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06238706/23/1987 1 Public hearing Industrial Revenue Bonds CPC Int'l Appr 2 Increase county attorney salary by 3.5% Legal Appr 3 Reduce recommended upgrades to: re budget Emergency Services Appr 4 Add two Health Dept positions Health Appr 5 Eliminate additional clerical position requested DSS Appr 6 Reduce equipment maintenance & repair line item Veterans by $300 Veteran Appr 7 Add $1000 back to budget for fire departments Finance Appr 8 Move $31,200 from capital reserve fund for jail for facility study (Bl 9 Fund 50K to RC Economic Development Corp. Appr 10 raise tax rate to 42 Cents Appr 11 Designate $500K of tax increase to Schools & $38,590 to C Sc Appr 12 Put $23105 in Cont. & reduce Fund Bal. Appr. by 35K re Medi Appr 13 Adopt budget ordinance at $24,227,100 Appr 14 Approve fire district & school tax rates as requested Appr 15 New billing schedule for Medical Rescue ambulance Emergency Services usage Appr RANDOLPH OOU TI'Y BOARD OF OOMMISSIONERS MINUTES JUNE 23, 1987 The Randolph County Board of Commissioners met in special session at 7:00 p.m. on June 23, 1987. Commissioners Frye, Langley, Davidson, Petty and Comer were present. PUBLIC HEARING: INDUSTRIAL REVENUE BONDS On motion of Langley, seconded by Comer, the Board adjourned to a duly adver- tised public hearing concerning industrial revenue bonds for CPC International. Bill Ivey, Industrial Bond Authority attorney, told Commissioners that the Authority and the State have already given initial approval for $37,000,000 of revenue bonds for CPC International, Inc. He noted that this is the first time that taxable bonds are being requested. Of the $37,000,000, $1,000,000 is for non-taxable bonds and $36,000,000 is for taxable bonds. Gene Kirby of Essex Company, the underwriting firm for the bonds, explained that the taxable bonds would allow a savings of $2,800,000 on interest. He said that about $26,000,000 will be for machinery and $8,000,000 for the building. Wayne Wadesman, plant manager for CPC, told the Board that CPC plans to construct a 142,000 square foot food processing plant, which will be constructed on a 21.6 acre site in Industrial Park, North in Asheboro. He said they would use no water in the processing of the dry -mix soups and sauces to be produced at this site. They hope to begin operations in September, 1988 with about 90 employees and hope to have 120 employees by 1990. Except for about seven management people from the company, all employees will be hired locally. No one else spoke. The public hearing was closed. On motion of Comer, seconded by Petty, the Board adopted a resolution approving in principle the application for revenue bonds for this project. A copy of the resolution is included by reference. Legal On motion of Langley, seconded by Comer, the Board voted to increase by 3�% the salary for the county attorney. Emergency Services The Board discussed recommendations from Hal Scott, personnel consultant, for upgrading EMT positions. On motion of Davidson, seconded by Petty, the Board voted to reduce the recommended upgrades to the following: EMT I - Grade 61 Telecommunicator - Grade 62 EMT II - Grade 62 Telecommunications Supervisor - Grade 66 EMT III - Grade 65 Training Officer - Grade 66 Shift Supervisor - Grade 68 Public Health The Health Department has a savings of $45,000 from the dumpster contract awarded in June, which was after they had submitted their budget with projected amounts. The Board agreed they should keep $10,000 of this in contingency for extra dumpster loads. On motion of Davidson, seconded by Comer, the Board added two positions requested by the Health Department: one Clerk -Typist III and one Public Health Nurse I. Commissioners Minutes June 23, 1987 Page 2 Veterans Service Officer On motion of Comer, seconded by Petty, the Board reduced the Equipment Maintenance and Repair line item in the Veterans Service Officer's budget by $300, as requested by that department. Social Services On motion of Langley, seconded by Davidson, the Board voted to eliminate the additional clerical position requested by that department and recommended by the manager. Special Appropriations On motion of Langley, seconded by Petty, the Board voted to add back to the budget $1000 to all fire departments and to send each fire department a special notice that this will be the last year that the County will appropriate any money to them. On motion of Davidson, seconded by Petty, the Board approved taking $31,200 from the $60,000 capital reserve fund for the jail, in order to fund a facility study by Black & Veatch. The study will address remodeling the current jail vs. building a new one, where a new jail should be located, etc. Commissioner Langley moved that the County fund $20,000 instead of the recommended $50,000 to the Randolph County Economic Development Corporation. The motion died for lack of a second. On motion of Comer, seconded by Petty, the Board approved funding $50,000 to the Randolph County Economic Development Corporation. Commissioner Langley opposed the motion. Commissioner Langley voiced concern over the fact that in the past the Economic Development Corporation and the Commissioners have been given inaccurate information relative to new industries locating in Randolph County, specifically, the number of employees to be hired, the size of the industry, and the amount of funds needed from the County for water and sewer extension. The Board agreed that in the future more emphasis must be placed on getting specific facts from potential industries and on holding them to these facts. Schools County Manager Frank Willis presented two options for creating additional funds for capital outlay for the schools. The first option involved selling bonds; the second option involved raising taxes for a "pay as you go" method of financing capital projects. A 2� increase in taxes (from 40� to 42�) would produce an additional $538,590 in revenue. On motion of Petty, seconded by Comer, the Board raised the tax rate to 42� and designated $500,000 of the revenue from the tax increase to go to the Randolph County Schools and $38,590 to go to the Asheboro City Schools, all for capital outlay. Contingency and Fund Balance On motion of Langley, ,seconded by Petty, the Board voted to put $23,105 in Contingency and to reduce the Fund Balance Appropriated by $35,000. These funds were made available from reductions in other areas of the budget and from additional revenue from Medicaid. Commissioners Minutes June 23, 1987 Page 3 Adoption of Budget On motion of Davidson, seconded by Comer, the Board voted to adopt the budget ordinance at $24,227,100. A copy of the budget ordinance is included by reference. Tax Districts On motion of Davidson, seconded by Comer, the Board approved all fire district tax rates and school tax district rates as requested. A copy of all rates is included by reference. Budget Amendments On motion of Langley, seconded by Davidson, the Board approved a budget amendment for Mental Health. On motion of Comer, seconded by Petty, the Board approved a budget amendment for Social Services. A copy of these budget amendments is included by reference. Ambulance Billing Rates On motion of Petty, seconded by Davidson, the Board approved a new billing schedule for Randolph County Medical Rescue ambulance usage. A copy of the new schedule is included by reference. Adjournment On motion of Davidson, seconded by Comer, the Board adjourned.