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316 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in adjourned session at the County Courthouse in Concord, North Carolina, on Tuesday, June 14, 1983, to continue review of the proposed 1983-84 Cabarrus County Budget. Present - Chairman: J. Harold Nash Commissioners: Archie Y. Barnhardt Marcelle Milloway James W. Lentz Kenneth F. Payne The Board agreed to discuss the request from the Charlotte Motor Speedway for permission to conduct a fireworks display on Friday, June 17, 1983, during the Focus on Charlotte event. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Milloway, seconded by Commissioner Barnhardt with Commissioners Milloway, Barnhardt, and Payne and Chairman Nash voting for, the Board granted permission for a pyrotechnics display during the Focus on Charlotte event at the Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday, June 17, 1983, under the supervision of the Partlows with Southern International Fireworks, Inc. The certificate of insurance is to be received by Cabarrus County prior to the fireworks display. Commissioner Lentz was present for the remainder of the meeting. Ms. Ardith St. JOhn, Chairperson of the Cabarrus County Council on the Status of Women, reviewed the activities of the Council and requested that the Board reinstate the County appropriation of $350.00 for the 1983-84 budget year. The motion by Chairman Nash to reinstate the County contribution to the Council on the Status of Women failed for lack of second. Mr. James Pharr, Fire Marshal, presented the revised budgets for the volunteer fire departments as requested by the Board on June 7, 1983. UPON MOTION of Chairman Nash, seconded by Commissioner Barnhardt and unanimously carried, the Board approved the budgets for the volunteer fire departments and the fire tax rates as presented. The 1983-84 fire tax rates are as follows. FIRE DEPARTMENT RATE FIRE DEPARTMENT RATE Allen .05 Mt. Mitchell .03 Cold Water .035 Mt. Pleasant Town -- Concord -- Mt. Pleasant Rural .04 Enochville .04 North East .06 Flowes Store .05 Odell .035 Georgeville .06 Pitts .035 Harrisburg .04 Poplar Tent .06 Jackson Park .01 Rimer .05 Kannapolis Sanitary Dist.-- Royal Oaks -- Kannapolis Village -- Winecoff .025 Midland .045 UPON MOTION of Commissioner Milloway, seconded by Commissioner Lentz with Commissioners Milloway and Lentz and Chairman Nash voting for and Commissioners Payne and Barnhardt voting against, the Board approved the Kannapolis Police Department budget as recommended by the County Manager and included $360.00 for garbage service at the department. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Barnhardt, seconded by Commissioner Payne and carried, the Board approved the Jail budget as recommended with the food service line item reduced to $100,000.00. UPON MOTION of Chairman Nash, seconded by Commissioner Barnhardt and carried, the Board rescinded the $9,500.00 from the Equipment and Furniture line item of the Emergency Management budget. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Commissioner Barnhardt and carried, the Board approved the Emergency Management budget as recommended by the County Manager with the deletion of $9,500.00 from the Equipment and Furniture line item. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Chairman Nash a~d carried, the Board adopted the Ambulance budget as recommended with the Equipment and Furniture line item reduced from $43,520.00 to $26,020.00. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Commissioner Barnhardt and carried, the Board adopted the Dog Warden budget as recommended with the reduction of the Automotive Supplies line item to $6,825.00.