Agenda Package - 6-18-12 Reg. Meeting

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rqG County Manager's Report —June 18, 2012 Ongoing Protects 1) Additional issues have come up with regard to paving Clyde Rhyne Road. The NCDOT has now begun review of our plan and asked for a new traffic count. This will delay us 3 to 4 weeks. The Engineer (Wooten and Company) has been keeping the DOT informed of our progress since they will be accepting maintenance responsibility when the road is completed. Obviously the DOT wants to make sure they are getting a road that will not need to be upgraded any time soon. We are 30 percent complete with the design of the project. The remaining 70 percent should go quickly once the traffic count is completed and DOT gives the go ahead with the specifications. We are still hopeful for a fall paving of the road. Any further delays with the DOT or DENR will push paving into the spring. 2) The Contractor for the basement renovation project has been mobilized for 45 days now. They are already 25 percent complete. All wall studding and electrical rough -in work is complete. They continue to work on the water /sewer plumbing rough -in. IT is working on the technology wiring with the contractor at this time. 3) Parks and Recreation and General Services are almost complete with the repairs to Buchanan Park. As everyone remembers, this park was severely damaged during the tornado over a year ago. We have tried to do as much work as possible in house and with volunteers. Right now we are constructing the bath house and dug outs. Work should be completed within 30 days. 4) The new security system for the Jail has been installed. The contractor and staff continue to work on making all the new systems work. Jail staff has also been going through training on the new systems. This was a much needed project. To have this completed in less than 4 months is a great accomplishment for the Sheriff's staff, General Services, our architect (Moseley and Associates), and the contractor (Stanley). Other Items 1) Last month I reported that Human Resources and the Employment Security Commission had started the 2012 employee survey. The survey is now complete with around 90 percent of the employees taking part in the survey (ESC says this is the highest percentage they have seen with local government survey). We are waiting for the ESC to complete the final results and forward them to us. We should be able to give the Commissioners a report on the findings in July. 2) Staff continues to review the recommendation of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board to change our ordinance which bans weapons from our Parks. As most of you are aware, the State Legislature last year passed a law that allowed cancelled weapons in certain areas of Parks. This action made our existing ordinance non - compliant with State Law. Now the Senate has new legislation that if passed would clarify the