Agenda - 04-20-2021; 8-a - Minutes

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19 1 Commissioner McKee said the impact fees are not likely to ever come back. 2 Commissioner Hamilton asked if there is usually one list, or does the Board typically 3 approve two lists. 4 Chair Price said there have usually been two, with critical items on the first page and up 5 for discussion at the meeting with the legislative delegation. 6 Greg Wilder said there has been about 7 to 14 top priority items numbered in the past. 7 He said the Board focused on the priority items, with the second page as information for further 8 discussion if the opportunity comes up. 9 Chair Price said the list also sometimes includes items from the North Carolina 10 Association of County Commissioners (NCACC), or at least denotes overlapping issues. 11 Commissioner Bedford said she would take out the recommendation for additional law 12 enforcement for the opioid epidemic. 13 Commissioner Bedford said she would like the water and sewer changes to come up 14 front, and then make clusters of priorities as determined by the group: schools, health, etc. 15 Commissioner Bedford said she would move the earned income credit and the 16 dangerous dogs items to the second list. 17 Commissioner Greene said she agrees with the direction of the conversation, but the 18 Board is making a lot of changes and wondered if there is time to make these changes, and 19 discuss it again one more time before the breakfast. She would like to discuss if there should 20 just be a few priorities, or if the full list should be included. 21 Greg Wilder said there is another Business Meeting before the April 19, 2021 legislative 22 breakfast. He asked John Roberts if there is any concern with delaying the completion of the 23 document. 24 John Roberts said there are no local issues that are coming up, and the general filing 25 deadline is late March or early April. He said he does not see how delaying impacts anything, 26 but would need to ask the delegation to be certain. 27 Commissioner Greene said if the legislative breakfast is not until April 19, there seems to 28 be time to discuss and further refine the list. 29 Greg Wilder said the thought was to send the list to the delegation now so it would have 30 it in hand while it is in discussions at the General Assembly, as well as to be prepared for the 31 April 19 breakfast. 32 Commissioner Greene said the full list could be sent now, and the Board could refine it 33 in preparation for the actual breakfast. 34 Chair Price said she expects that is what will happen, and the goal for tonight was to 35 refine the top priorities. 36 Commissioner Dorosin said he is fine with having one list of everything, but that the 37 Board should identify the top five things that it wants to focus on with the delegation. He said 38 the longer list should be grouped by topic, but a cover page should be developed with five 39 specific top goals. 40 Chair Price asked if there should be two lists and groupings within those lists, or should 41 there be one list with groupings. 42 Commissioner Dorosin said there should be one list with groupings under specific 43 headings. 44 Commissioner Fowler asked if the last day of filing for the General Assembly could be 45 identified. 46 John Roberts said it is April 6 in Senate, and the end of April in the House, but must be 47 submitted to bill drafting by the first week of April. 48 Commissioner Fowler asked if it is helpful to have the legislative breakfast occurring 49 after filing is complete. 50 John Roberts said this is the way it happens every year. 51 Commissioner Fowler said perhaps this should be changed in the future.