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IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF C011MISSIONERS
MINUTES
JULY 28, 1986
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in a special called session on Monday,
July 28, 1986, 7:30 p.m., Agricul'.ural Center Conference Rooms 1 and 2, Statesville, NC.
Present for the meeting were:
Larry S. Hedrick, Chairman
William A. Mills, Vice Chairman
Jessie S. Crosswhite
Frances L. Murdock
Alice M. Stewart
Staff present: J. Wayne Deal, County Manager
William P. Pope, County Attorney
F. William Furches, Jr., Finance Officer
Lois Troutman, Tax Administrator
Jean C. Moore, Acting Clerk
CALL TO ORDER: By Chairman Hedrick
INVOCATION: By Chairman Hedrick
PUBLIC HEARINGS: MOTION from Chairman Hedrick to adjourn the special called session
to a public hearing.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
ONE-HALF PERCENT (#%) ADDITIONAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT SALES AND USE TAX:
Those speaking were as follows:
Mr. R. B. Woods
Statesville, NC
Mr. Woods expressed concern over the delinquent taxes that are unpaid. He also expressed
concern over the cost of advertising delinquent taxes. Mr. Woods also said he was
concerned over the falsification of car registration forms where people indicate that
their property taxes are paid when the taxes may actually be unpaid.
Mr. William A. Mills, County Commissioner
Mr. Mills gave a background of the activities involved in collecting delinquent taxes. He
cited as a reason for the amount of unpaid taxes is the low amount of interest that the
State allows the County to charge when the taxes are unpaid. Mr. Mills also explained
that the County Tax Office cannot touch bankruptcies and discussed using good business
judgment to go after larger amounts of unpaid taxes because of the cost incurred in the
collection procedures.
Mr. Mills advised that the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners had tried to w
get the State Legislature to require a paid tax receipt when purchasing a car license
plate, but were unable to accomplish this. ..�>
Victor Crosby
Harmony, NC
Mr. Crosby is not opposed to the sales tax and said he thought it was more fair than
property tax. He said he would like for whatever money is not earmarked for schools to go
to development of water resources.
0. C. Price, Jr.
Statesville, NC
Mr. Price stated he was in favor of the sales tax rather than a property tax.
MOTION from Chairman Hedrick to adjourn the meeting back to regular session.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
ADOPTION OF ADDITIONAL 1/2% LOCAL GOVERNMENT SALES AND USE TAX: MOTION from Chairman
Hedrick, second from Commissioner Mills, to adopt the following resolution:
A RESOLUTION LEVYING A ONE-HALF PER CENT (1/2%) ADDITIONAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT SALES AND USE
TAX AND PRESCRIBING THE METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROCEEDS WITHIN IREDELL COUNTY.
WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on July 28, 1986 to consider the levy on a one- '