HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1666 (2)IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MINUTES
AUGUST 21, 2007
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on Tuesday,
August 21, 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, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Norman
INVOCATION by Commissioner Williams
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ADJUSTMENTS OF THE AGENDA:OTIO by Commissioner Johnson to
approve the following agenda adjustments:
Additions: • Request to Call for an Election on the Question of Creating the Troutman Fire
District in Accordance with G.S. 69-25.1
• Request from Mitchell Community College to approve a Funds Availability
Form in Conjunction with the new Student Services Center
• Request for Approval of a Burning Ban as Recommended by the County Fire
Marshal
• Under Unfinished Business — Motion to approve the Findings of Fact for Case
#0703-1 (McLain Farms) Presented on August 7, 2007
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
APPOINTMENT BEFORE THE BOARD
Presentation by David Swann, Area Director/CEO of Crossroads Behavioral
Healthcare (Six-month report): Swann said FY 07-08 allocation letters had not been received
from the state, but a $26,998,176 budget was approved by the Crossroads Board. He said the
increases were attributed to grants, Medicaid, and CAP Medicaid pass-throughs for psychiatry
services. Swann reviewed other information about the local managing entity, and some of his
remarks are summarized as follows:
Summary
of Visits for Iredell County
Residents FY 2006-07
Adult
Child
Total
Clinical Office Visits
41718
389
5,107
Crisis Services
304
10
314
j Evaluations/Screenings
509
69
578
Rehabilitation Services
15,238
5,356
20,594
Residential Services
12,737
3,588
16,325
TOTALS
33,506
9,412
42,918
Crisis Center re -opened on January 15, 2007 after being closed six months.
Local Managing Entities, across the state, have been reduced from 30 to 25.
(Discussions are still occurring with the counties encompassed in the Foothills LME on a
possible consolidation with Crossroads. By June of 2008, Foothills has to complete a
consolidation or lose ten percent of funding as a penalty.)