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<br />June 14, 2005 (Recessed Meeting)
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<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 Tuesday, June 14, 2005, at 3:30 p.m. to
<br />continue review of the proposed FY 2006 Budget.
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<br />Present - Chairman: Carolyn B. Carpenter
<br />Vice Chairman: Robert W. Carruth
<br />Commissioners: Robert M. Freeman
<br />Joni D. Juba
<br />Coy C. Privette
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<br />Also present were John D.
<br />County Manager for Operations;
<br />Administration; Frankie F. Bonds I
<br />Deputy Clerk to the Board.
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<br />Day, County Manager;
<br />Pam Dubois, Deputy
<br />Clerk to the Board;
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<br />Mike Downs, Deputy
<br />County Manager for
<br />and Kay Honeycutt,
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<br />Chairman Carpenter called the meeting to order at 3:30 p.m.
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<br />Commissioner Freeman gave the invocation.
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<br />Information Technology Systems (ITS)
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<br />Debbie Brannan, ITS Director, reviewed the request for funding to
<br />purchase the Storage Area Network Server (SANS). She stated the equipment
<br />would help to meet information storage requirements (i.e., ernail, imaging,
<br />GIS, databases and video) that increase each year, backup and restore
<br />requirements, consolidation of storage, disaster recovery and efficiency. She
<br />clarified that the request was for one SANS that will be housed in the
<br />Governmental Center.
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<br />UPON MOTION of Vice Chairman Carruth, seconded by Commissioner Privette
<br />and unanimously carried, the Board granted preliminary approval of the SANS
<br />funding as requested, pending final approval of the budget following the
<br />public hearing.
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<br />Economic Development Corporation
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<br />John Cox, CEO of the Cabarrus Regional Chamber of Commerce and the
<br />Cabarrus Economic Development Corporation (EDC) , presented the annual EDC
<br />funding request of $438,535.00 (the same as FY 2005). He reviewed the
<br />projected revenues that included private investor funds and contributions of
<br />$1.00 per capita by the cities of Concord, Kannapolis and Harrisburg. Also,
<br />he stated the Towns of Midland and Mt. Pleasant have been invited to
<br />participate in the EDC with a $5,000.00 contribution by each. Each town
<br />will submit a list of up to five names, with its first choice prioritized,
<br />from which the EDC Board will select one person to represent the town on the
<br />EDC Board of Directors. If either town goes to a manager position, the
<br />manager will become the town's representative. Further, Mr. Cox reviewed the
<br />expenditures for such items as salary, marketing, recruitment, etc. He also
<br />presented the proposed FY 2006 contract with Cabarrus County that
<br />incorporated the representation by Midland and Mt. Pleasant.
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<br />There was discussion as to whether EDe, a non-profit corporation,
<br />should abide by the State's Open Meetings Law and Public Records Law. Issues
<br />addressed by the Board included the following: public funding given to EDC;
<br />public perception; and confidentiality issues associated with prospective
<br />clients. The Board also briefly discussed the possibility of extending the
<br />open meetings/public records requirement to all non-profits that have a
<br />contractual relationship with the County to provide services.
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<br />UPON MOTION of Commissioner Privette, seconded by Chairman Carpenter
<br />and unanimously carried, the Board approved the proposed FY 2006 contract,
<br />including funding of $438,835.00, with the Economic Development Corporation
<br />with a provision to be added that the EDC Board will adhere to the North
<br />Carolina Open Meetings Law and Public Records Law. The County Attorney will
<br />be asked to draft the proper wording to the provision to be added to the
<br />contract. Funding approval is subject to final adoption of the FY 2006 Budget
<br />following the public hearing.
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<br />Cabarrus Health Alliance
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<br />Dr. William F. Pilkington, CEO of the Cabarrus Health Alliance (CHA) ,
<br />and Charles Phillips, Chairman of the CHA Board, presented the FY 2006
<br />funding request which is based on an established per capita rate of $25.66.
<br />Dr. Pilkington reported the average net cost increase to Cabarrus County has
<br />been $103,000.00 over the last seven years due to the population increase.
<br />Also, he highlighted the following CHA accomplishments: (1) One of six
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