[0:06] Everyone, through the July 21 County Commissioner meeting,
[0:11] and before we get started, I'd like to
[0:13] offer a new location. Dear Lord, be with
[0:17] all the families that are having a lot
[0:20] of issues with sickness and injury in this
[0:22] world and especially the ones out of the
[0:25] Edin County. Be with all the parents that
[0:28] have had the suffering of knowing that loved
[0:31] ones have passed. And just be with us
[0:35] more today as we go about the business
[0:37] for Yanken County that we may do the
[0:39] best for all that's concerned. In Jesus name
[0:42] we pray. Amen. Amen. Alright. I now call
[0:46] the meeting to order of July 21 session.
[0:50] So, if you would join me for the
[0:52] pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the
[0:58] flag Any adjustments and the adoption of the
[1:23] agenda? We have some changes to the agenda.
[1:26] Mr. Moxley, I have two amendments. First, I
[1:29] would like to remove item eight H, potential
[1:33] offer for 1234 Rockford Road property and in
[1:37] its place, I would like to add a
[1:40] new item eight H, Davie County interlocal agreement
[1:44] for WIC services. There is a copy of
[1:47] the interlocal agreement at your desk. Those would
[1:51] be the only two amendments I have at
[1:53] this time. Anyone else have any additions or
[1:59] changes to the agenda? In that case, then
[2:05] I would I'll make a motion to approve
[2:07] the agenda as amended. Second. We have a
[2:11] motion and a second to approve the agenda
[2:14] with the changes. All in favor raise your
[2:16] hand. Any opposed? Pass, I vote. Alright, next
[2:23] is reports to the board, which for today
[2:25] we have none, and so move on down
[2:29] to the consent agenda. Any questions about the
[2:34] consent agenda for today? Then I would ask
[2:41] for a motion to approve the consent agenda.
[2:46] So moved. So moved. We have a motion
[2:49] and a second to approve the consent agenda
[2:51] items. All in favor? Any opposed? Passes five
[2:56] o. Alright. Now we move to discussion items
[3:01] for this month, and so I would turn
[3:04] it over to manager Silverman. Thank you, commissioner
[3:08] Moxley. The first discussion item before you is
[3:11] a proposed lease amendment with doctor James McGrath.
[3:15] In 2015, the county agreed to lease office
[3:19] space to Doctor James McGrath at the hospital.
[3:23] It was approximately 2,830 square feet. He has
[3:27] been utilizing that for his practice for over
[3:30] the past eleven years. We did three year
[3:33] agreements for 2015, 2018, 2021, and then in
[3:38] 2024, the board decided to do a one
[3:41] year lease renewal and increase the rate by
[3:44] 5% making the monthly payment $2,031 The lease
[3:51] is set to expire on 09/30/2025 and what
[3:56] feedback from the board in terms of how
[3:59] the lease amendment should be constructed if the
[4:02] board wants to pursue the lease amendment. Underneath
[4:05] the proposed draft that is currently before you,
[4:08] we would have one year lease renewal and
[4:10] keep the rate the same at $2,031 per
[4:13] month since there was a 5% increase last
[4:16] year. But, of course, that is a board
[4:19] decision on how they'd like to structure the
[4:21] lease amendment. It's a discussion. I don't know
[4:29] anyone have. On a twenty eight thirty, 2,830
[4:39] square feet of space. John and I have
[4:42] been through toward the hospital. What he, I
[4:47] know he only uses like one half of
[4:50] a side. Is that the 2,830, the half
[4:53] that he uses or is he actually at
[4:54] least the full? It is the half that
[4:57] he uses. He's got the lofty portion that
[4:59] he has up his office space. So, that
[5:01] works for us. Perfect. Yeah. So, it's just
[5:04] the half. Yes. Okay. We can talk about
[5:09] possibly moving things over there and he was
[5:13] fine with that but I just want to
[5:14] make sure that we do this for another
[5:17] year that we could utilize the other half
[5:20] of the board change the opinion. We have
[5:25] had tenants on the other side and they
[5:28] shared the lobby. So, I don't know if
[5:30] that's written into this lease. It really cover
[5:33] that and then, it was each hallway and
[5:37] was on their head since there is few
[5:41] hallways in it. Is there like isn't there
[5:43] like a horseshoe share in this space? Yes.
[5:47] Yes, sir. Yeah. Two windows for the receptions.
[5:54] Yes. The old lease will continue to be.
[6:02] In fact, it only changes your term. None
[6:14] further than we'll move to the next discussion
[6:17] item. Yes, sir, Commissioner Moxley. There are two
[6:21] proposed fee schedule changes. The first one is
[6:25] adding a $100 private drive application. This is
[6:29] for individuals that are looking to get a
[6:31] street address added to their private drive. Dollars
[6:35] 100 has always been the operating procedure, but
[6:39] it's not in this year's fee schedule, so
[6:41] we just want to make sure it gets
[6:42] added on to the fee schedule. That's the
[6:45] first proposed change. The second fee schedule change
[6:49] is charging $15 for printings of 24 by
[6:53] 36 maps. Currently, for black and white maps
[6:56] that are printed, it's $5 and for the
[7:00] next largest map printing size, it's $10 So
[7:04] we just wanna have a fee in there
[7:06] for 25 for 24 by 36 map printings
[7:09] at $15 and those would be the proposed
[7:13] two fee schedule changes. Yeah. Is that black
[7:16] and white all your I would defer to
[7:20] Steven on that. He's up here. And if
[7:23] not I can speak if I can. I'll
[7:25] get short. I spoke with Steven. I think
[7:28] that's gonna be for all of those maps
[7:30] just because of the size and the amount
[7:33] of ink it uses, whether it's black and
[7:34] white or color. But how much private drive,
[7:39] is it if the property already has a
[7:42] drive, is that going to be applicable to
[7:45] the second drive? That same property to her.
[7:50] I'm not certain on that. I can check.
[7:53] Security someone did have one of the second
[7:55] driveway or whatever it may be or second
[7:57] entrance if they already had one, they applied.
[8:20] If you don't want your name on it,
[8:23] it doesn't. Yeah, it doesn't matter. Yeah. Yeah.
[8:25] But if you want a name on it,
[8:26] I'll make sure that you don't have a
[8:28] private bribe and a sign and a name,
[8:31] all that kind of stuff. Guess so. The
[8:32] concern is having to go through a choice.
[8:34] Yeah. And that's correct. Yeah. It's okay. I
[8:37] will follow-up on that. Have an answer by
[8:39] the for the August 4. There any other
[8:47] items for the fee schedule changes? Okay. No.
[8:59] There no no action. There's no discussion right
[9:01] Alright. Then we move down to board action
[9:05] and again refer that to manager Silverton. Yes,
[9:09] sir. Commissioner Moxley, the sheriff's office is looking
[9:12] at submitting a public safety grant through Firehouse
[9:15] Subs. Firehouse Subs work with a lot of
[9:18] local public safety agencies. The request is to
[9:22] receive funding for ballistic vests. The typical lifespan
[9:26] for ballistic vest was five years. The life
[9:29] expectancy is coming up from sheriff's office vests
[9:32] and they are requesting submit a grant application.
[9:36] This grant does not require any type of
[9:38] matching funds for the sheriff's office. Okay. And
[9:43] all that is being requested at this time
[9:44] for the sheriff's office to submit the application.
[9:51] I'll make no motion. Second. Alright. We have
[9:56] a motion and a second to approve the
[9:59] submission of grants for the firehouse subs and
[10:03] I will pay any opposed passes 05:00. Sandwiches
[10:08] would be no. What's that? He's insane. Some
[10:13] sandwiches would be no. We'll see the first
[10:16] one here. Okay. We'll throw a few in.
[10:19] Yes. Kinda misleading, you know, alright. I'll send.
[10:22] The next item, the sheriff's office is seeking
[10:28] to enter into agreement with North Carolina Department
[10:30] of Adult Corrections as part of the statewide
[10:33] misdemeanor confinement program. The way this is set
[10:37] up is the sheriff's office will utilize their
[10:39] detention center to house individuals that are charged
[10:43] for misdemeanor and are required to be sentenced
[10:45] to more than ninety days than detention center.
[10:48] The other option is for misdemeanor DWIs where
[10:52] individuals are serving an active sentence. They're requesting
[10:56] to have this. This will provide $45 a
[10:59] day. Does not address transportation and other resources
[11:02] that are utilized. But the this allows the
[11:06] sheriff's office to receive revenue from housing these
[11:10] individuals that are involved in misdemeanor offenses. Motion
[11:21] approved. Okay. Alright, we have a motion and
[11:25] a second to approve the statewide misdemeanor and
[11:28] the final program. Just want to go quick
[11:33] thing. Saw a typo is $40 instead of
[11:35] $45 Yes, $40 is what the state pays.
[11:40] Steward. I'll steer away. Thank you, Kevin. You.
[11:46] Alright. Them report. Is another county's paid 45?
[11:51] Would they bring someone? Not from the state.
[11:53] States, it's what they pay. For me? That
[11:56] means Oh, yes, sir. I'm sorry. You have
[11:57] 45 for us. Yes. That's where I guess
[12:00] I was And that's where I'm gonna find
[12:01] some good. Wow. Yeah. So with 40, can
[12:09] you make any money? I think so. It's
[12:13] not gonna require any more man hours, really.
[12:16] I mean, when we've got 10 mates or
[12:18] a 100, need the same amount of officers
[12:20] down there. But I'll just pull a report
[12:23] from year before last. I couldn't get last
[12:25] year's pull up, but Davie County State paid
[12:27] them a 118,000. Stokes, 230,000. Surrey, 120. So
[12:33] there's a lot of money. And these are
[12:35] small counties. Some of them is making a
[12:37] ton more. I think it's I mean, we
[12:40] make a little money as it is probably
[12:42] out of them for a few days before
[12:43] we take them off to prison. So they
[12:44] pay us for that now. If we could
[12:47] just keep them, we could just get a
[12:48] more. I don't think the expense that we're
[12:50] gonna spend out is just basically meals and
[12:54] a few more clothes to wash, but I
[12:56] think it's still you're making some money for
[12:58] the county. One comment on that. I guess
[13:02] nothing's changed on that. You still do not
[13:04] have to guarantee a number of beds. Nice.
[13:06] And So we give we can say five
[13:09] beds, but we can change it. I can
[13:10] speak up I'll say, listen. We're full. I
[13:12] can't take no more. They don't want you
[13:14] to do that every month, but but you
[13:16] can change that throughout. That's not any kind
[13:18] of agreement with them. Contract. We just say,
[13:20] hey. You can have five beds, six beds,
[13:23] and if at any time, we don't have
[13:26] the room. I just pick up on it
[13:27] and tell them, hey, we can't have no
[13:28] more. We have to cut that down to
[13:29] four or something like that. And the reason
[13:31] I mentioned that is obviously if you work
[13:34] contract out in another county that would pay
[13:36] 45 people or four. Yeah. You could steal
[13:39] a house deal. That's exactly what I saying.
[13:41] Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So that's that's. Thank you.
[13:50] Okay. So we have the motion and a
[13:52] second on the floor. So now I'll call
[13:55] for the vote. All in favor? Any opposed?
[13:58] Passes by the vote. Alright. The next item,
[14:02] in nineteen ninety nine, the Naval Surface Support
[14:05] Center started loaning out their military grade equipment
[14:10] to local law enforcement agencies. It was a
[14:13] way to improve public safety and allowing law
[14:15] enforcement agencies to have access to high technology
[14:18] equipment through the electro optics loan program. The
[14:22] sheriff's office is seeking to obtain 10 night
[14:27] vision goggles for $300 a piece for $3,000
[14:32] This will be a one year loan and
[14:34] they're requesting approval of this loan for the
[14:37] night vision goggles. And I'm assuming this would
[14:40] be utilized to help the swap team and
[14:42] other instances. And work closely with rescue squad
[14:47] as well. Yes. Thank you. Yes. I was
[14:57] very good. I just was like, is that
[14:59] an annual fee every year of $300 per
[15:02] unit? Yes, 300 per unit per year. And
[15:07] it is a loan. It's not a Correct.
[15:10] It's a loan and to put it in
[15:13] kind of perspective, the same equipment if we
[15:14] were just gonna buy it would be about
[15:16] $10,000 a piece roughly. You'd think I had
[15:19] a quote a bit about them, we don't
[15:20] have, you know, that kind of funny. But
[15:22] if anything breaks, we said as long as
[15:25] it's not like we're at fault, know, if
[15:27] somebody's out there smashing a lot hand right,
[15:29] obviously. But if it's, you know, just normal
[15:31] wear and tear breaks, we send it back
[15:33] there. They send us another set, no cost
[15:35] or anything like And I would say, like
[15:41] you said, the purchase is a very high
[15:43] expense. I guess it's a lot to see
[15:46] as well as some of those offices. Correct.
[15:48] It would be. By the time we can
[15:50] get something like that paid for, they'd be
[15:52] out of date and we'd be. I don't
[15:56] like that much. Alright. We have a motion
[15:59] and a second to approve the NSWC agreement
[16:03] for fiscal year twenty twenty six. All in
[16:07] vain. Any opposed? Passes five o. Mr. Collins.
[16:14] Yes. Collins. Okay. Wanna make sure I anything.
[16:22] Alright. The next item, medic North Carolina allows
[16:27] Medicaid to reimburse clients that make medical trips
[16:31] to doctor's offices and different medical transportation items.
[16:37] Traditionally, the way it works is an individual
[16:42] will make a trip that is a non
[16:44] emergency medical transportation item and then, they will
[16:48] submit a reimbursement to HSA and there's a
[16:51] three sixty five day window for this reimbursement
[16:55] to be processed and to go to Medicaid.
[16:58] We have one individual that did submit the
[17:02] reimbursement request to HSA on time for $8.32
[17:06] for their transportation. There was for whatever reason,
[17:11] it was not submitted on time. Well, for
[17:14] requesting is that that individual still be reimbursed
[17:17] even though Medicaid would not approve it since
[17:20] it was submitted to HSA on June 2024.
[17:24] The request would be to have the $8.32
[17:28] come from a general assistance line item in
[17:31] the HSA report of its expense since this
[17:34] person did submit it on time. Motion to
[17:41] make the plan. So. Alright. We have a
[17:45] motion and a second to make the payment.
[17:49] Alright. All in favor? Any opposed? Pass. At
[17:56] the last board meeting, we had Jay Zimmerman
[17:59] come speak with the board about options on
[18:02] health, how to handle our notified LCID site.
[18:06] The feedback from the board was wanting to
[18:08] keep the LCID site open past 01/01/2026, which
[18:13] is the deadline that DEQ put in place
[18:15] for continuing to operate LCID site. As part
[18:19] of this process, we will need to have
[18:21] LCID site survey to assess how far it
[18:25] can be expanded. The hope is to reach
[18:28] three and a half acres, but we have
[18:30] to get that site assessment done. In addition,
[18:33] we will need to do an erosion sedimentation
[18:36] permitting process, and we will need to go
[18:39] through the stormwater permitting process along with working
[18:42] on DEQ throughout to make sure we meet
[18:45] all their standards, regulations. What is being requested
[18:49] before the board today is proving the contract
[18:53] municipal engineering for $51,300 This would come through
[18:58] nondepartmental professional services. And we have mister Zimmerman
[19:02] here today to talk and address any questions
[19:05] that you might have regarding any of the
[19:08] permits that will need to be attained along
[19:10] with the site design process. If we have
[19:19] more questions, mister Zimmerman doesn't need to come
[19:21] forward. I'll make Do have a motion for
[19:28] commissioner Collin? Second. Second from vice chairman Dagler.
[19:32] Thank you. Any further discussion? Then all in
[19:39] favor? Any oppose? Passes. By the way. In
[19:45] the past, for the next item, we have
[19:47] utilized Frank Zachary on various real estate legal
[19:52] items. Before the board today is a request
[19:56] to have them provide real estate services for
[19:59] the closing on 320 West Maple Street. As
[20:03] part of this process, we're bringing this public
[20:07] because North Carolina General Statutes fourteen two thirty
[20:10] four allows local elected officials to provide professional
[20:14] services if it meets certain criteria. One of
[20:17] the criteria being that the individual does not
[20:20] receive more than $60,000 from a fiscal year.
[20:24] That will not be the case since this
[20:25] is going to be a $4,500 contract. In
[20:29] addition, that this is an item that is
[20:32] brought to the public. This is why we're
[20:33] addressing it now. In addition, that this item
[20:37] is specially noted in the audit which will
[20:40] be done by a miss Seriala from auditors
[20:43] and we just want to make sure we're
[20:46] covering on a basis and the the last
[20:48] item is that the individual is not involved
[20:51] in the vote on contract. We meet all
[20:54] four of those criteria and that does meet
[20:56] the standards set by North Carolina General General
[20:59] Statutes fourteen two thirty four. The request is
[21:02] to approve this contract to allow us to
[21:04] proceed with kind of working on the closing
[21:07] for 320 Usman Street. We don't like that
[21:10] much. Mister attorney, do I need to Yeah.
[21:15] Be replaced. You need to You need to.
[21:18] That's what he do I need to make
[21:20] the motion? Yes. You need to tell him
[21:22] what was my how do you know where
[21:24] how do I make the motion? I'll be
[21:25] recused. Mhmm. There's some vote on this matter.
[21:32] Second. Motion by vice chairman Zachary and second
[21:37] as commissioner Parks who recuse Frank Zachary law
[21:44] practice from the they called the con voting
[21:47] on the contract. Correction. Okay. I'll I'll in
[21:51] favor. I can vote on that. Yeah. Alright.
[21:56] Passes five o. Yeah. Okay. Now then we
[22:02] did we have a motion from anyone on
[22:04] the actual contract? I made a motion. Okay.
[22:07] That motion from commissioner Parks. Okay. Then we'll
[22:12] wait and go set. Second. And my second,
[22:28] commissioner Oliver. Alright. We have a motion to
[22:33] for a contract with Frank C. Zachary to
[22:36] and authorize the general manager to sign it.
[22:39] All in favor, raise your hand. Any opposed?
[22:43] Passes forward to vote. Alright. Next item is
[22:51] library board appointments, and I will turn that
[22:54] over to Ms. Gentry. Yes. I did receive
[23:05] from Joan Nasharie, the director there, a request.
[23:10] They have two members whose terms they did
[23:14] not want to be replaced, and so they
[23:17] have that led to vacancies. So one of
[23:20] the positions is for someone who would serve
[23:23] the town of Booneville, and they did submit
[23:27] three names for the board's consideration. Those names
[23:30] are in the agenda packet on page 84.
[23:35] They did list them in the order of
[23:37] reference to what the library board preferred, but
[23:42] you can of course choose anyone to fill
[23:46] that slot. The second slot is for it's
[23:50] just like a a broad area. It's not
[23:53] a specific town, and they did submit three
[23:57] names for that. Those are on page eighty
[23:59] four and eighty five, And they also for
[24:03] for that Western District vacancy, they did list
[24:07] those in the order of of the the
[24:09] preference as to who they would like the
[24:12] lord to choose. So, of course, you're you're
[24:14] able to choose anyone, but it is only
[24:17] one name per per slot. They they just
[24:22] provide an option. Motion to, I guess, approve
[24:38] Rita Howe and Heather Tilly to Any further
[25:01] discussion? And all in favor? Any oppose? Passes
[25:10] five o. The last board action item is
[25:15] the Davie County interlocal agreement for WIC services.
[25:19] The WIC supervisor of Davie County is currently
[25:23] out on leave, and what Davie County is
[25:26] requesting is assistance from the WIC section in
[25:31] the Yadkin County HSA to provide oversight to
[25:36] other WIC employees of Davie County and assist
[25:40] clients. The return that Yadkin County would receive
[25:43] for providing these services with the 15,000 in
[25:47] Whitman related funds. I the question? Yes, ma'am.
[25:55] I I just wanna make sure that this
[25:57] isn't gonna put a strain on your staff.
[25:59] Right. We had that conversation and I think
[26:01] that the amount of time that they'll be
[26:04] spending with Davie County in regards to Madison
[26:07] already doing this work for our staff, it
[26:10] should be a pretty light burden for us
[26:12] to carry during the short period. They also
[26:14] have a new nutritionist that's very early in
[26:17] their onboarding, and so we would be able
[26:19] to assist them with kind of keeping their
[26:21] numbers up as well. And and just given
[26:24] our staffing, think that this would be appropriate
[26:25] if we've met with our supervisor and made
[26:27] sure that the structure was okay. Where do
[26:30] I need their help sometimes, do That's very
[26:32] true. Yes. I think it is that we
[26:35] are entering the age of assisting one another
[26:37] in some of these programs given some of
[26:38] the funding structures that we're seeing change or
[26:41] not increase over time. So true, sir. Yes.
[26:44] And Jessica, I believe in the agreement, people
[26:46] references that the majority of this can be
[26:48] done through teams and online and that a
[26:50] lot of it is not going to be
[26:52] conversed with deputy. That's correct. We don't anticipate
[26:55] having to travel there. Very much a part
[26:57] part of the meeting, really. I'll make the
[27:05] motion approve the interlocal agreement with David County
[27:08] to assist in providing WIC services and why
[27:10] the county manager decided sign the agreement. Yes.
[27:19] Jess, I want to say. Okay. Just let's
[27:24] have her vote. I'd like to pop Jessica
[27:26] about something. Okay. We got a motion to
[27:29] say. Alright. We have a motion and a
[27:31] second for the David County agreement. All in
[27:34] favor? No. Any opposed? Yes. About This a
[27:40] different matter. Something that Dave and I heard
[27:43] something about at the NACO convention about the
[27:50] changes in the administrative funds allocations. Yes. For
[28:00] SNAP. SNAP. Yes. Food stamps. Yes, sir. Stuff
[28:04] like that. It's been $50.50 Yes, that's gonna
[28:09] go we're gonna have to pay 75% off.
[28:12] Yes. That's that's accurate. If if North Carolina
[28:14] continues to participate in the program, which is
[28:17] gonna be the first question. Right. The last
[28:20] dollar figures that I saw was that North
[28:22] Carolina would have to come up with 280,000,000
[28:24] and that collectively, the counties would have to
[28:26] come up with $65,000,000 to cover the loss
[28:29] of revenue for the SNAP program. If North
[28:32] Carolina doesn't participate, obviously, we don't have the
[28:36] SNAP program. If we continue to have the
[28:39] SNAP program, we would have to figure out
[28:40] how to move forward in a 7525 breakdown
[28:44] versus a fifty fifty and remember that North
[28:47] Carolina participates. That's a federal entitlement program. If
[28:51] North Carolina does, we do. That's not something
[28:53] that we can opt out of and that
[28:55] the county would would have to come up
[28:57] with that other 25% to cover those programs.
[29:00] Yes, sir. It's very concerning and and seeing
[29:03] that those things going into effect the twenty
[29:07] twenty seven, twenty eight fiscal year, I believe
[29:09] but even some of the Medicaid changes that
[29:11] came from that federal legislation we could see
[29:13] as early as December 2026. Seems to be
[29:19] the trend just to push down to cover
[29:23] this cost a lot of programs. Yeah and
[29:25] having a conversation with other colleagues it's you
[29:28] know here comes the unfunded mandates yeah which
[29:32] will absolutely make for difficult decisions for local
[29:35] counties or if North Carolina decides to participate.
[29:39] I mean still difficult decisions but different types
[29:41] because right now we have five dedicated staff
[29:44] and supervisors who you all contribute county dollars
[29:47] to ensure that those programs are implemented adequately.
[29:51] Without those supervisors and those five staff, we
[29:53] would be concerned about timeliness. Timeliness turns in
[29:56] are we meeting our DSS MOU requirements, the
[30:00] threat of a cap, and so it just
[30:03] yeah, it it would become a lot of
[30:05] difficult decisions and oversight of those programs definitely
[30:09] so. You may not have that number on
[30:11] top of your head. That's okay. That's what
[30:12] I was gonna say. 50% now was. Oh,
[30:17] you all ask less questions. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
[30:22] I can go back and do the math
[30:23] on that, sir. I do not have that
[30:25] number off the top of your my head,
[30:26] but I'll say this too. The way that
[30:28] social services is reimbursed is very complicated. It's
[30:33] about the percentage of that staff time, amount
[30:39] of time that that person spends in the
[30:40] program, then remember that the supervisors are cost
[30:43] allocated. So we would have to sort of
[30:45] really drill down into just those FNS positions
[30:48] or just those Medicaid positions to get that
[30:50] total, but that's something that we could look
[30:52] at. But I just wanna see how scary
[30:54] that next 25% is gonna be. It would
[30:56] be scary. Yeah. It would be a very
[30:59] big number. I mean, you all just passed
[31:02] the budget, so you understand what it takes
[31:03] to fund the human services agency. We're gonna
[31:08] be able to live and move forward with
[31:09] the budget we have, but big changes like
[31:11] that could call for big decisions to be
[31:13] made. Yes, sir. And I can get back
[31:15] with some folks and send a number to
[31:17] a manager still coming to see if that's
[31:18] it. Okay. Transferable. Sure. If if the state
[31:23] doesn't stay on Yes. And they say, you
[31:26] know, we're gonna go with Fed or whatever
[31:27] and not do it. Mhmm. You mentioned five
[31:30] staff members. Mhmm. Is there a way that
[31:33] they could be absorbed into other roles within
[31:35] the agency? Those five staff are eligibility specialists.
[31:39] The short answer to your question is yes,
[31:42] but it would they would need to be
[31:45] like Medicaid eligibility specialists or some of our
[31:48] other smaller eligibility programs, and we would just
[31:50] have to look and see if if we
[31:52] have the application or recertification volume for those
[31:56] five positions. Or or maybe, you know, other
[32:00] positions that the county has available, but we
[32:02] would look at those eligibility positions first so
[32:04] that they would stay within the same job
[32:07] title and job description. Right. That's a lot.
[32:11] But maybe it's Tuesday in FNS. I it's
[32:16] gonna be a very interesting couple of years.
[32:19] I look forward to leading the agency through
[32:20] that. Have you heard anything about what the
[32:24] state might do? No. I've heard. They started
[32:28] making some of the changes necessary for Medicaid,
[32:30] but as far as, you know, sweeping decisions
[32:33] of that nature, I'm not hurt that. And
[32:35] that'll probably be kept. We'll be the last
[32:38] Legislature would make those decisions. Right. Right. So
[32:43] they would just tell us at the end,
[32:45] I think, when it comes time for implementation
[32:47] or not. So very good questions. And as
[32:53] we move forward in those changes in next
[32:54] couple of years, if there's things that y'all
[32:56] like you know, you have report to the
[32:57] board section of the agenda. If there's things
[32:59] y'all would like for me to come and
[33:01] give you those updates and and keep you
[33:03] abreast of all those changes, we can start
[33:05] to do that as we get closer in
[33:06] the next eighteen months or so. Okay. Sure.
[33:09] Sounds good. Yeah. Thank you. Anything else, John?
[33:12] No. Thank you. Thank you. Thank Thank you.
[33:28] That concludes our board action. Right? All right,
[33:32] then. So we do have a closed session
[33:34] today. We'll take the floor and grade after
[33:37] we do the motion, and I will make
[33:40] the motion. I'll read the motion. I move
[33:45] to go into closed session pursuant to North
[33:47] Carolina General Statute one hundred forty three dash
[33:50] three eighteen dot eleven a one, three, four,
[33:56] five, and six to discuss personnel matters and
[34:00] to protect personnel information that is confidential under
[34:04] North Carolina General Statute 153A-ninety eight and to
[34:10] discuss the potential location or expansion of industries
[34:15] or other businesses in the county to establish
[34:18] the county's negotiating position for acquiring real property
[34:23] and to instruct the county staff on that
[34:26] position and to have a privileged consultation with
[34:30] our county attorney and pursuant to North Carolina
[34:33] General Statute 131E-97.3 to discuss confidential competitive health
[34:42] care information. That is the motion. Do I
[34:45] have a second? Second. I have a second
[34:48] from commissioner Parks. All in favor? Any opposed?
[34:53] Pass. Five of them.