2013-04-04 Agenda Review NEW HANOVER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BOOK 32
AGENDA REVIEW MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 PAGE 593
ASSEMBLY
The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners met for Agenda Review Meeting on Thursday, April 4,
2013, at 4:04 p.m. in the Harrell Conference Room at the New Hanover County Govermnent Center, 230
Govermnent Center Drive, Wilmington,North Carolina.
Members present: Chairman Woody White: Vice-Chair Beth Dawson; and Commissioner Thomas Wolfe.
Commissioner Jonathan Barfield, Jr. was excused by consensus of the Board. Commissioner Brian Berger was
absent.
Staff present: County Manager Chris Coudriet; County Attorney Wanda Copley; and Clerk to the Board
Sheila L. Schuh.
REVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF AGENDA ITEMS
Chairman White called the Agenda Review to order and announced that the purpose of the meeting is to
review and discuss the Board's April 8, 2013, Regular Session meeting agenda. The Board reviewed the following
items with discussion as noted:
Consent Agenda Item 1—Approval of Minutes.
Consent Agenda Item 2 — Adoption of a Resolution Supporting the Nomination of the Honorable
James D. Healey to the National Freight Advisory Committee. County Manager Chris Coudriet presented the
request for the Board to adopt the resolution supporting the nomination of County Commissioner James D. Healey
to the National Freight Advisory. The Secretary of Transportation is charged with making the appointments of
rivent-N-five members to the neivIv established committee.
Consent Agenda Item 3—Adoption of State Road Resolution.
Consent Agenda Item 4 — Acknowledgement of General Release and Indemnity Agreement in the
case of Gladwyn Taft Russ,III.
Consent Agenda Item 5—Authorization to Implement a Fatherhood Support Program through Title
IV-D Incentive Funds.
Consent Agenda Item 6 — Approval to Waive Landfill Tipping Fees for the 2013 North Carolina
Azalea Festival.
Consent Agenda Item 7—Adoption of Resolution to Dispose of Surplus Property.
Consent Agenda Item 8 — Adoption of Resolution Authorizing the Repair, Restoration, and
Rebinding of Register of Deeds Index Books.
Consent Agenda Item 9 — Approval of Register of Deeds Records Retention and Disposition
Schedule.
Consent Agenda Item 10 — Acceptance of New Hanover County and New Hanover County Fire
District Tax Collection Reports.
Consent Agenda Item 11—Adoption of Budget Ordinance Amendments.
Regular Agenda Item 12 — Consideration of Child Abuse Prevention Month Proclamation. Vice-
Chair Dawson will read the resolution into the record.
Regular Agenda Item 13 — Consideration of Sexual Assault Activism Month Proclamation.
Commissioner Wolfe will read the resolution into the record.
Regular Agenda Item 14 — Consideration of a Resolution Requesting the Federal Office of
Management and Budget Reconsider the Re-designation of Brunswick County out of the Wilmington/New
Hanover County Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) into the Myrtle Beach/Horry County MSA. Chairman
White reported that the Board is being requested to adopt the resolution requesting the Federal Office of
Management and Budget to reconsider the re-designation of Brunswick County out of the Wilmington/New
Hanover County Metropolitan Statistical Area into the Myrtle Beach/Horry County Metropolitan Statistical Area
(MSA). Similar resolutions were adopted by the Brunswick County Board of Commissioners at their April 1, 2013
meeting and by the City of Wilmington Council at their April 2,2013 meeting.
Regular Agenda Item 15 — Consideration of Request to Establish and Fund the Landfill Northern
Property Closure. Environmental Management Director Joe Suleyman presented the request for the Board's
consideration to establish and find the Landfill northern property closure. The Environmental Management
Enterprise Fund currently has$250,000 included for engineering/design sei ices in the adopted budget for FY12-13.
The remaining$512,000 has been included in the requested Environmental Management Enterprise Fund budget for
FY13-14. The engineering/design sei ices will be required regardless of the direction given for fixture landfill
operations due to the need to eventually close all cells.
NEW HANOVER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BOOK 32
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Regular Agenda Item 16—Public Hearing and Request by David Edmonds on Behalf of Acquisition
Holdings, LLC to Rezone 4.12 Acres Located at 6339 Carolina Beach Road from CD(B-2), Conditional
Highway Business and R-15, Residential District to O&I Office and Institutional District (Z-924, 03113).
Planning and Inspections Director Chris O'Keefe presented the request to rezone 4.12 acres of property located at
6339 Carolina Beach Road from CD(B-2) and R-15 to O&L At the Planning Board's meeting they voted to
recommend that the CD(B-2) portion of the property be rezoned to R-15 so that the entire parcel's zoning was
consistent. Staff recommends that the first 300' from the Carolina Beach Road right-of-way be zoned O&I leaving
the rear portion R-15 to provide a uniform zoning adjoining properties.
Regular Agenda Item 17 — Committee Appointments. The Board is being requested to make
appointments to the Special Board of Equalization and Review to hear tax appeals for 2013 and appoint the
Chairman.
STAFF UPDATE:
Finance Director Lisa Wurtzbacher presented the following information concerning New Hanover Regional
Medical Center(hospital):
• Debt Setoff— staff is requesting to expand debt set-off to include the hospital. The hospital will continue
with their current collection procedures and any bad debt would then come to the County to collect.
• Bond Refimding—the hospital currently has $65.2 million in variable rate bonds: staff will be coming to
the Board for authorization to refinance to a fixed rate: a resolution will be available for Board
consideration at the April 22,2013 meeting,and then a final resolution to the Board in June 2013.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Chairman White adjourned the Agenda Review meeting at 4:23 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Sheila L. Schult
Clerk to the Board