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Home My WebLink About1978-03-20 RM Exhibits ~a`~ LARRY J POWELL Tax Administrator RAYMOND E BLAKE JR Appraisal Supervisor x~~~~~~ 320 Chestnut St ~a auto b er ~~, (f' I ~tYllllilgt0il, ,~ (~ 2801 NEW HANOVER COUNTY TAX COLLECTIONS Collections Thru February 28, 1978 1977 Regular Scroll Charges $11,092,525 59 Discoveries Added 1,781,668 62 $12,874,194 21 Less Abatements - 32,892 18 Total Taxes Due New Hanover Co $12,841,302 03 Total Collected -12,140,173 14 Outstanding Balance $ 701,128 89 Percentage Collected 94 5% Back Taxes Real Estate Taxes $ 467,381 79 Less Abatements - 1,809 07 Total Collections to Date - 190,285 36 Outstanding Balance $ 275,287 36 Percentage Collected 40 9% Personal Property $ 361,133 31 Less Abatements - 12,774 40 Total Collections to Date - 40,144 33 Outstanding Balance $ 308,214 58 Percentage Collected 11 50 MAE B. STUART Listing Supervisor JANIE B. STRAUGHN Collector of Revenue ~~ 763-0991 1976 $ 9,887,734 29 1,635,979 81 $11,523,714 10 - 77,016 49 $11,446,697 Fl -10,882,712 41 $ 563,985 20 95% $ 466,470 92 - 8,129 45 - 163,612 65 $ 294,728 82 35 7% $ 328,845 80 - 10,870 37 - 24,591 74 $ 293,383 69 7 7% Total money processed through collection office for New Hanover County, City of Wilmington, Carolina Beach, Kure Beach and Wrightsville Beach to date, $19,007,949 05 This report is for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1977 Respectfully submitted, n Janie B Straughn Collector of Revenue ~O~ ~~ JBS/pbc MEI140RANDUM March 16, 1978 To Mr Dan Eller New Hanover County Board of Commissioners ~', i~ From Larry J Powel )` ~./~ Subject Abatements and Refunds Request the following taxes be released as they are double charged 1 Virginia Anderson $ 8 7~ 2 J R Avery 21 59 3 Mary Bowden 11 80 4 Sheila Brinson 43 85 5 David Browning 46 08 6 Cs C Clark 49 29 7 C & S Leasing 78 50 8 Arthur J Davis 7 19 9 Essie P George 25 85 10 Dol7ie Green 49 01 11 Lloyd Harrison 9 29 12 W b4 Hill 3 48 13 Horizon Associates 96 1.4 Robert E Johnston 30 67 15 James Keeling 51 87 16 Barney LaCock 8 14 17 Anthony Mazur 48 98 18 Thomas Newton, Hrs 1,Q16 23 19 Pace Oil Co 247 20 2(1 Joseph Rogowski 37 23 21 Sunya Romeo 24 36 22 Charity Sidbury 25 22 23 David Sills 28 71 24 Carolyn Strickland 27 60 25 Leslie Sturmer 22 87 26 R W Waddell 28 54 27 Louise Williams 7 25 28 Carl Winner 1`1 77 29 W NI W Service Co 166 52 (1975) (1976) (1972) (1975 thru 1977) (1974) (1972) (1973 Refund) (1976) (1967 thru 1977) (1975) (1974) (1976) (Refund) (1968 thru 1974) (_1973 & 1974) Request the following taxes be abated as taxpayers reported incorrect information 1 Mary Bass $ 18 08 2 Daniel Bradford 37 10 3 John Burney Jr 54 44 4 Lillian Crowell 15 87 5 Ernest Davis 26 82 6 Owen Davis 56 14 7 Rufus Eaton 8 65 8 Grover Ellis 72 66 9 Glenn Fleming 32 44 10 William Forsythe 34 74 11 George Fullwood, Jr 52 42 12 James Greene 9 99 13 James Kermon 22 64 (1976 & 1977 Refun (1976) (1976) (Refund) (Refund) (1976 Refund) (1976) r "i 2 14 Thomas Maguire $ 7.9 74 15 Paul McLaughlin 13 23 16 Etta Peterson 95 15 (Refund) 17 Theodore Rensllet 24 22 (Refund) 18 Linda Sharp 61 86 19 Clarence Shaw 14 36 20 The Julia 146 12 (Refund) 21 George Wilkerson 1 26 22 Peggy Williams 8 40 Request the following taxes be released as there are clerical errors in additions, pricing motor vehicles, pricing land, charging buildings, etc 1 Carl Durham $ 7 96 2 Reid B Grantham 648 65 (1975 thru 1977 Refund) 3 R Cabot Hamilton 27 72 4 Louie C Holden 8 86 5 Michael Johnson 12 85 (Refund) 6 Robert Livingston 44 98 7 Red Dogs 36 8 Frank Richardson 19 61 9 Netta Robinson 2 45 (1976) 10 James Stokes 16 20 (1972) 11 Charles Walker 3 47 12 Louise Williams 7 25 13 Irvin Willis 4 44 Request the following taxes be released as these individuals do not reside within the city or town limits or the personal property is located within the County 1 Charles Alexander $ 40 09 2 Sydney Baker 20 72 (1974) 3 Robert Croom 20 15 (1976) 4 William Ennett 53 76 (1976) 5 Carroll Fitzgerald 14 09 (1974) 6 William Forsythe 51 18 7 Ricky Fowler 21 78 8 Marvin Glover 6 81 (1976) 9 Ernest Gordon 38 61 (1976) 10 Wade Hines 14 32 (1971 & 1974) 11 George Hulbert 21 38 (Refund) 12 George Ingram 37 72 (197F) 13 Betty Taylor Jones 18 09 (1975) 14 Gary Kunce 26 00 15 Clarence Lanier 22 77 (1970, 1975 & 197G 16 Charles Lowry 8 71 17 S A Miller 7 25 (1969) 18 Walter Moore 98 35 19 Carter Newsome 41 93 20 Henry Peterson 54 00 21 Charles Reynolds 15 59 • ~ 3 Request the following taxes be released as this is exempt property 1 The House of God Holiness $ 627 04 (1975 - 1977) 2 Veterans of Foreign ti~ars 141 Ol Request Mr Terry Mercer be refunded a listing penalty in the amount of $38 36 as his letter certifies that he tried to change his address in 1976, however, the 1977 listing sheet was not forwarded to the new address Request these items be placed on the agenda for the County Commissioners' meeting of March 20, 1978 LJP/pbc Copy Mrs Alyce B Rusmisell Mr James C Fox - ~• ~ rJ`-'f` ,~ ~ /jam r' ..~ ~'~ 4~ 1 ~ V ~ Tv o.J T ~/ ~./ S 'J ~ ~-- ~~ <~. _ ~ I ;~ ~ .. ,. ~ ,..,,,,, , l ~ n,_ / ~ NORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 406 WACHOVIA BUILDING • P O. BOX 1488 • RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27602 • TELEPHONE 919/832 2893 MEr10RANDUM TO Chairmen, Boards of County Commissioners FROr4 C Ronald Aycock, Executive Director DATE Dlarch 7, 1978 RE Proposed Changes in Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System Following is a summary of a roved changes and proposed changes in the Local Governmenta Employees' Retirement System which are identical to the changes made in the State Employees' System by the 1977 General Assembly These changes in the Local System will raise retirement benefits for local governmental employees to the same level as for state employees Advocates suggest the changes should be made as soon as possible for two reasons to keep the local System competitive with the State System, allowing complete transferability between Systems, and, to attract nongovern- mental employees into local government jobs One change has already been a roved by the Board of Trustees of the Local Governmental Employees Retirement System (meeting on January 27, 1978) The Board granted a 4$ cost-of-living increase effective July 1, 1978, to retired local members who were on retirement rolls as of July 1, 1977 This 4$ cost-of-living increase will be financed by additional funds which have been made available as a result of changing the assumption rate for interest earned to 6$ (up from 5$) and new salary scales No increase in em to er contribution is necessary to support t e cost-o - wing increase Note that the Board of Trustees is authorized by law to make this kind of change without the approval of the Legislature, the Board is not authorized to make any of the following proposed changes until they are specifically approved by the Legislature -2- The following ro osed changes in the Local System have already been made in t e State System by the 1977 General Assembly (1) Increase the basic benefit rate to 1 55% of four year average final compensation (up from 1 50%), r (2) Provide a 7% increase, effective 7/1/78 or other date set by the Legislature, to pre 7/1/76 retirees and beneficiaries, (3) Provide an additional 2~% cost-of-living increase, effective 7/1/78 or other date set by the Legislature, to retirees covered as of 7/1/77, and (4) T1ake the following changes in the optional death benefit (many local units do provide the death benefit) (a) increase maximum death benefit to $20,000, up from current $15,000, (b) extend death benefit coverage period to 366 days following disability retirement, up from current 90 day period, (c) extend lump sum death benefit coverage to end of fiscal year in which age 65 attained (currently, coverage ends on date of 65th birthday) If all the proposed changes outlined in the preceding paragraph are adopted, there will be a resulting increase in the "normal" portion of the employer's contribution rate (Note that the normal contribution rate is separate and distinct from the "accrued liability" contribution rate The normal contribution rate also does not include the death benefit or the special provisions adopted in 1973 Session Laws Chapter 1310 (Second Session 1974), all of which are optional and have separate rates in addition to the normal contribution rate ) The normal contribution rate payable by employers is currently 3 61% of payroll However, based on the latest actuarial valuation of the Local System, the normal rate for employers will automatically he raised to 3 67% of payroll, effecti~ July 1, 1978 If and when the ronosed changes are approved by the General Assembly, the norma rate will increase above this 3 67% level The added costs of the proposed changes will be identical for each unit insofar as the normal contribution rate is concerned, except that proposal ~4 will apply only to those units which have adopted the death benefit provisions The following new rates for normal liability will result if all proposals are adopted but are subject to change depending on whether legislation is adopted in 1978 or 1979 (exception the 4% cost-of-living increase has been approved effective 7/1/78) -3- UNITS WITH DEATH BENEFIT Retirement Plus Death Benefit Increases 4 OOo of payroll 03 4 03$ of payroll UNITS WITHOUT DEATH BENEFIT 4 00~ of payroll 4 OOo of payroll All of the proposed changes outlined must be approved by the General Assembly before being implemented by the Board of Trustees of the Local System It is uncertain at this time whether the General Assembly will act on these proposals at its "short" Budget Session which convenes on May 31 Generally, the 1978 Session is restricted to review of the budget for fiscal year 1978-1979 and to consideration of certain other specified bills, any other bill must be preceded by a joint resolution approved by a two-thirds majority vote in each house before the subject matter of the bill can be considered We are not sure whether the proposed changes to the Local Retirement System are subject to the "two-thirds" rule If they are, it is unlikely that they will be considered in 1978 F.ven assuming the proposed changes can be considered in 1978 without the special "two-thirds" vote, the General Assembly may be reluctant to act without some strong indication of endorsement by a majority of local units which would be affected With this thought in mind, we submit the question to you and ask you to advise us concerning your support or opposition to the proposals Pleas keep in mind that if the proposed changes are made in the Local System, they must be made on a System-wide basis and cannot be made on an optional basis with each individual unit For your convenience, we have submitted the issue to you on a separate, attached sheet Please fill it out and return it to the Association Finally, the Employees' Retirement and Health Benefits Division (State Department of the Treasurer) will send you a letter shortly which explains in more detail the proposed changes in the Local Retirement System Hopefully that letter will answer any questions raised by our memorandum Note also that some units will have revised accrued liability contribution rates as a result of their first actuarial valuation Similarly, several units will have a change in their death benefit contribution rate (aside from the roPosed changes outlined in proposal #4) based on recent actuaria~exp fence The Retirement Division will notify each unit of these changes in its letter Copy to County Managers COUNTY RESPONSE Proposed Changes in Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System Please check one of the following We support the proposed changes in the Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System and endorse their consideration during the 1978 Session of the General Assembly (if possible) We ~s~~~up~ ~ort the proposed changes in the Locatestem but do not endorse their consideration uring- tTe 1978 Session of the General Assembly We oppose the proposed changes in the Local System County Chairman, Board of County Commissioners PLEASE RESPOND BY APRIL 10TH MAIL TO North Carolina Association of County Commissioners P 0 Box 1488 Raleigh, NC 27602 R E S O L U T I O N BE IT RESOLVED THAT The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes its Chairman to execute the Offer and Acceptance for State Grant Project No WT-88-IES for Clean Water Bond Funds in the amount of $13,108 for Phase I of the SSES for Wilmington & Wrightsville Beach; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT The Applicant hereby gives assurance to the Environmental Management Commission that A The final plans and specifications have or will be approved by the Environmental Management Commission and the applicant so notified, prior to the project being advertised or placed on the market for bids B The construction contract(s) requires the contractor to furnish performance and payment bonds, each of which is in an amount of not less than fifty percentum (50~) of the contract price, and to maintain during the life of the contract(s) adequate fire, and extended coverage, workmen's compensa- tion, public liability and property damage insurance C The construction of the project, including the letting of contracts in connection therewith, conforms to the applicable requirements of State and local laws and ordinances D Any change or changes in the approved plans and specifications or contract(s) which has made or will make any major alteration in the work required by the plans and specifications, or which increases the cost of the project above the latest estimate approved by the Environmental Management Commission was or will be submitted to the Environmental Management Commission for prior approval E The construction contract(s) provides that any duly authorized representa- tive of the State will have access to the work whenever it is in prepara- tion or progress and that the contractor will provide proper facilities for such access and inspection F The applicant will provide and maintain competent and adequate engineering supervision and inspection of the project to insure that the construction conforms with the approved plans and specifications G Adequate accounting and fiscal records have been or will be maintained during the construction of the project and these records will be retained and made available for a period of at least two (2) years following completion of the project - 2 - H All funds granted pursuant to the Clean Water Bond Act of 1971 shall be expended solely for carrying out the approved project I Any duly authorized representative of the Environmental Management Commis- sion shall have access, for the purpose of audit and examination, to any books, documents, papers and records of the grantee that are pertinent to grants received under the Act; and the grantee shall submit to the Environ- mental Management Commission such documents and information as they may require in connection with the project J The applicant shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Environmental Management Commission its ability to pay the remaining cost of the project K The applicant shall demonstrate to the Satisfaction of the Environmental Management Commission that it has or will have a fee simple or such other estate or interest in the site of the project, including necessary ease- ments and rights-of-way, to assure undisturbed use and possession for the purposes of construction and operation for the estimated life of the project L The declarations, assurances, representations and statements made by the applicant in the application, and all documents, amendments and communica- tions filed with the Environmental Management Commission by the applicant in support of its request for a grant, will be fulfilled M The applicant agrees to construct the project or cause it to be constructed to final completion in accordance with the application and plans and speci- fications approved by the Environmental Management Commission Adopted this 20th day of March, 1978 Claud O'Shields, Jr Chairman tf New Hanover County Board of Commissioners