HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_0371 (2)IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF
REGULAR MINUTES
AUGUST 3, 2004
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on Tuesday,
August 3, 2004, 7:00 p.m., in the Iredell County Government Center (Commissioners' Meeting
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, County Attorney Bill Pope, Finance
Director Susan Blumenstein, Planning Supervisor Ron Smith, and Clerk to the Board
Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Johnson.
INVOCATION by Chairman Johnson.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Boy Scout Shane Watkins, with Troop 699 (Flat Rock
Baptist Church in Hamptonville, NC) was recognized and welcomed to the meeting prior to the
Pledge of Allegiance.
APPOINTMENTS BEFORE THE BOARD
Mr. Charles Page, the Director of the Mooresville -South Iredell United Way &
Mrs. Pat Stewart, the Executive Director for the United Way of Iredell Attended the
Meeting to Accept a Proclamation Recognizing 50 Years of United Way Service: Chairman
Johnson thanked Page and Stewart for the work they performed on behalf of Iredell County's
citizens.
OTION by Commissioner Madison to approve the following proclamation.
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
Iredell County
Proclamation
Recognizing
50 Years of United Way Service to Iredell County
In 1954, the Mooresville and Statesville communities formed their own United Way
organizations to address needs in Iredell County. Since that time, thousands of citizens have volunteered
to serve in leadership roles to drive these two United Ways toward achieving their mission of
strengthening our community.
United Way is the table around which our entire county gathers to address health and human
service needs and issues, local people solving local problems. United Way effectively involves a cross-
section of Iredell County citizens in building true community spirit, and both United Ways have been
successful conveners and coalition builders.
United Way's impact on improving the quality of life in Iredell County has been significant in the
last 50 years, particularly in working together to solve community problems. Both United Ways
collaborated in conducting the county's first human service needs assessment which led to developing the
first county -wide information and referral service. United Way has led task forces to plan and deliver
services for displaced workers, to assist medically indigent people in obtaining prescription drugs, and to
develop a clinic to provide free medical care to those without insurance.
In addition, our United Ways have guided our citizens in caring for one another and working
together for the good of our county. United Way agencies now provide a wide array of services to at -risk
youth; the homeless; developmentally disabled children and adults; the elderly; the poor and needy; the