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BRIEFING MINUTES
OCTOBER 21, 2003
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Briefing Session on
Tuesday, October 21, 2003, at 5:00 p.m., in the Iredell County Government Center
(South Wing Conference Room), 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC.
Present were:
Chairman Steve D. Johnson
Vice Chairman Godfrey Williams
Doug Madison
Sara Haire Tice
Absent: Commissioner Marvin Norman was unable to attend the briefing due to
a recent hospitalization for pneumonia.
Staff present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, Finance Director Susan
Blumenstein, Health Director Ray Rabe, Library Director Steve Messick, Tax
Administrator Bill Doolittle, Fire Marshal Chuck Gallyon, Emergency Medical Services
Director Lee Damell, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
Request from the Juvenile Crime Prevention Council (JCPC) for Approval
of a Recommendation to Appropriate the Remaining FY 2003-2004 Juvenile
Justice Funding of $30,504 to Crossroads Behavioral Healthcare at $21,051 and
DonLin Counseling Services at $9,453: Carl Duncan, the JCPC Chairman and the
Chief Juvenile Court Counselor for Iredell County, along with Leigh Byers, a juvenile
court counselor, explained the council's recommendations on the usage of the
remaining state juvenile justice funding of $30,504. Duncan said that in May of 2003,
the board of commissioners approved the appropriation of $259,410 out of an allocation
of $289,914. He said the council, at that time, did not have a recommendation on the
remaining $30,504.00, and a request for proposals was advertised. Mr. Duncan said the
council met on September 9, 2003, and unanimously voted to appropriate the funds to
Crossroads Behavioral Healthcare and Don -Lin Counseling. He said Crossroads
planned to provide youth substance abuse services, and Don -Lin planned to offer a
multi -family substance abuse treatment program (individual counseling along with
parent/child(ren) counseling). Duncan continued by saying Don -Lin was a for-profit
agency; however, the Juvenile Court Office could serve as the program manager, and
this was a permissible arrangement by the state. Mr. Duncan said this arrangement was
familiar to him since a for-profit agency had for many years provided psychological
evaluations on Iredell County juveniles involved in the court system, plus the fact that
Don -Lin already provided JCPC services in Alexander County using the juvenile court
office as the program manager.
Commissioner Williams questioned why Crossroads had been chosen since the
state's overall plan was to reorganize mental health authorities and convert them into
local management entities.
Commissioner Tice mentioned that the Counseling Center had been chosen for
many years as a provider of counseling services, and she asked why the agency wasn't
selected this year.
Duncan said the employees at Crossroads felt they could provide the services. In
reference to not choosing the Counseling Center, he said the council had decided to use
agencies that could provide "more intensive" services. Mr. Duncan said each year the
council prepared a risk and needs assessment. He said that after the needs were
identified, agencies were selected to provide the types of services needed. He said
JCPC funding was year-to-year, and the agencies providing the services were aware that
there was no guarantee on future funds.