HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_0514 (2)IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
BRIEFING MINUTES
DECEMBER 21, 2004
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Briefing Session on
Tuesday, December 21, 2004, at 5:00 p.m., in the Iredell County Government Center
(South Wing Conference Room), 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC.
Present were:
Chairman Sara Haire Tice
Steve D. Johnson
Marvin Norman
Ken Robertson
Absent: Vice Chairman Godfrey Williams was absent due to illness of his
mother.
Staff present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, Finance Director Susan
Blumenstein, Tax Administrator Bill Doolittle, GIS Administrator Lee Anne Owens,
Health Administrative Officer Bill Griffith, Allied Health Services Coordinator Norma
Rife, Public Health Nurse Susan Johnson, Planning & Code Enforcement Director Lynn
Niblock, PIanners Rebecca Harper and Colleen Nelson, Support Services Director Jim
Vernon, EMS Director Lee Darnell, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
Call to Order by Chairman Tice.
Request from the EMS Department for Approval of a Resolution and a
Memorandum of Understanding Pertaining to the North Carolina Local
Debt Setoff Program: EMS Director Lee Darnell requested permission to add another
step in the collection of delinquent ambulance bills. He said several years ago the tax
office gained permission to join the North Carolina Government Debt Setoff
Clearinghouse Program to help in the collection of delinquent taxes. Darnell said the
program, with assistance from the North Carolina Department of Revenue, helped
counties and municipalities collect unpaid debts. (The governmental units submit
debtors' information to the clearinghouse. If the delinquent debtor is owed a state
income tax refund, the setoff program shifts the refund to the unit of government
holding the delinquent account.)
Darnell said a collection agency was already being used to collect delinquent
ambulance accounts, and the debt setoff program would enhance the measures already
in place.
County Manager Mashburn said new information had been received indicating
the resolution and Memorandum of Understanding were not needed to allow EMS to
participate in the program. (With this being the situation, the board deleted the request
from the agenda.)
Request for the Appointment of a Voting Delegate for the Legislative
Goals Conference Sponsored by the North Carolina Association of County
Commissioners Scheduled for Thursday and Friday, January 13-14, 2005, at the
Radisson Hotel, in High Point, NC: Due to scheduling conflicts, no board member
will be able to attend the legislative conference; however, the county manager said the
board members would have an opportunity to discuss legislative goals with their
legislators on January 13, 2005, at the Statesville Civic Center. (A reception has been
planned for that evening, and the legislative delegates representing Iredell County have
been invited.)
(It was the consensus of the board to delete this item from the 7 p.m. agenda.)
Discussion Regarding a Sign Violation Located on the Premises of the
Shepherds Volunteer Fire Department: Shepherds VFD Chief Kelly Robinson