HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1280IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MINUTES
AUGUST 15.2006
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on Tuesday,
August 15, 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
Steve Johnson
Marvin Norman
Ken Robertson
Absent: Vice Chairman Godfrey Williams was absent due to being out of the state.
Staff present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, County Attorney Bill Pope, Deputy
County Manager Susan Blumenstein, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice
INVOCATION by Commissioner Johnson
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ADJUSTMENTS OF THE AGENDA: OTIO by Chairman Tice to approve the
following agenda adjustments:
Deletion: • Josh Swift, Health Education Coordinator, with a Presentation on the
Action for Children North Carolina Report (This report will be given in September.)
Addition • Request for Approval of a Connect CTY or NTI Agreement
• Closed Session Pursuant to G.S. 143-318.11(a) (3) - Legal
VOTING: Ayes — 4; Nays — 0.
APPOINTMENT BEFORE THE BOARD
Request from the North Iredell Emergency Training Facilities, Inc., Organization
for Funding to Purchase Property: Gene Powers, Chief of the Harmony Volunteer Fire
Department (VFD) and President of the North Iredell Emergency Training Facilities, Inc.,
requested funding to purchase 14 acres of property at a cost of $120,000. (Initially, the cost
was $135,000.) Powers said the agency consisted of the Central, County Line, Harmony,
Sheffield Calahan, Lone Hickory, Wilkes-Iredell and Union Grove VFDs. He said (1) the
organization was incorporated (2) it was funded through the training grounds (3) the training
grounds funding would assist in the future upkeep of the property and (4) the adjacent property
owners were aware of the proposed usage, and there didn't seem to be opposition. He said the
future monetary needs of the organization were unknown, but the group's present request was
for funds to purchase the property.
Commissioner Johnson asked the legal status of the organization -- whether or not it
could own property. He also asked if the rescue squads were involved in the request.
Powers said the organization could hold title to property. He said the rescue squads
were aware of the request, but their boards of directors had not made a decision regarding
membership. Mr. Powers said the first priority of the organization was to work on the "driving
facility," due to this being a requirement for the VFDs. He said this type of facility would be
an asset to the rescue squads.
Johnson asked if a joint venture with the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) was still being
reviewed.