HomeMy WebLinkAboutMay 27 2003 Budget Meeting MinutesIREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
BUDGET WORK SESSION MINUTES
MAY 27, 2003
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met for a Fiscal Year 2003-04
budget session on Tuesday, May 27, 2003 at 6:00 p.m., in the Iredell County
Government Center (South Wing Conference Room), 200 South Center Street,
Statesville, NC.
Present were:
Chairman Steve D. Johnson
Vice Chairman Godfrey Williams
Doug Madison
Marvin Norman
Sara Haire Tice
Staff present: County Manager Joel Mashburn and Finance Director Susan
Blumenstein.
Note: Clerk to the Board Jean Moore was unable to attend the meeting.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Johnson.
The budgets for the following agencies or departments were discussed at the
meeting.
SCHOOLS: MOTION by Chairman Johnson to reduce the current expense
allocation by the amount of sales tax refund made to the schools out of the county's
sales tax receipts and to designate that an equivalent amount be set aside in the General
Fund for School Capital Reserve.
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
Note: Iredell-Statesville Schools will have $195,384 set aside, and the Mooresville Schools will
have $42,790. Mooresville's amount is higher than the actual sales tax reimbursement ($35,060), and this
is due to the practice of adhering to the ADM formula.
SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT: no changes
HEALTH DEPARTMENT: no changes
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT: MOTION by Chairman Johnson to eliminate
the funding for two HK-MP5 40 caliber weapons ($7,000) and to reduce the amount
appropriated for a new SUV to $24,000 ($6,300 deduction).
VOTING: Ayes — 3 (Johnson/Madison/Williams); Nays — 2 (Norman/Tice).
FIRE MARSHAL'S DEPARTMENT: MOTION by Chairman Johnson to
abolish the safety inspection fee effective July 1, 2003.
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
ANIMAL CONTROL DEPARTMENT: OTION by Chairman Johnson to
reduce the amount to be paid for a new SUV from $27,000 to $18,000.
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
ADJOURNMENT: Chairman Johnson adjourned the meeting at approximately
9:00 P.M.
APPROVAL:
Clerk to the Board