HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1766IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
MINI -RETREAT
DECEMBER 6, 2007
8:00 A.M. —12 NOON
IREDELL COUNTY LIBRARY
201 NORTH TRADD STREET
STATESVILLE, NC
The IredeIl County Board of Commissioners met in Special Session on Thursday,
December 6, 2007, for a mini -retreat to discuss capital needs.
Board Members Present
Chairman Marvin Norman
Vice Chairman Sara Haire Tice
Steve Johnson
Ken Robertson
Godfrey Williams
Staff present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, Deputy County Manager Susan
Blumenstein, Assistant County Manager Tracy Jackson, Code Enforcement and Special Projects
Director Lynn Niblock, Animal Services Manager Chris Royal, Solid Waste Director David
Lambert, Cooperative Extension Director Ken Vaughn, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
Others in attendance: Rob Johnson, an architect with MBAJ, Kathryn Thier with the
Charlotte Obseryer, Lee Ann Sherrill with the Iredell Citizen, Bethany Fuller with the Statesville
Record and Landmark, and Victor Crosby.
Opening Remarks: County Manager Mashburn reminded everyone about the winter
retreat scheduled on February 22 & 23, 2008. He asked for suggestions on a meeting location,
and Commissioner Johnson mentioned the Lowes Hangar Conference Room at the airport.
Mashburn said there was a documented population count of 146,000, but 150,000 would
probably be more accurate. He said the projected population for year 2010 was 175,000, and
with more people, came the need for more services and facilities. Mashburn said that in 1988,
the jail housed 60 to 70 inmates a day, compared to the current 300+. He said annual budgets
had also increased, and he noted that in 1988, recreation's budget was $300,000 compared to
today's $1.3 million. Mashburn mentioned that the county's park funding plan was over 20
years old, and it might need to be reviewed.
Review of Capital Needs
Landfill: Solid Waste Director David Lambert said the construction and demolition (C&D)
landfill was usable for approximately three more years. He mentioned the state, however, had
imposed new regulations on C&D facilities, and if operating at the current site in July 2008,
closure, or the capping of the site, would be under new and costlier requirements. Lambert said
new C&D facilities had to be constructed similarly to municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills, or
they had to have a plastic liner. He said the only difference between a C&D & MSW landfill
was the clay permeability requirement. Lambert said the county had the following three options:
1. Continue to operate the C&D, cap it under the new rules, and develop the Harmon
property. Cost $1,000,000
2. Close the C&D before July under the old rules. Cost $50,000
3. Close and cap before July and begin co -disposal in MSW landfill. Cost $50,000
(Note: The only reason there was a C&D in the past was due to not having as many
regulations. The downside to option 3 is that MSW space will be used up faster.)
Lambert added that the C&D fee would have to increase.