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nbsp; The Alleghany County Board of Commissioners met in speci=
al session
on Wednesday, February 28, 2007, at 5:30pm in the Commissioners Meeting Roo=
m of
the County Administration Buil=
ding,
348 South Main Street,
Sparta, North Caro=
lina. The purpose of this meeting is to
consider planning board applications.
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nbsp; Present: Chair Ken Richardson, Vice-Cha=
ir
Warren Taylor, Commissioner Randy
Miller, Commissioner Doug Murphy, Commissioner Milly Richardson, County Attorney Don=
na
Shumate, County Manager Don
Adams, and Clerk to the Board Karen Evans.
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Chair
Ken Richardson called the meeting to order.
Commission=
er
Milly Richardson made a motion to approve the agenda for this February 28, 2007,
meeting. Commissioner Randy M=
iller seconded
the motion. Vote 5:0.
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;
AGENDA
Wednesday,
February 28, 2007
5:30 PM
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nbsp;
5:30 &=
nbsp; Meeting
Called To Order
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nbsp; &nbs=
p; Motion
on Agenda for Fe=
bruary 28,
2007, meeting
5:35 &=
nbsp; County Business
1. Consideration of Planning Board
Applications
Adjourn
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nbsp; County Manager
Don Adams stated that each
Commissioner has had an opportunity to review the applications. He reviewed information on how the
Commissioners ranked the candidates.
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nbsp; County Manager
Don Adams and County Attorney =
Donna Shumate discussed tentatively approving =
the
candidates tonight, vote on the ordinance Monday then vote on the candidate=
s.
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nbsp; County Manager
Don Adams talked about Jerry B=
rooks,
Bruce Cook and Dan Abernathy received the support of all five Commissioners=
.
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nbsp; The
Board talked about following down the ranking list to consider Kenneth Brin=
egar
and David Isner since they received the support of four out of five
Commissioners.
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nbsp; Amy Pardue asked about Kenneth Brinegar and Da=
vid
Isner being from Gap Civil and one serving as an at-large member.
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nbsp; The
Board talked about ways to select the remaining members.<=
/p>
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nbsp; Chair
Ken Richardson talked about Bill Rost being on the planning board because he
was originally on the planning committee and the knowledge that he has
regarding the ordinance. He f=
urther
talked about administering an oath of office to the members, and the members
should have to uphold the ordinances.
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nbsp; Commissioner
Milly Richardson stated that she has talked to William Caudill, Sharrel Wya=
tt
and Martha Holder, and they wo=
uld not
tear down the ordinances. She
talked about Sharrel Wyatt versus Bill Rost and having people not selected =
go
to the next round by saving their applications and offering the positions to
them at that time.
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nbsp; Commissioner
Doug Murphy talked about peopl=
e may
resign and the Board may need to look at the applications again. He requested that the applications=
be kept
on file.
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nbsp; The
Board talked about ways to select the remaining members.<=
/p>
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nbsp; County Manager
Don Adams stated that the pape=
rs he
distributed are for discussion purposes only and that the Board doesn’=
;t
need to officially vote on the members tonight.
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nbsp; Commissioner
Warren Taylor stated that he
doesn’t think this is voting because the Board is selecting members i=
ndividually.
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nbsp; County Manager
Don Adams stated if the Board =
wants
to vote on the members then the proper way is to write the names on a paper=
and
sign it.
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nbsp; Amy Pardue handed out papers to vote.
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nbsp; The
Board submitted four names each: Randy Miller—William Caudill, Sharrel
Wyatt, Martha Holder, Michelle
Bedsaul; Doug Murphy—William Caudill, Sharrel Wyatt, Martha Holder, Michelle Bedsaul; Milly Richard=
son—William
Caudill, Sharrel Wyatt, Martha Holder,
Michelle Bedsaul; Ken Richardson—Sharrel Wyatt, John Huffman, Bill Ro=
st,
Gleason James; Warren Taylor—Mike Rowe, John Huffman, Bill Rost, Randy
Blankenship. County
Manager Don Adams started tallying the votes.
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nbsp; Chair
Ken Richardson stated that whatever is done today isn’t validated bec=
ause
the ordinance hasn’t been voted on.&=
nbsp;
He talked about the need to discuss having an alternate on the board=
.
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nbsp; Commissioner
Milly Richardson stated that she thinks the Board needs to pick the names t=
hen
put them into the ordinance and go on.&nbs=
p;
She talked about how tough this is because these all are good people=
.
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nbsp; Commissioner
Doug Murphy stated that he wou=
ld
like to publicly thank the people who submitted applications.
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nbsp; Chair
Ken Richardson talked about it is a good goal to have one from each township
but that goal may not happen all of the time.
&=
nbsp; Commissioner
Doug Murphy talked about it do=
esn’t
have to be the rule.
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nbsp; Commissioner
Milly Richardson stated that a lot of applications are from Gap Civil but t=
hey
live in the Town of Sparta
and the need to keep the townships represented.
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nbsp; Chair
Ken Richardson asked about the votes being unanimous on each member.
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nbsp; Commissioner
Warren Taylor, Commissioner Milly Richardson and Commissioner Doug Murphy talked about using a majority vote
rather than an unanimous vote.
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nbsp; Amy Pardue stated that most places handle thei=
r applications
this way.
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nbsp; Chair
Ken Richardson talked about a job description for the planning board member=
s.
County M=
anager D=
on Adams
stated that he will go through an orientation session with the new members.=
Commissioner Warren Taylor <=
/st1:PersonName>stated
that five will be a quorum for this board because there are nine members
County Manager Don Adams
read the results of the ballots including the at-large members; Jerry Brook=
s,
Cherry Lane; Bruce Cook, Cranberry; Dan Abernathy, Prathers Creek; Kenneth
Brinegar, Gap Civil; Sharrel Wyatt, Whitehead; =
Martha
Holder, Piney Creek; Michelle Bedsaul, Glade Creek and Da=
vid
Isner and Bill Caudill serving as at-large members.
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Being
no further business, Commissioner Milly Richardson made a motion to adjourn=
at 5:57pm. Commissioner Doug
Murphy seconded the motion. Vote 5:0.
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Respectfully subm=
itted, &=
nbsp;
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Karen Evans &=
nbsp; &nbs=
p;
Clerk to the Boar=
d &=
nbsp;
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Attest:
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Ken Richardson
Chairman