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RF,GULAR MINUTES
DECEMBER 19 2000
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on Tuesday.
December 19, 2000, at 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 Chain nan Steve D, Johnson
Tommy E. Bowles
Karen B. Ray
R. Godfrey Williams
Staff Present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, County Attorney Bill Pope, Support
Services Director Jim Vernon, and Clerk to the Board .lean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice.
INVOCATION by Commissioner Johnson.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ADJUSTMENTS TO THE AGENDA: MOTION by Chairman Tice to approve the
agenda with the following adjustments.
Additions: -Request for Approval of Budget Amendment tt29 for the Appropriation of Medicaid
Maximization Reserve
-Request for Extension of a Promissory Note for North Iredell Rescue Squad
Deletions: -Discussion on Legislative Goals Proposed by the North Carolina .Association of
Countv Commissioners (this item will be postponed until the
January 2, 2001 meeting.)
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - O.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Chairman Tice declared the meeting to be in a public hearing.
CONSIDERATION OF AN ECONOMIC INCENTIVE REQUEST IN THE:
AMOUNT OF $56,400 FOR SAERTEX USA, LLC: Economic Developer Melanie O.
Underwood explained that Saertex USA desired to locate in a 21,000 sq. foot building located in the
Talbert Pointe Business Park in Mooresville. She said the company made carbon, glass, and aramid
fibers for the aircraft and automotive industries. Underwood said the company would invest $3
million within two years and up to $14 million in three more years. She said the company would
initially hire ten employees, and the expected opening date was June of 2001. She concluded her
remarks by saying the new company had been introduced to Iredell County by the Charlotte
Regional Partnership.
John Berman, an attorney with Parker Poe Adams Bernstein, said the represented Saertex
USA, lie said the company would eventually employ fifty people.
Commissioner Bowles mentioned the recent closings of some textile plants in Mooresville.
He asked the possibility that some of the displaced workers might find employment with Saertex.