HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_1943 (2)IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MINUTES
AUGUST 18, 1998
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on Tuesday, August 18,
1998, 7:00 P.M., in the Iredell County Government Center (Commissioners' Meeting Room), 200
South Center Street, Statesville, NC 28677.
Present: Chairman Sara K. Haire
Vice Chairman Steve Johnson
David A. Boone
Alice T. Fortner
Alice M. Stewart
Staff Present: Joel Mashburn, County Manager; William P. Pope, County Attorney; Susan
Blumenstein, County Finance Director; and Jean Moore, Clerk to the Board.
CALL TO ORDER: Chairman Haire
INVOCATION: Vice Chairman Johnson
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ADJUSTMENTS OF AGENDA: MOTION by Chairman Haire to amend the agenda by:
Additions:
• Annual Presentation by Jeff McKay & Melanie O'Connell -Underwood in reference to
Economic Development Projects
• Budget Amendment #8 for the Recognition of Financing Proceeds from BB&T-Craigie
for the Purchase of A Rescue Squad Ambulance & Equipment
• Closed Session in Reference to Property Acquisition - G.S. 143-318.11(a)(5)
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
APPOINTMENTS BEFORE THE BOARD
MR. JAMES HOLLER, OF WEST IREDELL WATER CORPORATION, IN
REFERENCE TO THE FINAL PAYMENT OF A 1988 PROMISSORY NOTE IN THE
AMOUNT OF $75,000: Holler, the president of the water corporation, was accompanied by M.W.
Bass, Vice President, Doyle Levan, Treasurer, and Ronda Bost, Manager. Holler said the company
was organized in the early 1970s and at that time all of the water was received from Alexander Water
Company (gravity flow). As the company grew, originally it was 250 families, another source of
water was needed. An inter -connect with the City of Statesville was arranged. Holler said the
Farmers Home Administration loan "kept dragging on." At the end of the process, the water
company needed $75,000 and the county agreed to a ten-year loan. A check in the amount of
$10,512.28 was presented to Chairman Haire as the final payment.
MR. CHARLES BILYEU IN REFERENCE TO THE DISCHARGING OF
FIREARMS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS OF THE COUNTY: (The following comments were
made by Mr. Bilyeu.)
"Good evening ladies and gentlemen. It is truly an honor to address this forum.
My name is Chuck Bilyeu and an easy way to remember it is: 'Don't bill me, bill you. ' I've
lived as a home owner in Iredell County for the past 10 years in the Bethany area on
Country View Road. In the last decade, I've observed many changes. Most of these
changes are a result of one variable, and that's population growth. It is this variable input
that by definition changes the way we buy, sell, associate with others, raise our children
and fulfill our dreams. Change is necessary in a growth environment for sometimes what
was acceptable in the past is obsolete in the present. It is this idea of obsolescence that
leads me to you this evening.