HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0653IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MINUTES
FEBRUARY 5, 2002
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on Tuesday,
February 5, 2002, at 7:00 p.m., in the Iredell County Government Center, 200 South Center
Street, Statesville, NC.
Present: Chairman Sara Haire Tice
Vice Chairman Karen B. Ray
Tommy E. Bowles
Steve D. Johnson
R. Godfrey Williams
Staff Present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, County Attorney William P. Pope,
rvisor Ron Smith, Finance
Director Susan Blumenstein, and Clerk to the Board
Planning Sup
Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice.
INVOCATION by Commissioner Bowles.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
ADJUSTMENTS OF THE AGENDA: MOTTO by Chairman Tice to adjust the agenda
by:
endment #26 for the
Additions: ' BalanceRequest
for
($40,000) and to Increase r he Expenditure Line I emrfor. Hydrants opriation of Fund
for the Purpose of Reimbursing the West Iredell Water Corporation
• Request for Approval to Negotiate a Contract with Craig Gaulden Davis for the
new Iredell County Library Design Work (This is actually a rewording of the initial request.l
Deletions: • Request for the Release of Frozen Capital Expenditures ($2,781,800) in the FY
2001-2002 Budget
• Closed Session Regarding Property Acquisition — G.S. 143-318.11(a) (5)
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
APPOINTMENT BEFORE THE BOARD
UPDATE FROM MR. TONY BURTON, DIRECTOR FOR THE VISIONS
STRUCTURED DAY PROGRAM: Mr. Burton was accompanied to the meeting by Benny
Ferguson, the Operations Director for VisionsWork Youth Services. Mr. Burton noted one
change that had to be made to the original grant application. He said the program had to hire a
teacher instead of a counselor.
Ferguson said the second -year funding of $158,293 from the Governor's Crime
Commission had been approved. He said the Visions Structured Day Program, located at 433
South Meeting Street, Statesville, N.C., currently had 17 students. Ferguson said the staff had
worked with students from all of the county's middle and high schools with the exception of
Lakeshore Middle, Brawley Middle and West Iredell Middle. Mr. Ferguson said juvenile
He referenced a letter,
probation officers were the primary referral source for the program.
written by the chief juvenile court counselor, that indicated the program was working with
students that had been suspended or expelled. The letter advised that time juveniles were
benefiting from the program, especially since they were being supervised during the peak hours
for delinquency (2 p.m. — 7 P.M.).
Chairman Tice thanked Mr. Burton and Mr. Ferguson for their presentations about the
structured day program.