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IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
MINUTES
AUGUST 16, 1988
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Adjourned Regular Session on Tuesday, August
16, 1988, 7:30 p.m., Agricultural Center Conference Rooms 1 and 2, Statesville, NC. Present for the
meeting were:
Larry S. Hedrick, Chairman
Alice M. Stewart, Vice Chairman
Frances L. Murdock
Samuel L. Ostwalt
Absent: Jessie S. Crosswhite
Staff present: Joel Mashburn, County Manager
William P. Pope, County Attorney
Alice Fortner, Clerk to the Board
F. W. Furches, Jr., Finance Officer
Jerry Lundy, Planning Director
Lois Troutman, Tax Assessor
Joe Ketchie, Tax Collector
Bill Mashburn, Health Director
Don Wall, DSS Director
CALL TO ORDER: By Chairman Hedrick
INVOCATION: By County Manager Mashburn
RAY MOZELEY, REGARDING LAKESIDE CABLE TV COMPLAINT: Mr. Mozeley had requested an appointment
before the board to discuss his concerns about the Lakeside Cable Television service. Mr. Mozeley
read a prepared statement and delivered a copy of the statement to board members. In his statement
Mr. Mozeley said he was present to urge the board to consider appointing another cable company to
provide better service to the area. He said he could provide a petition with a thousand signatures
relative to the cable television service.
After further discussion, Chairman Hedrick requested the County Attorney to get with Mr.
Mozeley and get his information and see what the County's agreement says; see what violations are
occurring, if any; and how we might go about getting something done for Mr. Mozeley and other
customers, and report back at the next meeting.
NO BOARD ACTION.
HOTEL/MOTEL TAX DISCUSSION: Mr. Howard Kivett, representing the Statesville City Council,
presented a proposal to the board based on the July 22nd City Council Meeting. The proposal from
the City of Statesville was regarding a request from the Iredell County/Statesville Motel/Restaurant
Association concerning motel tax the City of Statesville has been collecting for about eighteen
months. In his discussion with the County Board of Commissioners, Mr. Kivett said the Statesville
City Council passed a motion to ask Iredell County Board of Commissioners to give $20,000 of the
present funds that have been set aside from the tax to a proposed board which would be set up and to
allow up to ten per cent of the annual proceeds for the next two years to go to this proposed board
to be used to promote travel and tourism. The City Council felt after two years you could tell if _
it is going to do what it is supposed to do, said Mr. Kivett. This would be reviewed by the '
Statesville City Council and the Iredell County Board of Commissioners.
Mr. Kivett distributed a sheet that showed the following taxes collected
TOTAL COLLECTED
$153,200
IREDELL COUNTY
114,000
STATESVILLE
25,000
MOORESVILLE
12,000
TROUTMAN
1,900
HARMONY
735
Mr. Bill Long, vice president of the Chamber's Community Development, spoke. He said they
would be using the funds to promote Iredell County. He remarked about brochures from other counties
he has seen. He said the latest figures from the North Carolina Travel and Tourism said that for
every dollar spent for travel and tourism, $5 has been generated.
The make-up of a proposed board for travel and tourism would consist of:
City of Statesville three members
County Commissioners one member
Chamber of Commerce one member
Hotel/Motel Association two members
MOTION from Commissioner Murdock to concur with the City of Statesville in the amendment of
Paragraph #4 of the Contract between Iredell County and City of Statesville, pertaining to the
disposition of funds from the hotel motel tax, and provide $20,000 of the proceeds collected to the