[0:28] perfect

[0:42] oh

[1:00] 2020 regular meeting of the haywood

[1:02] county board of commissioners

[1:03] and our first order business will be our

[1:04] pledge and after that i'm going to ask

[1:06] for a moment of silence uh pastor josh

[1:08] couldn't be here tonight

[1:09] and uh and i'll ask for a moment of

[1:11] silence if y'all would remember our

[1:12] country during that time so if we just

[1:14] please stand for the pledge

[1:38] god

[1:49] thank you

[1:58] okay next our next order of businesses

[2:01] are our public hearings and we have none

[2:02] tonight

[2:04] and the next is our public comment

[2:06] session and is there is there anyone

[2:08] here that would like to address

[2:09] the board at this time

[2:13] okay seeing no one i'll i'll close that

[2:15] portion of our

[2:16] meeting kevin i just want to make sure

[2:19] the front door is unlocked right

[2:21] i mean people could come in okay all

[2:23] right thank you

[2:24] okay yeah i just didn't know i knew we

[2:27] had it locked

[2:28] yeah it's rare we don't have public

[2:30] comment but

[2:32] it's cold cold day yeah i wasn't saying

[2:33] that it's a joke i was never really

[2:35] asking

[2:36] seriously

[2:40] our next order of business is

[2:41] constituent concerns and

[2:43] does anyone have any constituent

[2:44] concerns they want to speak to

[2:47] anything call me the only thing i might

[2:49] make mention of is we had the north carolina association of

[2:53] county commissioners legislative goals

[2:54] conference last week

[2:57] and i do want to report that on general

[2:59] government our number one legislative

[3:01] goal as

[3:02] county commissioners all across the

[3:03] state was

[3:05] i'll read it seek legislation funding

[3:08] and

[3:08] other efforts to expand digital

[3:10] infrastructure and broadband capability

[3:12] to the unserved and underserved areas

[3:14] and residents of the state and i did

[3:16] submit that goal

[3:18] a few months ago and apparently there

[3:20] were several others but that was our

[3:21] number one goal

[3:22] to uh to have our association lobby the

[3:25] legislature to

[3:26] try to go ahead and secure more funding

[3:28] for areas like haywood county that

[3:31] have some huge obstacles for uh uh

[3:34] broadband uh abilities so

[3:37] hopefully we can go somewhere there were

[3:39] pushing a little bit on that and

[3:40] hopefully we can uh with the latest tier

[3:44] designation that we got i think we'll be

[3:46] in a little more favorable position so we're still trying

[3:51] keep trying yeah that's great that's

[3:52] great

[3:54] okay you got anything brand new yeah

[3:56] okay i guess just to add to that i think

[3:58] we know one legislator used to sit right

[4:00] down here

[4:01] so hopefully we can make some phone

[4:03] calls to him and see if he can push for

[4:05] that as well but

[4:06] i do i did have a couple i got with mr

[4:08] morehead on

[4:10] one of the ones i may have guaran

[4:13] address uh when he gives us an update

[4:15] but i got a call about

[4:16] the vaccinations and if if we couldn't

[4:20] put out some kind of a list

[4:22] so they would know where they're at on

[4:23] that list so i'll have garen address

[4:25] that if he don't mind when he comes up

[4:27] and gives us an update and any other uh

[4:29] concern i have we've already addressed

[4:33] okay thank you man you have anything

[4:34] kirk i don't have anything

[4:37] different anything the only thing i've

[4:39] heard was about the vaccinations and i

[4:41] think garen's going to weigh in on that

[4:43] in a little bit

[4:43] and so we'll hear about that then

[4:48] okay okay all right

[4:51] and i don't really have anything so

[4:54] our next order of business is

[4:56] administrative agency reports and

[4:58] presentations

[4:59] and we have our uh health director garen

[5:02] bratis here tonight to talk about that the coven 19 update

[5:07] and welcome garen appreciate you coming

[5:09] out tonight

[5:17] vaccine update all right okay

[5:20] so today we finished up our

[5:24] original allotment of 600 doses of

[5:27] moderna that we received

[5:28] we had a small clinic there at the

[5:30] health department i think now we do have

[5:32] about 20 doses left over from today from

[5:35] some no-shows and things like that

[5:37] so going forward today we

[5:41] accepted a transfer from haywood

[5:44] regional medical

[5:45] of 1675 doses of pfizer

[5:49] our plan is to try to move through that

[5:52] literally in the next two days

[5:54] so we're going to plan a drive-through

[5:55] clinic tomorrow at the fairgrounds for

[5:57] the first 675

[6:00] and then we'll have a larger clinic the

[6:01] following day to try to move through

[6:03] a thousand um that being said there was

[6:07] a

[6:07] um one of the comments that may have

[6:10] come up

[6:11] is kind of through the list of what

[6:12] we're doing so

[6:14] we've now taken our list we're looking

[6:17] at our 75 and older and we're truly

[6:20] going down the list from the date stamps

[6:22] of when people

[6:23] registered so that we're getting to

[6:25] those who registered first

[6:27] and then work our way back so hopefully

[6:30] those that have been waiting the longest

[6:32] will be able to get the notification to

[6:33] show up to these two clinics

[6:36] one of the other things that has come up

[6:39] with the state

[6:41] is north carolina's fell behind

[6:45] compared to some of the other states and

[6:46] the amount of vaccine that we've

[6:48] distributed

[6:49] so we are expecting another shipment of

[6:52] moderna this week

[6:53] possibly tomorrow the plan is going to

[6:57] be

[6:57] from going forward with the state is to

[6:59] have seven days

[7:01] wednesday will be your first day ended

[7:03] up on tuesday that means

[7:05] whatever we're allocated they're asking

[7:06] us to try to

[7:08] push it out in one week and have it all

[7:11] into cvms

[7:12] so that we are not hit on our second

[7:15] shipment this is how they're going to

[7:16] monitor

[7:17] how much the counties are doing so we

[7:19] are going to receive

[7:20] 900 first doses this week and we will

[7:24] have to plan

[7:25] now that we've taken this from the

[7:26] hospital through literally

[7:28] friday through tuesday in some way

[7:31] so we're going to start with trying to

[7:33] figure into our system

[7:36] 3000 of those were over 75 so hopefully

[7:40] this will get us through a large part of

[7:42] that older group

[7:43] in a quick amount of time and then we'll

[7:45] move into our next phases which will be

[7:46] the 65 to 75.

[7:48] some of those have received some vaccine

[7:50] and have been worked into what we're

[7:52] doing

[7:52] but we are specifically targeting that

[7:55] 75 and older

[7:57] that has been on the list the longest to

[7:58] try to get them through

[8:00] i've taken a lot of phone calls and i

[8:02] know that's

[8:03] who we need to get to and we don't want

[8:05] to do this in some sort of randomized

[8:07] lottery type thing we want to truly go

[8:10] in order of how people registered um

[8:14] that being said if you've got any i know

[8:16] you had some concerns uh

[8:17] go ahead and just one that i might get

[8:20] you to touch on karen

[8:21] i know that the question it was asked to

[8:23] me is why we couldn't put out a list

[8:25] and i understand that we don't find out

[8:27] from the state

[8:28] until hours before we're actually

[8:30] getting that so do you mind to explain

[8:32] that a little bit

[8:33] uh hopefully with some of the meetings

[8:36] that have occurred today that i was on

[8:38] with the state they are going to give us

[8:39] a little better notice

[8:40] of how much vaccine and when to expect

[8:42] it so that we can plan ahead

[8:44] that was one of the big things that was

[8:46] discussed is

[8:48] not knowing how much we're going to get

[8:49] in the shipment and exactly when the

[8:50] shipments can arrive so they are

[8:52] planning on trying to

[8:54] come up with a very consistent way of

[8:56] doing this

[8:57] how much vaccine like i said we receive

[8:59] depends on how much we administer in a

[9:01] seven day time period

[9:03] each week as far as our list are you

[9:06] referring to people being on the list

[9:08] and when they could expect it

[9:10] yeah the question was you know it was an

[9:13] elderly couple they said hey we would

[9:14] like to know

[9:15] where we're at on that list if it's

[9:17] going to be weeks out if it's going to

[9:19] be this week

[9:20] if we knew where we were at then we

[9:21] could plan accordingly and the other

[9:23] question was

[9:24] you know hey can we come as a couple and

[9:26] i think we're encouraging that as well

[9:29] uh yes we are accepting anyone that

[9:30] comes as a couple so that uh to make it

[9:32] easier on people to be able to move and

[9:34] come to these clinics so that's not

[9:36] that's something we've already been

[9:37] doing

[9:38] and yes we are gonna we are planning

[9:39] having a meeting uh

[9:41] friday of this week and one of the

[9:42] things we want to discuss is moving

[9:44] through the phases and what we're

[9:45] looking at is timelines

[9:47] and be able to track that with how how

[9:49] we've registered

[9:50] i've uh had some calls from the schools

[9:52] when are you going to get to our

[9:53] employees and things like that and so

[9:54] we're starting to develop those plans

[9:56] looking just a few weeks ahead

[9:58] of possibly sending out school nurses

[10:01] and teams and saying all right we're

[10:02] going to hit this school this school

[10:03] on these days and and operate in those

[10:05] fashions and then look at other

[10:07] essential businesses and how we reach

[10:09] out to those businesses and give them a

[10:10] heads up

[10:11] your time is coming in the next two

[10:13] weeks or i think it's going to require

[10:14] some weekly press releases

[10:16] to kind of keep people informed of how

[10:18] we move through these phases and what

[10:19] they

[10:20] can expect

[10:24] how about our employees who deal with

[10:26] the public where do they fall on the

[10:28] list

[10:30] well as far as public health we've

[10:32] gotten quite a few of them done uh we

[10:34] have worked with some of the social

[10:36] workers that go into

[10:37] in-home visits and got them vaccinated

[10:39] so a lot of those

[10:41] front-line workers we've got now one

[10:42] thing we do have to get caught up on

[10:44] is our law enforcement we

[10:47] originally had set tried to get them

[10:50] earlier on but when the state

[10:51] changed some of the criteria and they

[10:53] actually moved them to a date of the

[10:55] 20th of this month to start

[10:57] we will be working them through one of

[10:59] the things we run into with anything

[11:01] with a vaccine is

[11:02] within your vials you'll have extra

[11:04] doses or at the end of the day we have

[11:06] some doses left over

[11:08] we've compiled lists of law enforcement

[11:11] and others that we can call and say can

[11:12] you be

[11:13] at this clinic in 30 minutes we've got

[11:16] 10 15 extra doses and we need to give

[11:19] them out so

[11:20] it's easier than trying to reach out to

[11:21] the public when we have lists provided

[11:24] of county employees and such as law

[11:26] enforcement that we can call and say hey

[11:28] can you be here within half an hour so

[11:32] well i would just encourage if there are

[11:35] extras that if we could get the county

[11:37] employees that actually meet with the

[11:38] public

[11:39] and even in this building and and other

[11:42] buildings that may actually engage with

[11:43] the public

[11:44] so we could keep our offices open here

[11:46] they might feel a little more

[11:47] comfortable about serving the public

[11:49] here

[11:49] absolutely yeah we and we have taken we

[11:52] have lists of

[11:53] facilities and maintenance we have we

[11:55] have a multiple list throughout the

[11:56] county government that we can call on

[11:58] and say hey

[11:59] can you either be at the health

[12:00] department or at the fairgrounds yes

[12:02] okay thank you garen i was on a

[12:04] conference call last week with the

[12:05] governor and the speaker of the house

[12:06] tim moore and

[12:08] both of them said across the state there

[12:10] had been counties

[12:12] that had actually wasted vaccine they

[12:14] had maybe thought out

[12:16] 700 doses and only 680 people showed up

[12:18] or 650

[12:20] and they've stressed to us to

[12:23] you know communicate to y'all to have a

[12:25] standby list

[12:27] maybe if you've got 700 people scheduled

[12:29] to come

[12:31] and only you know 650 show up well

[12:33] you've got 50 doses there and

[12:34] it may kind of go along with what

[12:36] commercial kirkpatrick

[12:38] noted there but do you have a standby

[12:40] list somebody maybe can get there within

[12:42] 30 minutes or

[12:43] we do what what do you do you do have

[12:45] that okay we do we do have a standby

[12:47] list

[12:47] and like at our last drive-through

[12:49] clinic one of the things we did is we followed what we had remaining of

[12:54] moderna we can hold it for 30 days after

[12:57] thought in refrigeration

[12:58] so as we would go through the clinic and

[13:01] we saw

[13:02] more and more coming in we could run

[13:04] back pull it from our refrigerator

[13:06] have vials there ready to go and then at

[13:08] the end of the day we had

[13:10] 20 some 30 some pre-loaded shots ready

[13:13] to go

[13:14] and that's when we called on law

[13:16] enforcement from

[13:17] different agencies and what not to come

[13:19] up so that no vaccine was wasted

[13:21] good yeah we don't want to waste any

[13:22] stuff

[13:24] it is a little bit of kind of working

[13:26] through the clinic

[13:28] literally i kind of walk in lines

[13:30] between the cars and count people

[13:32] in the cars and call back towards the

[13:34] end of the day and say okay how are we

[13:35] looking things like this and kind of

[13:36] give an update

[13:38] so that we don't want to we try not to

[13:40] schedule more people obviously than what

[13:42] we have in vaccine but we always want to

[13:43] make sure that we've got enough there

[13:45] i'd rather us have to call a waiting

[13:47] list at the end of the day and

[13:49] bring people in then definitely we've

[13:51] not wasted any

[13:53] right good so

[13:56] first of all let me say that i was on my

[13:58] first group conference call with

[14:00] other commissioners from other counties

[14:02] and they were in

[14:03] all of what we were able to do and

[14:06] i don't know what you're hearing from

[14:09] your side

[14:10] but you know this is the first rollout

[14:12] that i've ever been a part of it even in

[14:14] a removed level

[14:17] and of all the people that reached out

[14:18] to me last week

[14:20] no one had anything negative to say

[14:23] and i think that's really to be

[14:24] congratulated for great leadership

[14:27] and boots on the ground because this is

[14:29] a it's a huge

[14:31] undertaking to have a drive-through and

[14:33] these other commissioners were saying

[14:34] they didn't have

[14:35] the manpower they didn't have the

[14:38] vaccines they didn't have a location

[14:40] where they could do it because you know

[14:41] we have a great facility at the

[14:43] fairgrounds and

[14:44] so that's what i really wanted to say to

[14:46] you is that and to all the people that

[14:48] are participating

[14:49] whether you're pro-vaccine or against

[14:51] the vaccine

[14:52] to see all of our county agencies

[14:54] working together

[14:55] collectively and you know 10 or 15

[14:58] people go to the effort to say

[15:00] it was everybody was in a good mood and

[15:02] it ran very smoothly

[15:04] and how much they appreciate it i just

[15:06] want to say thank you for that because

[15:07] that could have been a real

[15:08] interesting um orientation for a new

[15:12] commissioner for it not to run smoothly

[15:14] so i appreciate that very much

[15:16] well i appreciate it thank you um it

[15:18] will be evolving and changing because we

[15:20] will

[15:21] now that we've started with the

[15:22] drive-through clinics as we enter into

[15:24] second nose and now that we're working

[15:26] with two different vaccines

[15:28] there will be that planning and

[15:30] coordinating of the second dose and

[15:31] we'll have to

[15:32] do large we'll have to do large

[15:35] drive-through type situations to be able

[15:38] to administer those doses but

[15:39] the good thing about that is is all the

[15:41] paperwork which is the hardest part of

[15:43] this will be done

[15:44] because those people will receive the

[15:45] first vaccine so literally it's just

[15:47] getting them through making sure they

[15:49] know the date and the place to be

[15:50] and then just giving them the second

[15:52] dose garen i appreciate it i think you

[15:54] all have set the bar high

[15:56] on how to do this and i and i've i agree

[15:59] with jennifer i've heard the same thing

[16:01] of you know other communities trying to

[16:04] figure out how to do it and the best way

[16:05] to do it and

[16:06] i feel like we're on the cutting edge of

[16:08] the way you should do it

[16:09] and i really appreciate the volunteers

[16:11] and all the agencies that have come

[16:12] together

[16:13] and and to focus on just getting it kind

[16:16] of getting it done if you will

[16:18] so i appreciate that um and

[16:21] congratulations on that i know

[16:22] you know it took a lot it takes a lot of

[16:24] planning to set up what y'all have done

[16:26] and everything

[16:27] i was just wondering on the moderna uh

[16:29] when

[16:30] uh how many shots do you did you get of

[16:32] that or do you want to say and when will

[16:34] you be administering that

[16:36] well with moderna that's what we've

[16:38] originally the health departments have

[16:39] been receiving

[16:40] so we up to this point we had received

[16:43] 1600

[16:44] initial doses another nine is expected

[16:47] to arrive tomorrow

[16:48] and we have in our freezer 900

[16:52] second doses just for second dose okay

[16:55] so that's

[16:56] currently where we see it so we finished

[16:57] up the 1600

[16:59] minus 20 today we have 900 more coming

[17:02] tomorrow

[17:03] and then we have 900 for our second dose

[17:05] already are ready

[17:07] okay and then when you when you go get

[17:09] it to health department how long does it

[17:10] take to thaw

[17:11] you just leave it outside if i was out

[17:13] in a certain number of minutes or is

[17:14] there

[17:15] i was just curious what no uh you can

[17:17] thaw it

[17:18] inside a refrigerator and it's supposed

[17:21] to thaw in two and a half hours we found

[17:22] out at the drive-through clinic it takes

[17:24] about four

[17:24] in a refrigerator but you can thought at

[17:28] room temperature

[17:29] and you can do it in an hour oh okay

[17:32] now there again tomorrow and thursday

[17:35] we'll be working with pfizer which is a

[17:36] little bit trickier

[17:38] yeah that's the ultra low cold and it

[17:39] has to be mixed but

[17:41] the hospital since we've taken this from

[17:43] the hospital in this transfer

[17:44] they are going to provide their

[17:46] pharmacist there they're going to

[17:47] maintain the vaccine be watching it over

[17:50] for us they're even going to be doing

[17:51] some of the loading of the syringes

[17:53] for us because it is a little bit more

[17:55] delicate and since they've

[17:57] had this for weeks now they're used to

[17:59] it and so they're

[18:00] the hospitals really going to come in

[18:02] and give us a big helping hand

[18:04] of getting through the next two days

[18:06] okay well that's another great

[18:08] partnership that we have then with the

[18:09] hospital with them coming on board and

[18:10] doing that

[18:11] and this and this just really shows how

[18:13] hard it is for you to do what you've got

[18:15] to do

[18:16] you've got to get it there and thaw it

[18:17] out it's got to be ready when people

[18:19] drive up

[18:20] so you've got to have enough and get

[18:21] enough thought without thawing too much

[18:23] to where

[18:23] you you don't want to waste it and then

[18:25] you know you've got to get it

[18:27] administered and everything and then

[18:29] they've got to come back

[18:30] three you know two to three weeks or

[18:31] four weeks later and get that other dose and so it's i can see

[18:37] the logistic nightmare and y'all are

[18:39] really handling it well i think

[18:41] gary the the biggest hurdle in it for us

[18:45] and public health has worked really well

[18:47] and

[18:48] our ems has been great to partner with

[18:51] and and carrying a heavy load with this

[18:53] and helping us plan this

[18:55] the paperwork in the end because

[18:56] everything has to go into that cvms

[18:59] uh tool for the state until we have it

[19:01] entered there we could put the shark

[19:03] the shots in people's arms all day the

[19:05] state doesn't see it

[19:06] they don't see it until it's in that

[19:08] system so that's that's the hardest part

[19:10] of the process

[19:11] right there well people need to realize

[19:12] is after they get the shot you guys are

[19:14] doing a ton of paperwork on just

[19:16] every person that comes through there

[19:18] and i mean it's just a

[19:20] one person you know there's no telling

[19:22] how much time you spend

[19:23] per person doing you know i mean if you

[19:25] added it all up per person and

[19:27] everything to see how

[19:28] you know how how enormous the the effort

[19:30] is and how successful

[19:32] you all been at it so it's great what

[19:33] y'all are doing

[19:36] see dr david's arrived so i'll turn it

[19:39] over to him

[19:42] welcome dr jamin hello everybody

[19:46] um it's a pleasure to be in front of a

[19:50] quiet crowd so i know you guys

[19:52] appreciate that

[19:54] so the good news uh is that haywood

[19:57] county currently as of today

[19:59] out of 100 counties in north carolina

[20:01] were the 75th lowest

[20:03] in terms of rate of new cases the bad

[20:06] news is that all 100 counties are in the

[20:08] red

[20:10] and every in although we're down we're

[20:12] still quite high

[20:14] well more than the spike that we had in

[20:15] july and august

[20:17] as of today 2940 cases

[20:21] so far in the pandemic and if you look

[20:24] back to august 10th

[20:25] which was really the end of that summer

[20:27] spike we've had a 400 percent

[20:30] increase in the number of cases at that

[20:32] time we were averaging about two to

[20:34] three new cases per day

[20:36] uh we got up as high as 50 or 60.

[20:39] we're now around 37 38.

[20:42] the first 1100 cases by the end of

[20:44] november

[20:45] the next 1100 by the end of december and

[20:48] we've roughly added about 600 to 700

[20:51] this month already but the rate does

[20:54] seem to be slowing and i think we all

[20:56] anticipated

[20:57] 10 to 14 days after an event or a

[21:00] holiday is when we would begin to see

[21:02] the peak

[21:04] so that certainly matches up with

[21:06] christmas new year's

[21:07] so that's all good stuff the hospital

[21:10] got quite stretched

[21:12] a week or so ago it's come down just a

[21:15] little bit as well so that's all all

[21:16] good news

[21:18] i would also indicate that the first

[21:21] half of the month

[21:22] the long-term care facilities had out of

[21:25] roughly 550 cases they had 47 so about

[21:28] eight to nine percent of the cases so

[21:30] most of it's in the community

[21:32] and in fact in the past week they've

[21:33] only been seven new cases in the

[21:35] long-term care facilities so again that peak as well

[21:41] a little bit of a disappointing note

[21:44] there are now

[21:45] we've been tracking for the last little

[21:46] bit the number of people who aren't

[21:48] answering our calls aren't willing to

[21:50] cooperate with health department

[21:53] and there are currently 48 of those

[21:55] folks around

[21:56] we hope that they've taken it upon

[21:58] themselves to isolate

[21:59] and we hope that they've taken it upon

[22:01] themselves to notify close contacts but

[22:04] we don't know there have been about

[22:08] 130 or 140 of these folks

[22:11] so far most of them over the last couple

[22:12] of months

[22:16] i know that garen filled you guys in on

[22:18] vaccinations but just a couple of

[22:19] comments there

[22:21] we are tracking uh from the time that

[22:24] vaccinations started

[22:25] in terms of the case counts i don't

[22:27] expect that we'll see much change in

[22:29] that for at least several months still

[22:32] you know once a person gets their first

[22:34] shot it takes about

[22:36] six weeks through the second shot and

[22:38] then two weeks after the second

[22:40] shot before they've reached maximum

[22:41] immunity after the first shot

[22:45] the thought is with the pfizer in the

[22:46] modern vaccines that you get about 50

[22:48] percent

[22:49] of what you're going to get but we've

[22:51] already had cases of people who've got

[22:53] their first shot

[22:54] and lo and behold before their second

[22:56] shot they get sick and test positive

[22:59] so we know that it's still possible and

[23:02] we know that even after a person gets

[23:04] their maximum immunity for the second

[23:05] shot

[23:06] again at 95 percent effectiveness that

[23:09] still five percent

[23:11] will get sick so it's still possible and

[23:13] i think

[23:14] uh although people are we're really

[23:17] pleased that people are as interested in

[23:18] being vaccinated as they seem to be

[23:21] i think it would be a mistake to think

[23:23] that that's the end-all and be-all

[23:25] and again if we think in terms of the

[23:27] swiss cheese analogy

[23:29] that vaccine is a really important slice

[23:31] but it's not

[23:33] going to do it all on its own and that's

[23:35] the other reason that it's really

[23:36] important that

[23:37] we keep get our case counts down because

[23:40] the lower the case counts are

[23:42] the more effective the vaccine will be

[23:50] think we've had maybe gary touched on

[23:51] this i'm sorry if i'm repeating but

[23:53] i think probably somewhere between 3 000

[23:54] and 3 500 people have now been

[23:56] vaccinated in the county

[23:59] yeah somewhere between 3 000 and 3 500.

[24:03] on top of that are the staff and

[24:05] residents of long-term care facilities

[24:08] since that's being handled through a

[24:09] different prong

[24:11] we don't have the numbers yet that we

[24:13] hope to be able to get out of the cvms

[24:15] system but as garen indicated

[24:17] there have been some challenges with

[24:18] that so thirty-five third

[24:20] somewhere between three thousand and

[24:21] thirty five hundred um through the

[24:23] health department and the hospital

[24:25] some amount of that on top of that with

[24:27] the long-term care facility staff and

[24:29] residents so probably if we sort of just

[24:33] estimate

[24:34] probably close to ten percent maybe

[24:37] eight to ten percent of haywood county

[24:39] has been vaccinated if we take those three

[24:42] thousand cases that's another five

[24:44] percent

[24:45] of people who've been infected so um

[24:49] if you also add in the fact that perhaps

[24:50] there are people who didn't get tested

[24:52] when they got sick

[24:53] or had an asymptomatic infection uh you

[24:56] know we're probably in the 10 to 15

[24:58] maybe 20 percent

[24:59] of the county has been exposed so that's

[25:02] good

[25:03] and as we continue to vaccinate that

[25:04] number obviously obviously goes up

[25:10] that's the short and sweet of it i think

[25:11] when we were when i was last here at

[25:13] least with garen we said that we'd be

[25:14] coming back in mid-january and

[25:16] we'd see what would happen and i think

[25:19] unfortunately what was predicted is

[25:20] exactly what happened

[25:22] we saw a spike after christmas it never

[25:24] came down

[25:25] we see a spike after new year's

[25:27] hopefully it is starting to come down

[25:29] and that would be really great and as we

[25:31] vaccinate more that will

[25:32] hopefully even out so that by summer

[25:35] perhaps fall we may be in a position in

[25:38] our community to uh

[25:39] to really be able to take a breath and

[25:41] relax a little bit but i think it's that

[25:42] kind of a time frame still

[25:44] so happy to entertain any questions

[25:48] i was just curious how many cases of flu

[25:51] have we had

[25:53] there've been very little flu in north

[25:55] carolina and in fact in the country

[25:58] in the week that ended december 19th if

[26:00] i can remember this correctly there were

[26:02] five thousand specimens submitted to the

[26:04] state lab for flu evaluation

[26:06] there's a there's a surveillance network

[26:08] around the state of practices and

[26:09] hospitals that

[26:11] weekly submit data to the state and they

[26:14] follow that

[26:15] out of those 5000 there was one positive

[26:18] flu case

[26:18] that was the week of that was the end of

[26:20] the week of december 19th

[26:22] the end of the week of i think january

[26:24] 10th they had another 3 000 specimens

[26:27] and out of that i think there were three

[26:29] so this has been just you know it's just

[26:31] thank goodness not had

[26:32] any flu around yet flu tends to peak

[26:35] late january february so we'll see if

[26:38] that actually comes to pass

[26:40] the other thing that they're watching is

[26:41] that all the other respiratory viruses

[26:43] in the winter

[26:44] are all way down and uh

[26:48] in australia of course they're six

[26:50] months ahead of us right

[26:52] they um have really contained their

[26:54] covent they had a very very very light

[26:56] flu season

[26:58] they had a very light respiratory virus

[27:00] season

[27:01] now that they're starting back into that

[27:03] again those are all coming back with a

[27:04] vengeance

[27:05] so we may or may not have that to look

[27:07] forward to but that's all the way for

[27:09] next year we'll worry about next year next year let's get through

[27:12] this right now i just think it shows

[27:14] that wearing a mask

[27:15] social discs and washing your hands is

[27:17] it keeps the flu away too

[27:18] probably so yeah there's there's lots of

[27:21] conjecture about why this has happened

[27:23] but no doubt though this stuff works i

[27:25] think we know this works and i think

[27:27] if you just even again if you look at

[27:29] the trends of the cases that we saw

[27:31] through christmas through new year's

[27:33] it's all the same thing that we've been

[27:34] seeing all along you know gatherings

[27:36] somebody there pre-symptomatic people

[27:38] not being as careful as they can be and

[27:40] lo and behold whammo

[27:42] and that's that just continues to be the

[27:44] case

[27:46] i think it's really important that

[27:47] people continue to be vigilant because

[27:50] like i said before if we keep the case

[27:52] counts down

[27:52] the vaccine just to get speed gets to be

[27:54] even more effective

[27:56] and when i say that we know the vaccine

[27:59] will protect individuals

[28:00] but to protect the community we need

[28:02] enough individuals

[28:04] and i think you know if we want to reach

[28:06] our goal of once again being able to

[28:08] safely gather together

[28:10] it's going to take that community

[28:12] immunity

[28:13] to to really take hold so we're on our

[28:15] way that's the good news

[28:18] just urge people to sort of stay the

[28:19] course and keep vigilant for now a

[28:20] little bit longer

[28:24] anything particularly um

[28:27] so on the one that needs two shots

[28:30] if the people don't come back and get

[28:32] the second one other than just having a

[28:33] reduced amount of immunity

[28:35] is there any negative side effects to

[28:37] only having the one shot

[28:38] on the too short shot protocol yeah no negative effects it's just they're

[28:42] not going to be as protected as

[28:44] they would be otherwise i would imagine

[28:45] there'll be some that don't make it for

[28:47] the second trip

[28:48] there may be um and we're running into

[28:50] the situation again of people who've

[28:51] been vaccinated got their first shot

[28:53] then they get sick when do they get

[28:54] their second shot

[28:55] and i think it bears noting that it

[28:57] although

[28:58] you know the pfizer has to be second

[29:00] shot on 21 days of the modern or 28 or

[29:03] vice versa

[29:04] there's nothing written in stone that if

[29:05] it becomes day 29 or day 30 or day 35 it

[29:08] still works

[29:09] so we're trying to figure out how to

[29:11] manage those sorts of people

[29:13] but but the answer to your question is

[29:14] there's no real downside to it

[29:21] i noticed that santa's not here here

[29:23] tonight but

[29:25] hope santa's okay got their vaccine so

[29:30] thank you very much okay thank you

[29:31] appreciate it great job

[29:36] our next order of business is the

[29:37] consent agenda does anyone have any

[29:39] questions on the consent agenda

[29:44] i was i'll be honest with you greg i was

[29:47] just curious can you

[29:49] maybe tell us a little bit about the tax

[29:51] did you come up i was just

[29:53] i was reading your report and i know um

[29:57] it's is are the numbers coming in

[30:00] about like last year since it's you know

[30:02] you since through january 6 would you

[30:04] have to know that

[30:07] sure um just a little information here

[30:11] you know we we finished december at

[30:15] 72.91 and

[30:17] last year we were at 76.24 so quite a

[30:21] bit of difference there

[30:23] what we're finding is that the mail is

[30:26] 30 days behind i mean we're getting

[30:29] payments in

[30:30] today for example that have a november

[30:33] postmark

[30:34] you know 15 15 21 days out

[30:39] so last year we finished

[30:43] this january at 92.29 percent

[30:48] as of today at five o'clock we're 90.25

[30:52] percent

[30:54] so we've we've made up some of that

[30:57] lost in december that first week of january uh for example we we just got

[31:04] evergreen's

[31:05] tax payment in today was 1.3 million

[31:09] dollars

[31:10] and it was postmarked december the 10th

[31:14] so you know a lot of this is the post

[31:16] offices

[31:17] is behind but as was

[31:20] right now we've collected 36 million 534

[31:23] dollars

[31:24] our our total was 4 40 million

[31:28] 400 so we've got a remaining balance of

[31:31] about 3.9 million

[31:33] i think with eight or nine days left

[31:35] here in

[31:36] the month of january we should be

[31:39] right back to where our percentage was

[31:42] last year which

[31:43] actually was one of the best percentages

[31:45] ever

[31:46] in the in the county if you look at the

[31:49] eight year average

[31:51] in in december for example the eight

[31:54] year average was like

[31:57] 73.84 percent

[32:00] we we finished 72.9 so we really

[32:03] as far as that eight year average we

[32:05] weren't that far off

[32:08] we had the highest percentage collected

[32:10] in october this year we had the highest

[32:12] percentage in november

[32:13] it's just december i i just think the

[32:16] mail

[32:17] the up the post office is you know i

[32:20] mean

[32:21] today we we did almost 1.5 million of

[32:24] course

[32:24] 1.3 was evergreen but we'll take it

[32:28] so i feel strongly that you know even

[32:31] during this pandemic that

[32:33] there are people paying their taxes we

[32:36] haven't

[32:38] really used a lot of enforced

[32:41] collections at this

[32:42] time we will be sending out the

[32:44] delinquent bills

[32:46] next month in february so i feel better

[32:49] you know i was a little concerned at the

[32:51] end of december seeing about a three and

[32:53] a half four percent difference

[32:55] but that first this first 10 days of

[32:57] working days in january we've really made a difference so we're

[33:02] not that far

[33:03] off right okay um

[33:06] yeah that's just the mail i mean yeah

[33:08] i've seen that low number and i thought

[33:10] there was probably

[33:10] a good explanation for it and it makes

[33:12] sense i've noticed i've gotten some

[33:14] well packages especially because you

[33:16] know you know

[33:17] amazon prime isn't amazon prime anymore

[33:20] so

[33:21] it's just you know it's just and then

[33:23] you've got

[33:24] you know everybody's mailing christmas

[33:25] cards and then christmas packages and i

[33:27] can see how that would be

[33:29] so i mean it's 30 days sometimes i mean

[33:31] it

[33:32] so yeah but i'd be glad to answer any

[33:36] other questions

[33:36] concerning

[33:40] you know we hope that we can continue to have these high percentages and we're

[33:46] working with people

[33:47] i want to stress the importance of

[33:49] communication with the office

[33:51] i mean we we don't know that how you've

[33:53] been affected by covet or we don't know

[33:56] what your situation is

[33:57] without you communicating with our

[33:59] office

[34:00] and when you do that then we're able to

[34:03] work with you

[34:04] or to try to put together a plan that is

[34:07] win-win for

[34:08] the taxpayer as well as the county and

[34:12] this you know we waited on people

[34:14] outside

[34:15] the front doors from march to september

[34:19] and and now we're back to waiting on

[34:21] them outside again

[34:23] for the moment and one interesting uh

[34:26] point was you know we installed the

[34:29] drop box outside we've had almost seven

[34:32] hundred thousand dollars

[34:33] dropped in that box instead of people

[34:36] coming into our office

[34:38] so it was well worth i think the the

[34:41] expense that associated with that and

[34:44] people have

[34:47] really taken advantage of it you know we

[34:49] didn't have any long lines

[34:51] i mean we had one day of the hall being

[34:54] lined up

[34:55] other than that we we really haven't

[34:57] experienced

[34:58] a large wait time and so i think that's

[35:02] we're very fortunate there

[35:04] but we we are waiting on people outside

[35:06] again and uh

[35:07] you know it's what it is do what you got

[35:10] to do

[35:12] okay okay well thanks for that update

[35:14] greg i appreciate it

[35:15] thank you my pleasure does anybody have

[35:19] any other questions for the consent

[35:20] agenda

[35:25] okay i'll entertain the motion we

[35:26] approve the consent agenda has presented

[35:30] is there a second second okay all those

[35:33] favorite indicators saying aye

[35:36] okay it's unanimous okay we'll move on

[35:39] to our regular agenda

[35:41] is the next order of business and number

[35:43] one is to request approval to purchase

[35:45] led lights

[35:46] from ced waynesville in the amount of

[35:48] twenty one thousand eighty two dollars

[35:50] to be paid from fiscal year 2021

[35:52] budgeted funds

[35:53] for the conversion of all lighting in

[35:55] the justice center

[35:56] we have our operations director chris

[35:57] boyd here welcome chris

[35:59] good evening chairman commissioners i am

[36:02] here to request

[36:04] as the chairman read 21 000

[36:07] and some change to replace all the four

[36:10] asset structures

[36:11] in the justice center with the led

[36:14] structures

[36:16] i'd like to to give you a little history

[36:17] on on what we're doing there that shows

[36:20] the return on our investment

[36:21] a couple of years ago we were fortunate

[36:23] to get

[36:25] some money granted to haywood county not

[36:27] through our budget

[36:28] but through the department of

[36:30] environmental assistance which used to

[36:31] be the state energy department

[36:34] to do energy audits but they were able

[36:37] to do two buildings for haywood county

[36:39] we chose the justice center and the law

[36:40] enforcement center

[36:42] so in those two audits they looked at

[36:44] everything that was

[36:48] energy usage in the facilities and in

[36:50] both cases

[36:51] the number one recommendation for

[36:53] lowering

[36:54] the energy usage was conversion to led

[36:56] lots

[36:58] so we we wanted to move forward with

[37:00] that last year's budget was a little bit

[37:03] different

[37:04] wasn't able to to ask for those funds

[37:06] but this year we have

[37:08] funds for the justice center and for the

[37:10] law enforcement center

[37:12] you are not seeing the law enforcement

[37:14] center because that dollar amount does

[37:16] not cross the 20 000

[37:17] threshold so we submitted for that today

[37:21] as well to the county manager for

[37:22] approval

[37:24] so based on the energy audit we're

[37:27] looking at

[37:27] about fifteen hundred fixtures in the

[37:30] justice center

[37:32] ninety thousand square foot facility so

[37:34] the the audit

[37:35] projected we would save an annual or we

[37:39] would have an annual savings of fifteen

[37:40] thousand dollars

[37:42] on our electric bill for this conversion

[37:45] so based on that uh we're going to have

[37:47] a payback of about one and a half years

[37:49] of this twenty one thousand dollar

[37:50] investment

[37:52] so just to to give you the same number

[37:55] for the law enforcement center

[37:56] uh the the cost there is only about

[37:59] eighty five hundred dollars

[38:00] uh it's only fifty around 55 000 square

[38:04] feet

[38:05] it's served by duke energy so

[38:08] we got a 6900 rebate from duke energy

[38:11] for that facility

[38:12] so therefore it's only costing the 8

[38:14] 500.

[38:16] we will realize about

[38:20] one year payback at that facility for

[38:23] our

[38:23] 8 500 investment so as we continue to

[38:27] move forward that's something that we

[38:28] want to look at

[38:29] to to try to save money in the county

[38:32] budget

[38:33] if we can move forward with these two

[38:34] and it's likely in next year's budget

[38:36] we'll be

[38:37] requesting the next largest facility we

[38:39] have at hhsa

[38:40] for converging to led lots okay so you

[38:46] might have any questions

[38:47] i know that's a lot of numbers quickly

[38:48] and just a brief

[38:50] you know brief summary but uh questions

[38:52] i'm happy to answer those

[38:54] i'll just excellent payback good work

[38:57] there i mean

[38:58] anytime we can save that kind of money

[39:00] it's well worth spending the money up

[39:01] front so

[39:02] good job i know i personally at my business my air

[39:08] lights have been up there fluorescent

[39:09] they've been up for 30 years and

[39:10] last year i replaced them with leds all

[39:13] of them

[39:14] and i could the lighting was better and

[39:17] more uniform

[39:18] and and i even noticed i noticed a

[39:20] difference in my electric bill you know

[39:21] when it came

[39:22] so it's it pays for itself for sure

[39:27] the lighting certainly makes a

[39:28] difference if you have an opportunity um

[39:30] go through our parking deck at night and

[39:33] see the difference that those led lights make there we just

[39:36] recently completed that project

[39:38] right yeah that's that's a great

[39:40] innovation i know you were involved with

[39:41] the

[39:42] led lighting in the arena down at the

[39:44] fairgrounds and it just

[39:46] it's just made such a huge difference

[39:47] the lighting's better the the power

[39:49] bills

[39:49] much much less and it's just a win-win

[39:52] not only that it helps the power company because you

[39:56] know they don't have to generate as much

[39:58] power to make those things burn

[39:59] so it's a win win-win for everybody

[40:02] when we try to replace any existing

[40:05] fixture in any structure with

[40:07] led if there's a fixture problem for

[40:10] you know 10 to 15 maybe 18

[40:13] more in cost you can replace that

[40:15] fixture with led

[40:16] so we even though it's one at a time we

[40:18] do that in each facility when we need to

[40:20] replace the

[40:23] right to fixture everything over do you

[40:25] know what we're going to use

[40:28] in-house staff we have

[40:31] as our interim facilities director tim

[40:32] sisk he's a licensed electrician

[40:34] we have a couple of other folks that are

[40:38] electrician knowledgeable and have been

[40:41] able to help with this

[40:42] we spent all at all converting the

[40:45] parking deck probably

[40:48] five whole days but we had to do it

[40:50] intermittently and

[40:51] as we had time between work orders so

[40:54] for this facility at 90 000 square foot

[40:56] 1500 fixtures

[40:58] don't be surprised if it takes us you

[40:59] know 30 45 days to get through that

[41:02] process

[41:03] a few at a time we can't dedicate the

[41:05] staff every single day

[41:07] and the longevity on those lots is much

[41:10] different far longer than a fluorescent

[41:13] yes the balls will last um

[41:16] at least twice as long and sometimes

[41:19] more than that

[41:27] any other questions for chris i'll

[41:30] entertain a motion we approve

[41:32] item two of the regular agenda so moved

[41:34] is there a second any other discussion all those in

[41:39] favor

[41:40] signify by saying aye you want to post

[41:43] okay that's unanimous thank you chris

[41:50] our next order of business is

[41:51] appointments

[41:53] i'll turn it over to brian go ahead

[41:54] brian you can do did i miss one

[42:01] i'm sorry i checked that on the why

[42:05] okay so okay item two is to request

[42:08] approval of the resolution of the

[42:10] haywood county board of commissioners

[42:11] authorizing the negotiation of an

[42:13] installment financing contract

[42:14] not to exceed two million dollars in

[42:16] providing for certain

[42:18] other related matters we have our

[42:20] interim finance director kristen owen

[42:22] sorry kristen didn't mean to jump over

[42:24] you there that's okay

[42:26] i wouldn't have mined it at all but

[42:28] anyway um

[42:29] we have a quite lengthy resolution here

[42:32] and i'll just summarize it for you

[42:34] it's to give author authorization to

[42:36] bryant and myself to negotiate the

[42:38] installment contract

[42:40] for the um school administration

[42:42] building

[42:44] and to submit application to the local

[42:46] government commission for approval they

[42:47] have to approve of any

[42:49] debt transactions also to retain special

[42:53] counsel

[42:53] and financial advisor for this

[42:55] transaction

[42:57] and to provide notice of public hearing

[43:03] anybody have any any questions for

[43:05] christian kristin

[43:11] just to shine a light a little more on

[43:14] the public hearing that will be at the

[43:15] february first meeting

[43:17] uh we we did a slight rule change a

[43:19] couple of months ago to where

[43:21] you don't have to vote for call to

[43:23] public hearing we're still following the

[43:25] same timeline

[43:26] for for this item uh it will be in the

[43:28] mountaineer

[43:29] tomorrow uh and we'll have it at the

[43:32] meeting on

[43:32] february first at the nine o'clock

[43:34] meeting okay

[43:36] and this way it speeds it up so we're

[43:38] not holding up projects

[43:40] especially projects that are time

[43:41] sensitive which most of them are

[43:44] is any other questions about it

[43:49] pretty routine

[43:52] i'll entertain a motion we approve uh

[43:54] number item number two of the regular

[43:55] agenda

[43:57] so moved their second any other discussion at all

[44:03] okay all those in favor indicate by

[44:06] saying aye okay

[44:08] unanimous thank you christian kristen

[44:12] okay now brian you can go sorry this is

[44:14] under appointments and uh the first one

[44:16] is to request approval and appointment

[44:17] of james rogers

[44:19] to the clyde planning board thank you mr

[44:22] chairman

[44:22] we have an email from joy garland at

[44:25] clyde the town board of aldermen are

[44:29] requesting an appointment of

[44:30] james rogers to the planning board he'd

[44:32] previously served as an alternative to

[44:34] the board

[44:35] this is for a full member

[44:38] appointment

[44:43] i'll entertain a motion we approve we

[44:45] need to approve these separately right

[44:47] okay i'll entertain the motion that we

[44:49] approve james rogers to the clyde

[44:51] uh planning board etj so moved is there

[44:54] a second

[44:58] there was a second okay okay all those

[45:01] in favor signify by saying aye okay

[45:06] the next one is appointment of myself to

[45:09] the haywood healthcare foundation board

[45:11] of trustees

[45:12] and to the investment committee pursuant

[45:15] to section 6b of the restricted fund

[45:17] management services agreement

[45:19] also as a reappointment of of

[45:20] commissioner kirkpatrick to the foundation board of trustees

[45:25] my appointment's necessary because of

[45:27] the seat vacated by julie davis

[45:29] when she retired and we're reappointing

[45:32] kirk grant

[45:34] she she's going to stay on the board in

[45:36] a different capacity but not in this seat that she previously

[45:39] occupied

[45:44] and we're also reappointing kirk okay

[45:48] anybody have any questions on that kirk

[45:50] you want to do it

[45:52] yeah i'll do that okay

[45:55] hurt kind of shepherd us through these

[45:57] hospital things

[45:59] he's very familiar with all that

[46:03] i'll entertain a motion we approve item

[46:05] two of appointments

[46:08] these are second

[46:12] okay any other discussion

[46:15] all those in favor indicate by saying

[46:16] aye aye okay anyone opposed

[46:19] case unanimous and then number three of

[46:21] appointments

[46:22] brian the the next is appointment

[46:26] of john denton to the center pigeon fire

[46:29] department to the firefighter relief

[46:31] fund

[46:32] he'll be taking a position formerly held

[46:35] by cody parton

[46:36] cody has resigned that position with

[46:39] center pigeon so this will be a

[46:42] mr denton's

[46:45] spot he currently serves as the deputy

[46:47] fire chief of the department

[46:49] okay case anybody have any questions on

[46:52] that

[46:53] i'll entertain a motion we approve item

[46:55] three of appointments

[46:59] some move second okay all in favor

[47:02] indicate by saying aye

[47:04] okay anyone opposed okay then number four brian go ahead uh

[47:11] the next is is a little bit of

[47:13] reorganization

[47:14] from the smoky mountain event center to

[47:16] have staggered terms

[47:18] so the first is an appointment of two

[47:20] people vanessa james and patricia blake

[47:23] those are for three-year terms miss

[47:26] james actually works in the craft world

[47:30] she enjoys

[47:31] being able to organize events and

[47:32] showcase local artists

[47:35] she thinks that tourism is priority but

[47:37] would also like to have things for

[47:38] the residents here miss blake

[47:42] has served the community for over 35

[47:43] years with a family-owned food truck

[47:45] she's familiar with the fairgrounds and

[47:48] wants to help continue it to be

[47:50] successful the

[47:52] reappointment of jonathan jackson and

[47:55] vicki reese

[47:56] are for two-year terms those are simply

[47:59] to have those stagger terms that i

[48:00] mentioned and then edward bryant and

[48:02] benjamin wilder are one-year terms and

[48:04] those are reappointments

[48:06] okay and uh tommy you're on that board

[48:09] is this was this

[48:10] the board's recommendation yes this was

[48:12] just to do some housekeeping to get our

[48:14] uh

[48:15] continuity back in our board staggers

[48:17] they were all going to come to you at

[48:19] the same time so we we finally we've

[48:21] worked hard to get there and keep that continuity so

[48:25] yes that's what we were trying to achieve

[48:28] okay i appreciate you doing i remember i

[48:30] tried to do that one time and i i i

[48:32] didn't succeed

[48:33] so thank you and i will make a motion and we approve

[48:37] those okay

[48:39] is there a second second okay

[48:42] all in favor say aye okay

[48:45] and that we can do that for all three

[48:47] right

[48:48] sixth commissioner

[48:56] tell she's patting her food over there

[48:59] okay we don't have a closed session

[49:03] she need to come up and say thank you need to come up and say anything

[49:08] [Laughter]

[49:12] mr chairman before we digress too far i

[49:15] want to make a comment about the consent

[49:17] agenda

[49:18] i don't know if how many of you noticed

[49:19] this but uh item number five on the

[49:21] consent agenda

[49:23] i guess dole teague really worked he saw

[49:25] that grant

[49:26] available from arnold schwarzenegger

[49:28] yeah and there is a letter from arnold

[49:30] schwarzenegger included in our packet

[49:31] from

[49:32] university southern california

[49:33] schwarzenegger institute

[49:35] and it's a very interesting letter

[49:38] his first paragraph said the united

[49:40] states gave me everything i have

[49:42] and i believe it's my duty to pay the

[49:45] kindness of this country every day of my

[49:46] life

[49:48] everything i achieved my bodybuilding

[49:49] success my movie roles my investments my

[49:52] governorship my family would have been

[49:53] impossible

[49:55] anywhere but america and there's about

[49:57] four or five paragraphs that continues

[49:59] with the same theme so

[50:01] he don't take saw this he made that

[50:04] offer his

[50:05] personal foundation money and there were

[50:08] several counties across the nation

[50:09] uh put in for this and doyle

[50:13] is to be commended for going after those

[50:15] funds and it's going to help

[50:17] fund 11 poll workers uh for our

[50:20] elections so uh

[50:21] my hat's off to dolteag for for pursuing

[50:24] that in robbie enwan and also mr

[50:26] schwarzenegger

[50:27] so yeah and i do i would do

[50:30] i appreciate you pointing that out tommy

[50:32] doyle had emailed me or texted me last

[50:34] night

[50:35] you know making sure that i understood

[50:37] everything and i thanked him for what he

[50:38] had done to look out for

[50:40] the county to get the grant you know i

[50:42] mean those grants are out there and

[50:44] you know that this is something a county

[50:45] employee that works in the department

[50:47] that department elections

[50:48] that saw it and went after it so we

[50:50] appreciate that

[50:51] and the the election this past election

[50:55] was one of the hardest for i guess

[50:56] election workers to work in with covid

[50:58] and then everything else that's been

[51:00] going on so we appreciate the our

[51:02] election board

[51:04] staying on top of things and and looking

[51:05] for ways to help her community so

[51:08] i appreciate you pointing that out does

[51:10] anybody else have anything else

[51:12] tonight there's no closed session so

[51:15] i'll entertain a motion that we adjourn

[51:19] second attack okay y'all in favor say

[51:22] aye

[51:23] okay we're adjourned and i hope everyone

[51:25] stays safe thank you

Haywood County Commissioners Meeting 01-19-2021

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