HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_1160 (2)future are limited. Anytime you raise taxes you make it harder for
people to choose work over leisure.
Commissioner Stewart advised that anytime someone wanted to
place a debt on her that she wanted a chance to vote on the matter.
MOTION by Commissioner Madison to continue to the next agenda
item.
VOTING: Ayes - 1 (Madison); Nays - 4
MOTION by Chairman Haire to express the Board of
Commissioner's intent to conduct a referendum on May 7, 1996, as
requested by the Iredell-Statesville Board of Education and the
Mooresville Graded School Board of Education.
VOTING: Ayes - 4; Nays - 1 (Madison)
DISCIISBION OF REIKBURSEKBKT FROM IREDELL-STAT88VILLE SCHOOL
SYSTEM FOR SAFE SCHOOL OFFICERS: Commissioner Johnson said it was
his understanding that the County would finance the resource
officers; however, if the school system received a grant that it
would repay the County. He said that a deal was a deal.
Commissioner Boone referred to the commissioners' meeting of
September 19, 1995, when the contract for the school resource
officers was approved. The initial contract presented by the
schools' attorney was approved contingent upon revisions being
made. The revisions stipulated that the school system would
reimburse one-half of the money if a grant was received.
MOTION by Commissioner Johnson to deny the Iredell-Statesville
School System's request to retain the money.
William Long, Chairman of the Iredell-Statesville School Board
of Education, voiced concern that this was reducing the per pupil
funding.
Commissioner Boone said this was not reducing the per pupil
allocation.
VOTING: Ayes - 4; Nays - 1 (Stewart)
REQUEST FOR AN AKENDNENT TO THE APRIL 6, 1996, BOARD OF
CONKI88I01ER18 KINDTES PERTAINING TO 110 II RAR DEATHS: Chairman
Haire announced that recently a local newspaper had ran an article
about World War II that listed the names of soldiers who had
designated Iredell County as their place of residence at the time
of death. Two separate families found the article in error and
advised that they had a relative that needed to be added. Mr.
Mebane Henderson has checked his records, along with the records at
the Register of Deed's Office, and concurs that this is correct and
that the following two names should be added:
Kr. Freak Link Johnson, Jr., Merchant Kerins
Kr. Woodrow Bennett Army
Commissioner Madison asked for a clarification from the county
attorney. Specifically, was it correct for one board to amend the
minutes of a past board. Mr. Pope said he was uncomfortable with
this request. He mentioned that the commissioners' clerk could
make a notation on the 1964 minutes advising that individuals
should refer to the minutes of this meeting. In addition, a
revised listing should be recorded at the Register of Deed's
Office.
MOTION by Commissioner Madison to adopt a revised and
corrected list of citizens who were residents of Iredell County who
died in World War II, and that the Clerk to the Board be directed
to make a notation on the April 6, 1964 minutes, that persons might
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