HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_1215 (2)IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MINUTES
SEPTEMBER 2. 2003
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on Tuesday,
September 2, 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
Vice Chairman Godfrey Williams
Doug Madison
Marvin Norman
Sara Haire Tice
Staffpresent: County Manager Joel Mashburn, County Attorney Bill Pope, Finance Director
Susan Blumenstem, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Johnson.
INVOCATION by Commissioner Madison.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG: Boy Scouts Justin and Ryan Gibson with
Troop 615 affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints led the Pledge of Allegiance.
The boys were attending the meeting to fulfill their citizenship and merit badge requirements, and they
were accompanied by Scout Leaders Colby Gibson and Ernest Runge.
ADJUSTMENTS OF THE AGENDA: OTION by Chairman Johnson to adjust the
agenda by the following actions:
Additions: Appointments to the Regional Travel Demand Model Panel
Announcement of the Resignation of Mrs. Clara Vanderford from the
Nursing Home Advisory Board
Add wording to the Request for Approval ofa Resolution Declaring 600 Cases of
Lihrary Rooks Surplus and a Request to Sell then: through a Private Sale
stipulating that the books may also be donated to the Friends of the Library
Organization
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
Request from the Iredell Friends of the Library Organization for Permission to
Conduct Fundraisers for the new Library: Friends of the Library Chairman Arlene Foster
and Vice Chairman Lisa McBane attended the meeting to share ideas about library fundraisers.
Mrs. McBane said her organization was a 501(c) (3) non-profit with its funds benefiting
the library. She said her organization's fundraisers would provide opportunities for the public to
aid in the acquisition of additional books and other items for the new library. She then described
the following fundraisers:
Children's Self Portrait Tiles: 400 tiles would be available at $50 each (Children would be
allowed to create a self portraits and these would be transferred to
ceramic tiles and placed in the children's library area.)
Engraved Brick Tribute: 800 bricks would be available at a cost of $150 each (Bricks
would be laid in a "basket -weave pattern" from the parking lot to
the library's front entrance.)
Leave a Legacy Program: After donations are received, donor plaques would be placed
inside the new library.
McBane said another option would be for the public to join the Friends of the Library.
She shared the following membership levels:
Individual _$10
Family -$25
"Good Friend" - $50
"Best Friend" - $75