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3. Facilities to be built by a corporation under the direction
of the sheriff or federal marshall.
Mr. Bill Taylor spoke about the Governor's Crime Bill and said
in order for the plan to work there must be more prison beds in
North Carolina. He recommends the lease jail facility in lieu of
the County owning it. He said they would like to serve on the
current jail facility study committee the County now has.
Commissioner Boone called attention to the Jail Population
Task Force which has been inactive but is going to meet next week.
He said he was sure the group would welcome them to express their
ideas. He inquired if any other counties have jails built by
private investors in North Carolina. Mr. Taylor said he is not
aware of any; he knows Mecklenburg County is talking about leasing
one of their satellite jails to the State. Commissioner Boone said
he knew Tennessee has leased jails. Commissioner Boone said the
cost of the local jail per day is considerably less than the state
costs.
Chairman Haire said the board would accept this as information
and thanked the presenters for the input.
MS. BECKY SCHELL - POSITIVE SUGGESTION'S REGARDING THE
IMPORTANCE OF OPEN COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TRE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AND CITIZENS OF IRSDELL COUNTY: Ms. Becky Schell came before the
board. She said she had wanted to come to speak to the board for
three years. She talked about her childhood and her experiences in
various jobs in the state. She talked about visiting a couple in
the county that she thought needs assistance. The county attorney
inquired if Ms. Schell wanted to talk about communication or did
she wish to make a definite complaint. Ms. Schell said she is
talking about communication. Mr. Mashburn said only 15 minutes had
been allotted for her presentation.
After further conversation with Ms. Schell, Chairman Haire
said it would be necessary to conclude Ms. Schell's presentation
since she had now been speaking fifteen minutes. She said if Ms.
Schell would see her after the meeting, she would see that the
matter she was addressing was referred to the proper county
department.
MOORESVILLE GRADED SCHOOLS - APPLICATION FOR PROJECT APPROVAL:
Mr. Carl Eagle represented Mooresville Graded Schools in the
request for an Application for Project Approval. The State makes
available funds for school facilities, which comes to the County
earmarked for the schools. Mooresville has not drawn its money for
some time and now wishes to use these funds for the Woods School
project. There is a total of $227,880, which they would like to
draw to finish the Woods School project.
MOTION from Commissioner Madison to approve the application
for Public School Building Capital Fund.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
DISCUSSION OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION: Mr. Everette Arnold
talked about the self -funding workers' compensation claims. He
said that an organization with a $250,000 premium is large enough
to self -fund. He passed out some charts on the number of claims
the County has had in the past six years. According to his figures
the savings for the last six years would have been $684,197, if the
County had been self-funded.
Mr. Arnold said the plan basically calls for an administrative
person who is hired by the County to handle the program. He
recognized Mr. Popoff and Mr. Justice, who do this administrative
work and named some of the agencies they are now serving. The
County would also have to purchase excess workers' compensation so
no one claim would "bust" the budget for a year. Most entities buy
a $5 million limit, Arnold said. He said he would guarantee over
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