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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0326 (2)IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BRIEFING MINUTES JANUARY 16 2001 The I01, at 5:00 pCounty Board January 16, 2001, at of Commissioners met in Briefing Session on Tuesday, .m., in the IredelI County Government Center (South Wing Conference Room), 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC 28677. Present: Chairman Sara Haire Tice Vice Chairman Steve D. Johnson Tommy E. Bowles Karen B. Ray R. Godfrey Williams Staff Present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, Planning Supervisor Ron Smith, Finance Director Susan Blumenstein, Chief Deputy Rodney Proctor, Sgt. Neil Hayes and Lt. TerryBeck with the Sheriff's Dept., DSS Director Don Wall, DSS Attorney Rob Weisner, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore. Young, County Assessor Brent CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice. PLANNING/ZONING ITEMS: Planning Supervisor Ron Smith explained the surety bond items that were on the agenda. He was then asked about the revisions to the sign ordinance. Smith said the planning board had discussed the revisions on January 3, but there were several concerns and a decision was postponed until February 7, REQUEST FOR THE DESIGNATION F ALI FINANCE OFFICER IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT'S INMATE AGENCY ACCOUNT: Lt. Beck, the supervisor for the jail department, said the inmates were not allowed to have money during their incarcerations. Beck said if money was owed to the inmates at the time of their discharge, a check was written. Lt. Beck said he requesting that Corporal Gwen Parks be deleted as a deputy finance officer and for Alicia Miles to be given the designation. Beck said Ms. Miles would just add the responsibility of writing checks to her other duties. Blumenstein said that in accordance with the Local Government Budget and FiscalControl Act, it was necessary to have the designation before checks could be written. REQUEST TO ENTER INTO A 33 -MONTH CO -TERMINUS LEASE FOR COMPUTER SOFTWARE/HARDWARE UPGRADE IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,252,50 PER QUARTER: Chief Deputy Proctor said the department's hardware and so ware (Visions) was currently overloaded. He said the employees had to wait to input data, and they had to wait to receive output. Proctor said the department was soon due for a software update. He asked that upgraded hardware be approved to relieve the overloaded equipment. Proctor said the upgrade could be added to the present lease for 35 months. He said the "add on" could original lease and everything would terminate at the same time, run concurrently with the REQUEST FROM SOCIAL SERVICES FOR PERMISSION TO APPLY FOR A GRANT THAT WOULD ENABLE A PARALEGAL TO WORK IN THE CHILD SUPPORT DIVISION: DSS Attorney Rob Young said he would like to apply for a Z. Smith Reynolds grant. tie said that if the funds were approved, the money would be used for a parttime paralegal position. Young said that due to staffshortages, collection proceedings on high end child support arrearage cases had been given a low priority. Young said the paralegal's work would be supervised by him and would provide: (1) better customer service to the agency's clients (2) increased child support collections and (3) provide a basis for permanence and stability for dependent children.