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382 <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 <br />Governmental Center in Concord, North Carolina on Tuesday, January 18, 2000, <br />at 6:30 p.m. The meeting had been changed from Monday, January 17, due to <br />the Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday. <br /> <br />Present - Chairman: Arne L. Fennel <br /> Vice Chairman: Carolyn B. Carpenter <br /> Commissioners: Sue B. Casper <br /> Coy C. Privette <br />Absent - Commissioner: Jeffrey L. Barnhart <br /> <br /> Also present were Mr. Frank W. Clifton, Jr., County Manager; Mr. <br />Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr., County Attorney; and Mrs. Frankie F. Bonds, Clerk <br />to the Board. <br /> <br /> Chairman Fennel called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. Commissioner <br />Barnhart was absent due to illness. <br /> <br /> Brownie Troop 517 of All Saints Episcopal Church conducted the Flag <br />Ceremony. Troop members participating in the ceremony were Allison Russell, <br />Ginger Dunlow, Alexandra Ramdin, Jessica Patterson, Rachel Lewallen, Mary <br />Lewallen and Rachel Mitchener. <br /> <br />Commissioner Privette gave the invocation. <br /> <br />APPROVAL OR CORRECTION OF MINUTES <br /> <br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Carpenter, seconded by Commissioner <br />Privette and unanimously carried, the Board approved the minutes of December <br />20, 1999 as written. <br /> <br />Community Announcement <br /> <br /> Commissioner Casper announced the establishment of the "Mary Harward <br />Fund" at First Charter Bank. Mary is the eight-year-old daughter of D~ngela <br />and Terry Lee Harward and is scheduled for brain surgery in the near future. <br /> <br />APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA <br /> <br /> Chairman Fennel announced the following changes to the Agenda: (1) <br />Remove Item C-1 (Recognition of Shirley Long on her Retirement from the <br />Department of Social Services); (2) Add the following items to New Business: <br />Item E-5 - School Projects Architect Selection/Funding Proposal; Item E-6 - <br />Proposal to Share the Cost of Environmental Consulting Services Contract with <br />the Water and Sewer Authority; Item E-7 - Consideration of Adequate Public <br />Facilities for Proposed Moss Creek Development (Harris Road); Item E-8 - <br />Consideration of School Property Site Acquisition - Exchange of 61-acre Site <br />for Old Odell School Site (Authorization to Proceed with Upset Bid Process); <br />(3) Add the following item to Old Business: Reconsideration of Resolution <br />Concerning the Midland Incorporation. <br /> <br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Privette, seconded by Chairman Fennel and <br />unanimously carried, the Board approved the Agenda as amended with the <br />changes listed by Chairman Fennel. <br /> <br />CONSENT A~ENDA <br /> <br />Proclamation - Workforce Development Week 2000 (January 29 - February 4) <br /> <br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Casper, seconded by Commissioner Privette and <br />unanimously carried, the Board approved the following Proclamation as submitted <br />by Ms. Melissa A. Simmons, School-to-Work Coordinator with the Cabarrus <br />Regional Chamber of Commerce. <br /> <br />Workforce Development Week <br />2000 <br /> PROCLAMATION <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Workforce Development issues impact every facet of our <br />community and are at the forefront of American Society in the new millennium; <br />and <br /> WHEREAS, the School-to-Work Partnership of Cabarrus County and the <br />Cabarrus County Job Link Center work together, with and through a medley of <br />agencies to provide opportunities for the future and present workforce; and <br /> <br /> <br />