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BRIEFING MINUTES
JANUARY 7 1997
The Iredell
County Board of Commissioners met for a Briefing
Session Tuesday,
January 7, 1997, 5:00 p.m., in the South Wing
Conference Room of the Iredell County Government Center, 200 South
Center Street, Statesville, NC.
Present:
Sara K. Haire, Chairman
Steve D. Johnson, Vice Chairman
David A. Boone
Alice T. Fortner
Alice M. Stewart
Staff present:
Joel Mashburn, County Manager
Susan Blumenstein, Finance Director
William Allison, Planning Supervisor
Rodney Proctor, Chief Deputy
Scott Kilpatrick, Crime Prevention Officer
Ron Weatherman, Solid Waste Director
Brent Weisner, Tax Assessor
Don Wall, Social Services Director
Jean Moore, Clerk to the Board
Chairman Haire called the meeting to order.
REZONING REQUEST: THOMAS S. WILSON PROPERTY, CASE NO. 9612-2:
William Allison explained this request and advised that on January
3, 1995, the board of commissioners rezoned this property with a
condition being stipulated that not more than 120 dwelling units be
placed on the site. (The owner now wishes to rezone a portion of
the property from Residential Office Conditional Use District to
Residential Office District.) Commissioner Boone asked if notices
had been sent to adjacent property owners and Allison said that
notification had been done.
REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF THE DSS FEE POLICY FOR ADOPTION
SERVICES: Don Wall, DSS Director, explained that his agency had
not previously been charging for adoption services. Now, however,,
(as of July 1, 1996) the General Assembly has given social service
agencies permission to enter into fee agreements for independent,
relative, and step-parent adoptions. Fees will be based on the
family's ability to pay based on 1992 Federal Poverty Level
Guidelines. In addition, fees may be reduced or waived if it can
be documented the prospective adoptive family cannot pay the fee,
or if the fee would prevent an adoption. Wall mentioned that $1500
was the maximum that could be charged.
Commissioner Johnson asked the actual charge of an adoption.
Wall answered that in some cases $1500 would be enough, but in
others, this amount would not cover all costs. Wall said that in
most instances, the prospective parents have the ability to pay the
fee.
CRISIS INTERVENTION FUNDS: Commissioner Boone asked if this
program used local funds. Wall responded this was a federal
program (around $82,000 received this year) and no local funds are
used with the exception of the personnel that process the
applications.
REQUEST TO APPLY FOR GOVERNOR'S CRIME COMMISSION BLOCK GRANT:
Rodney Proctor, Chief Deputy, advised that Sheriff Redmond desired
to apply for a grant that would enable his office to purchase,
install, and train personnel in the use of the Automated
Fingerprint Information System (A.F.I.S.). Fingerprint information
(collected at crime scenes and obtained from jail inmates) would be
electronically transmitted to SBI and FBI offices for