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MINUTES
MARCH 7, 1994 - BRIEFING
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Briefing
Session at 5:00 p.m., South Wing Conference Room, Iredell County
Government Center, 200 South Center Street, Statesville, Nc. Those
present for the meeting were:
Sara K. Haire, Chairman
David A. Boone, Vice Chairman
Stephen D. Johnson
C. Douglas Madison, Jr.
Alice M. Stewart
Staff present: Joel Mashburn, County Manager
Alice Fortner, Clerk to the Board
Susan Blumenstein, Director of Finance and
Administration
Jerry Lundy, Director of Planning and Development
CALL TO ORDER: By Chairman Haire
REVIEW OF AGENDA: Mr. Mashburn led the board in reviewing the
agenda items for the seven o'clock meeting. Mr. Lundy discussed
the public hearings scheduled for the evening, and Mr. Mashburn
discussed the industrial revenue bonds for Purina.
Other items on the agenda were discussed with the various
department heads.
Following the agenda review, the board discussed the jail
construction plans. Commissioner Boone, who is on the Jail Study
Committee, discussed the negatives to the merger with Catawba-
Burke-Iredell County jail authority, using the jail that is already
constructed in Burke County. He said the negatives were:
1. Will not meet the Needs fbr015-20 years. Our needs will be
for 100 beds in the next 15-20 years.
2. Fifty miles to Morganton (one way). Sheriff is concerned about
the distance. Catawba County would have been a better site.
3. Stability of Burke County government is questioned.
other alternatives Commissioner Boone mentioned are:
1. Building a free-standing building next to the existing jail and
law enforcement center. He understands the law requires 1995
building code standards for the entire building if it is over 50%
renovated. Mr Boone thought this could be done for about the cost
of the regional jail.
The advantages, he said, is that the regional jail is available
right now.
Mr. Mashburn inquired what the board had in mind for the future
briefings. Commissioner Stewart said she did not intend for the
board to not discuss the various items on the agenda at the regular
meeting. She thought the public wanted to hear the deliberations
involved in the decisions.
There being no other business to bring fore the board, Chairman
Haire adjourned the meeting at 6:00 p.m.
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