HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_1233IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
BRIEFING MINUTES
OCTOBER 7, 2003
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Briefing Session on
Tuesday, October 7, 2003, at 5:00 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
Staffpresent: County Manager Joel Mashburn, Finance Director Susan
Blumenstein, Assistant Register of Deeds Kay Mills, Transportation Director Ben
Garrison, Planning Supervisor Ron Smith, Planning and Code Enforcement Director
Lynn Niblock, Emergency Services Director Tracy Jackson, Communications Director
David Martin, Sheriffs Training Officer Mark McCollum, and Clerk to the Board Jean
Moore.
Call to Order by Chairman Johnson.
Request for the Consideration of an Inter -local Agreement with the City of
Statesville Pertaining to improvements at the Statesville Municipal Airport:
Chairman Johnson said the City of Statesville planned to borrow $5 million for airport
improvements, and the county had been asked to reimburse one-half of the payment on
the principal along with one-half of the interest. Johnson said the airport improvements
needed to be completed by the end of 2004 in order to satisfy the needs of a local
company. He said the improvements would aid in economic expansion, or the tax base
of the county, and the site would be a marketable asset. He continued by saying the
improvements would allow jets from Europe to land and takeoff from Statesville. Mr.
Johnson said David Peeler with the W.K. Dickson Company had advised that the
improvement costs would be reimbursable from state and federal grants. Johnson said,
however, the only assurances that the Federal Aviation Administration reimbursements
would occur in the future were based on the fact that the agency had never stopped
funding in the middle of a project.
Commissioner Madison asked about the type of financing the city planned to
use.
Finance Director Blumenstein said it would probably be a direct placement loan.
Request for a Discussion Pertaining to the County's Transportation
(Thoroughfare) Plan: Planning Supervisor Smith said the current thoroughfare plan
was adopted in 1993. He said the plan was used to determine transportation
improvements and future road development. Smith said the plan had become outdated,
and the staff had been working with the North Carolina Department of Transportation
concerning a rewrite. Smith said the state officials would eventually provide a
presentation on the proposed roads, improvements to existing roads, the
bicycle/pedestrian facilities and rail services, but he needed to know if the board desired
someone from the transportation department to provide a "methodology -type overview"
of the process.
The board members advised that an initial presentation from the state officials
was not necessary, and the planning supervisor could provide updates as the plan
progressed, if needed. The board also decided to delete the matter from the 7 p.m.
agenda.
(Note: Thoroughfare Plans are now referred to as Transportation Plans.)