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158 WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners desires to approve the issuance of revenue bonds and approve the Project in principle; NOW, THEREFORE, - BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commission~ers of the County of Cabarrus as follows: (1) The issuance of revenue bonds by the Authority to finance the Project is hereby approved. (2) The Project is hereby approved in principle. (3) The Clerk of the Board of Commissioners is hereby authorized and directed to provide a certified copy of this resolution to the Department. (4) The Board of County Commissioners hereby requests that the State of North Carolina, pursuant to Executive Order 113 of the Governor of the State of North Carolina, allocate to the above-described revenue bonds and Project $1,200,000 of the Volume Limitation (as defined in said Executive Order), and the Chairman or Vice Chairman of said Board is hereby authorized to certify under penalties of perjury that this request is not made in consideration of any bribe, gift, gratuity, or direct or indirect contribution to any political campaign. (5) This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its passage. Commissioner Upright moved the passage of the foregoing resolution and Commissioner Payne seconded the motion, and the resolution was passed by the following vote: AYES: Chairman Lentz and Commissioners Payne, Hamby, Barnhardt, and Upright NAYS: None Senator James C. Johnson and Representatives Coy Privette and Tim Tallent were present for the meeting. Each expressed the desire for a close working relationship with the Board of Commissioners in the upcoming months. Representative Privette relayed the Governor's assurance that the loss of County revenue resulting from the repeal of the intangibles and inventory taxes would be offset by strong economic growth and would not create a hardship for the County. Senator Johnson stated the need for cooperation between the legislators, Board of Commissioners, and the Kannapolis City Council to work through the transition stages of the newly incorporated City of Kannapolis. He stated that the City has an unique law enforcement problem with part of the city in Cabarrus County and part in Rowan County and suggested that all Kannapolis court cases be tried in Cabarrus County in a court located in Kannapolis. In presenting requests to Senator Johnson and Representatives Privette and Tallent, Commissioner Barnhardt asked that the State provide funding for school guidance counselors. Commissioner Upright asked that the State allocate necessary funds to the County to pay for any mandated programs and that the Board of Commissioners be informed of any bills affecting Cabarrus County. In concluding the discussion with the State legislators, Chairman Lentz asked that they do nothing which would financially hurt the county. The Board discussed the fact that a majority of the Board members would be attending the National Association of Counties Legislative Conference in Washington, D~ C., at the time of the regular Board meeting scheduled for Monday, March 4, 1985. UPON MOTION of Chairman Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Barnhardt and unanimously carried, the Board agreed that any matters that might come before the Board on March 4, 1985, be transacted on March 7, 1985, at the same time of the zoning meeting of the Board of Commissioners. B. S. Brown, Jr., representing the Kannapolis Sanitary District, presented the following resolution which was read: