HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_2122 (2)IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MINUTES
APRIL 20, 1999
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on Tuesday, April 20,
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 Bill Pope, Finance
Director Susan Blumenstein, Planning Supervisor William Allison, and Clerk to the Board Jean
Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Haire
INVOCATION by Commissioner Johnson
PLEDGE. OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
ADJUSTMENTS OF THE AGENDA
MOTION by Chairman Haire to delete the presentation of a retirement plaque to Arthur
Reidlinger (a retirement dinner will be held April 29, 1999 and the presentation will occur at this
time) and to add a closed session for the purpose of discussing property acquisition pursuant to G.S.
143.318.11 (a) (5).
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
APPOINTMENTS BEFORE, THE BOARD
JOHN LEWIS, A MEMBER OF THE OLD COURTHOUSE CENTENNIAL
COMMITTEE: Lewis said it was time to acquire "seed money" for the purpose of printing
notecards and prints of the old courthouse. The materials will be sold and the money will be
returned to the county. Lewis made a $2500 request. He reminded the group that on Saturday,
August 28, 1999, a re-enactment of the laying of the courthouse's cornerstone would occur. The
1899 time capsule will be opened, the contents reviewed, and replaced by a 1999 capsule.
MOTION by Commissioner Johnson to approve Budget Amendment #40A which will
allow $2500 to be used as "seed money" by the centennial committee.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
INDIVIDUALS SPEAKING IN REFERENCE TO THE PROPOSED
ORDINANCE REGULATING WILD OR EXOTIC ANIMALS AND POISONOUS
REPTILES:
JOE PARLATO stated he and his family owned a lion and resided on 17 acres of land
purchased in Harmony, NC. (The family has resided in Iredell County the past eight months.) He
mentioned he had spent about $7,000 for fencing materials. Parlato said that as far as he knew, he
would soon be the only resident in Iredell County that was licensed by the United States Department
of Agriculture. He mentioned that if a committee was established to help write guidelines for the
ordinance that he would like to assist.