HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_1006 (2)IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MINUTES
JANUARY 21, 2003
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on Tuesday,
January 21, 2003, at 7:00 p.m., in the Iredell County Government Center (Commissioners'
Meeting Room), 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC.
Present were:
Chairman Steve D. Johnson
Doug Madison
Marvin Norman
Sara Haire Tice
Absent: Vice Chairman Godfrey Williams was absent due to a business commitment
out of the country.
Staffpresent: County Manager Joel Mashburn, County Attorney Bill Pope, Finance
Director Susan Blumenstein, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Johnson.
INVOCATION by Commissioner Madison.
ADJUSTMENTS TO THE AGENDA: MOjIO by Chairman Johnson to adjust the
agenda by:
Deletions: •Closed Session for Economic Development - G.S. 143-318.11 (a) (4)
• Request for Approval of Sewer Extension Bids for the Millard Refrigerated
Services, Inc. Project
Additions: • Request for Approval of Budget Amendment 426 for the Recognition and
Appropriation of $30,000 to the Harmony Branch Library for FY 02-03 and
$45,000 for FY 03-04
• Request for the Consideration of the Removal of a Board of Health Member
• Request for Approval of Budget Amendment 424A (This amendment will be for
the establishment of a new Attorney I Position for the Social Services Department.)
Revision: • Request for the Approval of Budget Amendment #25 was combined with the
Request from the Iredell-Statesville School System for a 2002-2003 Capital Outlay
Amendment ($1,508,877 from the 2000 Installment Payment Revenue Bond for Future
School Construction & $219,301 for an Addition to the Bus Garage)
VOTING: Ayes — 4; Nays — 0.
APPOINTMENTS BEFORE THE BOARD
Mr. Clinton Ray Miller (139 Northmont Road, Statesville, NC) Addresses the
Board in Reference to a Request for Amendments to the Animal Control Ordinance: Mr.
Miller, who previously appeared before the board on January 7, described a dog attack he
witnessed on New Year's Day. He said that according to the language in the county's
ordinance, the dog (Rottweiler) involved in the incident would be considered "at large" Mr.
Miller said that after the attack he approached the owner(s) of the dog and was told, "She (victim
in the attack) provokes my dog" Mr. Miller said that later he obtained a copy of the state law
regarding dangerous animals and found that it basically built the entire defense for the victim on
whether or not the attacking animal was provoked. He continued by saying the definition of a
"dangerous dog" in the state law was flawed, and it encouraged and allowed the owners of
dangerous dogs and/or the animal control officer to blame the victim. Miller said the flawed
definition read:
"...the term dangerous dog means a dog that without provocation has killed or inflicted
severe injury on a person ..."
Mr. Miller then proposed the following amendments to the county's ordinance