HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0034 (2)IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
MINUTES
FEBRUARY 15, 2000
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on Tuesday, February
15, 2000, 7:00 p.m., in the Iredell County Government Center (Commissioners' Meeting Room),
200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC 28677.
Present: Chairman Sara Haire Tice
Vice Chairman Steve D. Johnson
Tommy E. Bowles
Alice T. Fortner
Alice M. Stewart
Staff Present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, County Attorney Bill Pope, Finance
Director Susan Blumenstein, Planning Supervisor William Allison, and Clerk to the Board Jean
Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice.
INVOCATION by Commissioner Bowles.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ADJUSTMENTS OF THE AGENDA: MOTION by Chairman Tice to adjust the agenda
by the following revisions.
Additions: •Request from Department of Transportation for the Abandonment Approval of a
Portion of SR 2172 Carl Austin Road
*Request for Approval to Transfer Funds from the ECOM Department to the
Law Enforcement Department & Approval of Budget Amendment #33
*Closed Sessions for the Purpose of Discussing Property Acquisition-
G.S. 143-318.11 (a) (5) and Personnel-G.S. 143-318.11 (a) (6)
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
APPOINTMENTS BEFORE THE BOARD
MR. DAVID PRESSLY, JR., IN REFERENCE TO PERMISSION TO DISINTER,
MOVE, AND REINTER GRAVES LOCATED IN AN ABANDONED BURIAL GROUND
(The site is north of 140 and east of US 21 on property owned by Pressly.): Mr. Pressly said he
was seeking board concurrence to move an abandoned burial ground from one area on his property
to another. The entire process would take place on the same tract of land. He said G.S. 65-13
allowed for this type of request, but it had to be done with the governing unit's approval and under
the supervision of the health department. Pressly said he would abide by all of the legal
requirements, and the procedure would be done with dignity and respect.
Pressly said an assumption had been made that the burial ground may have been for slaves
during the 1800s. In addition, itinerants passing through Statesville may have been buried at the
site. The Iredell County Historical Properties Commission has advised that Mt. Stirling Plantation
was once located in the area. An 1800s census has indicated the owners of the plantation had 90
slaves. Pressley said the Water Treatment Plant for the City of Statesville is now located at what
was once the home place for the plantation owners.
Commissioner Johnson said he assumed that Mr. Pressly would be responsible for the
expenses involved in the disinterment and reinterment, and the health department would just be on
hand to insure that everything was carried out according to the statutes.