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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93008_1931X48.: IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MINUTES JULY 1, 1991 The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Adjourned Session on Monday, July 1, 1991, 9:00 a.m., County Commissioners' Meeting Room, Iredell County Government Center, 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC. Those present for the meeting were: R. B. Sloan, Jr., Chairman Alice M. Stewart, Vice Chairman Sara K. Haire Doug Madison Frank Mitchell Staff present: Joel Mashburn, County Manager Alice Fortner, Clerk to the Board Susan Goodman, Finance Officer Jerry Lundy, Planning Director Carson Fisher, Staff Engineer CALL TO ORDER: By Chairman Sloan CONSIDERATION OF FY 1991-92 BUDGET ORDINANCE: Mr. Joel Mashburn announced that he had been talking to Mr. Ron Aycock from the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners this morning, and Mr. Aycock said the State has passed a resolution to continue operating under the same budget until July 6th. Mr. Aycock feels that the State will make a decision by the 6th, and probably that decision will be some form of the 112 cent sales tax for the county which will replace the Reimbursement Tax the counties now receive in lieu of the intangible tax and the inventory tax formerly repealed by the state government. Tax. I The sates discussing taxtwillayields S1.5 omillionan aihethe firstcounty year, shereceives sa$d.8 Thismillion means the there ism audefi'ci�t of $300,000 the first year that will have to come from the county's fund balance in order to achieve the present level of revenues. Chairman Sloan inquired how quickly this sales tax can be implemented if the state does actual- ly pass it. Mr. Mashburn said they are working out legislation that will allow a quicker implemen- tation of the tax through a shorter time period on the notice of public hearing (reducing the time from 10 days to five days). Mr. Mashburn also reiterated that that will not be a tax that will give any additional revenues; it is a replacement tax for revenues that will no longer be available to counties. Mr. Mashburn recommended that the county commissioners go ahead and adopt an interim budget which will allow the county to operate its day-to-day activities. There cannot be any capital purchases made, but the county can continue at the present level for salaries and other necessary expenses that would occur during this interim period until the state has made its decision on its budget for FY 1991-92. DARE PROGRAM: The board discussed a request from the City of Statesville regarding the DARE program funds to come from the Local ABC funds formerly allocated to the Statesville City Schools. This is approximately $80,000. Mr. Mashburn said the budget has the county's share of the funds already in it for the DARE program. NO ACTION TAKEN. STATESVILLE AIRPORT FUNDS: There was $45,000 from the 1990-91 budget that went into fund balance at the conclusion of the 90-91 fiscal year. These funds will remain a part of fund bl unless the board reappropriates them in to the airport cine item of the Special Appropriations aance budget. NO BOARD ACTION. SCHOOL BUDGET AMENDMENT: An amendment to the 90-91 school budget that was inadvertently overlooked previously was presented to the board for approval. The amendment permitted the moving of funds from Iredell County Schools Fund Balance to the line items for construction of North Middle, furniture and equipment for North Middle, Architect fees for North Middle, and a multi- purpose building at Monticello. The total amount of the amendment is $571,630. After discussion board members decided to wait until the newly combined board is in place before considering this amendment further. _ MOTION from Commissioner Madison to table the amendment until the July 16th meeting. VOTING: AYES - 5; Nays - 0. tion: INTERIM BUDGET: MOTION from Commissioner Madison to adopt the following Interim Budget Resolu- INTERIM BUDGET RESOLTUION 1991-92 BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of Iredell County that thereis hereby adopted an interim budget for the purpose of providing salaries, debt service payments, and the usual ordinary expense of Iredell County, effective July 1, 1991, until the adoption of the 1991-92 budget. E