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IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
BRIEFING MINUTES
MARCH 18, 1997
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met Tuesday, March
18, 1997, 5:00 p.m., for a briefing session in the Iredell County
Government Center, South Wing Conference Room, 200 South Center
Street, Statesville, NC 28677.
Present were: Sara K. Haire, Chairman
Steve D. Johnson, vice Chairman
David A. Boone
Alice T. Fortner
NOTA: Alice Stewart ran absent from the mooting duo to rocoat knee .=gory.
Staff present: Joel Mashburn, County Manager
William Allison, Planning Supervisor
Ray Rabe, Health Director
Al Upton, EMS Director
Jean Moore, Clerk to the Board
Chairman Haire called the meeting to order.
APPOINTMENTS BEFORE THE BOARD
FORESTRY UPDATE: County Ranger Tim Pickett said the first
priority of his department was fire control. Recent statistics
show that one out of every five forest fires are started by
juveniles so the agency has an educational program directed to
fourth graders. Forest management, especially in insect disease
control, is also an important part of this department.
FIRE COMMISSION UPDATE: Tommy Bowles, Chairman of the Fire
Commission, advised that $1.8 million had been submitted in fire
department requests. This amount has been trimmed by about
$750,000; however, Bowles stated that the fire departments were
being asked to comply with many regulations, e.g., hepatitis
inoculations, etc., that cost money ($11,000). In addition, the
First Responder Program is expensive. There are no trucks to be
purchased in 97-98; however, three new trucks are planned for 1999.
Bowles asked the commissioners if they desired to continue the
current services, or if the operating budgets for capital requests
needed to be cut more.
Some of the departments have much debt, and some are debt
free. Bowles said that if the tax rate (districts) was increased
for the ones in debt it penalized the debt -free departments.
Commissioner Johnson asked how many new trucks had been
purchased since 1992. Bowles said ten. A new truck is to be
purchased for West Iredell in 1999, and it was mentioned that this
department had been a good manager of its funding.
Bowles was directed to obtain a recommendation from the Fire
Commission. After the group has met and decided on a
recommendation, it will be shared with county officials.
REPORT FROM BENCHMARK, INC. ON THE PROPOSED INTERMEDIATE
ZONING DISTRICT: William Allison mentioned the mobile home
industry had been made aware of the proposed changes to the zoning
ordinance. Lynn Niblock, Director of Inspections, advised that he
did not see any problems in the ordinance revisions. It was
mentioned that the next step to approve any modifications would be
to call for a public hearing.