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BRIEFING MINUTES
MAY 17, 2005
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Briefing Session on
Tuesday, May 17, 2005, at 5:00 p.m., in the Iredell County Government Center (South
Wing Conference Room), 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC.
Present were:
Chairman Sara Haire Tice
Vice Chairman Godfrey Williams
Steve D. Johnson
Marvin Norman
Ken Robertson
Staff present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, Recreation Director Robert
Woody, Tax Administrator Bill Doolittle, Social Services Director Don Wall, Library
Director Steve Messick, Health Director Donna Campbell, Environmental Health
Supervisor Kelly Sheeks, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice.
REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF THE JUVENILE CRIME
PREVENTION COUNCIL'S (JCPC) RECOMMENDATION REGARDING FY
2005-06 FUNDING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE AND
DELINQUENCY PREVENTION: Pam Navey, the Chairman of the JCPC, said the
council recently met and voted to recommend nine agencies for juvenile justice funding.
Navey said the state had indicated the funding would remain at $297,074 for the
upcoming year. (A complete listing of the agencies recommended for the funding may
be found in the regular minutes.)
REQUEST FROM A LOCAL CITIZEN FOR IREDELL COUNTY TO
PAY THE INTEREST COSTS ($250 TO $500) THAT HAVE OCCURRED
WHILE AWAITING APPROVAL OF A SEPTIC SYSTEM: Joining the
commissioners for this segment of the meeting were Health Director Donna Campbell
and Environmental Health Supervisor Kelly Sheeks.
County Manager Mashburn said Mrs. Geneva Renegar telephoned on May 4 and
stated it had been six weeks since she had obtained a septic tank permit. Mashburn
said Renegar was complaining about the additional time (at least two more weeks)
needed by the health sanitarians to complete the sewer line/tank inspection. He said
Renegar had financed a new doublewide mobile home and interest charges were
accruing to the banking institution. Mashburn said Mrs. Renegar was frustrated about
the length of time associated in obtaining septic system approval, and she felt the
county should pay the interest costs.
Health Director Campbell and Environmental Health Supervisor Kelly Sheeks
acknowledged that there was an inspection backlog. They said several efforts
(mandatory overtime, time sharing, disapproval of time -off requests, implementation of
the FastTrack System) had been taken to catch up; however, problems still remained.
Campbell said attrition was a key problem. Campbell and Sheeks said that in the next
few weeks they would be working with the county's personnel department in
developing a recruitment/retention program. They said the health department was
trying to achieve a four-week waiting time.
Commissioner Norman asked what was needed to arrive at the four-week
turnaround time.
Sheeks said the department had three interns who would be trained enough to
issue permits on July 1; however, it would take a year for them to be fully productive.