HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_2143 (2)IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
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MAY 18,1499
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on Tuesday, May 18,
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, Attorney Anthony Privette (assisting due
to the absence of County Attorney Bill Pope), Finance Director Susan Blumenstein, 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 adjust the agenda by:
Deletions: *Item D - Request for Approval of a Contract Extension with Barium Springs Home for
Children (will be brought back to the board on June 1, 1999)
•Item E - Request from Iredell County Inspections Department for Approval of a New
Permit Fee Schedule (will be reviewed at a future budget meeting)
Additions: *Allowing Margaret Lane to Speak in Reference to the Exotic Animal Ordinance
& Bob Privette to Speak in Reference to Taxation and how it Affects Senior Citizens.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
APPOINTMENTS BEFORE THE BOARD
PRESENTATION ON LONG RANGE FACILITY NEEDS FOR THE IREDELI,
STATESVILLE SCHOOL SYSTEM: Vaughn Sprinkle, Vice Chair of the Iredell-Statesville
Board of Education and a member of the Growth Task Force reported on the findings and
recommendations of the OR Ed Laboratories Study. Sprinkle said the company had completed over
40 studies throughout North Carolina. He said the company's predictions were extremely accurate,
but if errors occurred they were always on the conservative side. He continued by saying the I -S
System had 16,000 students and by year 2007 or 2008 it was predicted to have 24,000. The
following six items were recommendations from OR/Ed.
1. Present a summary of the long range facility needs and estimated cost projections to the
commissioners.
2. Evaluate existing sites to determine f expansion is feasible. Where site and'or core areas
allow, elementary schools could be expanded to accommodate at least 600, middle schools to at
least 800, and high schools to at least 1200.
3. Begin the process of seeking land for additions to existing schools and for new school
construction.