HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0676IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MINUTES
MARCH 5, 2002
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on Tuesday,
March 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,
Finance Director Susan Blumenstein, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice.
INVOCATION by Commissioner Johnson.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
ADJUSTMENTS OF THE AGENDA: OTIO by Chairman Tice to approve
the following agenda adjustments.
Deletions: • Presentation by Martin Boal Anthony Johnson (MBAJ) on the Cost
Estimates/Floor Plan for the Iredell County Government Center -South
Additions: • Request for Permission to Demolish a Vacate Building located on the
Iredell County Landfill Property
• Request for Approval of Budget Amendment 433 in the Amount of
$25,000 for the Health Department
• Request for the Adjustment of the Commissioners' Meeting Schedule for
the Month of Judy 2002
• Closed Sessions for Property Acquisition - G.S. 143-318.11(a)(5) and
Personnel - G.S. 143-318.11(a)(6)
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays -- 0.
APPOINTMENTS BEFORE THE BOARD
Mr. Victor Crosby in Reference to State Bridge Funds for Water Supply, Flood
Control, Hydropower, Irrigation, Recreation & Wildlife Habitat: Mr. Crosby said he had
been working on water issues for nearly 40 years. He referred to a 1985 Corp of Engineers
Study that surveyed the "water resources problems, the needs, and the opportunities in the South
Yadkin River Basin." Crosby said this study did not factor in the cost of bridge replacements.
He said one to three million would have to be added for each site mentioned in the study.
Crosby said that prior to this study, a countywide water and sewer report had been prepared by
the Farmers Home Administration. Mr. Crosby said the Iredell Water Corporation could use a
source of hydropower because it paid out $127,000 last year for electricity. He said Hunting
Creek or some of the other streams in north Iredell would generate that much electric power.
Crosby said Iredell Water also spent $119,000 buying water from the City of Statesville and
other water suppliers. He said Iredell Water proposed this year to install three new wells, costing
upwards of $150,000. Mr. Crosby said Iredell Water was being confronted with many expenses
just to assist the present client base. Mr. Crosby then read the following statement:
"Whereas one half of the families of Iredell County do not have public water supply and
past water studies have shown that 90% of rural people do not have adequate water for their
families and livestock's use. The droughts of recent years are causing wells to go tin, as well as
some streams. Therefore, we ask the county commissioners to request the highway commission
to use bridge money for water impoundment, where practical, to provide water supply fin -
hydropower, recreation, irrigation, and wildlife habitat. The county water study, the Iredell
Water Corporation Study, and the Corp of Engineer's Study have all shown the best source v(