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CALL TO ORDER: By Chairman Hedrick
DATE SET FOR SECOND MEETING IN JULY: The second meeting in July was set for July 8, 1986, 7:30
county Annex Conference Room, Statesville, NC.
BUDGET AMENDMENTS: Bill Furches, Finance Officer, presented Budget Amendments #1-#17 for the
1985-86 budget to the board for approval. MOTION from Chairman Hedrick to approve the budget
amendments.
VOTING: Ayes - 4; Nays - 0.
EXPLANATION OF BUDGET MATTERS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED BY THE BOARD: The county manager discussed
questions board members had raised about previous departmental budgets. He said the maintenance
department had nine people and five vehicles, one of which is a large flat bed truck. The supervisor
sometimes uses his own pick-up.
Mr. Deal also gave the hours of operation of the transfer station, which is 7:00 a.m, until
6:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday; 1:00 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. Sunday. The transfer station is
closed New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. He said
if the transfer station is open when the landfill is not open, it will become necessary to open the
landfill, which will require additional staff.
LAN ENFORCEMENT BUDGET: Questions were asked about the contracted services for the Law Enforce-
ment Department. These are: Breathilizer for $875, PIN Machine $6600. The manager cut out the
$1806 for cleaning services.
The holiday pay was omitted from this budget, and, due to the nature of the department, it must
be included. The Sheriff's Department had included a 91% salary increase in the budget.
Board members asked about the Victim Assistance Program and some other matters, so it was
decided that this budget would be discussed at the meeting on the following day, July 1, 1986, at
4:00 p.m.
JAIL: Commissioner Crosswhite raised a question about the laundry and dry cleaning services.
The Food and Provisions line item was discussed.
MOTION FROM Chairman Hedrick to approve this budget as recommended.
VOTING: Ayes - 4; Nays - 0.
FIRE MARSHAL AND FIRE FIGHTING: An additional person was requested in this budget, but the
manager is recommending two persons, which is the current level. The supplies line item was ex-
plained, which is for fire prevention promotional materials.
It is planned to move the Fire Marshal's Office to the basement of the Old Court House, where
the Big Brother Agency is now located. Commissioner Mills asked that the staff check into surplus
furniture, possibly what the Big Brother organization is now using, before purchasing any new for
the Fire Marshal's Office.
A discussion took place by the board members relative to paying the volunteer fire departments'
insurance. MOTION from Commissioner Mills to pay 1/3 of the volunteer fire departments' insurance
premiums for the 1986-87 budget year, and hopefully over a three-year period the County can fund all
the insurance costs for the volunteer fire departments.
VOTING: Ayes - 4; Nays - 0.
MOTION from Commissioner Mills to approve the Fire Marshal's budget as adjusted, and to check
on the office furniture as discussed earlier.
VOTING: Ayes - 4; Nays - 0.
AMBULANCE: This budget delayed until July 1, 1986, 4:30 P.M.
LANDFILL: Mr. Deal said plans were being made to open a transfer station at the Highway 901
site in North Iredell. The present green box site will be converted to a compaction site. The
County will need to buy a compacting unit, build a small house for the attendant, and purchase two
additional tractors and trailers. The one -acre site at Highway 901 is presently leased on a ten-
year basis, and much work has been done at this site to accommodate the present roll -off box
arrangement. This could be converted to a compaction site at less expense than another site, Mr.
Deal said.
In closing down the site on N. C. 115, Mr. Deal said the County should pay for the expense of
fencing the area to prohibit people from continuing to dump trash there after the boxes have been
removed. Signs would be placed there to direct people to the transfer station, and the area would
be checked on a regular basis.
' Cast of the above -listed landfill equipment would be $80,000 a year for three years, to be
handled on a lease -purchase arrangement.