HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_1335 (2)IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MINUTES
FEBRUARY 17, 2004
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on
Tuesday, February 17, 2004, 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
Stafftresent County Manager Joel Mashburn, Attorney Patrick Stutts,
substituting for County Attorney Bill Pope, who was on vacation, Finance Director
Susan Blumcmucin, Planning Supervisor Ron Smith, and Clerk to the Board
Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Johnson.
INVOCATION by Commissioner Williams.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
ADJUSTMENTS OF THE AGENDA: OTIO by Chairman Johnson to
adjust the agenda by the following changes.
Revisions: • Michael Lindsey will Speak instead of Jacki Power in Regards to
Opposition of a High -Density Option Request in the Spring Acres Subdivision
Budget Amendment #24 for the Register of Deeds' Department will be
amended from $18,945 to $12,445
Additions: • Closed Sessions Pursuant to G.S 143-318.11(a) (3) Legal and (6) Personnel
Deletions: • Request for Continued Di scussion/Resolvement of the NuCare Ambulance
Matter
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — O.
APPOINTMENTS BEFORE THE BOARD
Chuck Houchins Addresses the Board and Requests the Adoption of a
Proclamation Entitled, "A Proclamation Supporting the Recognition of God as the
Foundation of Our National Heritage": Mr. Houchins requested approval of the
following proclamation, and if approved, he requested for it to be shared and
recommended to the other governing officials throughout the State of North Carolina.
A Proclamation Supporting the Recognition of God as the Foundation of Our
National Heritage
WHEREAS, our Government was founded upon a trust in God, that was evident
when our Founding fathers proclaimed in America's first official document, our
Declaration of Independence, that our rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness, were not given to us by government, but by God "our Creator, " the
"Sovereign Judge of the Universe "; and
WHEREAS, it is fact that between 90 and 95% of those who drafted and signed
the US Constitution had a strong belief and trust in God and never ever intended that
there should be a separation between Him and the affairs of Government, only that
each citizen be free to choose on a personal basis how to worship, or if to worship; and