HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_1803 (2)Workforce Development Administrator, stated the County needed to approve the agreement and
resolution in order to continue receiving/utilizing federal and state funds (JTPA, JobLink, Job
Ready/School-To-Work, and Welfare- to -Work). Hollars said the consortium had been inexistence
since 1982 and that Iredell County Chairman Sara K. Haire was the current chairperson for the
group.
REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF ABANDONMENT OF A PORTION OF SR 1510
BEULAH CHURCH ROAD (Intersection of Beulah Church Road & Old Mt. Road - 625 linear ft.):
William Allison, the Planning Supervisor, said this petition request had been received from the
property owners via the local State DOT office. The abandonment is in conjunction with a past
(1979) realignment project. Mr. Allison said everything was in order for approval and no opposition
had been voiced. (A public hearing is not required.)
REQUEST FROM COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE FOR PERMISSION TO
APPLY FOR SECTION 319 GRANT (Upper Sharpe's Creek watershed Project): Ken Vaughn,
Director for the Cooperative Extension Service, said if the funding was received, it would be used
to reduce sedimentation and secondary nutrients/coliform from entering Fourth Creek. The project
area would be the upper section of Sharpe's Creek (near Mitchell Community College). A total of
$45,000 is being requested from the federal government. The money would be channeled through
the Iredell County Finance Office if approved.
Update on Pesticide Container Project Vaughn said this project had been delayed;
however, on May 5, 1998, non-commercial containers would be collected at the fairgrounds.
Publicity will be done to encourage farmers and home owners to bring in containers. Mr. Vaughn
mentioned that a larger campaign would occur this fall. He mentioned that a "second round of
money" was available, but it was more difficult to obtain.
COUNTY MANAGER'S REPORT
SR 1531 FULBRIGHT ROAD ADDED TO THE STATE UNPAVED ROAD LIST: A
letter dated March 2, 1998, has been received from the Department of Transportation advising that
this road was added to the list of unpaved roads. A portion was paved in 1997 by the property
owners. The remaining portion has a total point value of 75 and is ranked priority #66 for paving.
WEST IREDELL WATER'S MARCH 3,1998 REQUEST FOR LINE EXTENSION
TO SHARON SCHOOL: Mr. Mashburn said he had talked to officials of the Iredell-Statesville
School System and learned there was a problem with lead in the pipes of Sharon Elementary School.
The school staff, each morning, flushes out the pipes before students arrive. Mashburn also learned
that a device has been ordered that would inject potash into the system. This procedure will coat
the lead joints and is supposed to reduce the lead that is picked up by the water. The monitoring
reports were reviewed by an environmental engineer with the NC Dept. of Environment and
Natural Resources, and this individual reported there was no need to be concerned. The engineer
did, however, mention that nitrate reporting had not been done since 1993.
Mashburn also reported that the health department had investigated the matter. The staff
advised that the source of the problem was the internal plumbing of the building and not the well
source. The health director advised that "it was not an imminent public health problem." Also, that
"the proposal to fund a water line to the school did not appear to be justified from this perspective."
FIRE HYDRANT FUNDING: Mr. Mashburn gave an update on his questionnaire that was
sent to the 100 North Carolina counties about fire hydrant funding. Some responses were not
returned; however, he did find out that Swain, Macon, Buncombe, Henderson, Mitchell, Avery,
Watauga, Ashe, Alleghany, Wilkes, Yadkin, Cumberland, Bladen, Warren, Nash, Edgecombe,
Wilson, Wayne, and Craven did not fund hydrants. He learned that Catawba, Lincoln, Mecklenburg,
Union, Anson, Montgomery, Brunswick, Johnston, Northampton, Chowan, Perquimans, Currituck,
and Dare Counties provided some type of hydrant funding. The questionnaire revealed that three
counties used general fund money and that water companies funded hydrants in three other
counties. After this, there was a wide array of funding options, e.g., water systems operated by