HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_1330IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
MINUTES -CONTINUATION OF AUGUST 20, 1996 MEETING
AUGUST 26, 1996
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met Monday, August
26, 1996, 8:00 a.m., South Wing Conference Room of the Iredell
County Government Center in continuation of the August 20, 1996
meeting.
Present were: Chairman Sara K. Haire
Vice Chairman David A. Boone
Steve Johnson
Doug Madison
Alice Stewart
Staff present: Joel Mashburn, County Manager
William P. Pope, County Attorney
Susan Blumenstein, Dir. of Fin. & Adm. Serv.
Jean Moore, Clerk to the Board
The county manager and attorney both reviewed a document
entitled "The Iredell Industrial Training Program." This program
would be available for industries in the County if certain criteria
were met. Mr. Pope advised that the program would try to increase
the job skills of county citizens which would raise their standard
of living.
MOTION by Chairman Haire to adopt the following resolution:
THE IREDELL INDUSTRIAL TRAINING PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the North Carolina Department of Commerce and other
agencies frequently report that a major obstacle to industrial
recruitment in North Carolina is the lack of an adequately -trained
work force; and
WHEREAS, securing the location of new industry to a County is
important, in that it contributes to the tax base, thereby allowing
a higher level of service to the people at affordable prices,
offers jobs to our citizens, supports our local charities, and
enriches the lives of our citizens and communities in numerous
other ways; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of Iredell County is
committed to the concept of improving the lifestyle of our
citizens, enhancing the quality of life, delivering services to the
people at the most affordable prices, providing jobs for our
citizens, and educating and training our people; and
WHEREAS, we have been reliably informed and therefore believe
that the formation of an industrial training program for the
citizens of Iredell County is an initiative that will result in a
substantial number of our citizens receiving education and
training, which will assist them throughout their lives and result
in their being better informed, better trained, more productive and
higher earning citizens; and
WHEREAS, we have conferred with officials from Mitchell
Community College, our industrial recruiters, and others and, based
upon their recommendations, have developed a plan for a training
program which will supplement and enhance the new industry training
program now used by the Department of Commerce, and which we
believe will accomplish the dual purposes of training and educating
our citizens, and recruiting new industry to our County;
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