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IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COXXISSIONERS
MINUTES
FEBRUARY 15, 1994 - REGULAR MEETING
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular
Session on Tuesday, February 15, 1994, 6:00 p.m., County
Commissioners' Meeting 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
Jerry T. Lundy, Director of Planning and Development
Carson Fisher, Staff Engineer
Joe Ketchie, Tax Collector
Brent Weisner, Tax Assessor
Sheriff Clyde Lloyd
Bill Mashburn, Health Director
CALL TO ORDER: Chairman Haire
INVOCATION: Commissioner Madison
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ADJUSTMENTS TO THE AGENDAS Chairman Haire asked the county
manager for any adjustments to the agenda he might have. Changes
were made to the agenda by consent of the board.
APPOINTMENTS BEFORE THE BOARD
DON WILSON - DISCUSSION OF JAIL NEEDS: Mr. Don Wilson, Ms.
Cathy Robins, and Mr. Bill Taylor came before the board to present
a plan they had developed for a jail facility. He distributed
information to the county commissioners regarding his presentation.
He was asking the county commissioners to consider having a
private company build a jail and the County lease the jail from the
private company. He also recommended that prison guards be used as
guards at the jail rather than deputies, which would free up the
deputies for crime solving.
Ms. Cathy Robins spoke about the need of jail space because of
the increase in jail population and because prisoners are being
released from jail prematurely. She said 200 beds were needed in
Iredell County and could be justified by using private money to
finance it. She also recommended a work release program.
In answer to a question from Commissioner Stewart, Ms. Robins
said the satellite prisoners would be work release and would
therefore not be maximum security prisoners. They will be
supervised by the sheriff according to their concept. She
presented the following options:
1. Facilities to be built by individual investors.
2. Facilities to be built with individual investors who are
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