2014-12-18 Agenda ReviewNEW HANOVER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BOOK 33
AGENDA REVIEW MEETING, DECEMBER 18, 2014 PAGE 195
ASSEMBLY
The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners met for Agenda Review on Thursday, December 18,
2014, at 4:00 p.m. in the Harrell Conference Room at the New Hanover County Government Center, 230
Government Center Drive, Wilmington, North Carolina.
Members present: Chairman Woody White; Vice-Chairman Beth Dawson; Commissioner Jonathan
Barfield, Jr.; and Commissioner Thomas Wolfe. Commissioner Brian Berger was absent.
Staff present: County Manager Chris Coudriet; County Attorney Wanda M. Copley; and Interim Clerk to
the Board Teresa P. Elmore.
Commissioners-elect Skip Watkins and Rob Zapple were in attendance.
Chairman White called the Agenda Review meeting to order and announced that the purpose of the
meeting is to review and discuss the Board’s agenda items for the December 22, 2014 Regular Meeting with
discussion as noted:
Regular Item 8: Appointment of Voting Delegate to the NCACC 2015 Legislative Goals Conference
.
Vice-Chairman Dawson reported that she would be attending the conference and volunteered to serve as the voting
delegate as she is serving on the Taxation and Finance Steering Committee and would like to continue her work in
insuring that New Hanover County’s legislative goals make the short list for the NCACC legislative goals.
Consensus
: The Commissioners agreed to appoint Vice-Chairman Dawson as the voting delegate and to place the
item on the Consent Agenda for approval at the Board’s meeting.
Staff Update: Property Revaluation
Tax Administrator Roger Kelley provided the following update on the Property Revaluation:
Summer of 2013: Staff requested to begin the property revaluation process to include:
Visits to every property for current data in order to have fair and equitable assessed values.
Funds to hire an outside firm to prepare the schedule of values.
To date: 28,000 property visits have been made or 35 percent completed:
Currently 11,000 parcels behind schedule because of staff turnovers.
The plans is to finish site visits by April 2016.
Site value will be based on data taken.
A map is available on the web to show progress of site visits.
October 2014: Request for Bids sent to qualified firms for cost to perform reappraisal of real
property/schedule of values:
Nine bids sent with three responses.
Bid difference with lowest bidder - $122,000.
Staff recommendation is to award contract to Tyler Technologies in the amount of $1.1 million:
Firm will research the market and provide schedule of values using County data:
Firm experienced with appraisal service; established in 1938.
Good background and capable of performing large jobs.
Thirty days allotted to address public concerns.
Defends values during appeals process.
Works with guidance from County staff.
County Manager Coudriet reported that the award of the bid is scheduled for the consent agenda at the
January 5, 2015 Board meeting, if no objections. Funds are appropriated each year to cover the cost of the
revaluation.
In discussion, the Commissioners directed staff to place the bid award on the regular agenda to allow
citizens to hear information on the scope of the contract.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Chairman White adjourned the meeting at 4:28 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Teresa P. Elmore
Interim Clerk to the Board