HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_0707IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF
REGULAR MINUTES
MAY 17, 2005
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on
Tuesday, May 17, 2005, at 7:00 p.m., in the Iredell County Government Center
(Commissioners' Meeting 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, County Attorney Bill Pope, and
Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice.
INVOCATION by Commissioner Williams. (A special blessing was said for
Iredell County Finance Director Susan Blumenstein, as she copes with the severe illness
of her mother.)
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ADJUSTMENTS OF THE AGENDA: OTIO by Chairman Tice to
approve the following agenda adjustments:
Additions: • Request from the Marine Corp League, Detachment 1097, for
Permission to Use the County Seal in Promotional Materials for the
July 2, 2005 Independence Day Parade in Troutman, NC
o Authorization for Chairman Tice to be the County's Voting Delegate
at the County Assembly Day (Legislative Briefing) in Raleigh, NC on
May 25, 2005
Deletions: • Appointment Before the Board (Donna Gilbert, a Mooresville resident,
previously asked for time to speak in regards to possible revisions
to the Iredell County Noise Ordinance; however, she cancelled the
request due to illness.)
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
PRESENTATION OF SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS & AWARDS
Recognition of Kaye Stokes & Steve Wooten: EMS Director Darnell praised
Retirees Kaye Stokes and Steve Wooten. Darnell said job positions could be filled, but
it would be difficult to find the caliber of employees that Stokes and Wooten had been
in their careers.
Chairman Tice thanked Stokes and Wooten for their invaluable services and
presented them with appreciation plaques.
(Stokes retired after 5 years of service. Wooten retired with 29 years of service.)
APPOINTMENT BEFORE THE BOARD
Anna Rice, with the Council on Aging, Presents the Home & Community
Care Block Grant Committee's Recommendation for the FY 2006 Aging Funding
Plan: Mrs. Rice said the county's 60+ population continued to grow and accounted for
almost 20% of the county's total population. She said that in calendar year 2006, the
first wave of "baby boomers" would tum 60, and they would become eligible for
services funded under the Older Americans Act/Home and Community Care Block