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543 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in regular session at the County CoUrthouse in Concord, North Carolina on Monday, June 15, 1981, at 7~00 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 Larry E. Irvin, Sr., of the Church of the Living Word. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Commissioner Cook and unanimously carried, the minutes of May 27, June i, June 2, and June 3, 1981, were approved as written. Commissioner Nash informed the Board that Mayor Harold McEachern of the City of Concord had indicated to him that members of the Concord Board of Alderman were not interested in meeting with Commissioners Nash and Payne to discuss the proposed license tax on dogs. Mrs. Betsy Carpenter, President of the Cabarrus Animal Protection Association, was again present to request that the Board adopt the ordinance levying the license tax on dogs. The motion made by Commissioner Payne and seconded by Chairman Bonds to adopt the License Tax Ordinance to levy a tax on all dogs was defeated with Commissioner Payne and Chairman Bonds voting for and Commissioners Cook, Nash, and Lentz voting against. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Cook, seconded by Commissioner Payne and unanimously carried, the Board agreed, to pay a 4.60 percent contribution to the Law Enforcement Officers~ Benefit and Retirement Fund for Cabarrus County law enforcement officers instead of the 5.0 percent contribution adopted by the Board on June 1~ 1981. This rate of contribution reflects the same retirement contribution for law enforcement officers as is provided.by the County for all employees. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Cook, seconded by Chairman Bond~ and unanimously carried, the Board reappointed Mr. Donald Foster to the Harrisburg Planning Board and Mr. Ted McCachern to the Harrisburg Zoning Board of Adjustment for a three-year term. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Cook, seconded by Commissioner Payne and unanimously carried, the Board appointed Messrs. Billy Hatley and Lewis Williams to'the Mt. Pleasant Planning and Zoning Board for a three-year term. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Nash, seconded by Commissioner Cook and unanimously carried, the Board appointed Messrs. Lacy Hurlocker and Robert Byrd= Jr. to the Mt. Pleasant Zoning Board of Adjustment. The Board reviewed bids which had been received for word processing equipment for the Cabarrus County Health Department. Bids were as follows. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT DATE: March 4, 1981 BIDDER BID BOND BiD AMOUNT Miller Services X $14,739.00 AM International X $14~907.00 IBM X $71,196.00 Mr. Manuel Kiser, member of the Cabarrus County Board of Health, requested that the Board award the bid as he stated the word processing equipment was needed immediately at the Health Department. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Nash, seconded by Commissioner Lentz with Commissioners Lentz, Cook~ and Nash voting for and Chairman Bonds and Commissioner Payne voting against, the Board deferred the purchase of word processing equipment for the Cabarrus County Health Department until a new Health Director assumes duties at the Health Department and determines what type of equipment he wants for the department. The funds appropriated for the word processing equipment in the 1980-81 Health Department budget are to be carried forward in the 1981-82 budget for the purchase of equipment. Chairman Bonds announced that this was the day and hour scheduled for a public hearing to determine if the County would participate financially in the paving improvements for Hardwood Lane, SR #1856, and asked if anyone were present who Wished to speak for or against this participative paving project. Mrs. Kathleen Jones, resident of Hardwood Lane, spoke in favor of the paving improvements for this road. No one appeared in opposition to the participative paving project.