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.SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT - REQUEST FOR AN ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY SPECIALIST:
Don Wall, Director of Social Services, came before the board to request an additional
eliqibilitv specialist for the Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program. The
request is a result of the new court order coming from Alexander vs. Hill Case, where
social services departments were limited to a 45 -day period for processing applica-
tions for AFDC funds. After 45 days, if the application was delayed without good
cause, county social services departments will be fined $50 weekly, to be paid to
the applicant and not reimburseable by the State. This order is effective February
2, 1983.
Mr. Wall said because the increase in the number of applicants for AFDC and
the increased length of the form which must be filled out for each client, he was
asking for an additional eligibility specialist I. This request was approved by the
social services board and recommended to the county commissioners for financing.
Commissioner Ostwalt asked Don Wall if he would be just as diligent in reducing
the staff if the need for additional staff does not continue, to which Mr. Wall
replied he would.
After a discussion by the board, MOTION was made by Commissioner Murdock to
approve the Eligibility Specialist I position until January 30, 1983. This position
would be reviewed in the 1983-84 budget deliberations and a decision made at that
time on whether or not the funding would be continued. VOTING: Ayes - 4; Noes - 1
(Mills).
REVALUATION REPORT: Brent Weisner, Project Manager for the Ferries Company,
the reappraisal firm, came before the board with Lois Troutman, Tax Administrator,
to present the January Reappraisal Report.
Mr. Weisner said they were 708 complete with the total work involved in the
reappraisal. They hope to have a tentative schedule of values for presentation to
the board at the first meeting in May.
REQUEST FOR WATER LINE EXTENSION - THORNEBURG INDUSTRIES: The county manager
informed the board that a request has been received from the City of Statesville
to enter into a water line extension agreement to the new Thorneburg plant, located
on Hickory Highway. The City of Statesville will be installing a 6 -inch water line,
but by entering into an agreement with the county, a 12 -inch line would be installed,
with the county helping to fund the difference in cost between the 6 -inch line and
the 12 -inch line. Estimated cost to the county is $15,681.60.
MOTION from Commissioner Campbell to enter into an agreement with the City of
Statesville for the funding of a 12 -inch water line to extend to the Thorneburg
Hosiery Company plant. Funding would be handled in the usual manner according to
the ongoing water line agreement between the City of Statesville and Iredell County,
with the county funding the entire $15,681.60, and the city reimbursing the county
for 309 of the $15,681.60, over a two-year period. VOTING,: Ayes - 5; Noes - 0.
REQUEST FOR BID PROPOSALS - SHERIFF'S VEHICLES: The County Manager, J. Wayne
Deal, said the funds were appropriated in the 1982-83 budget for purchase of nine