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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 Monday, May 14, 2001, at 6:30 p.m. Present - Chairman= Arne L. Fennel Vice Chairman: Robert W. Carruth Commissioners: Robert M. Freeman Coy C. Frivette Richard D. Suggs Also present were Mr. Frank W. Clifton, Jr., County Manager; Mr. John D. Day, Deputy County Manager for Operations; Mr. Don C. Cummings, Bumau Resources Director; Ms. Cathie K. Straub, Budget Officer; and Mrs. Frankie F. Bonds, Clerk to the Board. Chairman Fennel called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. Vice Chairman Carruth was absent for the beginning of the meeting. Informs. t/on Technology' Ms. ~ean Kennedy, Information Technology (IT) Director, gave a brief ovezview of the proposed budgets for IT Programming and Geographic Information Systems. She advised of plans to ~mplement a County.newsletter. Mr. Steve Hicks, Arsietant Director of IT, briefly reviewed t~e proposed IT Systems budget. An additional PC Technical Support Specialist position will provide technical support for the growing number of personal computers in County Government. Piedmont Bebaviora~ Meal~hoere Mr. Clifton reported Cabarrus County funds Piedmont Behavioral Healthcare at a level of $4.98 per capita (excluding rent, utilities, etc.). The recommended funding for FY 2002 is $849,914.00, an increase of $11,803.00 from FY 2001. Mr. Dan Coughlin, Area Director of Piedmont Behavioral Healthcare, discussed the funding for the Piedmont Area Mental Health Program, which consists of the counties of Cabarrus, Rowan, Stanly and Union. Be advised that the four counties fund at differing levels, but pointed out that funds provided by Cabarrus County are used only for services to residents of this county. Also, Mr. Coughlin updated the Board on the proposed legislation to change the mental health system. He stated the proposed legislation has been revised to allow 6ounties to have the following options: (1) continue with existing area programs (public authority}; (2) form multi-county program~; or (3) operate mental health as a department of County government. Mr. Clifton cautioned the Board to watch the funding stream for mental health services, stating the State may choose to shift some costs to the County. Tax Admi~/stration MS. Dawn McHale, Tax Administrator, reviewed the proposed budget for the Tax Collection program. She reported that an analysis of the position approved last year for processing returned Mil, specifically motor vehicle billings, showed the position would be responsible for the annual collection of $90,000.00 in rewenue. Ms. McHale reviewed the proposed budget for Tax ~sessor, Land Records and Appraisal. She stated that several temporary positions were included to begin work on the 2003 Revaluation. Also, Ms. McBale discussed the request for a new Tax Analyst position within Audit/Business Personal Property to assist with tax listings for the growing number of new businesses. There was discussion regarding the discovery process used by the department and staff's efforts during the past year to identify unlisted business property. Vice Chairman Carruth arrived at 7:42 p.m. and was present for the remainder of the meeting.