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BRIEFING MINUTES
AUGUST 5, 2008
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Briefing Session on Tuesday,
August 5, 2008, at 5:00 P.M., in the Iredell County Government Center (South Wing
Conference Room), 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC.
Board Members Present
Chairman Marvin Norman
Vice Chairman Sara Haire Tice
Steve Johnson
Ken Robertson
Godfrey Williams
Staff present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, Deputy County Manager Susan
Blumenstein, Assistant County Manager Tracy Jackson, Sheriffs Chief Deputy Rick Dowdle,
Planning Director Ron Smith, Tax Collector Bill Torches, Solid Waste Director David Lambert,
Purchasing Agent Dean Lail, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Norman
REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF BUDGET AMENDMENT #2 TO
APPROPRIATE FUND BALANCE — RESERVED (FEDERAL EQUITY SHARING) FOR
CRIME LAB SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT: Chief Deputy Rick Dowdle introduced
Todd Huml, the new crime lab director. Dowdle said Huml would need about a third of the lab
space for drug and chemistry analysis, and approximately $200,000 worth of equipment was
needed. He said previously, evidence was sent to other areas of the state for analysis, and it
sometimes took months before receiving the test results.
Huml, a graduate of Eastern Illinois State and the University of Florida, said test results
on a top priority case could probably be available, once the lab was operational, in 48 hours. He
said the following equipment was needed:
GC/MS Instrument
FT -IR Instrument
UV -Vis Instrument
Lab Set -Up (hood & storage)
2 Scopes — 1 stereo microscope, 1 polarizing light microscope
2 certified weight sets
Floor Balance
Consumables
Standards
Gases for Instruments
Deionized Water
Holmium Oxide Std.
Other
Hotpoint Refrigerator
Mills & Clarke Reference Books
Total
$ 84,750.00
34,190.00
14,417.45
13, 643.00
$ 147,000.45
8,895.25
2,070.45
1,039.00
$ 12,004.70
$ 27,984.62 (Supplies/Testing)
6,649.20 (Supplies/Testing)
435.77
109.76
595.00
3,116.50
$ 38,890.85
$ 548.00
$ 1,556.00
Commissioner Robertson noted that up to this point, the crime lab costs had been paid out
of seized funds, but after two years, the county would absorb the expenses.
Dowdle was asked if the lab would be more self-supporting once it began to perform
testings for other cities or counties, and he said, "It's in the future, but it might be justifiable."
He said the state imposed a set fee amount for the various tests, and the county could be
comparable, but not more expensive.
Huml and Dowdle said that once the lab equipment was installed, the board members
would be invited for a tour.
(All other agenda items were then explained, and a summary about these matters may be
found in the regular minutes.)
ADJOURNMENT: Chairman Norman adjourned the briefing at 5:40 p.m.
Approval:
2
Clerk to the Board