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126 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in recessed session in the Grand Jury Room at the County Courthouse in Concord, North Carolina, on Monday, June 12, 1989, at 2:00 P.M. Present - Chairman: James W. Lentz Commissioners: R. Giles Moss William G. Hamby, Jr. Martha H. Melvin Billy J. Simmons, Jr. UPON MOTION of Chairman Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Melvin and unanimously carried, the Board approved the proposed tax rates for volunteer fire departments as follows: A. T. Allen .025 Cold Water .05 Enochville .04 Flowes Store .04 Georgeville .08 Gold Hill .05 Harrisburg .04 Jackson Park .025 Midland .055 Mt. Mitchell .04 Mt. Pleasant .04 Northeast .07 Odell .0325 Pitts .035 Poplar Tent .055 Rimer .055 Winecoff .03 UPON MOTION of Commissioner Moss, seconded by Commissioner Simmons with Commissioners Moss, Simmons, and Hamby and Chairman Lentz voting for and Commissioner Melvin voting against, the Board moved to appropriate one-half (1/2) of the funds or $92,500.00 in the 1989-1990 budget toward the purchase of new voting machines on a lease purchase agreement. The interest rate, along with the terms and conditions of the lease purchase agreement, is subject to approval by the Board. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Hamby, seconded by Chairman Lentz and unanimously carried, the Board set 7:00 P.M. on July 13 and 7:00 P.M. on July 24 as the regular Board meetings for the month of July. These meeting dates are subject to approval of the County Attorney. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Hamby, seconded by Commissioner Simmons and unanimously carried, the Board moved to freeze the County appropriation to the Kannapolis Library for the 1989-1990 fiscal year at the present year level of funding. During review of the revenue budget, the following changes were made: (1) (2) (3) (~) Delete anticipated revenue of $63,767.00 from the City of Kannapolis for the'Kannapolis Library. Reduce Interest on Investments by $170,000. Decrease the Appropriated Fund Balance by $296,000.00. Remove $1,000.00 for the tire shredder fees. UPON MOTION of Chairman Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Simmons with Commissioners Simmons and Hamby and Chairman Lentz voting for and Commissioners Moss and Melvin voting against, the Board moved to increase the tax rate to 63 cents (63¢). The substitute motion by Commissioner Melvin and seconded by Commissioner Moss to adopt the following proposal failed with Commissioners Melvin and Moss voting for and Commissioners Hamby and Simmons and Chairman Lentz voting against. TO AVOID A TAX INCREASE Ail departments with expansion budgets would be limited to a 5% increase over the FY 1988-89 budget figure with few exceptions: -- Those with programs where no choice can be made, such as re- evaluation. -- Those with a major item which is no longer useable, such as landfill equipment.