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REGULAR MINUTES
JANUARY 6, 2009
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on Tuesday,
January 6, 2009, at 7:00 P.M., in the Iredell County Government Center (Commissioners'
Meeting Room), 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC.
Board Members Present
Chairman Godfrey Williams
Steve Johnson
Scott Keadle
Ken Robertson
Absent: Vice Chairman Marvin Norman due to illness.
Staff present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, County Attorney Bill Pope, Deputy
County Manager Tracy Jackson, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Williams.
INVOCATION by the Rev. Gary Richardson, with Friendship United Methodist
Church, 907 Friendship Road, Statesville, NC.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ADJUSTMENTS OF THE AGENDA: County Manager Joel Mashburn requested that
the following three items be discussed under New Business:
1. Request for Concurrence of the Revised Iredell County Organizational Chart
2. Request for Concurrence to Allow the Staff to Negotiate with Walter, Robbs, Callahan,
& Piece in Conjunction with the New Animal Control Shelter Design Work
3. Request from Iredell-Statesville Schools Superintendent Dr. Terry Holliday for a
Meeting of the Joint School Facilities Task Force Prior to the Commissioners' Retreat
on February 27, 2009.
OTION by Commissioner Keadle to approve the agenda as presented.
VOTING: Ayes — 4; Nays — 0.
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items.
MOTTO by Commissioner Johnson to approve the following four consent agenda
VOTING: Ayes — 4; Nays — 0.
(All items were presented during the briefing session.)
1. Request from the Sheriff's Department for Approval of Budget Amendment #35 to
Purchase Five Laptop Computers from Federal Equity Sharing Funds: Chief Deputy Rick
Dowdle requested five laptops and described their usage as follows:
Three laptops will be used for video forensics and will require a stronger video card. Two
of these will be used for video enhancement and will hold/run the Codec which is necessary to
manipulate proprietary videos used by businesses. The remaining laptop will be used by the
systems administrator with off-site access.
Two laptops are of standard configuration and will be used for "Spillman" training.
BA#35
To appropriate Federal Equity Sharing Funds for the purdxnre of 5
laptops.
Account #
Current Chariga Amended
104510 4820.00
Federal Equity Shari
837,041
9,710
846,751
105510 6200.00
Nor-i-DepredableAssets
511,408
9,710
521,118
2. Request from the Sheriff's Department for Approval of Budget Amendment #36 to
Appropriate Federal Equity Sharing Funds for the Purchase of Starwitness Field Agent
Hardware/Software: Chief Deputy Rick Dowdle said this equipment would enable the
sheriff's department to enhance videos taken from crime scenes that might otherwise be
unviewable. He said the department would be able to zoom in or out on poor quality DVDs.
BA#36
To appropriate Federal Equity Sharing Funds for the purchase of
Starwtrress Feld Agent hardujare/Sofiware.
Account #
Current Change Amended
104510 4820.00
Federal Equity Sharing
(846,751)
(23,000) (869,751)
105510 6100.00
Depreciable Assets
934,938
23,000 957,938
3. Request from the Health Department for Approval of Budget Amendment #37 to
Allocate Additional Women, Infants & Children (WIC) Grant Revenues and for the
funds to be used to Increase a Processing Assistant III from .8 FTE to I FTE: Health
Director Donna Campbell said this budget amendment was approved by the board of health on
December 11. She said previously, the department was notified that 526,520 would be available
in WIC funds, and a budget amendment for $3,767 was approved on October 21, 2008.
Campbell said the remaining $22,750 would be used to offset expenses previously covered by
county funds, and an amendment was needed.
4. Request for Approval of the December 7 & December 16, 2008 Minutes
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Request from the Iredell County Fire Tax Board & the Fire Marshal's Office for the
Adoption of a False Fire Alarm Ordinance: (Please see the briefing minutes for additional
information about this ordinance.)
The ordinance is as follows
ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5 OF THE
IREDELL COUNTY CODE ENTITLED "FIRE PREVENTION AND
PROTECTION" TO ADD A NEW ARTICLE TO REGULATE
FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS / FALSE FIRE ALARMS
Chapter 5 of the Iredell County Code is hereby amended by adding a new Article III
entitled "Fire Alarm Systems/False Fire Alarms" to read as follows:
Article III. FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS/FALSE FIRE ALARMS
Sections 5.46 Purpose
The purpose of this ordinance is to:
A. Ensure that the Alarm User and the Alarm Business maintain the premises and the
Alarm System in a manner that minimizes or eliminates False Alarm Dispatches,
and
B. Ensures that the Alarm User makes every effort to have a proper numerical
address posted. The numbers on a residential structure shall be a minimum of 4
inches high with a stroke width of at least '/z inches. All other structure numbers
shall be a minimum of 6 inches with a stroke width of at least '/2 inches. This
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number shall be posted so as to meet or exceed this ordinance, and shall in all
cases, be visible from the roadway under adverse weather conditions, and
C. Ensures that the directions given to the Alarm Monitoring Station are accurate,
clear, and concise. Further, in the event of an alarm activation, the appropriate
Alarm Key Holder shall make every reasonable effort to respond or cause a
representative to respond to the Alarm System's location within thirty (30)
minutes when notified by the Alarm Monitoring Station to deactivate a
malfunctioning Alarm System, to provide access to the premises, or to provide
security for the premises, and
D. Ensures that no one shall manually activate an alarm for any reason other than a
fire emergency. In the event of a manual activation intended to test the Alarm
System, the Alarm User shall first notify the Alarm Monitoring Station of such
test.
Section 5.47
For purposes of this article, the following words shall have the following meanings.
A. Alarm Businesses. The business, by an individual, partnership, corporation, or
other entity of selling, leasing, maintaining, servicing, repairing, altering,
replacing, moving, installing, or monitoring an Alarm System.
B. Alarm Dispatch Request. A notification to an Emergency Communication
Dispatch Center by an Alarm Business or an Alarm Monitoring Station that an
alarm, either manual or automatic, has been activated at a particular Alarm Site.
C. Alarm Key Holder. Any person chosen by the owner or lessee to be considered a
responsible person to provide access to an Alarm Site to investigate an activated
fire alarm.
D. Alarm Monitoring Station. A company hired by the Alarm User or Alarm
Business to provide constant monitoring of an Alarm System. Some Alarm
Businesses are also Monitoring Stations while some contract with other
Monitoring Stations.
E. Alarm Review Authority. For all appeals that are from the County Service
District, a minimum of three (3) members of the Iredell County Fire Tax Board
shall serve as the Alarm Review Authority. All appeals from a Rural Fire
Protection District shall be heard from at least two (2) members of the Iredell
County Fire Tax Board as well as an Officer from the Board of Directors from the
Fire Department that provides fire protection in that district.
F. Alarm Signal. A detectable signal, either audible, visual, or both, that is generated
by an Alarm System to which the Alarm User intends for a fire department to
respond.
G. Alarm Site. A single premises or location served by an Alarm System or systems.
Each tenancy, if served by a separate Alarm System in a multi -tenant building or
complex shall be considered a separate Alarm Site.
H. Alarm System. Any single device or assembly of equipment designed to signal
the detection of fire, or products of combustion, in a building, structure, or
premises, or to signal an actual fire or initiate a response for medical assistance
regardless of whether the call for response comes from an Alarm Business, an
Alarm Monitoring Station, the Alarm User, a neighbor, or results from a police
officer or firefighter hearing the Alarm System.
I. Alarm System Coordinator. An employee or agent of the County designated by
the County Manager to administer and assist in the enforcement of this article.
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J. Alarm User. A person, corporation, partnership, proprietorship, association,
governmental or educational entity, or any other entity, owning or leasing an
Alarm System or on whose premises an Alarm System is maintained for the
protection of such premises.
K. False Alarm Dispatches. Any signal communicated by any means that solicits a
response from a Fire Department to which the responding units find no evidence
of fire or products of combustion or medical emergency. False alarms include,
but are not limited to:
1. Error or mistake: Any action by any person, firm or corporation,
association, or other entity or agency thereof, owning or operating
any dwelling, building, or place, which results in the activation of
any Alarm System when no emergency exists.
2. Malfunction: Any activation of any Alarm System caused by a
flaw in the normal operation, design, installation, or maintenance
of the system, by faulty equipment, or by a change in the
environment or premises upon, or within which the Alarm System
is operating.
3. Intentional misuse: Any activation of an Alarm System when one
knows, has reason to know, or should have known no fire or other
emergency is in progress.
4. Fire Alarm Testing: Any alarm transmitted to the Fire Department
while alarm is being tested by personnel without notifying the
alarm service of test status.
An alarm will not be considered to be a false fire alarm if determined by the
officer in charge the fire alarm was caused by:
1. A natural or manmade catastrophe. Such events include, but are
not limited to tornadoes, floods, earthquakes or similarly violent
conditions or adverse weather conditions.
2. The testing of a local/audible Alarm System by a licensed Alarm
Business, agent, or employee who is present at the premises while
servicing, repairing, or installing the alarm when the agent or user
has contacted the alarm company and informed of the test.
3. Activation by other extraordinary circumstances not reasonably
subject to control by the Alarm User.
L. Incident Commander. An Incident Commander is considered to be the person -in -
charge at an incident scene. The concept of incident management requires that all
resources are pooled with decisions made by a group of trained personnel who
make decisions to eliminate a hazard and to make a scene safe. The Incident
Commander is part of the decision makers and the one who has the ultimate
responsibility for the outcome of the incident.
Section 5.48 False Alarms Procedures
A. Fire Response. Whenever an alarm is activated in the County and a Volunteer
Fire Department does respond, an Incident Commander on the scene of the
activated Alarm System shall determine whether the alarm was a false alarm as
defined in Section 5.47.
B. Notification. In the case of a false alarm, the Incident Commander will leave a
False Alarm Notification (written notice) of the false alarm at, or attached, to the
Alarm System premises. The Incident Commander will also notify the Emergency
Communications Center and advise that the signal was a false alarm.
C. CAD System Documentation. The ECOM Supervisor on duty is to ensure that a
CAD report is generated that includes the date, time of the alarm, response times,
etc. This CAD report should also state that the Cause for the alarm is False Alarm.
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This CAD report should be either faxed or electronically sent to the responding
Volunteer Fire Department.
D. Volunteer Fire Department Responsibilities. The VFD is to maintain files on each
False Alarm that they respond to. When the Volunteer Fire Department responds
to the same location for the third time within a twelve (12) month cycle, a copy of
the three (3) CAD sheets and a copy of the three (3) False Alarm Notification
Forms shall be forwarded to the Fire Marshal's Office. For additional False
Alarms at the same location within the same twelve (12) month cycle, both forms
will need to be forwarded to the Fire Marshal's Office.
E. Fire Marshal's Office Responsibilities. The Fire Marshal or his representative
shall notify the Alarm User of their violation of this ordinance by letter. This
letter will include the date and times of False Alarms that a Volunteer Fire
Department has responded to as well as the amount of fines levied and the proper
means to pay the fines. The Iredell County Finance Department will receive a
copy of the letter and shall be the receiving agency for all fees collected as a result
of this ordinance. Also on this letter will be directions to appeal the fines that are
assessed.
F. Finance Department Responsibilities- All funds that are received are to be placed
in the responding Volunteer Fire Departments account. Each Volunteer Fire
Department shall, at the end of the Budget Year, receive the funds that are
generated by their department.
Section 5.49 Appeal of False Alarm Determination and Civil penalties.
When requested in writing by the Alarm User within fourteen (14) business days of response to a
false alarm, the Alarm Systems Coordinator will ask for a review of the False Alarms in question
by the Alarm Review Authority. The Alarm Review Authority will review the basis of the
incident commander's determination that an alarm was false. The written request for review of a
false alarm determination by the Alarm Review Authority shall include the following
information:
1. Alarm User name.
2. Address at which the Alarm is installed.
3. Date and time of false alarm that is being contested.
4. Facts to establish the alarm was not false.
All appeals shall be heard by the Alarm Review Authority within sixty (60) days of receiving the
request for review. The fine is to be paid once a decision has been reached by the Alarm Review
Authority as to the determination that the response was correctly deemed as a False Alarm.
Appeals from the rulings of the Fire Alarm Authority shall be heard de novo before a superior
courtjudge.
Section 5.50 Civil penalties for False Alarms
A. Excessive False Fire Alarms. Three (3) or more false fire alarms within a 12 -
month monitoring period are excessive. A twelve-month monitoring period
begins with a first "false" fire alarm.
B. Civil Penalties. Excessive false fire alarms for any Alarm System within a
twelve-month monitoring period shall subject the Alarm User to civil penalties
according to the following schedule:
Number of False Fire Alarms Civil Penalty
3 or 4 $50 each
5 or 6 $100 each
7 or more $250 each
Section 5.51 Other Violation
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully cause a false alarm. A violation of
this provision shall be a misdemeanor punishable as provided in N.C.G.S. 14-286.
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Section 5.52 Severability
A. If any provision of this article, or the application thereof, to any person or
circumstance is for any reason held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other
provisions or applications of the article, which can be given effect without the
invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this article are
declared to be severable.
OTION by Commissioner Johnson to approve the False Fire Alarm Ordinance with the
amendment discussed in the briefing session; specifically, that on Page 4, Section 5.48,
Paragraph B, that an insertion be made to stipulate that the Incident Commander would notify the
property owner after the second false alarm that should the property owner receive one more
false alarm that a penalty would ensue.
VOTING: Ayes — 4; Nays — 0.
The ordinance shall be effective as of April 1, 2009.
Request for a Discussion Concerning the Proposed NCACC Legislative Goals &
Policy Statements to be Considered at the January Conference in Raleigh, NC: Chairman
Williams requested the board members to share comments on the goals and/or policy statements.
Commissioner Johnson shared his comments first.
In regards to Taxation & Finance written by the NCACC as follows:
I. Revenue Options and Protection — Seek legislation to allow all counties to enact by resolution
any or all revenue options from among those that have been authorized for any other county,
including local option sales taxes, prepared,food taxes, impact taxes and real estate transfer
taxes, and to reserve the existing local revenue base.
Commissioner Johnson said that preserving the existing local revenue was a good idea, but it
should be difficult for any elected body to raise taxes, and for that reason, he didn't support #1.
In regards to Human Services written by the NCACC as follows:
1. Mental Health Funding — Seek legislation to ensure that state funded mental health, developmental
disability, and substance abuse services are available, accessible, and affordable to all citizens.
2. Health and Social Services Funding — Support state funding to provide adequate health and social
services, specifically
• Assist each school system in reaching the school health nurse/student ratio of 1:750 and
incorporate into the allocation formula a criterion that recognizes the level of county effort in
funding school nurser. The Legislature should examine the appropriateness of the target ratio
for small school districts and consider whether a target of nurse hours per day per school is a
better measure of nurse availability;
• Restore the financial incentives for counties who opt to be "Electing Counties ",-
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;• Restore finding of the Division of Emergency preparedness and Regulatory Compliance within
the County Health Departments to previous levels;
• Support additional funding for child-care subsidies and increase the administrative limit from
4% to 5% to enhance program integrity and eligibility review;
• Increase the "general aid to county"finding for local health departments to build necessary
infrastructure and support the capacity to provide essential public health services; and,
• Supportfunding for the NC FAST automation initiative in social services.
3. Local Discretion, Inspection Fees — Support legislation that would provide greater discretion at the
county level to establish fees for the inspection offood and lodging facilities.
4. Records Sharing, Communicable Diseases — Support legislation to provide immunity from civil or
criminal liahihty for persons required to respond to requests for records in connection with
communicable disease investigations.
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5. Allocation Formulas, Health and Human Services — Support a study with representative stakeholder
participation to examine the county allocation formulas applied by the Department of Health and Human
Services to determine the sufficiency, equity and eJjiciency of each formula, assuring that formulas fairly
respond to the needs of all counties.
Commissioner Johnson expressed concerns about all of these with the exception of #2 pertaining
to "electing counties." He praised the local social services office in saving the county money
through the "electing county" mechanism; however, he said the state legislature continued to
make it more difficult for counties to remain in this status.
In regards to Public Education written by the NCA CC as follows:
1. Distribution of Lottery Proceeds - Support an Average Daily Membership distribution in
the School Capital Fund formula applying to lottery proceeds. Counties should be allowed to
supplant local funds with lottery proceeds and these proceeds should be distributed on a
regular quarterly basis.
2. Public School Construction and Community College Funding - Support legislation to
provide state assistance to meet public school and community college construction needs
caused by increased enrollment, mandated reduction in class size, and other factors through
a statewide referendum on a bond issue and/or through authority for counties to raise
additional revenues to meet facility needs, and to fund expansion budget requests of the
community college system to meet demands resulting from increased enrollment and to train
and retrain workers responding to a changing economy.
3. Education Current Expense Funding - Support legislation to assure that the state define
and support an adequate basic education in all local school systems and appropriate
adequate operating funds to fully ,fund its education initiatives with revenue that is
earmarked to pay the costs of those initiatives. The state should fund programs that continue
to engage young people, provide individualized options that eliminate arbitrary barriers and
provide students a range of opportunities through which they can gain the credentials, skills
and education they need to function in the modern economy of the 21st century. Specifically,
the state should
• continue to fully fund the Low Wealth School Fund, and
• appropriate funds for school resource of on the basis of one position allotment
for each middle school and high school building for all school systems across the
state.
4. Public School Capital Building Fund - Support legislation to assure that the Public
School Capital Building Fund remains intact and to direct the State Treasurer to report on
long-term commitments that are dependent on this Fund. Counties and schools should not be
deprived of these resources as they were deprived of state support for school utility costs in
1991-92.
5. Community College Governance -Support legislation to review the process through which
members of the various boards of trustees of the several community colleges are appointed,
to determine whether the system provides for adequate representation front counties
responsible for supporting multi -county campuses.
Commissioner Johnson said he continued to have concerns about statewide school bonds. He
said anytime there was a bond of this type, Iredell County wound up on the short end. Johnson
said Iredell County taxpayers wound up paying for schools in other counties, and the only fair
way in bonds was on a per pupil basis. He said for this reason, he was against #s 2, 3, and 4.
Further, he said if a statewide bond occurred, the low -wealth, high growth, designations needed
to be eliminated.
In regards to Justice and Public Safety written by the NCA CC as follows:
1. E-911 Funds - Support legislation to preserve county revenue from E-911 charges and allow
counties greater flexibility in the use of the funds; and restructure the 911 Board created by
G.S. 62A-41 to add additional local government representation.
2. Reimbursement; state inmates in countyjails - Seek legislation to increase the daily
reimbursement rate for housing state inmates in countyjails.
3. Gang Prevention - Support additional funds for gang prevention, intervention and
suppression activities.
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4. Methamphetamine Labs - Support legislation and appropriations to mitigate the prevalence
of methamphetamine production and use through the state.
5. Court Facilities Fee - Support legislation to allow counties to collect additional facilities
fees to help fund capital, operational, and other needs associated with ever-increasing
judicial activities.
6. Criminal Justice Information - Support legislation to allow greater sharing of infbrmation
between the juvenile justice system and the adult criminal system.
Commissioner Johnson said he was against #3 because so many of the gang prevention programs
treated symptoms and not the problems. He said, "Gang violence is a symptom of a deeper
problem, and the deeper problem is the moral decline of our culture." Johnson said that until
citizens had the confidence to express that in a public debate, the problem would not get better.
He said the only thing that would be accomplished was that money would continue to spent on
the programs, the problems would still exist, they would grow worse, and the only
accomplishment would be the bankruptcy of the public treasury. He said, "There needs to be a
spiritual revival in our culture, and there has to be an understanding that there are moral
absolutes where some things are right and some things are wrong." Continuing, he said people
had to be bold enough to instruct their children in that fashion.
Commissioner Robertson provided his comments next.
In regards to Justice and Public Safety:
Commissioner Robertson said he was against #3 for the same reasons as Commissioner Johnson.
In regards to #4 (support legislation to eliminate meth labs), Commissioner Robertson said he
wasn't in support of meth labs, but consistency was needed in being against increased
appropriations -- across the board. He said for every new program that was started, the state
would figure out a way to get the counties to pay for the existing programs. Robertson said this
would occur, because the state would no longer have the money to pay for them. He said that if
item #4 meant additional appropriations, then he could not support the initiative.
In regards to Environment written by the NCA CC as follows:
1. Water and Sewer Infrastructure - (a) Support legislation providing the necessary capital for the
maintenance, upgrade, installation, and expansion of public water, sewer, and stormwater
infrastructure, with encouragement for water reclamation facilities; and (b) Seek legislation to
create a study of the rules and procedures for evaluating the available capacity of pump
stations.
2. Funds for Regional Water Resource Management - Support funding for regional councils to
develop and implement multi jurisdictional water resource management planning and programs
in every region through the cooperation of local governments, water users, and other
stakeholders.
3. Private Well Testing - Seek legislation limiting state mandated contaminant testing of private
wells to naturally occurring chemicals, and authorizing local control over well testing for
named petroleum based pollutants.
4. Water Capacity/Reservoirs - Seek legislation to streamline the permitting of local water
supply reservoirs.
5. Yard Waste Facilities - Seek legislation clarifying that runoff from yard waste staging areas at
county landfills does not require wastewater treatment.
6. Watershed Pollution Rules - Seek legislation eliminating required retrofitting of existing
development under rules impacting nutrient levels in existing watersheds.
Commissioner Robertson noted the county had received water and sewer benefits in the past;
however, these funds were similar to school funds, in that they sometimes did not get distributed
in wise ways. He said that in reference to item 1, the state would help some areas but not others.
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Human Services:
Commissioner Robertson said he supported #2 (electing counties) the same as Commissioner
Johnson.
In regards to Agriculture written by the NCACC as follows:
1. Fund Agricultural Research and Extension Services — Support legislation to increase funding
,for Agricultural Research and Extension services offered through North Carolina State
University and North Carolina A&T State University and to assure that existing research
stations are maintained at the current level ofservice.
2. Support Conservation of Working Lands and Farmland Preservation — Support efforts to
promote and conserve working lands, including 1) legislation that includes horticulture,
forestry and farmland as part of the state recreation and tourism plan, with emphasis on the
protection and support of private working lands, 2) legislation that retains the present use
value tax break for working agricultural, horticultural and forestry lands but does not
further dilute its status by expanding the tax break to non-agricultural, non -working lands
including non -working conservation properties, and 3) legislation to expand funding of the
Agricultural Development and Farm Land Preservation Trust Fund and to create a
dedicated revenue source to assure continued and stable fund maintenance.
Commissioner Robertson said he was in favor of #1; however, he could fully support the goal if
the words to increase were deleted out of the first line.
Public Education:
Commissioner Robertson said items 2, 3 and 4 sounded good, but they would benefit other
counties and not Iredell County. He said for this reason, 2, 3 and 4 could not be supported.
Commissioner Keadle stated the following:
"I voice general objection to the entire document on the grounds that the scheme for the
people of Iredell County expressing what they want from the legislature, and state government, is
for them to elect representatives to the state government and elect the governor. It seems to me
that as a county commission we are spending $18,000 (annual membership to the NCACC) to
lobby on behalf of local government, when local government is in fact a constitutional part of
state government. To me, the people of Iredell County should be speaking with their local
representatives and with the governor's office, and we shouldn't be lobbying with tax dollars to
do this. In addition, when I was researching this, I came across a brochure saying this
organization, the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners, had indicated that for
$750.00, a business doing business with a county government, could become an associate
member of the Association. They proceeded in that document to say this would guarantee you
unique access to members of the county commissions and members of local government. To me,
that sounds as if for $750.00, you get an unfair advantage and unique access to elected officials.
I think this is wrong. I object to the whole process, as well as to several individual items."
Commissioner Johnson said he didn't take any exception to Commissioner Robertson's
comments, and he was agreeable with them.
Chairman Williams agreed with Johnson and Robertson. He said the goals had been
established by the NCACC board of directors, and this group was made up of commissioners
across the state. He said it didn't mean that all commissioners across the state were in agreement
with all of the goals.
OTION by Commissioner Keadle to investigate the legality or the possible ethical
impropriety of selling access for $750.
(No vote occurred.)
Chairman Williams said the county manager was already pursuing the answer to this
issue, and it would be addressed in the future. He asked for a motion on the goals as amended.
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MOTTO by Commissioner Johnson to accept the goals with the amendments noted by
himself and Commissioner Robertson. Johnson said he was sympathetic to Commissioner
Keadle's concerns, and often times, he (Johnson) had questioned about whether or not to divorce
himself from the issue and launch a full assault, or to stay engaged in the process and try to make
it better. Johnson said he felt this was a time to stay engaged in the process and try to make it
better.
Commissioner Robertson said that part of what the board was trying to do was to provide
guidance to the voting delegates. He said most families, with rare exceptions, were having to
take a hard look at their household budgets, and they would be much more frugal in 2009. He
said most folks were trying to spend less and hold the line in personal finances, and it would be
inappropriate for the county to ask the state to do more, when in reality, the state did not have the
money.
Commissioner Keadle said he was in opposition to the motion because he didn't feel
there was constitutional authority, as a county commission, to lobby the state legislature on
behalf of Iredell County citizens.
VOTING: Ayes — 3; Nays — I (Keadle)
Request for the Designation of a Voting Delegate for the Legislative Conference of
the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) Scheduled on January
15 & 16, 2009 in Raleigh, NC: MOTION by Commissioner Keadle to send Chairman
Godfrey Williams as the voting delegate, and Vice Chairman Marvin Norman as the alternate, to
the NCACC Legislative Conference.
VOTING: Ayes — 4; Nays — 0.
Announcement of the Legislative Conference for the National Association of
Counties (NACo) to be held March 7 — 11, 2009 in Washington, DC: Chairman Williams
announced the dates for this conference and advised that no board action was needed.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF VACANCIES OCCURRING ON BOARDS &
COMMISSIONS
Board of Health (3 announcements)
Adult Care Home Community Advisory Committee (I announcement)
Local Emergency Planning Committee (I announcement)
Board of Equalization & Review (6 announcements)
APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS & COMMISSIONS
Adult Care Home Community Advisory Committee (5 appointments):
Commissioner Johnson nominated Pat Smith for a reappointment.
No further nominations were submitted, and Chairman Williams made a motion to close
the nominations, appoint Smith by acclamation, and to postpone the remaining four
appointments until the January 20 meeting.
VOTING: Ayes — 4; Nays — 0.
Information & Referral Board (1 appointment): Commissioner Johnson nominated
Lucille Carter.
OTIO by Chairman Williams to close the nominations and appoint Carter by
acclamation.
VOTING: Ayes — 4; Nays — 0.
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Criminal Justice Partnership Program (9 appointments): Commissioner Robertson
nominated Rena Turner, Joe Crosswhite, Bill Hamby, George Pettigrew, Lorraine Hill, Tim
Kerley, Gene Houpe, and Robin Griffin for reappointments.
No further nominations were submitted, and Chairman Williams made a motion to
appoint Turner, Crosswhite, Hamby, Pettigrew, Hill, Kerley, Houpe and Griffin by acclamation,
and to postpone the remaining appointment until the January 20 meeting.
VOTING: Ayes — 4; Nays — 0.
Home & Community Care Block Grant Committee (3 appointments):
Commissioner Johnson nominated Anna Rice, Jo -Anne Findt, and Lynda Sloan for
reappointments.
OTION by Chairman Williams to appoint Rice, Finch, and Sloan by acclamation.
VOTING: Ayes — 4; Nays — 0.
Purchase of Development Rights Committee (2 appointments): Commissioner
Robertson nominated Richard Renegar for a reappointment.
MOTION by Commissioner Johnson to close the nominations, appoint Renegar by
acclamation, and to postpone the remaining appointment until the January 20 meeting.
VOTING: Ayes — 4; Nays — 0.
Recreation Advisory Board (4 appointments): Commissioner Johnson nominated
Kevin Smith, Mike Heintz, Pam Christopher, and David Holcomb.
OTION by Commissioner Robertson to close the nominations and appoint Smith,
Heintz, Christopher, and Holcomb by acclamation.
VOTING: Ayes — 4; Nays — 0.
Zoning Board of Adjustment (4 appointments): Commissioner Johnson nominated
Bob Dellinger, Nick Carrington, A.K. Loyd, and Mac McCombs.
OTION by Chairman Williams to close the nominations and appoint Dellinger,
Carrington, Loyd, and McCombs by acclamation.
VOTING: Ayes — 4; Nays — 0.
Statesville Planning Board (ET (1 appointment): No nominations were submitted,
and Commissioner Johnson made a motionl to postpone the appointment until the January 20
meeting.
VOTING: Ayes — 4; Nays — 0.
Nursing Home Advisory Committee (3 appointments): Chairman Williams
nominated Beverly P. Rash.
OTION by Commissioner Johnson to appoint Rash by acclamation and to postpone the
remaining two appointments until the January 20 meeting.
VOTING: Ayes — 4; Nays — 0.
NEW BUSINESS
County Manager Joel Mashburn reported on the following three items.
1. Request for Board Concurrence on a Revised Iredell County Organizational Chart.
The board concurred with the manager's proposed organizational chart, and a copy is as follows:
Iredell County Organizational Chart
**Board of
Commissioners
**Sheriff --------- f ---------- *County Manager --------- f ----- **Register of Deeds
*Clerk to Board I I I *County Attorney
Deputy County Manager
Finance & Admin Human Resources EMS
Finance Personnel
Purchasing Safety Fire Marshal
ISM
Dept of Planning
ECOM/Emergency Met.
& Development
Veterans Service
Planning
Animal Control
Zoning
Addressing
Tax Admin &
Erosion Control
Solid Waste Mgt.
Land Records
Landfill
*County Assessor
Transfer Stations
*Tax Collector
Dept of Code
Recycling
Mapping
Enforcement &
Revaluation
Special Projects
Bldg Code
Vehicle Services
Enforcement
ICATS
Special Projects
Social Services
Parks & Recreation
Facility Services
Health
Library NC Cooperative
Extension Service Elections
*Appointed by the Board of Commissioners
**Elected
2. Request for Concurrence to Allow the Staff to Negotiate with Walter, Robbs,
Callahan, & Pierce in Conjunction with the Design Work for the New Animal
Control Facility: County Manager Mashburn requested permission for the staff to
negotiate with Walter, Robbs, Callahan and Pierce for the new animal shelter if
negotiations failed with the Daggett and Grigg architectural firm. Mashburn said the
Daggett and Grigg firm was initially chosen for the design work; however, the staff had
not been able to successfully negotiate the plan's costs.
MOTTO by Commissioner Johnson to authorize the staff to negotiate with
Walter, Robbs, Callahan & Pierce, if necessary, for the new Animal Control Facility.
VOTING: Ayes — 4; Nays — 0.
3. Request from Iredell-Statesville Schools Superintendent Dr. Terry Holliday
for the Joint School Facilities Task Force to Reconvene Prior to the
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Commissioners' Retreat on February 27, 2009: County Manager Mashburn said this
task force had met periodically to discuss school facility needs, and Dr. Holliday had
recently requested a meeting.
Chairman Williams noted that Commissioner Norman, who previously served on
the task force, was not at the meeting. Williams suggested for the board members to wait
until the next meeting (January 20) when Commissioner Norman would be present, to
schedule a time to meet with the school representatives.
County Manager's Report: None
Adjournment: There being no further business to conduct, Commissioner
Johnson made a otion at 7:45 p.m. to adjourn the meeting. (NEXT MEETING:
January 20, 2008, at 5 and 7 P.M. in the Iredell County Government Center, 200 South
Center Street, Statesville, NC)
VOTING: Ayes — 4; Nays — 0.
Approval:
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Clerk to the Board