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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_1467 (2)Ehm IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BRIEFING MINUTES MARCH 18, 1997 The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met Tuesday, March 18, 1997, 5:00 p.m., for a briefing session in the Iredell County Government Center, South Wing Conference Room, 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC 28677. Present were: Sara K. Haire, Chairman Steve D. Johnson, vice Chairman David A. Boone Alice T. Fortner NOTA: Alice Stewart ran absent from the mooting duo to rocoat knee .=gory. Staff present: Joel Mashburn, County Manager William Allison, Planning Supervisor Ray Rabe, Health Director Al Upton, EMS Director Jean Moore, Clerk to the Board Chairman Haire called the meeting to order. APPOINTMENTS BEFORE THE BOARD FORESTRY UPDATE: County Ranger Tim Pickett said the first priority of his department was fire control. Recent statistics show that one out of every five forest fires are started by juveniles so the agency has an educational program directed to fourth graders. Forest management, especially in insect disease control, is also an important part of this department. FIRE COMMISSION UPDATE: Tommy Bowles, Chairman of the Fire Commission, advised that $1.8 million had been submitted in fire department requests. This amount has been trimmed by about $750,000; however, Bowles stated that the fire departments were being asked to comply with many regulations, e.g., hepatitis inoculations, etc., that cost money ($11,000). In addition, the First Responder Program is expensive. There are no trucks to be purchased in 97-98; however, three new trucks are planned for 1999. Bowles asked the commissioners if they desired to continue the current services, or if the operating budgets for capital requests needed to be cut more. Some of the departments have much debt, and some are debt free. Bowles said that if the tax rate (districts) was increased for the ones in debt it penalized the debt -free departments. Commissioner Johnson asked how many new trucks had been purchased since 1992. Bowles said ten. A new truck is to be purchased for West Iredell in 1999, and it was mentioned that this department had been a good manager of its funding. Bowles was directed to obtain a recommendation from the Fire Commission. After the group has met and decided on a recommendation, it will be shared with county officials. REPORT FROM BENCHMARK, INC. ON THE PROPOSED INTERMEDIATE ZONING DISTRICT: William Allison mentioned the mobile home industry had been made aware of the proposed changes to the zoning ordinance. Lynn Niblock, Director of Inspections, advised that he did not see any problems in the ordinance revisions. It was mentioned that the next step to approve any modifications would be to call for a public hearing.