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February 20, 2006 - Regular Meeting Page 497 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in regular session in the Commissioners' Meeting Room at the Cabarrus County Governmental Center in Concord, North Carolina on Monday, February 20, 2006, at 6:30 p.m. Present - Chairman: Robert W. Carruth Vice Chairman: Joni D. Juba Commissioners: Carolyn B. Carpenter Robert M. Freeman Coy C. Privette Also present were John D. Day, County Manager; Richard M. Koch, Acting County Attorney; and Frankie F. Bonds, Clerk to the Board. Chairman Carruth called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. Girl Scout Troop 1127 of Covenant Church of Harrisburg conducted the Flag Ceremony. Scouts participating in the ceremony were Emilee Buytkins I Jordyn Minton and Elizabeth Buckholz. Pastor Raymond Davis of Solid Rock Worship Center gave the invocation. (A) APPROVAL OR CORRECTION OF MINUTES (A-1 - A-5) Approval or Correction of Minutes (A-6) Correction to the Approved Minutes of September 19, 2005 The minutes of November 7, November 17, November 21, December 1 and December 5, 2005 were included in the Agenda for approval or correction. Also included in the Agenda was a request from the Clerk for a technical correction to the minutes of September 19, 2005 [Paragraph 5 of (D) Informal Public Comments on Page 329 of Minute Book 29]. The Clerk had reviewed a recording of the September 19th meeting for clarification and requested the Board correct the minutes by deleting the word .contract" and inserting the phrase "selection of the Construction Manager at Risk" as shown below. June Allison, Attorney from Mecklenburg County and representing Juba Aluminum Products Company, responded to comments by Harold Smith and addressed the issue of "conflict of interestll. She stated all the attorneys who had looked into the issue, including the County Attorney, Attorney with the UNC Institute of Government (lOG) and the law firm representing Juba Aluminum, had said there was no conflict of interest. The Attorney with lOG had recommended that Commissioner Juba not vote on the C6Rt.raet selection of the Construction Manager at Risk and she had recused herself from the vote. Also, Ms. Allison said there had been no suggestion that Commissioner Juha influenced the decision to recommend Turner Construction. Further, she stated Juba Aluminum has not and will not bid on any projects for Cabarrus County during commissioner Juba's tenure as County Commissioner. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Freeman I seconded by Commissioner Carpenter and unanimously carried, the Board approved the minutes of November 7, November 17, November 21, December 1 and December 5, 2005 as written. Further, the Board approved the technical correction to the minutes of September 19, 2005 [Minute Book 29, Page 329, Paragraph 5 of (D) Informal Public Comments] deleting the word "contract II and inserting "selection of the construction Manager at Risk. II The corrected sentence should read as follows: The Attorney with lOG had recommended that Commissioner Juba not vote on the selection of the Construction Manager at Risk and she had recused herself from the vote. (B) APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA Chairman Carruth stated public comments (Item E-4). included in the Agenda packet. he would provide new proposed guidelines for This proposal will replace the information Vice Chairman Juba requested to add a Report (Item 1-2) on a recent meeting of the N. C. Association of County Commissioners Board of Directors regarding the Medicaid relief proposal. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Carpenter, seconded by Commissioner Freeman and unanimously carried, the Board approved the Agenda with the requested additions.