HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0587 (2)IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
BRIEFING MINUTES
NOVEMBER 6, 2001
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Briefing Session on Tuesday,
November 6, 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 Susam
Blumenstein, Fire Marshal Chuck Gallyon, Chief Deputy Rick Dowdle, Health Director
Ray Rabe, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice.
REQUEST FOR A DISCUSSION PERTAINING TO A PROPOSED SOLID
WASTE ORDINANCE AMENDMENT; CHAPTER 12 OF THE IREDF.LL
COUNTY CODE, JUNKED & ABANDONED VEHICLES: Planning Supervisor
Ron Smith explained the proposed amendments regarding junked and abandoned
vehicles. He said conversations with other counties, that had similar junked vehicle
regulations, revealed that when first adopted, there were increased calls and activities.
Smith said, however, the calls leveled off after a few months. Mr. Smith said the Iredell
County Planning Board on October 3, 2001, approved the amendments in a 7-4 vote. `rhe
vote, however, occurred after several revisions. One change was to include junked or
abandoned sail boats. Another change made the regulations more stringent by allowing
only one (1) junked vehicle on property that could he east!, seen from it public right-oj-
wav or front any property within 750' unless then were enclosed, screened, or were on a
legaUv operating, or legally nonconforming business site, etc.
When asked how the procedure would work when vehicles were found to be in
violation of the regulations, Smith said the General Statutes allowed the county to remove
them. He said the vehicles would be towed, but the owner could get them back if he she
paid the towing charges. Smith said a lien could also be placed on the owner's property
Commissioner Bowles voiced concerns about the amendments. He said, "We tax
people and tax people and now we are telling them what they can have on their own
property. This is too tight for me."
Commissioner Williams said he lived in the northern area of the county, and he
didn't think the regulations would be favorably viewed there.
Commissioner Johnson said there might be citizens interested in the amendments at
the 7:00 p.m. meeting. Johnson said he knew a public hearing had not been scheduled for
the evening meeting, but he was interested in the public's thoughts on the matter.
REQUEST TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE IREDELL
VOCATIONAL WORKSHOP TO TRANSFER THE TRANSPORTATION
PROGRAM TO THE COUNTY: Executive Director for the Vocational Workshop,
Ben Garrison and Chairman of the Iredell Transportation Authority, along with Jerry
Lundy, a member of the Board of Directors for the Workshop attended the meeting to
} discuss the community transportation program. Garrison said his board of directors
recently decided to seek alternatives in the delivery of transportation services. He said
that for the past four years, the Vocational Workshop, a nonprofit agency, had been
serving as the lead agency. Mr. Garrison said that on October 31, 2001, a Request for
Proposals was mailed to see if any private transportation agencies were interested in
providing the service. Garrison said representatives with the North Carolina Department
of Transportation had indicated to him that nonprofits were not the best agencies to be