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<br /> The Board of Commissioners for Cabarrus County met in special sessions at the
<br />Courthouse in Concord, North Carolina, their regular place of meeting, on May 23
<br />and 30, 1979, and on June 4, 7, 14, and 19, 1979, to review the proposed budget for
<br />fiscal year 1979-80.
<br />The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in special session
<br />at the Courthouse in Concord, North Carolina, on Friday, June 22, 1979, at 9:30 A.M.
<br /> Present - Chairman Troy R. Cook
<br /> Commissioners: Ralph C. Bonds
<br /> Marcelle Milloway
<br /> James W. Lentz
<br /> J. Ray Allen
<br /> Mr. Don T. Howell, Director of Utilities and Project Manager for the Concord
<br />Board of Light and Water, appeared before the Board of County Commissioners dur-
<br />ing its public hearing on the Cabarrus County budget for the fiscal year 1979-80
<br />to present justification for providing additional funding required for payment of
<br />contracts on the Wastewater Treatment Plant. Mr. Howell explained to the Board
<br />the reasons for the increases over the years from the estimated $600,000.00 re-
<br />quired from Caharrus County to over $1,000,000.00 that will have been paid by the
<br />County at the conclusion of the contract work this year.
<br /> Mr. Charles D. McGinnis, County Manager, presented to the Board a letter from
<br />Mr. Don Howell that he had received that morning. ThiS letter expressed the need
<br />for local funding in the amount of $545,821.00 to finance interceptor sewer lines
<br />for:
<br />
<br />Mt. Pleasant
<br />Step 11 (Eng.)
<br />Step lll (Const.)
<br />
<br />$ 5,145.00
<br />$ 244,078.00
<br />
<br />Cold Water Creek
<br />
<br />Step 11 (Eng.)
<br />Step 111 (Const.)
<br />
<br />$ 7,155.00
<br />$ 273,637.00
<br />
<br />Three Mile Branch
<br />
<br />Step 11 (Eng.)
<br />Step 111 (Const.)
<br />
<br /> $ 6,075.00
<br />Funding Available in 1981
<br />
<br />Rocky River (Harrisburg)
<br />Step 11 (Eng.)
<br />Step 111 (Const.)
<br />
<br />$ 9,731.00
<br />Funding Available in 1981
<br /> $ 545,821.00
<br />
<br /> The Board of Commissioners were furnished with a copy of the original minutes
<br />of September 9, 197~, showing the agreement of how interceptor sewer lines were to
<br />be financed by Cannon Foundation as a gift to the County at no expense on the County
<br />tax base or taxation of the citizens of Cabarrus County. The Board discussed the
<br />historical background of the Wastewater Treatment Plant and its financing as well
<br />as the interceptor line financing and the bond referendum held in 1978 to expand and
<br />begin County participation in interceptor sewer lines.
<br /> Mr. John R. Boger, Jr., County Attorney, reported to the Board the present
<br />position of the Cannon Foundation regarding their $1,814,000.00 gift to the County
<br />to pay for interceptor sewer lines as set out in the 201 Facilities Plan. Mr.
<br />Boger stated that Cannon Foundation's position at this time is that they will fund
<br />the local share of the Cold Water Creek and Three Mile Branch lines which are in
<br />the original 201 Plan and conform to the regional concept which they say was the
<br />reason for their making the gift at that time but that they will not fund the local
<br />share of the Mt. Pleasant or Harrisburg lines.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Milloway and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board voted to meet with the Mt. Pleasant Board and the
<br />Harrisburg Board to discuss the interceptor sewer tine financing as a result of
<br />Mr. Boger's report to the Board.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Allen and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board moved to instruct the County Manager to ask the
<br />Cannon Foundation for $286,867.00 to cover the County's local share for funding
<br />of Steps 2 and 3 of Cold Water Creek and Three Mile Branch interceptor sewer lines
<br />as heretofore designated.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Bonds, seconded by Commissioner Lentz and
<br /> unanimously carried, the Board requested that the County Manager talk with the
<br /> Cannon Foundation regarding the Harrisburg and Mt. Pleasant lines, also.
<br /> Mr. Jim Hoffman of the Brafford Farms community was present to speak in
<br /> opposition to the budget.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Milloway, seconded by Commissioner Lentz and
<br /> unanimously .carried, the Board approved the following budget amendment:
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