HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_1301 (2)OTIO by Commissioner Williams to approve the December 2003 refunds and
releases as recommended by the Tax Administrator.
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
Request from the Tax Administrator for the Extension of the 2004 Tax
Listing Period: Tax Administrator Bill Doolittle said the current deadline for tax
listings was Saturday, January 31 at midnight. As a courtesy to the county citizens, he
requested permission to extend the deadline until Monday, February 2, 2004, at
midnight.
OTIO by Commissioner Madison to approve the request to extend the 2004
tax listing deadline until Monday, February 2, 2004, at midnight.
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
Request from the Health Department for Approval to Write -Off FY 2001-02
Delinquent Accounts: Health Director Rabe requested permission to write-off the
following accounts.
SUBPROGRAM
PRIVATE PAY
MEDICAID
TOTAL
Adult Health
$ 935.60
$ 0
$ 935.60
Child Health
998.40
324.00
1,322.40
Child Service CoorT
0
0
0
Dental Health
0
4,361.00
4,361.00
Family Planning.23,053.10
145.00
23,198.10
Health Promotion
0
0
0
Immunizations
2,000.59
1,110.25
3,110.84
HIV/AIDS Case Mgt.
0
82.00
82.00
Maternity Care Coord.
0
237.56
237.56
Maternal Health
4,898.70
394.00
5,292.70
Miscellaneous
332.80
47.28
380.08
TOTALS
$32,219.19
$ 6,701.09
$38,920.28
Rabe said the board of health approved the write-offs on December 11, 2003.
He said the health department's mission was to serve people regardless of their ability
to pay, and the office did not contract out for account collections. Mr. Rabe said,
however, the department had recently signed up with the NC Debt Set -Off Program.
The county manager asked why there were Medicaid write-offs.
Bill Griffith, an administrative officer for the health department, said there were
several reasons. He said one reason was due to having to collect on private pay
insurance before the Medicaid billing.
OTIO by Commissioner Norman to approve the 2001-02 Health Department
write-offs as presented.
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
Request from the Health Department for Environmental Health Salary
Adjustments: Human Resources Director Hams said that for many years the
environmental health division had been having employee retention problems. She said
many individuals started out as interns, but when they became trained, a time-
consuming process, they were lured into more lucrative positions elsewhere. Mrs.
Harris said that in an effort to alleviate the problem, a market study had been done, and
it recommended a reclassification of one grade upward for each class in a division. She
said the reclassification cost, to be implemented retroactively to January 1, 2004, was
$14,520 for the remainder of this fiscal year. In addition, she said the health director