HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1283AUG 1 5 2006
4. Request for Adoption of a Local Government Resolution Authorizing Lt. Rick Eades to
Enter into a Highway Safety Project Contract and Approval of Budget Amendment #6
to Appropriate Grant Funds of $34,950 from the Governor's Highway Safety Program
for the Purchase of Equipment: Chief Deputy Rick Dowdle said the board on March 14
agreed to allow an application to be submitted for these grant funds. He said a $6,277 local
match would be derived from drug seizure money, and the following equipment items would be
purchased.
30 alco-sensors (1 @ $320)
50 traffic cones (1@ $15)
30 reflective vests (1@ $20)
4 sets of checkpoint signs (l set at $950)
4 handheld stop/slow signs (1 @ $19)
9 radars (outlined in grant total cost of $14,760)
lights/radios for 3 motorcycles at $5,174
1000 breath tubes @ $0.19 each for a cost of $190
Total $34,950
The approved resolution is as follows:
North Carolina Governor's Highway Safety Program
LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL RESOLUTION Form GHSP-42 A
WHEREAS, the Iredell County Sheriffs Office (herein called the agency's has completed an application
contract for traffic safety funding and that Sheriff Phillip H. Redmond of Iredell County has thoroughly
considered the problem identified and has reviewed the project as described in the contract.
THEREFORE, NOW BE IT RESOLVED BY THE Iredell County Board of Commissioners in Open
meeting assembled in Statesville, North Carolina on the 1f day of August 2006 as follows:
1. That the project referenced above is in the best interest of the governing body and the general public, and
2. That Lt. Rick Eades is to file, on behalf of the Governing Body, an application contract in the form
prescribed by the Governor's Highway Safety Program for federal funding in the amount of $28,673 to be
made to the Governing Body to assist in defraying the cost of the project described in the contract
application; and
3. That the Governing Body has formally appropriated the cash contribution of $6,277 as required by the
project contract,- and
4. That the Project Director designated in the application contract shall furnish or make arrangements for
other appropriate persons to lumish such information, data, documents and reports as required by the
contract, if approved, or as may be required by the Governor's Highway Safety Program; and
5. That certified copies of this resolution be included as part of the contract referenced above; and
6. That this resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
5. Request from the Sheriffs Department for Approval of Budget Amendment #7 to
Appropriate $60,000 from Seized Funds for the Placement of a Pole -Frame Building at the
County Garage: Chief Deputy Rick Dowdle said the City of Statesville had agreed to allow a
pole -frame building to be constructed at the county garage (Meeting Street). He said the
storage area would be expanded, and a section would be used as a luminol chamber to process
crime vehicles.
6. Request from the Sheriffs Department for Approval of Budget Amendment #8 to
Appropriate $13,000 from Departmental Supplies to Depreciable Assets for the
Purchase of a K-9 (Replacement of K-9 Ringo): Chief Deputy Dowdle said an animal in the
canine unit died on June 2, 2006, and the department desired to transfer $13,000 out of supplies
to purchase a replacement.
7. Request from the Cooperative Extension Service for Approval of Budget Amendment
#9 to Appropriate Grant Funds ($8,600) Received from the Lowe's Charitable and
Education Foundation for Improvements at the Horticultural Demonstration Garden:
Deputy County Manager Blumenstein said a $8,600 grant had been received by the Cooperative