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>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY, I
WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO OOD THE
CABARRUS COUNTY REGULAR MEETING
FOR DECEMBER 16, 2013. WELCOME
EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE
TONIGHT. I WOULD LIKE TO
REQUEST IF YOU HAVE A CELL
PHONE PLEASE PUT IT ON SILENCE
OR VIBRATE. THIS IS A LIVE
MEETING TELEVISED ON CABLE.
ALSO AS A REMINDER THIS WILL
SHOW ON SUNDAY AND SATURDAYS AT
1:00 PM, SUN AND TUESDAY AT
6.30PM AND THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
AT 6.30PM
AT THIS TIME WE WOULD LIKE TO
HAVE OUR PRESENTATION OF COLORS
AND WE'RE HAPPY TO WELCOME GIRL
SCOUT TROOP 403 FROM KIMBALL
LUTHERAN CHURCH IN KANNAPOLIS.
PLEASE RISE.
>> COLOR GUARD ATTENTION.
COLOR GUARD ADVANCE.
PRESENT THE COLORS.
POST THE COLORS.
PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH
IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER
GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY
AND JUSTICE FOR ALL COLOR GUARD
RETURN TO POST.
>> FOR OUR INVOCATION TONIGHT
WE ARE HAPPY TO WELCOME FATHER
JAMES GEIGER. USE THIS
MICROPHONE RIGHT HERE.
>> THIS IS A READING FROM THE
BOOK OF WISDOM WHICH IS CALLED
SOLOMON'S PRAYER.
SEND WISDOM FORTH FROM YOUR
HOLY HEAVENS AND FROM YOUR
GLORIOUS THRONE DISPATCH HER
THAT SHE MAY BE WITH US AND
WORK WITH US THAT WE MAY KNOW
WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE FOR SHE
KNOWS AND UNDERSTANDS ALL
THINGS AND WILL GUIDE US
DISCRETELY IN OUR AFFAIRS AND
SAFEGUARD US BY HER GLORY. THUS
OUR DEEDS WILL BE ACCEPTABLE.
LORD, WE ASK THAT THIS PRAYER
OF SOLOMON MAY BECOME FOR OUR
COMMISSIONERS THEIR OWN PRAYER.
GUIDE THEM BY YOUR WISDOM,
SUPPORT THEM BY YOUR POWER.
GRANT THAT THEY BE DEDICATED
LEADERS, SINCERE IN DIALOGUE
AND DELIBERATE JUDICIALLY FOR
THE SAKE OF ALL COUNTY
CITIZENS. WE THANK YOU, LORD,
FOR THE GENEROUS GIFTS OF TIME
AND TALENT AND FOR THEIR
ENTHUSIASM IN ALL THINGS CIVIC.
MAY YOU BLESS THEM, LORD, BLESS
THEIR DELIBERATIONS, AND
GRACIOUSLY BLESS THE PEOPLE OF
THIS COUNTY, AMEN.
>> THANK YOU.
I'D ALSO ASK THAT YOU JOIN ME
PLEASE IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
CABARRUS COUNTY LOST A LONG
TIME SERVANT OF CITIZENS OF
CONCORD AND CABARRUS COUNTY,
DR. HECTOR HENRY THIS PAST
WEEK. PLEASE JOIN ME AS WE
REMEMBER DR. HENRY AND ALL HIS
SERVICE TO THE COUNTY AND THEIR
FAMILY AND THE LOSS THEY ARE
FEELING AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU
ALL VERY MUCH.
OKAY, COMMISSIONERS, THE FIRST
ITEM THAT WE HAVE IS APPROVAL
OR CORRECTION OF THE MINUTES.
AT THIS TIME I WOULD ACCEPT A
MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES
AS PRESENTED.
THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND,
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY
OPPOSED?
I'M SORRY, I APOLOGIZE, WE NEED
TO HAVE THE GIRL SCOUTS COME
BACK UP. MY APOLOGIES, LADIES.
YOU WERE RIGHT, YOU WERE RIGHT,
AS ALWAYS. I APOLOGIZE.
COME ON UP TO THE MICROPHONE, I
GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF AGAIN.
COME ON, YOU WERE GOOD UP THERE
EARLIER, CAN YOU TELL US YOUR
NAME AND WHAT SCHOOL YOU GO TO
AND TELL US WHY YOU LIKE GIRL
SCOUTS.
>> MY NAME IS BREANNA, I GO TO
KANNAPOLIS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND
THE REASON I LIKE GIRL SCOUTS
IS BECAUSE WE DO ALL KINDS OF
FUN STUFF.
>> MY NAME IS MASSIE THOMAS, I
GO TO SCHOOL IN KANNAPOLIS
MIDDLE SCHOOL, I LIKE TO PLAY
BECAUSE I AM A BROWNIE.
>> VERY GOOD, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
>> MY NAME IS SHARON RUGER AND
I AM HOME SCHOOLD.
>> WHY DO YOU LIKE GIRL SCOUTS?
>> BECAUSE I LIKE TO DO A LOT
OF HANDS-ON STUFF.
>> VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS MATHALIA
>> WHAT SCHOOL DO YOU GO TO?
>> I GO TO SHADY BROOKS AND I
LIKE GIRL SCOUTS BECAUSE THEY
DO LOTS OF FUN ACTIVITIES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET'S
GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR
THE GIRL SCOUTS.
AT THIS TIME I WOULD TURN THE
MEETING OVER TO THE COUNTY
MANAGER.
>> (INAUDIBLE).
>> I NOMINATE CHRIS MEASMER FOR
CHAIRMAN.
>> I WILL SECOND.
>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER
NOMINATIONS?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE LIZ
POOLE AS CHAIRMAN.
>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER
NOMINATIONS? I HAVE A MOTION
TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS.
>> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF
CLOSING NOMINATIONS?
NOMINATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED.
WE WILL VOTE ON THE TWO
INDIVIDUALLY, SO THE FIRST
NOMINATION SO WE WILL VOTE ON
MR. CHRIS MEASMER SO ALL THOSE
IN FAVOR SAY AYE..
>> (INAUDIBLE).
>> CHAIRMAN POOLE, I THINK YOU
DO A TREMENDOUS JOB RUNNING THE
MEETING FROM A PROCEDURAL
PERSPECTIVE, I THINK IT'S
EXCELLENT. I WOULD JUST SAY
THAT I THINK WE HAVE SOME VERY
TOUGH NEGOTIATIONS COMING WITH
OUR SCHOOL BOARD. I THINK THAT
I PUT FORWARD A PROPOSAL BY
WHICH WE WON BORROW MORE FUNDS.
TO DATE YOU HAVE NOT SAID
WHETHER YOU WOULD SUPPORT THAT
OR NOT AND YOUR HISTORY HAS NOT
BEEN NECESSARILY TO SUPPORT
THINGS LIKE THAT, SO I THINK
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE
SOMEBODY THAT WOULD STAND
STRONG FOR THE TAXPAYERS FOR
OUR CHAIRMAN IN TERMS OF THOSE
NEGOTIATIONS.
>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY,
DISCUSSION IS CLOSED, WE WILL
VOTE FIRST FOR CHRIS MEASMER,
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR FOR CHRIS
MEASMER, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
NOW WE WILL VOTE FOR MISS
POOLE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THREE.
BASED ON THE VOTES, YOU OKAY
WITH THAT, BASED ON THE VOTES
MISS POOLE WILL SERVE AS
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND I
WILL PASS IT BACK TO MISS POOLE
SO SHE CAN HOLD THE ELECTION
FOR THE VICE CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, AT THIS TIME, WE
WILL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR
NOMINATIONS FOR VICE CHAIR.
>> I NOMINATE CHRIS MEASMER FOR
VICE CHAIR AS WELL.
>> SECOND.
>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER
NOMINATIONS? I WILL NOMINATE
COMMISSIONER BURRAGE FOR VICE
CHAIR.
>> SECOND.
>> THERE'S A MOTION AND A
SECOND, ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS?
AT THIS TIME MAY I HAVE A
MOTION TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS FOR
VICE CHAIR?
>> SECOND.
>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A
SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, AND
WE'LL DO THE SAME WAY, ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR OF COMMISSIONER
MEASMER FOR VICE CHAIR PLEASE
RAISE YOUR HAND. TWO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF LARRY
BURRAGE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR
HAND. THREE. RICH, ARE YOU
SATISFIED AGAIN WITH THAT?
COMMISSIONER BURRAGE HAS BEEN
ELECTED VICE CHAIR.
DO YOU WANT TO MAKE ANY
COMMENTS AT THIS TIME?
OKAY, THE NEXT ITEM THAT WE
HAVE IS APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
THERE ARE SOME CHANGES TO THE
AGENDA. AT THIS TIME I'D ACCEPT
A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA
INCLUDING THE CHANGES.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND,
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY
OPPOSED?
NEXT WE HAVE RECOGNITIONS AND
PRESENTATIONS. LET ME GET TO
THE RIGHT PAGE.
WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR DR.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DAY.
WHEREAS DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING
JUNIOR WAS BORN ON JANUARY 25,
1915 IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, AND
WHEREAS DR. KING THROUGH HIS
PRACTICE OF NONVIOLENT PROTEST
PROMOTED THE IMPORTANCE OF
LOVE, PEACE AND FREEDOM FOR
HUMAN KIND AND CHALLENGED
AMERICA TO CHALLENGE ITS
PROMISE OF LIBERTY AND JUSTICE
FOR ALL AMERICANS AND DURING
HIS LIFETIME DR. KING SOUGHT TO
FORGE COMMON GROUND TO ADDRESS
IMPORTANT COMMUNITY ISSUES AND
PROVEED SERVICE TO HIS
COMMUNITY AND WHEREAS THE THIRD
MONDAY IN JANUARY HAS BEEN
ESTABLISHED AS A NATIONAL
HOLIDAY TO OBSERVE DR. KING'S
BIRTH THE CABARRUS COUNTY BOARD
OF COMMISSIONERS HEREBY
PROCLAIMS MONDAY, DECEMBER 18TH
TO BE DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING
DAY HONORING DR. KING AND HIS
LEGACY OF PEACE AND EQUALITY
FOR ALL CITIZENS.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE?
NEXT WE HAVE ACTIVE LIVING IN
PARKS. I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE
WANDA STRONG AND LENORA PARKS,
IF YOU'LL COME UP, PLEASE.
>> GOOD EVENING. THE NORTH
CAROLINA RECREATION AND PARK
ASSOCIATION RECOGNIZES
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE MADE
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS IN
ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
THESE AWARDS ARE PRESENTED
ANNUALLY AT THE STATE
CONFERENCE. THIS YEAR THE
ACTIVE LIVING AND PARKS
DEPARTMENT STAFF SUBMITTED AN
APPLICATION NOMINATING LENORE
BARON FOR HER CONTRIBUTION IN
GEFLING A SCHOOL PARK MORE
SPECIFICALLY THE DEVELOPMENT OF
A WALKING TRAIL, THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A PAVED WALKING
TRAIL, CAMERA FOR BIRD AND DEER
WATCHING, NATURE OF SIGNS,
COMPOSTING, PLANT
IDENTIFICATION, REINTRODUCTION
OF NATIVE PLANTS, THROUGH THE
ACTIVE LIVING AND PARKS
DEPARTMENT, $90,550 HAS BEEN
AWARDED TO WEDDINGTON HILLS
THROUGH MISS BARRON'S EFFORTS.
THERE'S A LOT MORE MONEY THAN
JUST THAT $90,000. THE SPECIAL
CITATION AWARD IS PRESENTED
ANNUALLY TO SOMEONE WHO HAS
DEMONSTRATED AN OUTSTANDING
INTEREST IN THE FIELD OF
RECREATION AND PARKS. EVIDENCED
BY THE PROJECT ITSELF, THE FACT
THAT STUDENTS' WORK ON THE
NATURE TRAIL AS A REWARD AND
STUDENTS COME BACK AND CHECK ON
THE PROJECT AS WELL AS THE
LETTERS OF SUPPORT NOMINATING
MR. BARRON, SHE IS VERY
DESERVING OF THIS AWARD. I
DON'T KNOW THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
NOMINATIONS SUBMITTED FOR THIS
AWARD THIS YEAR BUT NORMALLY IT
RANGES FROM 50 TO 75 TO 100, IN
THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, SO WE WERE
VERY PLEASED WHEN WE FOUND THAT
MISS BARRON HAD WON THIS AWARD.
THERE WERE LETTERS FROM THE
SUPERINTENDENT, THE BOARD OF
COMMISSION CHAIR, MRS. JANET
SMITH, HER PRINCIPAL, AND
SEVERAL PARENTS. THE THEME
THROUGH ALL THESE LETTERS WAS
THE SAME, A GREAT ROLE MODEL,
GREAT MENTOR, DEDICATED AND
MOST IMPORTANTLY, A COMMENT WE
HAVE HEARD ABOUT MRS. BARRON
SAYING IT'S ALL ABOUT THE KIDS.
SO WITH THAT SAID, ON BEHALF OF
THE NORTH CAROLINA RECREATION
AND PARK ASSOCIATION I'D LIKE
TO PRESENT THE 2013 AWARD
SPECIAL CITATION AWARD TO
LENORE BARRON.
(APPLAUSE).
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I'M
JUST SO PLEASED BECAUSE THIS IS
JUST A GREAT PARTNERSHIP THAT
WE HAVE HAD WITH THE PARKS AND
RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND I
COULDN'T DO IT, OF COURSE,
WITHOUT THE LEADERSHIP FROM OUR
STAFF HERE, THE PRINCIPAL AND
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL. WE JUST
HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY THERE
TO GET KIDS OUTSIDE AND THEY
LOVE IT, THEY REALLY LOVE IT.
WE'VE HAD A GARDEN THE LAST
COUPLE YEARS AND WE WERE EVEN
ABLE TO SHARE OUR GREEN PEPPER
WITH COMMISSIONER THIS SUMMER..
>> IF YOUR PRINCIPAL WILL STAND
UP, PLEASE? I KNOW WEDDINGTON
HILLS HAS BEEN, YOU'VE BEEN
WORKING ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
>> YES.
>> 12, 13, 14, 15 YEARS OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW
SHE'LL NEVER LET YOU RETIRE AND
IF YOU DO IT WON'T MATTER,
YOU'LL STILL HAVE TO BE OUT
THERE KEEPING IT. THANK YOU
FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE
OUT THERE, YOU SURE HAVE TAKEN
THAT SCHOOL TO HEART.
>> THANK YOU, WE HAVE A GREAT
PARTNERSHIP AND THAT'S WHAT
IT'S ALL ABOUT. THANK YOU.
>> NEXT WE HAVE JONATHAN
MARSHAL AND I'D ALSO ASK DAVID
BAXTER TO COME UP. IS JUDGE
HORTON COMING UP TOO?
>> MAYBE RELUCTANTLY BUT HE'S
GOING TO JOIN US.
>> I THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH
PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE YOU COME
DOWN, JUDGE.
>> OBVIOUSLY I'M PINCH HITTING
FOR DEPUTY COUNTY MANAGER
DUBOIS IN PRESENTING THESE
AWARDS.
PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE
TELEVISION PROGRAMMING YOU HEAR
FROM THE CITIZENS, WE HEAR FROM
THE CITIZENS ALL THE TIME HOW
MUCH THEY LEARN THROUGH THAT
PROGRAMMING. I PERSONALLY LOVE
WATCHING THE HISTORIC MOMENTS,
IN FACT I TOLD JUDGE HORTON
THAT I WATCHED THE PFEIFER
FAMILY OVER AGAIN AND IT WAS AN
EXCUSE TO WATCH IT AGAIN.
IN ADDITION TO DAVID BAXTER, WE
HAVE OTHER STAFF, FORMER STAFF
MEMBERS WERE AMONG THOSE WHO
WORKED ON THESE AND ARE BEING
RECOGNIZED, WE HAVE TASHA
THOMPSON AS WELL AS TWO NEW
STAFF MEMBERS, JARED GLASS
(INAUDIBLE) WHO WORKED ON THIS.
THE FIRST PLACE SAVVY AWARD WAS
FOR THE HISTORIC MOMENTS ON THE
PFEIFFER FAMILY. THE JUDGES
DESCRIBED THAT IN THEIR COMMENT
Z AS THE SCRIPT AND STORY
TELLING WERE SUPERB AND THE
THIRD PLACE AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
WAS FOR CABARRUS COUNTY THIS
WEEK AND THE HOT AIR BALLOON
RIDE. IF YOU WATCHED THAT ONE I
MADE NOTE THAT DAVID, WHO HAS A
MUCH DEEPER VOICE THAN ME, THE
HIGHER IT WENT OR THE LONGER IT
WENT UP THE HIGHER HIS VOICE
GOT. BUT THEY NOTED THAT ONE
WAS IMPRESSIVE ENERGETIC TALENT
-- YOUR VOICE GETTING HIGHER --
AND VERY PROFESSIONAL EDITING.
THESE ARE NATIONAL AWARDS BUT
OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH
DEPARTMENT HAVE WON 16 NATIONAL
AWARDS IN THE LAST 5 YEARS
ALONE AND THOSE ARE DISPLAYED
IN THE CABINET DOWNSTAIRS.
>> JONATHAN, THANKS. WHEN I
CAME ON BOARD 10 YEARS AGO WHEN
AMY HOCHINS AND I WERE HIRED,
ONE OF THE FIRST RELATIONSHIPS
WE FORGED WAS WITH HISTORIC
CABARRUS AND CLARENCE AND THAT
HAS BEEN A 22 SEGMENT FRUITFUL
RELATIONSHIP AND WORKING WITH
CLARENCE IS A JOY AND OBVIOUSLY
IT'S REALLY NICE TO BE
RECOGNIZED WITH YOUR PEERS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WE WERE
THE ONLY STATION IN THE COUNTRY
TO ACTUALLY WIN TWO AWARDS IN
THE SAME CATEGORY AND WE'RE
REALLY PLEASED ABOUT THAT.
BUT BESIDES THAT, THE REAL
THING THAT IS JOYFUL WORKING IN
THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT
AND WE HAVE SUCH A GREAT TEAM
NOW, IT'S LIKE WE GET PEOPLE
COMING UP TO US ALL THE TIME
AND TELLING US HOW IT AFFECTED
THEIR LIFE, THE STUFF THAT THEY
HEAR ON THE CHANNEL, THEY SEE
ON THE WEB SITE, FACEBOOK, ALL
THOSE, THE SOCIAL MEDIA ASPECT,
THAT IN SOME CASES IT LITERALLY
CHANGED PEOPLE'S LIVES. THERE
WAS ONE CASE IN PARTICULAR
WHERE THERE WAS A WOMAN THAT
CAME UP AND SAID THAT HER
PARENTS HAD WORKED IN THE CANON
MILLS ALL THEIR LIFE AND WHEN
CANON MILLS CLOSED DOWN THEY
REALLY WERE STRUGGLING AND THEY
WERE BARELY EXISTING AND THEY
HEARD ABOUT A PROGRAM WE TALKED
ABOUT ON THE SHOW AND THEY
FOUND OUT ABOUT IT, THEY
QUALIFIED FOR IT AND THEY WENT
FROM EXISTING TO LIVING. AND
SHE JUST WANTED TO THANK US FOR
THAT. AND THAT IS THE TYPE OF
THING BECAUSE -- AND IN OTHER
CASES IT'S QUALITY OF LIFE.
THERE'S SO MUCH THAT THE COUNTY
DOES FOR ALL THE CITIZENS AND
THE RESIDENTS OF CABARRUS
COUNTY, I'LL JUST SO HAPPY THAT
OUR TEAM CAN DO ONE LITTLE
THING TO GET THAT INFORMATION
OUT THERE AND HELP FOLKS.
ANYWAY, THAT'S MINE. DO YOU
WANT TO SAY SOMETHING?
>> VERY BRIEFLY. THIS GIVES ME
AN OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THIS
BOARD FOR HAVING THE VISION TO
HAVE THIS PROGRAM CONTINUE OVER
THE YEARS. WE NEVER INTENDED IT
TO GO, DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD GO
THIS LONG SO WE THANK YOU FOR
THAT AND ALSO GIVES ME THE
CHANCE TO THANK YOU FOR, THIS
IS THE 40TH YEAR OF THE
PRESERVATION OF THE HISTORIC
COURTHOUSE AND THAT'S TURNED
INTO OUR MOST RECOGNIZABLE
BEAUTIFUL BUILDING. THAT WOULD
NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT
THE SUPPORT OF THE BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS SO ON BEHALF OF
ALL THE CITIZENS AND ALL THOSE
WHO WORK IN THIS AREA, THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CONGRATULATIONS.
(APPLAUSE).
>> OKAY, NEXT WE WANT TO
RECOGNIZE BEN ROSE AND ASK BEN
TO COME UP AND TERRI MONTGOMERY
TO COME UP AND JOIN HIM.
>> GOOD EVENING, THIS IS WITH
MIXED EMOTIONS TONIGHT THAT WE
RECOGNIZE AND HONOR TERRI AND
HER RETIREMENT. I'LL GIVE YOU A
LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT TERRI,
SHE JOINED THE AGENCY IN APRIL,
2004 AFTER 33 YEARS WITH
PILLOWTEX AFTER THEIR CLOSING.
SHE CAME TO US AS AN ACTING
CLERK AND SHE HAS BEEN
RESPONSIBLE AS THE AGENCY HAS
GROWN, HELPING US GET OUR BILLS
PAID ON TIME, AS YOU CAN
IMAGINE WITH AN AGENCY OF THIS
SIZE WE HAVE QUITE A FEW BILLS,
SHE HELPED WITH THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF NC FAST
PROGRAM. ANYTHING WITH NC IN
FRONT OF IT HAS NOT WORKED VERY
WELL RECENTLY AND NC FAST IS NO
EXCEPTION. SHE HAS WORKED WITH
US TO GET ALL THE BUGS OUT OF
IT AS WELL. SHE ENJOYS GOING
TO THE BEACH WITH HER HUSBAND,
TONY, WHO IS HERE TONIGHT AND
WE'RE GLAD HE'S JOINED US. I
UNDERSTAND THEY ENJOY RIDING
MOTORCYCLES AND THEY ENJOY
THEIR PETS, A DOG, A LITTLE
DOG, BUT THE MOST FUN THING
ABOUT TERRI THAT I LIKE IS THAT
SHE IS A HUGE FAN OF WRESTLING
AND WE HAVE HAD MANY
DISCUSSIONS ABOUT RICK FLARE,
DUSTY ROSE, MCDANIEL, THE OLD
SCHOOL GUYS. SHE IS A CURRENT
FAN TODAY AND SHE GETS SO
EXCITED ABOUT IT AND IT'S SUCH
A JOY TO TALK TO HER ABOUT
WRESTLING. WE'RE GOING TO
REALLY MISS TERRI, SHE'S BEEN A
WONDERFUL A ASSET TO OUR
DEPARTMENT, WE'RE EXCITED FOR
HER AND GLAD SHE WILL BE MOVING
ON TO ANOTHER PHASE OF
RETIREMENT BUT WE WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR EVERYTHING DONE FOR THE
COUNTY AND THE CITIZENS AND ON
BEHALF OF THE COUNTY I'D LIKE
TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS.
CONGRATULATIONS, TERRI, ON YOUR
RETIREMENT.
>> I WAS TRULY DEVASTATED WHEN
I LOST MY JOB FROM PILLOW TEX
AFTER 33 YEARS AND I WORKED
THERE UNTIL OCTOBER. MOST OF
THE PEOPLE LEFT IN JULY BUT I
WORKED UNTIL OCTOBER OF 2003
AND THEN MY HUSBAND KEPT
ENCOURAGING ME TO APPLY WITH
THE COUNTY, SO I DID. AND I
KEPT APPLYING AND APPLYING, YOU
DIDN'T GET THIS JOB, APPLY FOR
THE NEXT ONE SO I DID. I'M SO
GLAD I DID BECAUSE GOD BLESSED
ME WITH THIS JOB, I AM TRULY
BLESSED WITH IT, I HAVE HAD A
WONDERFUL WORK EXPERIENCE,
GREAT PEOPLE TO WORK WITH AND
IT'S BEEN MY HONOR AND
PRIVILEGE TO WORK FOR CABARRUS
COUNTY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
(APPLAUSE).
>> WE APPRECIATE YOUR HUSBAND
BEING PERSISTENT ENOUGH TO KEEP
TELLING YOU TO APPLY. THANK YOU.
NEXT WE HAVE INFORMAL PUBLIC
COMMENTS. FIRST I'D LIKE TO
CALL ON BISHOP ROLAND JORDAN.
WELCOME, BISHOP.
>> THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS,
ATTORNEY AND SECRETARY, CAN'T
DO WITHOUT THE SECRETARY. I
KNOW THE SECRETARY CAN AND I
COMMEND HER.
THANKS, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
THE PROCLAMATION OF DR. KING,
OPEN TO THE GLORY IT CAN BE TO
BE TO CABARRUS COUNTY BECAUSE
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP
PEACE AND EQUALITY TO ALL
MANKIND AND CHILD AND I'VE BEEN
THANKFUL FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AS WELL AS
YOUR BOARD WITH A SITUATION I
HAD. IT WAS A HARDSHIP BEING A
MAN BUT JESUS SAID WE HAVE TO
ENDURE HARDSHIP. I PRAISE GOD
THE BATTLE NOT OVER BUT WE'RE
STILL LOOKING FOR JUSTICE TO BE
DONE. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT.
ON THE MATTER OF EDUCATION,
IT'S A TEAR IPBL THING TO WASTE
SO LET'S KEEP THAT HOPE AND
WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT
THE SCHOOL, GOD BLESS, HAVE A
HAPPY NEW YEAR AND A MERRY
CHRISTMAS.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT, JEAN
GRISWALD
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS AND
STAFF AND MERRY CHRISTMAS, MY
NAME IS JEAN GRISWALD, I LIVE
OUT IN THE COUNTY AND I
CURRENTLY SIT AS AN AT LARGE
REPUBLIC COMMITTEE AND AS SUCH
MY THANKS GO TO THOSE OF YOU
WHO WERE ABLE TO HEAR US LAST
NIGHT TO HEAR DAVID BARTON
SPEAK, WHAT AN INCREDIBLE
PRESENTATION.
TODAY I SPEAK TO YOU AS AN
INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN OF CABARRUS
COUNTY.
MY HUSBAND AND I OWN 4 SMALL
BUSINESSES BASED IN CABARRUS
COUNTY, THEY INCLUDE AN
ELECTRONICS FIRM, A REAL ESTATE
BROKERAGE AND A PROPERTY
MANAGEMENT COMPANY THAT FOCUSES
ON PROVIDING SERVICES TO
DEPLOYED MILITARY FAMILIES. WE
ARE A MILITARY FAMILY. MY SON
JACK LIVES IN HARRIS BURG, HE
IS A WEST POINT GRAD, MY
HUSBAND AND BOTH OF MY BROTHERS
ARE ARMY VETERANS SO YOU CAN
SEE EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN
CABARRUS COUNTY THAT AFFECTS
SMALL BUSINESS, THE ELDERLY OR
OUR VETERANS IS VERY DEAR TO
OUR HEARTS.
AT THE WORK SESSION EARLIER
THIS MONTH, COMMISSIONER
OESTERREICH MADE A PRESENTATION
BEGINNING AT HOUR 1:18:25. FOR
THOSE CITIZENS WHO HAVE NOT
HEARD THAT PRESENTATION I
ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO BACK AND
WATCH THE PRESENTATION, EITHER
ON YOU TUBE OR VIA THE COUNTY'S
WEB SITE, JASON OESTERREICH DOT
COM. EVERY CITIZEN OF CABARRUS
COUNTY NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THE
IMPACT OF HIS FINDINGS ON THEIR
OWN SMALL BUSINESSES, OUR
VETERANS AND THE ELDERLY. TODAY
I ENCOURAGE EACH OF YOU AS
BOARD MEMBERS TASKED WITH THE
FISCAL CARE TAKING AND
DECISION-MAKING RESPONSIBILITY
FOR THIS COUNTY TO TAKE
COMMISSIONER OESTERREICH'S
RECOMMENDATIONS UNDER CLOSE
REVIEW AND NEPB MAKE EACH AND
EVERY ONE OF THEM A PART OF THE
BUDGET PROCESS FOR FISCAL YEAR
2015 AND ON-GOING YEARS. MY
FAMILY AND I ARE IN FULL
SUPPORT OF WHAT COMMISSIONER
OESTERREICH HAS BROUGHT BEFORE
AND RECOMMENDED TO THE BOARD
AND THE COUNTY. THANK YOU SO
MUCH, MERRY CHRISTMAS.
MUCH , MERRY CH RISTMAS.PARS4
>> THANK YOU .
>> GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS,
CHAIRMAN AND BOARD, I COME
TONIGHT, CAME LAST MONTH AND
HAD SOME CONCERNS. CAME BACK
THIS TIME AFTER DOING A LITTLE
RESEARCH AND EVERYTHING, A
COUPLE THINGS, THE NO. 1 THING
IS I WANT THE PEOPLE OF
CABARRUS COUNTY TO UNDERSTAND
THAT ONE THING THAT I DO NOT
UNDERSTAND AND MAYBE YOU CAN
BRING SOME LIGHT TO IT, THE
CABARRUS ARENA WAS BUILT IN
ABOUT 2000, 2001, AND I'M JUST
NOT QUITE UNDERSTANDING WHY OUR
COUNTY IS STILL SENDING A
$600,000-SOMETHING CHECK A YEAR
TO THIS FACILITY. I WAS UNDER
THE UNDERSTANDING WHEN IT WAS
TO BEGIN THAT IT WAS GOING TO
BE A PROFITABLE THING FOR IT TO
STAND ON ITS OWN FEET AND TO
THIS DAY IF YOU ARE STILL
SENDING THIS CHECK, WHAT YOU
SENT IN THE LAST 5 OR 6 YEARS
COULD HAVE PUT SOME OF THESE
ROOFS ON THESE SCHOOLS THAT YOU
ARE LOOKING FOR. I WENT THROUGH
TO THE STATE FAIR AND SOME OF
THE OTHER FACILITIES THAT HAVE
LIKE THIS AND THERE'S NOIE
MONEY STATEMENT THAT GOES INTO
THESE, THEY ARE WORKING ON
THEIR OWN AND I THINK THAT IT'S
TIME FOR YOU THE COMMISSIONERS
TO REVIEW AND LOOK AT THIS AND
LET ARENA STAND ON ITS OWN AND
USE THAT MONEY FOR SOMETHING
ELSE BESIDES UPFITTING IT OR
WHATEVER IT IS.
THE OTHER IS THERE'S SOME
QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME TRIPS
THAT'S BEEN TAKEN HERE LATELY
SERL TIMES IN A ROW BY A COUNTY
EMPLOYEE THAT'S, I KNOW THE
COST OF THINGS, OF TRAVEL AND
EVERYTHING IS BUT I THINK
THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT NEEDS
TO BE TAKEN IN CONSIDERATION
ALSO AND LOOKED AT. I JUST, YOU
KNOW, WE'RE FOR A BETTER
CABARRUS COUNTY AND I THINK
THAT THE FAIR ALSO NEEDS TO BE
LOOKED AT WITH A GOOD HEAVY EYE
AND SEE IF WE CAN'T MAKE IT FOR
BETTER. THANK YOU, MERRY
CHRISTMAS.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT, CAROLYN
CARPENTER.
>> GOOD EVENING. I AM CAROLYN
CARPENTER AND I'M THE CHAIRMAN
OF THE CABARRUS COUNTY FAIR
BOARD.
FIRST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE TO
WISH ALL OF YOU FROM THE
EXECUTIVE BOARD A VERY MERRY
CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR
AND I'M HERE THIS EVENING
BASICALLY TO LET YOU KNOW THAT
THE FAIR IS DOING VERY WELL. WE
HAVE GOT TWO VERY GOOD -- THE
FAIR MANAGER HAS DONE A VERY
GOOD JOB AND ALSO MATT
BERRINGER THAT RUNS THE AG PART
HAS DONE A VERY GOOD JOB THIS
PAST FAIR, WENT VERY, VERY
WELL, WE HAD RECORD ATTENDANCE.
ALSO WE BROUGHT HOME 22
INTERNATIONAL AWARDS AND STATE
AWARDS. I THINK THAT IS
OUTSTANDING FOR OUR FAIR. AS
DAVID MENTIONED EARLIER, THE
COMMUNICATION OUTREACH, THEY
DID 16 AWARDS IN 5 YEARS SO I
THINK FOR US TO BRING HOME 22
AWARDS IN ONE YEAR IS
OUTSTANDING. AND THEY ARE
TRYING TO TAKE OUR FAIR ANOTHER
LEVEL. THEY HAVE WORKED VERY
HARD AND I KNOW THIS PAST FAIR
THEY WERE PUTTING OUT SURVEYS
TO ASK THE PEOPLE THAT CAME
WHAT CAN WE DO BETTER. AND THEY
DO THIS LAST YEAR, THEY DID IT
THIS YEAR, AND WE WORK VERY
*** THE SANITATION PART, WE
WERE VERY CONCERNED ESPECIALLY
SINCE THE OUTBREAK OF E. COLI,
WE WORKED VERY HARD PUTTING
EXTRA STATIONS IN PLACE AND I
THINK WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL
FAIR AND I THINK IT'S DUE TO
THE MANAGEMENT AND WE WORKED
VERY HARD. WE DO A REALLY GOOD
JOB, WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING FROM
MANY, MANY STATES TO COME TO
OUR FAIR AND I THINK YOU CAN BE
VERY PROUD OF THE MANAGEMENT
STAFF THAT WE HAVE THERE IN
PLACE AND I THINK THAT YOU
SHOULD BE VERY, VERY PROUD OF
THEM. I KNOW THAT OUR EXECUTIVE
BOARD, WE MEET WITH THEM AND
WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM AND
WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD OF IT
AND WHEN WE SEE A PROBLEM WE DO
TRY TO CORRECT IT AND IF
SOMEONE BRINGS IT TO OUR
ATTENTION WE DO TRY TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE DOING WHAT WE
NEED TO DO AND THE STAFF DO
TAKE THOSE THINGS VERY, VERY
SERIOUSLY. BUT I THINK YOU CAN
BE VERY, VERY PROUD OF THE
STAFF THAT YOU'VE GOT ON HAND
AND AGAIN WE WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR ALL YOU DO AND IF YOU DO
HAVE QUESTIONS WE ARE ALWAYS
HAVE AN OPEN DOOR POLICY AND WE
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO DO.
THANK YOU AND Y'ALL HAVE A
GREAT NEW YEAR'S.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE
JAMES LINZ
>> EVER COURSE I AM JAMES LINZ
AND I LIVE AT 4499 HIGHWAY 73
EAST WHICH IS IN THE CONCORD
AREA. I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH
THE FAIR FOR PROBABLY 50 YEARS,
EVER SINCE IT BEGAN. STARTING
WITH AS A YOUNG PARTICIPANT
WITH CATTLE AND THEN LATER THE
OTHER THINGS.
AS A WHOLE I THINK THE FAIR
DOES A TERRIFIC JOB. WE CAN'T
BE BLAMED FOR ANY LOSS OF THE
WHOLE PROGRAM OUT THERE. WE ARE
ONLY OUT THERE FOR A WEEK, YOU
KNOW, WE'RE SETTING UP FOR A
WEEK AND TEARING DOWN. I KNOW
WE HAVE RECEIVED 16 AWARDS
WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS,
OR KATE HAS, SHE'S DOING A
REMARKABLE JOB.
JUST THINKING MY INVOLVEMENT, I
WAS OUT FOR TWO YEARS, I WAS
DRAFTED IN THE ARMY SO I WAS
GONE AND THAT'S THE TWO YEARS
THAT I WAS NOT OUT THERE. OTHER
THAN THAT, I WAS THERE.
THE FAIR GROWS ON YOU. YOU MEET
A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE OUT
THERE. ONE THING, I HAVE NEVER
BEEN SALARIED IN ANY WAY. I'VE
HANDLED MONEY A LOT OF TIMES
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF EYES ON IT
WHEN I'VE GOT THE MONEY.
YOU KNOW, IF I WAS TRYING TO
IMPROVE THE FAIR, I WOULD MAKE
SUGGESTIONS, I WOULD GET SOME
FORMAL INFORMATION AND MAKE
SUGGESTIONS AND TRY TO CARRY
THEM OUT. THAT WOULD BE MY WAY
OF DOING IT AND NOT
DESTRUCTION, BY NOT UPSETTING
OUR STAFF. OUR STAFF IS VERY
UPSET AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST
PROBLEM I HAVE AND WE'RE
FORTUNATE TO HAVE THEM AND
THANK YOU AND Y'ALL HAVE A
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
>> THANK YOU.
BRITNEY TRUESDALE.
>> MY NAME IS BRITNEY
TRUESDALE, I'M WITH THE ANIMAL
HOUSE 4-H, I WAS NAMED IN THE
TRIBUNE WHEN I SPOKE HERE LAST
MONTH ON THE CONDITIONS OF THE
CABARRUS COUNTY FAIR. WE'RE NOT
BRINGING THIS TO YOU BECAUSE WE
WERE MAD, THE REASON WE CAME TO
MAKE YOU AWARE WAS WHAT WAS
GOING ON AND HOW UNSAFE IT WAS
FOR US AND OUR SHEEP.
.
>> THANK YOU. SUSAN FURR
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS,
FOR HAVING US TODAY. I SPOKE TO
YOU LAST MONTH WITH BRITNEY ON
THE CONDITIONS AT THE CABARRUS
COUNTY FAIR AND I WAS QUOTED IN
AN ARTICLE WITH I THINK HER
NAME WAS KAREN WILSON. SHE SAID
SHE INTERVIEWED MATT BARRIER
AND SHE INTERVIEW EDUCATE
SHARP. NUMEROUS TIMES BOTH OF
THEM SAID WE WERE JUST
COMPLAINING BECAUSE OUR SHEEP
HAD TO FOLLOW THE COWS AND THIS
WAS STATE LAW AND THE LAW
REQUIRES THEM TO FOLLOW THAT.
AFTER TALKING TO THE NC STATE
UNIVERSITY, NEIL BONO THERE IS
NO SUCH LAW. THEY CAN MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS WHERE I THINK
THERE IS SOMETHING IN
WASHINGTON,DC, WHERE SOME SHEEP
CONTRACTED SOMETHING AND IT
WENT TO THE COWS AND THIS IS IN
WASHINGTON, DC AND THIS IS KIND
OF AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. WE
WERE NOT MAD BECAUSE THE SHEEP
HAD TO FOLLOW THE COWS, WE
FOLLOW THE COWS AT MOST OF THE
FAIRS AND THAT DOESN'T AFFECT
US. I AM KIND OF UPSET ABOUT
THE FACT THAT THE LADY DID NOT
CALL ME FOR AN INTERVIEW, SHE
CALLED THEM AND TALKED TO THEM
BUT SHE DIDN'T CALL ME BACK. I
SHOWED Y'ALL THE PICTURES OF
WHAT HAPPENED AND I'M SURE YOU
READ THIS ARTICLE THAT WAS IN
THE PAPER AND THEY SAID THAT
THEY MAY HAVE MISSED A PILE OR
TWO ALONG THE WAY.
THERE WERE THREE DAYS, I THINK
THE LAST COW SHOWED ON THURSDAY
AND WE WERE THERE ON SATURDAY.
THERE WAS PLENTY EVER TIME TO
CLEAN THIS UP AND INSTEAD THEY
JUST KEPT ON PILING ON STRAW
AND AS A MATTER OF FACT HE SAYS
WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT TO THEIR
ATTENTION THEY BROUGHT MORE
STRAW OUT AND PILED IT ON TOP
OF IT. THIS IS AN UNSAFE
CONDITION FOR KIDS AND THERE
WERE PEOPLE, THE GATES WEREN'T
BEING MANNED, EVERYBODY WAS
COMING THROUGH AND GOING BOTH
WAYS. THE REASON I COMPLAIN
ABOUT STUFF LIKE THIS, NO. 1,
IS MY KIDS ARE OUT OF POCKET
MONEY A TOTAL OF ABOUT $1500
THAT THESE KIDS WILL NEVER GET
BACK, I'VE GOT THREE OF THEM
THAT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SHOW
NEXT YEAR BECAUSE THEY CAN'T
GET A SHEEP. I'LL TRY TO GET
THEM SPONSORS TO BUY THEM SHEEP
BUT IT'S ALL WATER UNDER THE
BRIDGE NOW. WHEN A KID GETS E.
COLI, A LOT OF THEM DON'T COME
OUT OF IT. THERE WERE KIDS
LAYING IN THE STRAW, PLAYING IN
THE STRAW, THEY HAD NO IDEA.
THERE WERE PEOPLE BACK THERE
WITH KIDS WITH STROLLERS, THESE
PEOPLE HAD NO IDEA WHAT LURKED
UNDER THE STRAW. ALL THE PEOPLE
I TALKED TO FROM NC STATE AND
ALL SAID THE BIGGEST CONCERN
WAS THEY WERE USING STRAW.
STRAW HOLDS MOISTURE, IT HOLDS
BACTERIA AND THIS WAS HELD
THERE.
WE WERE REQUIRED TO GET HEALTH
PAPERS AND WE PAID $75 FOR
THESE HEALTH PAPERS, WE HAD
THEM OUT THERE IN A BOOK FOR
THEM TO LOOK AT AND THEY DIDN'T
LOOK AT THEM. AS A RESULT
SOMEBODY'S LAMB THERE HAD SORE
MOUTH AND OUR LAMBS CONTRACTED
SORE MOUTH FROM THAT AND I HAD
THREE LAMBS THAT WERE NOT ABLE
TO GO ON TO THE STATE FAIR,
THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO GO TO ANY
OF THE OTHER FAIRS AND THESE
KIDS LOST THEIR MONEY. THAT'S
MY CONCERN. WOULD Y'ALL LIKE TO
PAY THE $1500 THAT THESE KIDS
ARE OUT? I THINK MATT BEARER,
I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYBODY SAID,
SHOULDN'T BE WITH ANY KIND OF
ANIMALS, I'M SHOCKED HE'S IN
AGRICULTURE AT ALL, I TALKED TO
THE PEOPLE AT NORTH CAROLINA
UNIVERSITY, THEY WERE LIKE,
WHAT? NEXT YEAR THEY WILL BE
WATCHING HOW HIGH IT'S STACKED
AND WHAT'S STACKED UNDER IT.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
>> GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU FOR
LETTING US COME AND SPEAK
TODAY, MY NAME IS EMERALD
LAYTON, I SHOW SHEEP THIS YEAR
AT THE CABARRUS COUNTY FAIR I
WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED WHEN I
WALKED INTO THE BARN AND SEEN
THE CONDITIONS THEY EXPECTED
OUR SHEEP TO GO INTO. MY TEAM
AND I SPENT A LOT OF TIME
CLEANING THE PENS OUR SHEEP GO
INTO AND AS A RESULT OF THAT WE
DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO PREPARE
OURSELVES OR THE ANIMALS. I WAS
NOT COMFORTABLE GOING INTO THE
AREA, I WASN'T COMFORTABLE WITH
MY OWN WELL-BEING IN THE AREA.
IN OUR AGRICULTURE CLASSES WE
ARE TAUGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF
DISINFECTING THE AREA BEFORE
ANOTHER ANIMAL COMES IN AND
JUST COMMON BASIC SAFETY
PROCEDURES THAT NEED TO TAKE
PLACE BEFORE ANIMALS ARE
BROUGHT INTO SOMETHING LIKE
THAT. I WAS SHOCKED THEY
ALLOWED US TO COME IN THERE, I
WAS SHOCKED THEY ALLOWED THE
ANIMALS TO COME IN AND THE
PUBLIC. THERE WAS BYSTANDERS
COMING THROUGH THE AREA MARKED
OFF FOR LIVESTOCK EXHIBITORS
AND ANIMALS ONLY. THIS IS THE
FIRST SHOW THAT I WAS ABLE TO
TAKE MY LAMB TO AND IT'S THE
LAST. MY LAST COSTED ME $350,
IT COSTED $300 TO FEED HIM
THROUGHOUT THE SHOW SEASON, I
SPENT $50 IN HEALTH CARE ON THE
LAMB AND THAT TOTALS UP TO BE
ABOUT $700. BECAUSE I WAS NOT
ABLE TO TAKE THE LAMB TO THE
NORTH CAROLINA STATE FAIR, I
STILL HAVE THE LAMB, I WASN'T
ABLE TO SELL HIM THERE. I AM
STILL HAVING IT FEED HIM AND
PROVIDE HEALTH CARE FOR HIM. IF
I TAKE THIS LAMB TO AUCTION, I
MAY BE ABLE TO GET $100, MAYBE.
THAT WILL STILL LEAVE ME IN THE
HOLE ABOUT $500. THANK YOU FOR
LETTING US SPEAK TODAY.
>> THANK YOU. BRIAN STANCIL
>> HI, I'M BRIAN STANCIL, I'M
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE TRACTORS
FOR CABARRUS COUNTY FIRE. IT
WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION
THAT IN THE REPORT FROM RALEIGH
STATE FIRE THAT COME BACK TO
CABARRUS COUNTY FAIR THAT I HAD
14 TRACTORS THAT WAS NOT SO, I
ONLY HAD 7. THREE OF MY GUYS
DID NOT RECEIVE THEIR PREMIUM,
THEIR $10 FOR BRINGING
TRACTORS, ONE OF THEM IS MR.
MARK WHO WAS HERE, MR. JAY
SMITH WHO WAS HERE, HE DIDN'T
RECEIVE HIS AND ALSO DAVID
BOST, WHICH IS MARVIN'S SON, HE
DID NOT RECEIVE HIS PREMIUM.
I'M ONLY LIMITED TO SO MUCH
SPACE PER TRACTORS. MY REQUEST
IS FOR THE FAIR OFFICE, IF I'M
GOING TO NEED MORE SPACE TO GET
MORE TRACTORS IN, I'M LIMITED
TO SO MUCH SPACE, THEY WANT
MORE TRACTORS FOR THE FAIR, I
CANNOT RECEIVE ANY MORE
TRACTORS UNLESS THE FAIR
MANAGER PUTS ME MORE SPACE OUT
AT THE FAIR FOR THE TRACTORS.
THANK YOU, MERRY CHRISTMAS.
>> THANK YOU. JOE SMITH.
>> I MOVED UP HERE TO CABARRUS
COUNTY IN 1963 AND I BEEN
ATTENDING A GOOD MANY FAIRS,
CABARRUS COUNTY FAIR EVEN WHEN
IT WAS OVER ON USED CEMETERY
ROAD, BEEN ATTENDING THE FAIR
DOWN IN STANLEY COUNTY, I SEEN
A LOT OF CHANGES IN CABARRUS
COUNTY FAIR IN THE LAST 5, 6
YEARS. I LIVE JUST ACROSS THE
ROAD FROM WHERE THE NEW
FAIRGROUND IS NOW AND THE CROWD
IS GETTING SLACKER AND SLACKER.
YOU WANT TO SEE A GOOD CROWD, I
THINK WE NEED A TRACTOR PULL OR
MAYBE A HORSE PULL OVER THERE
AT THE CABARRUS COUNTY FAIR, I
THINK IT WOULD HELP, IT WOULD
BRING A LOT OF PEOPLE IN.
PEOPLE REALLY GO OUT FOR THAT.
YOU GO DOWN TO BIG LICK WHEN
MR. TED ANSON PUTS ON A SHOW
YOU DON'T GET THERE WITHIN TWO
HOURS OR TWO AND A HALF HOURS
BEFORE THE SHOW IT'S HARD TO
GET A PARKING PLACE. THEY PACK
IT IN TO SEE A TRACTOR PULL AND
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT
STEP FOR THE CABARRUS COUNTY
FAIR IF THEY COULD PUT IN
SOMETHING LIKE THAT. OTHER THAN
THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO
COMPLAIN ABOUT. I'D LIKE TO SEE
IT GET OPENED UP AND GET SOME
EXCITEMENT GOING OVER THERE,
MAYBE GET THE COST DOWN A
LITTLE BIT ON THE PEOPLE THAT
COMES IN AND SETS UP TO SELL
THE FOOD, BARBECUE, THE TURKEY
LEGS, I'VE TALKED TO A GOOD
MANY OF THEM, THEY COMPLAIN
ABOUT THE BIG PRICE THEY HAVE
TO PAY. THE GUY COME DOWN FROM
MORGANTON THAT DOES THE
BLACKSMITH WORK, HE SAYS HE
CAN'T GET A LITTLE BIT CHEAPER
DEAL THAN WHAT HE'S HAD THE
LAST 5 OR 6 YEARS HE SAID HE
PROBABLY WOULDN'T SHOW BACK UP.
SO THAT WOULD BE A GREAT HELP
TO HELP SOME OF THE PEOPLE LIKE
THAT IF WE COULD.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH, GOD
BLESS, HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE
ROBERT SIMMONS.
>> MY NAME IS ROBERT SIMMONS, I
HAVE BEEN HERE TWICE BEFORE
TRYING TO GET YOU TO SOLVE THE
PROBLEM AT THE CABARRUS COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY SERVICES.
THEY ARE OPENLY DISCRIMINATING
AGAINST PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THEIR
RACE AND CARE, THEY ARE DENYING
PEOPLE HEALTH CARE, THEY ARE
DENYING PEOPLE FOOD STAMPS AND
THEY PLAY GAMES. FOR EXAMPLE
THE ONLY TIME I GET ANY HELP IS
IF THE PERSON HELPING ME IS OF
THE SAME RACE AS ME. IF THEY
DO ANYTHING I DON'T GET TOLD
ABOUT IT, IT JUST HAPPENS, I
GET NO COMMUNICATION, THEY
RETURN NO PHONE CALLS, THEN I
HAVE TO GO IN AND I HAD TO FILE
COMPLAINTS AND PLAY THE JERK.
I HAD TO DO THIS 7 OR 8 TIMES
IN THE LAST TWO YEARS AFTER I
GOT HURT REALLY REALLY BADLY. I
COME TO YOU GUYS ASKING YOU TO
GET INVOLVED. NOW I'M ASKING,
THERE ARE 5 PEOPLE INCLUDING
YOU, MR. MEASMER, WHO WAS ON
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OVERSEEING THE CABARRUS COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
I UNDERSTAND IT'S CHANGING
OVER, THERE'S NEW PEOPLE COMING
IN, BUT YOU ARE STILL THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE SO I WANT
TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SHOW ME YOU WANT TO SOLVE THIS
PROBLEM. BEN ROSE IS THE WRONG
PERSON TO RUN THAT DEPARTMENT.
HE IS LETTING HIS FEMALE STAFF
MEMBERS RUN THIS PLACE AND THEY
ARE AFRAID TO DO ANYTHING TO
SOLVE THIS PROBLEM FOR THE
SIMPLE REASON IF THEY GO TO A
BLACK WOMAN AND THEY SAY YOU
CAN'T BE YELLING AND SCREAMING
AT PEOPLE YOU DON'T LIKE, THEN
THEY GET CALLED A RACIST AND
THAT PREVENTS THEM FROM BEING
PROMOTED.
WE HAVE TO GET PAST THIS
PROBLEM. I'M GOING TO GO ONE
STEP FURTHER. TO SHOW YOU HOW
BADLY THIS PLACE IS RUN, I GOT
INVOLVED IN AN ORGANIZATION
THROUGH THEM CALLED THE
COMMUNITY FREE CLINIC PAID FOR
BY COMMUNITY CARE OF SOUTHERN
PIEDMONT. TURNS OUT MISS TRISHA
BAKER ALSO IS ON THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS FOR THIS
ORGANIZATION. AT THAT TIME I
HAD A BRAIN TUMOR, I DID NOT
REALIZE I HAD A BRAIN TUMOR, I
ONLY KNEW THAT I HAD REALLY BAD
HEAD PAINS AND THAT I COULDN'T
GET ANYONE TO HELP ME FIND OUT
WHY. SEVERAL DOCTORS AT CMC
NORTHEAST KNEW I HAD A BRAIN
TUMOR BUT THEY DID NOT TELL ME,
THEY KEPT IT A SECRET. I WENT
THROUGH THE COMMUNITY FREE
CLINIC, GRACE LIAM ALSO DID NOT
TELL ME. THEY SAY I WAS
COMPLAINING OF SERIOUS HEAD
PAINS BUT RIGHT AFTER THEY
CHECKED IT OUT. I FOUND OUT $5
MILLION IS COMING FROM THE
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA GOING
TO THIS PROGRAM, THE SOUTHERN
PIEDMONT, AND THEY USE THAT
MONEY ALLEGEDLY TO PROVIDE
MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR PEOPLE IN
CABARRUS COUNTY.
WELL IT TURNS OUT THERE'S A
POSSIBILITY THAT GERALD MACK,
WHO IS THE OPERATIONS MANAGER
FOR THAT, WAS INVOLVED IN A
SCAM WITH CMC NORTHEAST IN
WHICH THEY WERE FUNNELING ALL
$5 MILLION DIRECTLY AND
STRICTLY TO THE HOSPITAL. WHEN
I STARTED MENTIONING TO THEM
THAT I WAS GOING TO GO TO
ANOTHER ORGANIZATION, ANOTHER
MEDICAL PROVIDER, TO HAVE MY
HEAD LOOKED AT, AN ORGANIZATION
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN PAID FOR
BY CCP, THEY THREW ME OFF THE
PROGRAM. I KEPT TRYING TO ASK
THEM WHY DID THEY THROW ME OFF
AND THEY GAVE ME VARYING
REASONS, THEY SAID I DID NOT
FOLLOW A PLAN OF ORDER BUT
AFTER MANY LETTERS THEY
WOULDN'T TELL ME WHAT THAT PLAN
OF ORDER WAS I WOULDN'T FOLLOW.
I WENT TO THE REPUBLICAN
SENATOR TO ASK ME TO HELP ME
SOLVE THIS PROBLEM AND HE SAID
I CAN'T BECAUSE I'M ON THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR
COMMUNITY FREE CLINIC. I WENT
TO TRISHA BAKER AND ASKED HER
ABOUT THE PROBLEM, SHE COULDN'T
HELP ME, SHE WAS ON THE BOARD
OF DIRECTORS FOR CCP AND I KEPT
ASKING CCP, WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL
ME I HAD A BRAIN TUMOR? AND
THEY WOULD NEVER ANSWER THAT
QUESTION. YET MRS. BAKER, WHO
OVERSEES THE FOOD STAMP PART OF
DHHS, IS ON THAT BOARD OF
DIRECTORS, SHE COULDN'T HAVE
FOUND OUT THAT QUESTION WHY
THEY WOULD NOT TELL ME I HAD A
BRAIN TUMOR BUT WOULD NOT PAY
FOR MY TREATMENT AND INSTEAD
THROW ME OFF THE MINUTE THEY
FIND OUT I'M GOING TO SOMEBODY
WHO IS GOING TO SUCK MONEY AWAY
FROM CMC NORTHEAST?
NOW, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE HOW MAD
I AM, I'M GOING TO SUE YOU FOR
$2 MILLION UNLESS SOMEBODY
SHOWS ME THEY ARE SERIOUS. I'LL
GO DOWN ONE WEEK THEN I'LL FILE
THE PAPER, I DON'T NEED A
LAWYER, I'M A SMART ENOUGH MAN
TO TAKE YOU INTO COURT. I'M
ASKING YOU TO HELP ME SOLVE THE
PROBLEM, I'VE COME AS A NICE
GUY A COUPLE TIMES TO HELP GET
THE PROBLEM SOLVED. NOW I'M
GOING TO BE A JERK. ONE WEEK,
I WANT TO SEE SOMEBODY SIT DOWN
WITH ME, I'VE HAD A
CONVERSATION OVER THE PHONE
WITH MR. COOK, THE COUNTY
ATTORNEY. I KNOW I'M OVER MY
TIME BUT THIS IS IT TO SHOW YOU
HOW BAD IT IS AT DHHS.
IMCHEMICAL POISON, I CANNOT
READ THE NAME TAGS, I HAD A
BUNCH OF PEOPLE GANG UP ON ME
BECAUSE I SPEAK SPANISH, I WENT
IN THERE AND I WAS ASKING HER
NICELY WHAT THE NAME OF THIS
LADY WAS, I'VE WATCHED HER
DISCRIMINATE AGAINST 30 WHITE
PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS AND SHE
DIDN'T KNOW SO I SAID THAT'S
FINE, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, AND
THE WOMAN NEXT TO ME BEGAN TO
VERBALLY ATTACK ME WHO I NEVER
MET IN MY LIFE, I NEVER SEEN
HER BEFORE. AS I WAS LEAVING, I
LOOKED AT HER AND SHE BEGAN TO
VERBALLY ATTACK ME AGAIN. A
COUPLE WEEKS LATER I MADE A
SCENE IN FRONT OF ALL THESE
PEOPLE. I NEVER SAID ANY OF
THESE THINGS. I'M NOT THE ONLY
WHITE MAN WHO HAD THIS PROBLEM,
THERE ARE HUNDREDS EVER PEOPLE
WHO HAD THIS PROBLEM, I'M THE
ONLY ONE WITH THE COURAGE AND
TENACITY TO COME UP TO YOU AND
LET YOU UNDERSTAND I'VE HAD
ENOUGH. IT'S GOING TO STOP WITH
YOUR HELP OR WITHOUT YOUR HELP,
I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING TO
EITHER EMBARRASS THIS COUNTY SO
BADLY THEY REPLACE BEN ROSE AND
TRISHA BAKER. YOU CAN'T LET
PEOPLE HARM OTHER PEOPLE. THEIR
ATTITUDE IS THEY CAN DO
ANYTHING THEY WANT TO ME AND NO
ONE WILL DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
FOR THE LAST TIME, HELP ME
SOLVE THIS PROBLEM OR I WILL
BRING IT INTO THE COURT AND
INTO THE NEWSPAPERS AND INTO
TELEVISION. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OKAY, THOSE ARE ALL THE CARDS
THAT I HAVE TONIGHT FOR
INFORMAL PUBLIC COMMENT. NEXT
WE HAVE OLD BUSINESS AND NC
FAST UPDATE.
>> EVENING AGAIN.
BEFORE I LET TRISH AND DIANE
GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN
UPDATE ON SOME OF THE DATA AND
SOME POLICY INFORMATION, I WANT
TO SHARE WITH YOU A COUPLE
THINGS WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT
AND BEEN DEALING WITH.
WE ARE CONSISTENTLY EVALUATING
STRATEGIES ON HOW TO CONTINUE
TO ADDRESS THE BACKLOG ISSUES
WE HAVE. ONE STRATEGY HAS BEEN
WE HAVE WORKING SATURDAY
OVERTIME PRETTY MUCH NOVEMBER
AND DECEMBER FROM A MANDATORY
STANDPOINT AND WE HAD SOME
STRUGGLES WITH SATURDAY
OVERTIME IN DECEMBER. THE FIRST
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, I BELIEVE
IT WAS, THE NC FAST SYSTEM WAS
DOWN PRETTY MUCH, IT WAS
UNAVAILABLE TO US,
UNEXPECTEDLY, BUT WE HAD A FEW
COME IN AND DO A LITTLE
PREPARATION WORK AND THAT WAS
ABOUT ALL WE COULD DO.
THIS PAST SATURDAY WE HAD A LOT
OF STAFF THERE BUT WE HAD SOME
LOCAL IT ISSUES, THERE HAD BEEN
A VIRUS THAT HAD GOTTEN INTO
THE SERVER AND IT WAS DEPLOYED
VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING,
WORKED VERY HARD, GOT THE
PROBLEM SOLVED BUT BY THE TIME
WE GOT IT SOLVED WE HAD LOST A
LOT OF OUR TIME.
WE HAVE NOW LEARNED AS OF TODAY
THAT NC FAST WILL BE DOWN THIS
WEEK SO SATURDAY OVERTIME
STRATEGY IN DECEMBER HAS NOT
BEEN WHAT WE WOULD LIKE IT TO
BE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE FELT
LIKE WE'VE REALLY BEEN OUT, OUR
EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN WORKING
HARD, SUPERVISORS HAVE BEEN
WORKING HARD, MANAGEMENT HAS
BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD
PUTTING IN LONG HOURS. WE HAD
ALREADY MADE A DECISION BEFORE
THIS WEEKEND'S INFORMATION TO
BASICALLY TAKE DECEMBER 28TH,
THAT SATURDAY OFF TO GIVE OUR
EMPLOYEES A LITTLE BIT OF A
BREAK. THEY NEED THAT MORALE
BOOST AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THEY HAVE TIME WITH THEIR
FAMILIES AND WE CAN GIVE THEM
THAT BREAK TO COME BACK IN THE
NEW YEAR REENERGIZED.
WE HAVE IN ADDITION TO THAT
BEEN LOOKING INTO MEDICAID ROLL
OUT AS WE ARE GETTING READY TO
DO THAT AND FAIRS BEEN A LOT OF
COMMUNICATION OVER THE LAST 3
OR 4 WEEKS WITH THE (INAUDIBLE)
IN THE STATE REGARDING
IMPROVING COMMUNICATIONS,
IMPROVING TRAINING WITH THE
STATE, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF
FRUSTRATION BEING EXPRESSED.
THAT HAS FACILITATED THE LETTER
I BELIEVE YOU HAVE IN YOUR
PACKET THAT WAS DATED NOVEMBER
25TH WHICH STARTED TO AIR OUT
SOME OF THE ISSUES WE'VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT TOO WITH THOSE
COMMUNICATIONS AND THERE'S BEEN
A COUPLE CONFERENCE CALLS AND A
COUPLE MEETINGS FROM THERE AND
I THINK MR. DOWNS HAS BEEN
WORKING HARD TO ADVOCATE FROM
THE COUNTY MANAGEMENT SIDE,
TOO, TO HELP US WITH THESE
ISSUES BECAUSE WE'RE FACING THE
MEDICAID ROLLOUT AS WELL.
SO THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF THE
STRATEGIES WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING
AT, WE ARE GOING TO REEVALUATE
WHEN WE GET INTO JANUARY, HOW
DO WE CONTINUE TO ATTACK THE
BACKLOG TO GET INTO BETTER
SHAPE. RIGHT NOW OUR FOCUS IS
TO TRY TO GET ANY AND ALL
REMAINING OCTOBER
CERTIFICATIONS OUT OF THE WAY,
THERE'S A FEW OF THEM STILL,
GET THOSE DONE, TRY TO KEEP OUR
HEAD ABOVE WATER THROUGH THE
HOLIDAY SEASON AND THEN COME
BACK IN JANUARY TO SEE WHAT WE
CAN DO TO TRY TO GET IT
RESOLVED.
WITH THAT I THINK TRISH AND
DIANE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU A
QUICK UPDATE ON A COUPLE THINGS
IN THE LETTER THAT YOU HAVE AS
WELL.
>> AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE MADE
PROGRESS SINCE LAST MONTH AND
WE ARE VERY, VERY PROUD OF OUR
STAFF WHO HAVE, AS BEN SAID,
DEDICATED THEIR SATURDAYS AND
LATE HOURS TO THAT PROGRESS. WE
HAVE ABOUT 655 APPLICATIONS
OUTSTANDING AND THIS WAS AS OF
FRIDAY BEFORE LAST. AND WE HAD
942 REVIEWS THAT WERE
OUTSTANDING AND WE DID NOT GET
AN UPDATE THIS WEEK BECAUSE WE
WERE TRYING TO JUST GET THE
WORK DONE, BUT THEY HAD MADE
SOME ADDITIONAL PROGRESS. SO WE
ARE VERY PLEASED WITH THAT.
AS BEN SAID, WE EXPECT THE NEXT
TWO WEEKS TO BE MORE STATUS QUO
BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAYS AND
JUST BECAUSE WE ARE ALLOWING
STAFF SOME TIME OFF WITH
FAMILIES AND TODAY WE HAD A
MEETING JUST TO ASSESS BECAUSE
INITIALLY WE HAD DENIED A LOT
OF LEAF -- LEAVE BUT WE HAD A
MEETING TO ASSESS THAT BECAUSE
WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT MORALE
AND WE WANT STAFF TO HAVE A
BREAK.
I THINK MR. MORRIS TALKED ABOUT
THAT LAST TIME, ABOUT STAFF
MORALE AND WE REALLY, YOU KNOW,
WE NEED OUR STAFF BUT IF THEY
ARE BURNED OUT OR LEAVE US
OBVIOUSLY THAT DOES US NO GOOD
SO WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT
THEIR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL
HEALTH SO WE JUST SAID, YOU
KNOW, WE'RE CANCELING THE 28TH
AND NOW WE'RE CANCELING I THINK
THE 21ST JUST BECAUSE OF
UNPLANNED DOWN TIME WITH NC
FAST.
BUT OUR BIG THING THAT WE
WANTED TO SHARE WITH Y'ALL WAS
THIS LETTER FROM THE STATE
BECAUSE SOME OF THE THINGS IN
IT LEAD US TO CONCERN THAT
MEDICAID WILL BE ISSUE OR
PROBLEMATIC JUST LIKE FOOD
NUTRITION WAS. ONE OF THE
THINGS I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT ON
PAGE 1 THEY TALK ABOUT THE
10,000 PENDING APPLICATIONS IN
THE SYSTEM AND THIS IS
STATE-WIDE, BUT CABARRUS HAS
THEIR SHARE OF THOSE AND AT THE
POINT THEY BECOME RELEASED TO
US THEY WILL ALL BE DUE THE
SAME DAY. AND SO WHAT THAT WILL
DO IS ADD TO THE VOLUME THAT
STAFF ALREADY HAS TO DEAL WITH,
WITH MEDICAID AND WE CURRENTLY
GET ABOUT A THOUSAND APPS OR
APPLICATIONS A MONTH IN
MEDICAID AND THEN YOU ADD ALL
THESE THAT ARE DUE ON TOP OF
THAT AND THESE ARE THE ONES
THEY KNOW ABOUT. UNFORTUNATELY
I DON'T KNOW THAT THE STATE OR
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REALLY
KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO PREPARE BUT
IT'S HARD TO PREPARE WHEN YOU
DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE FACING
SO THAT IS ONE THING.
THE OTHER THING THEY ARE
TALKING ON PAGE 1 ABOUT THE
MAGI RULES WHICH IS THE NEW WAY
MEDICAID IS GOING TO BE, THE
NEW WAY ELIGIBILITY IN MEDICAID
IS GOING TO BE DETERMINED AND
MAGI STANDS FOR MODIFIED
ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME. THE
RULES ARE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST
BUT THEY ARE NOT IN NC FAST, SO
WE HAVE CASES THAT WE HAVE BEEN
TAKING SINCE OCTOBER THAT THE
STAFF CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH
BECAUSE THE RULES AREN'T THERE.
SO AGAIN THOSE WILL ALL HAVE TO
BE LOADED AND THEN ONCE THEY
ARE LOADED THEY ARE ALREADY
OVERDUE BECAUSE YOU HAVE 45
DAYS TO PROCESS. SO THE STATE
IS GIVING SOME WAIVERS AND HAS
OBTAINED SOME WAIVERS BUT THERE
IS A GROUP OF CITIZENS WHO ARE
EXPECTING THEIR BENEFITS AND
WILL NOT HAVE THEM BECAUSE THE
RULES AREN'T OUT THERE SO WE
ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
ON A POSITIVE NOTE, WHAT WE
THINK IS POSITIVE, THE STATE IS
TRYING TO WORK ON ADDITIONAL
REIMBURSEMENT SO THE COUNTIES
COULD GET 75 PERCENT
REIMBURSEMENT FOR MEDICAID
ACTIVITIES WHERE CURRENTLY THEY
ARE GETTING 50 PERCENT, SO OF
COURSE IT IS AGAIN TAX DOLLARS
BUT IT IS A BENEFIT TO THE
STAFF AND PERHAPS THE TEMPS
THAT WE'RE USING WILL BE ABLE
TO GET THOSE REIMBURSED AT A
HIGHER RATE AND WE DO HAVE
TEMPS IN OUR BUDGET BECAUSE WE
LEARNED FROM FOOD NUTRITION
THAT TEMPS ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE
PROCESS AND WE HAD PLANNED FOR
THOSE BACK IN LAST JANUARY WHEN
WE DID OUR BUDGET. BUT WE HAVE
NOT ROLLED THOSE OUT YET
BECAUSE OF THE DELAYS IN NC
FAST AND OBVIOUSLY UNTIL WE
KNOW WHEN OUR DUE DATE IS FOR
HARD LAUNCH, WHICH IS THE DATE
WE GO FULLY INTO NC FAST, WE
CAN'T REALLY PUT A DATE ON WHEN
WE'RE BRINGING TEMPS IN BUT
WE'RE ALREADY DEVELOPING JOB
DUTIES AND, YOU KNOW, LOCATIONS
AND ENSURING THAT IT EQUIPMENT
IS THERE AND ANYTHING WE CAN
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WE ARE DOING
AND WE'RE TRYING TO PLAN AS FAR
AHEAD AS WE CAN.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE
THINGS AND FOR MEDICAID WE TAKE
ABOUT A THOUSAND APPLICATIONS
PER MONTH, AS I MENTIONED, AND
THIS IS BEFORE THE PUBLICITY
AND THE THINGS THEY ARE DOING
WITH THE FEDERAL MARKET PLACE.
WE ALSO HAVE ABOUT 2,000
RESERPTIONS PER MONTH IN
MEDICAID AND THAT'S IN ADDITION
TO WHAT WE DO IN FOOD NUTRITION
SO STAFF HAS A LOT OF WORK. WE
ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE DOING ALL THE THINGS THAT
THE STATE RECOMMENDED. IF WE
HAVE VACANCIES WE'RE TRYING TO
GET THOSE FILLED AND MIKE AND
PAM AND JONATHAN AND LUNDY HAVE
BEEN VERY, VERY BENEFICIAL TO
US IN MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS
AND STREAMLINING OUR PROCESSES
SO THAT WE CAN GET OUR
VACANCIES FILLED THAT MUCH
FASTER. WE'RE COMPLETING OUR
UNIVERSAL TRAINING WHICH IS THE
TRAINING WHERE STAFF DOES ALL
PROGRAMS TO GET READY FOR THE
NC FAST ROLLOUT, AND WE'VE
WORKED WITH IT TO ENSURE THAT
IF THERE ARE ANY INFRASTRUCTURE
ISSUES WHICH THE STATE
RECOMMENDED WE LOOK AT, THAT
THOSE ARE ADDRESSED AND I
BELIEVE MOST OF THOSE HAVE BEEN
ADDRESSED.
THAT WAS REALLY THE THINGS WE
WANTED TO POINT OUT TO YOU AND
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WE'D
BE GLAD TO ENTERTAIN THOSE.
>> COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS?
>> I JUST WANT TO, I HAD A
COUPLE COMMENTS. YOU KNOW, WE
HAVE SPENT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT
OF TIME DISCUSSING THIS MATTER
OVER MANY MONTHS AND I'M SURE
THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE
OUT THERE WONDERING WHY CAN'T
YOU GUYS GET THIS STRAIGHTENED
OUT? I MEAN YOU GUYS, US GUYS
AND YOU GUYS, SO I WANTED, THE
MORE WE TALK ABOUT IT, THE MORE
EXPERIENCES THAT I HAVE, THE
MORE I LEARN ABOUT IT AND I
WANTED TO SHARE AN EXPERIENCE I
HAD OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS
WITH FOLKS HERE.
I RECEIVED A CALL FROM ONE OF
OUR LOCAL MAYORS, A YOUNG LADY
HAD CALLED HIM INDICATING THAT
SHE WAS EXPERIENCING
DIFFICULTIES GETTING HER
ASSISTANCE THAT SHE NEEDED, SHE
WAS PREGNANT, SHE HAD SMALL
CHILDREN, ET CETERA. HE CALLED
ME AND SAID WOULD YOU MIND, HE
OF COURSE REALIZED THACHS NOT
IN THE CITY'S JURISDICTION,
WOULD YOU MIND CALLING THIS
YOUNG LADY AND TALKING TO HER?
I SAID SURE, BE GLAD TO, SO I
CALLED HER, TALKED TO HER, GOT
THE INFORMATION, GOT HER PHONE
NUMBER, I SAID LET ME TALK WITH
THE FOLKS AT DSS AND SEE IF
THEY CAN HELP AND EITHER THEY
WILL CALL YOU BACK OR I WILL.
AND SO I SENT THAT INFORMATION
ALONG TO YOU GUYS, I GOT A VERY
PROMPT RESPONSE BACK, THIS IS
WHAT WE SEE AND WE'RE CHECKING
INTO IT AND AS SOON AS WE KNOW
SOMETHING WE'LL LET YOU KNOW.
BEFORE I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
CALL HER BACK, SHE CALLED ME
AGAIN, SAID YOU HAVEN'T CALLED
ME BACK. I SAID, WELL, I
HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY INFORMATION
YET BUT AS SOON AS WE GET
SOMETHING I WILL CALL YOU OR
THEY WILL CALL YOU. THEN SHE
CALLED ME AGAIN AND SHE SAID
NOBODY WILL RETURN MY PHONE
CALLS. NOBODY THERE WILL RETURN
MY PHONE CALLS, YOU WON'T
RETURN MY PHONE CALLS, I SAID,
MA'AM, I'M GOING TO RETURN YOUR
PHONE CALL SOOLS I GET SOME
INFORMATION, WENT BACK AND
FORTH, FINALLY HER MOTHER
CALLED ME FROM ANOTHER COUNTY
AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT FOR A
WHILE SO I'M NOT SURE THE TOTAL
NUMBER OF PHONE CALLS BUT AT
THAT POINT I GOT -- AND OF
COURSE I COMMUNICATED WITH YOU
FOLKS DURING THAT TIME.
WELL, I DID IT AGAIN AND I
SAID, YOU KNOW, HER BIGGEST
COMPLAINT IS THAT NOBODY WILL
TALK TO HER, NOBODY WILL RETURN
HER PHONE CALLS. AND THAT'S
UNCHARACTERISTIC OF THE OTHER
THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN
EXPERIENCING. YOU FOLKS ARE
VERY GOOD ABOUT RETURNING PHONE
CALLS AND DOING WHAT YOU SAY.
THEN THE COMMENT CAME BACK TO
ME FROM SOMEBODY AT DSS, WELL,
WE HAVE HAD DIFFICULTY GETTING
IN TOUCH WITH THIS LADY, WE'RE
LOOKING AT HER FILE RIGHT NOW
AND WE'VE GOT A COUPLE
DIFFERENT PHONE NUMBERS AND I
SAID, WELL, THIS IS THE PHONE
NUMBER I GAVE THIS MORNING, GOT
THIS MORNING, WELL THAT WAS
EVEN DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS
THAT WERE ON THE APPLICATION
AND SO I BEGAN TO LOOK BACK
THROUGH MY NOTES AND SURE
ENOUGH, EACH TIME I TALKED TO
THIS LADY SHE HAD GIVEN ME A
DIFFERENT PHONE NUMBER. AND SO
IT HELPED ME UNDERSTAND, I MEAN
I KNOW HOW MUCH TIME THAT I
INVESTED IN THAT ONE CASE AND
YOU HAVE THOUSANDS TO DO. SO I
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOU KNOW AND THAT THE PEOPLE
LISTENING TODAY KNOW THAT IT'S
NOT A SIMPLE MATTER.
START OF -- AS A RESULT OF
THAT I DID A LITTLE READING AND
I HOPE YOU WILL BEAR WITH ME
WHILE I READ JUST A LITTLE BIT
OF WHAT I FOUND. THIS IS A WRAL
NEWS REVIEW OF THOUSANDS OF
PAGES OF EMAILS AND OTHER
PUBLIC RECORDS SHOWS THAT FOR
MORE THAN A MONTH STARTING JULY
15 COUNTIES ACROSS THE STATE
STRUGGLE WITH A BUGGY SYSTEM
THAT FREQUENTLY FREEZES UP. BY
THE TIME THE NC FAST TEAM
IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AS A
SIMPLE BROWSER INCOMPATIBILITY
ISSUE ALMOST 70,000 FOOD STAMP
CUSTOMERS STATEWIDE, MANY OF
THEM FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN,
WERE WAITING ON OVERDUE
BENEFITS ACCORDING TO
STATISTICS FROM THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. JULY
15TH WAS A DATE ALL OF US WILL
REMEMBER WELL. THE NORTH
CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR MONTHS
ATTRIBUTED THESE PROBLEMS TO
THE SYSTEM'S LEARNING CURVE AND
THE FAILURE OF SOME COUNTIES TO
PROPERLY PREPARE FOR THE
TRANSITION. THE COUNTIES THAT
WERE PREPARED, THE COUNTIES
THAT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
HAD AUTHORIZED MORE STAFF FOR
THE DEPARTMENTS, WHERE THE
DEPARTMENTS WERE ON TOP OF
THEIR TRAINING, WHERE THE STAFF
WERE WORKING WITH US, THOSE
COUNTIES HAD RELATIVELY LITTLE
PROBLEMS, DHHS SECRETARY ALDONA
WASP TOLD WRAL NEWS IN
NOVEMBER. SO IT'S NOT THE
COMPUTER GLITCHES BUT THE
DEPARTMENT'S OWN INTERNAL
ASSESSMENT REPORT SHOWS ONLY A
SMALL MINORITY OF COUNTIES FACE
PROBLEMS WITH TRAINING,
STAFFING AND TECHNICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE AND IT'S DHHS
OFFICIALS DOWN PLAYED THE
WIDESPREAD TECHNICAL PROBLEMS
ACROSS THE STATE PROMPTING
FRUSTRATION FROM SOCIAL
SERVICES DIRECTORS, COUNTIES
BUILT UP A BACKLOG SO MASSIVE
THAT STATE WORKERS WERE FORCED
TO TACKLE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
CASES THEMSELVES.
TO ME THAT DEMONSTRATES THAT
WE'VE HEARD DIFFERENT STORIES
FROM DIFFERENT PLACES AND WE'RE
NOT IN THIS ALONE AND THIS GOES
ON TO TALK ABOUT SOME SPECIFIC
COUNTIES AND SOME OF THE
SITUATIONS THAT THEY HAVE DEALT
WITH. SO I'M SAYING THANK YOU
FOR DOING AS WELL AS YOU'VE
DONE WITH IT, HOPEFULLY IT'S
NOT SOUNDING REAL ENCOURAGING
TO ME THAT IT'S GOING TO GET A
LOT BETTER ANY TIME SOON.
I JUST WANT TO SAY FROM MY
STAND POINT AND WHAT I HAVE
READ, AND I COULD GO ON FOR AN
HOUR READING SOME OF THESE
REPORTS, I SYMPATHIZE WITH YOU
AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE STATE OF
NORTH CAROLINA HAS PUT US IN A
TERRIBLE POSITION. IT GOES ON
TO TALK ABOUT THE VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS OF SOCIAL SERVICES
ACROSS THE STATE THAT HELPED
ORGANIZE FOOD BANKS TO TRY TO
TAKE CARE OF CLIENTS WHILE THEY
ARE GETTING THIS STRAIGHTENED
OUT, SO IT'S A VERY SERIOUS
PROBLEM AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT
YOU ARE TRYING TO DO TO SOLVE
THAT PROBLEM.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THE
ONLY THING I WANT TO ASK ABOUT,
YOU MENTIONED THE TEMPS AND
WHEN YOU WERE GOING TO BRING
THEM ON THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE
NEXT ROLLOUT, I GUESS. HOW MUCH
TRAINING LEAD TIME, I MEAN HOW
ARE YOU GOING TO PLAN IN THEIR
TRAINING LEAD TIME AND MAKE
SURE THAT WHEN IT HITS YOU'VE
GOT TEMPS IN THERE TO GET THE
WORK DONE?
>> THE STATE WILL GIVE US
PROBABLY AT LEAST TWO MONTHS
NOTICE. RIGHT NOW WE'RE
PLANNING FOR A MARCH ROLLOUT SO
AS WE GET A LITTLE CLOSER TO
THAT, WE'RE HOPING THERE'S A
CONFERENCE CALL THIS THURSDAY
THAT WILL GET SOME HARD AND
FAST DATES, BUT WE'LL BE
LOOKING AT TOWARDS THE END OF
JANUARY TO START, WE'VE ALREADY
GOT THE RECRUITMENT IN PLACE
WITH CORE STAFF AS OUR PRIMARY
GO-TO TEMP AGENCY BUT WE'VE
ALSO BEEN IN CONTACT OR
RECEIVED CONTACT FROM A COMPANY
IN CHARLOTTE THAT IS DOING THIS
VERY THING AND WE WILL BE
TAPPING THEM AND THE TRAINING
WE ARE PUTTING THEM THROUGH IS
THE SAME TRAINING THAT OUR
TEMPS HAD, ACTUALLY KEYING INTO
NC FAST TO CONVERT CASES SO WE
WILL DO THAT AND THEY WILL GO
THROUGH THE STATE TRAINING THAT
THE STATE RIGHT NOW, WE'VE
ASKED TO BE A LOCATION FOR
COUNTY TRAINING AND THEY WOULD
DO A WHOLE MONTH OF TRAINING
AND IT WOULD PROBABLY START
BASED ON IF WE HAD A MARCH
ROLLOUT IT WOULD START SOMETIME
MID-FEBRUARY AND GO FOR A MONTH
UNTIL MID-MARCH, BUT WE HAVE
RESERVED OUR ROOM, WE ARE
PLANNING THAT THEY ARE GOING TO
BE IN OUR LOCATION SO WE WOULD
SPEND THE TEMPS TO THAT SO WE
WOULD HAVE THEM ON BOARD AT
LEAST A COUPLE WEEKS BEFORE THE
STATE TRAINING SO THEY COULD
GET USED TO OUR COUNTY SYSTEM
SO AS SOON AS WE HARD LAUNCH
THEY WOULD BE READY. SO THAT IS
OUR CURRENT PLAN UNLESS WE HEAR
SOMETHING ELSE FROM THE STATE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK
YOU.
COMMISSIONERS, THE NEXT THING
WE HAVE IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.
12 ITEMS ON THERE, AT THIS TIME
I WOULD ACCEPT A MOTION TO
APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
>> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND.
>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A
SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY
AYE. ANY OPPOSED?
NEXT WE HAVE NEW BUSINESS. THE
FIRST THING WE HAVE IS KELLY
SIFFORD FROM PLANNING AND
DEVELOPMENT, THE CDBG SCATTERED
SITE REHAB GRANT AND WE WILL
NEED A PUBLIC HEARING.
>> THANK YOU, WE EXPENDED A
TOTAL OF $395,000, 8 OF THE
HOUSEHOLDS WERE ELDERLY, 5 WERE
LESS THAN 30 PERCENT OF THE
MEDIAN INCOME AND 4 WERE LESS
THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE MEDIAN
INCOME. AGAIN, THIS IS CLOSE
OUT FOR THE PROGRAM AND SO WE
NEED TO DO TONIGHT IS HOLD A
PUBLIC HEARING. ARE THERE ANY
QUESTIONS?
>> COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS
BEFORE WE DO THE PUBLIC
HEARING? OKAY, AT THIS TIME I
WOULD OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING
FOR THE CLOSOUT OF THE 2012CDBG
SCATTERED SITE HOUSING REHAB
GRANT. IS THERE ANYONE TO SPEAK
FOR OR AGAINST THIS ISSUE?
SEEING NONE I WILL CLOSE THE
PUBLIC HEARING.
COMMISSIONERS AT THIS TIME IF
THERE ARE NO COMMENTS FROM THE
COMMISSIONERS WE DO NEED A
MOTION TO AUTHORIZE, NEED TO
SIGN THE CLOSE OUT REPORT. DO I
HAVE SUCH A MOTION?
>> SO MOVED.
>> I HAVE A MOTION, DO I HAVE A
SECOND? I HAVE A MOTION AND A
SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY
AYE. ANY OPPOSE NEXT WE HAVE
SALISBURY ROWAN, 14-15
APPLICATION FOR FUNDING. IT IS
A REQUIREMENT OF YOUR AGENCY
THAT YOU COME AND PRESENT YOUR
APPLICATION TO US AND THAT'S
WHAT WE ARE APPROVING TONIGHT
IS THAT WE HAVE, WE WILL DO A
MOTION THAT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT
WE ARE IN RECEIPT OF YOUR
APPLICATION.
WELCOME, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. I WILL BE
PRESENTING ON THE
SALISBURY-ROWAN (INAUDIBLE)
FIGHT AMERICA'S WAR ON POVERTY.
COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES HELP
PEOPLE HELP THEMSELVES IN
ACHIEVING SELF-SUFFICIENCY.
TODAY THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY
1100 COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES
IN THE UNITED STATES. BEING ONE
OF THEM WE HAVE BEEN OPERATING
AND SERVING FAMILIES OVER 40
YEARS.
SALISBURY-ROWAN COMMUNITY
ACTION AGENCY, WE PROVIDE
SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS,
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO
ENHANCE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE
AND TO PROMOTE OPPORTUNITIES
FOR SELF-SUFFICIENCY. OUR
AGENCY VISION IS THAT EVERYONE
WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
SUCCESS IN LIFE.
THE COMMUNITY SERVICE BLOCK
GRANT PROVIDES ANTI-POVERTY
FUNDING FOR INCOME ELIGIBLE
INDIVIDUALS AND OUR LONG-TERM
GOAL IS THAT WE PROVIDE SUPPORT
AND COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES TO
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO
DEVELOP SKILLS AND INCREASE
INCOME SO THEY MAY RISE ABOVE
THE POVERTY LEVEL BETWEEN JULY
1, 2013 AND JUNE 30, 2016.
OUR CURRENT ANNUAL BUDGET IS
$383,809. CABARRUS COUNTY
CURRENTLY RECEIVES $156,923,
WHICH IS 41 PERCENT OF THE
BUDGET. OUR PARTICIPANT
SERVICES ARE $54,480. THE
SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE
THROUGH THE COMMUNITY SERVICE
BLOCK GRANT ARE OUTREACH
SERVICES, SECURING STANDARDIZED
HOUSING, WE ALSO PROVIDED CASE,
CHILD CARE, TRANSPORTATION,
EMPLOYMENT, HEALTH CARE, FOOD,
CLOTHING AND FURNITURE
ASSISTANCE.
OUR COMMUNITY IMPACT FOR 2013
IN CABARRUS COUNTY WAS THAT 11
OF OUR PARTICIPANTS ROSE ABOVE
THE POVERTY GUIDELINES, 12
OBTAINED EMPLOYMENT, 8 OBTAINED
BETTER EMPLOYMENT MEANING THAT
THEY ROSE ABOVE THE INCOME
GUIDELINES OR RECEIVE A JOB
PAYING MORE THAN MINIMUM WAGE.
FOUR OBTAINED A JOB WITH
MEDICAL BENEFITS, FOUR OBTAIN
ED CASE SERVICES, 7 SECURED
STANDARDIZED HOUSING AND 10
RECEIVED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE.
OUR PROJECTED OUTCOME WAS THAT
110 PERSONS WOULD BE SERVICED
THIS YEAR. WE ACTUALLY SERVICED
113.
I WANT TO GIVE A HIGHLIGHT ON
SOME OF OUR PARTICIPANTS. WE
HAVE ISAI, A U.S. VETERAN, SHE
EARNED AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IN
NETWORK SECURITY.
KENDELL FRY OBTAINED A
PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATE FROM
ROWAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND
FOLLOWING AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF
HOMELESSNESS, CABARRUS COUNTY
RESIDENTS JAMES AND AMY TOWELL
RECEIVED ASSISTANCE TO OBTAIN
HOUSING FOR THEIR FAMILY.
SOME OF OUR ADDITIONAL
ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN EDUCATION
WERE 7 OF OUR PARTICIPANTS
RECEIVED CNA CERTIFICATES, CALL
CENTER CERTIFICATES,
CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH
CERTIFICATES THROUGH ROWAN
CABARRUS COMMUNITY COLLEGE. TWO
OF OUR PARTICIPANTS RECEIVED
ASSOCIATE DEGREES IN BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION THROUGH ROWAN
CABARRUS COMMUNITY COLLEGE,
THEN WE HAD ONE OF OUR
PARTICIPANTS TO RECEIVE A
BACHELORS IN SPORTS MANAGEMENT
THROUGH LIVINGSTONE COLLEGE.
FAMILY DEVELOPMENT SPECIALISTS
ASSIST PARTICIPANTS. SOME OF
THE JOBS OR EMPLOYERS THAT HAVE
HIRED OUR PARTICIPANTS ARE
AMERICAN RED CROSS, VOCATIONAL
REHABILITATION, FAMILY TOOLS,
(INAUDIBLE) WAREHOUSE, HOME
INSTEAD, FOOD LION CORPORATE
OFFICE, AMERICAN HEALTH
CONNECTIONS AND YMCA OF GREATER
CHARLOTTE.
NOW THROUGH SUPPORT AND
GUIDANCE MISS CANDACKE MILLER
WAS LED ENTREPRENEURSHIP
SKILLS, SHE IS NOW THE PROUD
OWNER OF RESIDENTIAL CLEANING.
SOME OF THEM ARE CONDUCTING
EMPLOYMENT SEARCHES, PARENTING
SKILLS, MAINTAINING GOOD HEALTH
AND NUTRITION, BUDGET AND
FINANCIAL LITERACY, HOME
OWNERSHIP AND CREDIT BUILDING,
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND CAREER AND
JOB READINESS.
WE HAD SOME OF OUR PARTICIPANTS
TO PARTAKE IN ONE OF OUR
MONTHLY WORKSHOPS WHICH WAS
PREPARING LOW COST HEALTHY
MEALS. THE NORTH CAROLINA
COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SHOWED
HOW TO FIX A MEAL AND FIX ONE
WITHOUT HAVING TO SPEND A LOT.
SOME OF OUR PARTNERS ARE THE
CITY OF KANNAPOLIS, CONCORD
HOUSING AUTHORITY, DIVISION OF
EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, GOODWILL
INDUSTRIES, ROWAN CABARRUS
COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND PROJECT
SAVE OF CABARRUS COUNTY. OUR
FAMILY SERVICES PROGRAM, WHICH
IS THE COMMUNITY SERVICE BLOCK
GRANT, IS FUNDED THROUGH THE
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY AND OUR CABARRUS
OFFICE IS LOCATED AT 1413 SEDAN
AVENUE IN KANNAPOLIS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS
AT THIS TIME?
>> I DO HAVE A QUESTION, WE'RE
JUST LOOKING AT THIS
APPLICATION. I SUPPOSE THAT
BECAUSE WE ARE SUBMITTED IT AND
WE HAVE TO AT LEAST ACCEPT IT
THERE IS SOME ROLE FOR US IN
THIS AND I DID LOOK THROUGH IT
BECAUSE IT WAS IMPORTANT IT
LOOK THROUGH THESE. I HAVE ONE
QUESTION -- WELL, I HAVE A FEW
QUESTIONS FOR YOU. NEAR PAGE 20
THERE IS A STATEMENT THAT SAYS
AREA SHELTERS ARE OVERCROWDED
AND THE HOMELESS RATE HAS
INCREASED WITH A CONTINUOUS
MIGRATION FROM OTHER SERVICE
AREAS CAUSING SHELTERS IT REACH
CAPACITY AND I'M CURIOUS IF YOU
HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT'S CAUSING
THAT MIGRATION OF HOMELESS
PEOPLE TO THIS AREA.
>> WELL, FOR ONE, CABARRUS
COUNTY ONLY HAS ONE HOMELESS
SHELTER THAT WE'VE SEEN THAT
HAS BEEN REGISTERED, THEREFORE
WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLACE OTHER
THAN KOOPLTIVE CHRISTIAN
MINISTRIES TO REFER OUR
PARTICIPANTS TO AND THEN THEY
MAY END UP REFERRING OUR
PARTICIPANTS TO I THINK IT'S
SALVATION ARMY. OTHER THAN
THAT, THERE IS NO OTHER PLACE
FOR US TO SEND THEM.
>> MY QUESTION WAS SPECIFICALLY
ABOUT THE MIGRATION. DO YOU
HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT WOULD CAUSE
A MIGRATION OF HOMELESS PEOPLE
TO THIS AREA?
>> WELL, I'M NOT REALLY SURE.
I'M NOT REALLY SURE. MAINLY
BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY, EVEN
WITH THE CHARLOTTE AREA, ROWAN
COUNTY, THEY ARE TRYING TO
BUILD NEW SHELTERS BUT OTHER
THAN THAT, I MEAN, I GUESS IT'S
JUST THAT EVERYONE'S TRYING TO
FIND SOMEWHERE FOR THE HOMELESS
TO GO.
>> I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS FOR
YOU ON YOUR FINANCES AS WELL.
YOU MENTION THAT YOUR TOTAL
BUDGED WAS $383,809, IS THAT
RIGHT?
>> YES.
>> ON PAGE 307, I BELIEVE, OF
OUR AGENDA IT SHOWS TOTAL
CLIENT SERVICES AT $43,550 AND
THAT IS A SPECIFIC DESIGNATION
OF EACH OF THE THINGS THAT YOU
MENTIONED. IS THAT RIGHT, THAT
10 PERCENT OF THE FUNDS FROM
THIS GO TO CLIENT SERVICES?
>> YES, AND ACTUALLY THAT
AMOUNT THAT YOU RECEIVE WAS A
MISPRINT. I THINK WHAT THEY
DID, THEY HAD TO AMEND IT, I'M
NOT QUITE SURE, BUT, YES, 10
PERCENT GOES INTO CLIENT
SERVICES AND THAT PERCENTAGE IS
DETERMINED THROUGH OUR FUNDERS
WHO REQUIRE US TO MAKE SURE WE
GIVE MORE COMPREHENSIVE
SERVICES. WHILE 10 PERCENT OF
THE FUNDING GOES DIRECTLY TO
SERVICES SUCH AS HELPING THEM
FIND HOUSING, FOOD AND CLOTHING
SERVICES AND HOME, THINGS LIKE
THAT, OTHER FUNDING GOES INTO
TRAINING AND MAKING SURE THAT
THEY HAVE THE TYPE OF TRAINING
AND EDUCATION NEEDED TO HELP
THEM RISE ABOVE INCOME POVERTY
GUIDELINES.
>> WELL, WHAT CONCERNS ME IS
THAT WE HAVE, IT LOOKS LIKE 8
EMPLOYEES WORKING THERE AND YOU
MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE 113
PERSONS SERVED SO IF YOU TAKE
113 AND DIVIDE IT BY 8, THAT'S
14 PERSONS SERVED BY EACH
EMPLOYEE FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR.
THAT MEANS YOU CAN DEDICATE ONE
WHOLE MONTH FOR EACH PERSON
SERVED FOR EACH EMPLOYEE, YOUR
WHOLE MONTH. THAT'S A LOT OF
TIME.
>> WELL, ACTUALLY, OUR CASE
LOADS ARE A LOT HIGHER THAN
THAT. WE HAVE ABOUT 22 PERSONS
PER FAMILY DEVELOPMENT
SPECIALIST.
>> UH-HUH.
>> THE WAY IT WORKS, WHEN WE
HAVE PARTICIPANTS00 OUR CURRENT
CASE LOAD, ONCE THEY GRADUATE
THE PROGRAM WE CONTINUE TO ROLL
IN NEW PARTICIPANTS AND THAT'S
HOW WE GET OUR NUMBERS. WE
CONTINUE TO ROLL THEM IN SO
THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT
EVERYONE GETS FUNDING. IT'S NOT
JUST THOSE PERSONS THAT STAY ON
THE -- PEOPLE CAN STAY IN OUR
PROGRAM UP TO 3 YEARS. IT'S NOT
YOU STAYING HERE ONE YEAR AND
THEN YOU ARE OUT. THEY CAN BE
IN OUR PROGRAM UP TO 3 YEARS.
HOWEVER, MOST OF OUR
PARTICIPANTS DO NOT. WHAT
HAPPENS IS IF THEY RISE ABOVE
OUR INCOME POVERTY GUIDELINES
WE WILL KEEP THEM IN THE
PROGRAM UP TO 90 MORE DAYS TO
MAKE SURE THEIR INCOME AND
EMPLOYMENT IS STABLE AND THEN
UPON THAT WE WILL DISCHARGE
THEM FROM THE PROGRAM AND THEN
WE WILL HAVE NEW APPLICANTS TO
COME IN SO OUR FUNDING IS
DEPENDENT UPON THE NUMBERS
SERVED. SO MOST OF THE TIME, 9
TIMES OUT OF 10, WE SERVE MORE
THAN WHAT OUR PROJECTED
OUTCOME, WHAT WE THOUGHT WE
WOULD HAVE SERVED IN THE FIRST
PLACE.
>> RIGHT. AND THIS YEAR YOU
PROJECTED TO SERVE 110 AND YOU
SERVED 113, SO I WAS USING THAT
113 NUMBER AND STILL CAME UP
WITH 14 PER 8 EMPLOYEES, WHICH
IS, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A
LOT OF EFFICIENCY IN THAT, OUT
OF THE BUDGET $383,000, 270
GOES TO SALARY AND BENEFITS. I
AM CONCERNED WE PAY ALL THIS
MONEY AND IT ENDS UP BEING AN
EMPLOYMENT INCENTIVE.
>> THAT MONEY ALSO GOES INTO
EMPLOYEE TRAININGS. IN ORDER
FOR US TO TEACH OUR
PARTICIPANTS HOW TO MAINTAIN
INCOME, HOW TO BECOME
ENTREPRENEURS, WE HAVE TO GO
INTO TRAINING OURSELVES AND
THAT MONEY ALSO DOES THAT AS
WELL. IT'S MORE TO IT THAN WHAT
THE BUDGET SAYS.
>> THAT'S WHAT I'M CURIOUS
ABOUT BECAUSE BASED ON WHAT THE
BUDGET SAYS, I MEAN LIKE I
SAID, WE DON'T VOTE ON THIS,
BUT I DO THINK IF IT COMES
BEFORE ME, SOMEBODY WANTS US TO
AT LEAST LOOK AT THIS WHICH IS
WHY THEY REQUIRED YOU TO BRING
IT TO US AND HAVE US ACCEPT IT
AND I LOOKED THROUGH IT AND I
SEE SOME THINGS IN THIS
FINANCES THAT MAKE ME QUESTION
WHETHER THERE'S A LOT OF
EFFICIENCIES IN THIS PROGRAM,
WITH ONLY $43,000 GOING TO
CLIENT SERVICES OUT OF 383, I
HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER
THERE ARE --.
>> AND I UNDERSTAND. BUT LIKE I
SAID, THE AMOUNTS THAT WE HAVE
IN OUR BUDGET IS DETERMINED BY
OUR FUNDERS.
>> THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY
QUESTION, I SURE APPRECIATE IT.
>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS?
>> THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR I'VE
SEEN THIS PROGRAM I SEE VERY
LITTLE CHANGE IN IT, LAST YEAR
I THINK ABOUT 10 PERCENT WENT
TO HELP PEOPLE. LIKE I SAID
LAST YEAR, WITH PROGRAMS LIKE
THIS, THE POOR IS GOING TO STAY
POOR.
>> I DISAGREE, SIR. WHAT WE DO
IS TEACH OUR PARTICIPANTS TO
MAINTAIN THEIR INCOME. ANYONE
CAN JUST GIVE ASSISTANCE BUT IF
YOU TEACH A PERSON HOW TO GAIN
EMPLOYMENT, HOW TO MAINTAIN
THAT EMPLOYMENT, IF YOU TEACH A
PERSON THE NECESSARY JOB SKILLS
AND THE SELF SKILLS THAT ARE
REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THAT
EMPLOYMENT, YOU GIVE THEM AN
OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATION, THEN
THEY WILL BE A MORE PRODUCTIVE
CITIZEN AND BE ABLE TO
CONTRIBUTE TO THE ECONOMY.
>> IT MIGHT BE, BUT WHEN YOU
USE 90 PERCENT OF THE FUNDS TO
PAY SOMEBODY IT DON'T GET MUCH
HELP TO THE PEOPLE THAT NEED IT.
>> COMMISSIONERS, THE REQUESTED
ACTION BEFORE US IS THAT WE
NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE RECEIPT
OF THE SRCAA'S FISCAL YEAR
2014-15 COMMUNITY SERVICES
BLOCK GRANT APPLICATION.
AT THIS TIME I WOULD ACCEPT A
MOTION TO ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT
OF THIS APPLICATION. CAN I HAVE
A MOTION?
>> SO MOVED.
>> I HAVE A MOTION, DO I HAVE A
SECOND? SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF
ACKNOWLEDGING THE RECEIPT OF
THIS APPLICATION SAY AYE. ALL
THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MR. MARSHAL IS GOING TO COME
UP AND TALK ABOUT FOUNDATION
REPAIR ON THE MT. PLEASANT
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS TOWER.
>> THANK YOU FOR ADDING THIS
ITEM TO THE AGENDA, THIS IS ONE
THAT DOES NOT FIT OUR NORMAL
AGENDA SEQUENCE IN TERMS OF
CALENDAR.
AS YOU ARE AWARE, CABARRUS
COUNTY HAS TWO EXTERNAL
COMMUNICATION TOWERS, ONE IN
MIDLAND AND ONE IN MT. PLEASANT
AND THE ONE IN MT. PLEASANT WE
HAVE SOME PRIVATE CARRIERS WITH
US. AS PRIVATE CARRIERS CHANGE
OUT EQUIPMENT WE REQUIRE
STUDIES TO SEE THAT IT CAN
HANDLE THAT. WE HAVE FOUND THAT
THERE NEEDED TO BE SOME
FOUNDATION ADDITIONS, THE
PRIVATE COMPANIES BEGAN TO MAKE
THAT CHANGE OUT AND WE
DISCOVERED WHEN THIS TOWER WAS
INITIALLY CONSTRUCTED IN 1997
THERE WERE SOME DEFICIENCIES
THAT NEEDED TO BE CORRECTED SO
PART OF THAT COST COMES BACK TO
THE COUNTY.
THIS ACTION BEFORE YOU IS BOTH
TO, A MOTION TO APPROVE AN
EXPANSION OF THE EXISTING
CONTRACT WITH THE PRIVATE
CONSULTING FIRM WE USE TO
OVERSEE THAT WORK, AS WELL AS A
MOTION TO ADOPT AN ATTACHED
BUDGET AMENDMENT. THE BUDGET
AMENDMENT RECOGNIZES WITH THOSE
PRIVATE CARRIERS WE HAVE LEASE
PAYMENTS COMING IN AND IT
RECOGNIZES THAT IS ADJUSTING A
CONSTRUCTION OR RENOVATION FUND
WE USE TO MAINTAIN THESE TOWERS
AND RECOGNIZE THE AMOUNT OF
RENT THAT WE WILL RECEIVE FOR
THIS FISCAL YEAR FROM THOSE
PRIVATE CARRIERS AND IT DOES
COVER THE REPAIRS THAT NEED TO
BE MADE AND THEN SOME.
SO WE ARE, WE INITIALLY HAD
LOOKED AT DOING THIS WITH THE
PRIVATE CARRIERS UNDERTAKING
ALL OF THIS CONSTRUCTION AS
WELL AS SOME ADJUSTMENTS THAT
NEED TO BE MADE ALONG WITH IT,
BUT WE HAVE DECIDED TO TAKE
THAT IN HOUSE AND OVERSEE ALL
THAT CONSTRUCTION OURSELVES. IT
IS A TEAM OF OUR SHERIFF'S
OFFICE, GENERAL SERVICES, OUR
PLANNING OFFICE AS WELL AS
FINANCE THAT HAVE BEEN
OVERSEEING THIS ALONG WITH
THESE PRIVATE CONSULTANTS AND
THESE TWO ACTIONS WILL HELP US
UNDERTAKE THE INITIAL EQUIPMENT
REPAIRS AND THEN MAKE THE
CHANGE OUT WITH THE PRIVATE
CARRIERS.
>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS,
ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS
ITEM? WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT
AT OUR WORK SESSION BECAUSE WE
DIDN'T HAVE IT THEN.
>> ARE THE FUNDS FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION, YOU SAID THOSE
COME OUT OF IT, IS IT A
SEGREGATED FUND YOU HAVE?
>> IT IS A SEGREGATED FUND FOR
OUR RADIO EQUIPMENT, THE LARGER
REGIONAL RADIO EQUIPMENT, THE
ACTUAL RADIOS THEMSELVES AS
WELL AS THE OPERATION OF THESE
TOWERS SO THE FUNDS COME OUT OF
THAT.
IN THIS PARTICULAR REPAIR THE
PRIVATE CARRIERS ARE FUNDING
SOME PORTION, ABOUT HALF OF
THAT AND THE COUNTY WILL BE
FUNDING HALF OF THAT AND OUR
RENTAL INCOME FOR ONE YEAR
ALONE EXCEEDS THE AMOUNT WE
WILL BE PUTTING INTO THE REPAIR.
>> WHAT DO WE USUALLY DO WITH
THE RENT MONEY THAT COMES INTO
THESE CONTRACTS?
>> AN AREA WITH CHANGING
TECHNOLOGY THAT WE DO MAKE
CHANGE OUTS ON RADIOS AND WE
STILL HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO
MAKE THOSE NECESSARY CHANGE
OUTS AND CONTINUE OUR
PARTICIPATION IN THE REGIONAL
RADIO PLAN.
>> SO THIS CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT
WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THE MONEY
FROM?
>> IT DOES AND THE FUND HAS
MONEY IN IT THAT COMES FROM
GRANT FUNDS THAT HELPED FUND
THE LARGER RADIO EQUIPMENT. THE
RENT IN PARTICULAR WOULD FUND
THE REPAIRS AND THE RADIO TOWER.
>> I DIDN'T MEAN TO ASK YOU SO
MANY QUESTIONS, WE DIDN'T GET
IT AT OUR WORK SESSION.
>> IT IS A VERY COMPLICATED
ISSUE AND I WILL BE GLAD TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
>> WE HAVE TWO MOTIONS, FIRST
WOULD BE TO APPROVE AN
EXPANSION OF THE EXISTING
CONTRACT WITH PROFESSIONAL
RESOURCES AND SERVICES. DO I
HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE?
>> SO MOVED.
>> OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION, DO I
HAVE A SECOND? MOTION AND
SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY
AYE. ANY OPPOSED?
THE NEXT ONE, I NEED A MOTION
TO APPROVE THE ATTACHED BUDGET
AMENDMENT WHICH HAS BEEN
UPDATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION AND
RENOVATION FUND.
>> SO MOVED.
>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A
SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY
AYE? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION
CARRIES.
COMMISSIONERS, NOW WE'RE TO
APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND
COMMITTEES. FIRST ONE WE HAVE
IS THE FIREMAN'S RELIEF FUND
TRUSTEES, WE NEED A MOTION TO
APPOINT FOR EACH OF THE -- THE
TRUSTEES REAPPOINTED SERVICE
FOR TWO YEAR TERMS ENDING
JANUARY 31, 2016 FROM ALLEN
VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT,
JIMMY MORGAN, COLDWATER, JOCK
WALKER, FLOW STORE, MIDLANDS
JOU OUDI, MT. PLEASANT,
DALEOUDI, DO I HAVE A MOTION?
>> SO MOVED.
>> DO I HAVE A SECOND? I HAVE
A MOTION AND SECOND, ALL THOSE
IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NEXT WE NEED A MOTION TO
APPOINT FOR GEORGEVILLE, NICOLE
BEAVER, TO SERVE AS FIREMAN'S
RELIEF FUND FOR PERIOD ENDING
JANUARY 31, 2016. I HAVE A
MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL THOSE
IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED?
NEXT A MOTION TO APPOINT DAIRL
PAGE FROM MIDLAND AND JAMES
PLEASANT TO COMPLETE UNEXPIRED
TERMS ENDING JANUARY 31, 2015.
I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND, ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY
OPPOSED?
NEXT FOR THE ACTIVE LIVING AND
PARKS COMMISSION THE NOVEMBER
21ST, 2013 MEETING THE
COMMISSION VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO
RECOMMEND THE REAPPOINTMENT OF
JOHN DEVITO OF THE EASTERN AREA
AND GINA LOWRY OF THE CONCORD
AREA. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO
REAPPOINT?
>> SO MOVED.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
NEXT WE HAVE HUMAN SERVICES
ADVISORY BOARD. THIS IS A
5-MEMBER BOARD WHICH WE AGREE
THAT 3 MEMBERS WOULD BE
APPOINTED TO 3 YEAR TERMS AND
TWO MEMBERS APPOINTED TO
TWO-YEAR TERMS. OUR PAGE NO.
400, FOR SIMPLIFICATION, DO YOU
HAVE A RECOMMENDATION?
>> I MOVE TO APPOINT BETTY BAB,
EMMA KEEN, KAYE SCOTT.
>> THREE YEAR TERMS?
>> SURE. THEN MOVE TO APPOINT
MARY STEWART AND ERIC
WILLIAMSON TO TWO-YEAR TERMS,
WHICH I GUESS THAT COULD ALL BE
ONE MOTION.
>> WE JUST NEED TO DESIGNATE 3
YEARS AND 2 YEARS. SO WE HAVE A
MOTION, DOES ANYBODY WANT TO
MAKE ANY OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS?
>> WAITING FOR DISCUSSION.
>> WELL, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A
SECOND, DO YOU WANT TO HAVE
DISCUSSION?
>> ON MY BABS AND MISS STEWART,
THEY ARE SERVING ON OTHER
BOARDS OR OTHER COMMITTEES SO
YOU WILL NEED TO WAIVE YOUR
POLICY ON SERVING TWO BOARDS,
TWO COMMITTEES, IF THE MOTION
GOES FORWARD.
>> THAT WAS PART OF YOUR MOTION.
>> I'LL BE HAPPY TO INCLUDE
THAT IN MY ORIGINAL MOTION.
>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER -- WE
HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY
OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN
FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE
OPPOSED?
OKAY, NEXT WE'VE GOT JUVENILE
CRIME PREVENTION COUNCIL. LET'S
SEE, IT'S ALWAYS NICE WHEN WE
HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT THAT
WANTS TO GET INVOLVED. RODNEY
HARRISON THE SECOND IS A
STUDENT AT *** MILL HIGH SCHOOL
AND HE WOULD LIKE TO BE
APPOINTED AND JCPC MET AND
VOTED TO NOMINATE HIM TO FILL
THE CABARRUS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
POSITION ON THE COUNCIL SO AT
THIS TIME I MAKE A MOTION TO
APPOINT RODNEY HARRISON THE
SECOND TO COMPLETE AN UNEXPIRED
TERM.
>> CHAIRMAN POOLE, I WILL MAKE
SUCH MOTION AND I HAD THE
PLEASURE OF MEETING MR.
HARRISON AT THE REPUBLICAN GALA
SATURDAY NIGHT, HE WAS A
WONDERFUL MAN AND WE ARE
BLESSED TO HAVE HIM SERVE IN
THIS CAPACITY SO I WILL GLADLY
MAKE THAT MOTION.
>> NEXT WE HAVE CABARRUS SENIOR
CENTERS ADVISORY COUNCIL. WE
HAVE A NUMBER OF MOTIONS IN
HERE. THE ADVISORY COUNCIL
VOTED UNANIMOUSLY AND THIS WAS
PRESENTED TO US, FIRST MOTION
TO APPOINT SHARON HADLY, PAT
MARTIN, ERNEST MORRISY FOR 3
YEAR TERMS ENDING DECEMBER 31,
2016, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO
APPOINT?
>> SO MOVED.
>> I HAVE A MOTION, DO I HAVE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A
SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY
AYE. ANY OPPOSED?
NEXT WE HAVE A MOTION TO
REAPPOINT ANNETTE YOUNG FOR A 3
YEAR TERM ENDING DECEMBER 31,
2016. DO I HAVE A MOTION?
>> SO MOVED.
>> I HAVE A MOTION, DO I HAVE A
SECOND? MOTION AND A SECOND,
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
AND NEXT WE NEED A MOTION TO
REMOVE KAYE SCOTT, ANITA HELM
AND JEAN WALKER AND THANK THEM
FOR THEIR SERVICE. I WILL
SECOND YOUR MOTION, THANK YOU.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY
OPPOSED?
FOOD POLICY COUNCIL, THEY HAVE
A NUMBER OF MEMBERS THAT HAVE
EXPIRING TERMS AND ARE NOT
SEEKING REAPPOINTMENTS AND SOME
THAT WISH TO BE REAPPOINTED AND
I THINK SOME NEW APPLICANTS.
THE FIRST ONE I HAVE IS A
MOTION TO APPOINT DON SIMONE,
JAMES DOUGLAS CRAWFORD FOR
TERMS EXPIRING DECEMBER 31,
2016. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY
AYE.
NEXT WE HAVE A MOTION TO
REAPPOINT AARON BAYER, PENELOPE
PERKINS TO FOOD POLICY COUNCIL
TO 3 YEAR TERMS ENDING DECEMBER
31, 2016, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO
REAPOINT?
>> SO MOVED.
>> DO I HAVE A SECOND? ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY
OPPOSED?
AND FOR THOSE MEMBERS WHOSE
TERMS WERE EXPIRING WE NEED A
MOTION TO REMOVE GINA GUTHREY
AND CHAD VONKANNON FROM THE
FOOD POLICY ROSTER AND THANK
THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND,
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY
OPPOSED? BY THE WAY, GINA
GUTTHRY WAS TOLD SHE MIGHT GET
OFF THE BOARD AND SHE IS STILL
COOKING. WE HAVE BEEN THE
BENEFICIARY OF HER FINE COOKING
BEFORE AT OUR MEETINGS.
YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF REPORTS IN
YOUR PACKET, COMMISSIONERS. AT
THIS TIME I WOULD ASK ARE THERE
ANY UPDATES FROM COMMISSION
MEMBERS WHO SERVE AS LIAISONS
TO MUNICIPALITIES OR ON VARIOUS
BOARDS AND COMMITTEES?
WELL, I HAVE ONE. AS I SAY, I
WAS GIVEN MY MARCHING ORDERS.
I SERVE, AS YOU KNOW, ON THE
CENTRAL CAROLINA DEVELOPMENT
WORK FORCE BOARD AND THERE'S A
PROGRAM CALLED INCUMBENT WORK
FORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. AND
THE WEB SITE SAYS ARE YOU
LOOKING FOR AN EFFECTIVE AND
EFFICIENT WAY TO UPGRADE THE
SKILLS OF YOUR WORKERS TO STAY
COMPETITIVE IN THIS GLOBAL
ECONOMY? THE CENTRALINA WORK
FORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD
PROVIDES TRAINING TO LOCAL
BUSINESSES. SINCE 2003 THEY
HAVE AWARDED 81 GRANTS,
PROVIDED OVER 4200 EMPLOYEES
THUS PROVIDING REAL ECONOMIC
INVESTMENT IN EXISTING
BUSINESSES, FINAL FUNDING
APPROVAL FROM THE NORTH
CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.
THEY HAVE DONE THE FIRST ROUND
OF APPLICATIONS. IF ANY
BUSINESS OWNERS IN CABARRUS
COUNTY ARE INTERESTED IF YOU
WILL GO TO THEIR WEB SITE,
WHICH IS
WWW.CENTRALINAWORKS.COM,
CONTACT PEOPLE WOULD BE DAVID
HOLLERS OR DALE CARTER, THEY
CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THEIR
WEB SITE YOU CAN FIND
GUIDELINES WHICH WILL EXPLAIN
TO YOU WHO IS ELIGIBLE, THERE
IS A LIMIT OF FUNDING, THE
REASON THAT I WAS ASKED TO
PRESENT THIS TONIGHT OR MENTION
THIS IS THAT CABARRUS COUNTY IN
ALL HONESTY IN THIS REGION HAS
NOT BEEN VERY ACTIVE WITH OUR
BUSINESSES ASKING FOR FUNDING.
WE DID HAVE A GRANT IN 2011
WHICH WAS THE LAST ONE, HENDRIK
MOTOR SPORTS IN 2010, DEAL AUTO
GLASS IN 2009, THEN WE GO ALL
THE WAY BACK TO 2006, THERE
WERE A FEW YEARS WE DIDN'T HAVE
ANY APPLICANTS FOR CABARRUS
COUNTY. SO SOME OF THE THINGS I
KNOW ONE EXAMPLE THAT I HEARD
WAS IF YOU NEED TO TRAIN YOUR
WORK FORCE IN SOME NEW
EQUIPMENT MAYBE YOU'VE GOT
SOME, YOU ARE EXPANDING YOUR
BUSINESS AND YOU NEED TO DO
SOME TRAINING IN RUNNING A
FORKLIFT, NOT SOMETHING I WOULD
KNOW HOW TO DO SO MAYBE YOU
NEED HELP IN DOING THAT AND
THEY CAN HELP ARRANGE TO BRING
IN COMPETENT INDIVIDUALS AND DO
TRAINING ON SITE, SOFT SKILLS,
I HEAR THAT OVER AND OVER
AGAIN, THEY HAVE SOFT SKILLS
TRAINING, IT IS A COMPETITIVE
PROCESS, THEY ARE GETTING READY
TO GO FOR ROUND 2 AND I WOULD
LIKE TO HIGHLY ENCOURAGE ANY
BUSINESSES CURRENTLY IN
CABARRUS COUNTY AND OPERATING
AND PROFITABLE, THAT'S ONE OF
THE REQUIREMENTS, YOU HAVE TO
BE A PROFITABLE BUSINESS, TO
PLEASE APPLY, GO TO THEIR WEB
SITE, GET THEIR INFORMATION AND
GET IN TOUCH WITH THEM AND SEE
IF THIS PROGRAM WOULD BE
BENEFICIAL TO YOUR BUSINESS.
OKAY, AT THIS TIME I WOULD ASK
ARE THERE ANY GENERAL COMMENTS
THAT ARE NOT RELATED TO YOUR
POSITIONS? YES, SIR.
>> I HAVE ONE, TWO GENERAL
COMMENTS. FIRST I WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU TO ALL THE EMPLOYEES
WE HONOR TONIGHT, WE HAD 158
EMPLOYEES THAT WE HONORED
TONIGHT AND WE HAVE 9 THAT HAVE
SERVED US FOR 25 YEARS IN THIS
COUNTY AND WE APPRECIATE ALL
THAT YOU DO FOR US. AS
COMMISSIONER POOLE SAID, WE
WORK PART-TIME AND TRY TO MAKE
THE BEST DECISIONS FOR THE
COUNTY AND YOU WORK FULL-TIME
AND YOU ARE OUT THERE EVERY DAY
AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.
MY SECOND COMMENT IS JUST I
WANT TO SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO
EVERYBODY, IT'S A WONDERFUL
TIME OF YEAR TO CELEBRATE THE
BIRTH OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
AND I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY MERRY
CHRISTMAS.
>> I'D LIKE TO SAY MERRY
CHRISTMAS TO EVERYBODY,
REMEMBER WHAT THE SEASON IS
ABOUT, JESUS. OTHER THAN THAT
WE DON'T HAVE NO HOPE.
>> ANY OTHER GENERAL COMMENTS?
OKAY, WE DO HAVE NEED FOR
CLOSED SESSION TONIGHT,
COMMISSIONERS, AND WE NEED TO
INVITE PAM DUBOIS TO COME INTO
CLOSED SESSION WITH US. AT THIS
TIME I WOULD ACCEPT A MOTION TO
GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AND TO
INVITE MISS DUBOIS TO JOIN US.
DO I HAVE A MOTION?
>> SO MOVED.
>> MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. DO YOU
HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY,
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH, NEXT