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500 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 Friday, April 3, 1992, at 2:00 P.M. Present - Chairman: Carolyn B. Carpenter Commissioners: William G. Hamby, Jr. Kenneth F. Payne Billy J. Simmons, Jr. Absent - Commissioner: Jeffrey L. Barnhart Also present were Mr. John V. Witherspoon, County Manager; Mr. John Day, Budget Officer; and Mrs. Frankie F. Bonds, Clerk to the Board. Chairman Carpenter called the meeting to order at 2:10 P.M. Commissioner Hamby was not present for the beginning of the meeting. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Simmons, seconded by Commissioner Payne with Commissioners Simmons and Payne and Chairman Carpenter voting for, the Board moved to adjourn the meeting no later than 4:30 P.M. The Board began review of the Five-Year Strategic Plan with the Water and Sewer Utility Fund on page 249. By consensus, the Board agreed to decrease the County contribution to the Utility Fund by $1 million and to increase the Fund Balance Appropriated for the Water and Sewer Utility Fund by $1 million. Also, the Board decreased the Contributions to Other Funds account of the General Fund by $1 million to show the deletion of the appropriation to the Water and Sewer Utility Fund. The Board again discussed an increase in tap fees. Motion made by Commissioner Simmons to set the tap fee at $750.00 for Fiscal Year 1992-93 failed for lack of second. The Board agreed to discuss the matter again when the entire Board was present. In reviewing the Landfill expansion budget, funding for the liner was removed for FY 1992-93. The Board discussed the possibility of increasing the tipping fee with monies set aside each year in a capital reserve fund for the landfill. Commissioner Hamby arrived at 3:25 P.M. and was present for the remainder of the meeting. The Board reviewed the expansion budgets for the following departments/funds and by consensus approved each as presented: Board of Commissioners, County Manager, Tax Collector, County Assessor, Revaluation, Finance, Micrographics, Non-Departmental, Courts, Library, Other Contributions, Jail, Emergency Management, Animal Shelter, Fire Marshal, Planning, Traffic Engineering, and Transportation Planning. The Board reviewed the proposed expansion budgets for the following departments/funds and by consensus agreed to the following items: Tourism Authority Include revenue to show the five percent (5%) administrative fee received by the County. Printing Explore possibility of establishing enterprise fund or some method of allocating costs to the departments. Personnel - Consider adding a position in 1993 in order to go to the system of substantial equivalency with the State. Land Records Consider possible increase in fees for sale of maps. Board of Elections - Determine if there are any spare voting machines, and if so, how many? Register of Deeds Approve excise tax machine and the lamination of old maps. Management Information Systems Update expansion budget after recently established advisory committee completes study and makes recommendations for the development of a strategic plan for computer equipment. Geographic Information Systems Update fee schedule. Debt Service Make appropriate changes to reflect recent bond sale and explore refunding of bonds where savings would occur. Sheriff Add the TTY equipment needed for E911 in 1993 and explore the possibility of an interlocal agreement with the City of Concord in order for the City to provide police services to a small area in the western section of County that has not been annexed. Emergency MedicAl Services - Bring recommended rate increases to the Board for approval.