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BRIEFING MINUTES
AUGUST IS 2000
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Briefing Session on Tuesday,
August 15, 2000, 5:00 p.m., in the Iredell County Government Center (South Wing Conference
Room), 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC 28677.
Present: Chairman Sara Haire Tice
Vice Chairman Steve A Johnson
Tommy E. Bowles
Alice T. Fortner
Alice M. Stewart
Staff Present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, Finance Director Susan Blumenstein, EMS
Director Tracy Jackson, Purchasing Agent Evie Caldwell, Recreation Director Robert Woody, Sgt.
Neil Hayes with the Sheriffs Dept., County Assessor Brent Weisner, DSS Director Don Wall,
Library Director Steve Messick, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice.
REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A HOSPICE AGREEMENT WHICH WILL,
ALLOW IREDELL COUNTY TO ACCEPT THE RATE ALLOWED BY MEDICARE:
FOR EMS TRANSPORT OF PATIENTS: EMS Director Jackson said the local Hospice Director
had asked about the possibility ofthe county accepting the Medicare allowed ratewhenthetransport
of Hospice patients occurred. Jackson said EMS did not transport that many Hospice
to the fact that most ofthe trips were on a scheduled basis with private carriers (NuCnts, due
are), patients,
At times,
however, a patient's family might panic and call 911. When this happens and EMS transports, the
patient or his/her family are invoiced forany charges not paid by Medicare. (The private carrier
already accepts the Medicare allowable rate.) If the agreement is approved, the Medicare allowed
rate will be the only charge for Hospice patients.
Commissioner Johnson asked if approving the agreement would compromise the
department's ability to handle emergency calls.
Jackson said it would not.
REQUEST FORPURCHASE APPROVAL OFSIX(6) ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT
DEFIBRILLATORS FOR THE EMS DEPARTMENT: Purchasing Agent Caldwell said
Durham County had recently bid monitor/defibrillators and awarded a contract to Zoll Medical Corp.
Zoll has extended the price to Iredell County and offered a trade in allowance for the county's
surplus equipment. The purchase ofsix new complete units is $109,740, less a credit of $20,300 for
the surplus, giving a total cost of $89,290. She cited G.S. 143-129(g) and G.S. 160A-267 as the
references for the "piggyback" contracting and the selling of surplus property of value less than
$3Q000.
Commissioner Bowles asked the difference between the defibrillators being purchased by
EMS and the ones obtained for the volunteer fire departments.
Jackson said the EMS defibrillators would be more advanced and multi -functional. He said,
"You would have to be a paramedic to use one of them."
DISCUSSION ON PROPERTY THAT MIGHT BE USED AS AN EAST IREDELI.
PARK (excess land at the Waste Water Treatment Plant): Commissioner Johnson said he had
met with Jim Lawton (Statesville City Council), Harry Tsumas (developer) and .lohn Bullard
(Director of the Statesville Parks/Recreation Department) about excess land near Statesvillc's
Waste Water Treatment Plant. The discussion centered on the possibility of the site being used as
the east quadrant park. Commissioner Johnson said he had talked to another councilman ("Jap"