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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_0083 (2)'APR � ,1po" 068 IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MINUTES APRIL 22, 1993 - 7:30 a.m. ----- ----------------------------- The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met at 7:30 a.m., Thursday, April 22, 1993, South Wing Conference Room, Iredell County Government Center, 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC. Those present for the meeting were: Sara K. Haire, Chairman David A. Boone, Vice Chairman Diane M. Hamby C. Douglas Madison, Jr. Alice M. Stewart Staff present: Joel Mashburn, County Manager William P. Pope, County Attorney Alice Fortner, Clerk to the Board Susan G. Blumenstein, Director of Finance and Administration CALL TO ORDER: Chairman Haire SERIES RESOLUTION FOR SPECIAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR THE NEW LINED LANDFILL PROJECT: At the April 20, 1993 meeting of the board, the board approved in principle the adoption of the financing resolution the bond counsel required the county to adopt. The documents were approved in principle on a motion from Commissioner Madison, contingent upon the interest rates being confirmed as acceptable on April 22, 1993. At this time, Mr. Bill Pope reviewed the interest costs with the board. He said there was a 5.08% true interest cost with coupons ranging from 2.75% in 1994 to 5.208 in 2003. Alex Brown, the underwriter for the financing project, bought over $1 million. The Local Government Commission was very pleased with the sale. Commissioner Boone said he considered himself to be acting under coercion in voting for the bonds. He said he did not want the County to incur additional debt, but that federal and state mandates left the board with no real choice. He also noted the county was creating a "Catch-22" situation. We should be encouraging recycling and other measures to reduce the volume of solid waste, and yet we would be in a position of having to have a certain volume deposited in the landfill in order to generate enough revenue from tipping fees to pay the debt service on the bonds. Mrs. Blumenstein explained that actually the series resolution was not to be adopted on April 20th at the regular meeting, but "approved in principle." (The April 20, 1993 minutes will be written to reflect this.) At this meeting this morning, the actual resolution should be adopted, she said. MOTION from Commissioner Madison to approve the resolution as recommended and endorsed by the county attorney. SECOND from Commissioner Stewart VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0. SERIES RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR THE COUNTY OF IREDELL PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF $3,770,000 SPECIAL OBLIGATION BONDS (SOLID WASTE SYSTEM PROJECT), SERIES 1993 OF SAID COUNTY PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 210 OF THE BOND ORDER AUTHORIZING AND SECURING SPECIAL OBLIGATION BONDS (SOLID WASTE SYSTEM PROJECT) ADOPTED BY SAID BOARD ON APRIL 15, 1992. WHEREAS, under the Constitution and laws of the State of