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The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in regular session at the Courthouse in Concord, North Carolina on Monday, March 3, 1975 at 9:00 a.m. Present - Chairman: S. Glenn Hawfield, Jr. Commissioners: Robert A. McClary John A. Hammett Marcelle Milloway Roger G. Hinson The minutes of the February 3, 1975 meeting were read and corrected to read John Collura instead of John McClure. Commissioner Milloway reported that there were eight (8) eligibility specialists certifing food stamp recipients and that the situation had greatly improved with the added space and personnel. There is to be a public hearing on the dissolution of the Jackson Park Sanitary District at the Rocky River Church Hut on April 1, 1975 at 7:30 p.m. The amended legislation allowing Cabarrus County to use eminent domain procedures has been ratified. David C. Robinson, Director of Mass Transit, reported that a letter had been written to Douglas R. Campion, Regional Representative, Urban Mass Transportation Administration in Atlanta stating that Cabarrus County intends to file application for a technical study grant. He suggested a Request-for- Proposal Letter to be mailed to qualified consultants who could perform such a study, and also a list of consultants. He futher stated that the Board should appoint an advisory committee to work with his department. Commissioner McClary made motion authorizing the North Carolina Department of Transportation to act as an agent for Cabarrus County to contact qualified consultants to make a mass transit study. Motion seconded by Commissioner Milloway and vote unanimously carried. John Boger reported on a memorandum that had been sent to the Cabarrus County Nutrition Program for the Elderly concering compliance with Standards f~r Merit System of Personnel Administration. It was decided that it was not feasible to merge the Nutrition Program into the Department of Social Services; nor was it practical to go under the merit system. The alternative that seemed most realistic would be to incorporate as a non-profit organization. Upon motion of Commissioner Hammett, seconded by Commissioner Hinson and unanimously carried, the incorporation of the Nutrition Program for the Elderly as Cabarrus Senior Services, Inc. is approved. Steve Smith, Rev. Gene Boelte, Mrs. Ross Morrison, Jr., Mrs. Gene Morrison and W. W. Carriker came before the Board representing the Cabarrus Countians for Crime Prevention. Steve Smith and Rev. Gene Boelte asked the Board to consider hiring fifty new deputies to help patrol the county. They stated they considered the increased crime rate the number one problem in Cabarrus County. Chairman Hawfield replied that the cost of adding fifty deputies made this impossible in the middle of a fiscal year with all * corrected to read Rocky Ridge Church Hut