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IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
MINUTES
DECEMBER 28, 1987
The Iredell County Board of Commi's'sioners met in'AdIourned Regular Session on Mdnday,'December
28, 1987, 10:00 a.m., County Annex Conference Room, 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
Jerry Lundy, Planning Director
PERSONNEL RECLASSIFICATION STUDY: Mr. Bob Henderson, Centralina Council of Governments staff
member, was present to discuss the recently completed personnel reclassification study. Mr.
Henderson presented copies of the study to each member of the board and Pxplained the method of
acquiring information for the study. Centraiina Council of Governments chose four counties of
comparable size as a comparison for the reclassifications. The counties chosen were Catawba,
C,abarrus, Cleveland, and Rowdn. Chairman Hedrick inquired'if experience is a factor In Making these
recommend atIons; Mr. -'Henderson said' it was not',' tfat th9 salaries are based- upon the replacement
cost of the employees.
{ After further discussion, it was decided that the board would accept this report as information
and discuss it further at a meeting that is to be held on December 31, 1987, 'at 1:00 p.m., prior to
going to the Beacon Sweets, Inc. industrial project announcement in Mooresville.
PETITION FOR A SEPARATE FIRE TAX DISTRICT, COOL SPRINGS: The board acknowledged receipt of a
petition received in reference to a separate fire tax district for Cool Springs. The county mana-
ger, Mr. Wayne Deal, discussed the validating procedure of the petition. He said that validating
the petition was very involved. The county is presently experiencing some software problems with
its mapping programs, and the petition would be very difficult to process under the circumstances.
A question was raised by one of the board members as to why Cool Springs would want to form a
separate fire tax district in lieu of what is being done now for the fire departments.
Commissioner Alice Stewart asked for a copy of the Cool Springs budget for the current fiscal
year. Mr. Deal said copies of the budgets are in the finance department.
Chairman Hedrick said he would like to see a letter from the fire department's board of direc-
tors and chief outlining the reason they chose to have the board of commissioners consider this
petition. If there is a problem, Chairman Hedrick said he was not aware of it. However, Chairman
Hedrick said if there is a problem, perhaps it could be rectified, which would be easier than
setting up another district. He asked the county manager to ask the fire department officials these
questions, and the county manager said he would communicate this to the fire department.
HERdNw00D PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT:'Mr. Jerry Lundy reported that'he had received a
letter from the Corps of Engineers', Wilmington, oat eA November 20, 1987.The gist of the letter is
that Heronwood has proposed to build a bridge and causeway at the Heronwood site to the Island
f f., located off shore. The island is also the property of the Heronwood development. The Corps of
Engineers has stated they would appreciate a response from the county regarding this proposal.
Mr. Lundy said he has received no plans to review. Chairman Hedrick said until the board has
something to act on, it would have to be said that the board cannot approve it.
After further discussion it was the consensus of the board that a letter would be written to
the Corps of Engineers stating that the county has not received a plan to review; however, an
ordinance is in existence that covers this type of situation. A copy of the ordinance would be
enclosed for the Crops of Engineers' review.
Mr. Pope, county attorney, said that there may be some federal regulations since that is a
navigable body of water.
MOTION from Chairman Hedrick to send this proposed letter.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
(Letter mailed on December 29, 1987.)
HOLLY FARMS: This matter was addressed by the board and staff. A question was raised by the
county attorney, Mr. Bill Pope, asking if the hoard would like to extend the time for an additional
90 days to allow the county chairman and county attorney an opportunity to meet with the Holly Farms
officials and try to work out an agreement that would be satisfactory to both parties.