HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0497IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
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AUGUST 7, 2001
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on Tuesday,
August 7, 2001, at 7:00 p.m., in the Iredell County Government Center, 200 South Center Street,
Statesville, NC.
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 William P. Pope,
Finance Director Susan Blumenstein, Planning Supervisor Ron Smith, and Clerk to the Board
Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice.
INVOCATION by Commissioner Bowles.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
ADJUSTMENTS OF THE AGENDA: OTION by Chairman Tice to approve the
following agenda adjustments.
Clarifications: - Request for Approval of Centralina Council of Government's Proposal, in the
Amount of $11,926, for a Brawley School Peninsula Small Area Study
Request for Approval of Budget Amendment 43 to Recognize a Grant from
the Governor's Crime Commission for the Multi -County Interdiction Team
($1,500 grant + $2,300 seized funds = $3,800)
Additions: Request for the Approval of a Resolution in Opposition to Governor Easley's
Attempt to Impose an Additional One -Half of Onc Percent Local Option Sales
Tax
Request for Approval of Budget Amendment #4 to Increase the Appropriated
Fund Balance and to Increase the 911 Telephone Charges for a Retroactive
Tariff Charge Increase Approved by the North Carolina Utilities Commission
Request for Permission to Accept a Proposal from Design Associates for the
Design and Renovation of the Agricultural Center (water Street, Statesville, NC)
Closed Session to Discuss: G.S. 143-318.1 l(a)(4) Economic Development
VOTING: Ayes -- 5; Nays — 0.
PRESENTATION OF SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS & AWARDS
Recognition of Iredell County Retiree Bobby Abernathy: Information Systems
Director Bobby Abernathy retired on July 31, 2001, after 32 years of county employment.
Abernathy was thanked for his service, and he was given a plaque.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Chairman Tice declared the meeting to be in a public hearing. (Due to case 0107-1 involving
conditional uses, the individuals desiring to speak were sworn in.)
Case No. 0107-1: Request from Roger Templeton for Property to be Rezoned from
Residential Agricultural & Neighborhood Business District to Community Business
Conditional Use District (The property is located on Jennings Road, at Duke Lane, across
from Friendship Road in Statesville, NC.): Planning Supervisor Ron Smith said Mr.
Templeton had previously operated a mobile homes sales/service business at the location being
reviewed from 1970 through 1985. Smith said Templeton, since 1985, had been leasing property
for his businesses. Mr. Smith said his staff had worked with Mr. Templeton to develop a set of
uses that (1) maintained the neighborhood business design and (2) used site development
standards that reflected the rural quality of the area. Smith said Templeton was requesting