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498 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in recessed session in the Commissioners' Conference Room at the Cabarrus County Governmental Center in Concord, North Carolina on Monday, March 23, 1992, at 6:00 P.M. Present Chairman: Carolyn B. Carpenter Commissioners: William G. Hamby, Jr. Jeffrey L. Barnhart Kenneth F. Payne Billy J. Simmons, Jr. Also present were Mr. John V. Witherspoon, CountY Manager; Mr. Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr., County Attorney; Mr. John Day, Budget Officer; Mr. Don Moorhead, Personnel Officer; and Mrs. Frankie F. Bonds, Clerk to the Board. Chairman Carpenter called the meeting to order at 6:15 P.M. Commissioner Simmons was absent for the beginning of the meeting. Mr. Day advised the Board of the availability of State funds to purchase two vans for the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) Training Program. The County match for these funds would total $4,000.00. The Board by consensus authorized the advertisement of bids for this purchase. Mr. Witherspoon presented a packet of information containing proposed legislative goals for consideration by the Board. The Board will discuss these items at a later meeting. Mr. Witherspoon reported that Sheriff Canaday wished to hire an engineer to finish the drawings and prepare bid specifications for a practice range on the landfill property. Funding will be provided by Federal forfeiture sharing and State excise tax on illegal drugs. The Board by consensus agreed to proceed with the bid specifications but asked that Sheriff Canaday determine if the Concord and Kannapolis Police Departments will share in the cost of constructing the range. The Board reviewed the Transportation summary sheet and the revenue/expenditures for this program which is now operated by a private company. It was noted that additional work is needed to track the transportation grants and the transfer of funds from other departments to this program. Commissioner Simmons arrived at 6:40 P.M. In reviewing the Water and Sewer summary, the Board discussed the possibility of increasing tap fees and/or drawing down funds from the Utility Fund Balance. Board members expressed concern regarding the high cost of water and asked Mr. Day to provide additional information about increased tap fees and decreased water rates. Commissioner Simmons left the meeting for a period of time. The Board briefly discussed the Mosquito Program, Hypertension Program, Maternal Health Program, School Health Program, and funding for both the Cabarrus County and Kannapolis City Schools. Mr. Witherspoon advised the Board that revisions would be made to the Schools Current Expense Expansion budget to show a slight increase in funding for the schools. He reported that recent figures received from the State listed the per pupil expenditure at $740.00 instead of the $711.00 used in preparing the Five-Year Plan. Mr. Witherspoon also noted that an increase of 350 students was used in preparing the Plan and that the actual increase this year was 457 students. After discussion, the Board by consensus reaffirmed its earlier budgetary instructions to use 350 as the number of anticipated new students and to increase the schools funding by four percent (4%) for Fiscal Year 1992-93. Mr. Witherspoon reported that in the past the County had not contributed the entire one-half percent (1/2%) sales tax to the schools, but had contributed the full statutory requirements of the sales tax. The Board by consensus agreed to continue this method of allocating the one-half percent (1/2%) sales tax with an estimated $1.9 million appropriation to the Schools for FY 1992-93. In reviewing the Landfill expansion summary, Mr. Witherspoon informed the Board that the Landfill liner would not be needed until 1997. Therefore, the appropriation that had been included for Fiscal Year 1992-93 would not be required at this time. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Hamby, seconded by Commissioner Barnhart with Commissioners Hamby, Barnhart and Payne and Chairman Carpenter voting for, the Board moved to go into executive session to discuss pending litigation. Commissioner Simmons returned during the executive session and was present for the remainder of the meeting. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Hamby, seconded by Commissioner Barnhart and unanimously carried, the executive session was adjourned.