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462 <br /> <br /> The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in recessed <br />session in the Commissioners' Conference Room at the Governmental Center in <br />Concord, North Carolina, on Monday, February 10, 1992, at 4:30 P.M. <br /> Present - Chairman: Carolyn B. Carpenter <br /> Vice-Chairman: William G. Hamby, Jr. <br /> Jeffrey L. Barnhart <br /> Kenneth F. Payne <br /> Billy J. Simmons, Jr. <br /> Chairman Carpenter called the meeting to order at 4:38 P.M. <br /> Chairman Carpenter announced that Ms. Corine Cannon of the Fishertown <br />Community had invited Board members to attend a meeting at 11:00 A.M. on <br />Saturday, February 15, at the Covenant Presbyterian Church to discuss the <br />revitalization of that community. <br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Commissioner Barnhart and <br />unanimously carried, the Board granted the County Manager the authority to waive <br />zoning fees in financial hardship cases. <br /> Chairman Carpenter commented on the success of today's "Capital for a Day" <br />program and the meetings with Governor James G. Martin and several of his cabinet <br />secretaries. <br /> Ms. Jill Ray presented concerns relative to the discharge of waste into <br />a small Reedy Creek tributary that has a low level of flow and a history of <br />problems involving the discharge by a non-compliance sewage plant. Ms. Ray <br />reported that the State plans to re-permit the existing discharge by a facility <br />located at Howell's Childcare Center and to permit additional discharge by Vulcan <br />Quarry. She requested the Board's assistance in asking the State to set a public <br />hearing to consider the permitting process. <br /> Chairman Carpenter reported that she had discussed the waste discharge <br />problem with Secretary William W. Cobey, Jr. of the Department of Environment, <br />Health, and Natural Resources on this date. Also, she stated that the Board <br />would review the material submitted by Ms. Ray and discuss her request later in <br />the meeting. <br /> Commissioner Simmons introduced discussion of a list of items he had sent <br />to the Board in reference to policy guidelines to assist staff in preparing the <br />Fiscal Year 1992-1993 budget. After discussion, the Board by consensus agreed <br />to the following items: (1) To maintain the current tax rate at 58 cents; (2) <br />To instruct the County Manager to recommend service fee increases to the Board; <br />(3) To budget four percent (4%) of the payroll for cost of living adjustments <br />(COLA) and one percent (1%) for merit increases with this funding to be allocated <br />in a non-departmental salary adjustment line item; (4) To set a goal to reduce <br />County positions by 10 through attrition; (5) To ask all non-profit agencies to <br />justify their funding requests and to consider matching grants for those <br />agencies; (6) To set aside $400,000.00 for routine replacement of worn-out <br />equipment, building repairs and new small equipment purchases; (7) To set aside <br />$1 million for capital improvement funds and carry over any unused funds to the <br />next year~s budget; (8) To use cash to fund the completion of Coddle Creek; (9) <br />To maintain discretionary business travel at the same level as Fiscal Year 1991- <br />92; (10) To instruct the County Manager to bring the Board the leanest budget <br />possible; (11) To invite Liaison Board members to attend budget meetings with <br />the Manager and Department Heads; (12) To set a four percent (4%) cost of living <br />increase for the schools and to budget 350 new students at $750.00 per student; <br />(13) To ask the schools to prepare their budget with the four percent (4%) <br />increase and to submit ,any additional needs beyond that increase to the Board <br />for consideration; (14) To earmark 1/2 cent sales tax in line item "school <br />construction - unallocated"; and (15) To use landfill tipping fees to pay for <br />a landfill liner. In addition, the Board asked the County Manager to prepare <br />a fleet policy for County vehicles. Items discussed for which no consensus was <br />reached included the levy of a tax on the water and sewer district and the use <br />of the Five-Year Strategic Plan as a planning document and guideline for the <br />budget process once it is approved. <br /> UPON MOTION of Chairman Carpenter, seconded by Commissioner Barnhart and <br /> unanimously carried, the Board moved to go into executive session to discuss <br /> pending litigation and for consultation with counsel. <br /> <br /> <br />