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97 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in recessed session in the Commissioners' Meeting Room at the Cabarrus County Governmental Center in Concord, North Carolina on Monday, April 15, 1991, at 3:00 P.M. Present - Chairman: Billy J. Simmons, Jr. Commissioners: Jeffrey L. Barnhart Carolyn B. Carpenter William G. Hamby, Jr. Kenneth F. Payne Chairman Simmons called the meeting to order at 3:09 P.M. He then recessed the meeting in order for the Board to move to the Commissioners' Conference Room to discuss the proposed reorganization of County Government. Vice-Chairman Barnhart reconvened the meeting at 3:14 P.M. in the Conference Room in the absence of Chairman Simmons who left the meeting for a short time. Joining the Board at that time were the following members of the Committee which had been appointed to study the possible reorganization of County Government: Ms. Cynthia Eades, Personnel Officer; Dr. William F. Pilkington, Health Director; Mr. James F. Cook, Jr., Social Services Director; Mr. Gerald A. Newton, Planning and Zoning Director; and Mr. Steve Little, Parks and Recreation Director. The Committee's report included the following proposed changes: 1) 3) 4) s) The Building Inspection Office would become a division of the Planning and Zoning Department and house numbering would move from the County Assessor's Office to the Planning and Zoning Department. The Service Garage would become a division of the General Services Department. The Library would become a division of the Parks and Recreation Department. The Tax Collector's Office would be renamed the Revenue Office and would become a division of the Finance Office. The Emergency Management/Fire Marshall Office would become a division of the Sheriff's Office. The printing functions from General Services and the micrographics function from the Register of Deeds Offices would be moved to the Management Information Systems (MIS) Department. Also included in the Committee's report were two models of a proposed organizational structure for County Government. In Model I, a new assistant county manager position would be established and filled by promoting a current employee. In Model 2, a current department head would be reclassified to assistant county manager and would continue to be responsible for his/her department in addition to the supervision of other departments. Departments listed under the supervision of the assistant county manager in both models were as follows: Aging, Agricultural Extension, County Assessor, Elections, Emergency Medical Services, General Services-Fleet Management, MIS-Printing and Micrographics, Parks and Recreation-Library, Soil and Water Conservation Department, Utility, and Veteran Services. Vice-Chairman Barnhart opened the meeting for comments from individual department heads regarding the proposed reorganization. Sheriff Robert Canaday stated his reluctance to assume the responsibility for the Emergency Management/Fire Marshall Office unless those personnel physically relocated to his facility and served as "at-will" employees. However, he stated there were advantages in the proposed change and indicated he would be willing to accept supervision of those personnel under their current employment status. Mr. Tom Dillard, Director of the Cannon Memorial Library, reviewed the current contract between the City of Concord and Cabarrus County relative to the operation of the Kannapolis Branch Library. He questioned the reporting structure and the budget process if the proposed reorganization occurs and also expressed concern that the library would lose its identity at some point in the future. Chairman Simmons returned and was present for the remainder of the meeting. Commissioner Hamby left the meeting at this time. Mr. John Page, General Services Administrator, stated he had no problem with the changes relating to his department. He did speak in favor of the physical relocation of the Print Shop to the Governmental Center and stated it would cost approximately $1,600.00 to move the Print Shop to the space currently occupied by micrographics which would be relocated to the adjacent vault. Mr. Blair Bennett, Finance Director, questioned his input into the selection process for Tax Collector which is an appointed position by the Board