HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0874 (2)IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MINUTES
SEPTEMBER 17. 2002
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on Tuesday,
September 17, 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 Ray
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
ADJUSTMENTS OF THE AGENDA: ROjl:O:N by Chairman Tice to adjust the
agenda by:
Deletions: Appearance Before the Board by Mr. Victor Crosby in Reference to Water Needs
• Discussion and/or Decision Regarding the 2003 Community Development
Block Grant (CDBG) for Scattered -Site Housing
Additions: Request from the Greater Statesville Development Corporation for the
County to Apply for a Community Block Development Grant for
Economic Development
• Request for Approval to Award the Contracts for the Iredell County
Government Center -South Project and to Adopt an Amended Capital
Project Ordinance
• Closed Sessions for the Purpose of Discussing Personnel -
G.S. 143-318.11 (a) (6) and Property Acquisition - G.S. 143-318.11(a) (5)
Presentation & Approval of a Resolution Recognizing the Problem of Child
Abuse: David Crosby, the site director for Crossroads Behavioral HealthCare, along
with Randall Weatherman, a Social Worker for Social Services, and Brenda Speece, the
Director of the Emergency Child Care Home attended the meeting in reference to a
candlelight vigil to be held on October 3, 2002 in recognition of the children who died in
North Carolina during 2001 due to child abuse. Crosby said the vigil would be held at
the Presbyterian Church of the Springs (formerly Little Joe's Presbyterian Church) and
the public was invited to attend.
OTIO by Chairman Tice to approve the following resolution about the vigil and
its purpose.
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays -- 0.
RESOLUTION
RECOGNIZING THE PROBLEM
OF
CHILD ABUSE
WHEREAS, the abuse and neglect of children is a family and societal problem of local, state, and
national significance; and
WHEREAS, it is important to recognize that children are abused at the hands of their parents and
caregivers; and