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BRIEFING MINUTES
JULY 15, 2008
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Briefing Session on Tuesday,
July 15, 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, Assistant Planning Director Steve
Warren, Library Director Steve Messick, Assistant Library Director Peggy Carter, Fire Marshal
Lloyd Ramsey, Purchasing Agent Dean Lail, Transportation Director Ben Garrison, and Clerk to
the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Norman
RUSS ROGERSON INTRODUCED: Commissioner Tice introduced Russell (Russ)
Rogerson, the new Executive Director for the Mooresville -South Iredell Economic Development
Corporation. Tice said that Rogerson was the former Executive Vice President for
GreaterFindlaylnc (GFI), in Findlay, Ohio. She said with Rogerson's leadership, GFI was
ranked as the sixth best micropolitan community for new and expanding facilities by Site
Selection Magazine. In addition, she said the area had placed in the magazine's top 20 best
economic sites during the past 10 years.
REQUEST FROM THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR APPROVAL OF AN E-
COMMERCE SOFTWARE AGREEMENT WITH COTT SYSTEMS: Deputy County
Manager Susan Blumenstein said the Register of Deeds' office had advised of changes for this
software agreement since it was first submitted. She requested for the item to be deleted from the
agenda to allow time for the Register of Deeds to submit a corrected version.
Commissioner Robertson noted several unanswered questions on the agenda request form.
He requested for the Register of Deeds to supply this information before the agreement was
resubmitted.
REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A THREE-YEAR HVAC CONTRACT
("PRIME" SERVICE/MAINTENANCE) WITH JOHNSON CONTROLS FOR THE
SYSTEM AT THE SOCIAL SERVICES BUILDING/EASTSIDE DRIVE,
STATESVILLE): Purchasing Agent Dean Lail said a basic service agreement was already in
place with Johnson Controls for the Social Services Building. Lail said recently, however, there
had been increased repair and service costs that were not covered under the present contract. He
said for this reason, the staff was recommending a "prime" contract at a cost of $9,353.75 every
three months, or $37,415 a year. Lail said an architect designed the system for the building that
was completed in March of 2006, and there was a one-year warranty.
Commissioner Robertson voiced concerns about the new building's repair costs. He
expressed a desire to know the root cause of the problems, and he asked if there were design
errors.
Commissioner Williams asked if the problem was more of a mechanical nature.
Lail said yes, it was a mechanical problem.
County Manager Mashburn said there was not a design problem. He mentioned the staff
would re -review the HVAC agreement before the signatures were obtained.
ADJOURNMENT: Chairman Norman adjourned the briefing session at 5:45 P.M.
Approval:
Clerk to the Board