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The county manager stated that indigent care has to be
provided by local governments. Pope mentioned that probably in
the future that indigent care costs will be more than the value
of the agency.
MOTION by Commissioner Madison to sell the home health
agency under 131E-13 and to instruct the proper authorities to
draw up the resolution of intent to sell.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
The county manager advised that he would have the resolution
at the December 5 meeting. Commissioner Madison also asked for a
time table to be followed for the sale.
IREDELL ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM: Mr. Mashburn passed out a
memo from Mr. Joe puett, of the Criminal Justice Task Force.
This matter will be discussed at the November 21 meeting.
COURT FACILITIES REPORT: A copy of this report was
distributed. The manager said that he had worked with the Clerk
of Court on its completion.
AUDIT REPORT & FIRST QUARTER REPORT: Mr. Allen Rutherford,
C.P.A., of the Foster & McLelland firm joined the meeting for
thissegment. Rutherford reviewed the audit report and stated
that Iredell County was in very good financial shape. He
mentioned that the County had received a financial achievement
award for the past seven years and that it would probably do so
again. A management letter was not written this year, as the CPA
office did not feel it was necessary.
Commissioner Boone asked if the same accounting methods were
used in other counties, and Mrs. Blumenstein replied yes.
UPDATE TO LAND DEVELOPMENT PLAN/20NING ORDINANCE: Mr.
William Allison, of the planning office, discussed these items.
He mentioned that the coats for revisions to the land development
plan would probably run between $35,000 - $40,000. A zoning
ordinance update would probably run between $20,000 - $25,000.
Commissioner Boone asked how important it was to update the Land
Development Plan since amendments are added on a regular basis.
Jerry Lundy stated that there would probably be two or three
times more rezoning requests if the land development plan was not
in place. Areas mentioned that needed to be reviewed were: Hwy.
150 corridor, Lake Norman area, Highway 90 area, and the 64/70
east area.
It was the consensus of the Board to have the staff review
the Land Development Plan and Zoning Ordinance with a stipulation
that they be mindful of the costs. Also, to exclude the parts
in the Land Development Plan that do not need to be updated,
e.g., area past the South Yadkin River.
Junkyards
The group next discussed a possible ordinance pertaining to
junkyards. Recently, a county citizen (Mr. John York) came
before the Board requesting that something be adopted. The
planning staff desires to have a more definitive answer on
whether or not it should be drafting anything.
Commissioner Haire asked if most counties had Junkyard
ordinances. Mr. Allison responded that three or four of the
adjoining counties have an ordinance.
Commissioner Boone said that future junkyards were
regulated; however, he had a problem retroactively telling