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148 UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Chairman Lentz and unanimously carried, the Board moved that the Chairman along with one other member of the Board meet as a committee with the Mayor and the Board of Light and Water to determine what they expect and what the County can expect in regards to the proposal for the intent to purchase water from the Board of Light and Water in connection with the privatization of a water impoundment and water treatment system. The County Attorney was also requested to attend this meeting. Mr. John Page, Building Superintendent, addressed the Board regarding the elevator located in the County building formerly occupied by Craig Furniture Company. He reported that the inspector from the Elevator Division of the Department of Labor had ordered that the elevator either be repaired to meet the prevailing State codes or removed permanently from service by taking the following action. Remove the hoisting ropes and lower the car and counterweights to the pit floor. Remove all the electrical power to the elevator and controller. Permanently barricade each of the hoistway entrances. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Barnhardt, seconded by Commissioner Payne and unanimously carried, the Board declared the elevator in the Craig Building surplus property and authorized the advertisement for bids for the sale of the elevator. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Commissioner Barnhardt and unanimously carried, the Board authorized the County Manager to negotiate for bids for taking down the Craig Building. Mr. Bachman S. Brown, Jr., Interim Mayor of the City of Kannapolis, expressed appreciation to the Board on behalf of the City concerning the continuation of services to the City. He stated that the City wished to work with the County in regards to reimbursing the County should a substantial loss of revenue occur for the County. The Board invited members of the Kannapolis City Council to attend the Centralina Council of Governments meeting to be held at the Cabarrus Country Club on January 23, 1985. Ms. Rebecca Yarbrough, Emergency Medical Services Program Administrator with Centralina Council of Governments, reported that the Council of Governments was again sponsoring the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) awards and that nomination forms would be mailed this month. The Board indicated endorsement of the EMT award program conducted by Centralina Council of Governments. The County Attorney next advised the Chairman and the Board that the Board had been requested by Marks & Marks, a North Carolina general partnership to schedule a public hearing to receive comments with respect to the issuance by The Cabarrus County Industrial Facilities and Pollution Control Financing Authority of an industrial development revenue bond in an amount not to exceed $1,200,000, the proceeds of which would be used to finance the acquisition and rehabilitation of an existing 67,125 square foot manufacturing facility located on Commercial Park Drive in Concord, North Carolina and the acquisition and installation of machinery and equipment therein to be leased to and operated by Kettering Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation, all for the manufacture of corrugated point of purchase displays for consumer goods. UPON MOTION by Commissioner Upright, seconded by Commissioner Payne and unanimously carried, the Board approved the designation of its regularly scheduled meeting on February 4, 1985 at 10:00 A.M. as the date for such public hearing and directed the clerk to the Board of Commissioners to publish appropriate notices for such hearing. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting adjourned at 11:45 A.M. Clerk to the Board