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and board members, county manager, county attorney, and news media. The tour is
planned forFebruary 13, 1985, beginning at 9:00 a.m., from Agricultural Center Parking
Lot.
PLANNING WORKSHOP DATE SET: At the request of the county manager, February 24
and 25, 1985, has been set for a workshop with the board, county manager, and county
attorney.
CRAFTED WITH PRIDE IN U. S. A. - BUY AMERICAN: Commissioner Murdock brought to
the attention of the board a resolution which has been adopted by the executive com-
mittee of the Centralina Council of Governments, and this resolution has been refer-
red to the eight counties in the COG region for individual county adoption. A
similar resolution regarding buying American-made products was adopted by the Iredell
county Board of Commissioners in October 1984.
Mrs. Murdock said there were 27 textile and 19 apparel plants located in the
county, employing 7,205 people with an average payroll of $21,752,300 annually.
MOTION from Commissioner Stewart was unanimously approved by the board to adopt
the following resolution:
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the textile and apparel industries contribute substantially to the
entire national economy, and more particularly to the economy of our region; and
WHEREAS, employees of these industries have exemplified the highest standards
of productivity, efficiency and citizenship; and
WHEREAS, 73,977 families in the eight County Centralina region depend upon
these industries for the livelihood; and
WHEREAS, these American industries have been adversely affected in recent
years by the growing volume of imports of textile and apparel products from foreign
countries; and
WHEREAS, this growth of foreign imports has contributed substantially to the
elimination of some 800,000 American textile and apparel jobs, plus causing an
adverse effect upon supporting industries such as fiber companies, textile machinery
manufacturers, textile chemical manufacturers, financial institutuions, utilities,
trucking, and other native industries which also contribute substantially to our
economic wellbeing; and
WHEREAS, little has been done at the national level to bring about a reasonable
balance between foreign imports and the normal growth of the native industries,
witnessed by the fact that textile/apparel imports have increased nearly 50 per cent
since the first of 1984 over the same period a year ago; and
WHEREAS, there is a serious need for public awareness of the economic impact,
and a need for action at the state and national levels to bring about a reasonable
solution;
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED, that Iredell County Board of Commissioners hereby
expresses its support of the textile/apparel/fiber industries' "Crafted with Pride
in U.S.A." Buy American efforts, that citizens of our region take notice of this
serious problem, and that we hereby make this document a part of the record of this
body. We further request that Congress take appropriate legislative action to roll
back import volume to a reasonable level, with increases in imports limited to no
more than market growth, and that an import licensing system be established.
IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
s/�LarrrS. Hedrick
C'a3 rman
Copies of the foregoing resolution are to be sent to: Congressman McMillan,
Senator East, Senator Helms, Governor Martin, Mr. Howard H. Haworth, Secretary, N. C.
Department of Commerce, and the local chambers of commerce. ,