2017-04-27 Agenda Review
NEW HANOVER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BOOK 33
AGENDA REVIEW MEETING, APRIL 27, 2017 PAGE 760
ASSEMBLY
The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners met for Agenda Review on Thursday, April 27, 2017 at
4:02 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-Chairman Skip Watkins; Commissioner Jonathan Barfield,
Jr.; Commissioner Patricia Kusek; and Commissioner Rob Zapple.
Staff present: County Manager Chris Coudriet; County Attorney Wanda Copley; and Clerk to the Board
Kymberleigh G. Crowell.
Chairman White called the Agenda Review meeting to order and announced that the purpose of the meeting
is to review and discuss the agenda items for the May 1, 2017 Regular Meeting with discussions as noted:
Discussion regarding Proclamations on the Consent Agenda.
Commissioner Zapple asked that a key
paragraph be read from Consent Item 2: Adoption of National Correctional Officers and Employees Week
Proclamation; Consent Item 3: Adoption of Building Safety Month Proclamation; Consent Item 4: Adoption of Older
Americans Month Proclamation; and Consent Item 5: Adoption of Foster Care Awareness Month Proclamation to
bring attention to these important issues that should have public acknowledgment. Commissioner Barfield commented
that he would prefer that any proclamations from boards on which he serves such as Consent Item 5: Adoption of
Foster Care Awareness Month Proclamation, submitted by Social Services, be on the Regular Agenda.
Discussion was held about the process for proclamations being placed on an agenda. County Manager
Coudriet explained that if staff initiated a resolution for a department’s recognition it is assigned to the Consent
Agenda. If it is an outside organization making the request, it is assigned to the Regular Agenda. If there is no one
attending the meeting to accept a proclamation, it is normally placed on the Consent Agenda. As there will be people
present at Monday’s meeting for the Foster Care Awareness Proclamation, by general consensus the Board agreed to
move the proclamation from the Consent Agenda to the Regular Agenda.
Further discussion was held about showing verbiage from the proclamations on the Consent Agenda on the
Assembly Room screens and broadcasted on NHC-TV prior to the start of the meeting. This would provide an
opportunity to also promote the information to the public via the County’s social media avenues. Staff was asked to
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show the May 1 Consent Agenda proclamations verbiage on the Assembly Room screens and NHC-TV broadcast
for Monday’s meeting. County Manager Coudriet was directed to continue making the recommendations for
proclamation placement for each agenda. Going forward, the Board can discuss at agenda review meetings which
proclamations may need to be moved from the Consent Agenda to the Regular Agenda.
Consent Item 6. Approval to Receive Donation of Evzio (Injectable Naloxene) from Kaleo
Pharmaceuticals.
In response to Board questions, Health Director Philip Tarte stated that there is not a local
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representative from Kaleo Pharmaceuticals to attend the May 1 meeting.
Regular Item 10. Consideration of a Resolution Selecting the Construction Management at Risk
Method of Project Delivery for the Health and Human Services Facility Construction Project.
County Manager
Coudriet reported that Property Management Director Jerome Fennell and John Sawyer with Sawyer, Sherwood and
Associates Architects were present to answer Board questions. Vice-Chairman Watkins commented that this method
was an innovative approach to this project.
A brief discussion was held about conversations each Commissioner has had with Director Fennell and
Facilities Project Manager Kevin Caison about this agenda item. After confirming with Director Fennell, by general
consensus the Board agreed to move this item to the Consent Agenda.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Chairman White adjourned the meeting at 4:18 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Kymberleigh G. Crowell
Clerk to the Board
Please note that the above minutes are not a verbatim of the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners meeting.