HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1164 (2)IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MINUTES
MAY 23, 2006
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on
Tuesday, May 23, 2006, at 7:00 P.M., in the Iredell County Government Center
(Commissioners' Meeting 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, County Attorney Bill Pope,
Deputy County Manager Susan Blumenstein, Tax Administrator Bill Doolittle, Solid
Waste Director David Lambert, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice.
INVOCATION by Commissioner Norman.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ADJUSTMENTS OF THE AGENDA: OTIO by Chairman Tice to
approve the following agenda adjustments:
Additions: • Request for Approval of the April 2006 Refunds and Releases
• Request for Approval to Apply for a Homeland Security Grant
• Request to Call for a Public Hearing on June 6, 2006 Regarding a Close -
Out Report for a Community Development Block Grant (Economic
Development) for Millard Refrigeration, Inc.
• Closed Session to Discuss Personnel Matters — GS 143-318.1 l(a) (6)
Deletions: *Request from the Planning Department for a Discussion Pertaining to a
Possible Amendment to the Farmland Preservation Ordinance (see briefing
minutes)
• Request for Approval of a Resolution Petitioning the State to Enact Laws
to Require Vehicle Fuels to be at Least an E-85 Blend for Gasoline and a
B-80 Blend for Diesel in An Effort to Lessen the Dependency on Domestic
and Foreign Oil (see briefing minutes)
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
APPOINTMENTS BEFORE THE BOARD
Anna Rice, Speaking on Behalf of the Home and Community Care Block
Grant Committee, Requests Approval of the County Funding Plan for FY 2006-07:
Rice said the aging population in Iredell County continued to grow and people in this
bracket accounted for 20% of the total population. She said this year, 2006, the first
"wave of baby boomers" (date of birth 1946) would turn 60 and be eligible for services
under the Older Americans Act which comprised much of the funding in the Home and
Community Care Block Grant_ Rice said that in 2008, the baby boomers would be able
to draw social security and in 2011, they would be eligible for Medicare. She said this
would show an even larger shift to an even greater older population in Iredell County as
well as nationwide. Mrs. Rice said current funding was $639,607.00, but for FY -2007
the allocation would be $635,557.00. She said a local 90/10 match was required. Rice
then presented the recommended plan for the upcoming year.