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director, Mr. Jerry Lundy, to request the North Carolina Department of Transportation Thoroughfare «..-
Planning Division to prepare a Thoroughfare Plan for Iredell County.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
REQUEST FROM THE IREDELL ARTS COUNCIL FOR PERMISSION TO CONTINUE TO UPGRADE THE OLD JAIL
BUILDING: MOTION from Commissioner Crosswhite to approve the request from the Iredell Arts Council
to continue upgrading the Old Jail Building and premises for use as a county cultural arts center.
The Arts Council desires to convert the two lower levels of cells into a combination use space for
exhibitions, meetings, small space recitals and other functions, and to maintain the third level for
historic and artifact depositories, all of which will add to the availability of the entire buil-
ding. Funding would come from grants and/or private sources. Funding for general improvement and
continuing rehabilitation would come as available in labor and materials as part of normal building
maintenance.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF DISTRICT FORESTER CONTRACT FOR 88-89 (i88 -11C): MOTION from Commis-
sioner Crosswhite to approve this contract and authorize the chairman to sign in behalf of the
county.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
THIS CONCLUDES THE CONSENT AGENDA
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DISCUSSION OF FIRE HYDRANTS FOR COOL SPRINGS AND TRINITY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS: Represen-
tatives from the captioned two departments were present to ask the board to consider funding fire
hydrants for the volunteer fire departments. Representatives from the Iredell Water Corporation
were also present. Mr. White said they are presently constructing a line and would need an answer
about the fire extinguishers in ten days or two weeks.
Chairman Hedrick said he believed that it was a question of providing potable water or fire
extinguishing. He said the board was meeting for a planning session on Monday, July 11, 1988, and
could take it up at that time.
Mr. Russell Johnston, chief of Trinity was present and said Iredell Water Corporation is in the
process of bringing a line out 115. He had four locations for which his department was requesting
hydrants.
Chairman Hedrick said funds could be used from the fire tax district for these extinguishers.
A copy of the map for the area was presented to the county manager.
BUDGET AMENDMENT - COMMUNICATIONS CENTER, VOICE LOGGING: County Manager said the funds for
this item were in the previous year's budget, which reverted to unappropriated fund balance at the
conclusion of the fiscal year. It will be necessary to increase the Emergency Operations Center
budget by $28,278 to cover the cost of the equipment. These funds are to come from the Unappro-
priated Fund Balance.
- MOTION from Chairman Hedrick to appropriate $28,278 from Unappropriated Fund Balance to Emer-
gency Communications for the purchase of the Dictaphone equipment.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS:
NURSING HOME ADVISORY BOARD: MOTION from Chairman Hedrick to appoint Mr. Emmett Cruse, Jr.,
724 E-Cen-er-Tv—e.,—Pfooresville, to serve on the Nursing Home Advisory Board. This is a one-year
initial term, beginning July 1, 1988 and terminating June 30, 1989.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
CENTRALINA PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL: MOTION from Chairman Hedrick to appoint Allen Johnson,
SuperioroC mpany, owe -a-Two—year term on this board. Term beginning on July 1, 1988 and
concludes June 30,1990. This is replacing Mr. Ken Wilkerson who resigned.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
REGION F EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ADVISORY COUNCIL: MOTION from Chairman Hedrick to appoint
John TTeming ani. STa-fo�arn�o FFe cap ionedTioar�.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
MOTION TO APPOINT MEMBERS RESCINDED:MOTION from Commissioner Ostwalt to rescind the appoint-
ments o rr. Lester errilTo Nurs ng Tome Advisory Board and Mr. Emmett Cruse, Jr, to serve on
the Region F Aging Advisory Board.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
MANAGER'S REPORT: Mr. Joel Mashburn gave the board a report on the following: ,