HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_2078IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MINUTES
FEBRUARY 16. 1999
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on Tuesday, February
16, 1999, 7:00 p.m., in the Iredell County Government Center (Commissioners' Meeting Room),
200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC 28677.
Present: Chairman Sara K. Haire
Vice Chairman Steve D. Johnson
Tommy E. Bowles
Alice T. Fortner
Alice M. Stewart
Staff Present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, County Attorney William P. Pope, County
Finance Director Susan Blumenstein, Planning Supervisor William Allison, and Clerk to the Board
Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER: Chairman Haire
INVOCATION: Vice Chairman Johnson
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
ADJUSTMENTS OF AGENDA:[MOTIONJ by Chairman Haire to adjust the agenda by:
Additions: • Request to Purchase a Roll -off Truck Using White Good Funds
• Approval of Budget Amendment #31 (Supersedes Budget Amendment #29) for the
Purpose of Recognizing taxes from the Meck-Neck area
• Request for Approval of Budget Amendment 432 for the Purpose of Recognizing
a Grant ($6,475) from the NC Emergency Management Office
• Request for Adoption of two Resolutions for Crossroads Behavioral Healthcare
• Request for Adoption of a Resolution Pertaining to a Proposed Housing & Urban
Development Apartment Complex located off Brawley School Road
• Closed Session for the Purpose of Discussing Economic Development - G.S. 143-
318.11(a) (4)
Deletion: • Closed Session for Discussion of a Personnel Matter- G.S 143-318.1 l(a) (6)
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
APPOINTMENTS BEFORE THE BOARD (7:00 P.M.)
MR. STEVE HUNTER & MR. JAMMIE MUNEY REGARDING THE PROPOSED
EXPANSION OF THE SOLID WASTE FACILITY ON TWIN OAKS ROAD: Mr. Hunter and
Mr. Muney did not attend the meeting.
MR. CRAIG HILLIARD, SUPERINTENDENT OF THE IREDELL
CORRECTIONAL CENTER, REGARDING PROPOSED STATE CLOSURE OF THE
FACILITY: Craig Hilliard, the superintendent of the local prison, said he desired to speak since
the State of North Carolina had recently proposed closure of the facility. Hilliard said his unit had
a furniture school/program that had sales in 1998 of $3.2 million. He went on to say the program
worked through Catawba Valley Community College, and the inmates were given a certificate upon
completion. He said that according to a survey done by the college, 68% of the inmates completing
the training went into the trade upon prison release. Supt. Hilliard said that if a released inmate had
a way of making a living, it made the person a more productive community citizen, and it also
steered that person away from a life of crime.