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BRIEFING MINUTES
OCTOBER 6.1998
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met for a Briefing Session on Tuesday, October
6,1998,5:00 P.M., in the Iredell County Government Center (South Wing Conference 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; Susan Blumenstein, County Finance
Director; William Allison, Planning Supervisor; Evie Caldwell, Purchasing Agent; Lynn Niblock,
Inspections Director; Don Wall, DSS Director; Ron Weatherman, Solid Waste Director; Brenda
Bell, Register of Deeds; and Jean Moore, Clerk to the Board.
Bill Duston, the planning director for Centralina Council of Governments, also attended the
meeting and assisted in the presentation of a rezoning request.
Chairman Haire called the meeting to order.
REQUEST FROM THE CENTRALINA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD
FOR APPROVAL OF THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION AND AN AGREEMENT FOR
A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM AND A RESOLUTION APPROVING
THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION AND AGREEMENT: David Hollars, the Workforce
Development Administrator, said the referenced documents were in order and he recommended
approval.
DISTRIBUTION OF COMPARISON STUDY OF MANUFACTURED HOMES
(COMPARISON BETWEEN IREDELL AND CATAWBA COUNTY): William Allison, the Planning
Supervisor, shared comparative data on regulations (classifications, appearance criteria, etc.) for
manufactured homes. Allison said he would continue to gather information about this matter.
Commissioner Stewart requested that this be a topic of discussion at the January retreat.
REQUEST FROM SOLID WASTE. DEPARTMENT FOR A DISCUSSION IN
REFERENCE TO DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS: Ron Weatherman, the Solid Waste Director,
said his department had some delinquent accounts and most were of insignificant amounts ($6.00 -
$12.00 etc.). He requested permission to write them off the books. A reason mentioned for the write
off was the expense involved in collecting small accounts (postage, stationery, employee time,
etc.). The total amount requested to be written off was $3,273.93. A few accounts (approximately
five) are substantial enough to warrant the county attorney to write collection letters. These accounts
range from $61.50 to $422.92.
REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF SOLE -SOURCE PURCHASE OF
"INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE" SOFTWARE: Evie Caldwell, the purchasing agent said
the software desired by the inspections department was exclusively available from Selectron, lnc.
She also said the General Statutes allowed the purchase of sole -source products without bidding;
however, the Board had to award the contracts.
Lynn Niblock, Inspections Director, said the anticipated benefits of the software would be
that contractors could telephone into the system and receive information about permits and
inspections. This would be especially helpful to someone that could not telephone during the
normal office hours.