The meeting begins at 7 pm.
Citizen Comments (the only time you may speak) follow the Invocation and Pledge. You must arrive before the meeting starts at 7 pm to sign up to speak. You may speak about items on the agenda or not on the agenda.
- Animal Cruelty Investigators. Consider reappointing Patti Lovelace and Nancy Hasselbring as investigators. Ray Gasperson asked that this item be placed on the agenda.
- Monitoring well replacement for water quality sampling at the Route 9 landfill.
- Economic development activity report.
- Bright's Creek property tax appeals and settlement offers.
- Budget amendment moving $11,147 from the
- Fund Balance to pay for emergency replacement of the Court House heating and air conditioning system.
* Budget amendment of $32,281 from the Fund Balance (county savings) to pay for the newly created Administrative Assistant position for the County Manager.
- Consider consolidation of county social services boards including the DSS Board.
- DSS building update.
Important links related to the ongoing discussions of the proposed Polk/ICWD water contract:
* Protect Polk Water Group Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/Protect-Polk-Water-1626250947625844/timeline/
* Petition to Stop the Polk NC water contract with Inman/Campobello SC:
https://www.change.org/p/tom-pack-chair-polk-county-board-of-commissioners-stop-the-polk-nc-water-contract-with-inman-campobello-sc
* Related News Articles:
http://www.tryondailybulletin.com/2015/09/10/fundraiser-against-polk-water-contract-draws-300/
http://www.tryondailybulletin.com/2015/09/23/whos-failing-to-understand/
http://www.tryondailybulletin.com/2015/09/24/protect-polk-water-hires-expert-for-polkicwd-water-contract/
http://www.tryondailybulletin.com/2015/09/24/icwd-clarifies-hiring-expert-for-contract/