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<br /> The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in regular
<br />session in the Commissioners' Meeting Room at the Cabarrus County Governmental
<br />Center in Concord, North Carolina on Monday, March 7, 1994, at 4:30 P.M.
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<br />Present - Chairman: Jeffrey L. Barnhart
<br /> Vice-Chairman: Carolyn B. Carpenter
<br /> Commissioners: Arne L. Fennel
<br /> Kenneth F. Payne
<br />Absent - Commissioner: Sue B. Casper
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<br /> Also present were Mr. Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr., County Attorney; and Mrs.
<br />Frankie F. Bonds, Clerk to the Board.
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<br /> Commissioner Casper and Mr. John V. Witherspoon, County Manager, were
<br />attending the National Association of Counties Annual Legislative Conference in
<br />Washington, D. G.
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<br /> Chairman Barnhart called the meeting to order at 4:30 P.M. Commissioner
<br />Carpenter was absent for the beginning of the meeting but arrived at 4:45 P.M.
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<br /> Mr. Edward Stelmack of American Legion Post 51 led the Pledge of
<br />Allegiance.
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<br /> Reverend Harold O. Robinson of Brown Hill A.M.E. Zion Church gave the
<br />invocation.
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<br />Approval of Minutes
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<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Fennel, seconded by Commissioner Payne with
<br />Commissioners Fennel and Payne and Chairman Barnhart voting for, the minutes of
<br />January 22, February 7, and February 21, 1994, were approved as written.
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<br />NEW BUSINESS
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<br />School Bond Referendum - Public Hearing/Adoption of Bond Order and Resolution -
<br />4:30 P.M.
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<br /> The Chairman announced that this was the date and hour fixed by the Board
<br />of Commissioners for the public hearing upon the order entitled: "ORDER
<br />AUTHORIZING $81,000,000 SCHOOL BONDS" and that the Board of Commissioners would
<br />immediately hear anyone who might wish to be heard on the questions of the
<br />validity of said order or the advisability of issuing said bonds.
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<br /> No one appeared, either in person or by attorney, to be heard on the
<br />questions of the validity of said order or the advisability of issuing said bonds
<br />and the Clerk to the Board of Commissioners announced that no written statement
<br />relating to said questions had been received, except Mr. Bob Andrews, residing
<br />at 702 Woodend Drive, Concord, and Co-Chair of the Cabarrus County School Bond
<br />Committee, who appeared in person and stated there were school facility needs,
<br />including overcrowded classrooms and outdated buildings, and that it was
<br />important to proceed with addressing these needs; Ms. Kathy McCord, residing at
<br />Harris Road, Concord, who appeared in person, and stated the schools were
<br />overcrowded and that adequate classroom space was needed to provide a quality
<br />education to the children of Cabarrus County; Mr. Richard Brucki, residing at
<br />3872 Meadowridge Drive, Concord, who appeared in person and stated that he as a
<br />father supported the school bond issue; Ms. Marilyn Barnhardt, residing at 5800
<br />Wabash Lane, Concord, who appeared in person and stated she supported the school
<br />bond issue but expressed the need for controlled residential growth in Cabarrus
<br />County; Ms. Nodghia Fesperman, residing at 1061 Templeton Avenue, Concord, and
<br />teacher at Mt. Pleasant High School, who appeared in person and stated her
<br />support of the school bond issue; Mr. Robby Palo, residing at 1621 Bennington
<br />Drive, Concord, and student at Northwest Middle School, who appeared in person
<br />and stated his school was overcrowded and that it hard for students to
<br />concentrate in those conditions; Ms. Andrea Palo, residing at 1621 Bennington
<br />Drive, Concord, who appeared in person, and stated the schools were overcrowded
<br />and that adequate space was needed to educate the future leaders of the county;
<br />Mr. Steve Sabol, residing at 5441 Weddington Road, Concord, who appeared in
<br />person and stated he supported the bond issue but asked that the schools
<br />concentrate on the basic studies and address the school facility needs in an
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