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<br /> The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in regular
<br />session at the County Courthouse in Concord, North Carolina, on Monday,
<br />July 21, 1986, at 7:00 P.M.
<br /> Present - Chairman: James W. Lentz
<br /> Commissioners: Kenneth F. Payne
<br /> William G. Hamby, Jr.
<br /> Archie Y. Barnhardt
<br /> Marcelle M. Upright
<br />The invocation was given by Mr. Hugh Price, District Conservationist.
<br />UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Commissioner Upright and
<br />unanimously carried, the minutes of July 7 and 10, 1986, were approved as
<br />written.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Hamby, seconded by Commissioner Barnhardt
<br />and unanimously carried, the Board by resolution approved the addition of the
<br />following roads to the State road system for maintenance.
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<br />Hoke Street
<br />Hoke Street Extension
<br /> Finger Lakes Drive
<br /> Altacrest Drive
<br /> Sundance Drive
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<br /> Mr. Hugh Price, District Conservationist, presented the Cabarrus County
<br />Watershed Commission's recommendation that the bid from Charles R. Fisher
<br />Logging Company in the amount of $160.00 per hour be accepted by the Board
<br />for the removal of trees and other debris from Rocky River beginning at
<br />Coldwater Creek to Coddle Creek and on Coddle Creek at Rocky River to
<br />Highway 49. He pointed out that this was the only bid received in response
<br />to the four requests for proposais that were mailed to prospective bidders.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Commissioner Barnhardt
<br />with Cormmissioners Payne, Barnhardt, and Hamby and Chairman Lentz voting for
<br />and Commissioner Upright voting against, the Board awarded the contract for
<br />stream channelization to Charles R. Fisher Logging Company in the amount of
<br />$160.00 per hour and authorized Mr. Hugh Price, District Conservationist, to
<br />stop the project at such time he sees fit. ·
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Upright, seconded by Commissioner Hamby and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board granted permission for a fireworks display at
<br />the Charlotte Motor Speedway on Monday, August 11, 1986, at approximately
<br />9:45 P.M. The fireworks display will be supervised by Mr. Gary Partlow,
<br />licensed pyrotechnician of Southern International Fireworks, and a certificate
<br />of insurance in the amount of $3 million has been submitted for the event.
<br /> The Board reviewed the bid submitted by Hub-Stinnette Uniforms, Inc., in
<br />the amount of $11,673.00 for the annual contract for uniforms for the Cabarrus
<br />County Sheriff's Department. Mr. Charles D. McGinnis, County Manager,
<br />reported that this was the only bid received for the uniforms although eight
<br />bid proposal requests were mailed to various uniform companies. It was noted
<br />that the bid reflected an increase of approximately 14 percent over the
<br />1985-86 uniform contract.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Barnhardt, seconded by Commissioner Payne
<br />with Commissioners Barnhardt, Payne, and Hamby and Chairman Lentz voting for
<br />and Commissioner Upright voting against, the Board rejected the bid for the
<br />uniforms for the Sheriff's Department because of the high cost and directed
<br />that the request for proposals be readvertised and new bids received for the
<br />law enforcement uniforms.
<br /> The Board also directed that the uniform bid specifications include a
<br />provision stating that all items are to be made in America.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Upright, seconded by Commissioner Hamby and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board reappointed Mr. Stuart J. Black and Mr.
<br />Branson Jones to the Library Board of Trustees for a three-year term begin-
<br />ning on August 1, 1986.
<br /> Mr. Charles D. McGinnis, County Manager, informed the Board that the
<br />item regarding the annual certification of firemen should be deleted from the
<br />agenda as the Board of Directors for the fire departments were now authorized
<br />to submit the annual certification to the State.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Hamby, seconded by Commissioner Payne and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board granted permission to Mr. Pleas W. Carter,
<br />Jr., to have a singer with an amplifying system at a private party outside
<br />his residence at 401 Irish Potato Road, Concord, on Thursday, July 31, 1986,
<br />from 7:00 P.M. to 11:00 P.M.
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