a little more independent. There's those two new bridges that were built. So that's one thing. We also were in Berghall and it was interesting to see us pull this big charter bus over on the side of the road right off that Bergoal exit of 540 and we were on the side of highway and we had about 50 people walking up the road and we had the share from Pinter County Block and all proportion as the cars didn't buy but I say all that to say that one of the things we looked at was a stream debris site and they talked about with the work they did there how much it has an impact on that particular portion of I 40 and I Give those two examples to say there's a number of things that should be do we should be doing we I'll be honest with you aFC has not been as much a part of the conversation on transportation as we should when I've come on I have heard from the mayor Wilmington you know We talk talk about Wilmington being cut off from the world that applies to y'all as well. Plas and Newburn, other communities in Eastern North Carolina. I am a strong proponent that that needs to be one of the top items that we're working on on resilience, because that's what you and your communities want. I know that. I hear it all the time. And so we're sitting down on October 11th with the full leadership team from DOT for Eastern North Carolina. And so we're going through hey what are the things that y'all think that could and should be done if you had the resources to do it. We're starting there but I'll tell you that that issue right there whether I'm in Haywood County in the far western part of the state or whether I'm here in Dublin is the tie that kind of binds all the communities together is in Western North Carolina. They're having overwash on their highways all the time from flooding. It's very regular. And the state has put $15 million of resources into it from the last budget, but that's nothing compared to what they've done overall. They overall $800 million, that's a very small percentage of that. It's a big money but a small percentage. And so it's something that we got to get right. And so I'd love to sit down with you and kind of get your thoughts and see what we can do to incorporate that into a larger ask. Okay. Sure. Thank you. Sorry. I didn't answer your question, but that's what I'm trying to do. It gives me an idea of what you guys are looking into. Yeah. thanks. Further questions? Here are no questions. The ask is that we become a member of the American blood coalition. What's the pleasure to go with it? I got a motion in a second. Any further discussion? All in favor say aye. You're an animous. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Okay, that brings us to item number five, Mr. Robert Cobb. Evening Chairman Commissioners, come to you tonight to ask for approval for Jordan Waley to join Archerism Development Authority. He's the Cabinet-Lake Park Superintendent. His first meaning on the board would be the October 19th meeting which is what I guess a month from today Think he would be a Excellent addition to our board and I come to you with that request I got a motion in a second further discussion Here and then all in favor say aye All opposed same-side carry thank you. Thank you That moves is five of number six Mr. Brian Mathes Good evening Mr. Chairman commissioners before you tonight to request the approval from the Board for a resolution to change the county's designated agent for North Carolina Emergency Management's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program to myself and Matthew Barwick. This will allow Mr. Barwick and I to communicate with the state and manage grant projects funded by FEMA such as Flood Property Buyouts, Elevations, capital projects such as the current generator project for critical facilities. Prior to departure, Elizabeth Stahls was the designated applicant for the county and North Carolina Emergency Management is requesting an updated resolution. Is that a move? I got a motion. A second, okay, any further discussion? Here and none all in favor say aye. All right. All opposed same side. Carry thank you sir That brain is tied in number seven. Gary Redd Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. We've had a lot of problems with them, a lot of trouble. I'm not looking to spending them all money or saving them, I'm just trying to get a quality job done. That's the kind of motion that I'll second To enter into this contract with diversified company LLC, the vision code data for tax office printing services. Any further discussion? Hearing none. All in favor say aye. All opposed, same side. Here it is. Thank you sir. All in favor say aye. All opposed, same side. Carried. Just thank you, sir. You're welcome. Mr. Chairman, if I may. The Board of Commissioners, the you good, Gary, I'm sorry. I'm not going to shoot you down. The Board of Commissioners also sits as the board for the Alburson Water and Sewer District, County Water District B, D, E, F, and G. Mr. McKimmy has a request tonight and therefore it will necessitate that the board go out of regular session and go into session as each of those boards. So before we go into the first presentation we'll need a motion to go out of regular session and go into session as the Auberson Water and sewer district. Senator Smith, thank you. The No motion and second any further discussion? Here and none. I'll say aye. All opposed? Carry. Okay. Okay. Thank you. Chairman and board. I was here two weeks ago to get approval to submit an asset inventory and assessment grant for Dupland County. We had gotten in contact with the funding agency to determine if Dupin County could submit an application for East District, took him a while to give us a response, but we found a God of Response, and I think it would be to the best benefit of Dupin County to apply, having to have each district to apply. And so this is the funding, what we're applying for is a funding application for an asset m2 assessment, and this could be used for GIS, database and mapping, leak testing, checking valves, fire hydrants, basically determining the condition of all your existing assets, asset management planning, capital equipment planning, operating costs analysis. Recently, the county has been directed under the new lead and copper regulations. I have to determine that, basically, to eat service and determine the components that are used to make up that service to ensure that the county's with the new lead and copper regulations. So these funds could have used to make up that service to ensure that the counties would run the new labor-copper regulation. So these funds could have used to assist with that. I have a resolution for each individual district as required. And so the maximum grant is in the amount of 400,000, but I certainly can't justify each unit of government applying for that much. So I will have to determine based on the length of lines and all that, how much please. Applications are due September 30th. This is 100 percent grant. No matches required. I'll be glad to answer any questions that you have about this application. Questions? No. Pleasure to board. We'll go to the resolution set. Thank you. Got a motion in a second to adopt a resolution. Any further discussion? This would be for the Alvarsons. Alvarsons. Alvarsons. Alvarsons. And so we're district. further discussion this would be for this would be for all versus one or suit all some water and sewer district any further discussion? No. Here and none all in favor say aye. All opposed? Here now I need to entertain a motion to go out of the session for allerson Water and sewer district board and go into session for Thucland County water district B-Board Got a motion now a second any further discussion here and none all in favor say aye All opposed same-side carry okay, we say aye. All opposed. Same side. Carried. Okay, we're now in disduped county water district B board. Okay, chairman, I have nothing else to say. It's the same application. It's the same, it's just I need a motion to. Motion to approve. Second. Okay, so I got a motion to approve the resolution for the duplicated county water-Board, any further discussion? Here and none, all in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed. All opposed? Same sign? Carried. Okay, now I need a motion to go out of Water District. B-Board and go into this one county order district, de-board. I got a motion in a second. Any further discussion? Here none. All in favor say aye. All opposed. Same sign. Carry. Move we adopt resolution and took authorizing the S. Okay. I got a motion in a second to adopt the resolution for Dukeling County Water District. Deboard any further discussion? Here and none. All in favor say aye. All opposed. Same side. Carry. Now I need a motion to go out of session D into Dupland County Water District E-board. I got a motion and a second. Any further discussion? Here and none. All in favor say aye. All opposed, same sign. Carry. Move your doubt, resolution. All in favor say aye. All opposed same sign. Carried. Move without resolution. I got a motion in a second to adopt the resolution for Water District e-board. Any further discussion? Carried none. All in favor say aye. All opposed same sign. Carried. Now I need a motion to go out of water district eboard and go into water district f board. So I got a motion in a second. Any further discussion? Here and none. All in favor say aye. All opposed. Same side. Carry. I got a motion to adopt a resolution to have a second. I got a second. This is the adoption resolution for Water District F board. Any further discussion? Here and none. All in favor say aye. All opposed. Same side. Carry. Now I need a motion to go out of Water District F board and go into I all opposed same side Carried Now I need a motion to go out of water district if board and go into water district G board So I got a motion of a second any further discussion Here none all in favor say aye all opposed same side Carried move to a dog resolution seek Got a motion to adopt the resolution for water district G board. Motion to have a second. Any further discussion? Hearing none, all in favor say aye. All opposed, same sign, carry. Okay, now I need a motion to go out of water district. G board and go back into the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. That moves us to item number 14. You need a smaller award for the board. A smaller award. Thank you. Davis, good time forward. You need some more water. We got some more, Mr. Chairman. It's not our first lead. I'm sorry. Members of the board, Mr. Chairman, I appear before you now to respectfully request the appointment of Ms. Kimberly Wickline to the Dukeland County juvenile crime prevention council. Mrs. Wickline has expressed an interest in serving on the JCPC. She is the mother of both middle and high school aged children and states that she has a personal interest in contributing to the health, wellness, and positive life choices of our youth. She is employed by Dupland County and Human Resources Department. The Juvenile Crown Prevention Council is a local organization charged by the North Carolina General Assembly to plan organizing and evaluate locally based programs designed to prevent and mitigate juvenile delinquency in Dupland County. Specifically the JCPC is to develop the community- based alternatives to training schools and to provide community based links and substance abuse prevention strategies and programs. Please do the board. I got a motion in a second. Any further discussion? All in favor say aye. All opposed. Same sign. Carry. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Moves right on the 15th. Mr. Chairman, members of the board, the Dupland County Event Center was awarded a $1.5 million from the North Carolina Department of Agricultural and Consumer Services in the fifth year state budget FY22 for additional parking at the event center. Dupland County has contracted with the Adams Company and Incorporated Engineering and Design to oversee this project Dupland County has contracted with the Adams Company and corporate engineering and design to oversee this project for us. On September the 8th, 2022, Beds were open for the project. The lowest responsible bidder were the project, including grading, paving, all site work, and a new slide gate was Legion asphalt incorporated at a bid price of $184,750. Based on the bid tabulation summary, it is a recommendation of both the Adams Company incorporated and myself that the Board approved the Notice of Award and Authorize the Chairman to sign the same. It is also recommended that the County Manager be authorized to sign and approved change orders and other contract documents going forward. Also we were awarded a half a million. The bid came in $184,750. So this Assistant County Manager future with myself are looking to add additional parking on top of what we've already contracted. We'll be contracting with Legion to provide us. You've heard the request. What's the pleasure to board? So moved to. I got a motion in a second to accept this bid. Any further discussion? Here in none. All in favor say aye. All right. All opposed. Same sign. Carry. That moves the center item number 16. Miss Tracy Simmons, Connecticut. the I say good-hands make your announcement, why she's coming in, that will be done. Okay, just as some housekeeping items there will be a joint meeting of the Board of Commissioners and the trustees of James Brown Community College on Tuesday, October 4th at 7.30 a.m. meeting will be held in room 100 of the Williams building and breakfast will be provided by JSCC. That was Tuesday, October the 4th at 7.30 a.m. I just want to remind everyone that the Muscaton Festival is scheduled for this Saturday, September the 24th from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. this year's Festival will feature 15 plus wineries many crafts and food vendors as well as musical entertainment from River Mist North Tower band and chairman of the board. Also again the Warsaw Chamber of Commerce will have a follow-up music festival at the event center on Saturday October the 15th featuring Jada Vance, Russ Varnell and two country as well as the band of Oz. The Agribusiness Fair will be October 21st through the 23rd at the event center and also there will be a falling into fall festival at the event center on Saturday October the 29th from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Amanda Pope, our event center venue services manager, would like to ask any commissioner who is willing to help her by serving as judge for the best costume and best booth contest. So if any commissioner is available on October 29th to serve the judge for the costume and best booth contest, if you let me know, I'll coordinate that with you and Miss Pope. I'm sorry. I will be out of town on Thursday and Friday at an EPA Brownfield Grant recipient workshop in Charlotte that Mrs. Our former economic development director was spearheading that project for me, but since she is no longer with us, I'm going to attend that on the county's behalf. So I will not be here this Thursday and Friday, but Mr. future will be in place. That's all I have now, Mr. Chairman. All right, that moves us back into out of number 16, Mr. Tracy Simmons-Kendiggy. Good evening, Mr. Chairman and fellow commissioners. Come before you guys tonight to, for some of the arper funding money that we've received for public health workforce for the case management regionalization project that has been approved for us. We would like to create two FTEs with that state funds that have been awarded to us. It's $250,000. With these two positions, about 80% of their role will be with the at-risk children, Seymark and the at-risk chiropris pregnancies overseeing these positions. One will be as asking for as a public health nurse consultant to, and then also want to help with an accounting specialist to position. So the public health nurse consulted too. And then also want to help with an accounting specialist to position. So the public health nurse consultant would oversee be the director of this project. And then having an accounting specialist to help oversee the financial pieces that we have for this. So 80% of their time will be with these two programs. The other 20% of their time will be funded with the long-term care regional AA that we have 545 and then also the workforce that Vellima AA 620. And so I would like to ask if we could create these two FTE County based positions with the COVID Harper State funding for a public health nurse consultant too and an accounting specialist too. And if you guys approve it then we'll next steps is to create the PD 118 with the state. The before we move any further in the process. Okay. Is this going to be continuously fund or is there a short time funding? So right now it will be through June 2024. So these positions would be short-term funding. So as long as the state continues to fund it we would continue to fund it and we wouldn't make each applicant aware that this is a short-term position. Okay that that was my interpretation reading the stuff but before we went any further I'm worried that clarify that as well to the other commissioners. You're in case I may have misinterpreted myself because I was concerned that you know we advertise these jobs as long-term full-time jobs would not be fair to the people who is giving them to so that's all I want to clarify. Okay so you all heard the request? people is coming on to. So that's all I want to clarify. Okay. So y'all heard the request. What is pleasure to board? I got a motion and a second to approve creating these two full time jobs for the health department funded by the COVID American rescue plan at state funds. Any further discussion? Here in none. All in favor say aye. All opposed. Same side. All right. You've got your. Thank you. Okay. Mr. Chairman, members of the Board, we will be recessing tonight if the Board has no further business until noon on September the 29th here in the commuters meeting room at 224 Seminary Street in Kenisville for the purpose of discussing options for a new detention facility slash jail with mostly architects and members of the Sheriff's Office and also to hold a public hearing for the 2022 CDBG in neighborhood revitalization application which you approved earlier tonight as a second public hearing that's required before we can submit our application. Before we take any action on that, I would just like to ask the genders, is everybody at this point available to meet on that 29? Okay. Just know how are we planning to meet, but I'll be available until about 330. Okay. We should be. Yeah. I just want to make make sure because I think I thought when we asked for it their time was a little variable and we asked for 12 and I didn't know if there was a complication to ain't come up with anybody then I was gonna ask you to get back to them and see if we could adjust the time to make sure everybody could be here. But it sounds like everybody's still on plan because personally I would really like for everybody to attend. This is a very, very important meeting as far as I'm concerned. So pleasure to board. Move your recess. Okay, I got a motion to second recess. All in favor say aye. All opposed. Same side. Carried. Thank you everybody. Appreciate your time tonight.