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MINUTES
APRIL 4 2000
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on Tuesday, April 4,
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 Vice Chairman Johnson.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ADJUSTMENTS OF THE AGENDA: MOTION by Chairman Tice to adjust the agenda
by the following revisions.
Deletion: Discussion in Reference to the North Carolina Transportation Enhancement Program
Additions: *Request from the Solid Waste Department for Permission to Apply for a Recycling
Grant (Paint -Swap Program)
*Request for Approval of the International Building Safety Week 2000 Proclamation
*Closed Session for Economic Development - G.S. 143-318.11(a)(4)
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
PRESENTATION OF SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS & AWARDS
RECOGNITION OF IREDELL COUNTY RETIREE DORIS BARR, A FORMER
EMPLOYEE OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT: Mrs. Barr was presented with a plaque
of appreciation by Chairman Tice.
Janet Blaufuss, the Health Department's Nursing Director, praised Mrs. Barr for her work
performance.
APPOINTMENTS BEFORE THE BOARD
MS. LYNLEY A. COOPER, CHILDREN'S MUSEUM ACTING DIRECTOR
(Request for accelerated museum funding to aid in renovation costs.): Cooper said the museum
board was raising money to renovate the Court Street facility. She mentioned the county typically
had given the museum $6,000 annually, and the agency used the money for operating expenses.
instead of the county appropriating the $6,000 per year, Ms. Cooper requested that $60,000 be
advanced for the next ten years. She said the museum officials would not approach the county for
additional money during that time period. Cooper said the museum board hoped to use the
$60,000 as collateral to borrow other money. She said that in ten years, it was hoped the museum
would generate its own profits and be a self-contained business. Cooper continued by saying the
projected museum opening date was the fall of 2001.