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MINUTES
OCTOBER 18, 1994
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular
Session on Tuesday, October 18, 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 Blumenstein, Director of Finance and
Administrative Matters
Jerry Lundy, Director of Planning and Development
Carson Fisher, Staff Engineer
Brent Weisner, Tax Assessor
Ronald Weatherman, Director of Solid Waste
Evie Caldwell, Purchasing Agent
CALL TO ORDER: By Chairman Haire
INVOCATION: By Commissioner Madison
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ADJUSTMENT OF AGENDA: The board consented to adjust the
agenda as requested by the county manager.
SPECIAL RESOLUTION
MOTION from Commissioner Madison to adopt the following
special resolution:
URGING THAT PRAYER BE RETURNED TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
WHEREAS, the Constitution of the United States, Amendment I,
states, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . . . and
WHEREAS, our nation was founded on the freedom of RELIGION and
was not founded on the freedom FROM RELIGION; and
WHEREAS, through time, court decisions and certain interest
groups have contributed to the deterioration of these religious
beliefs and ideals to the extent that prayer has been banned from
the public school system; and
WHEREAS, the Commissioners believe that reinstitution of
prayer in the public schools will move this nation toward those
religious ideals and beliefs upon which this nation was founded;
and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners urges all cities and
counties across this State to join in an effort to reinstate prayer
in the public schools by passing similar resolutions and uniting in
a "grass roots" movement for that purpose;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Iredell County Board
of Commissioners strongly urges that prayer be returned to the
public school systems of this nation and invites all cities and
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