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No one else spoke at the public hearing on the budget for PY 1983-84.
CHAIRMAN TROUTMAN CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING AND RE -OPENED THE REGULAR MEETING.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT, CORMUN ICAm IONS: Several of the industrial managers
were present to discuss the proposed agreement for the county to take over the dis-
patching of fire calls for the City of Statesville.
While these managers were in agreement with the concept of the county's handling
the fire calls, they were concerned about who would manage the monitoring of equip-
ment, etc., at the plants. The county had not included in the contract the handling
of the monitoring systems at the county's emergency operations center.
Mr. Taylor of Clark Equipment was in favor of having a private monitoring firm
rather than using the county's EOC. Other company representatives, Mr. Spangler of
J. C. Penney Company, was in favor of asking the county to handle this monitoring.
Chief O'Ferrell of the Statesville Fire Department was present and discussed the
City's position with the board.
The county manaqer said it had been his thinking from the beginning that the
county would dispatch the Statesville Fire Department calls, but there would be no
alarm systems accepted.
Mrs. Sells discussed her business and the importance of having a good alarm sys-
tem.
It was brought out that there were 48 industries who have alarm systems located
at the Statesville Fire Department, and that the board should withhold making a deci-
sion until the City of Statesville advises the county what they plan to do regarding
the monitoring system.
MOTION from Commissioner Mills that there be an approved monitoring service to
go directly to the Statesville Fire Department and also as a backup to the County's
Emergency Operation Center. MOTION WITHDRAWN.
Mr. Wayne Bumgardner, Bernhardt Industries' Monroe Street plant, spoke regarding
the monitoring system and said that he thought the County's EOC was the ideal way to `
go.
It was mentioned that the 48 existing monitoring systems could be grandfathered
in, but that no additional ones would be accepted, and then decided by consensus that
this would be an unfair policy.
MOTION from Chairman Troutman that the board accept the agreement as it is
presently written without the private monitoring.
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