HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_0348 (2)The settlement agreement is as follows:
Iredell-Statesville Schools July 6, 2004
and
Iredell County Board of Commissioners MEDIATED SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENT
1. After mediation the working groups of the above boards agree, subject to approval
of their full boards as follows:
a. The action set forth in Exhibit A, attached hereto.
b. The constituted working groups that sign this agreement agree to meet a
minimum of 3 times between the date of this agreement and January 1,
2005 to discuss the school budget parameters for 2005-2006 school
year.
For the School Board
Working Group
s/David Cash
sl Terry Holliday
sl Terry Haas
slAnn L. Majestic (attorney)
For the County Commissioners
Working Group
sl Stephen D. Johnson
s/Joel R. Mashburn
sl Susan Blumenstein
sl Neil Yarborough (attorney)
Exhibit A
• A Joint Facilities Task Force shall be jointly created by the Iredell County Board of
Commissioners and the Iredell-Statesville Board of Education.
• Each board Chairman shall serve on the Joint Task Force and shall also appoint one
board member and four citizens to form the twelve -member committee. Both Boards'
staffs shall attend each meeting as resource to the committee.
• The Joint Task Force shall be appointed and hold its first meeting on or before
August 31, 2004.
e The Joint Task Force shall engage in basic information gathering and general
scoping activities and report back in 90 days to a joint meeting of both boards on
their preliminary recommendations involving the general scope of the project to be
undertaken and the type of consultants needed.
• Within two weeks of this joint meeting, the boards will reconvene in a joint meeting,
with the Joint Task Force members invited to attend, and by individual majority vote
of each board will decide on what type of outside consultants to hire and the scope of
their services.
• At that time, the Board of Commissioners will hire, and pay for, the consultants they
have chosen if the Board of Education approves those consultants.
s Each Board, and their staffs, shall have equal access to provide information to the
consultants, and any information provided to the consultants shall be ,copied to the
staff of the other board.
• Any written reports made by said consultants shall be shared on a contemporaneous
basis to both boards.
• After formal submission of the consultants'reports, both boards will meet within
thirty days in joint session with the Joint Task Force members invited to attend. At
this meeting the boards will develop a joint facilities plan for the school district, which
shall include the timetable and method(s) of financing.