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<br /> The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in recessed
<br />session in the Grand Jury Room at the County Courthouse in Concord, North
<br />Carolina, on Thursday, June 1, 1989, at 5:00 P.M.
<br /> Present - Chairman: James W. Lentz
<br /> Commissioners: R. Giles Moss
<br /> William G. Hamby, Jr.
<br /> Martha H. Melvin
<br /> Billy J. Simmons, Jr.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Simmons, seconded by Commissioner Melvin and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board moved to go into executive session to discuss
<br />possible land acquisition.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Chairman Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Moss and
<br />unanimously carried, the executive session was terminated.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Hamby, seconded by Commissioner Simmons and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board authorized the issuance of the Notice of Action
<br />to James B. Goodman and wife, Barbara, and Robert C. Goodman and wife, Johnnie,
<br />relative to the possible condemnation of a 1.16-acre tract of property on Corban
<br />Avenue, at appraised value and for the purpose of establishing a park and
<br />recreational facility focusing upon the needs and activities of senior citizens
<br />of the County, with related facilities for the Department of Aging, and offstreet
<br />parking and utilities.
<br /> Mr. Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr., County Attorney, reported that the State
<br />of North Carolina had transferred more land than intended to the Cabarrus County
<br />Board of Education for the site of the replacement for Hartsell Middle School.
<br />He requested that the Board authorize the reconveyance of two tracts of the 50-
<br />acre site to the State of North Carolina.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Melvin, seconded by Commissioner Hamby and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board approved the reconveyance by the Cabarrus County
<br />Board of Education to the State of North Carolina of two tracts of property, 3.89
<br />acres and 1.255 acres, located at the site of the replacement facility for
<br />Hartsell Middle School.
<br /> The Board began review of the proposed Fiscal Year 1989-1990 Cabarrus
<br />County Budget.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Chairman Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Melvin and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board moved that automatic pay increases for County
<br />employees would apply only to new hires and promotions effective July 1, 1989.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Simmons, seconded by Commissioner Hamby and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board deleted the recommended Assistant County Manager
<br />position from the County Manager's budget.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Melvin, seconded by Chairman Lentz and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board approved a nine percent (9%) pay increase, which
<br />included a five percent (5%) increase for the six months review and a four
<br />percent (4%) across-the-board increase, for the County Manager and approved a
<br />four percent (4%) across-the-board pay increase for all County employees.
<br /> It was noted that the County Manager had recommended a 4.5 percent (4.5%)
<br />across-the-board increase for employees and that all departmental budgets would
<br />be changed to reflect the 4 percent (4%) increase approved by the Board of
<br />Commissioners.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Simmons, seconded by Chairman Lentz with
<br />Commissioners Simmons, Moss, and Melvin and Chairman Lentz voting for and
<br />Commissioner Hamby voting against, the Board set the annual salaries for the
<br />Board of Commissioners at $9,385.00 for the Chairman and $7,508.00 for each Board
<br />member.
<br /> The motion by Chairman Lentz to appropriate in the 1989-1990 budget one-
<br />half of the funds for the purchase of new voting equipment for the Board of
<br />Elections died for lack of second.
<br /> The motion by Commissioner Melvin that the purchase of the new voting
<br />machines be put on hold and the requested funds deleted from the budget died
<br />for lack of second.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Moss, seconded by Commissioner Simmons and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board delayed consideration of funding for new voting
<br />machines until the next budget meeting and asked Mr. Michael M. Ruffin, County
<br />Manager, to investigate the status of the proposed uniform poll closing
<br />legislation and Commissioner Simmons to determine the automatic tabulation
<br />capabilities of the proposed system.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Hamby, seconded by Commissioner Moss and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board approved the Register of Deeds budget as
<br />recommended with the exception of the preceding general motions and overall
<br />changes approved by the Board.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Hamby, seconded by Commissioner Simmons and
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