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August 6, 2007 Page 511 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met for an Agenda Work Session in the Multipurpose Room at the Cabarrus County Governmental Center in Concord, North Carolina on Monday, August 6, 2007, at 3:30 p.m. Present - Chairman: Robert W. Carruth Vice Chairman: Joni D. Juba Commissioners: Grace M. Mynatt H. Jay White, Sr. Absent - Commissioner: Coy C. Privette Also present were John Day, County Manager; Richard M. Koch, County Attorney; Mike Downs, Deputy County Manager; Pam Dubois, Deputy County Manager; Kay Honeycutt, Clerk to the Board and Lori Hinson, Deputy Clerk to the Board. Chairman Carruth called the meeting to order at 3:91 p.m. and gave the invocation. Designation of New Cox Mill High School as Emergency Shelter with Authorization to Finance Emergency Power System with the Project Mike Downs, Deputy County Manager; Dave Hunter, the County's Emergency Planner; Sam Masters, Cabarrus County Schools; and Todd Berq, Architect for Cabarrus County Schools, presented a $270,000.00 request to upgrade the emergency generator at the Cox Mill Road High School from a 200 kilowatt unit to a 1,000 kilowatt unit to allow the school to be used as an emergency shelter. They responded to a variety of questions from the Board and a general discussion was held. Items discussed included the following: the need for better, collaborative planning, the development of a checklist, etc. Pam Dubois, Deputy County Manager, reported the additional expense could be added to the COPS (Certificates of Participation) debt issue for the high school since the financing has not been completed yet. Vice Chairman Juba made a MOTION to place the request for designation of the new Cox Mill High School as emergency shelter with authorization to finance the emergency power system with the project on the August 20, 2007 Agenda as a Consent item. Commissioner Mynatt seconded the motion. After further discussion, the MOTION unanimously carried. with the or authorized UPON MOTION of Commissioner Mynatt, seconded by Commissioner White and unanimously carried, the Board moved to go into Closed Session. UPON MOTION of Commissioner White, seconded by Commissioner Mynatt and unanimously carried, the Board moved to come out of Closed Session. Update - Jail Compromise Proposal Chairman Carruth announced Commissioners Mynatt and White have been working with residents/plaintiffs on a compromise to end the litigation. He asked Commissioner Mynatt to give a report. Commissioner Mynatt thanked the Board, Commissioner White and a number of citizens involved in discussions related to a possible compromise of pending litigation. Utilizing a visual aid, she presented a proposal to reduce the jail housing unit by one-third. Including the 96 beds in the Annex, the proposal reduced the total number of beds to 389. There was a lengthy discussion on the proposal. Issues addressed included the following: the number of beds provided in the proposal; how the proposal fits onto the current project site; replacement of the kitchen/laundry/loading dock area with an "annex-sized" building on the corner of Corban and Union; access. to the loading dock for delivery trucks and emergency vehicles; what happens to the retaining wall; lack of exterior access to the Annex for laundry and kitchen services; redesign costs and time; additional site preparation costs; making decisions on a county-wide basis; getting the Sheriff's input on the proposal; etc. The Board recognized Sheriff Brad Riley. The Sheriff stated he had not seen the proposal and 389 beds would not serve the County's needs for very