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ADJOURN: Chairman Troutman adjourned the meeting at 11:00 p.m. Next meeting
scheduled for August 16, 1983, Agricultural Center Conference Rooms 1 and 2.
s//J. Wayne Deal
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APPROVED: 9/6/83 Recorded at Register of Deeds, Book 26, pp. 478-494.
AUGUST 16, 1983
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Adjourned Session on
Tuesday, August 16, 1983, 7:30 p.m., Agricultural Center Conference Rooms 1 and 2.
Present for the meeting were:
Joe H. Troutman, Chairman
Frances L. Murdock, Vice Chairman
B. W. Campbell
William A. Mills
Samuel L. Ostwalt
Staff present; J. Wayne Deal, County Manager
Robert N. Randall, County Attorney
F. William Furches, Jr., Finance Officer
Chuck Gallyon, Fire Marshal
Lois Troutman, Tax Supervisor
Alice Fortner, Clerk to the Board
CALL TO ORDER: By the Chairman
INVOCATION: By Commissioner Campbell
CHAIRMAN TROUTMAN ADJOURNED THE REGULAR MEETING TO A PUBLIC HEARING.
PUBLIC HEARING - 1/2% SALES TAX LEVY: Those speaking, were as follows:
Mr. Arnold A. Lanney
Statesville, NC
Mr. Lanney stated he opposed the levying, of the 1/2C sales tax because he
believed some of the people in the county could not afford to pay the extra
money. He especially addressed the extra tax that would be put on groceries.
Mr. Lanney asked that the county commissioners consider putting the tax
increase to a vote of thepeople rather than adopting the increase themselves.
Mr. Alvin Morrison
1'a Statesville, NC
' Mr. Morrison said he was in favor of the board implementing the 1/2c sales
tax increase. He feels there are needs in the county that could use the extra
money and that it could also help reduce property taxes.
Mr. George Brawley, Chairman
Mooresville School Board
Mr. Brawley stated the Mooresville School Board had submitted a letter of
endorsement of the tax increase to the board. He said he was at the hearing to
personally endorse the sales tax increase. Mr. Brawley said he was opposed to a
referendum on the tax increase issue and said the citizenry elected the county
commissioners to assume the responsibility of levy and asked that the board members
exercise that authority in this instance.
Joe H. Troutman, Chairman
Iredell County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Troutman pave the breakdown of the tax as recommended by the Legislature:
40". for school capital outlay and 60% for the county general fund. The earliest
time it could be implemented, he said, was October 1, 1983.
William A. Mills
Iredell County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Mills questioned the board's obligation to increase the school funding
level with the 40% from the nronosed sales tax, or whether it could be used as
supplant funds for the present county appropriation to the schools.
The county manager, J. [Jayne Deal, said it could be used as supplant money.