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February 6, 2012 (Work Session) Page 962 Resolution Reducing the Salary of the Register of Deeds WHEREAS, North Carolina General Statute 153A -92 authorizes the Board of Commissioners to fix or approve the schedule of pay, expense allowances, and other compensation of all county officers and employees, whether elected or appointed, and may adopt position classification plans. WHEREAS, North Carolina General Statute 153A- 92(b)(2) sets forth the procedures the Commission must follow to reduce the salary of a county officer elected by the people in the year of a general election; and WHEREAS, after 38 years of service, the current Register of Deeds in Cabarrus County announced her intent in July 2011 to not run for office in the 2012 general election; and WHEREAS, the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners wishes to reduce the salary for the Register of Deeds, Position No. 1610001 to Step No. 1, Salary Grade 76 of the County's adopted position classification plan; and WHEREAS, the starting salary for the position is $58,100.91; and WHEREAS, the Commission, by adoption of this resolution, hereby gives notice of its intent to make the reduction no later than 14 days before the last day for filing notice of candidacy for the office which is February 29; and NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners does hereby reduce the salary for the Register of Deeds, effective at the time the newly elected person takes office after the upcoming general election, to an amount of $58,100.91 and that the filing fee for that office be based on that salary accordingly; and NOW, THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this reduction in salary is to take effect at the time the person elected as the Register of Deeds in the general election takes office. Adopted the 6 th day of February, 2012. /s/ Elizabeth F. Poole Elizabeth F. Poole, Chairman Board of Commissioners ATTEST: /s/ Kay Honeycutt Kay Honeycutt, Clerk to the Board General Services - Construction and Demolition Landfill Operation and Financial Update Kevin Grant, Sustainability Manager, provided a brief update on exploratory efforts to expand the C &D Landfill. Highlights included the following: if permitted by NCDENR (North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources), the unlined expansion would include future phases 2 - 6 located south of the existing C &D facility; Greenway Waste Solutions may submit a new proposal for a public / private partnership agreement to operate the facility; additional testing will be required as well as a 100 foot buffer; approximately 10 to 12 acres are available for storage of waste materials. Mr. Grant also responded to questions from the Board and reviewed the following diagram: Note: This section left blank intentionally.