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Appr' ed: March 3, 1983.
Recorded Register of Deeds Book 26, pp. 292-305.
IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
FEBRUARY 22, 1983
MINUTES
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Adjourned Session on
Tuesday evening, February 22, 1983, 7:30, Hall of Justice Courtroom No. 3. Present
for the meeting were:
Joe ft. Troutman, Chairman
Frances L. Murdock, Vice Chairman
B. W. Campbell
William A. Mills
Samuel L. Ostwalt
Staff present: J. Wayne Deal, County Manaqer
Robert N. Randall, County Attorney
Lois Troutman, Tax Administrator
Alice Fortner, Clerk to the Board
CALL TO ORDER: By Chairman Troutman
INVOCATION:
By The Reverend J. R. Speece, Union Grove
PUBLIC HEARING: The Chairman adjourned the meeting to a public hearing for the
pupose of discussing alternate financing methods for Iredell Memorial Hospital.
Chairman Troutman gave background information to those Present, stating that in
November (1982) Iredell Memoiral and Lowrance Hospitals had asked for a bond passage
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to do additions to the two county -owned hospitals. At that time the vote was
against general obligation bonds. Since that time, several situations have changed
--one of which the Davis Hospital now has its certificate of need for the amount of
beds requested. Other changes are the economic outlook has changed, and the interest
rate on general obligation and revenue bonds has significantly decreased. it might
be said that the issuance Of bonds is more favorable now that it was some months ago,
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he said.
For that reason the county commissioners have asked the board of directors at
Iredell Memorial Hospital to look again at their needs. Times are changing and
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unless we keep up we might be looking down the road at even more costs. Bill Mills
was a representative from the county commissioners board to the hospital planning
committee. The county commissioners met several weeks ago with the folks at Iredell
Memorial to go over the six alternatives, and at that time we agreed to call for a
public hearing for the purpose of hearing from our citizens on how they might feel
about what is proposed. You will have an opportunity to address this board and
speak your wishes.
At the request of the chairman, Arnold Nunnery, administrator at Iredell Memor-
ial Hospital, gave a presentation of the alternate financing methods as proposed by
the planning committee, which is comprised of hospital board members, trustees, and
' William A. Mills, county commissioner member to the committee.
Chairman Troutman asked several times if anyone from the audience wished to