HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1025IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MINUTES
JANUARY 17.2006
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on
Tuesday, January 17, 2006 at 7:00 P.M., in the Iredell County Government Center
(Commissioners' Meeting Room), 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC.
Present were:
Sara Haire Tice, Chairman
Vice Chairman Godfrey Williams
Steve Johnson
Marvin Norman
Ken Robertson
Staff present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, County Attorney Bill Pope,
Deputy County Manager Susan Blumenstein, Planning Supervisor Steve Warren, and
Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice.
INVOCATION by Commissioner Norman.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ADJUSTMENTS OF THE AGENDA: OTIO by Chairman Tice to
approve the following revision to the agenda.
Addition: Request from the Iredell County Sheriff's Department for the Addition of
Two New Positions to be Used in the Transporting of Inmates and the
Transport of Individuals Suffering from Mental Illness
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
APPOINTMENTS BEFORE THE BOARD
Presentation and/or Request from the Humane Society to Partner with the
County in the Establishment of an Animal Shelter/Adoption Center in
Mooresville: Margaret Lane, a member of the Humane Society, proposed the
establishment of an adoption center in south Iredell. She said the facility would (1)
produce income (2) enable the Animal Control Department to operate in a more
efficient manner and (3) reduce future costs. Lane said the Humane Society "endorsed
a new facility," but a new 501-0 nonprofit (Friends of Animals) had been created to
"Partner" with the county. She said a facility in Knoxville, TN would be visited as a
possible model for the center. (Lane extended an invitation to the board members to
travel to Tennessee for the visit, but she did not give a date.) (In addition, Lane did not
describe the term "partner" or the full role that the Friends of Animals organization
would have in the endeavor.)
Chairman Tice said the staff would review the facility request. She said
perhaps the staff could bring a proposal to the board at the Winter Planning Session.
Presentation and/or Request from the North Carolina Department of
Transportation (NCDOT) & the Iredell County Planning Department for Approval
of the Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) (Replaces the 1993 County
Thoroughfare Plan): NCDOT representative Linda Dosse said the county in 2000
asked for assistance in developing a new transportation plan; however, due to DOT staff
shortages, work was delayed until the past two years. She said meetings had occurred
between the DOT and the county planning board and staff about the new plan that would
replace the highway thoroughfare plan. Dosse said the plan was actually a set of maps,
but there was some written technical information. Ms. Dosse then briefly reviewed the
plan, and she noted that Mooresville, Troutman and Statesville, or the three urban areas,