HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0809IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MINUTES (Continuation of June 18, 2002 Meeting)
JUNE 27, 2002
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Continued Regular
Session on Tuesday, June 27, 2002, at 6:00 p.m., at the Iredell County Ropes
Challenge Course, located in Mooresville, NC.
Present: Chairman Sara Haire Tice
Vice Chairman Karen B. Ray
Steve D. Johnson
R. Godfrey Williams
Absent: Tommy E. Bowles
Staff Present: County Manager Joel Mashburn and Clerk to the Board Jean
Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice. (Note: Due to rain delays, the meeting
did not begin until 6:20 p.m.)
UPDATE ON JUVENILE STRUCTURED DAY CENTERS: County
Manager Mashburn said the Governor's Crime Commission did not approve the second
year grant funding for VisionsWork Youth Services. He said that with this being the
situation, there was really no obligation on the county's part to try and secure another
juvenile structured day agency to administer the program and utilize the state grant
funds.
REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT WITH LAIDLAW
TRANSIT SERVICE AND A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH
THE IREDELL VOCATIONAL WORKSHOP: County Manager Mashburn said the
county would become the lead agency for the community transportation program on
July 1, 2002. He requested approval to assume a contract dated January 31, 2002 with
Laidlaw Transit Services and the Iredell Vocational Workshop (former lead agency for
the state grant funds). Mashburn said Laidlaw would continue to manage and operate the
transportation system by (1) employing the managers and drivers (2) maintaining the
vans and (3) scheduling/dispatching the vehicles. He said the county's responsibilities
would be to:
• design/implement policies, services, rate structure, and agency agreements with
the contractor
• provide a suitable operating facility for the contractor's use
• provide a sufficient number of vehicles to operate the demands of the system
• provide a two -way -radio system
• provide two support staff
Mashburn said the transportation cost would be $1.2946 per vehicle mile (based
on 650,000 estimated miles). Mr. Mashburn said the contract was for three years with
two additional one-year options. In addition, he said the contract could be terminated by
either party with a 90 -day notice.
Mr. Mashburn said the county attorney would probably revise the contract when it
came up for renewal. He said the transportation vans were currently titled to the
workshop, but when they were designated surplus, any revenues received would be given
to the county. (New vehicles will be titled to the county.) Presently, the transportation
staff works out of the workshop, but the county owns a vacant house that will be
renovated to house the employees. Mashburn said the county had applied for a $30,000
grant to aid in the renovation costs. He said that when the employees moved into the
structure, a monthly rent ($500 per me.) could be charged from the state grant funds.