HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0080 (2)IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
MINUTES
APRIL 18 2000
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on Tuesday, April 18,
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
Absent: Alice M. Stewart
Staff Present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, County Attorney Bill Pope, Finance
Director Susan Blumemacin, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
C.V.I. TO ORDER by Chairman Tice.
INVOCATION by Commissioner Johnson.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ADJUSTMENTS OF THE AGENDA: MOTION by Chairman Tice to adjust the agenda
by the following revisions.
Deletion, Announcement of the North Carolina Legislative Briefing to be held on June 7, 2000.
_Iddirions: *Announcement of a Vacancy on the Nursing Home Advisory Committee.
*Closed Session for G.S. 143-318.11(a)(5) - Property Acquisition.
VOTING: Ayes - 4; Nays - 0.
APPOINTMENTS BEFORE THE BOARD
MS. DEBI LEE, OMBUDSMAN WITH CENTRALINA COUNCIL OF
GOVERNMENTS FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE
NURSING & ADULT CARE HOME COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEES: Several
of the committee members accompanied Ms. Lee to the meeting. Lee described the strengths and
weaknesses of each committee, and she commended the members for being well trained and
experienced. In addition, Lee mentioned staff turnover at the homes and said personal care givers
had difficult jobs. Lee said it was a challenge to retain the care givers and that increased salaries
would not necessarily be a permanent fix in maintaining a sufficient number of workers.
MRS. KATIE PATTERSON, AN ADVOCATE. FOR THE PROPOSED ONE CENT
00 SALES TAX FOR IREDELL. COUNTY: Patterson said the county was growing and the
growth brought transient site workers. She said these people tended to rent rather than bury homes.
Ms. Patterson said this type of worker would pity the sales tax along with property owners, and this
in turn would help pay for educational needs in an equitable manner. Mrs. Patterson said the basic
issue of the proposed sales tax was freedom. She said the commissioners' decision would decide
whether the "voting and tax -paying public had it right to determine how schools were funded."
DR. MARY BRUCE SERENE, AN ADVOCATE FOR THE PROPOSED ONE CENT
(1 0) SALES TAR FOR IREDELL. COUNTY: Serene said she was a concerned parent and was
representing the "All County -Parent Council." She said the county had "huge, educational
infrastructure needs." Dr. Serene said Iredell County had the third highest per capita income in the
state of North Carolina. She said the county was covered in growth, and between the years of 1990-
2010 the student population would double. Serene continued by saying the school system had