2013-12-05 Agenda Review
NEW HANOVER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BOOK 32
AGENDA REVIEW MEETING, DECEMBER 5, 2013 PAGE 746
ASSEMBLY
The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners met for Agenda Review Meeting on Thursday,
December 5, 2013, at 4:00 p.m. in the Harrell Conference Room at the New Hanover County Government Center,
230 Government Center Drive, Wilmington, North Carolina.
Members present: Chairman Woody White; Vice-Chair Beth Dawson; Commissioner Jonathan Barfield,
Jr.; and Commissioner Thomas Wolfe. Commissioner Brian Berger arrived at 4:10 p.m.
Staff present: County Attorney Wanda Copley; County Manager Chris Coudriet; and Deputy Clerk to the
Board Teresa P. Elmore.
REVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF AGENDA ITEMS
Chairman White called the Agenda Review meeting to order and announced that the purpose of the
meeting is to review and discuss the Board’s December 9, 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 – Appointment of Commissioners to Community and County Boards for
2014.
Commissioner Dawson noted that she may request removal of the item for discussion at the Board meeting.
Chairman White, Commissioner Wolfe, and Commissioner Barfield reported that they would like to keep their
current board appointments.
Consent Agenda Item 3 – Appointment of Rena Davenport as a Non-Voting Member to the
CoastalCare Area Board.
Consent Agenda Item 4 – Ratification of Appointment of Sheila Schult to the New Hanover County
Jury Commission for a Two-Year Term Expiring on October 31, 2015.
Consent Agenda Item 5 – Adoption of Public Officials Bond Resolution.
Consent Agenda Item 6 – Approval of Change to Sheriff Parking Citation Fees.
Consent Agenda Item 7 – Approval for Leading into New Communities, Inc. (LINC) to Apply for
Grant Funding from the N.C. Governor's Crime Commission with New Hanover County as the Applicant
Agency
.
Consent Agenda Item 8 – Adoption of a Resolution to Dispose of 1998 Caterpillar D7R Bulldozer
According to Procedures Outlined in North Carolina General Statutes - Chapter 160A Article 12.
Consent Agenda Item 9 – Approval of Personnel Policy Revisions.
Consent Agenda Item 10 – Appointment of Emma Saunders and Dick Hayes to the Senior Resource
Center Home and Community Care Block Grant (HCCBG) Advisory Committee.
Consent Agenda Item 11 – Approval of October 2013 Tax Collection Reports.
Consent Agenda Item 12 – Review and Approval of New Hanover County Board of Education
General Fund Amendment # 3.
Consent Agenda Item 13 – Adoption of Budget Ordinance Amendments.
Regular Agenda Item 14 – New Hanover County Library Advisory Board Annual Update.
Regular Agenda Item 15 – Committee Appointments.
The Board will consider appointments to the
following committees:
Cape Fear Public Transportation Authority
NHC Board of Health
NHC Tourism Development Authority
NHC Zoning Board of Adjustment
Regular Agenda Item 16 – Public Hearing for a Special Use Permit Modification Request (S-525M,
11/13) – Request by Cindee Wolf of Design Solutions to Modify the Site Plan for an Existing Special Use
Permit by Adding an Additional 20 Units to the Saylors Watch High Density Development, which was
Approved for a Total of 82 Units in 2005.
Planning and Inspections Director Chris O’Keefe reported that there
was no opposition to the request when it came before the Planning Board and that it should not take much time for
the Commissioners to hear the request.
STAFF UPDATES:
Budget Director Cam Griffin presented a draft Non-County Agency Recommended Funding Procedure for
use in preparing the recommended budget. The guidelines call for the agencies to submit applications
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based on a two-year process, which would be aligned with the County’s strategic plan. In discussion, the
Commissioners agreed with the concept saying that it would give them a defined means of evaluating the
funding requests to determine how an agency provides a needed service in a specific time frame for the
citizens of the County.
Human Resources Manager Mark Francolini reported that the Board would be asked to approve revisions
to the Personnel Policy at the December 9, 2013 meeting. He reviewed the proposed revisions explaining
the changes to each article and section.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Chairman White adjourned the meeting at 4:25 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Teresa P. Elmore
Deputy Clerk to the Board