HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_0780 (2)IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
MINUTES
JANUARY 17, 1995 - 3:00 P.M.
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met at 3:00 p.m. on
Tuesday, January 17, 1995, in the South Wing Conference Room,
Iredell County Government Center, 200 South Center Street,
Statesville, NC. Those present for the meeting were:
Sara K. Haire, Chairman
David A. Boone, Vice Chairman
Stephen D. Johnson
C. Douglas Madison, Jr.
Alice M. Stewart
Staff present:
Joel Mashburn, County Manager
Alice Fortner, Clerk to the Board
Brett Weisner, Tax Assessor
Bill Mashburn, Health Director
Others present:
Bill Duston, Centralina Council of Gov'ts Planning Director
CALL TO ORDER: By Chairman Haire
DISCUSSION OF TY 1995-96 BUDGET PLANS: Mr. Joel Mashburn said
he is planning to submit the budget packages to the department
heads the early part of February. He wanted to ask the board at
this time if there were any areas in the budget that they would
like to see funding increased or decreased.
Commissioner Madison said he did not want to see the tax rate
go up. It would not hurt any to see it go down, he said. If the
tax base grows enough to see it come down, he would be in favor of
it, he said.
The two areas he is interested in seeing Capital monies spent
are in the construction of a new jail and in the recreation
department for the park in the south end of the county. There was
a discussion of a five-year plan, a one-year plan, and a two-year
plan. There was also a discussion of Zero Based Budgeting (ZBB).
Commissioner Stewart said before many changes can be made in
some of the mandated programs, it will require changes in some of
the federal laws. Commissioner Madison said he wanted to see some
of the larger departments scrutinized, but he was not necessarily
talking about cutting their funding.
Commissioner Boone mentioned a formula the State House is
considering which is to hold the Current Expense to the rate of
inflation with the exception of mandated items and capital
projects. He also suggested that staff should keep from adding
more personnel if possible.
There was a discussion with having the Health Department do
the ZBB and just have one department on the ZBB this year. A
question was asked about the difference in the number of employees
in Iredell County's DSS and Rowan County's department. They have,
according to their chairman, about 105. Iredell County has about
150.
There was a discussion about the loss of the Intangible Tax
from the State and also sales and property taxes.
Commissioner Madison asked that the county manager look at the
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