HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_0352Commissioner Stewart asked if the companies in the Mooresville
Industrial Park were complimenting each other, i.e., one company
making a product a nearby company could use.
Mr. Faulk stated that this was not occurring as much as he would
like. A couple of the Japanese plants, however, looked at this
idea.
Mr. McKay distributed copies of news clippings that showed how far
some communities were going to attract industries. He stated that
incentives were difficult to pinpoint, because they were constantly
changing. His philosophy is to do a cost benefit analysis when
looking at potential industries. He stated that House Bill 1109
opens up a whole realm of opportunities for cities and counties.
Commissioner Stewart said that H.B. 1109 allows counties to take
tax money and speculate with it.
Faulk stated that he would just like to have an "open door" whereby
the board was willing to hear about interested industrial
prospects. He mentioned that everyone needed to be open minded,
because methods considered unthinkable five years ago were
currently acceptable.
McKay stated that if an Economic Policy was written that it could
possibly keep Iredell County out of bidding wars.
Commissioner Madison said that he preferred that the two economic
development offices continue in just notifying the Board of
potential opportunities.
Chairman Haire stated it sounded like a "case by case"
investigation was still the best method to use in looking at
potential industrial prospects.
�+�* C[xnrry FINA_mr'IAL LmDi►_'1'R: Mrs. Susan Blumenstein, Iredell
County Finance Director, gave a review of the County's financial
status. As of October 30, 1993, the General Fund operations were
three percent under budget, and revenues are coming in at the
anticipated amount. EMs collections have doubled. The first
quarter of FY 1993-94 looks good. The sales tax report for this
quarter looks good, as a matter of fact it is nine percent over the
amount it was at this time last year.
ffAZ==n RNg1rt.ATIONS: Jerry Lundy, Planning Director, and Bill
Duston of Centralina COG briefed the group about the county's
ordinance which will have to go into effect January 1, 1994. The
ordinance will be on the December 7 agenda for adoption. Mr. Lundy
stated that public hearings have been held for the public in
several locations. Most of the people attending have been
interested in agricultural issues. There have not been many
developers attending. The people attending from south Iredell have
primarily been interested in Crescent Resources' proposals for
developments. Mr. Lundy was instructed to incorporate three
revisions into the recommended ordinance.
"rn•'*arON RriRaT2ON: County Attorney Bill Pope joined the
commissioners for this section of the meeting. He advised that
Congress had enacted a recent law which expands local government's
role in regulating basic rates for services and equipment. Mr.
Pope stated that initially cable went to cities, because the
density was there, and they obtained franchises. Government later
decided that cable should not be regulated and that the market
would take care of itself, however, this didn't happen.
The county manager stated that Centralina COG had proposed a
regional cable television administration program. A program of
this nature has been implemented by the governmental entitites in
the Piedmond Triad Council of Governments. The program would
basically have counties pooled together and a COG staff person
would review basic tier rates, plus the many other aspects of
regulating cablevision companies.
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