HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_2208 (2)END OF CONSENT AGENDA
FORMER COUNTY COMMISSIONER RECOGNIZED: Diane Hamby (county
commissioner from 1992-1994) was welcomed to the meeting.
REQUEST FROM THE IREDELL-STATESVILLE SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR A
LETTER OF INTENT REGARDING THE LAKESHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL PROJECT
(PHASE H & III) & THE NEW SOUTHERN HIGH SCHOOL: County Manager Mashburn
said correspondence from the school system had been received requesting a letter of intent for two
projects. He said the letter would allow the school system to obtain architectural design work for
the Lakeshore Middle School (Phase Il & I1I) and the new southern high school. Certificates of
Participation will be used to construct the facilities. Mashburn said the commissioners would have
to approve the financing after the bids were received.
Attorney Pope said the title to the projects would be held by the Iredell County Public
Facilities Corporation. This entity was created in 1993 and currently holds title to the school
projects (East Middle, Brawley Middle, Statesville Middle [renovations] and West Middle
[renovations]) financed by the Certificates of Participation.
MOTION by Commissioner Fortner to direct the county manager to write a letter of intent
to the Iredell Statesville School System for the Lakeshore Middle School (Phase Il & Phase III) and
the new southern high school.
The commissioners then discussed whether or not a monetary figure should be in the motion.
Mashburn and Fortner both said the board members would have final approval on the school
projects. The projects will have to go out for bids. Commissioner Fortner said the letter of intent
could be written using the monetary figures previously outlined by the school system ($7,850,000
for Lakeshore Middle Phase II/III and $24,200,000 for the new southern high school). She said the
final decision would eventually come back to the commissioners.
Commissioner Johnson said he would like the monetary figures in the letter of intent.
Fortner said the board was only agreeing to fund the projects up to the amounts requested by the
school officials and no more. She said a lesser amount might be needed. This will be known when
the bids are received. If a lesser amount is needed, Fortner said she hoped the school system would
use the money on other projects.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR'S
CLASS SPECIFICATION: The county manager advised that on September 28, 1998, the N.C.
State Personnel Commission approved a single level classification for county social services
directors' positions. Also, the commission abolished, effective July 1, 1999, the former
classifications of County Social Services Director I, II, and Ill. Mashburn said the same stipulations
applied to the health directors' positions in the state. A June 10, 1999, memo from the Iredell
County Board of Social Services, indicated that instead of having a set standard grade and salary
range for director positions, the salary grade/range would be determined by the next highest paid
position in the agency. The director's salary range must be 20% higher than the salary range of the
next highest paid position and can be up to 60% higher.
In the past, the DSS Director's position and the health director's position were on the same
salary grade classification (Grade 80). However, the local health director's position had to be
moved recently to a Grade 83 in order to be in compliance with the state requirements.
The USS board's request is to now move the director's present salary grade/range from Grade
80 - $48,876-$73,320 to Grade 83 - $57,336 - $86,004 effective July 1, 1999. Mashburn said
there was not a legal requirement to increase the director's grade, but there was a past history of the
two department heads being on the same level.