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503 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in regular session at the County Courthouse in Concord, North Carolina, on Monday, October 10, 1988, at 4:00 P.M. Present - Chairman: James W. Lentz Commissioners: Kenneth F. Payne William G. Hamby, Jr. Martha H. Melvin R. Giles Moss The Board reviewed the request for the support of the development of additional nursing home beds in Cabarrus County as presented by Mr. Charles E. Trefzger, Vice President of Highland HealthCare, on October 3, 1988. UPON MOTION of Chairman Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Hamby and unanimously carried, the Board by resolution agreed to write a letter stating the Board's endorsement of the development of additional nursing home beds in Cabarrus County. Mr. Kenneth K. Kiser, Chairman of the Cabarrus County Board of Elections, requested that the Board purchase twelve (12) precinct ballot counters to be used in the City of Concord election in 1989 with additional counters to be purchased at a later date. According to Mr. Kiser, the ballot counters cost $5,200.00 each with an $800.00 trade-in allowance before November 1. Mr. Bruce Sloss, representative of Business Records Corporation, outlined the operation of the ballot counters and reported that the counters would not be ready for delivery until August or September of 1989. During discussion, it was pointed out that there is a programming cost per election of approximately $1,500.00 and that current counters would be retained for use in those areas where small elections are held. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Moss, seconded by Commissioner Payne and unanimously carried, the Board moved to give the Board of Elections the approval to purchase twelve (12) ballot counter units to be delivered next August. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Melvin, seconded by Commissioner Payne with Commissioners Melvin, Payne, and Hamby, and Chairman Lentz voting for, the Board moved that the amount previously appropriated for the twelve (12) ballot counters be contingent upon the legality of the procedure and in accordance with the public bidding law. The Board briefly reviewed the proposal letter from Dennis Yates Associates for additional site observation of the Governmental Center by Mr. Yates and/or Mr. Perry C. St. John at a rate of $48.00 per hour. In his letter, Mr. Yates also proposed that any additional engineering time required from the Consultants would be billed to the County at the firm's cost plus 20 percent. Board members indicated that any additional services from the Consultants would require Board approval. Chairman Lentz stated he would renegotiate the proposal with Mr. Yates and the item would again be considered by the Board on October 17, 1988. Board members also asked that Mr. Yates provide a written report to the Board every thirty (30) days on the progress of the building. Commissioner Melvin presented the report to the Board on the services to be provided by the Department of Aging and the Department of Social Services. She noted that the departments will coordinate such services as chore and transportation by utilizing contractual agreements. Chairman Lentz directed that this report be placed on the agenda for October 17 for consideration by the Board. Board members were asked to schedule a time to pick up their agendas for the meetings as Sheriff Robert Canaday had indicated that his department would no longer deliver the agendas. The Board requested Sheriff Canaday to come to the Board meeting to discuss this matter. Upon arrival, Sheriff Canaday reported that there had been recent problems regarding the delivery of agendas and suggested that the agendas be prepared in time to be placed in the mail to the Board members. Members of the Board expressed appreciation to the Sheriff for his cooperation in the past and asked that he continue the delivery of the agendas at this time due to the parking problems at the Courthouse. After lengthy discussion, Sheriff Canaday agreed to continue to deliver the agendas provided that Board members designate a specific place that the patrol officer can leave the agenda in any type of weather. Commissioner Hamby presented a draft Resolution and Franchise Agreement granting C4 Media Cable, Inc., a nonexclusive franchise to construct and operate a cable television system in the Midland area of the county. He