HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_0132 (2)IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
MINUTES
JUNE 1, 1993
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The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular
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Session on Tuesday evening, June 1, 1993, 6:00 p.m., y
Commissioners' Meeting Room, Iredell County Government Center,
Statesville, NC. Those present for the meeting were:
Sara K. Haire, Chairman
David A. Boone, Vice Chairman
Diane M. Hamby
C. Douglas Madison, Jr.
Alice M. Stewart
Staff present: Joel Mashburn, County Manager
William P. Pope, County Attorney
Alice Fortner, Clerk to the Board
Susan G. Blumenstein, Director of Finance and
Administrative Services
Jerry Lundy, Director of Planning and
Development
Carson Fisher, Staff Engineer
Joe Ketchie, Tax Collector
Betty V. Dobson, Emergency Communications
Ronald Weatherman, Solid Waste Supervisor
CALL TO ORDER: Chairman Haire
INVOCATION: Interfaithhe nDeliverance d Benny 1tor
Temple
507 Western Avenue
Statesville, NC
ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
REQUEST BOR RELEASES FROM TAXES - ON" R. MASON i FRANCES E.
EASON, REPRESENTED BY ROBERT GOURLEY, ATTORNEYS Mr. Gourley
represented the Hasons concerning property owned by them. Mr.
Gourley said he did a title search in 1991 for the Hasons when they
purchased a property located on South Elm Street in Statesville
from Mr. Gerald Rush. During the title search it s learnedrt Mr.
Rush was in a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy proceeding, and
val
was needed for the sale of the property. Mr. Rush obtained that
approval and the sale proceeded, Mr. Gourley said. The sale was
closed on July 19, 1991, at which time all taxes were paid to Mr.
Ketchie approval for the
a Rush to sign the deed, Collectr,s office. so itwasclosed. Court given
Subsequent to that closing, the Bankruptcy Trustee in
Greensboro came to Mr. Ketchie's office and said they had made a
mistake, and the Tax Collector's Office needed to refund them
the
Tax Collector's Officeonthepast duetaxes.
approximately 0 s s money trustee been pthengsale
occurring the taxes were paid early and everything was fine until
the Bankruptcy Trustee came back several months later and told Mr.
Ketchie that they had
money
assessed taxesagainst the property then owned by the xasons. and
Mr. Gourley asked that these taxes be lifted against property.
Mr. Bill Pope said he had a conflict of interest in
representing the board on this matter since Mr. Gourley was his law
partner.
Commissioner Stewart inquired of Mr. Ketchie if reimbursing
the estate was the procedure that is generally followed. Mr.
Ketchie dthis request was made from the
overpayment above what the tax office had submitted for taxes aCourtsThe
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