HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1742 (2)IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MINUTES
NOVEMBER 20, 2007
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on Tuesday,
November 20, 2007, at 7:00 P.M., in the Iredell County Government Center (Commissioners'
Meeting Room), 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC.
Board Members Present
Chairman Marvin Norman
Vice Chairman Sara Haire Tice
Steve Johnson
Ken Robertson
Godfrey Williams
Staff present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, County Attorney Bill Pope, Deputy
County Manager Susan Blumenstein, Planning & Development Director Ron Smith, and Clerk to
the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Norman.
INVOCATION by Commissioner Johnson.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ADJUSTMENTS OF THE AGENDA: OTIO by Commissioner Tice to approve
the following agenda adjustments.
Additions:
Unfinished Business: Request to Award the Access Road Bids for Pratt Industries
Closed Session: G.S. 134-318.11 (a) (5) Property Acquisition
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
APPOINTMENT BEFORE THE BOARD
Presentation of the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for Fiscal Year Ended
June 30, 2007 by Marcie Spivey, CPA, with Martin, Starnes & Associates: CPA Spivey
said an unqualified opinion had been rendered for the county's annual audit, plus there were no
material misstatements found. She said expenditures for the year totaled $136,716,489 while
revenues came in at $141,203,166.
-CONSENT AGENDA—___________�__�_
OTIO by Commissioner Williams to approve the following 12 consent agenda items.
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
(All items were reviewed during the briefing session.)
1. Request for Approval to Apply for a Supplemental 2007 Emergency Management
Program Grant ($6,562 from state and $6,562 in matching funds): Emergency
Management/Communications Director David Martin said $6,562 in additional funding was
available, and the necessary match (50/50) could be derived from $5,000 in the departmental
supplies line item along with $1,562 in unspent training exercises funds. Martin said
monitoring/decontamination equipment, including the possibility of a decontamination tent, and
other supplies for the radiological team, would be purchased with the funds.
2. Request to Provide an Update Regarding Homestead Exclusion Law Changes: Tax
Administrator Bill Doolittle briefed the board on three changes affecting individuals (elderly and
permanently disabled persons) applying for property tax relief. The changes are as follows:
• The income limits changed from $20,500 to $25,000, but now includes income that was
not included in the past.
• The requirement of providing a copy of the Federal Income Tax return with new
application. (This is an income -based exclusion.)