HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0544IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MINUTES
SEPTEMBER 18, 2001
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on Tuesday,
September 18, 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, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice.
INVOCATION by Rev. Donna Smith, Associate Pastor for Fairview United Methodist
Church.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG was led by the following Iredell County
employees:
Tim Warren, Emergency Communications
Brian Reeves, Sheriffs Department
Chuck Gallyon, Fire Marshal
Scott Bowling, Emergency Medical Services
"God Bless America" was sung by the Rev. Smith.
MOMENT OF SILENCE: A moment of silence was observed out of respect for the
thousands of innocent Americans who were either killed or injured as a result of the terrorist
attacks that occurred on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. (The attacks included the hijacking of
four civilian aircraft with two of them crashing into the World Trade Center in New York City,
one of them crashing into the Pentagon in Washington, DC, and the fourth crashing outside of
Pittsburgh, PA.)
RECOGNITION OF BOY SCOUTS:Bs reco nized and Troop , thankeded with for attending Centenary
United Methodist Church in Mt. Ulla, NC, g
meeting.
ADJUSTMENTS OF THE AGENDA: OTIO by Chairman Tice to approve the
following agenda adjustments.
Revision - A Request to Refer to the Iredell County Planning Board a Proposed Solid Waste
Ordinance Amendment in Reference to Abandoned or Junked Vehicles (During the
briefing, the board agreed to refer the amendments to the planning board.)
Added: - A Request to Include Iredell County in House Bill 108 , "An Act to
Authorize Counties to Require the Payment of Delinquent Property Taxes Before
Recording Deeds Conveying Property"
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
PUBLIC HEARING
Chairman Tice declared the meeting to be in a public hearing.
CONSIDERATION OF THE ACCEPTANCE AND USAGE OF A LAW
ENFORCEMENT BLOCK GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $36,812, WITH A LOCAL
MATCH OF $4,090, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PURCHASING A REVERSE 911
INTERACTIVE COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM: Sgt. Neil Hayes said the