) STOKES COUNTY GOVERNMENT
COUNTY OF STOKES ) DANBURY, NORTH CAROLINA
) MAY 17, 2007
The Board of Commissioners of the County of Stokes, State of North
Carolina, met for a special session in the Commissioners’ Chambers of the
Ronald Wilson Reagan Memorial Building (Administrative Building) located in
Danbury, North Carolina on Thursday, May 17, 2007 at 2:00 pm with the following
members present:
Chairman
Leon Inman
Vice-Chairman
Jimmy Walker
Commissioner Ron Carroll
Commissioner Ernest
Lankford
Commissioner
Stanley Smith
County
Personnel in Attendance:
County
Manager Bryan Steen
Clerk
to the Board Darlene Bullins
County
Attorney Edward Powell
Chairman Leon Inman called the meeting to order.
Commissioner Lankford delivered the invocation.
Chairman Inman opened the meeting by inviting the citizens in
attendance to join the Board with the Pledge of Allegiance.
Chairman Inman welcomed CEO Len Preslar –
WFU Baptist Medical Center, President Lance Labine- Stokes Reynolds Memorial
Hospital, and In House Attorney Mclain Wallace to the meeting.
Closed Session
Chairman Inman entertained a motion to enter closed session for the
following:
Vice Chairman Walker moved to enter into
closed session for the following:
Commissioner Smith seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
The Board returned to the special session of May 17th
meeting.
Chairman Inman entertained a motion regarding the leasing of Stokes
Reynolds Memorial Hospital.
Commissioner Carroll moved to direct the county attorney to work with
NC Baptist Hospital in developing a third amendment to the agreement of lease
for Stokes Reynolds Memorial Hospital incorporating the stipulation that the
County will be responsible for 1/3 of the losses not to exceed $300,000.
Commissioner Lankford seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
County
Manager Bryan Steen informed the Board of a $3,000 grant received by the Health
Department for the purchase of a computer from the State. The notification informing the Health
Department was sent to a vacant nursing supervisor’s computer. During reconciliation of accounts, the
funding was noted. Due to the state’s
fiscal year ending
May 31,
2007, the funds must be expended and paid for by that date.
Manager
Steen requested approval to proceed with the purchase of the computer for the
Health Department.
The Board discussed the funding request.
The Board unanimously agreed to direct County Manager Steen to proceed
with the purchase of the equipment for the Health Department and return a
budget amendment to the Board on May 29, 2007.
Commissioner Carroll moved to make a formal
request to the Board of Education from the Board of Commissioners for the
following information:
·
State and Federal Planning Allotments for
2007-08
·
Most recent State and Federal Allotment
Revisions for 2006-07
·
Summary of 2006-07 expenditures in State
PRC 31, 68/69, 72
(personnel by
position, materials, technology, staff development, etc)
·
Summary of all permanent positions by PRC
·
Analysis of Current Expense and Capital
Outlay Fund Balances
(Start with
amount shown in audit, then show restrictions,
appropriations, etc. to arrive at available
Fund Balance for use
in 2007-08)
Commissioner Smith seconded and the motion
carried unanimously.
The Board unanimously agreed to include a
due date with the request of May 31, 2007.
Commissioner Carroll requested that the following be
included in the proposed fire department contracts particularly in the service
district:
The fire departments are not
to incur any long term debt that is expected to be paid off with tax revenues
without the prior consent of the Fire Commission and the Board of Commissioners.
The Board discussed the proposed fire
department budgets being submitted to the county manager, current debts of the
fire departments, current capital expenditures being purchased by fire
departments, and Fire Commission Guidelines approved in 2002.
Clerk to the Board Darlene Bullins noted
that some departments request a tax exempt certificate to be completed by the
Board for the purchase of equipment/buildings, most do not.
Clerk Bullins explained the fire budget
procedure, which was followed before the approval of Fire Commission Guidelines
in 2002.
The Board unanimously agreed to direct the
County Manager to insert the following statement upon approval of the County
Attorney into the proposed fire contracts for the May 29th meeting:
·
The fire departments are not to incur any long term debt that is
expected to be paid off with tax revenues without the prior consent of the Fire
Commission and the Board of Commissioners
The Board reiterated the valuable service
provided to the citizens of Stokes County by the Volunteer Fire Departments and
the intent of the Board is to enter into an agreement with the fire departments
that contains good public policy.
There being no further business to come before the Board, Chairman
Inman entertained a motion to adjourn the special meeting.
Commissioner Lankford moved to adjourn the special meeting.
Commissioner Smith seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
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Darlene M.
Bullins J. Leon Inman
Clerk to the
Board Chairman