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safety measure since the employees would not have to be in the parking lot late in the evening. It
would also save the time involved in exchanging the vehicles.
The matter of income tax involved in this was addressed. It was the consensus that the depart-
ment head, Jim Wall, would give prior approval and report to the county manager who would be taking
the county vehicles home.
MOTION from Commissioner Stewart to amend the County's Vehicle Policy to include the following
under section titled "The Use of County Owned Vehicles," Paragraph A.
5. Recreation department staff would be allowed to drive
county vehicles home after late night meetings,
ball games, or coming back into town after dark on out
of county meetings. These uses would need prior
approval of the Director and reported to the County
Manager on a regular basis.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
PIEDMONT EXPLOSIVES, INC., REQUEST FOR EXPANSION OF NON -CONFORMING USE: Mr. Lundy addressed
this matter at the briefing. Piedmont Explosives, Inc., is requesting an expansion of a nonconfor-
ming use, which is in compliance with Section 60.5.2.6.1 of the Iredell County Zoning Ordinance.
They plan to add an office trailer. This addition would not be contrary to the standards of this
section, and staff has no objection to the expansion. Planning board took action on May 1, 1991 by
a unanimous vote to extend the non -conforming use.
MOTION from Commissioner Stewart to follow the recommendation of the planning board and extend
the non -conforming use to Piedmont Explosives, Inc., granting permission to locate an office trailer
p on the property.
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VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
L. R. WOOTEN BUILDING CO., INC. - REQUEST FOR EXPANSION OF NON -CONFORMING USE: Mr. Lundy
explained this request during the briefing. Mr. Wooten is requesting an expansion of their trucking
facility on Brookview Road. He proposes to construct a 150'x70' building for office space and
storage. The recommendation from staff is that he should remain at least 30' from all residentially
zoned property and establish a buffer in the required side and rear yards.
The planning board approved the request for expansion based on the recommendations of the staff
for compliance with ordinance for buffers and setbacks.
MOTION from Commissioner Stewart to approve the expansion of non -conforming use to permit
construction of a 150' x 70' building for office space and storage. The building should be at least
30' from all residentially zoned property and buffers should be established in the required side and
rear yards, as outlined by the ordinance.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
AUTHORIZATION FOR CHAIRMAN TO SIGN CONTRACT WITH CLEARINGHOUSE FOR RECYCLING, IC CONTRACT #91-
24: MOTION from Commissioner Stewart to approve the captioned contract with corrections as stipu-
lated by the County Attorney.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
AUTHORIZATION FOR CHAIRMAN TO SIGN CONTRACT WITH COTT COMPANY FOR COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR BILLING
AND COLLECTIONS: In discussing this contract, the County Attorney said he had read the document;
however, he stated he is not an expert in the field of data processing and could not make a
recommendation on the data processing language in the document. He said he could said that the
document was in good form. It was stated by staff that Mrs. Troutman, Tax Assessor; Mr. Weisner,
Revaluation Manager; Bobby Abernathy, Data Processing Director; and Joe Ketchie, Tax Collector;
will all be given an opportunity to review and comment on this document before it is executed.
MOTION from Commissioner Stewart to approve the captioned contract and authorize the Chairman
to sign on behalf of the County, after the stipulations outlined above have been followed.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
BUDGET AMENDMENT #37 TO INCLUDE CLERK'S SALARY FOR FY 90-91: MOTION from Commissioner Stewart
to approve Budget Amendment #37, increasing the County Commissioners budget by 11,349 to include the
Clerk's Salary.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
This Concludes the Consent Agenda.
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ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, REQUEST FOR SURPLUS MARKED PATROL CAR FOR LAKE PATROL: The Sheriff has
requested an old marked patrol car to be used by the lake patrol in transporting the deputies to and
from the boat on Lake Norman and to be used for patrol on the days when weather does not permit the
deputies to be on the lake.