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RESOLUTION REGARDING COUNTY SCHOOLS, GREATER STATESVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE:
Commissioner Mills read the following resolution which had been adopted by the Great-
er Statesville Chamber of Commerce:
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Greater Statesville Chamber of Commerce
would like to strongly voice its concerns about the current controversy surrounding
our school systems, and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors views part of the Chamber's role in Iredell
County as being the chief industrial developer and promoter, and
WHEREAS, any conflict or serious controversy concerning such an important issue
as education handicaps our efforts in industrial recruitment, and
WHEREAS, the Board feels that the current stability of our educational systems
could be in serious jeopardy without more thought and open discussion concerning the
various Proposals being put before each system,
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors agrees to take an active role as a moderator or
study group to help investigate what seems best for all of our school systems and
community,
THEREBY, The Board of Directors of the Greater Statesville Chamber of Commerce
is asking the Iredell County Commissioners to take an active role with the Chamber
in expressing our concerns and offering our assistance in working with all three
school boards to study the long-range effects of the changes being implemented as a
result of the Iredell County School Board's decision and its effect on the future of
our educational system in Iredell County.
FUNDING OF THE THREE SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN IREDELL COUNTY: Chairman Troutman ex-
plained to those present that the Iredell County Board of Commissioners had to fund
euqal amounts to all three school systems in the county, therefore, there is no
way from a monetary standpoint, he said, that the board of commissioners can fund
the Iredell County Schools equal to the funding that the Mooresville and Statesville
schools get, because these two systems have other sources of funds.
Chairman Troutman said that a special taxing district comprised of Iredell Coun-
ty with the exclusion of Mooresville and Statesville would allow a tax increase to
the Iredell County School system. In order to raise the ADM amount from $242 to
$306, which would be $1,004,288, it would mean a special tax rate of 6.748 Der $100
valuation in that area of the county outside Mooresville and Statesville.
Mr. Troutman said Iredell County gives in excess of 50 per cent of its ad valorem
taxes to the three school units. This has existed for the last several years; it
exists again this year, he said.
Chairman Troutman proposed that the citizens in the county consider a tax dis-
trict to be voted on later this year, with the concurrence of the Iredell County
Board of Commissioners. He said he was speaking as one person, not as a representa-
tive speaker for the board, and he asked the Iredell County School Board to reconsider
a tax district, and outlined two items he thought essential: (1) Establishment of a
school tax district which excludes Mooresville School District and Statesville School
District. The people of Statesville and Mooresville will not vote in this election
and will not be levied for the tax for the Iredell County School System.
(2) Because of the tremendous reaction for and against the mutual exchange
agreement that has recently been revoked by the county school board, the chairman
asked that the school board reconsider implementing the mutual exchange agreement for
one more year. Mr. Troutman said he believed it would be essential to have this