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IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
BRIEFING MINUTES
NOVEMBER 14, 2006
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Briefing Session on
Tuesday, November 14, 2006, 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
Vice Chairman Godfrey Williams
Steve Johnson
Marvin Norman
Ken Robertson
Staff present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, Interim Planning Director Steve
Warren, Erosion Control Administrator Mark Selquist, Planner William Allison, Inspections
Director Lynn Niblock, Tax Administrator Bill Doolittle, Health Director Donna Campbell,
Environmental Health Supervisor Kelly Sheeks, Recycling Coordinator Carla Parks, ECOM
Director David Martin, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice.
UPDATE REGARDING MANUFACTURED HOUSING STANDARDS &
THE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE'S INTERPRETATION ON FOOTING
REQUIREMENTS: Inspections Director Lynn Niblock said that on August 1, 2006, the
board approved a request for the Chairman to send a letter to the State Insurance
Commissioner requesting approval for the county to enforce footing requirements more
stringent than those listed in the NC Regulations for Manufactured Homes. (This action
occurred due to a Department of Insurance Deputy Director's ruling that the county's mobile
home regulations conflicted with Section 1.3.3 of the North Carolina Manufactured Housing
Code.) Niblock said the Commissioner of Insurance had upheld the deputy's ruling, and the
county would no longer require a more stringent footing. (Niblock said his department
would enforce SR 61 of the zoning ordinance as follows: All multi -sectional manufactured
(mobile) homes shall have a continuous brick, stone, stucco, or decorative block nonload-
bearing skirting or underpinning. He said the county would no longer be able to enforce the
section that read: The foundation shall be constructed to the specifications of Volume VII of
the NC State Building Code for single-family residential construction.)
(No further action taken or required.)
REQUEST FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF A SMALL AREA PLAN
FOR THE STATESVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT AREA: Commissioner Johnson
said a commercial development plan was needed for the airport area, and he requested that
the city and county planning directors collaboratively work together on the project. Mr.
Johnson said that after the plan's completion, it would be submitted for the board's review
and/or approval. (The board agreed, and the request was placed on the consent agenda.)
PRESENTATION ON THE 2007 TRUE VALUE AND PRESENT USE
VALUE SCHEDULES, STANDARDS, & RULES FOR THE 2007 REVALUATION
ALONG WITH A REQUEST TO CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON
DECEMBERS, 2006, TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING THE
PROPOSED SCHEDULES, STANDARDS, AND RULES FOR REAL PROPERTY
REAPPRAISAL: Tax Administrator Bill Doolittle said state law required each county to
conduct a reappraisal every eight years or less. He said Iredell County had chosen a four-
year cycle, and the last reappraisal occurred in 2003. He provided additional remarks as
follows:
• State law requires all properties to refect current market values to create equity
among all classes of property at the time of the reappraisal.
0 Market value is defined as the most probable price a property should bring in a
competitive and open market, under all conditions requisite to a fair sale, the buyer and seller