HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_0185 (2)IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
BRIEFING MINUTES
MARCH 2, 2004
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Briefing Session on
Tuesday, March 2, 2004, at 5:00 p.m., in the Iredell County Government Center (South
Wing Conference Room), 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC.
Present were:
Chairman Steve D. Johnson
Vice Chairman Godfrey Williams
Doug Madison
Marvin Norman
Sara Haire Tice
Staff present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, Finance Director Susan
Blumenstein, Inspections/Planning Director Lynn Niblock, Planning Supervisor Ron,
Smith, Health Director Ray Rabe, Environmental Health Supervisor Kelly Sheeks,
Allied Health Director Norma Rife, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Johnson.
The department heads described their agenda requests, and a summary of their
comments may be found in the regular minutes. Following the department heads,
Mooresville Mayor Al Jones and Mooresville Town Manager Rick McLean were
allowed to discuss an item not listed on the agenda (sidewalk construction proposal).
MOORESVILLE TOWN OFFICIALS DISCUSS A SIDEWALK
CONSTRUCTION PROPOSAL OFFERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION FOR THE BRAWLEY SCHOOL ROAD: Al Jones, the
Mayor of Mooresville, and Rick McLean, the Mooresville Town Manager, briefed the
board members on a 70/30 proposal from the North Carolina Department of
Transportation (DOT) pertaining to the construction of sidewalks on both sides of
Brawley School Road from U.S. 21 to Chuckwood Road. Jones said the DOT was
proposing to pay 70% of the total costs of $887,500.00, and this would leave a balance
of $266,250.00. He said the Town was proposing to continue the 70/30 arrangement
on the balance, with the county absorbing the larger portion due to most of the area
being outside the corporate limits. (A cost breakdown is as follows.)
Total project: $887,500
- $621.250 DOT's 70%
$266,250 Balance to be split in a 70/30 arrangement
between Iredell County & Mooresville
$186,375 Iredell County's 70%
+ $ 79.875 Mooresville's 30%
$266,250
Jones said there would be 16 miles of sidewalk.
Commissioner Williams asked if the county had ever funded sidewalks.
Mashburn said not in his 16 years with the county. He asked the town officials
about their annexation plans for the area.
McLean said Mooresville currently had no involuntary annexation plans;
however, it was unknown how many voluntary requests might occur.
Commissioner Madison asked if the county had authority to assess the property
owners for sidewalks.