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<br /> The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in recessed
<br />session at the General Services Administration Building in Concord, North
<br />Carolina, on Tuesday, June 21, 1988, at 1:00 P.M.
<br /> Present - Chairman: James W. Lentz
<br /> Commissioners: Kenneth F. Payne
<br /> William G. Hamby, Jr.
<br /> Martha H. Melvin
<br /> Absent - Commissioner: R. Giles Moss
<br /> The Board began review of the proposed 1988-89 budget with the Planning
<br />Department and continued through the remainder of the proposed budget.
<br /> In the Land Records budget, the Board deleted $150.00 from the Travel
<br />account and $100.00 fromthe Dues and Subscriptions account.
<br /> The Board increased the Engineering budget by the following amounts to
<br />provide for an additional employee to do the line inspections for which the
<br />County is currently contracting with HDR Engineering, Inc: Add $16,000.00 to
<br />Line Item 101, add $500.00 to Line Item 301, add $250.00 to Line Item 320, add
<br />$400.00 to Line Item 420, add $450.00 to Line Item 601, add $2,000.00 to Line
<br />Item 610. The Board also created a new line item, Consulting Engineering
<br />Fees, and allocated $8,000.00 to this account.
<br /> The Board deleted $40,000.00 from the Water and Sewer Utility Fund
<br />account that had been budgeted for payment to HDR Engineering, Inc., for the
<br />line inspections.
<br />In the Transportation budget for the Planning Department, the Board
<br />deleted $200.00 from Line Item 610 and deleted $250.00 from Line Item 630.
<br />Mr. Blair Bennett, Finance Director, advised the Board there would be
<br />approximately $116,000.00 carried forward in the Community Development budget.
<br /> During review of the Building Inspections budget, Chairman Lentz outlined
<br />the need to establish an assistant department head position. It was the
<br />general consensus of the Board to add $2,000.00 to the Salaries and Wages
<br />account to provide for the establishment of this position. Chairman Lentz
<br />indicated he would discuss this matter with Mr. C. E. Avant, Building
<br />Inspections Supervisor.
<br /> In the Zoning Administration budget, the Board deleted $200.00 from Line
<br />Item 301 and deleted $357.00 from Line Item 610.
<br /> In the General Services Administration budget, the Board deleted $500.00
<br />from Line Item 155, $800.00 from Line Item 301, and $18,950.00 from Line Item
<br />501.
<br /> The Board deleted $225.00 from Line Item 301 in the Sanitary Landfill
<br />budget.
<br /> The Board approved the following changes in the Agriculture Extension
<br />budget: Increase Line Item 101 by $5,754.00, decrease Line Item 301 by
<br />$150.00, decrease Line Item 420 by $100.00, and decrease Line Item 560 by
<br />$100.00.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Commissioner Melvin and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board moved to reduce the Kannapolis Library budget
<br />by 10 percent with the funds to be restored to the budget if the City of
<br />Kannapolis provides the requested 10 percent match for 1988-89 fiscal year.
<br />The Board instructed the Finance Director to work with Mr. Tom Dillard,
<br />Director of the Cannon Memorial Library, to make these cuts.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Chairman Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Payne and unani-
<br />mously carried, the Board moved to go into Executive Session to discuss a
<br />personnel matter.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Chairman Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Melvin and
<br />unanimously carried, the Executive Session was terminated.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Chairman Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Melvin and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board approved the recommended five percent (5%)
<br />across-the-board salary increase for County employees for 1988-89.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Chairman Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Hamby and unani-
<br />mously carried, the Board approved the list of recommendations for merits and
<br />reclassifications as given to the Finance Director and included in the 1988-89
<br />budget.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Melvin, seconded by Commissioner Payne and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board increased the 1988-89 funding to the Cabarrus
<br />Rescue Squad by $15,000.00 for a total of $30,000.00 to provide funding for
<br />aquatic training to prepare for the Coddle Creek Reservoir.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Chairman Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Hamby and unani-
<br />mously carried, the Board adopted the following changes to the 1988-89 budget.
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<br />12-20-860 - $-6~458~88
<br />13-10-101 - 13,065.00
<br />13-10-102 + 3,033.00
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<br />-0- (Put Back)
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