HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_0659 (2)Commissioner Johnson said the board members would discuss the request with
the staff.
Chairman Tice thanked Mr. Sherrill, and the other squad members attending the
meeting, for their emergency services.
Presentation from the Rev. Doug Thornburg Regarding a "Local
Emergency Safety and Security Program" (LESS): Rev. Thornburg said he was at
the meeting on behalf of all the emergency service agencies. Thornburg said he was
willing to devote his time, at no cost, to help support the agencies, and this included
paying higher taxes, if necessary, to achieve better response times.
Thornburg said the LESS plan was developed to lower emergency response
times, and to lessen the loss of life, limb and property. He said LESS moved safety
equipment to each emergency site in the county including the hospitals and airport.
Thornburg said the system would require teamwork from all emergency providers, and
the personnel would train together and recruit together. Rev. Thornburg said LESS
was established to provide a three minute, or less, response time to any point in the
county.
Rev. Thornburg asked for a separate meeting with the board members to show
how the program would work. Thornburg said he wanted to be remembered as a
concerned citizen, and he was not requesting any money.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Chairman Tice declared the meeting to be in a public hearing.
Consideration of the FY 2005-2006 Rural Operating Assistance Program
(ROAD) with the North Carolina Department of Transportation: Transportation
Director Ben Garrison said the ROAD application would include a monetary request for
funds in the following programs:
Elderly & Disabled Transportation - $ 70,031
Work First $ 13,124
Rural General Public8$ 6.833
$169,988
Garrison said passenger fares would be used as the local match for the state
funding.
No one else desired to speak, and Chairman Tice closed the hearing.
OTIO by Commissioner Johnson to approve the FY 05-06 ROAD
application as presented.
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
A copy of the certified statement for the application is as follows:
RURAL OPERATING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
WHEREAS, Article 2B of Chapter 136 of the North Carolina General Statutes and the Governor of
North Carolina have designated the North Carolina Department of Transportation as the agency
responsible for administering all federal and/or state programs related to public transportation and grants
the department authority to do all things required in applicable federal and/or state legislation to properly
administer the public transportation programs within the State of North Carolina; and
WHEREAS, G.S. 136-44.27 established the Elderly and Disabled Transportation Assistance
Program; and