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BRIEFING MINUTES
APRII 4, 2006
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Briefing Session on
Tuesday, April 4, 2006, at 5:00 P.M., in the Iredell County Government Center (South
Wing Conference Room), 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC.
Present were:
Chairman Sara Haire Tice
Vice Chairman Godfrey Williams
Steve D. Johnson
Marvin Norman
Ken Robertson
Staff present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, Deputy County Manager Susan
Blumenstein, Assistant County Manager Tracy Jackson, Planning & Code Enforcement
Director Lynn Niblock, Planning Supervisor Steve Warren, Chief Deputy Rick Dowdle, Human
Resources Director Carolyn Harris, Transportation Director Ben Garrison, Solid Waste Director
David Lambert, Recreation Director Robert Woody, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice.
DISCUSSION REGARDING TRANSPORTATION FOR LIFESPAN
CLIENTS: Transportation Director Ben Garrison described the need to call for a
public hearing regarding the annual Rural Operating Assistance Program. When Mr.
Garrison finished his presentation on this agenda item, Commissioner Williams asked
the status of the transportation situation for the LifeSpan clients.
Garrison said that in 2001, due to state law changes, area mental health
authorities stopped providing transportation funding. He said the county then assumed
the responsibility, but later, the funds shifted to transportation. Garrison said the
guardians or parents of the LifeSpan participants drove to the transportation pickup
sites. He said several participants needed supervision at the sites, and parents usually
waited with them. Garrison said that if a special hardship existed, the transportation
staff worked with the families in an effort to ensure that everyone wanting to participate
in LifeSpan had the opportunity. Mr. Garrison said there were three commercial pickup
points (Food Lion/Hwy. 64; Arby's Restaurant/Hwy. 21; and Troy's 50s Restaurant/Old
Mountain Road). He said there were about 18 to 20 clients who had someone drive
them to the pickup sites.
REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE
SALE OF CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION: Finance Director Susan
Blumenstein said a resolution needed to be approved that would allow the Public
Facilities Corporation to proceed with an installment financing agreement for school
facilities. Blumenstein said the funds needed to repay the debt would not require a tax
increase, or the pledging of the county's taxing authority. She said the maximum true
interest cost could not exceed 5.25%, and a closing was set for May 10, 2006.
Blumenstein noted that an extra $2 million was included in the Certificates since
Congress had not acted on the Tax Relief Act. She said the proposed law would make
the Qualified Zone Academy Bonds (QZABs) not as attractive, and this was why the $2
million for the Statesville High School projects had been included. Blumenstein said
the proposed law might also change the requirements for the QZABs. She said that in
regards to the auto tech improvements, that originally, the necessary match could be
either cash or in-kind services. Blumenstein said the new law would require cash only,
and $1,400 in private funds had been received. She said local auto dealerships had
indicated they would provide the remainder through training and services, but again,
this might not be allowable under the proposed law.
ADJOURNMENT: Chairman Tice adjourned the briefing at 6:35 P.M.
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