HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1478 (2)IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MINUTES
APRIL 3, 2007
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on Tuesday,
April 3, 2007, at 7:00 P.M., in the Iredell County Government Center (Commissioners' Meeting
Room), 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC.
Board Members Present
Chairman Marvin Norman
Vice Chairman Sara Haire Tice
Steve Johnson
Ken Robertson
Godfrey Williams
Staff present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, County Attorney Bill Pope, Deputy
County Manager Susan Blumenstein, Acting Planning Director Steve Warren, and Clerk to the
Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Norman
INVOCATION by Commissioner Williams
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Boy Scout Hayden Roll with Troop 609, affiliated with
the First ARP Church in Statesville, along with Scouts Logan Vance, John Lowry, Will Vance,
Ben Barker, Kyle Ketsdever, and Patrick Hunter, all with Troop 348, and affiliated with Wesley
Memorial Church, led the Pledge of Allegiance.
ADJUSTMENTS OF THE AGENDA: OTIO by Commissioner Williams to
approve the following agenda adjustment:
Addition: Closed Session pursuant to G.S. 143.318-11(a) (6) Personnel
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
APPOINTMENTS BEFORE THE BOARD
Request from the Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) Organization for the Adoption of
a Proclamation Declaring April as "Child Abuse Prevention Month": OTIO by
Commissioner Tice to approve the following proclamation.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays — 0.
CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH
APRIL 2007
WHEREAS, child abuse is a community problem and finding solutions depends upon
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, 111,150 North Carolina children were reported as abused and neglected Iast year;
and
WHEREAS, 1,689 reports of child abuse and neglect were received in Iredell County during the
past year; and
WHEREAS, 37 children are known to have been victims of child abuse homicide in North
Carolina during the year 2005; and
WHEREAS, the effects of child abuse are felt by whole communities and need to be addressed by
the entire community; and