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404 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in recessed session at the General Services Administration Building in Concord, North Carolina, on Tuesday, June 14, 1988, at 4:00 P.M. Present - Chairman: James W. Lentz Commissioners: William G. Hamby, Jr. Martha H. Melvin R. Giles Moss Absent - Commissioner: Kenneth F. Payne Chairman Lentz was absent for the beginning of the meeting. Commissioner Hamby called the meeting to order and asked for nomina- tions for temporary Chairman. Commissioner Melvin nominated Commissioner Hamby to serve as temporary Chairman. There were no other nominations. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Moss, seconded by Commissioner Melvin and unanimously carried, nominations for temporary Chairman were closed. Commissioner Hamby was elected temporary Chairman by acclamation. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Moss, seconded by Commissioner Melvin and unanimously carried, the Board approved deductions totalling $42,912.00 from the Recreation Department budget as proposed by Commissioner Melvin. The Line Item Account Number and the Reduction Amount were as follows: 101 - $27,568.00; 155 $1,000.00; 201 - $2,070.00; 205 ~ $1,512.00; 210 - $1,634.00; 230 - $400.00; 235 - $1,378.00; 320 - $1,000.00; 355 - $1,150.00; 356 - $200.00; 860 - $5,000.00. These changes represented a $14,000.00 reduction in the Recreation Department budget in addition to those reduc- tions approved on June 13. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Hamby, seconded by Commissioner Melvin and unanimously carried, the Board approved the following budget revisions as recommended by Commissioner Melvin with the exception of those items on pages 20 and 27 regarding the funding for Airport Land Acquisition and the Economic Development Corporation and with the understanding that in the Sheriff's Department budget one new fulltime position is approved and a sum of $35,000.00 for five jail positions for one-half year is being moved into Contingency to provide salary for jailers if the new jail is completed within the next fiscal year and persons need to be hired. page 4 Manager ~ $ 6,000 page 7 Tax Collector + 10,000 page 10 Tax Assessor - 18,794 page 20 Airport Land - 100,000 Salary Adjustments - 10,000 page 21 Part-time Salaries #102 - 5,000 page 22 Equipment #860 - 2,000 page 27 Economic Development #724 - 20,000 page 30 Sheriff #101 - 11,000 Firing Range #680 - 30,000 page 54 Dues & Subscriptions #630 - 500 defer Add Revenues 40~000 $243,294 It was noted that the change to the Tax Collector's budget eliminated the previously approved part-time position and restored the requested fulltime position which had been deleted by the Board on May 23, 1988. Chairman Lentz arriVed at 4:30 P.M. and presided for the remainder of the meeting. Mr. William Mills, III, spoke in support of the requested five cents (5¢) tax rate for the Odell Fire District. He stated this increase was needed to recover the revenue the District had lost during the current year because the Board of Commissioners had levied a two cents (2¢) tax rate for the Fire District instead of the three and one-half cents (3 1/2¢) rate that had been requested. UPON MOTION of Chairman Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Moss and unanimously carried, the Board adopted in principle the following Fire District Tax rates for 1988-89. Fire District Allen Cold Water Enochville Proposed Tax Rate 1988/89 .O25 .04 .04