HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_1819 (2)Pope said he wanted to clarify when the act would be effective for ad valorem tax purposes. Previously,
the tax assessor mentioned the need to delay the act (tax purposes) until January 1, 1999,
Commissioner Boone asked if Mecklenburg would be agreeable to extending the contract payments
until this time. Pope said he did not know. He did say that Mecklenburg had not hindered the drafting
of the legislation.
Brent Weisner, County Assessor, advised that since the briefing he had considered
Commissioner Boone's suggestion and felt it was workable. The suggestion was to include a provision
in the legislation providing that the county assessor could tax the residents based on Mecklenburg's
value adjusted to the difference between the assessment level of the two counties. Weisner said this
would make it feasible for his office to issue 1998 tax bills on the property. (Listings would be
transferred and adjustments would be made for the assessment levels.) Motor vehicles would be
handled differently. The situs for these is determined as of the date in which registration was renewed.
These could be obtained after July 1, 1998. (About three months would be lost for the 1998 tax year.)
In reference to equalization and review, Weisner said the Meek Neck residents had already had a right
to appeal their property values through Mecklenburg County. "We would have to assume the values are
correct." This would have to be clear in the legislation - - that there would not be a right to appeal in
Iredell County.
Attorney Pope said the legislation should be worded to let the appeal process run out even if it
was past July 1. Pope said he could redraft the legislation saying that (1) the appeals process for
valuations be completed in Mecklenburg County (2) the valuations and listings established by the
Mecklenburg County Assessor be transferred to Iredell County (3) a mechanism be included that
showed how the values would be adjusted and (4) vehicles listed after July 1, 1998 would be listed in
Iredell County. (The legislation will hopefully be passed in May of 1998).
CONSENSUS of the Board to allow the County Attorney to rewrite the legislation as discussed.
REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF COMPUTER & SOFTWARE BID FOR SOCIAL
SERVICES & REQUEST TO TRANSFER FUNDS TO ENABLE THE PURCHASES: Evie
Caldwell, Purchasing Agent, and Don Wall, DSS Director explained this item at the briefing. Bids were
opened on April 1998, for an AS/400 computer and hardware. The following two bidders responded:
Small System (2 modules) Large System (3 or more modules)
Cox & Co. $33,126.40 $64,677.00
Yorel & Co. $34,398.00 $63,173.00
Caldwell explained that Yorel submitted the low bid for the larger system. The smaller system
would not have the capacity to run the Children's Services' module without an upgrade.
SOFTWARE: The "one/Case" software is exclusively available from Cox. The base/base plus
module, income maintenance and children's services modules are $79,200.
Don Wall mentioned that he was requesting the transfer of $45,625 from line 10-0630-5534-02
Work First to line item 10-0630-5800-08 Capital Outlay. This will enable the department to purchase
the larger AS/400.
MOTION by Commissioner Stewart to approve Yorel's bid in the amount of $63,173 and the
software from the Cox Co. in the amount of $79,200 and permission to transfer $45,625 from one line
item to another in the DSS budget to enable the purchase of the equipment.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A FINANCING PROPOSAL FOR THE SOLID
WASTE LINED CELL PROJECT: Mrs. Blumenstein explained that on March 20, 1998 she received
proposals for financing $1,000,000 of the cost for the lined landfill cell. Banks were asked to quote a
fixed interest rate for a six-year term. Bid results were:
BANK INTEREST RATE
BB&T
4.27%
Centura Bank
4.40%
First Union
4.55%
NationsBank
4.70%
Wachovia Bank
4.55%
PREPAYMENT PENALTY
1%
1%
1.5%
0%
2%2nd yr, 1% 5'h yr.
ORIGINATION FEE
None
None
None
None
None
Amortization schedules were done and showed that even though NationsBank proposed no prepayment