HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0887 (2)IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MINUTES
OCTOBER I, 2002
The Ircdell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on Tuesday,
October I, 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 (Arrived at 8:55 p.m., due to a family emergency.)
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, EMS Director Tracy Jackson,
and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice
INVOCATION by Commissioner Williams
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
ADJUSTMENTS OF THE AGENDA: OTIO by Chairman Tice to adjust the
agenda by:
Additions: *Request for the Consideration of a Private -Public Consortium Agreement
with EnergyUnited Electric Membership Corporation & West Family
Realty, LLC Regarding an Elevated Storage Tank
Request for Approval to Apply for a $400,000 Rural Economic
Development Grant & Approval of Two Resolutions (Supplemental
Grants Program and Minority Business Enterprise Percentage Goal)
Request for Permission to Enter Into Purchase Contracts for Two
Properties Near the Iredell County Library (Owners are Rebecca
Weintraub/print shop properties & Elizabeth King/dry cleaner's property)
Request for Approval of an Adjustment to the Permit Fee Schedule
Request for Approval of a Reorganization of the Emergency Services Offices
Closed Session for Property Acquisition — G.S. 143-318.11 (a) (5)
VOTING: Ayes — 4; Nays - 0
PRESENTATION OF A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION ISSUED TO
MR. ROBERT ANDERSON YORK IN RECOGNITION OF HIS WORLD WAR II
MILITARY SERVICE IN NORMANDY, FRANCE: Veterans Service Officer Brad
Stroud introduced Mr. Robert Anderson York of 1271 Eufola Road, Statesville, NC.
Stroud said Mr. York qualified for a Commemorative Medal of the Jubilee of Liberty;
however, the French government had stopped minting the medals. Mr. Stroud said that
in lieu of the medal, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs had issued a certificate of
appreciation to Mr. York for his military service in Normandy, France.
Chairman Tice then read out loud the certificate which is written as follows
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DITIO:M-a, of recognition from France, to the so(diers of the Alriedforces
who engaged in the Batttes of D-DAY in Normandy andthe liberation of 1944-
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