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590 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in regular session at the County Courthouse in Concord, North Carolina, on Tuesday, September 8, 1981, at 9:30 A.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 L. D. Aldridge of Word of Life Assembly. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Nash, seconded by Commissioner Cook and unanimously carried, the minutes of August 20 and August 24, 1981, were approved as written. Mr. Bob Melton, General Manager of Vision Cable of Metrolina, appeared before the Board to present reaction to the information reported by Mr. Archie Barnhardt at the last Board meeting.regarding pole use on Winecoff School Road. He reviewed correspondence between Vision Cable and Mr. Barnhardt's attorney and outlined events which had occurred since February, 1981. Mr. Melton informed the Board that, according to representatives of Duke Power Company, all poles in question on Mr. Barnhardt's property are owned by Duke Power Company and Vision Cable had entered into a pole attachment agreement with Duke Power to attach service lines to that company's poles. He reported that, after receiving a request from Mr. Barnhardt's attorney to remove the cable from the property, company employees had attempted to do so but had been threatened at the trailer park and denied entry to Mr. Barnhardt's property to remove the cable. Mr. Melton stated that at this time Vision Cable was interested in either providing cablevision service to the residents in the trailer park or removing the company's cable from Mr. Barnhardt's property. The Board received Mr. Melton's report as information and no action was taken. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Nash, seconded by Commissioner Payne and unanimously carried, the Board deferred the appointment to the Jury Commission until the next meeting to allow each Commissioner an opportunity to think in terms if Ms. Dale Nixon should be reappointed to another term on the Jury Commission or if there is someone else the Commissioners would like for the Board to consider for this appointment. Mr. Charles McGinnis, County Manager, reported that bids received for the sale of the portable cattle chute were as follows. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT DATE: August 12, 1981 Bidder Jack Holder Post Office Box 5651 Charlotte, N. C. 28225 Bid Amount $200.00 E. W. Cochran $100.00 Route 3, Box 108 Charlotte, N. C. 28208 UPON MOTION of Commissioner Cook, seconded by Commissioner Lentz and unanimously carried, the Board approved the sale of the portable cattle chute to the high bidder, Mr. Jack Holder, in the amount of $200.00. Mr. Charles D. McGinnis, County Manager, reviewed the request from Ms. Rebecca Yarbrough, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Program Administrator with the Centralina Council of Governments, that the Board of Commissioners appoint a local technical committee to make recommendations regarding the final system design and procurement of EMS Communications equipment made available to the County through the region's EMS grant award. He recommended the appointment of Mr. John Bowles of Cabarrus Memorial Hospital, Lt. Howard Scarboro of the Communications Center, and Mr. Ben Mabrey, Director of Emergency Services, to the local committee. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Commissioner Cook and unanimously carried, the Board approved the appointment of Mr. John Bowles of Cabarrus Memorial Hospital, Lt. Howard Scarboro of the Communications Center, and Mr. Ben Mabrey, Director of Emergency Services, to the steering committee to aid in the local design and procurement of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) communications equipment for Cabarrus County for participation in the regional EMS grant award.