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BRIEFING MINUTES
SEMEMBF.R 322002
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Briefing Session on Tuesday,
September 3, 2002, at 5:00 p.m., in the Iredell County Government Center, 200 South
Center Street, Statesville, NC.
Present: Chairman Sara Haire Tice
Vice Chairman Karen B. Ray
Tommy E. Bowles
Steve D. Johnson
R. Godfrey Williams
Staff Present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, Finance Director Susan
Blumenstein, Planning Supervisor Ron Smith, Health Director Ray Rabe, Nursing
Supervisor Donna Campbell, Purchasing Agent Evie Caldwell, Environmental Health
Supervisor Kelly Sheeks, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice
REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A HIGH-DENSITY APPLICATION FOR
A WSIV-PA WATERSHED (BUFFALO SHOALS ROAD & OLD MOUNTAIN
ROAD): Planning Supervisor Smith explained the high-density application and said that
if approved, the applicant would later return for final approval which would include the
cash bond and the maintenance agreement for the pond.
Due to the West Nile Virus problem, Commissioner Bowles inquired about
mosquito control at the pond.
Health Director Ray Rabe said he felt that if the Disease Vector Control ordinance
were adopted, the staff would be authorized to enter any property in the county to abate
health nuisances.
REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A SURPLUS PROPERTY SALE. &
AUCTION: Purchasing Agent Evie Caldwell requested permission to hold a surplus
property book sale and auction on Saturday, September 14, 2002.
Commissioner Williams asked if any of the items could be used at the Harmony
library.
County Manager Mashburn said Caldwell could work with the library director to
see if anything could be used at the Harmony site. Mashburn also requested that parking
be designated for the auction to prevent any disruption of the Saturday morning traffic at
the library.
REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF A DISEASE VECTOR CONTROL
ORDINANCE: Health Director Ray Rabe said that if the West Nile Virus budget had to
be implemented, his staff needed legal access in and on properties believed to be
breeding places for mosquitoes. He said the proposed ordinance would give the access
as well as the authority to issue $50 tickets. Rabe said the health department would
continue to educate the public on ways to exterminate mosquitoes and eradicate their
breeding places.
ADJOURNMENT: Chairman Tice adjourned the briefing session at 6:10 p.m.
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Clerk to the Board