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<br /> The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in regular
<br />session at the County Courthouse in Concord, North Carolina, on Monday,
<br />August 1, 1988, at 3:00 P.M.
<br /> Present - Chairman: James W. Lentz
<br /> Commissioners: Kenneth F. Payne
<br /> William G. Hamby, Jr.
<br /> Martha H. Melvin
<br /> R. Giles Moss
<br /> The invocation was given by Reverend J. T. Drye of the Oakdale Park
<br />Church of the Nazarene.
<br />Commissioner Melvin was absent for the beginning of the meeting.
<br />Commissioner Hamby asked that the minutes of July 18 be corrected to
<br />state that the Board of Commissioners of the Jackson Park Sanitary District
<br />had adopted a resolution requesting that the County call an election on
<br />November 8, 1988, regarding the merger of the Sanitary District and the City
<br />of Concord.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Commissioner Hamby and
<br />unanimously carried, the minutes of July 11, 12, 14, 19, 21, 22, 25, and 26,
<br />1988, were approved as written and the minutes of July 18, 1988, were
<br />approved as corrected.
<br /> Mr. Darrell Hinnant, Executive Director of the North Carolina Hazardous
<br />Waste Treatment Commission, outlined the Commission's efforts to locate a
<br />volunteer host county for a comprehensive hazardous waste treatment facility
<br />and the incentives for the location of such a facility in a county. The
<br />Board received Mr. Hinnant's report as information only and no action was
<br />taken.
<br /> Commissioner Melvin arrived and was present for the remainder of the
<br />meeting.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Chairman Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Payne with
<br />Chairman Lentz and Commissioners Payne, Hamby, and Melvin voting for and
<br />Commissioner Moss voting against, the Board approved the payment of $1,480.64
<br />to Kimball Associates, P.A., for the Cabarrus County Jail Addition project.
<br /> Board members requested that the next invoice from Kimball Associates,
<br />P.A., show the balance to be paid for architectural services for the Jail
<br />construction project.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Chairman Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Payne and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board ratified the publication on July 29, 1988, of
<br />the "Notice of Public Hearing and Intention to Submit to the Department of
<br />Commerce an Application of an Industrial Project" scheduling a public hearing
<br />on August 15, 1988, at 7:00 P.M., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be
<br />heard, regarding the proposed issuance of industrial development revenue
<br />bonds for Craftsmen Fabrics Industries, Inc.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Hamby, seconded by Chairman Lentz and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board reappointed the following persons to the
<br />Cabarrus County Airport Commission for a three-year term ending August 5,
<br />1991: William Fisher; M. J. Barger; Walter C. Odell, Jr.; Thomas M. Grady;
<br />Clare Cook Faggart; Roxanne K. Pike; Hal D. Allman; David M. Kiser; and
<br />Harold McEachern. The two positions held by William G. Alexander and D. A.
<br />Moore, who asked not to be reappointed to the Airport Commission, will be
<br />left open until the next meeting on August 15, 1988.
<br /> Mr. Paul Watson, Engineer with HDR Engineering, Inc., presented the
<br />Final Design Report for the Coddle Creek Dam and the Plans and Specifications
<br />for the Coddle Creek Dam and Reservoir which included the following:
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<br />Part A Dam and Reservoir Construction
<br />Part B N.C. Highway 73 Relocation
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<br /> By general consent, the Board authorized Mr. Watson to submit the Final
<br />Design Report along with the Plans and Specifications for the Coddle Creek
<br />Project to the appropriate State agencies for review. The Board also asked
<br />that a copy be sent to Mr. Leonard Sossamon, Concord City Manager.
<br /> Mr. Blair D. Bennett, Finance Director, reported that property currently
<br />occupied by Yellow Ball Cab Company and Stowe's Bonding will be vacated by
<br />August 6, 1988. Chairman Lentz requested Commissioners Payne and Moss to
<br />make recommendations regarding the construction of a parking lot when the
<br />County-owned buildings on Barbrick Avenue are demolished.
<br /> The Board cancelled the regular meeting scheduled for 4:00 P.M. on
<br />August 8, 1988, as members of the Board will be attending the National
<br />Association of Counties Annual Conference in California on that date.
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