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CONTINUATION OF SPECIAL MEETING OF JULY 6, 2004
DATE: WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 2004
TIME: 12 NOON
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met on Wednesday, July 7, 2004,
at 12 Noon, in the Iredell County Government Center, 200 South Center Street,
Statesville, NC (South Wing Conference Room).
Commissioners present were:
Chairman Steve D. Johnson
Vice Chairman Godfrey Williams
Doug Madison
Marvin Norman
Sara Haire Tice
Staff present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, Finance Director Susan
Blumenstein, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER: Chairman Johnson called the meeting to order.
Attorney Neil Yarborough, in Fayetteville, North Carolina, was contacted by
telephone for a conference call to discuss the lawsuit initiated by the Iredell-Statesville
School System (Record & Landmark reporter Katie Sigmon and Record & Landmark
photographer Bruce Whitlock were present while the phone connection was made.)
CLOSED SESSION: MOTION by Chairman Johnson to enter into closed
session pursuant to G.S 143-318. 11 (a) (3) — Attorney -Client privilege.
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
(The reporter and photographer departed at this time.)
(RETURN TO OPEN SESSION AT 12:30 P.M.)
CONTINUATION OF MEETING: Chairman Johnson made a motion to
continue the meeting until the afternoon at 5:30 P.M., (Wednesday, July 7, 2004, in the
Iredell County Government Center, 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC — South
Wing Conference Room).
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
5:30 P.M. Meeting (South Wing Conference Room
Iredell County Government Center, Statesville, NC)
Commissioners present were:
Chairman Steve D. Johnson
Vice Chairman Godfrey Williams
Doug Madison
Marvin Norman
Sara Haire Tice
Staff present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, Finance Director Susan
Blumenstein, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER: Chairman Johnson called the meeting to order.
ADOPTION OF A MEDIATED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE IREDELL-STATESVILLE SCHOOL
SYSTEM: MOTION by Chairman Johnson to adopt a mediated settlement agreement
with the Iredell-Statesville School System. VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
The settlement agreement is as follows
Iredell-Statesville Schools July 6, 2004
and
Iredell County Board of Commissioners MEDIATED SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENT
After mediation the working groups of the above boards agree, subject to approval
of their full boards as follows:
a. The action set forth in Exhibit A, attached hereto.
b. The constituted working groups that sign this agreement agree to meet a
minimum of 3 times between the date of this agreement and January 1,
2005 to discuss the school budget parameters ,for 2005-2006 school
year.
For the School Board
Working Group
s/ David Cash
s/ Terry Holliday
s/ TerLI Haas
s/Ann L. Maiestic (attorney)
For the County Commissioners
Working Group
s/ Stephen D. Johnson
s/Joel R. Mashburn
s/Susan Blumenstein
s/ Neil Yarborough (atiorney)
Exhibit A
• A Joint Facilities Task Force shall be jointly created by the Iredell County Board of
Commissioners and the Iredell-Statesville Board of Education.
• Each board Chairman shall serve on the Joint Task Force and shall also appoint one
board member and four citizens to form the twelve -member committee. Both Boards'
staffs shall attend each meeting as resource to the committee.
• The Joint Task Force shall be appointed and hold its first meeting on or before
August 31, 2004.
• The Joint Task Force shall engage in basic information gathering and general
scoping activities and report back in 90 days to a joint meeting of both boards on
their preliminary recommendations involving the general scope of the project to be
undertaken and the type of consultants needed.
• Within two weeks of this joint meeting, the boards will reconvene in a joint meeting,
with the Joint Task Force members invited to attend, and by individual majority vote
of each board will decide on what type of outside consultants to hire and the scope of
their services.
• At that time, the Board of Commissioners will hire, and pay for, the consultants they
have chosen if the Board of Education approves those consultants.
• Each Board, and their staffs, shall have equal access to provide information to the
consultants, and any information provided to the consultants shall be copied to the
staff of the other board.
• Any written reports made by said consultants shall be shared on a contemporaneous
basis to both boards.
• After formal submission of the consultants' reports, both boards will meet within
thirty days in joint session with the Joint Task Force members invited to attend. At
this meeting the boards will develop o joint.facilities plan for the school district, which
shall include the timetable and method(s) of financing.
2
ND OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
MOTION by Chairman Johnson at 6:05 P.M. to adjourn the meeting. [Note:
The length of the meeting (5:30 p.m. — 6:05 p.m.) was due to waiting on official notification
from the school system that the Iredell-Statesville Board of Education had adopted the
settlement agreement.]
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
Approval:
3
Clerk to the Board