By Jessie Burchette
jburchette@Salisburypost
County commissioners have cleared the way for Enochville to get a Dollar General store.
Premier Builders & Development plans to build a 9,100-square-foot building at the intersection of Sassy Lane and Enochville Avenue on a site adjacent to Community One Bank.
Commissioners approved a waiver of Coddle Creek watershed requirements that will allow 38 percent of the 2-acre lot to be covered by the building and pavement.
Senior Planner Shane Stewart said Tuesday final approval for the retail facility should be completed within a month.
In other business Monday, the board:
– Approved a contract with Embarq to provide a new E-911 telephone system. Embarq submitted the low bid of $288,000.
Rob Robinson, the county’s emergency communications director, noted the current 911 phone system is six years old and no longer manufactured.
Robinson also outlined plans to work with the city of Salisbury’s 911 system to share training and maintenance. The system will include redundant switches at the city 911 center to allow a seamless transfer of calls as a backup.
– Agreed to sell the county’s half interest in a lot at 504 N. Long St. to the town of East Spencer, which owns the remaining interest.
The East Spencer Housing Development office wants to build a house on the lot.
– Approved the county’s Work First grant at the request of the Department of Social Services.
– Approved a series of budget amendments including receipt of federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Grant funds for the planned Rowan Express service between Salisbury and Kannapolis. The grant totals $120,000.
The county also accepted $17,000 from the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources for computers at the East Branch Library in Rockwell.
Also, commissioners agreed with a request from the Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education to use $2.26 million in public school building capital funds from the state for current-year payments on 1993 school bonds. The state funds will substitute for restricted sales-tax funds that have been used in prior years.
The Health Department has also received $48,000 in state funds, which will be used to make a part-time interpreter a full-time position. Commissioners stipulated the county will not pay for the position when the state funding ends.