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MINUTES - BRIEFING
AUGUST 18, 1992 - 4:00 P.M.
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in a briefing session at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday,
August 18, 1992. Those present for the meeting were:
R. B. Sloan, Jr., Chairman
Sara K. Haire, Vice Chairman
Doug Madison
Frank Mitchell
Staff present: Joel Mashburn, County Manager
William P. Pope, County Attorney
Alice Fortner, Clerk to the Board
Susan Goodman, Finance Officer
Jerry Lundy, Director of Services and Development
Lois Troutman, Tax Assessor
Joe Ketchie, Tax Collector
Bill Mashburn, Health Director
Kelly Sheeks, Environmentalist
Janet Blaufuss, Nursing Director
Ron Weatherman, Landfill Supervisor
Cliff Reavis, Inspections Director
Carson Fisher, Engineer
EXECUTIVE SESSION: MOTION from Chairman Sloan to enter executive session for a legal briefing
by county attorney.
VOTING: Ayes - 4; Nays - 0.
MOTION from Commissioner Haire to return to regular session.
VOTING: Ayes - 4; Nays - 0.
DISCUSSION WITH DAVID M. GRIFFITH REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING LANDFILL FEES: Mr. 0. W.
Strickland, representative of DMG, was present to discuss the tipping fees. He presented a brochure
with the projects for the following budget year as well as for several more years. Mr. Strickland
said the state average is $50.17 per ton. (Iredell County's price is $24.00 per ton.)
NO BOARD ACTION.
PROPOSED FINANCING FOR CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION OF SCHOOL FACILITIES FOR IREDELL-STATESVILLE
SCHOOLS: Mr. Steve Schemmel was present from Alex Brown & Sons, Inc., regarding financing. He said
the COPS financing was delayed for sale in December and closing in January 1993. Ms. Goodman
explained that the bonds issued for the landfill was issued with the understanding that the county
would be bank qualified up to $10 million. If the county issues this school bond prior to the end
of the year, this would disqualify the earlier statement about being bank qualified.
In order to avoid any cash flow problems before the COPS can be issued, interim financing will
be sought for the project. Southern National Bank has offered interim financing for twelve months
on $3.5 million. There will be no pre -payment penalty. There is a local government fee of $250.
Interest rate is 31%. Susan Goodman, Finance Officer, was asking for board authorization to proceed
- with the interim financing. This will be handled on the Consent Agenda at the 7:30 regular meeting.
i TAX BILLS: Mr. Ketchie reported that part of the tax bills would be mailed on Wednesday,
August 19, 1992 and the remainder would be mailed on Friday, August 21, 1992. This is the earliest
we have had the bills out in some time, Mr. Mashburn reported.
RESIGNATION OF ASSISTANT TAX COLLECTOR: Mr. Joe Ketchie reported that Ms. Esther Poston, has
resigned her position as Assistant Tax Collector as of September 3, 1992. Mr. Ketchie reported that
Ms. Poston has done an exemplary job.
REPORT ON EQUALIZATION AND REVIEW BOARD: Mrs. Troutman reported there was one more meeting of
the Equalization and Review Board.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT: The board discussed the matters health department has on the agenda.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT - ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: The board discussed an environmental fee adopted by
the board on January 7, 1992 under the Budget Amendment #22. It seems a misunderstanding has
occurred and the commissioners may not have all been voting on what they understood. After some
discussion, it was suggested that this matter be referred to the Health Board for clarification and
brought back to the county commissioners following the health board's recommendation.
The board discussed some other matters and placed some items on
Consent Agenda.
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