HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_1334IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
BRIEFING MINUTES
FEBRUARY 17, 2004
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Briefing Session on
Tuesday, February 17, 2004, at 5:00 p.m., in the Iredell 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, Planning Supervisor Ron Smith, Planner Rebecca Harper, Tax Collector
Joe Ketchie, Tax Administrator Bill Doolittle, Purchasing Agent Evie Caldwell, Solid
Waste Director Ron Weatherman, Sheriffs Chief Deputy Rick Dowdle,
Communications Director David Martin, Allied Health Services Director Norma Rife,
Librarian Myra Patterson, Secretary/Bookkeeper Libby Stewart, and Clerk to the Board
Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Johnson.
REQUEST FROM THE IREDELL-STATESVILLE SCHOOL SYSTEM
FOR PERMISSION TO TRANSFER CURRENT EXPENSE FUND BALANCE
TO CAPITAL OUTLAY FOR CONSTRUCTION & RENOVATION PROJECTS
($583,448): Dr. Terry Holliday, Superintendent of the Iredell-Statesville Schools, and
Terry Haas, the Finance Director for the school system, requested permission to transfer
$583,448 out of undesignated fund balance totaling $3,080,026 and to place it in capital
outlay for construction and renovation projects. Holliday said the board of education
had a goal to maintain an undesignated fund balance that was equal to 10% of the
revenues, and the transfer would leave a sufficient amount ($2,496,578) to meet this
requirement.
Chairman Johnson asked what was planned for the $583,448.
Holliday said the usage depended upon the commissioners.
DISCUSSION REGARDING THE 50/50 PARKS PLAN: County Manager
Mashburn asked if municipalities were eligible to participate in the 50/50 parks plan.
Commissioner Williams said he envisioned the plan to be used for the "best
public use." Williams said he didn't want to see several parks clustered in one area.
Commissioner Madison said he felt the municipalities had sufficient means to
construct their own parks.
Chairman Johnson said a precedent had basically been set in the past, and it was
with private organizations.
It was the consensus of the commissioners to stipulate that the 50/50 split would
be with private organizations in the unincorporated areas of the county.
ADJOURNMENT: Chairman Johnson adjourned the briefing session at
6:10 p.m.
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