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125 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus, North Carolina met~'~ called session at the County Courthouse in Concord, North Carolina on March 11, 1972 at 9:00 a.m. Present:Chairman - S. Glenn Hawfield, Jr. Commissioners - Robert A. McClary C. Frank James John A. Hammett Charles Gallimore The Chairman read the following prepared statement: "The Board has been considering the request of the City of Concord to move its Police Department~ to the property of Cabarrus County known as the "County Complex." The Commissioners are unanimous in agreeing that the request is reasonable if bringing the Police and Sheriff's Department closer reduces expenses or improves law enforcement for all of Cabarrus County. The Board and Mr. George Griffin, the Architect, have studied how such ~ move would affect the present Law Enforcement Building, the new courthouse, future expansions and parking. Three different ideas have been discussed, and they are: 1. That a separate building be constructed facing Church Street with some future connection between it and the present Law Enforcement Building. None of the Commissioners favored this plan. It would not combine any operations of the two Departments. 2. That the Police Department occupy the Tax Supervisor's Offices in the Law Enforcement Building and construct the addition to the Law Enforcement i, Building as shown on the site plan prepared by the architect in July 1971. This plan would necessitate moving the Tax Supervisor to the basement of the new courthouse. The addition would provide 36 additional cells to the jail, but the need is not now evident. Construction of the addition could not begin until present buildings are removed. 3. That an addition to the Law Enforcement Building be constructed between the sally port and the entrance to the Tax Supervisor's offices. This addition could Be built at the same floor elevations and to the same height. Using the~storage room and darkroom in the present building, a connection can be made that will enable the Departments to have Joint criminal records. Also, the sally port, interrogation rooms, fingerprinting and photograp~{ng rooms and the mew meeting room in the basement can be shared and used jointly. M~. Griffin advises that this plan is feasible and that the same style of architecture can be maintained. It would provide the minimum loss of parking spaces. County and City Attorneys advise that the General Statutes of North Carolina permit local governments to take this action."