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MINUTES FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL PRESENTATION
PERTAINING TO THE NEW SOCIAL. SERVICES BUILDING
& BRIEFING SESSION FOR UECF.MBER 16 2003
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met for a Special Meeting on Tuesday,
December 16, 2003, at 4:30 p.m., in the Iredell County Government Center (South Wing
Conference Room), 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC for a presentation concerning the
new social services building. Immediately following the presentation, the December 16 agenda
briefing was held.
Present were:
Chairman Steve D. Johnson
Vice Chairman Godfrey Williams
Doug Madison
Sara Haire Tice
Absent: Commissioner Marvin Norman was absent due to illness.
Staff present were: County Manager Joel Mashburn, Finance Director Susan
Blumenstein, Social Services Director Don Wall, Social Work Program Administrator Lisa
York, Income Maintenance Administrator Lynn Deal, Support Services Director Jim Vernon,
and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Johnson.
PRESENTATION FROM THE MBAJ ARCHITECTURAL FIRM REGARDING
INITIAL PLANS FOR THE NEW SOCIAL SERVICES BUILDING: Joining the
commissioners for this segment of the meeting were Social Services Board Members Mac
Lackey (Chairman) and William Jones. Also attending the meeting were MBAJ architects Rob
Johnson and Grace Wallace.
Architect Johnson shared initial drawings of the two-story 59,500 sq. ft. new social
services building. He said no cost estimates were available, but they would be shared at the next
presentation -- probably in February. He continued by saying the project would probably go out
for bids next summer, and there was a projected occupancy date of 14 months, or the summer of
2005. He said an added project component being reviewed was the construction of a conference
room to be used by the Emergency Communications Operations & Management (ECOM)
Department, and by social services for food distribution activities.
County Manager Mashburn said at times, the ECOM Water Street conference room was
too small. He said many agencies had to participate when there were emergency preparedness
meetings, as well as other events, and the county could use a larger all-purpose area.
Wallace said the first floor of the building would include the Medicaid, IV -D, and Food
Stamp programs, and the second floor would house the Work First, Day Care, and the
administrative offices.
Chairman Johnson stressed the importance of staying within the budget ($6,470,600) for
the facility.
5:00 P.M. Briefing Session
Staff present were: County Manager Joel Mashburn, Finance Director Susan
Blumenstein, Purchasing Agent Evie Caldwell, Planning Supervisor Ron Smith, County
Assessor Bill Doolittle, Recycling Coordinator Carla Parks, Enforcement Captain Mike Phillips
with the Sheriffs Office, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
After the architectural presentation, the department heads explained their agenda
requests. A recap of these discussions may be found in the regular minutes.
Ad'ournmenC Chairman Johnson adjourned the briefing session at 6:00 p.m.
Approved: e . < 1144, G I?",-,// a � e %/r, r" &'
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