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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_0704IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONER 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.