HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0328IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MINUTES
JANUARY 16 2001
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on Tuesday,
January 16, 2001, at 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
Karen B. Ray
R. Godfrey Williams
Staff Present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, County Attorney Bill Pope, Planning
Supervisor Ron Smith, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice
INVOCATION by Commissioner Bowles
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Boy Scouts Patrick McDonald, Preston Spencer, and three
other scouts from Troop 360 of Western Avenue Baptist Church, led the pledge.
ADJUSTMENTS OF THE AGENDA: MOTION by Chairman Tice to amend and approve
the agenda with the following revisions.
Additions: -Request from the Sheriff's Department to Apply for a Governor's Crime Commission
Grant for a Live Scan Station 3000 and Accessories.
-Request to Enter Into a 35 -Month Co -Terminus Lease for a Computer
Software/Hardware Upgrade in the Amount of $2,252.50 Per Quarter.
-Request for Approval to Pursue a Grant for a DSS Paralegal in the Child Support
Division
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
APPOINTMENTS BEFORE THE BOARD
PRESENTATION OF THE CROSSROADS BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE'S
ANNUAL REPORT BY MR. DAVID SWANN, 'THE AREA DIRECTOR: Swann was
accompanied to the meeting by Dr. Jane Testennan, the Chairman of Crossroads Behavioral
Healthcare's Board of Directors. Mr. Swann cited numerous accomplishments for 1999-2000. Two
notable achievements were the construction/completion of a new Elkin facility and receiving a
higher consumer satisfaction percentage in services and access than the state's average satisfaction
percentage rate. Swann said the state, in the past, had been reducing its level of funding to area
mental health authorities and this trend would continue. He said Crossroads had limited financial
resources and an effort would have to be made to increase the community's understanding of what
the agency could provide and could not provide.
PRESENTATION OF LIBRARY PETITIONS FROM MRS. HEATHER
GRIFFIN, THE JUNIOR SERVICE LEAGUE PRESIDENT: Mrs. Griffin, on behalf of the
Junior Service League, thanked the board members for their support of the "More Space Now"
campaign and petition drive. Griffin said petitions were placed at the library and 28 other locations.
She said the goal of the petition drive was to call attention to the needs of the library and that 3,065
signatures had been obtained. Mrs. Griffin requested for the board to keep the library in mind as
planning for the 2001-02 budget year occurred. She concluded her remarks by saying the Junior
Service League would be glad to assist in achieving more library space.