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IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
MINUTES
FEBRUARY 20, 1990
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Adjourned Regular Session on Tuesday evening,
February 20, 1990, 7:30 p.m., Agricultural Center Conference Rooms 1 R 2, Statesville, NC. Those
present for the meeting were:
R. B. Sloan, Jr., Chairman
Alice M. Stewart, Vice Chairman
Larry S. Hedrick
Frances L. Murdock
Staff present: Joel Mashburn, County Manager
William P. Pope, County Attorney
Alice Fortner, Clerk to the Board
Jerry Lundy, Planning Director
Susan O'Connor, Interim Finance Officer
CALL TO ORDER: Chairman Sloan
INVOCATION; The Reverend Rollin Gibbs, Retired
505 Carroll Street
Statesville, NC 28677
APPOINTMENT OF COUNTY COMMISSIONER TO REPLACE JESSIE S. CROSSNHITE: Chairman Sloan announced
this item of business.
MOTION from Commissioner Hedrick to follow the adopted Rules of Procedure as adopted by the
board with the understanding that the first step has been made and the board would be starting on
Step 2 this evening.
VOTING: Ayes - 3: Nays - 1 (Stewart).
NOMINATIONS:
Chairman Sloan nominated Sara K. Haire, Route 2, Box 759, Mooresville.
Commissioner Hedrick nominated Chandler Bryan.
MOTION from Commissioner Stewart to close the nominations.
VOTING: Ayes - 4: Nays - 0.
It was announced that the board would be voting on these nominations at the March 6th meeting,
Commissioner Hedrick said the Board may want to consider criteria for appointment of a county ..„,.
commissioner, with the school consolidation being one of the items the county commissioners will be
involved in, depending upon the outcome of the school meeting that is going on this same evening.
Commissioner Hedrick said he felt the board needs someone that has experience, and he thought that
was one thing the board needs to look at. He suggsted that the board establish some kind of
criteria and interview the two nominees.
REPORT ON VISIONS PRIORITY GOAL SETTING BY THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF VISIONS COMMITTEE: Mr.
Chandler Bryan, chairman of the VISIONS Steering Committee, was present to review the findings of
the priority ratings established by the steering committee. The steering committee had been mailed
a form that listed all the tasks set forth in the four studies that were to be implemented by the
county commissioners and staff. The committee rated this list, and the final results were now being
presented to the board. Mr. Bryan discussed some of the top priorities.
Chairman Sloan thanked Mr. Bryan for the report.
DISCUSSION OF THE INVOLVEMENT COUNCIL AND ITS FUTURE DIRECTION: Mr. Bill Brown, chairman of
the Involvement Council, was present. Mr. Sloan said in reviewing Mr. Brown's questions, it is
believed that the role of the Involvement Council should be one of focusing on facilitating
continuity between the volunteer services rather than forming networks of operations. The chairman
suggested Mr. Brown meet with the county manager and discuss this matter further,
PROPOSAL FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF A HUMAN RELATIONS COMMIMTTEE: Dr. Bruning came before the board
to discuss the formation of a Human Relations Committee in Iredell County, which would eliminate the