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April 17, 2006 - Regular Meeting Page 558 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in regular session in the Commissioners' Meeting Room at the Cabarrus County Governmental Center in Concord, North Carolina on Monday, April 17, 2006, at 6:30 p.m. Present - Chairman: Robert W. Carruth Vice Chairman: Joni D. Juba commissioners: Carolyn B. Carpenter Robert M. Freeman Coy C. Privette Also present were John D. Day, County Manager; Richard M. Koch, Acting County Attorney; Frankie F. Bonds, Clerk to the Board; and Kay Honeycutt, Deputy Clerk to the Board. Chairman Carruth called the meeting to order at 6:31 p.m. Girl Scout Troop 2083 of Center United Methodist Church conducted the Flag Ceremony. Scouts participating in the ceremony were: Amy Goggin, Alison Criscoe, Morgan Garrett, Anna Truay, Tricia White, and Elisha Cole. Pastor Bill Cranfield of Friendship United Methodist Church gave the invocation. (A) APPROVAL OF CORRECTION OF MINUTES vice Chairman Juba made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Carpenter, to approve the minutes as written for the following meetings: January 27, February 6, February 9, February 20, February 27 and March 11, 2006. Commissioner Privette questioned that portion of the February 20th minutes regarding the correction to the minutes of September 19, 2005. The Board had approved a correction to delete the word "contract" and insert "selection of construction manager at risk". The corrected sentence read as follows: The Attorney with the lOG had recommended that Commissioner Juba not vote on the selection of the construction manager at risk and she had recused herself from that vote. commissioner Privette stated he had been advised earlier this date (April 17) that the Board should have a letter from the Institute of Government (lOG) verifying the recommendation and that the letter should be attached to the minutes to give the County protection in the event of a lawsuit. He stated that portion of the February 20th minutes should not be approved until official communication was received from the Institute of Government. Chairman Carruth stated the sentence read by Commissioner Privette was part of the summary of the comments made by the Attorney for Vice Chairman Juba's company during the "Informal Public Comments" portion of the meeting on September 19, 2005. He said a transcript of those comments had been provided to the Board by the Clerk who had requested the correction to the minutes. The Clerk confirmed that she had made a mistake in preparing the minutes of September 19 and had requested the correction. She stated a transcript of the comments made by the attorney (June Allison) during the meeting on September 19, 2005, had been included in the Agenda for the February 20th meeting. At that meeting, the Board had approved the requested correction to the September 19th minutes. There was discussion by the Board regarding the issuance of opinions by professors at the Institute of Government and the recording of comments made by individuals during the public comments period. Commissioner Carpenter amended her second and motion was made to approve the minutes with the exception of that portion of the February 20th minutes that was in question. Commissioner Privette seconded the motion. The motion carried with Commissioners Carpenter, Privette and Freeman voting for and Chairman Carruth and vice Chairman Juba voting against. The minutes approved by the Board were as follows: January 27, February 6, February 9, February 27 and March 11, 2006. John Day, County Manager, questioned the need for statements made by members of the public during the public in order for the minutes to be done. staff to verify comments section Vice Chairman Juba asked Commissioner Privette to clarify his request.