Remarks by Laura Blackwell Lindsey
44 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 2
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“All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? All right. This special meeting is adjourned. Thank you all.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 21, 2026
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“Good evening and welcome to the Board of Commissioners regular meeting for August 17th, 2026. I will call this meeting to order. If you all will please stand with me for the Pledge of Allegiance and remain standing for invocation. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. And I would like to welcome up Dan Marshall who will give us our invocation for the evening. Good evening.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 17, 2026
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“All right. I do need a motion to approve the minutes as presented. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That carries 5-0. And then I need a motion to approve the agenda, including the changes on page 42. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? All right, that carries as well, 5-0. So we will move on to item number two, which is the geobond video. And this is going to be presented by our new county manager, John Eller. Welcome him to the dais. We're so glad to have you up here.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 17, 2026
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“And I just want to say thanks to Dominique and Jonathan Weaver for doing that as well. You know, our job here is to educate you on what a bond is and what that means for you. And so for the next several weeks coming up until November, we will be putting out videos and educational material for everybody to understand what this bond means for them personally in their own households. OK, so we will move on to recognitions and presentations. Item number one, Consolidated Human Services Agency Economic Services Appreciation Proclamation. And that is with Stacy Daniels. Good evening. Welcome.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 17, 2026
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“All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? And that carries 5-0. Thank you, ladies, for coming up to present that, and we certainly value the work that you do. All right, we will move on to item number two, recognition of Chief Deputy Burchett on her retirement from Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office with Sheriff Banshaw.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 17, 2026
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“you go we do have to give you your your clock because you can't leave without your clock um i just want to say tessa i have enjoyed being able to work with you i appreciate so much that you know how important the animals are And you have always been there to answer any questions that I've had. And you've just been a great resource for so many people. And I'm truly grateful for your leadership in the Sheriff's Department. And we really are going to miss you. Now, do you want to tell what you're going to be, your next endeavor is going to be? Because I love that you're doing this.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 17, 2026
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“Again, we are very grateful for you, and thank you very much, Sheriff Shaw. All right, and we will move on to informal public comments. Arie, how many do we have this evening, ma'am?”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 17, 2026
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“All right, commissioners, I do need a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 17, 2026
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“Any opposed? That carries 5-0. Thank you. And we will move on to new business. Item number one is the proposed animal shelter replacement discussion with Kyle Billifer.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 17, 2026
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“Commissioners, do you have any questions? Commissioner Pittman?”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 17, 2026
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“Any other questions or comment? OK, I do need a motion to approve the county staff to advertise a request for qualifications for limited design services for the proposed new animal shelter and request staff to study alternative funding models that other counties have used to build and operate their animal shelter. Okay, all those in favor, please say aye. Any opposed? All right, that carries 5-0. Thank you. We will move on to item number two, which is discussion of potential permanent stage construction at Rob Wallace Park with Kyle.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 17, 2026
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“Commissioners, do you have any questions? I do need a motion to approve the county to partner with the town of Midland and feasibility and design only for the proposed permanent entertainment stage at Rob Wallace Park. Construction approval would come at a later date and be associated with several agreements. All those in favor, please say aye. Any opposed? That carries 5-0.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 17, 2026
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“commissioners any comments or questions all right I do need a motion to approve the donation of County assets four zero seven two and four zero seven three to the town of Midland all those in favor please say aye any opposed thank you so much for your time all right we will move on to item number four boards and committees they have partners governing board appointment Aerie, would you like to address this, ma'am?”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 17, 2026
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“Commissioners, do you have any questions or comments? All right, I do need a motion to approve John Eller to serve the Cabarrus County representative on the VEA Partners Governing Board for a three-year term expiring September 30th, 2029, and to include any necessary exemptions to the appointment policy.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 17, 2026
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“All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That carries 5-0. Thank you. And we will move on to reports. Just so you all know, the reports have been included in your packet for review. Do you all have any questions regarding those? Okay, just remember that we do have vacancies still on our boards and committees, so please, if you are interested, please fill out an application online for any of those boards and committees. And I will start with Commissioner Pittman.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 17, 2026
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“Thank you, Commissioner Jones. Commissioner Patterson?”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 17, 2026
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“All right, thank you. All right, just a couple of things. At the Kannapolis City Council meeting this past month, I was able to watch four new police officers sworn into the KPD. So congratulations to them. I'm also very thankful that none of the Kannapolis police officers were hurt in a recent situation that happened. I think we have heard of to this point. I did get the opportunity to attend the Locust City Council meeting last week. I just got to give a shout out to them. They are a phenomenal group of city council members. The mayor is hysterical and their city manager, Cesar, is…”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 17, 2026
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“Thank you, Commissioner Wortman. And I just want to say that you are doing a fantastic job, even though you had not been officially official until now. We are grateful to have you. You're welcome. Commissioner Jones.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 17, 2026
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“Thank you, Patrick. So first, I want to highlight our animal shelter video for this month. So this month I was able to meet Button, Hunter and Fisher. Hey folks, I'm Laura. This is Button. This is Hunter. This is Fisher. And this is your August shelter update. Let's go meet those friendly faces now. Button is approximately six years old, and according to a volunteer donated DNA test, Button is 33% American Pit Bull Terrier, 29% American Staffordshire Terrier, 18% Boxer, 8% Boston Terrier, and 5% American Akita. She is cute as a button and looking for a family of her own. Hunter and Fisher…”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 17, 2026