1973-07-13 Special Meeting~~~
MIN[JTES OF SPECIAL MEETING, JULY 9, ~g73 - 9~ao A.M. (CaNTINUE-)
PUBI,IC HEARING ON PROPOSED ~973-~974 BUDGET (CONTIPNED) ~
Commissioner Wright moved, seconded by.bommissioner Hall, that adoption of the
budget be postponed until the regular meeting on J~'ly ~6, ~973, in order to give the ~
Commissioners time to study the changes that had been made., Upon vote, motion carried
unanimously. •
Commissioner Hall moved, seconded by Commissioner Wright, that the Taxpayers
Association be furnished the amendments to the bndget. Upon vot.e, motion carried
unanimously.
Commissioner Powell moved, seconded by Commissioner Davis, that the meeting be
adjourned. Motion carried unanimousl~. Chairman Vaughan adjourned the meeting.
~ Respectfully submitted,
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Lise K. King
Clerk to the Board
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MIN[TTES OF SPECIAL MEETING, JiTZY '13, ~973 - 9~25 g•M•
ASSEMBZY
The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners convened iri a special session on
Friday, July '13, ~9~3, at 9:25 A.M. in the County Commission Building, Wilmington,
North Carolina. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss the New Hanover County
Budget for the fiscal year ~9~3-~g7u-. Press was on hand for_the meeting. Members
present were Commissioners Peter R. -avis; S. M. Hall, Jr.; W: Douglas Powell; Vivian
S. Wright; Chairman M. H. Vaughan; County Manager, Dan W. Eller; and Clerk to the Board,
Lise B. King.
Chairman Vaughan called the meeting to order.
BUDGET DISCUSSION
Chairman Vaughan stated that a lettertiad been received from Mr. Patrick Ross, County
Auditor, stating that two errors had been discovered in the budget as follows:
~) On~page 4-A appropriations for the coroner were shown as $87,']0']
instead of ~8,'70'].
2) A transfer of $8'],69'] from ~he Court of Justice Fund to the Jail
Building Capital Reserve F~nd was appropriated in the Clerk of
Court's Budget, but was omitted as a revenue in the latter fund.
Chairman Vaughan stated further that he had received notification from Dr! Heyward
C. Bellam,y, Sup erintendent of New Hanover County Schools, that the budget allotment from
the State was $9~,']'19 greater than had been anticipat.ed at the time of the budget pre-
paration.
Chairman Vaughan stated that these discoveries could be used to reduce the tax rate
.02 more than the .02 reduction under consideration by the Board.
Commissioner Hall moved that the tax rate be left at .79, the tax ra~e for the fiscal
year ~972-~973, ~d the moneys generated by this ta~c rate be set aside in a reserve fund
£or sewerage facilities for the County. Motion died for lack of a.second.
Chairman Vaughan moved, seconded by Commissioner Davis, that the budget be adopted
with a.03 reduction in the tax rate and that the balance of the moneys due to some
excess be put into an unappropriated reserve fund for a Courthouse fund.
Commissioner Powell moved the substitute motion, seconded by Commissioner Ha11,
that the budget as prepared, which reflected a..02 reduction in the tax rate, be adopted
and that the additional~ moneys be put in a reserve fund for construction of a Govern-
mental Complex. ~ •
The substitute motion was defeated as follows:
Voting ~ye: Commissioners Hall and Powell.
Voting Noe: Commissioners Davis, Wright and Chairman Vaughan.
The original motion passed as follows:
Voting Aye: Commissioners Wright, Davis and Chairman Vaughan.
voting Noe: Commissioners Hall and Powell.
Commissioner Wright expressed the sentiment that she was voting only for the .'76
t~ rate and not for the budget as a whole.
ADSOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Board, Chairman Vaughan ad-
jousned the meeting.
Respectfully;submitted,
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I,ise K. ging `J~
Clerk to the Board
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