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IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
MINUTES
MARCH 5, 1991 - BRIEFING
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in a briefing session at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday,
March 5, 1991, South Wing Conference Room, Iredell County Government Center, 200 S. Meeting Street,
Statesville, NC. Those present for the briefing were:
R. B. Sloan, Jr., Chairman
Alice M. Stewart, Vice Chairman (arriving at
approximately 5:00 p.m.)
Sara K. Haire
Doug Madison
Frank Mitchell
Staff present: Joel Mashburn, County Manager
Alice Fortner, Clerk to the Board
Susan Goodman, Finance Officer
Larry Dickerson, Emergency Communications
Jerry Lundy, Planning Director
Don Wall, Social Services Director
Joe Ketehie, Tax Collector
Lois Troutman, Tax Assessor
CALL TO ORDER: By Chairman Sloan
The meeting was opened with a discussion of the Rural Addressing Program. Mr. Larry Dickerson, All,:.
staff representative to this board, and Betty Dobson, from the EOC office and a member of the Rural
Addressing Board, were present to discuss this issue. It is anticipated that there would be a $1
month charge on each separate telephone line in the county for approximately twenty-four months to
cover the cost of the necessary work in the rural addressing program. A public hearino must be held
in order to amend the Iredell County Code to provide for rural addressing, the staff will need to
send out requests for proposals for doing the actual work, and the establishment of a position as
911 Coordinator in the Iredell County Emergency Communications Department must be made. These items
were placed on the 7:00 p.m. agenda for consideration of the board at that time.
CAROLINAS PARTNERSHIP: Ms. Jamie Pickrell, Mr. Homer Faulk, and Mr. Jack King were present.
Ms. Pickrell addressed the group on behalf of the Carolinas Partnership 2000, a group of thirteen
counties comprised of Mecklenburg County and those North and South Carolina counties that. surround
Mecklenburg. The partnership is proposed to permit the thirteen counties to reflect a regional
nature in the area of industrial development. The industrial sites from all thirteen counties would
be marketed through this regional economic partnership. It requires a $7,500,000 program over a
five year period, with the following contributors:
$5 million from private industries
$1# million from Charlotte -Mecklenburg area
$1 million for the remaining 12 counties. (This computes to 30d per
capita per year, $27,200/year for 5 years)
Mr, Jack King spoke in favor of the proposed regional industrial development. He said the the
budget the region has proposed exceeds the state's budget.
Mr, Homer Faulk was also present and spoke in favor of the proposal. A regional meeting is
planned for March 11, 1991, and a board meeting is scheduled for April 24, 1991.
No board action was taken; this is to be considered at budget time, -�
SOCIAL SERVICES PILOT PROGRAM ON WELFARE REFORM: Mrs. Alice Stewart and Mr. Don Wall, Social
Services Director, addressed the welfare reform pilot program in which they have been involved. A
three -county region involving Mecklenburg, Lincoln, and Iredell County has been used for this pilot
program. Commissioner Stewart, who also is the board's ex -officio member to the Social Services
Board, cited the following reasons for the welfare reform:
(1) Clients get benefits quicker, with less red tape.
(2) Programs will be simplified.
(3) Eliminates forms, reduces staff, saves money.
(4) Work pool for vacancies occurring because of simplification of
applications.
Each of the three boards of county commissioners in the three -county area has been asked to
approve the draft proposal and approve the committee's going forward with the waivers of the
unnecessary paper work in order to put this five-year test program in place.
MOTION from Commissioner Stewart to petition state and federal governments on behalf of Iredell
County to allow Iredell County to participate in the pilot program that involves Mecklenburg,
Lincoln, and Iredell Counties.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0. 1