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County Manager
IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Date: April 3, 2001 Time: 8:45 p.m.
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met fora closed session in the Commissioners'
Meeting Room of the Iredell County Government Center, 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC
on April 3, 2001.
Attending the meeting were: Chairman Sara Haire Tice, Vice Chairman Steve Johnson.
Commissioner Tommy Bowles, Commissioner Karen Ray, and Commissioner Godfrey Williams.
Also attending were staff members: County Manager Joel Mashburn, County Attorney Bill Pope,
and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss matters relating to:
❑ G.S. 143-318.11(a) (1) Not a Public Record
❑ (2)
Scholarship/Academic
❑ (3)
Attomey-Client
X (4)
Industry/Economic Development
❑ (5)
Real Property Purchase/Contracts/Leases
❑ (6)
Personnel
❑ (7)
Criminal Investigation
The county manager stated that Economic Developer Melanie O'Connell Underwood had
requested that a presentation about a potential industrial client occur at the board's April 17, 2001
meeting. At the April 17 meeting, Mashburn said there would be a Call for a Public Hearing
regarding the client on May 1, 2001, at 7:00 p.m. Mashburn said the client, Lowes, Inc., was
interested in locating its headquarters to the Mooresville area. It is currently based in Wilkes County
and desires to relocate due to difficulties in recruiting management -level employees. County
Manager Mashburn said the company might disclose its plans on Tuesday, April 10, 2001, if an
agreeable incentive package is obtained. He said the Lowes investment would be $65 million, and
there would be 4,000 jobs, most of these being management -level positions.
No action was taken about this item, but the board then discussed another closed session
matter.
MOTION to adjourn the closed session at 10:00 p.m., by Chairman Tice.
Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
Jean C. Moore, Clerk