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August 27, 2012 (Recessed Meeting) Page 1211 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 Monday, August 27, 2012, at 4:00 p.m. Present - Chairman: .Vice Chairman: Commissioners: Elizabeth F. Poole Larry M. Burrage Robert W. Carruth H. Jay White, Sr. Absent - Commissioner Christopher A. Measmer Also present were Mike Downs, County Manager; Richard M. Koch, County Attorney; Pam Dubois, Deputy County Manager and Kay Honeycutt, Clerk to the Board. Commissioner Measmer was absent due to attending the Republican National Convention in Florida. Call to Order Chairman Poole called the meeting to order at 4:01 p.m. Approval of the Agenda UPON MOTION of Commissioner White, seconded by Commissioner Carruth and unanimously carried, the Board approved the Agenda with the addition of a Closed Session to discuss threatened or pending litigation and to preserve the attorney - client privilege as authorized by N.C. General Statute 143 - 318.11(a)(3). BOC - Old Bethel School Upset Bid Process - Update Kay Honeycutt, Clerk to the Board, reported the deadline for upset bids for the old Bethel School property was today at 3:00 p.m. She stated no upset bid was received and recommended the Board award the bid to the high bidder. UPON MOTION of Commissioner White, seconded by Vice Chairman Burrage and unanimously carried, the Board awarded the old Bethel School property to Caromark Building Group, LLC for $20,000.00 and authorized the County Manager and County Attorney to finalize the transaction and execute the related documentation. Appointment - Centralina Workforce Development Board David Hollars, Centralina Workforce Development Board (CWDB) Executive Director, requests the appointment of Anna Locklear to fill the vacant "private sector" position on the CWDB. UPON MOTION of Commissioner White, seconded by Commissioner Carruth and unanimously carried, the Board appointed Anna Locklear (private sector) to the Centralina Workforce Development Board for a two -year term ending June 30, 2014. Richard Koch, County Attorney, arrived at 4:04 p.m. and was present for the remainder of the meeting. Mt. Pleasant Detention Center Mike Downs, County Manager, presented information related to the possibility of acquiring the Mt. Pleasant Detention Center from the State to house sentenced misdemeanants in the Statewide Misdemeanant Confinement Program (SMCP). This program enables people convicted of a misdemeanor crime and sentenced to 91 to 180 days to serve their sentence in a local jail. Under the current law, people convicted for a misdemeanor crime and sentenced to 91 to 180 days serve their sentence in a Department of Correction prison. (Effective January 1, 2012, the new program will use available beds in county jails across the state to house misdemeanants sentenced for 91 to 180 days and reduce the cost to taxpayers to fund and operate state prisons. Instead of having unused beds in the county jail, sheriffs' offices will now be able to accept inmates from the SMCP and be reimbursed for costs to house inmates in the program.) The State closed the Mt. Pleasant Detention Center and several others across the state, some time ago. Highlights of Mr. Downs' presentation are as follows: it has taken at least a year to locate the person /agency in Raleigh with disposition authority over the Center; according to State officials, compliance with the ADA