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121 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in regular session at the County Courthouse in Concord, North Carolina, on Monday, June 7, 1982, 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 Burl Ashley of the Shadybrook Baptist Church. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Cook, seconded by Commissioner Lentz and unanimously carried, the minutes of May 17, May 24, May 25, and May 27, 1982, were approved as written. The Board again reviewed the proposal from Spectrum Sales Corporation to install a Digital Alarm Report Transmission (DART) receiving station in new Communications Center located in the basement of the Courthouse free of charge and to provide at no cost to the County a private telephone line con- nected to the DART receiver for all incoming alarm reports. Mr. Ken Blackwelder of Spectrum Sales Corporation stated that the conversion costs for existing alarm systems would be approximately $200.00 per alarm system plus the charge by the local telephone company for the installation of a security jack to connect the system to the telephone line. In addition, Mr. Blackwelder advised that other companies could provide compatible .equipment which can be connected to the DART alarm monitoring system. Mr. Chipp Bailey of the Centrali~a Council of Governments, Sheriff J. B. Roberts, and Lt. Howard Scarboro recommended the installation of this type of digital alarm monitoring system in the new Communications Center. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Cook and unanimously carried, the Board accepted the proposal from Spectrum Sales Corporation to install at no cost to the County the Digital Alarm Report Transmission (DART) monitoring system in the new Communications Center located in the Courthouse basement. This alarm monitoring equipment is to be the sole alarm receiving station installed in the new Communications Center. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Cook, seconded by Commissioner Nash and unanimously carried,the Board authorized the County Manager, the County Attorney, and law enforcement officials to draft an ordinance requiring that the names and addresses for those persons and companies on a direct dialer alarm system in the present Communications Center be registered with the Sheriff's Department and for the Board at a later date to set a limit of 8 months, 12 months, or other specified length of time for the conversion of the direct dialer systems to the new Digital Alarm Report Transmission (DART) system to be installed in the new Communications Center. Mr. Robert Melton of Vision Cable of Metrolina presented a progress report on the installation of cable service in Cabarrus County. He stated that the installation of cable service in those areas of the County having a density of 45 homes within a lineal cable mile should be completed approximately one year earlier than originally planned. Lt. James L. Coley proposed the adoption of an ordinance which he stated would enable law enforcement officers to enforce the regulation of loud and unnecessary noise throughout the county. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Cook, seconded by Commissioner Lentz and unanimously carried, the Board adopted "An Ordinance Regulating Unreasonably Loud, Disturbing and Unnecessary Noise in the County of Cabarrus, North Carolina" as follows. AN ORDINANCE REGULATING UNREASONABLY LOUD, DISTURBING AND UNNECESSARY NOISE IN THE COUNTY OF CABARRUS, NORTH CAROLINA BE IT ORDAINED, by the Board of Commissioners of Cabarrus County, North Carolina, that the following ordinance be and the same is hereby adopted: Section 1. (a) Subject to the provisions of this ordinance, the creation of any unreasonable loud, disturbing and unnecessary noise of such character as would be a detriment to Public health, comfort, safety, welfare and prosperity of the residents of Cabarrus County, North Carolina, is prohibited.