The Alleghany County Board of Commissioners met in regular session = on Monday, May 4th, 1998 at 6:30 PM in the Conference Room of the County Office Building, 90 South Main Street, Sparta, NC

= The Alleghany County Board of Commissioners and Sparta Town Council held a join= t meeting on Monday, October 29, 2007, at 7:00pm in the Board Meeting Room of the County Administration Building, 348 South Main Street, Sparta, North Carolina.

= Present: Chair Ken Richardson, Vice-Chair Warren Taylor, Commissioner Randy Miller, Commissioner Doug Murphy, Commissioner Milly Richardson, Mayor John Miller, Town Council Members Agnes Joines, Mike Parlier, County Manager Don Adams, Town Planner Kevin Dowell and County Clerk to the Board Karen<= /st1:PersonName> Evans. Town Council Member Robert Andrews was present but arrived late.

= Chair Ken Richardson called the meeting to order for the County at 7:00pm and welcomed everyone.

= Mayor John Miller stated that they didn’t have enough members to call their meeting to order. He reminded everyone of the Town’s elections that will be held next Tuesday.=

Bob Bamberg gave everyone the history of the Governor’s volunteer program. He talked about the process for nominating volunteers and the select= ion process. He stated that five = volunteers will receive special recognition from the Governor’s office. He further stated that the selecti= on committee had hard decisions to make and the three categories of nominations are organizations, individuals and youth.&= nbsp; He recognized the first five recipients; Cameron Absher, Helen Crous= e, Nancy Hall, Andy Wright and Jessica Wyatt and explained their volunteer activities. He recognized the people that received special recognition from the Governor’s Office; Victoria Hall, Alice Keighton, Walt McMillan and Deanna Warren and explaine= d their volunteer activities.

Robert Andrews jo= ined the meeting at 7:10pm.

Bob Bamberg presented the Medallion Award to Vickie Scott and Cares volunteers. He explained that Mrs. Scott is the director of Alleghany Cares. He stated the activities that Alle= ghany Cares were involved in. He explained the Medallion Award is the highest volunteer honor. He thanked everyone for their hard work.

Mayor John Miller called the Town meeting to order at 7:13pm.

The Board of Commissioners, Mayor and Town Council stated their appreciation to the volunteers for their hard work and accomplishments in Alleghany County.

Nancy Hall stated that she does the volunteer work to help the people, and she gets pure joy = out of helping others.

Mayor John Miller stated that the Town Council has one of the greatest volunteers on their bo= ard; Agnes Joines.

Commissioner Randy Miller stated that all volunteers are to be thanked.

Commissioner Warr= en Taylor talked about attending a press conference earlier today on the water authority receiving a $2,500,000 grant to go towards the water project.

Chair Ken Richard= son explained that this is an example of neighbor helping neighbor.<= /span>

Robert Andrews ma= de a motion to adjourn the Town’s meeting at 7:23pm. Agnes Joines seconded the motion.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Vote 3:0.

Susan Reinhardt thanked Chairman Richardson a= nd the Board of Commissioners for allowing her to be on the agenda. She explained that at the last mee= ting she brought a proposed plat revision for Stoney Creek. She reminded everyone that the pla= t has been approved prior and this is a revision to the approved plat. She explained the revisions are the location of the road and changing the number of lots from 11 to 10.

Chair Ken Richard= son talked about a letter the Board has from Planner Kathy Murphy stating that = she has reviewed the revisions and is recommending Board approval.

Commissioner Warr= en Taylor and Susan Reinhardt tal= ked about there are two access roads for the subdivision.

Commissioner Milly Richardson made a motion to approve the proposed revisions to the Stoney Creek plat.= Commissioner Randy Miller seconded the motion.

Chair Ken Richard= son asked about further subdividing on the property will come back before the Board.

Susan Reinhardt stated that yes it would foll= ow the same procedures as the 10 lots.

The Board voted on the motion on the floor. Vote= 5:0.

Being no further county business, Commissioner Milly Richardson made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:30pm. Commission= er Warren Taylor seconded the motion. Vote 5:0.

Respectfully submitted,&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp;

Karen Evans &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp;

Clerk to the Board = &nb= sp; =

ATTEST:

Ken Richardson

Chairman