HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0226IREDEL,L COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MINUTES
SEPTEMBER 5.2000
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on Tuesday,
September 5, 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
Absent: Alice M. Stewart (due to illness)
Staff Present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, County Attorney Bill Pope, Finance Director
Susan Blumenstein, County Planner Lindsey Hobbs, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice.
INVOCATION by Commissioner Johnson.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ADJUSTMENTS OF THE AGENDA: MOTION by Chairman Tice to adjust the agenda
by the following revisions.
Deletion: *Appointment Before the Board by Jeff McKay, the Director of the Greater Statesville
Development Corporation, in Reference to an Update on an Economic Incentive Grant
for Spicer Off Highway Products (formerly known as Dana Spicer Clark Hurth)
Additions: *Request for Revisions to the Cooperative Education Agreement Between Iredell
County EMS and Davis Hospital
*Petition to Abandon State Road Maintenance for a Portion of SR 1494 - Catawba
Air Park Road
*Request for Approval of an Agreement between the Iredell County Recreation
Department and Cornerstone Designs
• Request for Approval of an Agreement between the Iredell County Recreation
Department and the YMCA in Barium Springs, NC
*Call for a Public Hearing on September 19, 2000, 7:00 p.m., Regarding an Economic
Incentive Grant for Plastiflex North Carolina, LLC.
*Closed Session Regarding Property Acquisition - G.S. 143-318.11(a) (5)
VOTING: Ayes - 4; Nays - 0.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Chairman Tice declared the meeting to be in public hearing session.
CONSIDERATION OF AN ECONOMIC INCENTIVE GRANT IN THE:
AMOUNT OF $100,000 FOR THE EEL RIVER RACING FACILITY: Bob Murphy (Eel
River Racing's Vice President) said the company planned to build a 70,000 sq. foot facility for the
racing team's headquarters and a race shop in the Talbert Pointe Business Park (Mooresville, NC).
He said the owner had purchased the Bahari Racing team in 1999 and was increasing his investment
in Iredell County by the new construction. The company is seeking an incentive in the amount of
S 106.000 to aid in the building's construction and equipment.
Commissioner Johnson asked the company's total investment.