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REGULAR MINUTES
FEBRUARY 18, 2003
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on
Tuesday, February 18, 2003, at 7:00 p.m., in the Iredell County Government Center
(Commissioners' Meeting Room), 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC.
Present were:
Chairman Steve D. Johnson
Vice Chairman Godfrey Williams
Doug Madison
Marvin Norman
Sara Haire Tice
Stafforesent: County Manager Joel Mashburn, County Attorney Bill Pope,
Finance Director Susan Blumenstein, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Johnson.
INVOCATION by Commissioner Williams.
ADJUSTMENTS TO THE AGENDA: OTIO by Chairman Johnson to
adjust the agenda by:
Additions: • Resolution Requesting President George W. Bush to Withdraw all Military
Forces, Equipment, Personnel, and Facilities from France
• Resolution Requesting President George W. Bush to Withdraw all Military
Forces, Equipment, Personnel, and Facilities from Germany
• Closed Session for Personnel: G.S. 143-318.11(a) (6)
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
APPOINTMENTS BEFORE THE BOARD
Mr. John Ferguson, Chairman of the Fund Development Committee for the
Children's Museum, Requests Additional Funding: Ferguson said that for the
current year, the museum received $5,730 from the county. He said the museum was
requesting $6,303 for the upcoming year. Ferguson said the county's funds were
considered a part of the museum's operating budget, and the staff applied for State
matching grants based on this budget amount. He said negotiations were underway to
purchase adjacent properties (130 & 132 Court Street) to the 134 Court Street
Children's Museum site in downtown Statesville.
Chairman Johnson thanked Mr. Ferguson for his presentation and said the board
would take the request under consideration when the FY 2003-04 budget deliberations
occurred.
Presentation from David Swann, the Area Director & CEO of Crossroads
Behavioral Healthcare, on the Last Four Sections of the Iredell County Local
Business Pian & A Cali for a Public Hearing on March 18, 2003, at 7:00 P.M.
Crossroads Director Swann said notification had been received that the North Carolina
Department of Health & Human Services had accepted the first segment (six of the ten
sections) of the mental health plan, and Crossroads would be certified as a Local
Managing Entity on July 1. Swann then reviewed the last four sections of the plan
needing to be submitted to the State by April 1. (The sections pertained to Service
Management, Access to Care, Financial Management/Accountability, and Information
Systems/Data Management.)
Mr. Swann said the public was invited to review the last sections of the plan,
and a copy of the manual would be delivered to the county manager and the Iredell
County Public Library.