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September 29, 2005 - Recessed Meeting Page 341 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, September 29, 2005, at 6:00 p.m. 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. Day, County Managerj Jr., County Attorney; Frankie F. Bonds, Clerk to Honeycutt, Deputy Clerk to the Board. Fletcher L. the Board; Hartsell, and Kay Chairman Carpenter called the recessed meeting to order at 6:06 p.m. commissioner Privette gave the invocation. County Attorney Selection Committee Report Chairman Carpenter reported the County Attorney Selection Committee met earlier this date and discussed such issues as qualifications, individual versus law firm, residency requirements, etc. She said the Committee agreed to advertise the position locally as well as with the N. C. Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) and to accept applications for a period of one week. Finally, Chairman Carpenter reported the Committee had voted to recommend that the current County Attorney appointment be extended until October 31. Commissioner Privette made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Freeman, to adopt the Committee's recommendation to extend the current County Attorney appointment until October 31, 2005. UPON SUBSTITUTE MOTION of Chairman Carpenter, seconded by vice Chairman Carruth with Chairman Carpenter, Vice Chairman Carruth and Commissioner Juba voting for and Commissioners Privette and Freeman voting against, the Board voted to extend the current County Attorney appointment until a replacement is in place. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Juba, seconded by Chairman Carpenter with Commissioners Juba and Freeman, Chairman Carpenter and Vice Chairman Carruth voting for and Commissioner Privette voting against, the Board voted to change the application time period from one week to 30 days and asked the County Manager and the County Attorney to develop the advertisement for the County Attorney position. After discussion, it was generally agreed for the position to be advertised in THE INDEPENDENT TRIBUNE, SALISBURY POST, CONCORD STANDARD AND TIMES and THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER (Cabarrus Neighbors). Also, contact will be made with NCACC concerning the possibility of posting the position on its website if its publication deadline cannot be met. There was also brief discussion as to whether the position should be full-time or part-time and the types of services to be performed. Closed Session UPON MOTION of Commissioner Freeman, seconded by Vice Chairman Carruth and unanimously carried, the Board moved to go into Closed Session to consult with the County Attorney to preserve the attorney-client privilege and to discuss pending litigation and personnel issues as authorized by NCGS 143- 318.11 (a) (3) (6) . UPON MOTION of Vice Chairman Carruth, seconded by Commissioner Freeman and unanimously carried, the Board moved to come out of Closed Session. Adequate Public Facilities - Phasing of Developments Chairman Carpenter recognized Jonathan Marshall, Commerce Director, for a report on adequate public facilities and the pending subdivisions. Mr. Marshall stated staff had met with the developers of nine pending subdivisions to determine phasing for each of those developments as instructed by the Board. He said the graph that was before the Board reflected the proposed phasing for the subdivisions. He also reviewed the status of the pending developments as follows.