HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1113IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF
REGULAR MINUTES
APRIL 18.2006
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on
Tuesday, April 18, 2006, 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,
Deputy County Manager Susan Blumenstein, Planning & Code Enforcement Director
Lynn Niblock, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice.
INVOCATION by Commissioner Robertson.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Boy Scout Kyle Hawks led the Pledge. Kyle,
a member of Troop 171 (Williamson Chapel Methodist Church in Mooresville, NC)
was accompanied to the meeting by his father, Robert.
ADJUSTMENTS OF THE AGENDA: OTIO by Chairman Tice to
approve the following agenda adjustments:
Deletion: *Request from the Juvenile Crime Prevention Council for Approval of the
FY 06-07 Funding Plan (This will be on the May 9 agenda.)
*Update from David Swann, CEO/Area Director for Crossroads Behavioral
Healthcare, Regarding Recent Changes at the State Level Impacting the
Agency (see briefing minutes)
Addition: *Request for Approval of Budget Amendment #38A for a Juvenile Crime
Prevention Council Demonstration Grant
*Request to Accept $903 in Additional Revenue (FY 06-07 pass-through)
for the Criminal Justice Partnership Program and Request for
Permission to Apply for $6,000 in Reallocated Funds for Personnel (.5
time position)
*Request for Approval of Budget Amendment #40 for the Purchase of the
Piedmont Production Credit Building (Carolina Farm Credit) on Stockton
Street
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
APPOINTMENT BEFORE THE BOARD
Presentation from Mr. Rick Lanier, the Vice Chairman of the U.S. Motto,
"In God We Trust," Action Committee: Mr. Lanier gave a brief history of
Statesville and Iredell County. Lanier said his research revealed that most early settlers
in the county focused their lives around families and churches. Mr. Lanier reviewed
the federal government's history and noted the U.S. Motto was chosen in 1956, and
President Bush reconfirmed the motto in the Senate and Congress on
November 15, 2002. Lanier said the Davidson County Board of Commissioners in
2002 approved the placement of the motto on the Lexington government building.
Later, he said a separation of church and state lawsuit was filed, and it was heard all the
way to the U.S. Supreme Court. He said in 2005, the Supreme Court refused to hear the
case letting the 4`s Circuit Court's decision remain intact -- public display of the motto
on public property is constitutional. He said the U.S. Action Committee was then