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MINUTES - BRIEFING SESSION
APRIL 4, 1994
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Briefing
Session at 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 4, 1995, 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.
Absent: Alice Stewart, recuperating from recent surgery.
Staff present: Joel Mashburn, County Manager
Alice Fortner, Clerk to the Board
Susan G. Blumenstein, Director of Finance and
Administration
Jerry Lundy, Director of Planning & Development
Evie Caldwell, Purchasing Agent
Lynn Niblock, Director of Inspections
Al Upton, Emergency Services Director
CALL TO ORDER: Chairman Haire
Mr. Mashburn discussed the agenda with the board and said that
the public hearing scheduled for 7:00 p.m. has been withdrawn at
the request of the property owner. Mr. Lundy gave a report on this
and said that it would be six months before the property owner
could bring this back again. It will have to go back to the
planning board before the board of commissioners schedules it on
its agenda for action.
The board discussed the contract with Catawba/Burke/Iredell
Regional Jail. Commissioner Boone said he thought there should be
three county commissioners on this board in addition to the three
sheriffs and three county managers. He thought there should be a
two or three year escape clause rather than a four-year clause.
Commissioner Madison said his problem with the regional jail
at Burke County is the distance to the jail and the efficiency with
which it is run. There were questions about the lay -out of the
Jail itself and the high labor intensive operation. Commissioner
Boone said it is not user friendly.
The board also discussed the debt that is owned on the jail.
It was stated that the debt will be Burke County's until such time
as the lease pays off the debt. The established authority will
lease the jail from Burke County.
It was mentioned that the Iredell County Sheriff had a problem
with the distance.
Another alternate was discussed, which is to go out beside the
present jail facility and construct a basically dormitory type
jail. The board members want to find out how much it will cost to
move into a facility that would be adjacent to the present facility
but that would be basically a dorm -type facility.
Going back to the contract with Catawba-Burke-Iredell, it was
again stated they need to know who owns the jail as long as there
is debt on it. Commissioner Madison questioned that there was no
cap on the cost.
It was mentioned that the County Manager in Rowan County said
the completion of the jail is two months away. They will have
excess beds to begin with. They have also made arrangements for