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IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
MINUTES
DECEMBER 3, 1990, 9:00 a.m.
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Final Session on Monday, December 3, 1990,
9:00 a.m., County Commissioners Meeting Room, Iredell County Government Center, Statesville, NC.
Those present for the meeting were:
R. B. Sloan, Jr., Chairman
Alice M. Stewart, Vice Chairman
C. Chandler Bryan
Frances L. Murdock
Staff present: Joel Mashburn, County Manager
William P. Pope, County Attorney
Alice Fortner, Clerk to the Board
Susan Goodman, Finance Officer
Jerry Lundy, Planning Director
Bill Mashburn, Health Director
CALL TO ORDER: By Chairman Sloan
INVOCATION: By Chairman Sloan
APPROVAL OF MINUTES - NOVEMBER 20, 1990 MEETING: MOTION from Chairman Sloan to approve the
minutes with a correction indicated.
VOTING: Ayes - 4; Nays - 0.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT - REQUEST FOR FULL-TIME LABORATORY TECHNICIAN: Mr. Joel Mashburn updated
the board on the request for a full-time position in the health department laboratory. He said
after reviewing this matter with Mr. Bill Mashburn, health director, and Ms. Shirley Bullard, Health
Department, he concurs with the request. New federal regulations went into effect after the budget
was adopted last July. These new regulations require a higher level of service to be qualified. In
addition they have not had success in recruiting someone for 60% time in this position. No
additional funds are committed for this year's budget, and no additional funds are committed in the
90-91 budget, Mr. Joel Mashburn, county manager said.
MOTION from Commissioner Bryan to approve the request for a full-time person in the laboratory.
VOTING: Ayes - 4; Nays - 0.
UPDATE ON SOUTH IREDELL TRANSFER STATION: The county manager, Mr. Joel Mashburn, brought the
board up-to-date on the status of relocating the transfer station in South Iredell. Mr. Mashburn
reported the inability to get the proposed transfer station site zoned properly. He offered an
alternative plan of building a new transfer facility on the present site. This would first require
completed engineering approvals. Municipal Engineering Company of Raleigh is able to perform this
type of work. It is believed that this could be done; however, ground water might be a problem.
But it is believed by Mr. Woodie, the engineer, that this could be handled.
The property the county is presently considering for a new site was turned down for rezoning by
the Mooresville Planning Board. According to Mr. Joel Mashburn, county manager, this matter is
scheduled to come before the Mooresville Town Board on December 10th.
Chairman Sloan said he thought perhaps the county should back away from the project at the
present time, because of all the extenuating circumstances. Mr. Joel Mashburn said he thought it
might be advisable to let the engineers gather some preliminary engineering data without doing
indepth work. A couple of core drillings could be made to find out more about the ground water.
This could help compare the alternatives with a better understanding.
Commissioner Bryan said the new transfer station would cost roughly a million dollars, which is
a lot of money ,fust as a transfer station. He wondered if the board would be willing to do the same
thing for Statesville, if it cost too much to truck the garbage to the landfill. He pointed out
that the board has been looking for a site in the south end of the county for nine months and has
not been successful, and this was all for the benefit of Mooresville. He felt they should be the
ones addressing the problem rather than the county commissioners. He recommended that the county
notify the Town of Mooresville they would no longer accept the Town's garbage after June 30, 1991.
If the station breaks down during that time, it would be sooner. Commissioner Bryan thought this
was ample notice to the Town. The transfer station would be used for individuals bringing garbage;
and, because of this decrease in useage, the station should last a long time.
After more conversation, Commissioner Bryan made a MOTION that the Chairman write a letter to
the Town of Mooresville relative to the transfer station problem.
VOTING: Ayes - 4; Nays - 0.
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