081721 recessed meetingHARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Recessed Meeting Minutes
August 17, 2021
The Harnett County Board of Commissioners met in a recessed meeting on Tuesday, August 17,
2021 at 8:30 am, in the Training Room, Harnett County Resource Center and Library, 455
McKinney Parkway, Lillington, North Carolina.
Members present: W. Brooks Matthews, Chairman
Lewis W. Weatherspoon, Vice Chairman
Barbara McKoy, Commissioner
Mark B. Johnson, Commissioner
Matt B. Nicol, Commissioner
Others present: George Wood, Interim County Manager
Kimberly Honeycutt, Finance Officer
Melissa Capps, Clerk
Coley Price, Assistant County Manager
Brian Haney, Assistant County Manager
Rebecca Jackson, Facilitator, UNC SOG
Chairman Matthews reconvened the meeting at 8:41 am.
The following agenda was before the Board:
➢ Welcome
➢ Overview of the Retreat and Warm Up
o Name, one true interesting fact and one false
o What are key issues facing Harnett County?
o What are key successes over the last 18 months?
➢ Harnett County's Environmental Scan
➢ Break
➢ High Performing Organization and Elements of Strategic Planning
➢ Harnett County Timeline Activity and Visioning Exercise
➢ Lunch
➢ Develop a Mission and Core Values
➢ Break
➢ Developing Strategic Goals and a Result -focus
➢ Wrapping Up
o Harnett County's Journey — Where are we?
o Evaluation of Workshop
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Ms. Rebecca Jackson, facilitator, provided a welcome and reviewed retreat objectives which
included:
• To gain a deeper understanding about Harnett County's internal and external
environment having a bearing on the County's success, currently and in the future and
creating context for a long-term strategic plan
• To gain a deeper understanding of High Performing Organizational structures and
Strategic Planning frameworks
• To provide opportunity for the Board to collaborate as a team
• To achieve consensus on Harnett County's draft strategic planning elements: Vision,
Mission, Core Values, Goals and Objectives
Ms. Jackson led the Commissioners through an overview of the retreat activities, each
commissioner shared key issues facing Harnett County and key successes over the last 18
months.
Ms. Jackson reviewed environmental scan. She also shared the top three priorities identified by
Harnett County's leadership which included addressing land use, growth and economic
development; addressing retention/turnover of employees; and focusing on citizen
communication, engagement and customer services.
The Board of Commissioners took a break from 9:58 am to 10:16 am.
Ms. Jackson reviewed elements of high performing organizations. Each commissioner ranked
these areas in which Harnett County was the best in and which areas needed improvement.
Ms. Jackson reviewed the framework of strategic plans and how organizations use these plans.
Ms. Jackson led the Board of Commissioners through a timeline exercise.
The Board of Commissioners recessed for lunch from 12:25 pm to 12:59 pm.
Discussion included vision themes, developing the mission statement, mission themes and core
values.
The Board of Commissioners took a break from 2:13 pm to 2:30 pm.
Ms. Jackson led the Board through a review of the goals which included commissioners ranking
objectives under each goal, identifying challenges and opportunities, and prioritizing specific
actions to achieve each goal.
Chairman Matthews left at 3:14 p.m.
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Ms. Jackson reviewed the phases of creating a strategic vision which included Phase One:
Prepare Plan Elements; Phase Two: Gather & Incorporate Perspective and Phase Three:
Operationalize & Institutionalize.
Ms. Jackson stated she would be working with staff to compile this information and asked the
commissioners to be thinking about partners for each of these goal areas.
Vice -Chairman Weatherspoon thanked Ms. Jackson for her help.
There being no further business, Commissioner Nicol made a motion to adjourn. The motion
was seconded by Commissioner Johnson. The motion carried and the meeting adjourned at 4:37
pm.
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