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OLD BUSINESS: Under Old Business, Commissioner Haire brought up the Lake Norman Marine Commis-
.sion, and said, they,. are. struggling with their role definition. Jerry Lundy also attends these
meetings ,as staff to the 'commission.,Ne had recommended that the commission should seek some other
method of, funding other than county axes.,
The board concluded its briefing at approximately 6:00 p.m. They plan to adjourn for
refreshments and reconvene at 7:00 p.m. in the Commissioners Meeting Room, County Government Center.
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APPROVED: 6 /f /
IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
MINUTES
MARCH 19, 1991
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Adjourned Session on Tuesday evening,
March 19, 1991, 7:00 p.m., Commissioners Meeting Room, of County Government Center, 200 South Center
Street, Statesville, NC. Those present for the meeting were:
R. B. Sloan Jr., Chairman
Alice M. Stewart, Vice Chairman
Sara K. Haire
Doug Madison
Frank Mitchell
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
CALL TO ORDER: Chairman Sloan
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG
INVOCATION The Reverend Leath Johnson, Assistant Pastor
First Baptist Church
Davie Avenue
Statesville, NC 28677
NATIONAL COUNTY GOVERNMENT WEEK: MOTION from Commissioner Stewart to adopt the followino
resolution:
WHEREAS, county government is the oldest form of local government in the United States.
'4 WHEREAS, 98 percent of the Nation's population reside in counties:
WHEREAS, county governments employed over 1,900,000 people and spent almost $103 billion last
year to provide a wide range of services for the benefit of the people of the United States;
WHEREAS, county governments are often the lastavailableresource for providina emergency and
long-term services for the poor, the homeless, immigrants, refugees, the disadvantaged and other
segments of society;
WHEREAS, county governments own and operate 1,000 health care facilities and over 2,000 health
departments;
WHEREAS, almost 1,200 counties are now managed by appointed administrators or elected execu-
tives;
WHEREAS, over the last 30 years county governments have assumed increasing responsibility for
administration and financing of health, welfare, ,justice, transportation, housing, and community
development programs; and
WHEREAS, county governments have also been assigned a greater role in solving area wide prob-
lems dealing with air pollution, water pollution, solid waste disposal, airports, transit systems,
regional parks, and other issues:
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Iredell County Board of Commissioners that the week of
April 7 through 13, 1991, is designated as
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT WEEK
IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
—Ch irman
Adopted 21 April 1991.
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