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602 Mr. Charles McGinnis, County Manager, reviewed Article VII, Section 5 of the County Personnel Ordinance which requires that all County personnel retire on the last day of the fiscal year in which the employee reaches age 65 unless granted a one-year extension by the commissioners. He stated that Federal regulations which overrule the County policy have now set the retirement age at 70 years. Mr. McGinnis reported that the employees - Mildred Burris Wilkinson, Hoyt S. Smith, Roosevelt Lee McCarn, and Ples D. Morgan - are now age 70 or above and recommended that the Board grant a one-year extension to these employees. The motion made by Commissioner Cook to grant a one-year extension for employment with Cabarrus County to Hoyt S. Smith, Roosevelt Lee McCarn, Mildred Burris Wilkinson, and Pies D. Morgan failed for lack of second. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Nash and unanimously carried, the Board amended the County Personnel Ordinance to change the automatic retirement age from age 65 to age 70 in accordance with Federal regulations. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Nash, seconded by Commissioner Payne with Commissioners Nash and Payne and Chairman Bonds voting for and Commissioners Lentz and Cook voting against, the Board amended Article VII, Section 5 of the Cabarrus County Personnel Ordinance to read as follows. Ail county personnel shall automatically retire on the last day of the fiscal year in which the employee reaches age seventy (70). This shall be effective June 30, 1982. The substitute motion made by Commissioner Cook to amend the Personnel Ordinance for all county personnel to retire'at age 75 after the year 1982 and to leave the retirement of Hoyt S. Smith, Roosevelt Lee McCarn, Mildred Burris Wilkinson, and Ples D. Morgan at the discretion of the Board of Commissioners failed for lack of second. Ms. Rebecca Yarbrough, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Program Administrator with the Centralina Council of Governments (COG), reviewed the need for mutual aid agreements between counties to provide adequate emergency medical services during various types of emergencies. The Board requested that the Centralina Council of Governments formulate a regional mutual aid plan for this area. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Cook, seconded by Commissioner Lentz with Commissioners Cook, Lentz, and Payne and Chairman Bonds voting for and Commissioner Nash voting against, the Board authorized the North Carolina Department of Transportation to use Secondary Construction Funds in the amount of $8,000 to pave that portion of Caldwell Road (SR 1173) from the railroad tracks back to Piedmont Plastics' entrance. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Cook, seconded by Commissioner Nash and unanimously carried, the Board approved the addition of Biscayne Drive to the state road system. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Nash, seconded by Commissioner Cook and unanimously carried, the Board approved the request from Cannon Mills Company~for a permit to have a pyrotechnics display in the parking lot between the YMCA and First Baptist Church in Kannapolis on October 24, 1981, at 9:30 P.M. under the supervision of Vitale Fireworks Manufacturing Company. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Cook, seconded by Commissioner Nash and unanimously carried, the Board approved the request by the Kannapolis Chamber of Commerce to permit the use of a public, address system by temporary installation to the street lights on West Avenue in Kannapolis in conjunction with the 75th Anniversary Celebration to be held October 18- 24, 1981. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Cook, seconded by Commissioner Lentz and unanimously carried, the Board moved to go into Executive Session to discuss the acquisition of land. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Cook, seconded by Commissioner Lentz and unanimously carried, the Board moved to terminate the Executive Session. Chairman Bonds reported the Board had directed Mr. John R. Boger, Jr., County Attorney, to proceed with negotiations for the purchase of land located across the street from the Courthouse parking lot. UPON MOTION of Chairman Bonds, seconded by Commissioner Nash and unanimously carried, the Board authorized Mr. Charles McGinnis, County Manager, to have a fence installed at the Cabarrus County Service Garage to provide for a secure area to store impounded vehicles and to hire a grading contractor to complete the grading of the service garage site.