HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0771IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
BUDGET SESSION
MAY 23.2002
The Iredcll County Board of Commissioners met for a Budget Session on
Monday, May 23, 2002, at 5:30 p.m., in the Iredell County Government Center (South
Wing Conference Room), 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC.
Present: Chairman Sara Haire Tice
Vice Chairman Karen B. Ray
Tommy E. Bowles
Steve D. Johnson
R. Godfrey Williams
Staff Present: County Manager Joel Mashburn and Finance Director Susan
Blumenstein.
Guests: Carroll Goodman, Chairman of the Fire Tax District Board
DEPARTMENTAL BUDGETS: The remaining departmental budgets (Sheriff,
Jail, Courts, Legal, ECONV911, EMS, Fire/Rescue, Fire Marshal, Health, & DSS) were
reviewed. There were no changes from the county manager's recommendations.
FIRE TAX DISTRICT BOARD: Carroll Goodman, Chairman of the Fire Tax
District Board, requested guidance on the funding decisions for the fire departments.
LOCAL OPTION HALF CENT SALES TAX: The board briefly discussed the
possibility of continuing the Article 44 half -cent sales tax. (Local governments originally
had the option of continuing the tax in July of 2003. Now, there is a possibility the
General Assembly might allow counties to move the effective date to August of 2002.)
No action occurred on the matter.
OPTION SELECTED TO BALANCE THE FY 2002-2003 BUDGET: The
county manager said that should the state not release the reimbursements owed to the
county, a decision needed to be made on how the budget should be balanced. He
mentioned the five options that were presented to the board on May 13, 2002.
P_0T_j0__R by Commissioner Bowles to direct the staff to balance the budget by
(1) borrowing $2,351,216 from the Solid Waste Escrow fund for Closure & Post -Closure
Costs, and (2) retain $761,904 in a reserve fund for school current expense, should the
state not release the reimbursements.
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
Approved: i. — Clerk to the Board