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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93008_1745 (2)1294 Chuck Saunders, newly elected school board member Spoke about school needs. Pam Simon, Fifth Street Shelter Spoke about Battered Women & Children's Shelter, which has a $250,000 budget. David Boone, make some general comments on the budget. PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED. NEWS MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES RECOGNIZED: Mr. Steve Eastman, WSIC, and Mrs. Audrey Montgomery, Statesville Record & Landmark, were recognized by Chairman Sloan. Both recently began covering the County meetings. ADJOURN: Chairman Sloan adjourned the meeting at 9:15. Next meeting is scheduled for June 14, 1990, 4:30 p.m., County Annex Building for review of the proposed countywide zoning ordinance and then for budget workshop following the zoning discussion. �'ferk Athe board APPROVED: IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MINUTES JUNE 14, 1990 The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Adjourned Regular Session on Thursday after- noon, June 14, 1990, at 4:00 p.m., South Wing Conference Room, Iredell County Government Center, 200 S. Center Street, Statesville, NC. Those present for the meeting were: R. B. Sloan Jr., Chairman Alice M. Stewart, Vice Chairman C. Chandler Bryan 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: By Chairman Sloan WORKSHOP ON PROPOSED COUNTYWIDE ZONING ORDINANCE: Mr. Jerry Lundy briefed the board on the proposed countywide zoning ordinance which is being recommended by the Iredell County Planning Board for the county commissioners' adoption. Mr. Lundy gave a history of the proposed countywide zoning ordinance. The ordinance began with .�.:. the Land Development Plan, developed by Centralina Council of Governments. They have had five public meetings over the county: Two were held in the Agricultural area, one arranged and another meeting became a public hearing, Mr. Lundy said. The others were held at Harmony, Central and Mooresville Town Hall. The board members discussed minor language changes in certain paragraphs, but essentially left the proposal as submitted. REVIEW OF THE GRIFFITH STUDY DONE AT HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENTS: A committee met on Monday, June 11, 1990, with staff members and members of the Griffith firm to discuss the studies performed by Griffith at health and social services departments. Mr. Bryan spoke regarding the study done at the health department; Mrs. Stewart spoke regarding the study at social services department. After their discussions, Commissioner Hedrick said he thought a letter should be written to the Griffith firm registering the county commissioners' complaint about Griffith's inade- quate studies. The board discussed new position requests in the budget. Following discussion, Commissioner Bryan made a motion to approve the budget from health department with the new positions as submit- ted. No vote was taken on the motion; however, a consensus was reached by the board members. Commissioner Stewart recommended three of the four positions requested by social services director in his budget request. The board reviewed certain sections of the budget where they had questions. One question was raised about radios requested by animal control. Mr. Hedrick recommended the county staff to check into the sale of furniture at Furniture House of NC, which could result in a large saving to the county. The board reviewed some of the former adjustments they had made, such as Mitchell College funding, increased COG funding, increased Mooresville Chamber funding, and increased legal fees.