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Sunday, October 05, 2008 3:00 AM
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By Jessie Burchette
news @salisburypost.com
County commissioners are set to tackle issues ranging from a contract for the baseball stadium to a central administrative office for the Rowan-Salisbury School System.
After several short sessions, the Rowan County Board of Commissioners faces several major issues at its Monday session.
One of the first items is a report from Planning Director Ed Muire on the proposed land-use plan for west Rowan.
Muire will provide a brief review of the plan and recommendations by the Planning Board.
Commissioners will decide when to schedule a public hearing and vote on the plan. That could come at the Oct. 20 meeting.
In other business on the agenda:
- County Manager Gary Page will update the board regarding the financial status of the county amidst national economic distress. Page told members of the Rowan County Chamber of Commerce Friday that he would recommend a 90-day hiring freeze on all jobs except sheriff's deputies and emergency medical technicians.
- Page, Chairman Arnold Chamberlain and Commissioner Jim Sides will report on discussions with the school system on a central office.
Commissioners will be asked to approve hiring an architect to do a feasibility study to evaluate school staff needs. Commissioners are considering buying the former Winn-Dixie building on Jake Alexander Boulevard and renovating it to combine all school administrative offices. The option favored by the school board includes building a two-story addition to provide additional space.
The feasibility study is projected to cost $15,000 to $30,000 and expected to be ready by November.
- Review a proposed policy that would require all agencies receiving money from the county to comply with the open meetings, public records and conflict of interest agencies.
- Consider a request from Rowan-Cabarrus Community College for $200,000 to add a 12-inch water line to the campus for the new classroom building. Initial plans for a 6-inch line do not provide adequate water flow or pressure.
-Commissioner Sides, Tina Hall and County Attorney Jay Dees will update the board on negotiations with Smith Family Baseball for leasing Fieldcrest Cannon Stadium.
The Rowan County Board of Commissioners meets at 4 p.m. Monday in the Cohen Administration Building, 130 W. Innes St.
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Jan
: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 12:17 AM
Tina has to be the most rude and ill mannered commissioner I have ever met. Even Jim Sides will treat most people with respect that he disagrees with, but Tina throws manners out the window.
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Go, Tina, go
Commissioners made wrong decision : Tuesday, October 07, 2008 9:45 PM
They should have listened to Jim Sides and his plan for the school administration buildings. This would have saved us taxpayers a lot of money. The school board has grandiose plans - but only for themselves and not the students. Tina Hall challenged them, as well she should. She questioned their accuracy on saving the county money by buying land for another school in the southern part of the county. School officials last year said the school would be needed in 3 or 4 years. Now, a year later, they say the school won't be needed for 10 years. This discrepancy brings into question the creditablilty of the school board projections.
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WhistleBlower
: Monday, October 06, 2008 10:42 PM
The county is so worried about the economy and well being of its citizens that they recently honored J. Newton Cohen by having a memorial placed on the front of the Administrative building. What I find even more humorous is that as you walk into the building you will notice a broken door and a seal falling off another.
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Larry
: Sunday, October 05, 2008 5:42 PM
I will tell you what they need to do in this economy - not build a new multi million dollar DSS building, not build a $10M school office, not WASTE $30,000 on a stupid consultant. Our conservative board has lost their fiscal conservative ideology. We need to tigthen our belts not spend millions on brick and mortor.
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