HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0731 (2)IRF.DELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MINUTES
APRIL 16, 2002
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on Tuesday,
April 16, 2002, at 7:00 p.m., in the Iredell County Government Center, 200 South Center
Street, Statesville, NC.
Present: Chairman Sara Haire Tice
Vice Chairman Karen B. Ray
Tommy E. Bowles
Steve D. Johnson
R. Godfrey Williams
Staff Present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, County Attorney Bill Pope, Finance
Director Susan Blumenstein, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice.
INVOCATION by Commissioner Johnson.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
ADJUSTMENTS OF THE AGENDA: OTIO by Chairman Tice to adjust the
agenda by the following actions.
Deletion: Presentation from Dan McClure with the Carolina Land & Lakes
Organization
• Announcement of Regional Meetings of the North Carolina
Association of County Commissioners
Addition: • Closed Session for the Purpose of Discussing an Economic Development
Matter — G.S. 143-318.11(a)(4)
PRESENTATION OF SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS & AWARDS
RETIREE BRENDA P. GATTON was recognized for 14 years of service with the
Iredell County Department of Social Services. Social Work Program Administrator Lisa York said
Garton had been an exemplary employee. Chairman Tice presented Gatton with a plaque in
appreciation for her years of service and wished her health and happiness in retirement. (Note:
Retiree Cecelia Moore was unable to attend the meeting. She recently retired from the Social
Services Department with 19 years of service.)
APPOINTMENT BEFORE THE BOARD
PRESENTATION FROM MR. STAN CLARDY OF THE SONS OF
CONFEDERATE VETERANS ORGANIZATION (MAJOR GENERAL STEPHEN
DODSON RAMSEUR CAMP 387) REGARDING A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING THE
MONTH OF MAY AS CONFEDERATE HISTORY MONTH: Mr. Clardy said the War
Between the States was a defining moment in history. He said that even though no major battles
were fought in Iredell County, this area played an integral part in the war. Clardy said that when
the war started Iredell County had a population of 15,000, and from this number, 2,707 volunteered
for the Confederacy. He said per capita, Iredell County had more men serving than any other
county in North Carolina. Mr. Clardy said the men from Iredell County distinguished themselves in
battle and 597 died. He said Iredell County lost more men in the War Between the States than in
any other war, before, or since. Clardy said Iredell County had also earned a unique place in the
history of the war due to the state capitol being temporarily located in Statesville. He said this
occurred when Governor Zebulon Vance had to evacuate Raleigh. Clardy said Governor Vance
presided in what is now known as the Vance House, and he was taken into custody by federal
troops on the front steps of this house located in Statesville. Mr. Clardy said that one of the last
casualties of the war took place in Iredell County four days after General Robert E. Lee surrendered
at Appomattox. He said that on April 13, 1865, Confederate soldier A.B. Coffee was killed after a
confrontation with Union General George Stoneman's troops. Clardy said Stoneman was departing
the Statesville area after his soldiers burned and looted the downtown area.