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FY 06-07 BUDGET REVIEW MINUTES
MAY 16, 2006
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met for a Budget Review Session
on Tuesday, May 16, 2006, at 5:30 P.M., in the Iredell County Government Center
(South Wing Conference Room), 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC.
Present were:
Chairman Sara Haire Tice
Vice Chairman Godfrey Williams
Steve D. Johnson
Marvin Norman
Ken Robertson
Staff present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, Deputy County Manager Susan
Blumenstein, Assistant Finance Director Debra Alford, and Clerk to the Board
Jean Moore.
Media present: Daniel Goldberg with the Record & Landmark.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice.
GROWTH OPTIONS: County Manager Mashburn said the planning staff
would not be ready to discuss growth management options at the May 23 regular board
meeting, and he suggested for the presentation to be given at the May 30 budget
session. (The board members agreed to the change.)
CALDWELL COUNTY RESOLUTION REGARDING FUEL: Chairman
Tice shared a resolution regarding E-85 and B-80 fuel blends, and the board requested
that the topic be placed on the May 23 agenda.
FUND BALANCE COMPUTATION: Deputy County Manager Blumenstein
said the Local Government Commission required an eight percent fund balance;
however, it was recommended that an average of like -sized counties be used in
computing an adequate amount. She said this would be around 17% for Iredell County.
Blumenstein said the proposed budget had a 13.51% fund balance for the $142,862,000
general fund, and the estimated unreserved, undesignated fund balance at June 30, 2006
would be $19,302,839. (She noted that $499,000 would be taken from the FY 05-06
fund balance for the Carolina Farm Credit Building rather than borrowing Solid Waste
funds, and a correction to the budget amendment approved on April 18 would occur at a
future meeting.)
NEW POSITIONS: County Manager Mashburn said 37 positions had been
requested, and 32 were recommended. He then reviewed the justification for the new
positions.
In regards to the Inspections Department, a question was asked about incentives
to encourage employees to earn certifications in different fields.
Mashburn said the inspections department did recognize employees earning
additional certifications. Additionally, he mentioned the incentive proposal approved
for the animal control department, and he said an overall program would be reviewed
and developed next year.
Chairman Tice said an employee with inspections had mentioned that other
counties had higher salaries.
Mashburn said this was probably true. He said Iredell County had a schedule
(four-year cycle) to review employee classifications, and the inspection positions were
supposed to be reviewed next year.