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469 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in recessed session in the Multipurpose Room at the Cabarrus County Governmental Center in Concord, North Carolina, on Monday, June 12, 2000, at 6:30 p.m. Present - Chairman: Arne L. Fennel Commissioners: Jeffrey L. Barnhart Sue B. Casper Absent - Commissioners: Carolyn B. Carpenter Coy C. Privette Also present were Mr. Frank W. Clifton, Jr., County Manager; Mr. John Day, Deputy County Manager for Operations; Mr. Don Cummings, Human Resources Director; Ms. Cathie Keller Straub, Budget Officer; and Mrs. Frankie F. Bonds, Clerk to the Board. Chairman Fennel called the meeting to order at 6:38 p.m. Library Mr. Tom Dillard, Library Director, reviewed the request of May 15, 2000, to change the circulation period and overdue fines for videocassettes. The cost of videocassettes has decreased and the change will bring the videocassette policy in line with other Library media. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Barnhart, seconded by Commissioner Casper with Commissioners Barnhart, Casper and Fennel voting for, the Board approved the following changes to the Library videocassette policy effective July 1, 2000 as recommended. (1) Circulation period for videocassettes be increased to two weeks; and (2) Overdue fine for videocassettes be decreased to $.10 per day up to a maximum fine of $4.00 per item. County Manager Report Mr. Clifton gave a brief report on the following topics: (1) Request by Carolinas Choices for $5,000.00 for regionalization of efforts; (2) Offer by Mr. Robert Burkett to pay $50,000.00 to assist with a study of the Highway 73 corridor; (3) Due to failing septic tanks, 14 homes in the Poplar Trails Subdivision need sewer at an estimated extension cost of $250,000.00; and (4) Current upset bid for the sale of the old Harrisburg School property is $2,870,000.00. Purchase of Property for the Bethel Replacement School Mr. Clifton reported that Mr. J. M. Little, Jr., and others had agreed to sell approximately 35 acres of property in the Midland area for the Bethel School replacement site. The County will pay $10,000.00 per acre for approximately 30 acres, and the Seller will donate one- fourth of the total purchase price back to the County. In addition, the County will buy an additional five adjacent acres at a cost of $12,500.00 per acre. The Little family will reserve a portion of their property (2.5 to 3.0 acres) adjacent to Bethel United Methodist Church for expansion of the church cemetery. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Barnhart, seconded by Commissioner Casper with Commissioners Barnhart and Casper and Chairman Fennel voting for, the Board approved the purchase of the property from Mr. J. M. Little, Jr. and others as outlined and authorized the appropriate budget amendment for the purchase of the property. Summary of Changes to the Preliminary Budget The Board reviewed the list of changes that had been made to the preliminary budget. Mr. Clifton suggested that the savings of approximately $500,000.00 be added to the $500,000.00 Contingency allocation. The Board by consensus agreed to this allocation. Re=uest for Increase in School Board Compensation The Board discussed the February 2000 request by the Cabarrus County Board of Education for School Board compensation as follows: Chairman - $500.00 per month; Member $400.00 per month; Travel for All Board Members - $100.00 per month. The Board had deferred consideration of this request until the FY 2001 budget deliberations.