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ADJOURN: The board decided not to meet on Sunday afternoon. The meeting was
adjourned at 2:00 p.m. Next meeting: March 5, 1985, 7:30 p.m., Agricultural Center
Conference Rooms 1 and 2, Statesville, NC. /
Clerk
Approved: March 5, 1985. Recorded at Register of Deeds, Book 27, pp. 173-175.
March 5, 1985
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on Tuesday,
March 5, 1985, 7:30 p.m., Agricultural Center Conference Rooms 1 and 2. Present for
the meeting were:
Larry S. Hedrick, Chairman
William A. Mills, Vice Chairman
Jessie S. Crosswhite
Frances L. Murdock
Alice M. Stewart
Staff present: J. Wayne Deal, County Manager
William P. Pope, County Attorney
Lisa Beckham, County Planner
F. William Furches, Jr., Finance Officer
Sidney Weisner, Animal Control Officer
Alice Fortner, Clerk to the Board
CALL TO ORDER: By Chairman Hedrick
INVOCATION: By Chairman Hedrick
PRESENTATION OF RESOLUTION OF COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY AMONG CITIZENS: The
board adopted the captioned Resolution of Commitment in reference to equality among
citizens at its meeting, on February 19, 1985. Members of the black community,
including, Mr. Mason McCollough, were present to receive the resolution signed by
the chairman.
Mr. Joe Knox, Mayor of Mooresville, was present. He said the Mooresville Town
Board had adonted a resolution to reaffirm an earlier commitment to equality among
citizens. The Mooresville Town Manager, Mr. Troy Scoggins, was present and read
the Mooresville resolution.
Mr. David Pressly, Mayor of Statesville, said the Statesville City Council
had not had an opportunity to adopt a resolution to reaffirm their commitment
to equality among citizens, but he planned to do so in the very near future. He
said he would like to express the Council's support of the county commissioners'
commitment.
Chairman Hedrick said Andy Barker, Mayor of. Love Valley, had contacted him by
telephone to voice his commitment along with the other officials in this matter and
to say thaey had adopted a similar resolution.
FOCUS ON FAMILY WEEK: MOTION from Commissioner Mills to adopt the following,
resolution:
' FOCUS ON FAMILY WEEK
Whereas, the family is the most fundamental and important social institutuion
in American Society, forging values that underlie national stability and continuity;
and