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IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
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The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met June 23, 1997,
4:00 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: Joel Mashburn, County Manager
William P. Pope, County Attorney
Susan Blumenstein, Finance Director
Evie Caldwell, Purchasing Agent
Jim Vernon, Director of Support Services
Jim Woodie, Municipal Engineering Co.
Chairman Haire called the meeting to order.
The Board voted to name County Manager Joel Mashburn as Acting
Clerk to the Board.
REPORT FROM TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COLLABORATIVE (TAC): Marty
Knisley represented this consulting firm and reviewed the task she
had been charged with, i.e., evaluate the options in providing
mental health services to Iredell County citizens. The options
are:
1. Form a single county authority and operate as a
county department.
2. Form a single -county authority and contract with
Columbia -Davis Hospital.
3. Merge with Surry-Yadkin Mental Health Authority
(known as Crossroads Behavioral Healthcare).
The task of performing the evaluation was approached in the
following three ways.
1. Used data collected from the State of North Carolina,
Tri -County Mental Health Authority, and others, in
conducting an independent review of finances and
operations.
2. Interviewed stakeholders (22 individuals).
3. Visited Columbia -Davis Hospital 6 Surry-Yadkin
Mental Health Authority.
4. Interviewed the staff of Tri -County Mental Health
Authority.
A copy of the report was presented to each commissioner.
Ms. Knisley stated the Board of Commissioners needed to be
aware that the complexity of mental health programs had increased
sharply in the past five years. During this time, Iredell's
services have been curtailed and Tri -County is at the lowest
funding level in the State. Knisley mentioned that to get the
Iredell program operating again the County needed experience --
whether it contracts or goes with another program. Experience in
area programs is essential.
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