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May 18, 2006 - Recessed Meeting Page 613 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in recessed session in the Multipurpose Room at the Cabarrus County Governmental Center in Concord, North Carolina, on Thursday, May 18, 2006, at 6:00 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 County Attorney; Frankie F. Deputy Clerk to the Board. D. Day, County Manager; Richard M. Koch, Acting Bonds, Clerk to the Board; and Kay Honeycutt, Chairman Carruth called the meeting to order at 6:05 p.m. Carl A. Furr Elementary School Site Development Liz Poole, Chair of the Cabarrus County Board of Education, reported the Board of Education held an emergency meeting on May 17 to discuss the problem with rock at the new Carl A. Furr Elementary School site. Rather than blasting the rock, she stated the School Board approved a plan to raise the building pad and bus lot for the school at an estimated cost of $240,000.00. Further, the School Board requested to use the site allowances for both the Furr and Charles E. Boger Elementary School projects to pay for this work. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Privette, seconded by Commissioner Carpenter and unanimously carried, the Board acknowledged and affirmed the Cabarrus County Board of Education's approval of Site Development contract changes due to the discovery of rock at the Carl A. Furr Elementary School site and approved the following budget amendment. BUDGET REVISION/AMENDMENT REQUEST DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AMOUNT: $240,000.00 TYPE OF ADJUSTMENT: PURPOSE OF REQUEST: Education, on May 17, lot for the Carl A. requested to be taken A. Furr and Charles E. Internal Transfer within Function Due to rock problems, the Cabarrus County Board of 2006, approved a plan to raise the building pad and bus Furr Elementary School. Funding for this change is from Construction and Site Allowances in both the Carl Boger Elementary School projects. Present Account No. Approved Budget 36397325-9489 $935,000.00 School Site Development - Charles E. Boger 36397325-9820 $8,500,000.00 Construction - Charles E. Boger Elementary 36397326-9849 $955,000.00 School Site Development-Carl A. Furr 36397326-9820 $8,500,000.00 Construction-Carl A. Furr Elementary 36397326-9849-0596 $0.00 $240,000.00 School Site Development-Building Pad - Carl A. Furr Increase Decrease $40,000.00 Elementary $80,000.00 Revised Budget $895,000.00 $8,420,000.00 $40,000.00 Elementary $80,000.00 $915,000.00 $8,420,000.00 $240,000.00 Recess of Meeting Chairman Carruth called for a brief recess at 6:10 p.m. He reconvened the meeting at 6:28 p.m. Sheriff's Office and Detention Center Chairman Carruth stated the purpose of the meeting was to discuss the Sheriff's Office and Detention Center project with officials from Turner Construction Company. Prior to turning the meeting over to Turner representatives, he presented a historical overview of the project. He highlighted the following: (1) Discussion beginning as early as 2001-02 about expanding and/or building a new jaili (2) Commissioning a jail study in 2003 to determine projected jail populations for the next 20 to 40 years; (3) Contracting with Ware Bonsall Architects in 2003; (4) Selecting a site in downtown Concord in 2004; (5) Deciding in 2005 to build the Annex downtown and re-design of project; (6) Completing the rezoning and conditional use permit process with the City of Concord; and (7) Agreeing to proceed with the Certificates of Participation funding for the proj ect on May 15. Finally,