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<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Chairman Carpenter and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board approved the Environmental Health budget as
<br />recommended by the County Manager.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Chairman Carpenter and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board approved the Home Care Program budget as
<br />recommended by the County Manager.
<br /> The Board discussed the recommended elimination of the Vector Program. It
<br />was noted that rat poison is also distributed through this Program. Board
<br />members questioned the impact of the program's elimination on the Coddle Creek
<br />mitigation plan. The Board asked Mr. Day to check with Dr. William F.
<br />Pilkington, Health Director, regarding this matter.
<br /> During review of the Maternal Health and Child Health Programs, there was
<br />lengthy discussion regarding the amount of State funding and the effect of a
<br />reduction in local funding on future State funding levels. Commissioner Barnhart
<br />recommended that a program-based budget be established in order to isolate the
<br />program areas and determine the actual funding sources and costs for each
<br />program.
<br /> Commissioner Payne made motion to approve the remainder of the Health
<br />budgets which included the programs of Maternal Health, Child Health, School
<br />Health, Family Planning, Hypertension, EPSDT, WIC, and Adult Health and to
<br />discuss the justification for each program in July with Dr. Pilkington. The
<br />motion failed with Commissioners Payne and Hamby voting for and Commissioners
<br />Barnhart and Simmons and Chairman Carpenter voting against.
<br /> The Board asked that Dr. Pilkington attend the next meeting to review the
<br />Public Health programs and provide information relative to services, costs,
<br />funding sources, and the maintenance of effort funding.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Chairman Carpenter, seconded by Commissioner Simmons with
<br />Chairman Carpenter and Commissioners Simmons and Hamby voting for and
<br />Commissioners Barnhart and Payne voting against, the Board moved to add two
<br />school health nurses to the Health Department budget at an approximate cost of
<br />$75,000.00 on the condition that the County School system keeps two nurses in
<br />its budget.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Barnhart, seconded by Commissioner Payne and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board approved the Parks and Recreation budget as
<br />recommended by the County Manager.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Commissioner Barnhart and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board approved the Property Maintenance budget as
<br />recommended by the County Manager.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Barnhart, seconded by Commissioner Hamby and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board approved the Cabarrus-Rowan Park Commission budget
<br />as recommended by the County Manager.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Commissioner Simmons and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board approved the Water and Sewer Utility budget as
<br />recommended by the County Manager.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Simmons, seconded by Commissioner Payne and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board approved the Water and Sewer District budget as
<br />recommended by the County Manager.
<br /> Commissioner Simmons reported that he and Commissioner Barnhart had
<br />earmarked $400,000.00 to $500,000.00 each year in the Five-Year Strategic Plan
<br />for such purchases as copiers, vehicles and other routine items. In addition,
<br />he stated that $1 million had been set aside each year for capital projects.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Simmons, seconded by Chairman Carpenter and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board approved the Landfill budget as recommended by
<br />the County Manager.
<br /> UPON MOTION. of Commissioner Simmons, seconded by Commissioner Hamby and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board approved the Contributions to Other Funds budget
<br />as recommended by the County Manager. This included the Contribution to Coddle
<br />Creek Bond Fund in the amount of $1,629,000.00 and Contribution to Pension Trust
<br />Fund in the amount of $92,588.00.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Commissioner Barnhart and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board moved that all Fiscal Year 1992-93 funding for
<br />the Greater Cabarrus County Economic Development Corporation, with the exception
<br />of the July allocation, be placed in the Contingency Fund.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Simmons, seconded by Chairman Carpenter and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board approved the funding for the Mental Health Center,
<br />Community Based Alternatives (Psychological Services and Juvenile Court), Concord
<br />Library, and Rowan-Cabarrus Community College as recommended by the County
<br />Manager.
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