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45 FURTHER, BE IT RESOLVED that the North Carolina County Attorneys' Association respectfully urges Attorney General Rufus Edmisten to use his offices to assign additional manpower to serve as legal counsel in defending these lawsuits which challenge the level of assessment of certain property in relation to all other properties in the several counties. FURTHER, BE IT RESOLVED that the North Carolina County Attorneys' Association respectfully urges Secretary of Revenue Mark Lynch to use his offices to assign additional manpower to the Ad Valorem Tax Division to provide increased technical assistance to the counties to improve their assessment practices. Adopted this the Thirteenth Day of February, 1982 in Chapel Hill North Carolina. ' North Carolina County Attorneys' Association /s/ Bill Mayo Bill Mayo, President Beaufort County Attorney /s/ Robert W. Yelton Bob Yelton, First Vice President Cleveland County Attorney The Board reviewed the letter from Mr. Richard Ducker, Assistant Director of the Institute of Government, concerning the applicability of the Cabarrus County Zoning Ordinance to the issuance of building permits during the period when zoning ordinance proposals were pending. During the discussion of possible effective enforcement dates for the building permits issued for a nonconforming structure prior to February 1, 1982, the Board addressed such concerns as the legality of revoking permits for which "acknowledgements" were signed, the determination of vested rights established by a property owner, and the adoption of an ordinance to "grandfather" more activities began prior to the enactment of the ordinance in under the Cabarrus County Zoning Ordinance. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Commissioner Lentz with Commissioners Payne, Lentz, and Cook and Chairman Bonds voting for and Commissioner Nash voting against, the Board instructed Mr. F. E. Isenhour, Jr., Zoning Administrator, to follow the guidelines for determining vested rights of property owners as set forth in the letter from Mr. Richard Ducker of the Institute of Government and set December 23, 1981, as the date for Mr. Isenhour to use in determining vested rights. Mr. George Griffin, Architect, reviewed the renovation plans for the Winecoff, Harrisburg, and Bethel Schools. He reported that it would cost approximately $200,000 to alleviate the most pressing needs of fire safety and lighting at the schools. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Lentz, seconded by Chairman Bonds and unanimously carried, the Board adopted a resolution of intent to appropriate $200,000 additional money over the 1981-82 schools capital outlay appropriation of $417,754 for a total of $617,754 in capital outlay funds for 1982-83. These funds are to be distributed to the three school systems on a per capita enrollment basis as has been done in the past. Chairman Bonds announced that appointments to the Board of Equalization and Review would be made at the next meeting. Mr. R. M. Faggart, homebuilder, presented a proposal whereby the builders and developers that finance the sale of their homes through the Farmers Home Administration would contribute funds for Cabarrus County to hire two employees to work in the local Farmers Home Administration Office. The two employees to be hired are an appraiser/loan officer at a salary of $15,912 per year and an assistant loan officer at a salary of $10,234.64 per year. In accordance with the plan, the association of builders and developers would set up an escrow account at a local bank from which Cabarrus County will receive reimbursement for the salary of each employee one month in advance. It was noted that only those two employees recently terminated from these positions due to Federal budget cuts would be acceptable for this plan. Mr. Charles McGinnis, County Manager, recommended that these two employees be hired as contract service employees with no benefits to be paid by the County. The Board also discussed the possibility of hiring these two employees on a temporary, part-time basis with the County providing only workmen's compensation coverage or hiring the two persons as fulltime County employees with the County providing all benefits. It was pointed out that all fulltime County employees are required to participate in the County retirement plan.