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BRIEFING MINUTES
DECEMBER 15 1998
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Briefing Session on Tuesday, December
15, 1998, 5:00 P.M., in the Iredell County Government Center (South Wing Conference Room),
200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC 28677,
Present: Chairman Sara K. Haire
Vice Chairman Steve Johnson
Tommy E. Bowles
Alice T. Fortner
Alice M. Stewart
Staff Present: Joel Mashburn, County Manager; Susan Blumenstein, County Finance
Director; William Allison, Planning Supervisor; Don Wall, Social Services Director; Brent Weisner,
County Assessor; Lynn Niblock, Inspections Director; Ron Weatherman, Solid Waste Director; and
Jean Moore, Clerk to the Board.
REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION FOR THE SUBMISSION
OF AN APPLICATION FOR THE FY 1998-99 WORK -FIRST
TRANSITIONAL/EMPLOYMENT TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE FUNDS & FOR
THE REFERENCED FUNDS TO BE UTILIZED IN THE COUNTY TO MEET WORK -
FIRST OR EMPLOYMENT TRANSPORTATION NEEDS PROVIDED BY THE
COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM (IREDELL TRANSPORTATION
AUTHORITY): The county manager advised that he had met recently with the DSS Director and
Ben Garrison, the director for the Iredell Transportation Authority, about grant funds available for
Work First assistance. It was agreed the grant allocation for Iredell County ($13,960) should be
utilized by the Iredell Transportation Authority.
Commissioner Stewart asked Garrison the status of the authority. Garrison said the program
was not paying for itself and that other problems had surfaced. Among these was the recent
resignation of the transportation coordinator. Garrison said the staff was still trying to make the
system more efficient, e.g., fixed transportation routes.
DISCUSSION/DECISION OFA REQUEST RECEIVED ON OCTOBER 6,1998, FOR
THE CREATION OF A WATERSHED ADVISORY BOARD: The county manager said he
met with Mr. Vic Crosby (individual that made the initial request for a Watershed Advisory Board),
Mr. John Robertson (Keep Iredell Clean) and Mr. Paul Wilson (I -CARE) on December 9, 1998.
Mashburn said he asked Crosby specifically why the county needed a watershed board, especially
since a Soil & Water Conservation Program existed. Crosby said the Soil & Water agency did not
address the smaller watersheds. Crosby also expressed concerns about future water supply
adequacy. Mashburn said the county had information about watersheds, but nothing that dealt
strictly with Iredell County. (Most of the information deals with areas in the Catawba or Yadkin
River basins.) The county manager said he felt a study on the adequacy and protection of lredell's
water sources might be worthwhile. He suggested that authorization be given to pre -apply for a
grant that would pay for a study.
REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION/APPROVAL OF A PROPOSED CORRUGATED
CARDBOARD ORDINANCE BAN: Ron Weatherman, the solid waste director, said that in
accordance with G.S. 130A -309A (House Bill 859) units of government in 1997 were requested to
adopt Ten Year Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plans. The plans stated that
governments should make a "good faith effort" to achieve the state's forty percent reduction of
municipal solid waste. Iredell County adopted the plan, and Weatherman said the elimination of
commercial corrugated cardboard at the solid waste facility would be a way to achieve the waste
reduction goal. He said many counties across the state had already adopted the ban.