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585 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met at the County Courthouse in Concord, North Carolina, on Thursday, June 14, 1984, at 7:00 P.M.'for a public hearing on the proposed 1984-85 Budget. Present - Chairman: James W. Lentz Commissioners: Archie Y. Barnhardt Marcelle Milloway J. Harold Nash Kenneth F. Payne The minutes were recorded by Mr. Blair D. Bennett, Finance Director. Dr. Joseph N. Fries, Cabarrus County Schools Superintendent, and Mrs. Tina C. Loving, Chairman of the cabarrus County Board of Education, appeared before the Board requesting additional funds for the school system. The following persons requested the Board to reconsider the hiring of a horticulturist in the Agriculture Extension Department: Mr. Brady Black Mr. Troy R. Cook Mrs. Sue Casper Mr. Lipe Barrier Mr. Everette Voncannon Mr. Robert Carter Mr. Edward Stephens Mr. William E. McCrary, Chairman of the Cabarrus Advisory Board for the Rowan Technical College, and Mr. Philip H. Smith, Sr., Executive Vice-President of the Concord/Cabarrus County Chamber of Commerce, addressed the Board regarding funding for the Rowan Technical College. They requested that the Board restore the $16,000.00 previously cut from the proposed 1984-85 budget for Rowan Technical College. Ms. Jerri Brown and Mr. Richard Burkhart appeared concerning Cabarrus Victims Assistance Network funding for battered spouses and children. Mrs. Harriet Ward, member of the Kannapolis Friends of the Library, requested $48,000.00 to fund the Kannapolis Library for the fiscal year 1984-85. UPON MOTION of Chairman Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Payne with Chairman Lentz and Commissioners Milloway, Nash and Payne voting for and Commissioner Barnhardt voting against, the Board agreed to fund the $48,000.00 for the Kannapolis Library out of the $300,000.00 set aside for library construction in Kannapolis contingent upon approval by the Trustees of the Charles A. Cannon Charitable Trust No. One. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Chairman Lentz with Commissioners Payne and Nash and Chairman Lentz voting for and Commissioners Milloway and Barnhardt voting against, the Board agreed to fund the Cabarrus Victims Assistance Network in the amount of $5,000.00. The substitute motion by Commissioner Nash to fund the Cabarrus Victims Assistance Network in the amount of $10,000.00 failed for lack of a second. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Nash, seconded by Commissioner Payne with Commissioners Payne and Nash and Chairman Lentz voting for and Commissioners Barnhardt and Milloway voting against, the Board agreed to employ a horticultural agent for the Agriculture Extension Office in the amount of $21,000.00. The motion made by Commissioner Payne to remove $50,000.00 from the line item Equipment in the Sanitary Landfill Budget and put this $50,000.00 in the Schools Current Expense Budget failed for lack of second. The motion made by Commissioner Nash and seconded by Commissioner Payne to increase the Schools Current Expense Budget by $100,000.00 failed with Commissioner Nash voting for and Commissioners Payne, Milloway, and Barnhardt and Chairman Lentz voting against. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Commissioner Nash with Commissioners Nash and Payne and Chairman Lentz voting for and Commissioners Barnhardt and Milloway voting against, the Board agreed to remove $50,000.00 in Sanitary Landfill Capital Outlay Equipment and put $50,000.00 in Schools Current Expense Budget. Commissioner Milloway informed the Board that she was employed by Rowan Technical College. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Milloway, seconded by Chairman Lentz with Commissioners Milloway and Nash and Chairman Lentz voting for and Commissioners Payne and Barnhardt voting against, the Board agreed to restore the $16,000.00 to the Rowan Technical College Budget.