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February 5, 2024 Rockingham County Commissioners MeetingAGENDAI. Meeting CALLED TO ORDER 2. INVOCATION3.PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA5. RESOLUTION - LANCE METZLER, COUNTY MANAGERApproval - Resolution - Reidsville High School Rams Football Team for winning the NCHSA 2023 2-A State Championship6 CONSENT AGENDA A) Pat Galloway, Finance Director1. Approval-Amend the FY 23-24 budget $347,090 for new software subscriptions that meet the criteria of a recently implemented governmental accounting standard requiring certain software subscriptions to be capitalized as a Right to Use intangible asset and the corresponding liability to be reported. This is a requirement of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB).2. Approval-Amend Sheriff Department budget $5,452 for a new postage machine lease agreement. The amendment will increase Capital Outlay and Other Financing Source $5,452 and will transfer the FY 24 lease payment ($576) included in the original FY 24 budget from an operating expense line item to principal and interest line items. 3. Approval - Appropriate $3,000 of 4-H Reserve Fund Balance to cover costs of 4-H school enrichment programing and upcoming 4-H programs offered to Rockingham County.4. Approval -Increase Public Buildings budget $89,055 for vacant position that was mistakenly left off the original FY 2024 budget and for the percentage of the department director's salary and benefits that was previously budgeted in the Landfill operating fund which was discontinued as of 6/30/2023.5. Approval - Increase Fire District Special Revenue Fund budget $260,000 for current year fire district taxes collected over budget. These two fire districts request that all funds collected be remitted to them during the year of collection.• Draper - $230,000 (higher due to conservative budget estimates on the Purina Facility)• Leaksville - $30,0006. Approval - Fire District Special Revenue Fund $6,825. Motor Vehicle tax collections are trending higher than estimated in the FY 2024 original budge. The amendment is needed to cover the increase in collection fee expense line items. 7. Approval - Increase E-911 Special Revenue Fund budget $66,648 for 911 Board grant award to purchase 8 p011able radios for the 911 Center B) Todd Hurst, Tax AdministratorApproval -Tax collection and reconciliation reports for December including refunds for January 3, 2024 thru January 23, 2024.C) Tara Muchini, Youth Services DirectorApproval -Rockingham County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council removal of Nicole Moore from the JCPC due to lack of interest and participation, as according bylaws.D) Rodney Stewart, RCEMS Operations SupervisorApproval -Accounting reports of billing and collections activity for December 2023 and approval of accounts uncollected that are to be written off. E) Hiram Marziano, Community DevelopmentApproval -Adjustment to the Planning Department schedule of fees, specifically increasing the third-party engineering review fee for new wireless communication towers from $3,000 to $3,500. This request is the result of an increase in the amount Atlantic Technologies, our contracting engineer charges for review of new tower plans, which now equals $3,100. The remaining $400 is to cover staff and administrative time spent on new tower projects.F) Greg Bray, Airport Authority Advisory BoardApproval -Reappointment of Mr. Greg Bray and Mr. Gary Akers to the Airport Authority Advisory Board. The term to expire February 4, 2027.G) Shameka McCain, Piedmont Triad Regional CouncilApproval -Appointment of Ms. April Cox to the Piedmont Triad Regional Workforce Development Board. The term to expire June 30, 2027.H) Lance Metzler, County ManagerApproval -New position for Veterans Treatment Court Coordinator and the budget of $36,800 to cover Veterans Treatment Court program start up costs and operating costs for the remainder of FY 2024. I) Susan O. Washburn, Clerk to the BoardApproval - Regular meeting minutesJ) Derek Southern, Assistant County ManagerApproval - Allow Rockingham Community College Student Life and Athletics to utilize Youth Services Vans for the baseball team's travel. This is a trial program that will last the duration of the spring 2024 season. 7. PUBLIC COMMENT8. Benjamin Curtis, Register of DeedsRegister of Deeds office update9. Ronnie Tate, Director of Engineering and Public Utilities and Bill Lester with LKC EngineeringApproval- Utility project list at estimated cost of $52,913,500 which will be funded by the $54,550,000 allocated to the County in the NC General Assembly approved FY 2023-24 State budget. These projects are a continuation of utility projects the County started in 2017 on Hwy 158 and US 220.10. Lisa Ellington, Rockingham County RecoversApproval- Rockingham County Recovers (Opioid Task Force) RFQ and RC High Impact Opioid Abatement Strategies.11. Clyde Albright, County AttorneyApproval - Offer to purchase the Horse Park Property from Rockingham County for 1.1 million dollars.12. NEW BUSINESS13. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS14. ADJOURN###

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician Brandon Curtis of rock band Secret Machines. Curtis discusses the band's new double EP, Dreaming of Dreaming and Day 21, as well as the September 23rd reissue of their s/t album. Curtis and Josh Garza remain the two sole members of the band after Curtis' brother, Benjamin Curtis left the band to form School of Seven Bells. Benjamin sadly passed away in 2013 and Brandon and I discuss having lost our brothers at an early age. Secret Machines is not currently set to tour, but Brandon has been a touring member of Interpol for years now, so you can see him on the road with them this fall. Visit our new website, rocknrollghostpodcast.com to hear an exclusive, revamped version of the s/t album's track "The Fire Is Waiting." Links: Secret Machines Official Secret Machines Bandcamp --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brett-hickman/support

We dive into the world of crypto and digital currencies in this episode to take a close look at two countries approaching them in very different ways. In 2021, El Salvador made the cryptocurrency bitcoin legal tender, while Nigeria launched its own central bank digital currency. Experts talk us through why they've taken such radically different paths.Featuring Iwa Salami, Reader (Associate Professor) in Law at the University of East London in the UK and Erica Pimentel, Assistant Professor at the Smith School of Business at Queen's University, Ontario in Canada.And if the latest Matrix film has left you wondering whether we are really living in a simulation, we talk to Benjamin Curtis, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Ethics at the Nottingham Trent University in the UK, on the long history of that idea. (At 30m20)Plus, Rob Reddick, COVID-19 editor at The Conversation in the UK, picks out some recent coverage of the wave of omicron cases sweeping the world. (At 42m10)The Conversation Weekly is produced by Mend Mariwany and Gemma Ware, with sound design by Eloise Stevens. Our theme music is by Neeta Sarl. You can sign up to The Conversation's free daily email here. Full credits for this episode available here. And a transcript is available here.Further reading:Nigeria's digital currency: what the eNaira is for and why it's not perfect, by Iwa Salami, University of East LondonAfter a big year for cryptocurrencies, what's on the horizon in 2022?, by Erica Pimentel, Bertrand Malsch, and Nathaniel Loh, Queen's University, OntarioFree Guy's philosophy: could we just be lines of code in a grand simulation, by Benjamin Curtis, Nottingham Trent UniversityWhat are the symptoms of omicron?, by Tim Spector, King's College LondonWhy does omicron appear to cause less severe disease than previous variants?, by Paul Hunter, University of East Anglia See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this episode, I discuss analytic philosopher David Lewis' concept of possible worlds with Dr Benjamin Curtis. Ben is  colleague at Nottingham Trent University. We talked about possible worlds, actual worlds, probability, causation and time. Ben Curtis lectures in Philosophy at Nottingham Trent University. He has published on a wide-variety of themes including epistemology, bioethics, time as well as the philosophical status of antiques. You can find out more about Ben on his university webpage here. Ben has also contributed a number of pieces to The Conversation which you can find here. You can listen to more free back content from the Thales' Well podcast on TuneIn Radio, Player Fm, Stitcher and Podbean. You can also download their apps to your smart phone and listen via there. You can also subscribe for free on iTunes. Please leave a nice review.        

Scientists at Yale have successfully re-animated the brains of decapitated pigs. What does this mean in the big picture of biology and science? What could it mean if that was done for a human brain? Benjamin Curtis, a senior lecturer at Nottingham Trent University's School of Arts and Humanities joins Rob to unpack the story.

Keeping it noisy - even when it's quiet. Five recommendations of recently-released, hidden musical gems, unearthed weekly. Reviewed this week: 1. The Extrovert: Some deep and dirty fonk from D’Angelo collaborator, Kendra Foster. 2. The Architect: Mad-cap math-rock from Portu-geezers Paus, 3. The Ugly Duckling: Guitar-playing, but not as we know it, from verbose American Jakob Pek, 4. The Show-Stopper: Immigration-based hater-bating from African-Irish rappers Rusangano Family, and... 5. The Introvert: A loving tribute to dead member, Benjamin Curtis from School of Seven Bells. For full versions of the tracks, please check the full playlist on Spotify: bit.ly/CatShedSC Please subscribe if you like what you hear.

The preservation and fostering of the arts should be a top priority for any civilized society, but New York City may be overcompensating with a relatively recent initiative involving affordable housing.Prog-pop masters Field Music are back with their new album Commontime. It’s as nerdy and as great as you would expect. Unless you’re Paul.School of Seven Bells suffered tragedy when front man Benjamin Curtis succumbed to T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma in 2013. Three years later, band mate Alejandra Deheza has picked up the pieces for one last album and we’ve got a taste. Show Notes"New York City to build affordable housing for musicians and artists" [Consequence Of Sound]Learn more about School Of Seven BellsOfficial Site | Facebook | Twitter | SpotifyCheck out the track "On My Heart" off of School of Seven Bells final album, SVIIB, below. CommontimeField MusicKevin: Buy ItPaul: PassEduardo: Buy ItOfficial Site | Facebook | Twitter | Spotify Upcoming Tour Dates See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

School of Seven Bells (aka SVIIB) is Benjamin Curtis and Alejandra Deheza. They met while on tour with Interpol (while in different bands) and now they make tranquil electro-pop with a bit of shoegaze tossed in. SVIIB‘s third record Ghostory is the first record they have made without Alejandra's twin sister Claudia. Backstage, I get Ben to talk about what the band's name really means, Claudia's abrupt exit from the band, what losing a member can mean to a band and much more. RIP Ben: You will be missed. When I think about this interview, I remember you telling me about the School of Seven Bells track “Reappear” and how it is about the idea of your future self visiting you as a ghost and telling you what will happen to you. Tracks played on the show... 1) School of Seven Bells, Ghostory "The Night" 2) School of Seven Bells, Ghostory "Lafaye" 3) School of Seven Bells, Ghostory "Reappear" NO songs CANCON

Find out how Rodrigo y Gabriela went from headbanging in Mexico to busking in Dublin to headlining festivals around the world. Plus, Jim and Greg remember Phil Everly and Benjamin Curtis of Secret Machines.

For their latest episode of errant gunfire, Nocando and Jeff welcome Zilla Rocca, Curly Castro, and Prem Rock for a discussion on Philadelphia hip-hop, noir-rap, their "otherground collective" and the occasional reggaeton digression. In addition, Nocando and Jeff talk about what they did for New Year's and pour out a little hummus for James Avery of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" and Benjamin Curtis of The Secret Machines. Recorded at the Cosmic Zoo Studio in Atwater Village.