HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_1075IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MINUTES
APRIL 1. 2003
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on
Tuesday, April 1, 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
Staff present County Manager Joel Mashburn, County Attorney Bill
Pope, Finance Director Susan Blumenstein, Chief Animal Control Officer Sidney
Weisner, Planner Emily Jackson, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Johnson.
INVOCATION by Commissioner Norman.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Girl Scout Troop 549 from Mooresville, North
Carolina, led the pledge of allegiance. The scouts were attending the meeting due to a
requirement for their model citizen's badge.
ADJUSTMENTS TO THE AGENDA: OTIO by Chairman Johnson to
approve the following agenda adjustment.
Deletion: • Request for Approval of a Regional Planning Alliance Membership Pact
Resolution Submitted by the Centralina Council of Governments
(postponed until the April 15 meeting)
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
PRESENTATION OF SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS & AWARDS
Adoption and Presentation of a Child Abuse Prevention Month Proclamation
to Lisa York, a Social Work Program Administrator with the Social Services
Department: Chairman Johnson read and presented the following proclamation to
Mrs. Lisa York.
CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH
APRIL 2003
WHEREAS, child abuse is a community problem and finding solutions depends on
involvement among people throughout the community; and
WHEREAS, approximately three million children are reported as abused and neglected
in this country each year; and
WHEREAS, more than 100,000 children are reported as abused and neglected in North
Carolina each year; and
WHEREAS, 1,143 reports of child abuse and neglect were received in Iredell County
during the year 2002; and
WHEREAS, 24 children are known to have been victims of child abuse homicide in
North Carolina during the year 2001; and
WHEREAS, the effects of child abuse are felt by whole communities and need to be
addressed by the entire community; and