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121 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of the County of Cabarrus that said Board does concur with the 1991-1992 Secondary Road Improvement Program as presented by the North Carolina Department of Transportation and recommend that the Board of Transportation adopt the proposed program for Cabarrus County. Adopted this 6th day of May, 1991. ATTEST: /s/ Frankie F, Bonds Frankie F. Bonds Clerk to the Board /s/ Billy J. Simmons, Jr, Billy J. Simmons, Jr., Chairman UPON MOTION of Commissioner Barnhart, seconded by Commissioner Carpenter and unanimously carried, the Board voted to add cost saving measures for Fiscal Year 1990-1991 to the agenda. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Barnhart, seconded by Commissioner Hamby and unanimously carried, the Board adopted the following: We are all aware of the current financial situation the board of commissioners is facing here in Cabarrus County. This demonstrates the need to have a strategic financial plan for the county. Our board is working on such a plan which will help us to see the long term effects of spending on the taxpayer in any future decisions which this board makes. The current financial situation also demonstrates the need to cut costs, cut spending wherever possible and operate county government as lean as possible. I believe our board will pursue this approach. With a projected shortfall in this years (1990-91 budget), projected to be as high as $4 million dollars, I would like to make a motion which will aggressively work toward lessening the impact. I therefore move, that we take the following actions to be effective immediately: 1) Impose a hiring freeze on all vacant positions for Fiscal Year 1990-91 within County government and give the chairman authority to approve hiring of any position which is determined to be critical by himself and the county manager. 2) Impose a freeze on all purchases for Fiscal Year 1990-1991 except those to be determined critical by the county manager. 3) Freeze all unnecessary travel for Fiscal Year 1990-1991 except that travel exempted by the County Manager. The above motion was amended by Chairman Simmons to include Item 3 relative to the freeze on all unnecessary travel except that travel exempted by the County Manager. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Carpenter, seconded by Chairman Simmons with Commissioners Carpenter, Barnhart, and Hamby and Chairman Simmons voting for and Commissioner Payne voting against, the Board moved to eliminate the trip scheduled in July for the County Commissioners, County Manager, and County Attorney to the National Association of County Commissioners except for those three persons who have already purchased airline tickets for the trip. Individuals to attend the Conference include Commissioners Payne and Hamby and County Manager Michael M. Ruffin. Mr, Jim Allison, Chief of the Pitts Volunteer Fire Department, and Mr. Paul Grider, President of the Board of Directors for the Fire Department, presented a proposal for the dissolution of the Pitts Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., and a distribution of the assets of the corporation. These general terms and conditions included such items as fire protection service by the City of Concord, the transfer of the real estate, building and equipment (except for the Suburban vehicle) to the City of Concord, the joint construction by the City and County of a dormitory for housing appropriate fire and emergency services employees, the disposition of communications equipment and transfer of cash and accounts of value, the assumption of the outstanding debt by Pitts Volunteer Fire Department, and a contractual agreement between the City and County for