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May 10, 2012 (Recessed Meeting) Page 1048 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in recessed session in the Multipurpose Room at the Cabarrus County Governmental Center in Concord, North Carolina on Thursday, May 10, 2012, at 5:00 p.m. with the Cabarrus County Schools' Board of Education. Present - Chairman: Vice Chairman: Commissioners: Elizabeth F. Poole Larry M. Burrage Robert W. Carruth Christopher A. Measmer H. Jay White, Sr. Also present were Mike Downs, County Manager; Pam Dubois, Deputy County Manager, Jonathan Marshall, Deputy County Manager, Richard M. Koch, County Attorney and Kay Honeycutt, Clerk to the Board. The following members of the Cabarrus County Schools' (CCS) Board of Education were in attendance along with Superintendent Dr. Barry Shepherd: Lynn Shue, Chairman; Blake Kiger, Vice Chair; and Board Members Cindy Fertenbaugh, Grace Mynatt, Tim Furr and Holly Blackwelder. Ailene Monroe, Clerk to the Board and Mark Henriques, Board Attorney were also present. Board Member Carolyn Carpenter was absent. The following CCS staff members were also present along with several others in the audience: Len Witke, Facility Management Director; Kelly Kluttz, Finance Officer; and Bill Van Warren, Stephan Smith and John Owenby from the Facilities Management Department. Call to Order Chairman Poole called the meeting to order at 5:02 p.m. Discussion Items - No Action Discussion on Countywide Assets Under the Stewardship of Cabarrus County Schools Len Witke, Facility Management Director, presented the following information: • The insured value of the School District's Property (CCS and KCS) is roughly $955,000,000 • 0.8 percent of annual budget is for facilities maintenance Historical Perspective of Capital Projects Budget: • All our resources have been focused on increasing seats for the past decade with no major funds for remodeling /renovation. There still are no funds to upgrade /expand schools. Growth will be hard to address. • Recently only the highest need projects were identified - typically two to three projects per school. • Ongoing maintenance needs were left to be addressed by the Facilities Department operating budget which has been very limited. • Our past Capital and Facilities Repair Budgets have not kept pace with the growing needs of our aging school facilities. Current Statistics: • 15 out of the 38 schools were built since 2000. • 5 other schools were built in the 1990's. • 50% of schools are less than 25 years old but the other 18 schools are much older including three high schools. • Several of these older schools are reaching end of life and planning for replacement is desperately needed Older Schools and Long -Range Questions: • 18 schools have significant needs now and in the future • Some of our oldest include: • Concord High School - 45 years old • Northwest Cabarrus High School - 46 years old • Central High School - 47 years old • R. Brown McAllister Elem. School - 56 years old