HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_2215IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
BRIEFING MINUTES
AUGUST 3,1999
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Briefing Session on Tuesday, August
3, 1999, 5:00 p.m., in the South Wing Conference Room of the Iredell County Government Center,
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
County Staff Present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, County Finance Director Susan
Blumenstein, Planning Supervisor William Allison, Planner Jim King, Purchasing Agent Evie
Caldwell, Tax Collector Joe Ketchie, Social Services Director Don Wall, Cooperative Extension
Director Ken Vaughn, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
STAFF COMMENTS IN REFERENCE TO THE HIGHWAY 70 WIDENING &
PARTIAL RELOCATION: Planning Supervisor Allison said a public hearing was held on July
22, 1999 by the N.C. Department of Transportation regarding the Hwy. 70 road improvements. A
diagram was provided indicating three alternate routes. The route most favored by the DOT was
explained by Allison. The county manager said Wayside School would not be impacted that much.
The improvements will not affect the school's drain fill; however, one modular unit might need to
be moved. Allison said 2001 was the projected date to obtain rights of way, and 2003 was the
projected construction year. The Statesville Business Park will be altered, however, the city will
probably not be concerned since more areas will be opened up with road frontage. It was mentioned
that some emergency response offices and area residents expressed concern at the public hearing
about the controlled access. The board members did not have any comments to share with the DOT
about the road improvements.
REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION ABOUT THE WELFARE REFORM OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE: DSS Director Don Wall said the commissioners could delegate responsibilities
relating to the welfare reform plan (electing counties) with the exception of:
*Establishing county outcome and performance goals based on county, economic,
educational, and employment factors and adopting criteria for determining the progress
of the county in moving persons and families to self-sufficiency.
*Ensuring compliance with applicablestate and federallaws, rules, and regulations for the
Work First Program.
•Developing, adopting and submitting to the Department of Health & Human Services a
biennial county plan.
Wall said he had called eight electing counties to see how they were handling the oversight.
Responses included a variety of ways, e.g., Macon County combined the first and second appeal
and then the appeals go straight to court. Caldwell County has not implemented a system. Forsyth
delegated the oversight to the DSS Director, and in Davie County, the board of commissioners
provides the oversight.
Commissioner Fortner asked what the oversight work involved. Wall said progress and
problems would be discussed. He said the first level of appeals were handled in-house at DSS. The
DSS Board has been reviewing requests for time extensions. Wall said, so far, he had received six
appeals and three time extension requests. Out of the time extensions, the DSS board denied two
and approved one.