HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0824 (2)IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MINUTES
AUGUST 6, 2002
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on Tuesday,
August 6, 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, Planning Supervisor Ron Smith, 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: v� 10 by Chairman Tice to adjust the
agenda by the following actions.
Additions: Request for Approval to Declare Surplus the Turnout Gear and Dress
Uniform of an Assistant Fire Marshal and to Allow the Municipality of
Elizabethtown, N.C., to Purchase the Apparel
• Request for Approval of a Letter of Support Regarding an Economic
Development Administration Grant and the Comprehensive Economic
Development Strategy (CEDS) Analysis
Deletions: • Request for the Designation of a Voting Delegate for the Annual
Conference of the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners on
August 22-25, 2002
• Closed Session Regarding Economic Development/G.S. 143-318.11 (a)(5)
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
APPOINTMENTS BEFORE THE BOARD
STATESVILLE MAYOR JOHN MARSHALL DISCUSSES THE MEETING
STREET PROPERTY IN REGARDS TO THE NEW IREDELL COUNTY
LIBRARY: Mayor Marshall said the city council met and approved a budget of
$1,498,626 for the demolition and cleanup of the Meeting Street site for the proposed
library. Marshall said one property owner, since the June 18 meeting of the
commissioners, had agreed to reduce the price for his property from $300,000 to
$225,000. Mayor Marshall said gasoline contaminants were found in 2 of the 14 borings,
and the site had five underground tanks. Marshall said the city was prepared to enter into
a written agreement with the county regarding the site.
(The budget submitted by Mayor Marshall is as follows.)