HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_23362. REQUEST FROM SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FOR THE APPROVAL OF
THREE REQUESTS
A. Cali for a Public Hearing on February 1, 2000 Regarding the Usage of a $30,747
Block Grant & Approval of Budget Amendment #26 for the Acceptance of the
Funds
B. Permission to Apply for a Governor's Crime Commission Grant in the Amount
of $83,699.82 (county's match will be $27,899.94 to be taken from drug -seized
funds for a total of $111,599.76)
C. Permission to Apply for a Governor's Highway Safety Program Grant in the
Amount of $86,000 (county's match will be utilization of existing
personnel/salaries)
3. REQUEST FROM DSS FOR ACCEPTANCE OF SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK
GRANT -2 (SSBG2) FUNDS ($57,102 - no county match required) (See briefing
minutes in reference to description of the reallocation of an inactive staff position.)
4. REQUEST FROM DSS FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF STATE ADULT
PROTECTIVE SERVICES FUNDS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN
ADDITIONAL ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES SOCIAL WORKER III
POSITION (employee/equipment for six months = $15,321 state funds & $5,107
county funds for total of $20,428):
5. REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF THE DECEMBER 21, 1999 MINUTES
6. REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF FIRST UNION SECURITIES, INC., AS THE
MANAGING UNDERWRITER FOR SCHOOL FINANCING
7. ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE BICENTENNIAL
CELEBRATION OF SAINT JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH (851 Shinnville Road,
Mooresville, N.C.)
RESOLUTION HONORING THE
SAINT JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH
WHEREAS, Episcopalians have been worshiping together in the Mooresville community presently
known as Shinnville for at least two -hundred years and are acknowledged as the oldest Episcopal church in
Iredell County as well as one of the oldest congregations in the Diocese of North Carolina; and
WHEREAS, this church was founded by one of the first lay readers Charles Nathaniel Mills,
authorized by the first Episcopal bishop of North Carolina, John Stark Ravenscroft; and
WHEREAS, descendants of Charles Nathaniel Mills continue to worship at Saint James Church; and
WHEREAS, this congregation's early leaders were courageous soldiers ofthe American Revolution;
and
WHEREAS, this church's first priest, the Reverend Hatch Dent of Maryland, was one of the first
ordained ministers of the first American Episcopal bishop, Samuel Seabury, and
WHEREAS, this body of Christians has offered its sons and daughters for the defense of our
homeland in times of national crises for two centuries, and
WHEREAS, this church has kept its doors open for worship throughout such hardships as the War
Between the States, Reconstruction, and economic depression, and
WHEREAS, this congregation continues today to provide a sanctuary of peace, prayer, and
fellowship to all seekers of the truth in the Mooresville community regardless of race or socioeconomic
status; and
WHEREAS, this church promotes brotherhood and sisterhood by assisting its neighbors in need.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Iredell County Board of Commissioners
encourages all Iredell County citizens to celebrate the two -hundred years Saint James Episcopal Church has
served our community.
This the 411 day of January 2000.
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