HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0811IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MINUTES
JULY 2. 2002
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on Tuesday,
July 2, 2002, at 7:00 p.m., in the Iredell County Government Center, 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, County Attorney Bill Pope, Finance
Director Susan Blumenstein, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice.
INVOCATION by Commissioner Johnson.
PLEDGE OF ALEGIANCE
ADJUSTMENTS OF THE AGENDA: OTIO by Chairman Tice to adjust the
agenda by adding a Request for Approval to Select Single -Prime Only Bidding for the
Renovations of the Iredell County Government Center -South Project.
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Chairman Tice declared the meeting to be in a public hearing.
CONSIDERATION OF THE ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION THAT WILL
ENABLE THE COUNTY TO LEVY THE THIRD ONE-HALF CENT SALES & USE
TAX: County Manager Mashburn said the purpose of the hearing was to receive public
input concerning the one-half cent sales tax authorized by the General Assembly that could
become effective July 1, 2003. He said the General Assembly in 2001 approved Article 44
that increased the sales tax by a one-half cent through June 30, 2003. Mashburn said the
counties had been given the option of levying the tax as of July 1, 2003.
In addition, Mr. Mashburn said the North Carolina Senate recently passed its budget,
and it contained a plan to allow the counties to accelerate the tax collection. He said the
House, however, had not passed its budget. Mashburn said that if the House approved the
tax acceleration, counties could start collecting as of August 1, 2002. He said another
resolution would be required, but not a public hearing.
County Finance Director Blumenstein said the one-half cent tax would be distributed
50% on per capita in Iredell County, compared to the entire state, and 50% on point of origin.
She said that for FY 03-04, the tax would bring in $4,390,500 for Iredell County. The return
for the municipalities would be:
Harmony $ 22,511
Love Valley 3,093
Mooresville 616,736
Statesville 851,348
Troutman 78,340
Commissioner Williams asked the manager to explain why the board members were
being asked to consider the tax.