HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_2076 (2)IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
BRIEFING MINUTES
FEBRUARY 16, 1999
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Briefing Session on Tuesday, February
16, 1999, 5:00 p.m., in the Iredell County Government Center (South Wing Conference Room),
200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC 28677.
Present: Chairman Sara K. Haire
Vice Chairman Steve D. Johnson
Tommy E. Bowles
Alice T. Fortner
Alice M. Stewart
Staff Present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, County Finance Director Susan
Blumenstein, County Planner Jim King, County Assessor Brent Weisner, Tax Collector Joe Ketchie,
Solid Waste Director Ron Weatherman, Support Services Director Jim Vernon, and Clerk to the
Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER: Vice Chairman Johnson called the meeting to order. (Chairman Haire
and Commissioner Fortner attended the NC Department of Transportation's Division 12 TIP public
meeting in Mooresville and were a few minutes late in arriving.)
REQUEST FOR A DISCUSSION PERTAINING TO RURAL PLANNING
ORGANIZATIONS (RPOs): Bill Duston, a planner with the Centralina Council ofGovernments,
explained that federal funds came with the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) designations. He
predicted that in the year 2000, Iredell County would probably be included in Charlotte's MSA.
Duston said that southern Iredell County, in the near future, would probably fall into a
Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO). He predicted it, too, would be grouped with Charlotte.
He said MPOs were created and changed by census counts, and that needs were prioritized on a
unified basis and submitted to Raleigh. He also said it was not mandatory to be included in a MPO,
but there were advantages. Duston compared MPOs to planning boards.
In reference to Rural Planning Organizations (RPOs), Duston said he assumed there would
be state incentives, but he didn't know what would be given. He said the State of North Carolina
was in a "fact-finding mode" at the present. Duston also said it would be conceivable for a section
of Iredell County to be included in a RPO with one county, and then be included in a MPO with a
different county.
REQUEST FROM THE TAX COLLECTOR FOR AN ADVERTISING DATE FOR
THE 1998 TAX LIENS AND PRESENTATION OF THE 1998 UNPAID REAL PROPERTY
TAXES: Tax Collector Joe Ketchie shared a printout of the 1998 real property tax liens. Ketchie
said the unpaid taxes could be advertised anytime between March 1 and June 30. He suggested
March 24, 1999, as the advertising date. Ketchie said the current collection percentage was
approximately 92%.
REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF BUDGET AMENDMENT #30 FOR THE
APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FROM SOLID WASTE RETAINED EARNINGS FOR
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CENTRAL TRANSFER STATION: Jim Vernon, the
support services director, said the projected total cost for the Central Transfer Station was now
$175,000. Part of the increase, from the original estimate, he said was due to the additional road
work requested by the NCDOT. A meeting was held with DOT officials, and some reductions
were obtained.
Even though the project cost is higher, Ron Weatherman, the solid waste director, stated
the station would be safer since the road turn lanes would be wider. Weatherman predicted the
Central site would be a busy transfer station.