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IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
MINUTES
MAY 31, 1994 • 6:00 p.m. BUDGET SESSION
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular
Session for a Budget Work Session. All county commissioners were
present for the meeting; namely:
Sara K. Haire, Chairman
David A. Boone, Vice Chairman
Diane M. Hamby
C. Douglas Madison, Jr.
Alice M. Stewart
Staff present:
Joel Mashburn, County Manager
William P. Pope, County Attorney
Susan G. Blumenstein, Director of Finance and Administrative
Matters
Alice Fortner, Clerk to the Board
EXECUTIVE 8E8OXON: MOTION from Commissioner Madison to enter
executive session to discuss industrial recruitment.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
MOTION from Commissioner Madison to adjourn from executive
session.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
B U D G E T S E S S I O N
FIRE COMMISSION: Mr. Tommy Bowles, Mr. Vernon Clontz, Mr. Don
Parker, Mr. Ken Jurney, and Mr. Carroll Goodman, members of the
fire commission came before the board regarding the funding for the
fire departments in the Iredell County fire district.
Mr. Bowles said the departments have been on the budget
formula for about five years. The commission is concerned about
the amount of debt that is incurred by the departments. Their
question to the county commissioners is, "What is the goal of the
county commissioners? What do you want to see in the fire service?
Do you want to continue financing and debt service? Do you want to
try to get everybody back in the black and then fund it on an as
we go' basis?" The fire commission wants to know what the county
commissioners want from them. Do the commissioners want a
comprehensive plan that will address these needs? Mr. Bowles said
it was hard to address the departments conclusively because they
are not all on the same level. Some departments are better money
managers than others.
Mr. Bowles addressed the study done in 1992 by Jimmy Pharr.
When the study was done, it was supposed to be an unbiased, expert
study. As a whole Mr. Bowles and the other members of the fire
commission think this is a fairly good study, he said. He thinks
it should be a flexible plan, but that they should not stray too
far from the plan.
Commissioner Boone said that the big expense is the capital
expense, not in operating cost. The biggest expense in the
volunteer fire service is trucks and equipment.
Ken Jurney discussed the cost of having paid personnel rather
than volunteers. He said one person, twenty-four hours a day, at
minimum wage, with mandated employee benefits, would run about
$45,000 a year. That's one person, no overtime. He then called
attention to what the City of Statesville is paying Cool Springs
for their fire service, which is a real deal for the City, Jurney