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MINUTES
JUNE 20 2000
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on Tuesday, June 20,
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, 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 approve the
following agenda adjustments.
Additions: -Approval of an Amended South Iredell Park Capital Project Fund
-Confirmation of the Appointments of Acting County Managers During the County
Manager's Vacation
-Announcement of the Vacancies on the Newly Created Balanced Growth Committee
(18 appointments)
• Appointment of Alice Fortner as the Voting Delegate for the NCACC Annual
Conference and Commissioner Stewart as the Alternate
-Approval of Budget Amendment #49 for the Recognition of the Final Interest Earned
on 1998 General Obligation Bonds and Appropriation to the Two School Systems
• Designation of June 1, 2000, as the effective date for the .Automobile
Shredder Residue Contract to begin with L. Gordon Iron & Metal Company
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
APPOINTMENT BEFORE THE BOARD
MRS. ARLENE FOSTER, A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE JUNIOR SERVICE
LEAGUE, IN REFERENCE TO INADEQUATE LIBRARY FACILITIES: Foster said the
Junior Service League was a community volunteer organization comprised of women ages 21 -40.
She said the league was concerned because there did not seem to be an on-going plan for the Iredell
County Library. She said the consultant hired in 1998 had cited numerous needs, but the major one
was that the library needed to be enlarged by 14,000 sq. ft. Foster said it was disappointing that the
purchase negotiations for the former Lowes Building could not be worked out. She said, however,
that she was aware of the recent $450,000 building and lot that were purchased behind the library.
Foster said she understood the $7 million that had been earmarked for the library had been applied
towards the Troutman Middle School. Foster asked why the library needs seemed to be delayed
year after year. She also asked why the Mooresville Municipal Library received an increase from
5175,000 to over $535,000 in the new budget. Mrs. Foster said that if the two libraries functioned
as separate entities, there had to be needless duplication, a lack of communication, and the lack of
a common goal to serve the public. Foster said the county manager referred to the Mooresville
library as a satellite. She said this was inaccurate if the two libraries functioned under separate
umbrellas of operation. Foster said that in 1997, the commissioners made a listing of the top