) STOKES COUNTY GOVERNMENT
COUNTY OF STOKES ) DANBURY, NORTH CAROLINA
) JUNE 9, 2005
The Board of Commissioners of the County of Stokes, State of North
Carolina, met for a budget work session in the Commissioners’ Chambers of the
Ronald Wilson Reagan Memorial Building (Administrative Building) located in
Danbury, North Carolina on Thursday, June 9, 2005 at 6:00 pm with the following
members present:
Chairman
John Turpin
Vice-Chairman
Leon Inman
Commissioner
Sandy McHugh
Commissioner
Joe Turpin
Commissioner
Jimmy Walker
County
Personnel in Attendance:
County
Manager Richard Morris
Clerk
to the Board Darlene Bullins
Finance
Director Julia Edwards
Assistant
Finance Director Lisa Lankford
Assistant
Tax Administrator Cheryl Hill
Chairman
James Booth – Soil/Water District Board
District
Admin. Education Specialist Janice Pack
Planning
Director David Sudderth
GIS/Mapping
Administrator Jake Oakley
Health
Director Don Moore
Environmental
Specialist Supervisor Kim Sutton
Chairman John Turpin called the budget work session to order.
County Manager Rick Morris delivered the invocation.
Chairman John Turpin opened the meeting by inviting the citizens in
attendance to join the Board with the Pledge of Allegiance.
Departmental
and Outside Requests Review of Proposed F/Y 2005/06 County Budget
Chairman John Turpin allowed each Department Head or outside requester
to request or expressed concerns pertaining to the County Manager’s
recommendation. The Board discussed the
following noted items listed below with each department or outside requester:
Rural
Hall Fire District Fund
Fire Chief Eddie
Horn (Town Manager Frank James unable
to attend)
Request: Fire Chief Horn requested No additional funding
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Fund Balance
Library
Northwestern Regional
Library Director John Hedrick
Request: Director Hedrick requested No additional funding
Danbury
Librarian Nora Lankford
Assistant/Bookmobile
Librarian Rhonda Wilkins
Request: Librarian Lankford
requested full funding for the bookmobile in this year’s budget.
Forsyth
Tech.
Interim Director Deanna
Ray
Request: Interim Director Ray requested No additional
funding.
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Utilities
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Increase telephone usage
Tax
Administration/Revaluation
Assistant Tax
Administrator Cheryl Hill
(Tax Administrator Wren
Carmichael was unable to attend)
Request: Ms. Hill requested
reinstatement of $5000 in departmental supplies for the purchase of supplies
for color printer. It is highly used in
both Tax Administration and Revaluation.
§
Part Time Staff
§
Software upgrade
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Collection percentages
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Salary Increase for Tax Administrator not included in County Manager’s
request
Walnut
Cove Fire District Fund
Fire Chief Barry Conaway
Treasurer Sharon Conaway
–Board of Directors
Request: Fire Chief Conaway requested the Board’s
support of the fire tax increase from .017 cents to .05 cents
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Sources of other revenue
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Possible substation
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No longer receiving inventory tax revenue
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Possible revaluation of department for insurance purposes for lower
premiums for homeowners
Natural
Resources
Chairman James Booth – Soil/Water District Board
District
Admin. Education Specialist Janice Pack
Request: Mr. Booth requested No additional funding.
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Training funding for Agricultural Advisory District
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Possible health and dental insurance for elected official
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Equipment
§
Travel
Planning
Community Development
Planning Director David
Sudderth
Request: Director Sudderth requested the Board
consider reclassifications for Code Inspectors that was not included in the
County Manager’s proposed budget:
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Impact on departmental with possible loss of experienced inspectors
§
Need for competitive salaries for inspectors
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Auto Supplies
§
Possible need of only one computer
GIS/MAPPING
GIS Administrator Jake
Oakley
Request: Administrator Oakley requested No additional
funding.
§
Possible change in equipment request which would save funding
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GIS/GPS Spatial Data Collector to Full Time
Vice Chairman Inman moved
to decrease Equipment line item (100.4141.510) from $5,535 to $0.00 and
increase Equipment – Non Capitalized line item (100.4141.511) from $4,910 to
$5,679.
Commissioner McHugh
seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
YVEDDI
Director Jo Ann Larkin
Board Chair Hassel Brown
Request: Ms.
Larkin requested that all funding be allocated to transportation if only
receiving $16,001.
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Informed Ms. Larkin of funding allocation = $18,277
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Headstart Program
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Legal Aid for Seniors
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Transportation
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Domestic Violence allocation
Chairman Brown (YVEDDI)
praised the hard work and dedication of the YVEDDI staff.
Ms. Larkin requested that
the initial request to allocate only to transportation be reconsidered since
being informed of funding of $18,277.
Health
Department
Health Director Don Moore
Request: Director Moor requested additional
compensation for nurses in order to stay competitive and for the ability to
recruit.
§
Presented handout – Salaries comparisons for RN-State, RN-Surry,
RN-Rockingham
RN-Yadkin, RN-Forsyth,
and RN-Guilford for the last five years
§
Recommended increase in salaries for nurses
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Proposed increased fee schedule
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King Clinic if reopened should be self supporting
Home
Health Department
Health Director Don Moore
Request: Director Moor requested additional
compensation for nurses in order to stay competitive and for the ability to
recruit.
§
Competitive salaries for RN’s
Environmental
Health
Environmental Specialist
Supervisor Kim Sutton
Request: Supervisor Sutton requested that the vacant
Environmental Specialist be allocated in this year’s budget.
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Need for additional staffing
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Compensation for specialist in order to remain competitive
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New mandates from the State
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Increased fee schedule
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Possible expedite fee for permits
There being no further business to come before the Board, Chairman John
Turpin entertained a motion to adjourn the budget work session.
Vice Chairman Inman moved to adjourn the budget work session.
Commissioner Walker seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
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Darlene M. Bullins
John M. Turpin
Clerk to the Board Chairman