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235 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in adjourned session at the County Courthouse in Concord, North Carolina, at 5:00 P.M. on Tuesday, May 21, 1985, to continue review of the proposed 1985-86 Cabarrus County budget. Present - Chairman: James W. Lentz Commissioners: Kenneth F. Payne William G. Hamby, Jr. Archie Y. Barnhardt Marcelle M. Upright Mr. Charles D. McGinnis, County Manager, reported that the financial problems of the Cabarrus Workshop involved the failure to pay FICA taxes for the handicapped workers. He stated that steps were being taken by officials of the Workshop to correct this problem. The Board reviewed the proposed budgets from Other Contributions through the Building Maintenance Department. The Board discussed the request for funds for an industrial development program by both the Concord/Cabarrus County Chamber of Commerce and the Kannapolis Chamber of Commerce. Mr. McGinnis reported that he had received a request from both Chambers for $25,000.00 each and that he was recommending an allocation totaling $25,000.00 for industrial development by the two Chambers. The motion by Commissioner Barnhardt to cut the allocation tO the Concord/Cabarrus County Chamber of Commerce and the Kannapolis Chamber of Commerce to a total of $12,000.00 failed for lack of second. UPON MOTION of Chairman Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Hamby with Commissioners Hamby, Barnhardt, and Upright and Chairman Lentz voting for and Commissioner Payna voting against, the Board approved the allocation to the Concord/Cabarrus County Chamber of Commerce and the Kannapolis Chamber of Commerce in the total amount of $20,000.00 with $10,000.00 to go to each Chamber with the stipulation that the money is for industrial development purposes only. The substitute motion by Commissioner Payne and seconded by Commissioner Barnhardt to set aside $20,000.00 for an Industrial Development Committee composed of both the Concord/Cabarrus County Chamber of Commerce and the Kannapolis Chamber of Commerce to be used for industrial recruitment with the stipulation that this committee has to be formed by January 1, 1986, or the $20,000.00 will revert back to the General Fund failed with Commissioners Payne and Barnhardt voting for and Commissioners Hamby and Upright and Chairman Lentz voting against. Chairman Lentz was asked to write both the Concord/Cabarrus County Chamber of Commerce and the Kannapolis Chamber of Commerce and encourage them to form an Industrial Development Committee between the two Chambers if they are to continue to receive County funds for industrial development purposes. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Barnhardt, seconded by Commissioner Payne and unanimously carried, the Board agreed to cut one of the five additional employees requested by the Sheriff's Department. UPON MOTION of, Commissioner Barnhardt, seconded by Chairman Lentz and unanimously car~{ed~ the Board cut $5,000.00 from the Food Service line item of the Jail budget. Commissioner Hamby left the meeting at this time. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Barnhardt, seconded by Commissioner Upright with Commissioners Barnhardt, Upright, and Payne and Chairman Lentz voting for, the Board agreed to cut the Telephone line item in the Emergency Services budget to $2,500.00. Commissioner Hamby was present for the remainder of the meeting. Mr. Branson Jones, Chairman of the Cabarrus County Library'Board of Trustees, and Mr. Tom Dillard, Director of the Cannon Memorial Library, reviewed the proposed budget for the Kannapolis Branch Library. Mr. Dillard stated that the eight employees proposed for the Kannapolis Branch Library would include six shift workers, one supervisor, and one custodian. The Board received the presentation from Mr. Jones and Mr. Dillard as information only and no action was taken regarding the proposed budget for the Kannapolis Branch Library. Chairman Lentz and Commissioner Upright reported that employees of the Cabarrus County Ambulance Service had informed them of a morale problem in that department. Some of the problems included Cabarrus Memorial Hospital and the authority to give intravenous injections as well as the pregnant employees and the holding of their jobs. The Board asked that Mr. Charles D. McGinnis discuss these complaints with Mr. Ben Mabrey, Emergency Services Director.