HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0976Attorney Pope said that if the board used the procedure for subordinant boards,
additional candidates could not be named and voted upon. He said the board, however, could
suspend the rules.
Commissioner Williams said the board members should elect a person for the vacancy
and the burden should not be shifted to the clerk of superior court. He said that if an impasse
occurred, he wanted an alternative.
Attorney Pope said a suspension to the rules of procedure could occur at anytime;
however, it would need three votes.
WO-T-1-0-iq by Chairman Johnson to adopt the Rules of Procedures already in place, as
t they relate to subordinant boards, in regards to the board vacancy.
Commissioner Williams asked if the motion could include a provision for the suspension
of the rules of procedure, should an impasse occur.
Commissioner Tice said she felt each candidate should be considered separately and
voted upon one at a time.
Johnson said he would retain his original motion.
VOTING: Ayes - 2 (Johnson/Williams); Nays - 2 (Tice/Norman).
(Motion failed)
WO -T -10-R by Commissioner Williams to adopt the following as the procedural rule for
the appointment of a replacement for the board vacancy:
To allow each candidate to be voted upon individually, and in the case of a tie vote, that
someone from the prevailing side would have to bring the candidate's name back up to break the
tie.
VOTING: Ayes - 3; Nays - 1 (Johnson).
OTIO by Commissioner Tice to act upon the board vacancy at the January 7, 2003
meeting.
VOTING: Ayes - 4; Nays - 0.
PRESENTATION BY RICHARD TEXLER A VOLUNTEER
FIRES AMT STUDY
Fire Marshal Chuck Gallyon introduced Richard Trexler, the retired Chief of the Colfax
Fire Department in Greensboro, NC. Gallyon said Trexler had been hired as the consultant to
study the needs of the volunteer fire departments.
Trexler, an employee of Emergency Services and Consulting Group (ESCG), said the
purpose of the report was to review and analyze the apparatus, the equipment, and the facilities
and to assess the delivery of the services, and the future
that provided volunteer fire protection,
been completed by conducting interviews, analyzing
needs. Mr. Trexler said the study had
e direct observation of the services and apparatus.
statistics, reviewing documents, and by th
He said the study's recommendations were based on National Fire Protection Association
Standards and national accreditation criteria, health and safety requirements, federal and state
mandates, the North Carolina Response Rating Survey, and generally accepted practices within
the fire and emergency services. Trexler recommended that a "strategic planning session" be
held with all of the groups listed in the study, along with the Statesville and Mooresville fire
departments.
Commissioner Williams requested that Mr. Trexler be allowed to share additional
information about the study during the Winter Planning Session.