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June 2, 2005 - Recessed Meeting Page 205 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, June 2,2005, at 4:30 p.m. to continue review of the proposed FY 2005-06 Cabarrus County Budget. Present - Chairman: Carolyn B. Carpenter Vice Chairman: Robert W. Carruth Commissioners: Robert M. Freeman Joni D. Juba Coy C. Privette Also present were John D. County Manager for Operations; Administration; and Kay Honeycutt, Day, County Pam Dubois, Deputy Clerk Manager; Mike Downs, Deputy Deputy County Manager for to the Board. Chairman Carpenter called the meeting to order at 4:30 p.m. Commissioner Juba gave the invocation. Budget Approval Procedure vice Chairman Carruth arrived at 4:33 p.m. and was present for the remainder of the meeting. Commissioner Privette questioned the procedure of department's budget prior to the public hearing. He made take action on the budget until after the public hearing is commissioner Freeman seconded the motion. approving each a motion not to held on June 14. There was general discussion on the procedure of approving or cutting departmental budgets prior to the public hearing. Highlights of the discussion included the following: (1) the tax rate will not be adopted until after the public hearing on June 14th; (2) the procedure of approving each department's budgets was used in the past; (3) each Commissioner has an opportunity to make budget cuts prior to the public hearing; (4) the approval of departmental budgets automatically determines the tax rate; (5) prior approval of departmental budgets does not allow public comments to be taken into consideration; (6) the Board will have an opportunity to make changes to the budget after the public hearing; (7) continued use the Fund Balance to balance the budget will lead to financial ruin; and (8) there will not be an opportunity to ask department heads questions at the public hearing. Chairman Carpenter called for a vote. The motion failed and Chairman Carpenter, against. with Commissioners Privette and Freeman voting for Vice Chairman Carruth and Commissioner Juba voting Solid Waste Rick Payne, Director of Solid waste, presented the proposed budgets for the Landfill and Waste Management programs. He reported both budgets were similar to last year's. Further, he commented on a pending application for expansion of the Construction and Demolition (C & D) Landfill. The expansion will extend the life of the C & D Landfill by an additional 13.5 years. Commissioner Privette made a motion to act on the budget request from the Solid Waste Department after the public hearing on June 14. Commissioner Freeman seconded the motion. UPON SUBSTITUTE MOTION of Vice Chairman Carruth, seconded by Chairman Carpenter, with Chairman Carpenter, Vice Chairman Carruth and Commissioner Juba voting for and Commissioners Privette and Freeman voting against, the Board voted to act on the budget after the public hearing, and concurred that the budget for the Landfill and Waste Management programs have been reviewed and accepted as presented. Libraries Tom Dillard, Library Director, presented the proposed budgets for the libraries in Concord, Harrisburg, Kannapolis and Mt. Pleasant. He reported five personnel requests were included in the budgets. Four of the requests were to increase the hours of part-time employees. The final personnel request was for the addition of a part-time Library Assistant at the Harrisburg library. Further, he reported an increase in the circulation of materials, patrons, and Internet use at the libraries.