2026-09-08 - Board of Commissioners

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00:56Alamance County is pleased to present the

01:04Okay, we're going to call the uh meeting of

01:08September 8th meeting to order. The invocation

01:18Let's bow our heads, please. Thank you, Lord,

01:23room. I just thank you so much for this county.

01:29where we've seen so much division. It's always

01:34against brother. I just pray that we will

01:38always put you first in every decision that

01:42self and our pride take over. Forgive us of our

01:46always make the best decisions. In your name

01:54I aliance to the flag of the United

02:01for which it stands. One nation under God,

02:14Next, I need the approval of the agenda.

02:20favor? I. Motion passes. Next is the public

02:27for three minutes. Uh we ask that you

02:32a professional meeting. Um and you have three

02:38please finish the sentence you're on and

02:44speak is Beth Leman. I'm right here.

03:00So, my issue that I'd like to speak about today is

03:06nominations for the positions of library trustees

03:12whether they applied or not. Our city councils

03:19not considering them, the Alamance County

03:24to fulfill an agenda. This agenda has shown

03:32over materials rather than allowing parents

03:40It's getting harder and harder just in general

03:47everyone can afford one of these or access

03:54to compound that challenge, the commission has

04:03to choose trustees who are all on the same page of

04:15library professionals. We need trustees, a group

04:23library services. They understand access to

04:31the public. A commission that bypasses the

04:38careful thought by multiple groups and chooses

04:45their overall district and the towns that make up

04:53community is a hard job. I understand. But that

05:02overall team is larger than just five people.

05:10the same. We don't want our commissioners

05:16serves the public by providing materials for

05:24are taking away from us by not following the

05:31I ask that library trustees are chosen based

05:39current liaison to the library be changed since

05:47have a personal agenda that is out of alignment

05:54core of any community and it serves the whole

06:02that community overall. Thank you. Thank

06:14Thank you. The public record shows that

06:18used its appointment power to override municipal

06:24records reflect socially conservative positions

06:29and library content. In 2023, Cheryl Sanford

06:36at May Memorial Library. Her library committee

06:40of Christian Bible Fellowship and an AWA lead

06:47incumbent recommended for retention, the county

06:52vice chair of the library committee and a leading

06:56materials containing mature themes. The committee

07:01subsequently approved the policy. The pattern

07:07unanimously recommended Melissa Tats and Kayla

07:12county commission rejected both recommendations

07:17instead. Burns had previously opposed Meban's

07:22and equity, describing equity as forced fairness.

07:28willing to depart from municipal recommendations

07:32a particular social and political viewpoint. This

07:39The county commission's authority does not

07:44constituency or one set of cultural values. It

07:50Commissioners have a responsibility to ensure

07:57responsive to the full community they serve,

08:02cultural, or social views differ from those

08:06The issue is not whether commissioners may hold

08:10them. They may. The issue is whether public

08:15segment of the community while diminishing

08:20towards correcting the balance would be to

08:23library committee. I will continue to hold

08:28when they put politics over people. people

08:33on right now in this community to preserve

08:54Hello. Since my appointment to the Alamance County

09:02scrutiny. The new Alamance County policy for

09:09created an uproar. Our desire for busy parents,

09:19and engaged parents is to let you know if a book

09:26movies, music, and video games, parents use labels

09:34know our children best. We know what fits their

09:42controversial and discriminatory. 30 people truck

09:49a half years and loudly complain about the policy

09:55attorney, and unanimously adopted by our county

10:01the public and posted on social media. Entire

10:08of our new book labeling policy. Friends send me

10:16receive as a result because of my volunteer

10:22record in that role. Facebook posts have been

10:30There are several considerations for appointments

10:35have applicants lived in Elements County based

10:42do they have an axe to grind? Do they plan to

10:50the library committee, I have a respectful working

10:56whether we agree on everything or not. Based on

11:04I thank the commissioners for their thoughtful

11:09and conflict we witnessed today to be codified

11:17angry, I understand if this makes you

11:23speech. It is just speech you hate. It is quite

11:30it is Democratic party operatives that plan

11:37you again to all the county commissioners for

11:54Good morning, chair and board of

11:58and I want to speak today about the relationship

12:02and the Alamance County Library System and

12:07been a partnership. Our municipalities provide and

12:13our residents, while Alamance County provides

12:18That partnership is reflected in the very

12:24Graham, Mban each have their own designated

12:28that those members are recommended by their

12:34county commissioners do have the final approval

12:39the has respected the recommendations made

12:44changed. Mebane City's council carefully considered

12:50recommended Melissa Titz and Kayla Schily by a 5

12:56both recommendations and substituted two different

13:03so I think that this needs to be asked a very very

13:08specifically given the responsibility

13:12what does that what do those recommendations mean

13:18isn't about whether the commissioners have

13:22do. It's about respecting the partnership that

13:28truly Mebban seats, if they're truly Burlington

13:34elected municipal governments should have the

13:40communities. Unless there is a compelling reason

13:45I believe this board should respect those

13:49system works because county and municipalities

13:56restore the tradition of cooperation and trust.

14:01forward and thank you all for your time this

14:20I will be reading a public comment from Hannah

14:25her words. I'm writing today because I'm concerned

14:31In recent challenges, several books centered on

14:35were flagged for explicit sexual content. One

14:41relationship, sexuality, and consent included a

14:47be too young. As a survivor of childhood sexual

14:52about consent. My assault happened when I was

14:56an adult. Why? Because my parents kept me in the

15:01what sex was. I only knew that when sexual topics

15:07I was confused and literally did not have the

15:12what I did learn was very negative. I was told

15:16I was told that my body was to blame if a boy

15:21modestly. I was told that rape made you broken and

15:26anything else. Do you think that these messages

15:31Not at all. Luckily, when I was 10 years old, I

15:36history. So, I Googled my questions. I read

15:41I talked to other girls in forums. As I began to

15:46what my parents or my church allowed me to see, I

15:52you forever. It's just a normal part of human

15:58to feel ashamed of, not survivors. Understanding

16:03a friend and begin healing. In a 2022 article by

16:10who submitted the content review request for the

16:15um, "I don't think that reading in a book,

16:19is how I want them to learn about sexuality. I

16:24if the people at home don't want to teach them?

16:28abusing them? What if the people at home have

16:33how to broach the topic? Since our culture has

16:38founded. Because knowledge is power. Because all

16:42equal access. And to protect our children from

16:47wellness. People like Cheryl Sanford and Lindseay

16:52care about controlling them, molding them to

16:56they're flagging books for witchcraft, too. I am

17:01of Miss Kelly Allen to enable their nonsense. I'm

17:06his own constituents over this issue. You must

17:11uncensored. Thank you, Hannah Keys. Thank you.

17:18have three minutes that they can make a

17:28Well, I I've heard little new today about

17:34commentary has been about it. Uh it's

17:39genuine disagreements quite clear and

17:46my views are pretty well known on the subject

17:51library system. So, I'll just leave it at that

18:05just for the record it is a library

18:15as uh Commissioner Briola stated

18:22we have the uh obligation to our to our

18:29believe serve the community the way these

18:35that's what we try to do. But I think that's sums

18:44uh 63 or 64 employees of the library salary and

18:54I think that should be brought up too that we do

19:02Yeah. I'd just say we have a process for choosing

19:09and commissions that is appropriate used by most

19:17commission. I think it was a month ago that um I

19:26this is concerning and how old it was and it's 20

19:32on the agenda. I spoke um to admin about it and

19:38but hopefully it would be on the agenda next time

19:45can happen with with leadership, government, the

19:51each other through a public comment. Um, it's like

19:58your son in and he's done some stuff but he's

20:03on the stick and that front desk person has got to

20:09can't talk about things when we're really ticked

20:14Um, I I don't understand how and I've I've looked

20:20in stuff like this and committees and boards and

20:24or the other. That's just not going to work. We

20:31to ask again if we can put this policy about what

20:37agenda so we can talk about this and work through

20:44um, when emotions get involved in stuff and

20:50gets to be about something else, not about the

20:55was in Meban the other week and I saw the Meban

21:00I'm glad we didn't have to pay for that because I

21:06Graham because that's a big amount of building and

21:10it. That's a real gift that they're giving us and

21:17we just really need this issue to be discussed in

21:24exactly what we're looking at because um policies

21:29not going to be the end of the world. They

21:33people with no vision will perish. And that's what

21:39um that's it. I'm asking again for this to be put

21:47the consent agenda. Motion to approve. All those

21:53I I. Now we go to the presentations and other

22:02values and I believe that is our tax department.

22:12the fact that Elliot Clark's not going to be on

22:18or we could just announce when we get to that

22:23because I noticed that the new one doesn't have

22:37Good morning. Good morning. Hope everyone

22:42this morning to discuss the 2027 revaluation,

22:50is the the kickoff and and as I think I just

22:56County and it it certainly doesn't seem like

23:01so this is kind of the initial kickoff process

23:07So, we're going to go through and talk

23:15So, first and foremost, as we've said multiple

23:19General Statute 105286 says that all counties

23:25at least once every 8 years. This board about 8

23:32that cycle to a 4-year cycle. So our last our last

23:39revaluation if you think about it a lot of areas

23:44a revaluation is a chance for us to capture those

23:50really the the sole purpose of the revaluation.

23:56All of our land values, building values, both

24:02lot. Are you going to update everything or just

24:10Why this matters to you all and to our our

24:16updating those values for fairness, transparency,

24:22publicly available for folks to review. Uh and

24:27go through that, talk a little bit about that in

24:31though for this revaluation discussion as we

24:37a buzzword and a bad word that we are increasing

24:43assume automatically that my tax bill is going

24:48typically what happens in county in a county

24:53values may go up and I'm making this up. This

24:58but the values may go up. Your value may go

25:03your tax bill is going to go up 50%. There is the

25:09and that is determined by this board and our

25:14Okay? So, it's not all about the revaluation. The

25:22Something new that we've done here in Alamance

25:27town halls. We're up to 10 meetings at this

25:32uh community meetings that we've had. Myself as

25:37all of those. Most recently uh two weeks ago on

25:43a couple of our libraries in Burlington

25:47good. We've had some really good response

25:51and so I certainly have have enjoyed that. We do

25:57will be held in December. So kind of as we're

26:02are starting to be solidified and we can share

26:0716 and 17, we will be having uh three uh last

26:17So, we're asking today and there is a process

26:21you all just to simply consider the schedule of

26:26Schedule of values is a manual the assessor's

26:31there from rates, base rates, land rates,

26:38and residential also as well as our income

26:43uh we have a separate schedule of values that I

26:48present use. We adopt those separately separate

26:53which is our farm program agricultural uh as

26:58else. The reason that's done is because that

27:02from the state. We simply utilize what they

27:11So the legal process is defined under 105317. So

27:17for consideration. It is now now will be filed

27:24right now for inspection later today if not by end

27:30online for anyone who wants to go on there and

27:34us a call. Uh public hearing will be held. I'll

27:41Then the board will adopt or consider to adopt

27:46of adoption must be published. So to give you a

27:53look like, September the 10th. So on Thursday,

27:59says or not an article but an ad that says uh the

28:05and they can consider that and come by and see or

28:10will be held on October the 19th. That will be in

28:16to come out and speak to the schedule of values.

28:21because we're anticipating an adoption, but we'll

28:26this 2027 schedule of values. And then subsequent

28:33for four consecutive weeks. Once again, in our

28:39last day for challenging the validity of this

28:47Once again, here is how folks can review that

28:52a copy there now online. It will be on there

28:57email. Uh they can answer any questions. We

29:02document to them as you all have a paper copy

29:06it might be a challenge to do that, but they're

29:13So who is doing the 2027 revaluation? As you all

29:20you all contracted with Vincent Valuations to

29:26revaluation for 2027. So, Vincent Valuations is a

29:34uh assisted in Alamance County's 2023 revaluation.

29:40are this time where it's kind of they're

29:44just kind of an assist role that they were

29:49appraisal, and we'll be doing appeals support for

29:55give or take, by the time we get to revaluation.

30:02Vincent. He is the owner of Vincent Valuations

30:06process uh as we as they move forward

30:14Thank you. Thank you, Brad. Uh, and board, uh,

30:20about the five basic steps of the reappraisal

30:25summary slide, and we're going to go into detail

30:31mentioned before, is the field data collection.

30:37um our staff has visited all of the properties

30:43of these making sure that the records are up to

30:49um any physical characteristics that go with the

30:57the office. We key it into the system and

31:01looking through first the sales. So sales set the

31:07100% of market value. So it's safe to say that

31:14$300,000, your home will be appraised within

31:23looking at sales. So we only consider valid arms

31:32um you sell a home to a family member or

31:38associate and it's not listed on the open market,

31:44a valid transaction because it didn't have market

31:50public to make an offer or purchase that property.

31:56break the county down into neighborhoods. So we

32:01So these neighborhoods are both residential and

32:08when we're in the valuation phase, which we're in

32:14state law tells us that we have to appraise at

32:20a neighborhood we run a ratio and it's at 80%,

32:27throughout this phase we need to look and see,

32:31low on the land? Are we low on the buildings? So,

32:36types for the ratio studies. And lastly, we look

32:43real estate values are changing every single

32:48to see if we need to make any time adjustments for

32:55get is how far back do you go for sales? Well,

33:00no more than 2 years unless we have to. Um, and

33:08property or subject neighborhood as we can. Now,

33:15some commercial properties, we have to go outside

33:20outside of the state. Uh, give you a real good

33:26uh as a as county staff in Durham County, we had

33:32whole lot of malls that appeal, excuse me, uh,

33:39unique property. So that's a case where we may

33:47So building the schedule. So as Brad mentioned,

33:55rates for valuing land, the buildings, and the

34:02cost and depreciation schedule. though the

34:07cost tables and depreciation tables that go

34:13property. There's also a section in there for

34:20certain types of properties are traded based on

34:26uh apartments, retail, things like that. So people

34:33all covered in the schedule. So right now, which

34:39we're applying this schedule parcel by parcel,

34:44values. We're reviewing the data and making sure

34:49market, making sure that we're as close to that

34:56statistical testing. So again, we're running

35:00neighborhood, by property type to make sure again

35:06mail notices to all property owners with their new

35:12for February time frame and then that starts the

35:20subsequent presentations. So just a couple quick

35:28comparison approach is the most common and and and

35:34subject property and we look at other properties

35:41value. Um in certain instances um again more

35:47cost approach. So, what does it cost to replace or

35:54depreciation on that structure? And again, the

36:00we touched on those types of properties that

36:06when it comes to land, we're typically

36:10Um there's unique circumstances where land

36:16but those are very few and far between. Um so

36:23land sells for. And I believe that is all we

36:32Uh, one question I have, when you're using the

36:40commercial? So, that's a really good question.

36:46properties? So, we'll typically look at uh

36:51we're looking at an apartment complex. So, if we

36:58just use round numbers, $1,000 a month for

37:04market. We'll make sure that that is a reasonable

37:11substantially over the market or substantially

37:18income, so that's the maximum the property can

37:23we'll go to the market. We'll see what is the

37:29complex that stays booked and they might have 3

37:37turnover, more vacancy and collection loss and

37:44then we look at expenses. So expenses are

37:50or if we can get information from the owner on

37:56what are market expenses for that property.

38:03sales comparison approach and the income approach

38:08is a reasonable realistic um income expenses

38:16get that net income. So it's gross income minus

38:22that net income that that property would produce

38:28So a cap rate again comes from the market. It

38:36income that that property produced. Um and then

38:43is determined. So again, just in quick summary,

38:49valuation for that property. Anyone else have any

38:59How do you go about delineating neighborhoods? Is

39:05in a particular neighborhood? And how is that

39:10Um, so we didn't do delineation in the last, um,

39:17so I can't speak to how neighborhoods were

39:22they are now. So, typically what we do is we

39:28for example, those are usually always their own

39:33areas, uh, it may be an entire township that's a

39:41so a neighborhood could be made up of typical

39:48if we go into a track built subdivision, those

39:53those get to be a little more difficult. Sometimes

39:59Um, those lines could also be drawn based on

40:07if we see an area where uh land is selling

40:13$50,000, and then we watch those sales as we're

40:19and we see, hey, all of a sudden, we see all

40:25there's a neighborhood line somewhere in there.

40:32when it comes to commercial, uh, we're looking for

40:39So, you might have commercial neighborhoods

40:45um, because those land values are typically higher

40:52is is built and can financially function around

40:58fast food, restaurants, things like that. And

41:04those property types change. There'll be more

41:09um downtown row type properties, which are call

41:15other, share a common wall. Um so for commercial,

41:21and property types. Uh and also location. So what

41:28subjective, fairly subjective and consequently

41:34neighborhood assignment. We could um generally uh

41:42get challenged on the neighborhood that we're in.

41:50um if if somebody is challenging the value,

41:56neighborhood lines in my experience um typically

42:04uh Thank you. Have you uh been seeing much change

42:13in particular recently? seem to be seeing a number

42:20values are our asking prices being reduced from

42:3015 to 20 25 $30,000 from the original asking price

42:38seeing that? Yeah. So, um can't speak to specific

42:47have seen a little bit of of I want to say maybe

42:55maybe a little bit of a of a cool down in the

43:01of of we have a valuation date of January 1st,

43:09September and January, right? Um so we we have

43:16go through its legal process um at this point in

43:23the reappraisal is due. Um but we're continually

43:29these values um and monitoring the market all the

43:37reason why we don't mail notices say January 1st

43:44being filed, sales are being filed, and there's a

43:50get into the tax system and us to analyze it.

43:56process. We're not reviewing sales today that

44:01there. Um, and so that's why we need that that

44:09sales that happened in December and see, hey,

44:14had four sales come in in December and showed an

44:19we want to monitor those all the way up until the

44:24realtors and one of them actually took some

44:30this year and the increase in price transaction

44:42a 4-year period of time it seems like for a net

44:49over a fouryear period of time so The implication

44:55staying fairly stable from what they were or maybe

45:02I can't speak to any percent changes at this point

45:07like I said, for the next um few months here.

45:17sure and take into account u uh sewer easements,

45:28and so forth that make certain properties uh that

45:36coming out as high values and that shouldn't

45:45entry lots if those are set aside you know by that

45:56buildable. Yep. Yeah. And we um we try to look at

46:07know every easement um because sometimes easements

46:13been many times in my career where we've gotten

46:20and there's an easement that runs right through

46:25this recorded? Was this mapped anywhere?" Well,

46:30it's not recorded. It's not we don't know about

46:36of that and those are all excellent um excellent

46:44is the only tax that you can file an appeal on um

46:49if we do miss something and again we'll cover

46:54us know the the public is the auditors of our

47:01want to get it as right as possible but there is

47:06and that's why there's an appeal process and so we

47:11information and if it's incorrect let us know

47:17uh if the land will perk uh if it's suitable for

47:23but if you look at land and it can be built on or

47:30a septic system, y'all consider that also in the

47:38keep all of the no perk codes from year to year.

47:44somebody might get a perk test and we might have

47:48year. They didn't let us know. Um, they can file

47:54We'll get that taken care of. Okay. I just have a

48:02affects apartments. Don't go because I got I'm

48:13But I mean, I know their House of Representatives

48:18A lot of times they don't agree, but they end up

48:24housing, which I don't know what that really

48:30thing that we miss out on that comes to the

48:35certain departments do. Yeah. And then I I mean

48:42and we are having apartments built like rabbits

48:48like it. But at the same time I was reading in our

48:54Alamance Crossing. There's one last little piece

48:59apartments on it and and from what I understand

49:06being on the board and you zoning there's a line

49:10schools that's just what it is but if that's built

49:16neighbors housing down because they've already got

49:21there's housing and you build it I mean it kind

49:26value of those homeowners? Yeah. So, so a couple

49:31the Blige, so we'll we'll go back to that. Um, but

49:39to them, be it apartment complexes, industrial,

49:43for sales to tell us. We're looking for the market

49:50house that's that that sells right here and then

49:55a similar house resells a year or two later, um,

50:01on? So, did that did that thing that was built,

50:08so we're going to look to the market to try to

50:13a street gets enclosed with certain businesses,

50:19because they know what's coming. Yep. Okay. And

50:24over time? Are those sales decreasing over time?

50:29properties because of the effect of something else

50:35on the Blue Ridge, I can kind of summarize it

50:39here. Um to touch on the Blige case. So, this was

50:46I misspeak on any of this. I'm not super familiar

50:51Central County. Yeah. So, so don't don't quote

50:58there was an apartment complex that um appealed

51:05owned 1% or onetenth of a percent by an exempt

51:13know the name. I know the name was Blish Housing.

51:18North Carolina is first to the tax office, second

51:24the state property tax commission. There's five

51:29by the governor, speaker, so on and so forth. If

51:34you can go to the state court of appeals. This

51:40the court of appeals rendered the decision

51:45a portion of it's owned by an exempt entity,

51:52So, what that means is if I build an apartment

51:59exempt entity, a nonprofit, and I say, "Hey, I'll

52:05complex. Um, and I sign over just a sliver

52:13property taxes on the whole thing, and I do not

52:18statutes that allow for discounted taxes for, to

52:26uh, I don't believe they have to be considered

52:31uh, below market market or above rate was up to

52:37the market rate was up to $1,700 a month in rent.

52:43case, but um, they did try to close that this

52:47and uh it didn't uh didn't pass. Don't know what

52:54Um there was some presentations done at the House

53:02the effect that this is having on some of the

53:08talked about Meckllinburgg. I know they talked

53:14this case is old. Uh I mean in regards to cases I

53:24been around a while. Um it's just starting to gain

53:32more than it has or has not, I don't know how many

53:37be a a very large um could be a large hit to your

53:44Right, Brad? Yeah, it was. It was it's a little

53:50um with the uh county commissioners association

53:56That's not a good top 10 to be on, but we're on

54:01be lost. And I will tell you just moving forward

54:05$1 million uh loss in tax. And so uh last year,

54:13huge push to get this through the legislature.

54:19to the Senate and completely disappeared. And so

54:25connections because it is becoming very costly

54:31tax administrator personally it's just not fair.

54:37we have a lot of folks who are low income who

54:42u would like to see something change just to

54:46equitable for our for our customers. I bet

54:52problem. I got a question about the value on a

54:56written an ex that's going to positively affect

55:03would that not then also affect the market value

55:10we're not getting taxes on it anyway so yes so

55:16for value on commercial we take taxes we do not

55:24include taxes is we load them into the cap rate.

55:30building and our tax rate is uh our tax rate is

55:36to use a cap rate of 7% for that property. So

55:42just not taking the direct line item. We're

55:48Um, but those properties would still be valued

55:54just wouldn't get a tax bill. Okay. Anything else

56:04revaluation each time? Mhm. Do you concentrate on

56:14is everything every every time we do the valuation

56:22equal amount of of focus. Now the majority of

56:28residential property. So, uh, timewise, more time

56:35more of it. Um, but they all get equal focus for

56:41Thank Thank you. Anybody else? Got one other

56:47organization out of the airport that does aerial

56:56They do a baseline and then at re at at reval

57:03update and they can actually identify changes

57:09a barn, a new building on a piece of property,

57:15at those properties and identify the ones that

57:19to try and get a baseline on going after this

57:25additional information at the next reval. Yeah,

57:29our vendor that does that. I think they're the

57:33and they're doing a flyover for us this winter.

57:39really do a whole lot in the way of of of Ryan's

57:44appeals process when folks call in and say they

57:49I've spoke with with county manager uh a couple

57:54a change detection software where they can

57:58utilizing those aerial photographs. But yeah, we

58:03Okay. All right. Thank you both very much. I

58:08full reval. Okay. uh we had down VA was going to

58:18director had something come up and cannot be here

58:24replacement policy. Good morning commissioners.

58:31a bit of time talking about our county fleet and

58:40we have a policy that we uh created back in 2023

58:47discussion outside of the budget process. So, that

58:54updates to the policy. Um I want to first explain

59:01here, we did not have any sort of uh set criteria

59:08um replace vehicles. So we created this policy

59:16out either to uh have resale value for them so

59:23where we were kind of self-funding uh vehicle set

59:30that point due to budget restrictions. We've never

59:37we have been doing is instead rotating vehicles

59:45area like the sheriff's uh office, for example.

59:51a department that just needs a vehicle to

59:59you know, something simple. So, that's primarily

1:00:05um once they um are no longer safe to use, we will

1:00:13a critical use for them, if that makes sense. So

1:00:19vehicle in addition to the mileage. So it's not

1:00:26vehicle needs on an annual basis. And then um we

1:00:35availability which uh vehicles are prioritized for

1:00:41policy that staff uses. Over the last few years,

1:00:48funds have not been available to replace vehicles

1:00:55we've laid out. So, what we have adjusted um based

1:01:03That is one component that we're looking at when

1:01:10little bit uh particularly for the share of patrol

1:01:16and utility vehicles. Ambulances have remained the

1:01:23much bigger investment for us. We have 17

1:01:29not change um the mileage threshold for them.

1:01:36um that has also gone up. So right now what's

1:01:42to the policy include um a mileage threshold of

1:01:51um the cars, trucks and vans also 135 and then

1:01:58in pursuit and patrol at 160,000 does not mean

1:02:04have many vehicles much much higher higher mileage

1:02:11some of the guidelines that we look at when trying

1:02:18to prioritize replacement for. Can I answer any

1:02:30I think it's pretty straightforward. You said

1:02:36we only have eight active units or we we do

1:02:44are currently in demand. We're also gearing up

1:02:50to be constructing. So, we're yeah, you know,

1:02:56um ambulances without having to bring you a huge

1:03:03shop uh getting repairs, getting uh so there's

1:03:13been cleaned up or repaired or whatever. They're

1:03:20have a was wondering aged fleet of ambulances.

1:03:29very much. Do you need a vote on that to accept

1:03:35this is just an internal policy that we use when

1:03:40to adopt it, that's certainly welcome as well.

1:03:47in favor? I Thank you. Now we go to the county

1:03:55board. Thank you. Thank you. County

1:04:00um if you'll indulge me. Um the Department of

1:04:06join them in recognizing September as National

1:04:12recognizing and appreciating our professionals who

1:04:19and provide stable outcomes for children. They

1:04:26this community. And this month is an opportunity

1:04:31of our recruitment, development, and retention of

1:04:38them in September. And then um I wanted to remind

1:04:44having a uh grand opening celebration for our

1:04:53services center. That's going to be held on

1:04:59open that date again. Uh Friday, September 18th

1:05:06our Graham Hopedale Road Human Services Complex

1:05:134. Noon to 4. Yes. We also wanted to recognize

1:05:21Barber. She has been before you many times. She

1:05:27that come before you as well as a whole host of

1:05:32serve on the North Carolina crisis system of

1:05:38identify gaps and evaluate practices and recommend

1:05:44Elmans County on that and we are proud to have

1:05:51Uh we have commissioner comment. Commissioner

1:05:58outside of Amanda Haj's gym over at the outlets.

1:06:05thing um I went to take a tour. You've got to

1:06:13of Burlington on Boywood Road. And I went there

1:06:17my Sunday school class. Y'all, it is unbelievable.

1:06:24just saying it's unbelievable. But to go there

1:06:31see how amazing that is and just rest assure that

1:06:39was just so glad that I got to go. I these people

1:06:45and the place was spotless except for what was

1:06:51just take for granted so many times being in the

1:06:57turn the water faucet on and it just comes out

1:07:02government is about so many other things when it

1:07:06that about wrecked us and how other people had to

1:07:12people in this county, city and county, that

1:07:17perfect, but I'm going to tell you what, they're

1:07:21talking about DSS and with children, we've just

1:07:27That's just heartbreaking. And I mean, and that's

1:07:33And so, I'm just very thankful for the leadership

1:07:38they have to deal with everything. It's um you

1:07:42because we've watched Nepal with that go we I

1:07:47county and we need to really realize that and

1:07:56like to um congratulate the schools on the recent

1:08:06almost every school in in the county and reducing

1:08:15down to 10 out of the 33. Uh but I think it's it's

1:08:23now being made. Uh real progress and I I uh I like

1:08:34but we're we're uh the the change is really

1:08:44uh, ditto to that, Sam. Uh, and, uh, I wish I had

1:08:51but I was got an opportunity to see some of what's

1:08:55uh, Dr. Fleming and, uh, interesting. Um, but I

1:09:04in the right direction. But this is something

1:09:09last couple of months, I have gotten three of

1:09:18Neither of which now, my daughter has never lived

1:09:23never lived in North Carolina. He's come

1:09:31forms to register my daughter and my grandson

1:09:40not the only one to have received them.

1:09:43commissioner mentioned that to me today. Um,

1:09:52then request my my question to the board

1:09:57get registered as a resident at my address

1:10:08Do we not have the potential a

1:10:15discrepancy in the vote in the upcoming election?

1:10:21That would be good to follow up on. Commissioner

1:10:25Yes. Okay. Uh that would be good to follow up

1:10:31today. Okay. Um, I want to say as someone who's

1:10:38um has gone in with others to buy backpacks

1:10:43I'm really glad to see that they were one of

1:10:50of non-English-speaking students that come

1:10:55Um also um I know um with my husband having

1:11:04and municipalities actually provide water and

1:11:11uh uh treated their own sewer and all the what

1:11:17So it really is interesting to go see and

1:11:25the commissioners every year before we appoint to

1:11:31if they're on a board and they'd like to rotate

1:11:38I'm on about 10 boards. Commissioner Carter

1:11:44Um I also know that at one point um something that

1:11:52they were never appointed to and uh they asked

1:11:58um I've also had a commissioner request

1:12:03the schools and I take that into consideration

1:12:10There are a tremendous amount of boards um that

1:12:18to listen and to see what's going on. And so I

1:12:25these commissioners can be on every board there

1:12:31it's not all just ribbon cutings. And there's a

1:12:37that nothing is said about or you know it's not an

1:12:44So a lot of people do not realize how much time

1:12:52and hopefully as elected officials we are all

1:12:59attitude. um then this is a full-time job and if

1:13:08and the people who were um voting for you and

1:13:18a motion to adjourn. I'll move. Commissioner

1:13:24question right now. Oh you can. Okay great.

1:13:29um, voting on behalf of another person, falsely

1:13:34registration form, those are actually felonies

1:13:38adequate remedy if someone were to be found to

1:13:44um, my husband passed away two and a half years

1:13:50reregister and I called the election board

1:13:55And I said, "Okay, I'm just double-checking here

1:14:02re him to register the vote." And that's what

1:14:08we have a motion to adjourn. Do I have a second?

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