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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_2141IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BRIEFING MINUTES MAY 18.1999 The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in briefing session on Tuesday, May 18, 1999, at 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 D. Johnson Tommy E. Bowles Alice T. Fortner Alice M. Stewart Staff Present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, Finance Director Susan Blumenstein, Animal Control Supervisor Sidney Weisner, Inspections Director Lynn Niblock, Planning Supervisor William Allison, Purchasing Agent Evie Caldwell, Recreation Director Kim Gallyon, County Assessor Brent Weisner, Social Services Director Don Wall, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore. CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Haire. REQUEST FOR ADOPTION OF AN EXOTIC ANIMAL ORDINANCE/BAN: The county manager said he wanted to add a stipulation stating that domestic dogs and cats were excluded in the ordinance. Mashburn said he also wanted to add wording to the clause pertaining to constricting reptiles. He requested that "over ten feet long" be inserted. Mashburn said it was never the staffs intent to regulate wildlife. The state wildlife commission already does this. For this reason, he asked that the sentence dealing with opossums and raccoons, etc., be deleted. Commissioner Stewart asked about snakes used by some religious groups. Animal Control Supervisor Weisner said most of the reptiles used for this purpose were indigenous to this area, e.g., rattlesnakes and copperheads. Weisner was asked the size of the largest snake he had ever encountered in Iredell County. He said it would be a 14 foot Burmese python captured in Mooresville last summer. The snake, that had been stolen from out of state, was later returned to its owner. REQUEST FOR APPROVAL. OF A CONTRACT EXTENSION WITH BARIUM SPRINGS HOME FOR CHILDREN: The county manager said the contract stipulations had not been finalized, and he requested this item be deleted until the next meeting. REQUEST FROM IREDELL. COUNTY INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT FOR APPROVAL OF A NEW PERMIT FEE SCHEDULE (Effective JULY 1, 1999): Inspections Director Niblock said he felt it would be prudent to increase fees for his department. Niblock said his department was operating on a fee schedule adopted on January 1, 1992 when the city and county's inspection departments were merged. He shared a fee comparison using Catawba, Cabarrus, and Mecklenburg County. Niblock said Iredell's charges were lower in most all of the inspection categories (building, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical). He said that even with the proposed increases, some charges would still be lower. Commissioner Fortner asked how much of the inspections department was funded by the fees. Niblock said the inspections department was funded along with a little surplus. He said that with the new fees, it might be that inspections, planning and zoning would be supported. (Niblock added, however, that he made this statement assuming growth remained constant.) Niblock said building rental and some in -direct costs were not covered by the fees.