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179 <br /> <br />Presentation Re8ardin8 the New Animal Shelter/General Services Complex Off <br />Hishway 49 - Mr. Stephen Overcash~ Overcash-Demmitt Architects <br /> <br /> Mr. Bob Romano, Project Manager with Overcash-Demmitt Architects, <br />presented the proposed site plan and design for the General Services Facility and <br />Animal Shelter. He estimated the probable construction cost at $780,000.00 for <br />the two facilities. <br /> <br />Resolution Relative to Minutes of Closed Sessions - Commissioner Mills <br /> <br /> The motion by Commissioner Mills to adopt the following Resolution died for <br />lack of a second. <br /> <br />RESOLUTION <br /> <br />WHEREAS, The North Carolina General Statutes permit public bodies to <br />hold closed sessions for certain specified purposes. <br />WHEREAS, The Board of Cabarrus County Commissioners believes in the <br /> "people's right to know." <br />WHEREAS, The Board of Cabarrus County Commissioners believes its <br /> citizens are entitled to know the method and voting status <br /> of each decision of the Board. <br />WHEREAS, The Board of Cabarrus County Commissioners for the purpose <br /> of closed sessions defines actions as votes taken, <br /> consensus, or a show of hands. <br />WHEREAS, The Board of Cabarrus County Commissioners shall <br /> immediately, and without request, notify the general public <br /> that said minutes and audio recordings of closed sessions <br /> are available for inspection, provided there is closure <br /> and/or resolution to the subject matter necessitating the <br /> closed session, and also providing the county attorney has <br /> reviewed the minutes for liabilities. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that it shall be the policy of the <br />Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners to direct the Clerk to the <br />Board to make and keep full and accurate minutes of all closed <br />sessions by means of handwritten notes and a complete audio <br />recording. <br /> <br /> Cox~issioner Mills reported that he had received an informal opinion from <br />an Assistant Attorney General that the Board's current method of maintaining <br />minutes for closed sessions violates the Open Meetings Law. He asked Mr. <br />Hartsell to draw up a formal request seeking an Attorney General's opinion <br />regarding this matter. <br /> <br />Addition to the Agenda Model Code of Ethics <br /> <br /> UPON MOTION of Chairman Barnhart, seconded by Commissioner Casper with <br />Chairman Barnhart and Commissioners Casper, Fennel and Niblock voting for and <br />Commissioner Mills voting against, the Board voted to add to the agenda a Model <br />Code of Ethics. <br /> <br /> Chairman Barnhart distributed a 'Recommended Ethics Policy Developed by the <br />North Carolina Association of County Commissioners" for review by the Board. He <br />asked that this Model Code of Ethics be placed on the agenda for the next <br />meeting. <br /> <br />Public Health Authority - Selection of Two Remaining Members and Adoption of the <br />"Resolution Relating to the Establishment of a Public Health Authority for <br />Cabarrus County" <br /> <br /> The Board received the following nominations from the five existing members <br />of the Public Health Authority for the two remaining seats on the Authority <br />Board: Mr. Freddie W. Baylor, Jr.; Mr. Kenneth B. Geathers; Mr. Tony Scott; and <br />Ms. Naara T. Sanchez. <br /> <br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Fennel, seconded by Commissioner Niblock and <br />unanimously carried, the Board moved to appoint Mr. Tony Scott and Ms. Naara <br />Sanchez as the two public members of the Public Health Authority for a term of <br />one year. <br /> <br /> <br />