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January 26, 2004 Page 339 <br /> <br /> The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in regular <br />session in the Commissioners' Meeting Room at the Cabarrus County Governmental <br />Center in Concord, North Carolina on Monday, January 26, 2004, at 6:30 p.m. <br /> <br />Present - Chairman: Robert M. Freeman <br /> Vice Chairman: Richard Do Suggs <br /> Commissioners: Carolyn B. Carpenter <br /> Robert W. Carruth <br /> Coy C. Privette <br /> <br /> Also present were Mr. John D. Day, County Manager; Mr. Fletcher L. <br />Hartsell, Jr., County Attorney; and Mrs. Frankie F. Bonds, Clerk to the Board. <br /> <br />Chairman Freeman called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. <br /> <br />Reverend Donald Anthony of Grace Lutheran Church gave the invocation. <br /> <br />Commissioner Carruth led the Pledge of Allegiance. <br /> <br />(A) APPROVAL OR CORRECTION OF MINUTES <br /> <br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Privette, seconded by Vice Chairman Suggs and <br />unanimously carried, the Board approved the minutes of November 20, 2003 Recessed <br />Meeting), November 24, 2003 (Recessed Meeting) and December 15, 2003 (Regular <br />Meeting) as written. <br /> <br />(B) APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA <br /> <br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Carruth, seconded by Commissioner Carpenter and <br />unanimously carried, the Board approved the Agenda with the following changes: <br />Removal of Item C-1 (Recognition of Lt. Joe E. Shue, Jr., on his Retirement from <br />the Cabarrus County Sheriff's Department), Item C-2 (Recognition of David <br />Goforth, Cooperative Extension Agent, on Receiving the Distinguished Service <br />Award from the National Association of County Agricultural Agents) and Item C-3 <br />(Recognition of the Cabarrus County Soil and Water Conservation District and <br />Dennis Testerman on the Successful NC Big Sweep 2003); Addition of the <br />Recommended Park Master Plan for Pharr Mill Road Community Park to Consent Item <br />F-10 (Authorization to Submit Grant Requests to Construct Pharr Mill Road Park); <br />and Addition of a Closed Session as requested by Mr. Hartsell to discuss pending <br />litigation and to review Closed Session minutes. <br /> <br />(C) RECOGNITIONS AND PRESENTATIONS <br /> <br /> Items C-l, C-2 and C-3 (see above) were removed from the Agenda. <br />recognitions will be rescheduled for a later date. <br /> <br />All <br /> <br />(D) INFORMAL PUBLIC COMMENTS <br /> <br /> At 6:37 p.m., Chairman Freeman opened the meeting for Informal Public <br />Comments. <br /> <br /> There was no one present to address the Board, and Chairman Freeman closed <br />that portion of the meeting. <br /> <br />(E) <br /> <br />OLD BUSINESS <br /> <br />There were no items for consideration. <br /> <br />(F) CONSENT AGENDA <br /> <br />(F-l) Finance Budget Amendment (Fire District Sales Tax Allocation) <br /> <br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Privette, seconded by Commissioner Carruth with <br />Commissioners Privette and Carruth, Vice Chairman Suggs and Chairman Freeman <br />voting for and Commissioner Carpenter voting against, the Board adopted the <br />following budget amendment. <br /> <br />BUDGET REVISION/AMENDMENT REQUEST <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT OF Finance / Other Contributions <br />AMOUNT: $600,000.00 <br />TYPE OF ADJUSTMENT: Supplemental Request <br />PURPOSE OF REQUEST: To establish a budget for the distribution of the sales taxes <br />to the Local Fire Districts. In the past, we have deducted the Fire District's <br />portion of sales tax out of the County's sales tax revenues. The proper <br /> <br /> <br />