HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_1276 (2)is in the amount of $61,409,552. The tax rate will remain at 45
cents per $100 valuation (based on a valuation of $6,043,048,420).
A tax collection rate of 96% is estimated.
Pae Hustle - Appropriate Punishment options: Bustle requested
more money for this non-profit agency. She mentioned the majority
of funding came from the State. Due to law changes, Bustle said
the needs (punishment and restitution) for her agency were
increasing. Bustle said that last year 830 community penalty plans
were accepted by judges across the State of North Carolina. By
keeping 830 people out of prison, $15 million dollars was saved for
the State. Locally, she mentioned her office was dealing with 49
offenders with 22 being active. over $52,000 has been ordered in
restitution in Iredell County.
Mark Lancaster - Lake Norman Marine Comission: Lancaster
requested more money for the marine commission. Presently, the
commission is trying to obtain assistance from Duke Power, a
homeowner's association, and local law enforcement agencies to mark
the beginning of small -fingered coves. (The coves might have speed
limits or no wake areas.) This will hopefully flush people out
into larger parts of the lake. A plan is also being worked on to
incorporate the Duke Power tagging system for piers which will
assist law enforcement officers on injuries/ accidents, thefts, etc.
Odd -numbered coves would be on the left and even coves on the
right.
Mecklenburg County has advised that it will fund at $15,500.
Catawba County has agreed to the full funding of $16,600.
Lancaster said that additional money would be used for education.
He mentioned that with four different dealerships selling jet skis
that these now total around 1,000 on the lake.
avelyn Funderburk - Parents as Teachers/Iredell-statesville
schools: Advised that Parents as Teachers is a home school
community partnership designed to give all children the best
possible start in life. Funderburk requested funding for this
program for the next school year.
Teenage Mother in the Parents as Teachers Programs Jeanette
Sigmon Osquira and son, Anthony appeared before the group and
requested funding for the Parents as Teachers Program. Advised
that Ms. Funderburk had visited with her family and brought books,
toys, and educational material for her two children.
Virginia Mitchell - Mitchell Community Colleges Accompanied
by Larry Williams, Dr. Bill Findt, and Billie Meeks, Ms. Mitchell
said they were at the meeting to say thanks for the support and the
funding for the past few years.
Laura Miller - Iredell-statesville schools: Miller, speaking
as an employee of the school system and as a parent, requested
funding for the expansion budget/transition class. Specifically,
Miller was in favor of having a teacher in each of the middle
schools to teach 12-15 students (7th and 8th graders) who are not
ready to move on to the next grade.
Robert Looks - Iredell-Statesville school Psychologists
Advocated funding for alternative schools. Mentioned this type of
school would help by: (1) Assisting students that have a history
of disruptive behavior to finish high school so they can become
contributors to society (2) Students remaining in typical classroom
will not have to contend with disruptive students and (3) Benefits
the community - when regular classrooms do not work out the
students end up suspended/expelled and out on the streets. If an
alternative school was given a chance, Locke said that after three
years measurable achievement should be seen.
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