HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_0640IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
MINUTES
SEPTEMBER 6, 1994
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular
Session on Tuesday evening, September 6, 1994, 6:00 p.m., County
Commissioners' Meeting Room, Iredell County Government Center, 200
South Center Street, Statesville, NC. Those present for the
meeting were:
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
Alice Fortner, Clerk to the Board
Susan Blumenstein, Director of Finance and
Administration
Jerry Lundy, Director of Planning.& Development
CALL TO ORDER: By Chairman Haire
INVOCATION: By Commissioner Madison
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ADJUBTNRNT OF TER AGENDA: Mr. Mashburn made some recommended
changes to the agenda, and all the board members concurred with
these changes.
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
NRS. NINA BELL GRARANt MOTION from Commissioner Stewart to
approve the Special Resolution of Recognition for Mrs. Nina Bell
Graham, who will be celebrating her 100th birthday on September 8,
1994. Chairman Haire presented this special resolution and
photographers were present from Statesville Record & Landmark and
Iredell County News to make pictures for their newspapers.
VOTING ON MOTION: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
AGAINST THE ADOPTION OF THE FEDERAL CRINR BILLt Chairman
Haire asked Commissioner Boone to read this special resolution.
After reading the resolution and discussing it briefly,
Commissioner Boone made a motion to adopt the resolution. In the
discussion, Commissioner Hamby asked for some of the wording to be
changed to "clean up" the language, she stated. It was the
consensus of the other board members to leave the resolution as it
is presently written.
The following is the resolution adopted on a motion from
Commissioner Boone:
WHEREAS, NACo officials supported the recently passed federal
"anti-crime" bill, and specifically, NACo First Vice President Doug
Bovin, at a press conference, said: "County officials are in favor
of this anti-crime bill . . ."; and
WHEREAS, this so-called anti-crime bill calls for spending
over $30 billion dollars at a time when the federal government is
already running an enormous deficit; and
WHEREAS, much of this money will be spent for midnight
basketball, arts and crafts, dancing, "counseling" and "recreation
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