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USER FEES DISCUSSED: Mr. Deal had presented information to the board at the agenda briefing
regarding a user fee study that is performed by David M. Griffith and Associates. Mr. Deal is
recommending increased user fees as a method of increasing revenues, and is requesting that the
board review this information and put it back on the agenda for March 18th.
AUDIT CONTRACT: Mr. Bill Furches presented the audit contract for FY 1986-87 at a price of
$16,400.
MOTION from Commissioner Murdock, second from Commissioner Ostwalt, to approve this contract
and authorize the chairman to sign in behalf of the county.
VOTING: Ayes - 4; Nays - 0.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES, FEBRUARY 2, 3, 13, and 23 MEETINGS: MOTION from Commissioner Crosswhite
to approve the minutes from the meetings listed above.
VOTING: Ayes - 4; Nays - 0.
ADJOURN: MOTION from Chairman Hedrick to adjourn the meeting at 9:50 p.m. Next meeting:
March 18, 1987, 7:30 p.m., Agricultural Center Conference Rooms 1 and 2, Statesville, NC.
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IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
MINUTES
MARCH 18, 1987
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Adjourned Regular Session on Wednesday, March
18, 1987, 7:30 p.m„ Agricultural Center Conference Rooms 1 and 2, Statesville, NC. Present for the
meeting were:
Larry S. Hedrick, Chairman
Alice M. Stewart, Vice Chairman
Jessie S. Crosswhite
Frances L. Murdock
Samuel L. Ostwalt
Staff present: J. Wayne Deal, County Manager
William P. Pope, County Attorney
Alice Fortner, Clerk to the Board
Lois Troutman, Tax Supervisor
Joe Ketchie, Tax Collector
Jim Wall, Recreation Director
CALL TO ORDER: By Chairman Hedrick
INVOCATION: By Chairman Hedrick
SAVE THE FAMILY FARM ACT RESOLUTION: This item has been on the agenda previously and has been
delayed until further study could be made of the resolution. Additional resolutions were adopted by
the NACo delegation at the Legislative Conference in Washington just task week. Mr. Clyde Thomas,
Mr. George McAuley, and Mr. Edward Elam, farmers in Iredeil County, representing the United Farmers
Organization, were present to discuss the resolution and to ask the board to consider adoption.
Mr. Thomas said the United Farmers Organization has a chapter of 110-120 members in Iredell
County who are mostly full-time farmers. The "Save The Family Farm Act" addresses full-time farm-
ers. The main objective of the bill is to increase prices of farm commodities. Chairman Hedrick
inquired if this was the bill that is in committee that was introduced by Representative Gerhart and
others. There are others who will benefit from it also, such as price of farmland, which will
assist the credit system for financing farming. Mr. Thomas said again that the bili was mainly for
overall farm prices. There are some parts of the bill that he is not in favor of, he said, but
mainly this is the best legislation that has been presented for the Family Farm. This bill would
increase the cost of food, but at the same time more assistance would be given to those who received
food stamp assistance.
The subsidies now paid for agriculture was $32 billion in 1986. These subsidies would be cut
out as the bill is in place, Mr. Thomas said. To balance the over -production, the farmers would
voluntarily go into a program to set aside acreage for which they would not be paid.
Mr. George McAuley said he sold wheat in 1952 for $3.05/bu. and now he receives $2.60bu. A
loaf of bread in 1952 was approximately 254 to 302. Now a loaf of bread costs approximately $1.