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134 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in recessed session at the.General Services Building on Highway 73 West at 4:00 P.M. on Thursday, June 4, 1987. Present - Chairman: James W. Lentz Commissioners: Kenneth F. Payne William G. Hamby, 3r. Martha H. Melvin R. Giles Moss Chairman Lentz and Commissioners Payne, Melvin, and Moss went with representatives of Rowan Technical College to visit the site of the proposed Satellite Campus. Commissioner Hamby arrived at 4:15 P.M. and was present for the remainder of the meeting which continued at 4:30 P.M. upon the return of those Board - members who had visited the Satellite Campus site. Mr. William F. Pilkington, Health Director, reviewed the request for funds to provide delivery services to the indigent of Cabarrus County as presented to the Board on June 1, 1987. He outlined the following options which he stated are also available to the Board: (1) A lump sum payment which would be divided on a percentage basis to those clinics that provide delivery services. (2) A lump sum payment designated to cover a percentage of the malpractice insurance for those doctors providing delivery services. UPON MOTION of Chairman Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Payne with Chairman Lentz and Commissioners Payne, Hamby, and Moss voting for and Commis- sioner Melvin voting against, the Board moved to commit $35,000.00 to the delivery funds program with the County to pay the same rate as Medicaid on qualified patients for childbirth cases in this county. The $35,000.00 appropriation for delivery funds was added to Line Item 179, Physician Fees, in the Maternal Health budget for the Health Department. Chairman Lentz reported that Mayor Ralph Austin had requested that the County be prepared to contribute an additional $700,000.00 to pay increased construction costs for the Mt. Pleasant Water Impoundment. During review of this request, the Board discussed the possibility of the County constructing a water line costing approximately $700,000 to tie to the Town's system in the vicinity of their water treatment plant or constructing a water line costing approximately $525,000.00 to connect to the Town's system at the western town limits. Negotiations are to continue with the Town of Mt. Pleasant regarding the funding for a water supply. The Board began review of the proposed 1987-88 Cabarrus County budget on ~-~ page 21 with the Kannapolis Library and continued through the Fire Marshal budget on page 34. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Hamby, seconded by Chairman Lentz and unani- mously carried, the Board directed the County Manager to write to the Kannapolis City officials and inform them that beginning with the fiscal year starting July 1, 1988, the Board respectfully requests that the City of Kannapolis assume responsibility for 10 percent of the cost of the Kannapolis Branch Library and then 20 percent of the cost the following year up to the time the City of Kannapolis will share the cost of this library with the County as the City of Concord shares the cost (50/50) of the Cannon Memorial Library in Concord with the County. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Hamby, seconded by Commissioner Melvin with Commissioners Hamby, Melvin, and Moss and Chairman Lentz voting for and Commissioner Payne voting against, the Board agreed to allocate $73,602.00 to the Economic Development Corporation for 1987-88 as requested. The motion by Commissioner Payne and seconded by Chairman Lentz to table the preceding motion regarding the allocation to the Economic Development Corporation failed with Commissioner Payne and Chairman Lentz voting for and Commissioners Hamby, Melvin, and Moss voting against. The motion by Chairman Lentz to allocate $65,000.00 to the Economic Development Corporation for 1987-88 failed for lack of second. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Melvin, seconded by Commissioner Hamby and unanimously carried, the Board removed the $350.00 allocation to the Councilon Women for the Fiscal Year 1987-88. I t. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Melvin, seconded by Chairman Lentz and unanimously carried, the Board removed from the table the motion made on June 1, 1987, regarding the proposed bond referendum for the Satellite Campus for Rowan Technical College. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Moss, seconded by Commissioner Hamby and unanimously carried, the Board moved for a bond referendum to be scheduled in the amount of $2 million for matching funds for Rowan Technical College, to have a site name for the Satellite Campus that would tie in with Cabarrus County, and to address concerns regarding ownership of real property at the Satellite Campus site.