HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1241IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
BRIEFING MINUTES
JULY 1& 2006
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Briefing Session on
Tuesday, July 18, 2006, 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
Ken Robertson
Absent: Commissioner Marvin Norman, due to being out-of-state.
Staff present: Acting County Manager Susan Blumenstein, Planning & Code
Enforcement Director Lynn Niblock, Planning Supervisor Steve Warren, Planner
Rebecca Harper, Planner Richard McHargue, Chief Deputy Rick Dowdle, Assistant
County Manager Tracy Jackson, Transportation Director Ben Garrison, Emergency
Management Director David Martin, Facility Services Director Jeff Frazier, Solid
Waste Director David Lambert, Cooperative Extension Director Ken Vaughn, Interim
EMS Director David Cloer, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice.
PRESENTATION FROM GERALD WEXELBAUM, WITH STRATEGY
SUPPORT ASSOCIATES, INC., IN REGARDS TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN
FOR IREDELL COUNTY: Assistant County Manager Tracy Jackson introduced
Wexelbaum who answered the following questions about the strategic plan.
Johnson: What type of study areas will be included the plan?
Wexelbaum: A definitive answer cannot be given; however, the planning
committee usually determines what's needed. The list will be long but narrowed down
to "criticality." Usually there's around six focal areas, and some of these might be
education, economic vitality, public safety, and "good" government. In Meridian, MS,
one area studied was human relations. A group in Douglas County, GA looked at moral
and spiritual climate, planned growth, leadership, and economic growth.
Johnson: We try to define the areas, and you come up with the methodology.
Wexelbaum: Yes.
Williams: How long does it take for the process?
Wexelbaum: Three months -- give or take for vacation periods.
Robertson: All of the goals seem generic. How do we accomplish the goals
once the strategic plan is generated? How do you incorporate value in the plan so that
one to five years out, there are efforts being made to accomplish the goals?
Wexelbaum: The tougher question is, "How do we reach out into the
community?" The task force should reach out into the community, and later, there's the
potential that 100 people might be involved. There needs to be about 15 strategies, and
there needs to be a determination on who will get the goals done. You have to get others
to buy into the plan. Then you might find out your plans do not have realistic
expectations.
Robertson: In your projects, which site had the best plan implementation?