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MINUTES
MARCH 21 2000
The Iredell County Board ofCommissioners met in Regular Session on Tuesday, March 21,
2000, 7:00 p.m., in the Iredell County Government Center (Commissioners' Meeting Room), 200
South Center Street, Statesville, NC 28677.
Present: Chairman Sara Haire Tice
Vice Chairman Steve D. Johnson
Tommy E. Bowles
Alice T. Fortner
Alice M. Stewart
Staff Present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, County Attorney Bill Pope, Finance
Director Susan Blumenstein, Planning Supervisor William Allison, and Clerk to the Board Jean
Moore,
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice.
INVOCATION by Commissioner Bowles.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ADJUSTMENTS OF THE AGENDA: MOTION by Chairman Tice to adjust the agenda
by the following revision.
Addition: Request for Approval of Budget Amendment #36 for the Appropriation of $100,000
to Mitchell Community College for the Purchase of the Isenhower Property.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
APPOINTMENTS BEFORE THE BOARD
MR. MARK LANCASTER, OF THE LAKE NORMAN MARINE COMMISSION,
IN REFERENCE TO BOATING SAFETY: Lancaster was accompanied to the meeting by Ron
Smith, Executive Director for the Lake Norman Marine Commission (LNMC), and Bob Elliott, a
marine commission member from Mecklenburg County.
Lancaster said the LNMC would be holding public hearings on April 13 (7:00 p.m.,
Cornelius Town Hall for Iredell and Mecklenburg Counties) and April 1 I (Lincoln and Catawba
Counties). The hearings will be held for the purpose ofreceiving public input about a boating safety
ordinance and a registration sticker program. Mr. Lancaster said the LNMC was trying to educate
the public about safe boating practices and the need for additional law enforcement at the lake. Ile
distributed informational packets that were prepared by the marine commission's preservation and
safety committee.
Commissioner Johnson asked ifthe LNMC was anticipating the General Assembly Finance
Committee to make a recommendation on House Bill 862 during the Short Session.
Elliott said the bill was still in the Finance Committee. He mentioned that House
Representative Beverly Earle was leading the effort for the bill, and she would advise when
members of the marine commission were needed to testify in Raleigh. Mr. Elliott said the LNMC
was trying to "garner" support for the legislation, which includes a $25 sticker fee for the boating
education and law enforcement program.
Lancaster said a great deal of research had been done in search of information about boating
safety programs.