HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_1607 (2)IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
BRIEFING SESSION MINUTES
AUGUST 19. 1997
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Briefing
Session on Tuesday, August 19, 1997, 5:00 p.m., in the South Wing
Conference Room of the Iredell County Government Center.
Present: Sara K. Haire, Chairman
Steve D. Johnson, Vice Chairman
David A. Boone
Alice T. Fortner
Alice M. Stewart
Staff Present: Joel Mashburn, County Manager
Susan Blumenstein, Finance Director
Rodney Proctor, Sheriff's Dept.
Steve Messick, Library Director
Lynn Niblock, Inspections Director
Brent Weisner, Tax Assessor
Evie Caldwell, Purchasing Agent
Jean C. Moore, Clerk to the Board
Other: Christine Underwood, Record & Landmark
NOTE: Ms. Underwood will be replacing Audrey Montgomery as
the county government reporter.
REFUNDS AND RELEASESs Brent Weisner mentioned that, again,
this list is large due to problems created by the N.C. Dept. of
Motor Vehicles.
Tax Bill Mailings Weisner said 71,359 tax bills were to be
mailed on August 22, 1997. The amount of $24,901,657.61 is due for
the County and $3,927,522.27 for jurisdictions. The tax bills are
due September 1, 1997, and interest begins to accrue on January 6,
1998. Weisner reminded the group that the "tax bill" is the first
notice a taxpayer receives and that appeals of personal property
must be in writing to the County Assessor within 30 days of the
date billed. This year, a company has been found that will insert
all parcels in one envelope.
DISCUSSION AND/OR APPROVAL OF A STATEMENT IN REFERENCE TO THE
STATE PILOT PROGRAM FOR WELFARE REFORMS Commissioner Boone said
the General Assembly still had not resolved the Welform Reform
issue. Boone said a recent newspaper article indicated that 17
counties supported the House plan, 7 counties favored the Senate
plan, and 60 counties had not publicly stated a position.
Commissioner Stewart said it was her understanding the
Department of Human Resources was supposed to write the plan.
Stewart said she would not vote in the affirmative for a plan
requesting that Iredell County be a pilot program.
It was agreed that this item be deleted from the agenda. Mr.
Boone said that if the legislature adopted a plan that he wanted
the matter to be reviewed again.
PRESENTATION OF ESTIMATED COST FIGURES IN CONNECTION WITH
FUTURE LIBRARY NEEDS: Using overheads, Steve Messick, the library
director, shared area building costs. He mentioned that much
school construction was taking place and the sq. footage cost for
this was around $17.5. The City of Hickory is currently building a
library at $105 per square foot; however, this project was bid two
years ago. The State Library recommends 0.50 sq. ft. of space, per
capita for library facilities. Out of 74 public libraries in the
State, Iredell is ranked 69 in terms of having adequate sq.
footage. The State Library Office indicates the current sq.
footage of Iredell County's Library is 20,205 sq. ft. The sq. ft.
per capita is .23 and the footage needed to reach the recommended
level of .5 per capita is 43,955. (The State Library used a 1993
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