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497 UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Commissioner Barnhardt and unanimously carried, the Board set a public hearing for 7:00 P.M. on Thursday, August 7, 1986, to consider the levy of an additional one-half per cent (1/2%) supplemental local government sales and use tax. The Board asked the County Manager to provide to them information regarding the distribution of the additional one-half per cent (1/2%) supple- mental local government sales and use tax prior to the public hearing. Mr. Walter C. Odell, III, County Engineer, presented a proposed amend- ment of the Cabarrus County water policy to provide for a stand-by charge for fire line service. He explained that this charge was needed for customers who have purchased water connections for the sole purpose of fire protection (sprinklers) inside of commercial or industrial buildings. Mr. Odell recom- mended that the charge for fire line service be the same as the standard 3/4 inch non-residential usage rate which is a minimum of $11.20 per month for 200 gallons of water. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Barnhardt, seconded by Commissioner Payne and unanimously carried, the Board amended the Cabarrus County Water System Policies and Regulations to provide a stand-by charge for fire line service and set the same rate as the standard 3/4 inch non-residential usage rate which is a minimum of $11.20 per month for 200 gallons of water. During the review of the item regarding the designation of an architect for the County office building, Mr. Charles D. McGinnis, County Manager, informed the Board that he did not have a recommendation for an architect. However, he stated that since Commissioners Hamby and Barnhardt had recently been involved in interviewing a number of architects for the County jail facility they could possibly have a recommendation for one of these architects to do the design work for the new office building. After discussion of the possible sites for the office building and of the departments that would be located in the building, the Board agreed to invite a number of architects to meet with the Board at 10:00 A.M. on August 4, 1986, to discuss the architec- tural design services for the building. The Board instructed the County Manager to invite the following architects as well as any additional architects requested by members of the Board to the meeting on August 4: Mr. Dennis Yates - Mr. Walter Bost - Grier-Fripp Associates - Six Associates - Requested by Chairman Lentz Requested by Commissioner Upright Requested by Commissioner Upright Requested by Commissioner Barnhardt Mr. Charles D. McGinnis, County Manager, reported that Mr. Ben Jones had indicated that he would take a Voluntary Dismissal in the claim against Cabarrus County regarding the alleged damages that occurred during the construction of the Harrisburg interceptor sewer line. He stated that Rand Construction Company had completed the work as requested by Mr. Jones to restore the streams located on his property. Mr. Charles D. McGinnis, County Manager, presented his findings regard- ing the letter presented by Chairman Lentz at the meeting on July 7, 1986, from the North Carolina Department of Human Resources stating that the Social Services Department was not in compliance with the minimum state standards. He reported that the item regarding the lack of 80 square feet per caseworker was in error and would be corrected in the next report. In regards to the item concerning the ripped wallpaper in a public restroom, Mr. McGinnis stated that this occurred on a regular basis and was replaced on a regular basis. Mr. Charles D. McGinnis, County Manager, presented a letter that Mr. Bachman Brown had brought in from Mr. Everette L. Murph, Chairman of the Kannapolis Sanitary District, requesting that Mr. Roy E. Phillips and Mr. Willard Quinn be appointed to fill the vacancies created by the resignation of Mr. Phillip M. Meacham and Mr. Melvin W. Rape from the Kannapolis Sanitary District Board. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Upright, seconded by Chairman Lentz and unanimously carried, the Board delayed the appointments to the Kannapolis Sanitary District Board until the next meeting on August 4, 1986. Mr. Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr., County Attorney, reported that the Concord Board of Aldermen were meeting on this date regarding a water conservation policy. He recommended that the Board approve an administrative method by which the County may cooperate with the City's water conservation policy as the County obtains its water from the City of Concord.