HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_1146IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
BUDGET WORK SESSION MINUTES
JUNE 10, 2003
The lredell County Board of Commissioners met for a Fiscal Year 2003-04
budget session on Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at 6:00 p.m., in the lredell County
Government Center (South Wing Conference Room), 200 South Center Street,
Statesville, NC.
Present were:
Chairman Steve D. Johnson
Vice Chairman Godfrey Williams
Doug Madison
Marvin Norman
Sara Haire Tice
Staff present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, Finance Director Susan
Blumenstein, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
Call to Order by Chairman Johnson.
REQUEST FROM THE TOWN OF HARMONY FOR ADOPTION OF A
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF ROAD IMPROVEMENTS FOR SR
2133/CRANFILL ROAD: OT[O by Chairman Johnson to approve a resolution in
support of road improvements for SR 2133/Cranfill Road as was requested by Harmony
Town Mayor John Ray Campbell.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays — 0.
RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING THE
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS
TO
GRADE, BASE, AND PAVE 0.35 MILES OF SR 2133, CRANFILL ROAD TO
CONNECT TWO PAVED ROADS IN IREDELL COUNTY, THUS ELIMINATING A
MAINTENANCE PROBLEM, USING URBAN
DISCRETIONARY FUNDS
WHEREAS, the North Carolina Department of Transportation and Division of
Highways proposes to:
Item 1 ($90,000): Grade, base, and pave 0.35 miles of SR 2133 (Cranfill Road) to connect two paved
roads. This request is pursuant to a request by Mr. John Ray Campbell, Mayor of the 'Town of Harmony,
and will be funded through the urban discretionary funds of Mr. Frank Johnson, a North Carolina
Department of Transportation Board Member.
THEREFORE, we the members of the lredell County Board of Commissioners, the official
governing body of Iredell County, North Carolina, do hereby authorize the North Carolina Department of
Transportation and Division of Highways to improve SR 2133, Cranfill Road.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto authorized the Chairman to set his hand and
cause the seal of the County of Iredell County to be affixed this 10th day of June 2003.
COUNTY -WIDE FIRE DISTRICT FUND: Finance Director Blumenstein
noted that $35,000 would be added to the 537700/Refunds of Taxes Paid line item due
to an annexation error and Davis Community Hospital. Mrs. Blumenstein said no
changes were being recommended for the county -wide tax rate of 5¢.
Fire District Board Member Frank Phillips said the volunteer fire departments
(VFDs) submitted line item budgets, and the estimated revenue from the five -cent tax
was allocated to them on a needs basis. He said most VFDs were using some paid
firemen. Phillips said one concern he had pertained to the physical plants of some
departments. He mentioned that centralized purchasing might save money, and it