HCBOE Board Meeting Minutes- January 7, 2014- Regular MeetingHARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
JANUARY 7, 2014
Present were: Chairman James Currin, Secretary Tony Spears, Member Joseph Powell and
Director Claire Jones.
Mr. Currin called the meeting to order at 4:00 pm.
Minutes:
The Board reviewed the minutes from December 3, 2013. Mr. Powell moved to approve the
minutes. Mr. Spears seconded. Approved without dissent.
Business:
Mrs. Jones presented, to the Board, the information from the State Board Training concerning
the VIVA changes and multi -partisan teams. Mrs. Jones stated that a lot of education was going
to be needed for poll workers as well as the public for all the changes coming up. The State
Board is going to assist with public education.
Mrs. Jones informed the Board that filing would begin February 10 at noon until February 28 at
noon. The list of offices that are up as well as the filing fee will be posted in the office and online
soon.
The Board reviewed a draft budget for the upcoming year. Mrs. Jones stated the need to cut back
on some line items to help offset the additional money required to get laptops for poll books.
Mrs. Jones also stated that she wanted to ask for the fourth position back. The Board agreed and
cautioned not to make too many cuts that may hinder future needs.
The Board discussed the One -Stop plan for the Primary. In order to meet the State guidelines the
Board agreed that a fourth one -stop location needed to be added. Mrs. Jones supplied the Board
with a map highlighting Angier Elementary with the other one -stop sites. Mrs. Jones stated that
the sites are evenly distributed through the county and Angier Elementary would be able to
accommodate the number of people that One -stop voting brings out. Mrs. Jones stated she would
contact the principal. After some discussion the Board directed Mrs. Jones to prepare a One -Stop
plan to present at the next board meeting.
Mrs. Jones informed the Board that 345 people had applied for the Administrative Support
Specialist Position.
The Board discussed a concern with precinct sizes and possible solutions. Barbecue precinct has
grown to over 10,000 registered voters with Anderson Creek, Black River and others right
behind them. Mr. Currin stated that some should be split into smaller precincts or some of the
population shifted into other precincts. Mrs. Jones stated that a change would not be feasible this
year and mentioned a problem with staffing and supplying additional precincts. The Board
decided that they will address the issue again at a later time and directed Mrs. Jones to prepare a
stat list or map of the number of voters in the precincts.
_ With no other business to discuss Mr. Spears moved to Adjourn. Mr. Powell seconded. The
meeting was adjourned at 5:35 pm.
The next meeting of the Board is a regular meeting on February 4, 2014 4:00 pm.
Approved by:
ames Currin, Ciairman
Tony
bwell, Member