HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_1310Cindy Kincaid, with the Centralina Council of Governments, along with
members of the Adult Care Community Advisory Board and the Nursing Home
Advisory Board Present Annual Reports: Kincaid, the Centralina Ombudsman for
Iredell County, introduced Ruth Waters, Charles and Sue Donaldson, Grady Mills,
LaRue Burleigh, and 'T'heresa Brown Moose, all volunteer members on the Nursing
Home Advisory Committee. She said the Centralina region (nine counties) had about
175 volunteers. Kincaid said the members received 15 hours of initial training and in -
facility training, along with 8 hours of annual training. She said Centralina provided the
training along with explanations/interpretations of the federal regulations as well as the
rights of the residents. She said the committee members accomplished their work by
making quarterly visits to each nursing or adult care home in the county and by talking
to the residents. Kincaid said the volunteers also talked to the administrators of the
facilities and to the residents' family members. In addition, she said the members
helped on special projects. She said Iredell County had over 739 nursing home beds
and 794 adult care home beds.
David Swann, with Crossroads Behavioral Healthcare, Presents a Mid -Year
Report: Swann, the Crossroads Director, said this was the seventh year that Iredell
County had been affiliated with Yadkin County and Surry County in the Crossroads
organization. He said that for the past six months, Crossroads had provided services to
2,339 Iredell County residents. Swann said the mental health reform law required that
all state funds be directed to the most seriously ill patients (target population). He said
Crossroads had been studying the population being served, and he was pleased to report
that the less -seriously ill clients were not consuming a large quantity of the financial
resources. Swann said Crossroads currently worked with 88 provider organizations and
approximately $9 million was being spent in obtaining contracted services. Mr. Swann
presented a revenue/expenditure summary sheet and mentioned the state had changed its
method of reimbursements. He said the state was behind in its Medicaid/Medicare
payments, but this was typical for this time of the year. He also said that on July 1, the
state and federal governments would start supporting the local managing entity's
infrastructure costs, and this would enable the county's funding to be solely directed
towards service delivery.
Jim Dobson, with the Farm Use Task Force, Provides an Update on the
Committee's Findings: Dobson said the Farm Use Task Force was established by the
commissioners on October 7, 2003, to hear concerns of the citizens regarding policies
and practices in the Iredell County Tax Office. He said the members comprising the
task force were Danny Allen, Rex Bell, Charles Carter, Carroll Goodman, Andy Gray,
Bill Harris, Phil McLain, Dr. Bradley Mills, Richard Renegar, Jerry Turner,
Bobbie L. Williams, Ken Vaughn (ex officio), and himself. Dobson said the committee
had met on five occasions and heard from the county's citizens in regards to the farm
use tax and its administration. Mr. Dobson said G.S. 105.296 and G.S. 105.277, along
with the Iredell County Personnel Policy, were carefully studied by each member. He
said representatives from the North Carolina Department of Revenue had also met with
the group and provided information. Dobson then presented the task forces' findings of
fact as follows:
Farm Use Task Force
Final Report
Findings of Fact:
A. General Statute 105-277.2 through 105.277.4 and General Statute 105.2960)
as adopted by the 2002 Session of the General Assembly appear to allow for
reasonable latitude in interpretation and implementation of dye present use
value tar system. The Iredell County Tax Assessor appears to not follow the
state statutes.
B. It appears that there is a need for more appropriate supervision of, and
within the tar department regarding interpretation and implementation of the
respective statutes. (See attachments 1,2,3, and 4). There appears to he
disregard for the applicable statutes, specifically G.S. 105-296 0) which