HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_2065 (2)IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MINUTES
JANUARY 19, 999
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on Tuesday, January
19, 1999, 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 D. Johnson
Tommy E. Bowles
Alice T. Fortner
Alice M. Stewart
Staff Present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, County Attorney William P. Pope, County
Finance Director Susan Blumenstein, Planning Supervisor William Allison, Inspections Director
Lynn Niblock, DSS Director Don Wall, Solid Waste Director Ron Weatherman, and Clerk to the
Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER: Chairman Haire
INVOCATION: Vice Chairman Johnson
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ADJUSTMENTS OF AGENDA: MOTION by Chairman Haire to add the following items
to the agenda.
• Request from Sheriff's Department for Permission to Apply for a Governor's Crime
Commission Grant
• Request from Soil & Water Conservation Office for Appropriation of Funds for the
North Carolina Beaver Management Assistance Program
• Request for Approval of Recommendation Concerning the Distribution of Proceeds from
the Leasing of Property located at 1010 Salisbury Highway (formerly Bassett
Furniture Plant)
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE NC DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH A BRIDGE REALIGNMENT: (1)
PERMISSION TO PLACE EXCAVATED MATERIAL AT THE SOLID WASTE FACILITY
AND (2) ASSISTANCE WITH THE TIPPING FEE ASSOCIATED WITH THE
EXCAVATED MATERIAL: MOTION by Commissioner Fortner to grant permission to the
North Carolina Department of Transportation to dispose of excavated materials at the Iredell County
Solid Waste Facility on a schedule approved by Ron Weatherman, the Solid Waste Director, and that
no hazardous waste, tires, or stumps will be accepted, and that all overtime incurred for the
excavated waste will be taken into consideration for billing purposes, and that there will not be a
reduction in the tipping fee as it will remain at the stipulated amount listed in the annual budget
ordinance.
Commissioner Johnson asked the solid waste director, using a worst-case scenario, how
much overtime it would take to dispose of 12,000 cubic yards of waste. Weatherman, the solid
waste director, said somewhere around 70 hrs., at a cost of $69.12 per hr.(overtime). He continued
by saying two compactors would be needed compared to the non -nal usage of one. The DOT
officials estimated the excavated waste to be about 600 tons. This amount is typically what the solid
waste department handles in one day's time. Weatherman said he saw no way his department could