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May 10, 2012 (Recessed Meeting) Page 1048 <br />The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in recessed <br />session in the Multipurpose Room at the Cabarrus County Governmental Center <br />in Concord, North Carolina on Thursday, May 10, 2012, at 5:00 p.m. with the <br />Cabarrus County Schools' Board of Education. <br />Present - Chairman: <br />Vice Chairman: <br />Commissioners: <br />Elizabeth F. Poole <br />Larry M. Burrage <br />Robert W. Carruth <br />Christopher A. Measmer <br />H. Jay White, Sr. <br />Also present were Mike Downs, County Manager; Pam Dubois, Deputy County <br />Manager, Jonathan Marshall, Deputy County Manager, Richard M. Koch, County <br />Attorney and Kay Honeycutt, Clerk to the Board. <br />The following members of the Cabarrus County Schools' (CCS) Board of <br />Education were in attendance along with Superintendent Dr. Barry Shepherd: <br />Lynn Shue, Chairman; Blake Kiger, Vice Chair; and Board Members Cindy <br />Fertenbaugh, Grace Mynatt, Tim Furr and Holly Blackwelder. Ailene Monroe, <br />Clerk to the Board and Mark Henriques, Board Attorney were also present. <br />Board Member Carolyn Carpenter was absent. <br />The following CCS staff members were also present along with several <br />others in the audience: Len Witke, Facility Management Director; Kelly <br />Kluttz, Finance Officer; and Bill Van Warren, Stephan Smith and John Owenby <br />from the Facilities Management Department. <br />Call to Order <br />Chairman Poole called the meeting to order at 5:02 p.m. <br />Discussion Items - No Action <br />Discussion on Countywide Assets Under the Stewardship of Cabarrus County <br />Schools <br />Len Witke, Facility Management Director, presented the following <br />information: <br />• The insured value of the School District's Property (CCS and KCS) is <br />roughly $955,000,000 <br />• 0.8 percent of annual budget is for facilities maintenance <br />Historical Perspective of Capital Projects Budget: <br />• All our resources have been focused on increasing seats for the past <br />decade with no major funds for remodeling /renovation. There still <br />are no funds to upgrade /expand schools. Growth will be hard to <br />address. <br />• Recently only the highest need projects were identified - typically <br />two to three projects per school. <br />• Ongoing maintenance needs were left to be addressed by the <br />Facilities Department operating budget which has been very limited. <br />• Our past Capital and Facilities Repair Budgets have not kept pace <br />with the growing needs of our aging school facilities. <br />Current Statistics: <br />• 15 out of the 38 schools were built since 2000. <br />• 5 other schools were built in the 1990's. <br />• 50% of schools are less than 25 years old but the other 18 schools <br />are much older including three high schools. <br />• Several of these older schools are reaching end of life and planning <br />for replacement is desperately needed <br />Older Schools and Long -Range Questions: <br />• 18 schools have significant needs now and in the future <br />• Some of our oldest include: <br />• Concord High School - 45 years old <br />• Northwest Cabarrus High School - 46 years old <br />• Central High School - 47 years old <br />• R. Brown McAllister Elem. School - 56 years old <br />