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May 27, 2003 Page 137 Chairman F,eeman arrived at 7:36 p.m. and presided over the remaander of the meeting. Mr. David ~ampton, EMS Director, reported that the average emergency response time in ;Cabarrus County is six (6) to six and one-half (6~) minutes as compared to th~ national average of eight (8) minutes. Mr Downs i reviewed communication issues in the county, including complaints by volunteers about "dead" calls in certain areas of the county, the need for additional towers, upgrade to digital radios and the lack of "man down" buttons on some radios. Stating the City of Concord currently provides service{for all radios, he cited the need for a government or oversight committee for the communications system so that all agencies would he treated equa~y. Mr. Downs also discussed the merits of a unified dispatch center ~d issues that would have to be addressed as to personnel, protocols to be ~ollowed, etc. In conclusion, Mr. Downs asked the Boa formalize a committee (as agreed to at the Ma~ 1Q~" .... ~ ..... rd.to three H911 center~. Mr. Downs ~eported that he and Mr. Hampton are looking at ambulance software programsl to provide billing and incident reporting for County EMS services. They ar~ also comparing the in-house and outaourcing of the billing and collections o~ ambulance charges. Plannin~ Services Mr. Jonath~ Marshall, Planning Services Director, reviewed the proposed budgets ~or Plannang and Zonang, including Planning, Transportation, Community Develop4ent' Erosion Control and Zonang. He stated that changes should be made ~o the proposed FY 2004 budget to increase revenue by $6,000.00 and expe~ditures by $5,000.00. There was b~/ef discussion about abandoned cemeteries and the County'~ responsibility for~those cemeteries. Mr. Marshall reported that the Planning staff is catalogin~ and mapping abandoned cemeteries and =hat information is being recorded in ~he Register of Deeds office. gamp S~enoer Perk ~ant Mr. Day re, fred that the County had been selected by the North Carolina Parks and~Recreation Authority to receive a grant from the Parks and Recreation Trust FSnd for Camp Spencer Park. The grant is in the amount of $250,000.00 with a ~ounty match of $250,000.00. UPON MOTION ~f Commissioner Carruth, seconded by Commissioner Carpenter with Commiasionera~ Carruth, Carpenter and Privetts and Chairman Freeman voting for, the B~ard authorized the Chairman to sign the North Carolina Parks and Recreati~n Project Trust Fund Agreement for grant funds in the amount of $250,000.~0 for Camp Spencer Park. ~eneral Discussion The Board briefly discussed the following issues: (1) Proposed creation of a Harrisburg mu~cipal fare department; (2) In-house cleaning services for the A~ena; (3) Proposed increase in the occupancy tax from five percent to six percent; and (~ Proposed use of occupancy tax revenue for the Arena and the proposed convention center to be operated by John Q. Hammons and owned by the City of Concord} No action was taken concerning these issues. Chairman Free~an reported that he had been in Washington, D.C. this day (May 27) to wltnes~ the signing of HR 1298 (US Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Ma{aria Act of 2003) by President George W. Bush. He stated the Unxted States ~ls providing $1S billion to help wipe out HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Ma_~aria. Recess of Meetin~ There being ~o further business to come before the Board, Chairman Freeman recessed th% meetin~ at 8.58 p.m. until 5:30 p.m on Thursday, May 29, 2003, in the Mul~ipurpose Room at the Governmental Center. Clerk to the Board