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467 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in regular session at the Courthouse in Concord, North Carolina on Monday, December 15, 1980, at 6:00 P.M. Present - Chairman: Ralph C. Bonds Commissioners: J. Harold Nash Troy R. Cook James W. Lentz Kenneth F. Payne The invocation was given by Reverend Thomas Hogan of McGill Avenue Baptist Church. Commissioner Lentz questioned the vote as.recorded for the motion made on December 1, 1980 granting the $2,000.00 annual salary increase to the Sheriff, Register of Deeds, and the Veterans Service Officer. He stated he was in favor of the salary increase for the elected officials but was opposed to the increase for the Veterans Service Officer. The tape is to ~be checked for clarification of the vote. There being no further corrections or additions to the minutes of December 1, 1980, they were approved as written with the exception of the section regarding the salary increases for the Sheriff, Register of Deeds, and Veterans Service Officer. Mr. Ted Joyner, President of the Cabarrus County Fire Chiefs Association, requested the Board to purchase a computer terminal for the Communications Office of the Sheriff's Department to be used in dispatching all emergency equipment to the proper location in the County. According~to Mr. Joyner, the terminal would reduce the response time for fire departments by enabling the dispatcher to quickly determine the exact location of a street and fire district in which it is located if several streets with duplicate or similar names exist in various sections of the County. Lieutenant Howard Scarboro of the Sheriff's Department .stated' that the use of the terminal in the Communications Center would save approximately one minute in dispatching emergency calls as compared to the present system of using an alphabetical listing of the road names to determine the location of the street before dispatching emergency equipment. Mr. Charles D. McGinnis, County Manager, reported that the cost for installing a computer terminal in the Communications Center would be as follows: Attachment for Main Computer Chassis - $1,500.00 Monthly Maintenance Fee for Attachment - $ 14.00 ~Computer Terminal - $3,990.00 Monthly Maintenance Fee for Terminal - $ 36.00 Mr. McGinnis also reported that the County could lease the equipment at the .cost of $154.00 a month plus a $50.00 monthly maintenance fee. He advised the Board that there would be a ninety (90) day delivery delay in receiving the equipment from Honeywell after the order is placed. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Cook, seconded by Commissioner Lentz and unanimously carried, the Board authorized the placement of an order for a computer terminal to be installed in the Communications Office of the Sheriff's Department under a lease arrangement for three months and purchased With funds in the 1981-82 budget. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Cook and unanimously carried, the Board authorized the transfer of $612.00 from the Communications budget to pay the cost for leasing the computer terminal for a period of three months. Mr. Bobby Bonds, Crime Scene Officer with the Cabarrus County Sheriff's Department, reported that the thefts of precious metals had increased sharply in recent years in the County. According to Officer Bonds, the value of precious metal thefts reported to the Sheriff's Department had risen from $9,025.00 in 1978 to $63,052.00 in 1980.~ Mr. Don Slaughter, owner of a gold and silver exchange in Kannapolis, and Mr. Farrar Griggs, who was representing Mr. Bill Watts of J & J Coins of Kannapolis, appeared before the Board regarding the proposed ordinance to regulate secondhand precious metal businesses in the County. Mr. Slaughter expressed support for an ordinance of this type and Stated he was in favor of a stronger penalty than a $50.00 fine or thirty (30) days in jail for violation of this ordinance. Mr. Griggs asked that the Board exclude from the ordinance a five (5) day waiting period for licensed dealer to dealer transactions of secondhand precious metals. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Cook, seconded by Commissioner Lentz and unanimously carried, the Board adopted the following ordinance.