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eliminate any committee action.
UPDATE ON HOUSE BILL 1638 (SHORT TITLE: 911 SERVICE
TAXES): Emergency Services Director Tracy Jackson, Communications Director
David Martin, and 911 Coordinator Betty Dobson explained concerns over House Bill
1638.
Dobson said the proposed legislation would abolish the present method of
collecting 43¢ on each phone line by the telephone companies, and it would, instead,
require the county to levy a special use tax for 911 service. She said the legislation
would also require that all existing 911 fees be spent before new assessments could be
made.
Chairman Tice said Representative Karen Ray had indicated she would vote
against the bill. Mrs. Tice said proponents of the bill were saying that counties across
the state were "wracking" up on the fees, and this was one reason for the legislation.
Dobson said the law was very restrictive on how the 911 fees could be used.
Mrs. Dobson noted that Representative Ray was still listed as a sponsor of the bill.
Chairman Tice said Representative Julia Howard had also indicated she would
vote against the bill.
The county manager mentioned that when the fee first started, it was a $1 per
line, but it had been reduced to the 43¢.
REQUEST FROM THE TELCO COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION FOR A
LETTER OF ENDORSEMENT FROM THE COUNTY MANAGER FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CHARTER IN IREDELL COUNTY:
County Manager Mashburn said the Telco Community Credit Union, based out of
Asheville, NC had requested a letter of endorsement from him for a charter in Iredell
County. Mashburn said recently he found out that a letter from the county manager was
not a prerequisite for the charter.
The commissioners discussed the matter, and there was consensus to delete the
request from the agenda. The board members expressed concerns about endorsing one
credit union or banking institution over another.
Request from the Health Department for Approval of an On -Site Waste
Water "Experienced Based" Salary Hiring Scale Proposal and a Salary
Adjustment Proposal: Health Director Donna Campbell and Environmental Health
Supervisor Kelly Sheeks joined the commissioners to discuss this request.
Campbell said the health department had a goal to hire experienced sanitarians.
She said, unfortunately, Iredell County's environmental department had a "reputation
for having a high-volume workload with a higher complexity of sites" than some
counties.
Commissioner Johnson asked how many systems were approved in a day.
Campbell said one and half or two permits were issued in a day, but there were
finals, and other factors to be considered. She said a recent manpower study showed
that Iredell's department was right in line with other environmental departments.
Johnson said that if the salary proposals were approved, productivity would be
expected.
Campbell said productivity along with quality of work would be expected. Mrs.
Campbell mentioned the department's three interns, and the county's investment
($45,000) in them. She mentioned that during the "intem" period, the new sanitarians