HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1718Nursing Home Advisory Committee (5 appointments): OTIO by Commissioner
Williams to postpone these five appointments until the October 16 meeting.
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
Personnel Advisory Committee (3 appointments): Commissioner Tice nominated Margaret
Marks.
OTIO by Chairman Norman to appoint Marks by acclamation.
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
OTIO by Commissioner Tice to postpone the remaining two appointments until the
October 16 meeting.
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
NEW BUSINESS
GOVERNOR EASLEY'S ENERGY PLAN: Commissioner Johnson mentioned his
dislike for the new energy legislation signed by Governor Easley. He said the Governor was
mandating that more electric power be derived from green sources, and that, supposedly, North
Carolina hogs were going to solve the climate change problem. Johnson said the Governor was
mandating that more electric power come from green sources such as wind, solar, and hog and
chicken wastes. He said today, about 20/a of power came from green sources, but the Governor's
plan was proposing, by year 2021, that 12.5% of all energy be from green sources. Mr. Johnson
said hog waste generated virtually nothing now, but under the Governor's plan it would increase to
a "whopping" .2%. Johnson said the Governor had proposed to pay for this initiative by adding an
additional tax on residential power bills that would rise to $34 a year and up to a $1,000 a year on
businesses. Commissioner Johnson said this was how liberals always solved things, they created a
crisis and then they come up with a remedy to solve the crisis. Johnson said a Climate Action
Committee had been appointed and 53 recommended mandates had been drafted for the legislature.
He said a few of these were higher densities for housing developments, new bio -diesel subsidies
for fanners, higher insurance premiums for drivers who put more miles on their cars than the ones
who didn't, and a CO2 tax, or a cap in trade systems with the state government getting the money.
COUNTY MANAGER'S REPORT
County Manager Mashburn reported on the following:
► 2006 Impact of Travel: Iredell County ranks 2& in the state for travel & tourism dollars,
and last year, $172 million was identified as this type of expenditure. This was an 11% increase
over 2005.
CLOSED SESSION: OTIO by Commissioner Norman at 7:45 PM, to enter into
closed session pursuant to G.S. 143-318.11(a) (5) — Property Acquisition.
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
(RETURN TO OPEN SESSION AT 8:05 P.M.)
ADJOURNMENT: OTIO by Commissioner Robertson at 8:05 P.M., to adjourn
the meeting. (NEXT MEETING: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 at 5 and 7 P.M., in the Iredell
County Government Center, 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC.)
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
Approval: 0 %
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Clerk to the Board