HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_0924IRBDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
MINUTES - SCHOOLS' BUDGET HEARING
MAY 30, 1995
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Budget
session on Tuesday, May 30, 1995, at 4:00 p.m. Commissioners Sara
K. Haire, David A. Boone, Stephen D. Johnson, C. Douglas Madison,
Jr., and Alice M. Stewart were present. Staff members Joel
Mashburn, Susan Blumenstein, and Alice Fortner were present.
MITCHELL COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUDGET: Dr. Eason, Dr. Bentley and
Larry Williams were present to represent MCC. Susan Blumenstein
gave some corrected figures for the Capital outlay for funding for
MCC.
Commissioner Boone inquired about the total operating cost for
Mitchell Community College is. Larry Williams said about $8
million. He gave the breakdown of how the funds were generated.
The cost is $13.25 per credit hour, which generates $450,000.
These funds are submitted to the State.
Commissioner Boone requested that the college officials
address the Mooresville campus. Dr. Eason said this project was
planned and designed in 1991-92. The board decided to attach the
new construction to the existing building, which created additional
issues such as ADA requirements, etc.
Dr. Eason said some of their concerns have been adequate and
safe parking and access to buildings by the commuter students.
They are trying to have a good continuing program for maintenance
such as roofing, heating, cooling, etc.
The board discussed the Capital Funds set aside for MCC. Mr.
Mashburn said $500,000 was earmarked for the Mooresville expansion
project. That was stated at the time of its appropriation, so it
would be inappropriate to use these funds for anything else.
Another $250,000 was added to be used on the Statesville campus for
capital projects. Because of bid overruns, there will not be as
much money available for Statesville as had been anticipated.
Commissioner Stewart said she thought at some point it was going to
have to be decided if the money was going to be used on the main
campus, where the need is greater, she said. She thinks no
facility funding will come from the state --the funding will come
strictly from county taxes.
Commissioner Boone pointed out that $61,000 was spent for the
parking lot at the Mooresville campus. There is $2.2 million
designed for renovation of the main building. R. B. Sloan,
chairman of the MCC building committee, was present for the
discussion.
Mr. Sloan said they had looked at cutting out items on the
building project, such as taking the brick facade off the sides of
the building, etc., but there were things that they had not
anticipated that had arisen, such as the elevator. Also there were
unforeseen things that had arisen. The state architects have
stated they will not approve the plans without an elevator. Part
of the plan was to integrate the new addition to the old, which
creates costs for the old part of the building for the ADA
requirements.
There were over 1,000 registrations in the fall of 1994. it
is hard to identify students because some take only one course.
Dr. Eason said the services to business and industry at the
Mooresville campus seems to be growing. He feels they will be
called on for a lot of needs in the Mooresville center in the
future.
There was a discussion of the Information Highway Program.