HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0574 (2)IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
BRIEFING MINUTES
OCTOBER 16, 2001
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Briefing Session on Tuesday,
October 16, 2001, at 5:00 p.m., in the Iredell County Government Center, 200 South
Center Street, Statesville, NC.
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, Finance Director Susan
Blumenstein, ECOM/Emergency Management Director Larry Dickerson, Planning
Supervisor Ron Smith, Planning and Code Enforcement Director Lynn Niblock, County
Assessor Brent Weisner, DSS Director Don Wall, Sgt. Neil Hayes with the Sheriffs
Department, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice.
UPDATE ON EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS BY ECOM/EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR LARRY DICKERSON: Dickerson was requested to
update the board on emergency preparedness in light of national and local security
concerns resulting from recent terrorist attacks. He said the full time and volunteer
emergency services personnel were on alert, and they continued to train and equip
themselves for emergencies. Dickerson said that all of the EMS employees were being
required to attend a bio -terrorism training session this month. Mr. Dickerson said his
department and the health department were sharing information with area agencies about
chemical and biological materials. He said the board of health had received an update
from each county water supplier about security precautions being used to protect their
systems. Dickerson said the area hospitals were also busy in the development of training
and educational exercises. He said the firefighters had been trained in hazardous material
awareness. Mr. Dickerson said a county hazard mitigation plan was being written.
Consideration of an Installment Financing Agreement Regarding the
Purchase of the former Lowrance Hospital/Lake Norman Regional Medical Facility
located at 659 East Center Avenue, in Mooresville, NC, in an Amount not to Exceed
$3.4 Million: Finance Director Blumenstein said Peter Michel, the county's legal
counsel for bonds and financings, had reviewed the documents for the former Lowrance
Hospital purchase. She said the interest rate for six months would be 4.5%*.
Blumenstein said that if the financing were approved, the closing would be in December.
She said the loan cost per month would be $7,100.
Support Services Director Jim Vernon added that $80,400 would be needed for
architectural fees for the hospital remodeling.
Blumenstein said the $80,400 could be taken from the Capital Reserve Fund and
then reimbursed when the permanent financing was implemented.
Commissioner Bowles said that when the Highway 150 (Plaza Drive) property
was sold, he would like for the proceeds to be placed in the Capital Reserve Fund.
(*Towards the end of the briefing session, the county manager announced he had
received a telephone message from Paul Smith, of Lake Norman Regional Medical
Center. Smith advised that the interest rate would be 5.5% instead of 4.5%.)
Request for a Discussion Concerning Iredell County's Transportation
Improvement Program Priority Listing: Planning Supervisor Ron Smith and Planning
& Code Enforcement Director Lynn Niblock reviewed the transportation improvement
priority listing previously submitted to the state. Smith said the staffs recommendation