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256 Elimination of Tax Discount The Board received the recommendation from Mr. Blair Bennett, Finance Director, to eliminate the discount of two percent (2%) for property taxes paid in July and one and one-half percent (1 1/2%) for property taxes paid in August. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Barnhart, seconded by Commissioner Payne and unanimously carried, the Board approved the elimination of the tax discount effective July 1, 1993. Appointment - Water and Sewer Authority Board of Directors (1) UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Commissioner Casper and unanimously carried, the Board reappointed Mr. Evander Rowell to the Water and Sewer Authority Board of Directors for a three-year term ending in June, 1996. Contract Renewal for Indirect Cost Allocation Plan UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Commissioner Barnhart and unanimously carried, the Board awarded the contract for the preparation of the Indirect Cost Allocation Plan for Fiscal Years 1993, 1994, 1995 to David M. Griffith and Associates at a cost of $10,000.00 per year. Executive Session - Personnel UPON MOTION of Commissioner Casper, seconded by Commissioner Fennel and unanimously carried, the Board deferred the Executive Session to discuss a personnel matter until the next meeting on April 19, 1993. Water and Sewer District Meeting Chairman Carpenter recessed the meeting of the Board of Commissioners until the conclusion of the meeting of the Water and Sewer District. Chairman Carpenter reconvened the meeting of the Board of Commissioners. Proclamation- Nutrition Program UPON MOTION of Commissioner Casper, seconded by Commissioner Payne and unanimously carried, the Board adopted the following Resolution which had also been adopted by the Region F Aging Advisory Council. RESOLUTION WHEREAS, according to the 1990 Census there are over 181,935 older adults in Region F; and WHEREAS, only 6,969 older adults received Congregate Meal services and Home Delivered Meal services for Fiscal Year 1992; and WHEREAS, numerous studies document the critical importance of good nutritional meals for the physical, mental, and overall well- being of older adults; and WHEREAS, there was $1,176,472 available for nutrition services from the Older Americans Act in Fiscal Year 1992 in Region F and there was only $1,108,531 from the Older Americans Act available for Fiscal Year 1993; and WHEREAS, consumer prices jumped 20% nationally during the past five years; and WHEREAS, providing good nutritional care is a very cost- effective method of reducing the potential for high cost health care; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED that the Gabarrus Gounty Board of Gommissioners proclaims the need for increased federal funding in the Older Americans Act for the Congregate Meal and Home Delivered Meal Program as a cost effective and efficient means of enhancing quality of life and reducing the potential for costly medical care for the older adults of Region F, North Carolina and the Nation. THIS THE 5th DAY OF APRIL, 1993.