HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_0539 (2)years to come someone might build something on the buffer. He said it was hoped that
a Cherokee village would be built "back in the woods, but it would look a little peculiar
to have nice houses in the back." Bryan said the buffer was needed to prevent people
from seeing houses when they visited the site.
OTIO by Commissioner Robertson to call for a public hearing on
January 25, 2005, at 7:00 p.m., regarding the $45,000 request.
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
Commissioner Johnson said he would like to see at the January 25 meeting some
commitment from the state. He said, "You can tell the state's commitment when they
write a check."
Margaret Burns Desires to Speak in Reference to the Impoundment and
Disposition of Animals at the Animal Control Shelter: (Mrs. Bums was allotted time
on the agenda to speak; however, she did not attend the meeting.)
Comments from Robert Stidd: Mr. Stidd spoke about local and federal issues
that were of a concern to him. He said the Social Security program would remain
solvent, if left alone. Stidd asked for a resolution stipulating the board's nonsupport of
any plan to privatize any portion of Social Security. He said service men and women
were getting killed, injured and disabled, and the Iraqi War needed to end. Stidd said
the Bush administration had created a haven in Iraq for terrorists that did not exist prior
to the war. Stidd said the First Amendment provided "a wall of separation between
church and government." He said the "Constitution was expressly written to prevent
theocracy from overtaking government." Stidd said there was a "selfish attempt to
merge the will of Christian beliefs with government." In conclusion, Mr. Stidd said
selfish morality had created a furor over same-sex marriages. He said that for the
protection of individual rights, governments should not be making laws and issuing
resolutions that defined a legal marriage. He said it was disappointing the Iredell
County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution that invaded individuals' rights to
marry whom they chose. Stidd said, "Negative connotations people have about same-
sex marriages is actually disguised discrimination, and this is unpatriotic."
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OTION by Chairman Tice to approve the following six (6) consent agenda
VOTING: Ayes —5; Nays — 0.
1. Request from the Mooresville Graded School District for Approval of a
$1,500,000 Transfer from Unappropriated Fund Balance to a Capital Outlay
Expenditure Account for the Acquisition of Land: During the briefing session,
Mooresville Schools Superintendent Dr. Bruce Boyles, and David Dutton, the Finance
Officer for the school system requested a $1,500,000 transfer of funds for the purchase
of 100 acres of land. Boyles said the land was near property already owned by the
system, and it would be used for future school construction. He said the land would cost
525,000 an acre and $1 million was available in the long range planning account (current
budget), and 1.5 million was available through a transfer from fund equity.
2. Request from Gary Ervin for the Release of Zoning & Subdivision
Jurisdiction to the Town of Mooresville for 115 Acres (Location: Mackwood
Road, Mooresville, NC): County Planner Whitney Hodges said at the five o'clock
meeting that Gary Ervin had requested the release of zoning/subdivision jurisdiction on
approximately 115 acres of property to the Town of Mooresville. Hodges said (1) the
property was adjacent to the Town limits (2) the Mooresville Town Board had approved
water and sewer service in connection with annexation at a May 3, 2004 meeting, and
(3) notification had been received that the Town would probably annex the site in July
of 2005- Ms. Hodges said the developer intended to create a residential subdivision,