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February 17, 2003 Page 43 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in regular session in the Commissioners' Meeting Room at the Cabarrus County Governmental Center in Concord, North Carolina on Monday, February 17, 2003, at 6:30 p.m. Present - Chairman: Robert M. Freeman Vice Chairman: Richard D. Suggs Commissioners: Carolyn B. Carpenter Robert W. Carruth Coy C. Privette Also present were Mr. John D. Day, Interim County Manager; Mr. Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr., County Attorney; and Mrs. Frankie F. Bonds, Clerk to the Board. Chairman Freeman called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. Girl Scout Junior Troop 492 of Rocky River Presbyterian Church conducted the Flag Ceremony. Scouts participating in the ceremony were Ashley Thomason, Loralee Howser, Reynolds Douglas and Sara Gaska. Chairman Freeman delivered the invocation. (A) Approval or Correction of Minutes No minutes were presented for approval. (B) APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA Chairman Freeman listed the following changes to the Agenda. Recognitions and Presentations - Remove Items C-1 (Recognition of Gerri Nash on Her Retirement from Public Safety Services) and C-2 (Recognition of Sgt. Terry Black on His Retirement from the Sheriff's Department). Recognitions will be rescheduled. Consent Agenda - Add Item E-6 Declare Surplus and Authorize the Award of Service Weapon and Badge to Sgt. Terry Black on his Retirement from the Cabarrus County Sheriff's Department). New Business - Add Presentation by Laine Harling of the Concord Downtown Development Corporation to Item F-1 (Possible Relocation of the Jail and Courthouse - Heath Ritchie, President of the Residents of Historic Concord). New Business Add Item F-10 (Resolution Honoring the Memory of Firefighter Josh Earley by Naming the Section of NC Highway 24/27 between the Mecklenburg and Stanly County Lines the ~Joshua B. Earley Memorial Highway"). Commissioner Carpenter asked that Item E-3 (Letter Supporting the Application by the Mental Health Association of Central Carolinas, Inc., to the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for Funding Support for a Group Home to Serve Cabarrus County Residents with Mental Illnesses) be removed from the Agenda at the request of Liz Jordak of the Mental Health Association. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Privette, seconded by Commissioner Carruth ,and unanimously carried, the Board adopted the Agenda with the changes requested by Chairman Freeman and Commissioner Carpenter and listed above. (C) RECOGNITIONS AND PRESENTATIONS (C-3) Recognition of Commissioner Carruth for His Service on the Cabarrus Health Alliance Board Mr. Charles Phillips, Chairman of the Cabarrus Health Alliance Board, presented a Resolution of Appreciation to Commissioner Carruth for his service as a member of the Cabarrus Health Alliance Board from August 2001 to December 2002.