HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_0302IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
BRIEFING MINUTES
JUNE 15, 2004
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Briefing Session on
Tuesday, June 15, 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, Tax Administrator Bill
Doolittle, Tax Collector Bill Furches, Transportation Director Ben Garrison, Social
Services Director Don Wall, Finance Director Susan Blumenstein, and Clerk to the
Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Johnson.
Update from the Social Services Director Regarding the Work First
Program for FY 03-04: Social Services Director Don Wall and Social Work
Supervisor Linda Bledsoe advised that out of the original 21 electing Work First
counties, only 9 remained. Wall said a new plan would be needed by January 2005 for
the two-year period extending from 2006-2008. He said the Welfare Reform
Committee would have to be reactivated to start working on the plan.
Bledsoe then shared the following information.
The mission of Work First Family Assistance is to provide all able-bodied recipients an
employment plan to enable them to gain permanent full-time employment and become
tax -paying citizens.
Work First Family Assistance caseload average: 271.
Work First Family Assistance output average per month: 560 actions. This figure only
includes applications taken, reviews, changes and application dispositions.
Benefit Diversion average per month: 16.
New employed participants average per month: 9.
Average rate of pay per employed participant: $7.42.
Participants active in employment services average per month: 85.
Average 150% applications per month: 34.
Home visits / field visits average per month: 37.
Emergency Assistance average per month: 187 (This is for six months.)
Domestic Violence — I 1 recipients served.
Services provided: counseling, utilities and housing.
Wheels -to -Work: 16 vehicles awarded. Vehicles include: 90 Buick, 91 Taurus, 92
GEO, 86 Honda, 93 Taurus, 92 Celica, 86 Suburu, 88 Mustang, 94 Honda, 90 Nissan,
89 Pontiac, etc.