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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_0956130 IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BUDGET WORKSHOP JUNE 15, 1995 The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met at 4:00 p.m., Thursday, June 15, 1995, South Wing Conference Room, Iredell County Government Center, Statesville, NC to work on the 1995-96 annual budget. Those present for the meeting were: Sara K. Haire, Chairman David A. Boone, Vice Chairman Stephen D. Johnson C. Douglas Madison, Jr. Alice M. Stewart Staff present: Joel Mashburn, County Manager Susan Blumenstein, Director of Finance and Administration Alice Fortner, Clerk to the Board OFFICE RENTAL FOR THE COURTS SYSTEM: Mr. Mashburn reported that the County has received a request from the Courts for additional office rental space. They have identified space in the vicinity of the Hall of Justice for approximately $16,800 annually. This includes rental, utilities and cleaning. The actual rent will be from $800 to $900 a month. The owner will bring the offices up to the handicapped accessibility standards, Mr. Mashburn said. This is a request to add $16,800 additional to the Courts budget. The County plans to utilize some of the used furniture that is on hand to furnish the offices. It was the consensus of the board that this amount be added to the Courts budget for 95-96. SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS: Mr. Mashburn reported on the further investigation of this matter. The Mayor of Statesville said the City Council might be willing to rethink this request for a policeman at the Statesville Senior High School location. The County Schools System is budgeting $30,000 for three high schools in the county and $15,000 for the City of Statesville High School. The county would be picking up the difference for the three county high schools and they are requesting that the City of Statesville pick up the difference between what the school system is funding and the actual cost. Also Mooresville Schools were contacted to question if they were interested in having a School Resource Officer. Dr. Brice Cummings, assistant superintendent, said they are looking into this. However, they do not know what the City of Mooresville would do about picking up the other one-half of the cost. * It was decided that the $45,000 would be moved in Special See Appropriations and removed from the Sheriff's budget. Below The board members decided they would try this School Resource Officers program for one more year. IREDELL-STATESVILLE SCHOOLS: Dr. Register of the iredell- Statesville Schools and William Barnard came to the board regarding a letter of intent of funding for the Lake Norman Elementary School from the County. The school system must have this letter before they can award the construction bids for the Lake Norman Elementary School. There is a three-year plan for funding this project. The low bid for the project is $5,777,839. Commissioner Boone inquired about the County's legal position in this matter. He inquired what commitment the schools were asking for at this time. Mr. Barnard explained that they must have the letter of intent for funding from the county before they can award the bids for the school. *Per Finance Officer, it was decided to leave the 3 officers in the Sheriff's budget and budget $30,000 from School System Reimb.