The
Alleghany County Board of Commissioners met in recessed session on Tuesday, June 30, 2009, at 6:30pm in the Board Meeting Room of
the County Administration Building,
348 South Main Street,
Sparta, North Carolina.

Present:  Chair Ken Richardson, Vice-Chair Randy Miller, Commissioner Doug Murphy, Commissioner
Steve Roten, County
Manager Don Adams, and Clerk to the Board Karen Evans.  Commissioner Milly Richardson was absent.

Chair Ken Richardson called the meeting to order at 6:30pm, led the Pledge of Allegiance and opened with a prayer.

Commissioner Doug Murphy made a motion to approve the budget
agenda.  Commissioner Randy Miller seconded
the motion.  Vote 4:0.

Budget Meeting Agenda

June
30, 2009

6:30pm

6:30pm                 Open
Budget Public Hearing

Reading
of Proposed Budget Ordinance

Public
Comments

Adjourn
Public Hearing

Open
Budget Meeting

1.      Discussions regarding 2009/2010
Budget

a.      Pay Grade Plan

b.      2009/2010 Budget Ordinance

Adjourn

Chair Ken Richardson
opened the public hearing at 6:30pm.   He asked for public comments.

Susan
Reinhardt thanked the Board for their time
and effort put into this budget.
She talked about she was not able to put the time into reviewing the
budget that she would have liked.
She further talked about cross-training employees to cover positions or heavy
workloads.  She used an example of
the open planning position and using someone in the mapping department or Register
of Deeds’ office to help with that workload.  She talked about taking employees in
different departments to help in areas when the workloads are heavier.  She reiterated that she is asking the
Board to look at cross-training employees.

Chair Ken Richardson
asked for additional public comments.
None were received.

County Manager Don Adams summarized the budget ordinance for FY 2009-2010.   He reviewed each fund’s
highlights including the revenues and expenses, budget officer authorizations
and restrictions, capital project funds and utilization of the budget and
budget ordinance.

Chair Ken Richardson
asked for additional public comments.
None were received.  He
closed the public hearing at 6:50pm.

Chair Ken Richardson
opened the budget meeting.

Commissioner Randy
Miller made a motion to approve the FY2009/2010 budget ordinance.  Commissioner Doug
Murphy seconded the motion.  Vote 4:0.

Chair Ken Richardson
congratulated the Board and staff for their work on this budget.

County Manager Don Adams presented the pay grade plan addition for
the position of Inspector (I, II)—Planner at a grade 66.  He explained the purpose of the addition.

Chair Ken Richardson and
Commissioner Randy Miller talked about the Board is not creating anything new
because this is taking two positions into one.

Commissioner Randy
Miller made a motion to approve the addition of the Inspector (I, II)—Planner’s
position at a grade 66.  Commissioner
Steve Roten seconded the motion.
Vote 4:0.

Commissioner Doug Murphy and County Manager Don Adams discussed QZAB conversations that the County Manager
had with the Local Government Commission about additional opportunities for
QZAB money but the problem is finding banks that are willing to fund the QZAB projects.

Being
no further business, Commissioner Steve Roten made a motion to adjourn the
meeting at 6:58pm.  Commissioner Doug
Murphy seconded the motion.  Vote 4:0.

Respectfully
submitted,

Karen Evans

Clerk to the Board

Attest:

Ken Richardson

Chairman