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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 Tuesday, June 6, 1989, at 6:00 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 /> Commissioner Moss was absent for the beginning of the meeting.
<br /> As proposed by Commissioner Simmons, the Board by consensus set 8:00 P.M.
<br />on Monday, June 19, 1989, as the time to receive comments from the public
<br />regarding a proposed district representation plan for Cabarrus County. Chairman
<br />Lentz asked that each municipality be invited to send a representative to address
<br />the Board at that time.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Melvin, seconded by Commissioner Simmons with
<br />Commissioners Melvin, Simmons, and Hamby and Chairman Lentz voting for, the Board
<br />agreed to delete a chair costing $459.00 from Mr. Terry Rowland's budget and to
<br />reinstate the Board of Realtors publication in the amount of $210.00.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Simmons, seconded by Chairman Lentz with
<br />Commissioners Simmons, Melvin, and Hamby and Chairman Lentz voting for, the Board
<br />approved the Sanitary Landfill and Recycling budgets with the following changes
<br />to the Landfill budget: (1) Increase Line Item 161, Engineering, by $21,000.00
<br />for a methane gas study; (2) Increase Line Item 860, Equipment and Furniture,
<br />$60,000.00 for a trash compactor; and (3) Delete the maintenance cost for the
<br />tire cutter at the landfill.
<br /> The acceptance of the Sanitary Landfill budget included the tipping fee
<br />increase of fifty cents (50¢) per cubic yard as recommended by the County
<br />Manager.
<br />Commissioner Moss arrived and was present for the remainder of the meeting.
<br />UPON MOTION of Commissioner Melvin, seconded by Commissioner Hamby and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board accepted the Soil and Water Conservation District-
<br />Watershed budget as recommended.
<br /> Sheriff Canaday compared the costs for the operation of the jail kitchen
<br />with the continuation of the purchase of food service for the inmates. There
<br />was discussion regarding the completion date for the jail addition and the
<br />current contracted food service. The Board deferred consideration of the matter
<br />until the jail construction meeting is held on Friday, June 9, and directed that
<br />food service bids be solicited for Fiscal Year 1989-1990.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Hamby, seconded by Commissioner Moss and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board approved the recommended budget for the
<br />Agriculture Extension Service with the exception of a review of the request for
<br />the purchase of a van.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Simmons, seconded by Commissioner Hamby and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board approved the Veterans Service budget as
<br />recommended by the County Manager.
<br /> Mr. C. Richard Russell, Data Processing Manager, reviewed the areas of
<br />specialization within the Data Processing Department and discussed the requested
<br />funding for part-time salaries and consultants.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Simmons, seconded by Commissioner Melvin and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board approved the Data Processing budget as recommended
<br />by the County Manager.
<br /> Motion was made by Commissioner Simmons and seconded by Commissioner Hamby
<br /> to approve the Elections budget as recommended with the deletion of $5,900.00
<br /> for a printer and to increase the amount for the purchase of voting machines to
<br /> $185,000.00. No vote was taken.
<br /> A substitute motion was made by Chairman Lentz and seconded by Commissioner
<br />Melvin to appropriate one-half of the money or $90,000.00 for the purchase of
<br />the voting equipment in the Contingency Fund with the anticipation that the
<br />purchase will be made next year. No vote was taken.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Moss, seconded by Commissioner Hamby and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board tabled the substitute motion regarding the
<br />purchase of the voting equipment.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Moss, seconded by Commissioner Hamby and
<br /> unanimously carried, the Board tabled the original motion concerning the voting
<br /> equipment for the Board of Elections until June 12, 1989.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Simmons, seconded by Chairman Lentz with
<br /> Commissioners Simmons, Hamby, and Melvin and Chairman Lentz voting for, the Board
<br /> accepted the following budgets as recommended by the County Manager with the
<br /> exception of the changes previously approved by the Board.
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