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should be investigated.
Commissioner Madison asked if response time had changed, and the
county manager said it had remained about the same. Mr. Mashburn
responded that in the Statesville area EMS was running about six
minutes. Mooresville is about the same, but Troutman and Harmony
is a little more.
There were no changes made to the recommended EMS budget.
COMMUNICATIONS: Mr. Mashburn said this budget was basically about
the same. Commissioners Madison asked when rural addressing was
going to be accomplished. Mr. Mashburn said the last plan
submitted indicated the project would be completed by the end of
June.
Commissioner Boone stated that some Union Grove residents had
received Harmony addresses and they were dissatisfied. These
individuals/businesses are right in downtown Union Grove.
Commissioner Boone asked about chair replacements. The amount of
$500 appears expensive for a chair that has to be replaced every
year. Blumenstein said that in the past the County tried to
reupholster the chairs and replace the base of the chair but it
didn't work. The employees are in the chairs 365 days per year for
the entire 24 hour period. If cheaper chairs are purchased, they
have to be replaced during the same year purchased.
There were no changes in Communications.
490 PLANNING: (Jerry Lundy, Planning Director joined the meeting
at this time.) Mr. Mashburn stated that very little has changed in
planning except for the requested planner position. Lundy stated
that he was out of the office about 50% of the time working on non -
planning matters. An increased amount of time is spent by the
planning staff working with mortgage companies. In addition, this
office is filling out permits for air discharge permits. This
office is also working on watershed projects.
Lundy mentioned that his staff was accruing much comp time because
of so many night meetings. This hurts, because most of the time
for every hour worked the county has to give back and hour and a
half.
There were no changes in the planning budget.
MAPPING; Lundy described the GPS receiver, which is basically a
hand-held unit used to assign addresses. There are other uses for
this piece of equipment, i.e., locating new streets and private
roads. A discussion was held regarding CADDUM and computer
equipment. Lundy stated that it was his feeling that in the future
the County should hire an individual that is knowlegdegable about
computers and this individual should help guide the County in
computer equipment decisions.
Commissioner Madison asked if a complete county map was available
and Lundy said this was just about ready. Some data base
information is still pending.
Commissioner Madison also asked if the county boundary lines had
been established. Lundy said that for the most part everything was
complete except for one section with Cabarrus County. He has tried
to make contact with Cabarrus about the matter; however, they do
not seem to be interested. The coordinates for all the other parts
of the county are set.
500 MAINTENANCE: Commissioner Hamby asked about the $14,000 for
painting the exterior of the Iredell County Government Center.
Lundy stated that this facility had painted brick, and that this
covers four different buildings.