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VOTING: Ayes - 3 (Hamby/Boone/Haire)
Noes - 2 (Madison/Stewart)
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APPROVAL O8 MZNOTEB, 4J19/94 AND 5/3/94s MOTION from
Commissioner Boone to approve the minutes with corrections
indicated.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
PRESENTATION OF THE PY 1994-1995 BUDGET: Mr. Joel Mashburn
discussed the budget he was presenting to the board this evening.
The economy, the growth in the county, the cooperation of the
agencies and department heads requesting funds, made the process
much simpler than in the years past. He is proposing a budget
that has some growth in some areas, but by and large is pretty much
a budget that has adhered to the philosophy that we try not to ask
for things that we cannot justify, and I think the record will show
that sometimes even when we ask for some things, if we can find it
at a lower cost, or if we can find a different way of doing, we
don't follow the philosophy of just spending it just because it is
there.
We have consistently had funds unspent at the end of the year.
Because of this, he believes the staff has been able to hold the
line without asking for a tax increase. The budget this year
basically provides for growth in some of the larger departments,
Department of Social Services, where they think the requests are
higher than what the experience has shown what would be needed.
Some of the increases in this department have been in Medicaid and
foster care. There is a tremendous need for training and keeping
foster parents.
In regard to schools expenditures, the budget recommends a 58
increase in current expense for both school systems. The 5$ will
be based on the ADM for each system. In addition, a plan is
presented that will allow for the county to address the most urgent
capital needs at this time. In the Iredell-Statesville system,
that is a new elementary school in the south end of the county. By
utilizing some of the existing funds in the Capital Reserve program
and by adding to that, this year and for the next two fiscal years,
we will have adequate funds to construct an elementary school and
also to provide funds for some of the major renovations that the
Iredell/Statesville System identified as their next priority, which
was the Troutman Middle School renovation. The plan, if the board
approves as presented, will allow the construction to begin in this
fiscal year. The funds are spread over a three fiscal year period
of time, in all actuality, it will probably take six to eight
months to begin construction, and by the time the final payment is
required, the County will be in the third fiscal year. The staff
does not anticipate a problem there with funding.
The funds that are proposed to be spent from this Capital
Program will be distributed to both systems again on per pupil or
ADM basis. The Mooresville Graded School District has issued COPS
to build new schools and make renovations there. Although
Mooresville probably will not utilize the funds the County is
recommending for the Mooresville School system for new
construction, it will be available to them to either assist with
their Capital needs or for repayment on their COPS loan.
The recommendation to the board for county employees' salaries
is a 2% across-the-board increase, effective July 1, 1994. Three
per cent is recommended for merit payments throughout the year.
The solid waste program calls for a $29/ton tipping fee in
order to meet the budget needs in the solid waste department. One
of the reasons for that is the funding of depreciation of $200,000
this year. This depreciation funding is recommended by management.
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