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439 UPON MOTION of Chairman Cook, seconded by Commissioner Milloway and unanimously carried, the Board appointed Mr. Randy Lee Love to the Region F Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council for a term of three years. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Bonds, seconded by Commissioner Allen and unanimously carried, the Board moved to amend the Cabarrus County Health ~ Department budget in the amount of $66,762.00 to accept State funds to conduct the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Allen, seconded by Commissioner Bonds and unanimously carried, the Board approved a budget amendment for the Cabarrus ~ County Health Department to accept an additional grant amount of $3,700.00 from the North Carolina Division of Health Services for the operation of the orthopedic clinic. This is in addition to the $800.00 previously budgeted in State funds and will require no additional County funding. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Bonds, seconded by Commissioner Allen and unanimously carried, the Board reappointed Mrs. Cynthia Bostick and Mr. Frank Rankin to the Cabarrus County Planning Board for a three year term expiring August 31, 1983. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Bonds and unanimously carried, the Board approved a budget amendment to the Parks and Recreation Department's budget to include State funds in the amount of $6,238.00 for a Community Based Alternatives Grant which will provide outdoor wilderness opportunities for approximately eighty-four (84) youths. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Milloway and unanimously carried, the Boardappointed Mr. Jim Slaughter, the President of the Cabarrus County Youth Council, to the Park and Recreation Advisory Commission as recommended by the Advisory Commission. This appointment is for a term of one year expiring July 31, 1981. Chairman Cook stated that Mr. Gardner Gidley of Gardner Gidley and Associates would meet with the Board at the Stonewall Jackson Park site on Wednesday, August 13, 1980, to inspect the area which is being restored by Mr. Robin Hayes. The Board reviewed the proposed plan for assigning individual parking spaces for Courthouse employees in the parking lot at the rear of the County Courthouse and in the parking facility across the street from the present lot. This plan would also provide spaces for general public parking in the lot adjacent to the Courthouse. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Bonds, seconded by Commissioner Lentz and unanimously carried, the Board agreed to set aside thirty-nine (39) spaces in the parking lot at the rear of the County Courthouse for one hour parking for individuals on Courthouse business only. The Board set $5.00 as the fine for the violation of parking over the time limit in the public spaces. Signs specifying the public parking spaces are to be erected and after a ten (10) day compliance period violators are to be ticketed by the Sheriff's Department. The new parking procedure is to be effective September 1, 1980. The Board visited the parking lot located across the street and agreed to have an engineer to look at the wall at the rear of the parking lot and to obtain prices for the repair of the wall. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Bonds and unanimously carried, the Board adopted a~resolution requesting that anyone hunting deer in Cabarrus County not use a high-powered rifle. The Board will request the General Assembly to enact a local bill restricting the use of high-powered rifles for hunting deer in Cabarrus County when the legislature convenes in January, 1981. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Milloway, seconded by Commissioner Lentz and unanimously carried, the Board awarded the contract for closed-circuit television equipment for the Cabarrus County Jail to the sole bidder, Motorola C & E, Inc., in the amount of $8,903.00. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Milloway, seconded by Commissioner Allen and unanimously carried, the Board waived all subrogation rights of the County to any part of the $10,000.00 paid by Duke Power Company to Charles H. Hough in the case of "Charles H. Hough, Plaintiff v. Duke Power Company, Defendant." The Board agreed to notify representatives that the Board opposes the federal government enacting laws that eliminate local government control over cable franchise operations. The Board instructed Charles McGinnis, County Manager, to inform the representatives of the Board's action. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Milloway, seconded by Commissioner Bonds and unanimously carried, the Board agreed to write to the seven (7) legislators that the Board opposes the recent law passed by the General Assembly that permits the State to withhold from a County its share of the sales tax collection if the County owes the State any money.