HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_2113IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
APRIL 6,1999
REGULAR MINUTES
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on April 6, 1999, 7:00
p.m., in the Commissioners Meeting Room, Iredell County Government Center, 200 S. Center
Street, Statesville, NC 28677.
Present: Chairman Sara Haire
Vice -Chairman Steve Johnson
Tommy Bowles
Alice T. Fortner
Alice M. Stewart
Staff: Joel Mashburn, County Manager
William P. Pope, County Attorney
Susan Blumenstein, Finance Director
Lynn Niblock, Planning & Enforcement Director
William Allison, Planning Supervisor
Ray Rabe, Health Director
Larry Ray, EMS Director
Katrina Hewitt, Acting Clerk to the Board
CALL TO ORDER: Chairman Haire
INVOCATION: Vice -Chairman Johnson
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
ADJUSTMENTS OF AGENDA: Mr. Mashburn stated that Katrina Hewitt needed to be
appointed as Acting Clerk to the Board.
Mr. Mashburn stated that Mr. Joe Parlato needed to be added to the Appointments Before
the Board to discuss the upcoming proposed exotic animal ordinance. Mr. Mashburn stated that
Item G needed to be deleted, Item K needed to be added (budget amendment), and under
Announcement of Vacancies Occurring on Boards, Item D needed to be added in regard to the
Exit 42 Land Use Study Committee. Mr. Mashburn also stated that he requested a closed session
for property acquisition, G.S. 143-318.11(a) (5).
MOTION by Chairman Haire to make the Adjustments to the Agenda as previously stated.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
MOTION by Chairman Haire to appoint Katrina Hewitt as Acting Clerk to the Board for
the purpose of recording the minutes in the absence of Jean Moore.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
APPOINTMENTS BEFORE. THE BOARD: Mrs. Katie Patterson stated that Mike
Loftis from Union Grove was accompanying her to the meeting. Patterson said they were
representing KIDS, Kids in Iredell Deserve Support, and that the purpose of KIDS was to act as an
advocate for the children of Iredell County by encouraging the commissioners to maintain the
current ad valorem tax rate and to budget the additional revenue from the revaluation for education
and libraries. The group is composed of concerned citizens from various backgrounds and diverse
regions of Iredell County who have united for the stated purpose. Jordan Perry, an eighth grade
student at North Iredell Middle School, stated concerns about the number of computers in
classrooms. (Perry said Iredell County averages one computer per classroom, but the proposed
school budget proposes to increase the average to two computers per classroom.) Perry then invited
the board members to spend time in the schools. Chad Ervin, Samantha Patterson, and Mackenzie
Smith (all elementary students) stated their concerns about the large number of mobile units in the
school system.