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<br /> The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in recessed
<br />session in the Grand Jury Room at the County Courthouse in Concord, North
<br />Carolina, on Friday, June 9, 1989, at 4:00 P.M.
<br /> Present - Chairman: James W. Lentz
<br /> Commissioners: R. Giles Moss
<br /> William G. Hamby, Jr.
<br /> Martha H. Melvin
<br /> Billy J. Simmons, Jr.
<br /> Commissioner Moss was absent for the beginning of the meeting.
<br /> Sheriff Robert Canaday reported that the projected completion date of the
<br />jail addition is July 31, 1989. He reviewed comparative costs for the operation
<br />of a jail kitchen and the contracted purchase of food for the inmates. The Board
<br />deferred a decision in this matter until receipt of the bids for the contracted
<br />jail food service.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Simmons, seconded by Commissioner Hamby with
<br />Commissioners Simmons, Hamby, and Melvin and Chairman Lentz voting for, the
<br />Board approved the Service Garage budget as recommended with the reduction of
<br />Line Item 860, Equipment and Furniture, to $41,194.00. The requested tool sets
<br />are to be purchased under State contract.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Chairman Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Hamby with
<br />Commissioners Hamby, Simmons, and Melvin and Chairman Lentz voting for, the Board
<br />approved the Early Periodic Screening Diagnostic Treatment (EPSDT) Program budget
<br />as recommended by the County Manager.
<br />Commissioner Moss arrived and was present for the remainder of the meeting.
<br />The motion by Commissioner Melvin to reduce Line Item 460, General
<br />Assistance, of the Social Services General Assistance budget to $5,000.00 died
<br />for lack of second.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Simmons, seconded by Commissioner Hamby with
<br />Commissioners Simmons, Hamby, and Moss and Chairman Lentz voting for and
<br />Commissioner Melvin voting against, the Board approved the General Assistance
<br />budget as recommended by the County Manager.
<br /> UPON MOTION of CommisSioner Hamby, seconded by Chairman Lentz with
<br />Commissioners Hamby, Moss, and Simmons and Chairman Lentz voting for and
<br />Commissioner Melvin .voting against, the Board approved the alternative
<br />recommendat£on of the Community Based Alternatives (CBA) Task Force and
<br />authorized the submission of the following CBA Program grant applications.
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<br />Temporary Shelter Care Project
<br />Home-Based Services
<br />Psychological Assessment & Clinical Services Program
<br /> Total
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<br />$ 92,900.00
<br />$ 24,865.00
<br />$ 10,000.00
<br />$127,765.00
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<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Melvin, seconded by Commissioner Moss and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board denied an increase in staff for the Recreation
<br />Department and clarified that the new position approved by the Board on June 7
<br />was in the Property Maintenance budget.
<br /> The Board again reviewed the request for a van by the Agriculture Extension
<br />Service. No action was taken and Chairman Lentz recommended that the appropriate
<br />department heads work together in utilizing the vans currently owned by the
<br />County.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Hamby, seconded by Commissioner Simmons and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board moved to freeze the funding for the Kannapolis
<br />Library for the coming fiscal year at the identical level as 1988-1989.
<br />Appropriate line items are to be adjusted after consultation with Mr. Thomas W.
<br />Dillard, Library Director.
<br /> Mr. Michael M. Ruffin, County Manager, reported that the Honorable Ralph
<br />Austin, Mayor of the Town of Mt. Pleasant, had submitted to him a handwritten
<br />list of bills requesting an additional $265,980.00 from Cabarrus County for the
<br />Mt. Pleasant Reservoir Project. He pointed out that the County had paid $1.3
<br />million as its one-half (1/2) share of the cost and stated in his opinion the
<br />County had fulfilled its contractual agreement with the Town for funding the
<br />Reservoir project. The matter was deferred for further consideration and
<br />discussion with Mayor Austin.
<br /> The Board again discussed the Personnel Ordinance and the automatic
<br />increases for County employees. Mr. Michael M. Ruffin, County Manager, presented
<br />information relative to automatic increases, promotions, and pay grade
<br />reassignments for employees.
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