Commission Meetings are held in the County Courthouse at
60 Court Plaza (Room 204) in downtown Asheville beginning at 4:30 p.m.

Public Comment is taken during the work session which begins at 4 p.m.  Citizens must sign up for public comment prior to 4:10 p.m. and are limited to 3 minutes. Public Comment is also taken at the end of the meeting as indicated below.

• Pastor Steve Smith, Good News Baptist Church

• Congratulations to Jason Summey, Buncombe County Deputy Sheriff, Recipient of the State"Mothers Against Drunk Drivers" Award

• Installment Financing Contracts for the Construction and Equipping of Animal Shelter; Acquisition of Land for Parking Facility; Acquisition of Building to be used for County and Local Government Purposes

• Re-Zoning Requests
  • Matthew Jenkins 9654.17-00-9636 -- R-3 (residential) to EMP (employment)
    • slide
  • Keith & Paula Vinson 9634.16-73-7106 -- R-1 (single family residential) to R-2 (residential)
    • slide
  • Jack Roddy 0629.11-57-5280 -- R-1 (single family residential) to PS (public service)
    • slide
  • Margie Lytle 9689.18-30-1575 -- R-2 (residential) to R-3 (residential)
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• Resolution for Land of Sky Regional Council to Lease with Option to Purchase a Portion of Leicester Crossing

• Ordinance Amending the Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control Chapter 26 Section 206 of the Buncombe County Code

• Nursing Home Community Advisory Committee (5 vacancies)
  • Robert DuBruhl

• Tourism Development Authority (1 vacancy
  • Ruth Summers
  • James Kammann
  • LaZendra Bossard

• CTS Citizens Monitoring Council (7 vacancies)
  • Glen Horecky
  • Robert Aversano
  • Dave Ogren
  • Scott Hallowell
  • Therese Figura

• Town of Weaverville Board of Adjustment (3 vacancies)
  • Chris Crawford (reappointment)
  • William Biggers
  • John Dankel

• Abandoned Cemeteries Board of Trustees (1 vacancy)
  • J. Ray Elinburg (rep. Genealogical Society)

• Approval of Minutes of December 4, 2008 Regular Meeting

• Release Report

• Resolution Requesting the NC Department of Transportation to Abandon a Portion of SR 3529
  • Letter of Request and Map of Area

• Resolution Authorizing the Chairman to Execute Non-Warrenty Deed
  • Deed

• Resolution in Support of Continuation of Juvenile Crime Prevention Council Funding

• Resolution to Convey Tennis Courts and Property Adjacent to North Buncombe High School to the Buncombe County Board of Education
  • Deed

• Resolution Authorizing the Approval of Reallocating Down Payment Assistance Funds Originally Awarded to Neighborhood Housing Services

• Resolution Authorizing the Execution of a Contract for Administrative Services Related to the Community Development Block Grant Program

• Resolution Accepting and Approving a Report from the County Purchasing Agent Concerning the Sale and Disposal of Surplus County Property
  • Exhibit A

• Budget Amendments
  • Fund 66 -- Solid Waste Revenues ($1,028,000)
  • Fund 22 -- WIA ($60,120)
  • Fund 10 -- Aging Revenues/Services; Planning/IT Positions ($19,487)

• Special Revenue Project Ordinance
  • Exhibit A

• Capital Projects Ordinance
  • Exhibit A

• The next meeting of the Board of Commissioners will be January 22, 2008. Pre-meeting will begin at 4 p.m. Public Comment signup is taken until 4:10--all speakers will have 3 minutes. Regular meeting will begin at 4:30 p.m.

• The Commissioners will attend the Sheriff's Employee Awards Banquet on January 15 at 6 p.m. on the campus of Asheville Buncombe Technical Community College.