1974-06-25 Budget Meeting
MINUTES OF BUDGET HEARING, JUNE 25, 1974
ASSEMBLY
The New Hanover Board of County Commissioners met in special session on
Tuesday, June 25, 1974, at 3:30 P. M. in the Assembly Room, County Commission
Building, Wilmington, North Carolina, to continue the budget hearings.
Members present were Commissioners Peter R. Davis; J. M. Hall, Jr.;
M. H. Vaughan; Vivian S. Wright; Chairman W. Douglas Powell; County Manager,
Dan W. Eller; and Clerk to the Board, Lise K. King. No members were absent.
Chm. Powell called the meeting to order.
CAPE FEAR TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
Capital Outlay Detail, Account #53 660 70, Code 1222 and 1223
Comm. Vaughan moved, seconded by Comm. Wright, that the Capital Outlay Detail
for Cape Fear Tech be denied.
Comm. Davis offered the substitute motion, seconded by Comm. Hall, that the
Capital Outlay Detail on Page 139 of the budget be approved as requested. Upon
vote, motion carried as follows:
Voting Aye: Comm. Davis, Hall, and Chm. Powell.
Voting Noe: Comm. Vaughan and Wright.
Salary Supplements, Code 101, 102, 221 and 241
Upon motion by Comm. Wright, seconded by Comm. Vaughan, the salary supplements
were unanimously approved at the same rate as fiscal year 1973-1974 as had been
done in the Public Schools Budget.
Public Relations Expense, Code 115
By common consent, Public Relations Expense, Code 115, was reduced to $750
from $1,000.
Repairs - Building, Code 608
Comm. Vaughan moved, seconded by Comm. Wright, that Repairs - Building,
Code 608, be reduced from $4,818 to $2,300.
Comm. Hall offered the substitute motion, seconded by Comm. Davis, that
Repairs - Building, Code 608, be approved as requested. Upon vote, motion
carried unanimously.
Insurance - Unemployment and Other, Code 711
Comm. Davis moved, seconded by Comm. Hall, that the unemployment insurance
be separated from the "other". Upon vote, motion carried unanimously.
Fuel - Gas - Oil - Elec., Code 1002
Comm. Vaughan moved, seconded by Comm. Davis, that the appropriation for
Fuel - Gas - Oil - E1ec., Code 1002, be reduced to $24,000 from $29,000. Upon
vote, motion carried as follows:
Voting Aye: Comm. Davis, Hall, Vaughan and Wright.
Voting Noe: Chm. Powell.
Water - Sewerage - Trash, Code 1003
Comm. Davis moved, seconded by Comm. Vaughan, that the appropriation for
Water - Sewerage - Trash, Code 1003, be reduced from $10,000 to $7,200. Upon vote,
motion carried as follows:
Voting Aye: Comm. Davis, Hall, Vaughan, and Wright.
Voting Noe: Chm. Powell.
Supplies and Materials, Code 1004
Comm. Davis moved, seconded by Comm. Vaguha.n, that the appropriation for
Supplies and Ma.terials, Code 1004, be reduced from $5,000 to $4,800. Upon vote,
motion carried unanimously.
MINUTES OF BUDGET HEARING, JUNE 25, 1974 (CONTINUED)
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CAPE FEAR TECHNICAL INSTITUTE (CONTINUED)
Telephone, Code 1005
Comm. Davis moved, seconded by Comm. Wright, that the appropriation for
Telephone, Code 1005, be reduced from $5,500 to $5,400. Upon vote, motion carried
unanimously.
Motor Vehicle Operation, Code 1006
Comm. Davis moved, seconded by Comm. Vaughan, that the appropriation for Motor
Vehicle Operation, Code 10069 be reduced from $1,500 to $1,200. Upon vote, motion
carried unanimously.
Travel Expense, Code 804
By common consent, Travel Expense, Code 804, was reduced from $1,000 to
$500.
Salaries and Wages Detail, Page 138
Comm. Vaughan moved, seconded by Comm. Wright, that the Board approve a 7.5
percent across-the-board cost-of-living increase for the maintenance personnel of
Cape Fear Technical Institute listed on Page 138.
Comm. Davis offered the substitute motion, seconded by Comm. Hall, that the
Board approve the salaries and wages listed on Page 138 as recommended. Upon
vote, substitute motion was defeated as follows:
Voting Aye: Comm. Davis.
Voting Noe: Comm. Hall, Vaughan, Wright, and Chm. Powell.
Comm. Vaughan withdrew his original motion; Comm. Wright withdrew her second.
Comm. Vaughan moved, seconded by Coam. Wright, that action on maintenance
personnel salaries for Cape Fear Technical Institute be tabled until after the Board
had considered the salaries of the maintenance personnel for the courthouse. Upon
vote, motion carried unanimously.
Chm. Powell moved, seconded by Comm. Hall, that the salary of the grounds keeper,
R. T. Campfield, be approved as recommended. Upon vote, motion carried unanimously.
Al1 other items in the Cape Fear Technical Institute budget not acted upon
separately were approved by common consent,as recommended.
CAPE FEAR TECHNICAL INSTITUTE CONSTRUCTION
Chm. Powell moved, seconded by Comm. Davis, that the Capital Outlay Detail
for the Cape Fear Technical Institute Construction Fund be approved as recommended.
Upon vote, motion carried as follows:
Voting Aye: Comm. Davis, Aal1, Wright, and Chm. Powell.
Voting Noe: Comm. Vaughan.
Chm. Powell moved, seconded by Comm. Hall, that the Expenditure Budget for the
Cape Fear Technical Institute Construction Fund be approved as recommended. Upon
vote, motion carried as follows:
Voting Aye: Comm. Davis, Hall, Wright, and Chm. Powell.
Voting Noe: Comm. Vaughan..
Comm. Vaughan requested Mr. McLeod, President of Cape Fear Technical Institute,
to request his Board of Trustees to make a sincere effort to get the legislators
to place through the legislature enabling legislation to permit surrounding counties
to contribute to capital construction for Gape Fear Technical Institute and to
advise the Commission of the decision of the Trustees in this regard.
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REGISTER OF DEEDS
Capital Outlay Detail
Upon motion by Comm. Hall, Seconded by Comm. Davis, the Capital Outlay Detail,
Account #11 480 74, was approved as requested.
Department Supplies and Ma.terials
By common consent, Department Supplies and Materials, Account #11 480 33,
was reduced to $9,000 from $9,435.
Salaries and Wages Detail
By common consent, the following changes were made in the Salaries and Wages
Detail.
I. Hopkins and D. M. Farrow were given a merit increase to Step 4 on their
present grade, and all other classified personnel were adjusted to their present
grade as decided by the Commission at a prior meeting pending the salary survey to
be conducted by the County Manager's office.
The salary of the Register of Deeds, Lois C. LeRay, was approved as recommended.
Upon motion by Comm. Vaughan, seconded by Comm. Hall, the Salaries and Wages
Detail for the Register of Deeds budget was unanimously approved as amended.
Expenditure Budget, Page 24
Upon motion by Comm. Davis, seconded by Comm. Hall, the Expenditure Budget
for the Register of Deeds was unanimously approved as amended.
MENTAL HEALTH OPERATING
Comm. Hall moved, seconded by Chm. Powell, that the appropriation for Salaries
and Wages in the Mental Health budget be reduced to $130,286 from $135,286.
Comm. Wright offered the substitute motion, seconded by Comm. Vaughan, that the
County's appropriation to the Mental Health program be $126,920 ($15,000 less
than the requested $141,920) and that the Board of Commissioners not be concerned
with the details of the Mental Health budget since they did not appear as line
items in the County's budget. Upon vote, substitute motion was approved as
follows:
Voting Aye: Comm. Davis, Vaughan, and Wright.
Voting Noe: Comm. Hall and Chm. Powell.
MENTAL HEALTH CAPITAL RESERVE
Upon motion by Comm. Wright, seconded by Chm. Powe11, the Revenue Budget and
the Expendtirue Budget for the Mental Health Capital Reserve Fund were unanimously
approved as presented.
CAPE FEAR COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS
Comm. Davis moved, seconded by Comm. Hall, that the request of the Cape Fear
Council of Governments in the amount of $12,239 be approved. Upon vote, motion
carried as follows:
Voting Aye: Comm. Davis, Hall, Vaughan, and Chm. Powell.
Voting Noe: Comm. Wright.
AlKBIILANCE SERVICE
At the budget hearing of June 24, 1974, the Commission had tabled a request
from Mr. Henry T. Hoyle for a subsidy in the amount of $7,500 from the County for
training personnel.
By common consent, the Board directed County Manager Eller to talk with the
Director of the Department of Social Services to see that they were not diverting
business from a private enterprise to a free service.
Comm. Hall moved, seconded by Comm. Vaughan, that the Board place in the County
budget an item earmarked "Ambulance Service" in the amount of $7,500 not to be
dispersed until such a time as the Board could determine from the County Attorney
the legality of this appropriation in order to comply with State law.
MINUTES OF BUDGET HEARING, JUNE 25, 1974 (CONTINUED)
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AMBULANCE SERVICE (CONTINUED)
Chm. Powell offered the substitute motion, seconded by Comm. Davis, that the
County pursue, through the County Attorney, a franchise arrangement whereby the
existing rescue squads and ambulance service in the County would be franchised
to operate in the County to the exclusion of any other, to operate at the pleasure
of the Board, to be reviewed at the end of one year and that no funds be
allocated in the County budget. Upon vote, substitute motion was approved as
follows:
Voting Aye: Comm. Davis, Wright, and Chm. Powell.
Voting Noe: Comm. Hall and Vaughan.
Comm. Vaughan moved, seconded by Comm. Hall, that the Board advise the Rescue
Squads the feeling of the Board that they were not subsidized for the purpose of
making non-emergency calls and further that the Board would like for them to acknow-
ledge the notice sent them to that effect. Upon vote, motion was defeated as
follows:
Voting Aye: Comm. Hall and Vaughan.
Voting Noe: Comm. Davis, Wright, and Chm. Powell.
PLANNING DEPARTMENT SALARIES
Comm. Vaughan moved, seconded by Comm. Davis, that the City Personnel Department
be advised that the Board of Commissioners would go along with the Planning Depart-
ment's salaries with the City`s normal personnel adjustments which they understood
to be 5 percent after six months, 5 percent after twelve months, and 5 percent
after twenty-four months, having an understanding that the first five percent
would be based on the six figures in the Planning Department's budget and whatever
adjustment would be made in the cost-of-living if City Council so desired. Upon
vote, motion carried as follows:
Voting Aye: Comm. Davis, Hall, Vaughan, and Chm. Powell.
Voting Noe: Comm. Wright.
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
Capital Outlay Detail
Comm. Vaughan moved, seconded by Comm. Davis, that the Capital Outlay Detail
for Buildings and Grounds be approved as recommended. Upon vote, motion carried
unanimously.
Expenditure Budget
Comm. Vaughan moved, seconded by Comm. Davis, that the Expenditure Budget
for Buildings and Grounds be approved as recommended with the exception of Salaries
and Wages, Account #11 505 02. Upon vote, motion carried unanimously.
Salaries and Wages
By common consent, a promotion for W. Simpson to Maintenance Foreman I at
a Grade 62, Step 1, for 12 months was approved.
By common consent, J. Brown and J. L. Tuminaro were approved at Grade 53
as General Utilitymen to coincide with A. P. Mintz being downgraded from a Grade
56 to a Grade 53.
By common consent, the appropriation for part-time workers was decreased
from $5,000 to $4,000.
Upon motion by Comm. Vaughan, seconded by Comm. Davis, the Salaries and
Wages Detail was approved with the necessary adjustments to be made by the County
Manager's office to change the reclassifications that had been proposed.
INSPECTIONS
Capital Outlay Detail
Upon motion by Comm. Davis, seconded by Comm. Hall, the Capital Outlay Detail
for Inspections was unanimously approved as recommended.
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INSPECTIONS (CONTINUED)
Auto Allowance
By common consent, Auto Allowance, Account #11 540 10, in the Inspections
budget was reduced from $26,000 to $25,000.
Expenditure Budget - Inspections
Upon motion by Comm. Wright, seconded by Comm. Davis, the Expenditure Budget
for the Inspections Department was unanimously approved as amended with the exception
of Salaries and Wages.
Salaries and Wages Detail
By common consent, page 60 of the Salaries and Wages Detail for Inspections
was approved as recommended with the exception of S. W. Mooneyham, R. G. Anderson,
and B. A. White~whose grades were to be adjusted as directed by the Commission
at their meeting of June 19.
By common consent, $9,468 was approved out of County funds for R. S. Turner
with $6,000 to come from EEA Funding for the total request of $15,468 annually.
By common consent, the Landscape Engineer II requested on Grade 74 was changed
to a Landscape Engineer I on Grade 72 at $13,416 annually.
By common consent, the Engineering Technician II was approved as requested.
Comm. Wright moved, seconded by Comm. Davis, that the request for an additional
Clerk II be denied. Upon vote, motion carried unanimously.
By common consent, the promotion pay of $3,000 was approved.
Upon motion by Comm. Vaughan, seconded by Comm. Hall, the Salaries and Wages
Detail for the Inspections Department was unanimously approved as amended.
GARAGE
Capital Outlay Detail
Upon motion by Comm. Vaughan, seconded by Chm. Powell, the Capital Outlay
Detail for the Garage budget was unanimously approved as recommended.
Utilities
By common consent, Utilities, Account #11 555 13, was decreased from $1,900
to $1,800.
Expenditure Budget
Comm. Davis moved, seconded by Chm. Powell, that the Expenditure Budget for
the Garage be approved as amended with the exception of Salaries and Wages. Upon
vote, motion carried unanimously.
Salaries and Wages Detail
Comm. Davis moved, seconded by Comm. Hall, that Albury and Sullivan be approved
as recommended.
Comm. Vaughan offered the substitute motion, seconded by Chm. Powell, that
Albury and Sullivan, Mechanic II's, be on a Grade 58. Upon vote, motion carried
unanimously.
By common consent, Shepard, Mechanic Foreman II, was approved on a Grade 64,
Step 6 for 12 months.
Comm. Wright moved, seconded by Comm. Davis, that H. A. Nobles be placed
on a Grade 54, Step 3, for 12 months. Upon vote, motion carried as follows:
Voting Aye: Comm. Davis, Hall, Wright, and Chm. Powell.
Voting Noe: Comm. Vaughan.
Upon motion by Chm. Powell, seconded by Comm. Vaughan, the Salaries and Wages
Detail for the Garage was unanimously approved as amended.
MINUTES OF BUDGET HEARING, JUNE 25, 1974 (CONTINUED)
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REVENUE SHARING
Upon motion by Comm. Vaughan, seconded by Comm. Davis, the Revenue Sharing
Budget and the Expenditure Budget for Revenue Sharing were unanimously approved
as recommended.
COURTHOUSE AND .IAIL CONSTRUCTION
Upon motion by Gomm. Wright, seconded by Comm. Davis, the Exgenditure Budget
for the Courthouse and Jail Construction Fund were unanimously approved as
recommended.
WATER AND SEWER CONSTRUCTION
Upon motion by Comm. Davis, seconded by Comm. Ha11, the Revenue Budget,
Expenditure Budget and Capital Outlay Detail for the Water and Sewer Construction
Fund were unanimously approved as recommended.
JAIL BUILDING CAPITAL RESERVE
Upon motion by Chm. Powell, seconded by Comm. Davis, the Expenditure Budget
for the Jail Building Capital Reserve Fund was unanimously approved as
recommended.
GENERAL CAPITAL RESERVE
Comm. Vaughan moved, seconded by Comm. Wright, that the $36,000 appropriated
for Berm and Dune Erosion Control, Account #76 540 15, be deleted from the General
Capital Reserve Fund.
Comm. Davis offered the substitute motion, seconded by Comm. Hall, that the
Expenditure Budget for the General Capital Reserve Fund be approved as recommended.
Upon vote, substitute motion carried as follows:
Voting Aye: Comm. Davis, Hall, and Ghm. Powell.
Voting Noe: Comm. Vaughan and Wright.
NON TAX F'UND
Comm. Davis moved, seconded by Comm.: Wright, that the Expenditure Budget for
the 13on Tax Fund be approved as recommended. Upon vote, motion carried as follows:
Voting Aye: Comm. Davis, Hall, Wright, and Chm. Powell.
Absent: Comm. Vaughan (temporarily absent from meeting)
DEBT SERVICE
Comm. Hall moved, seconded by Chm. Powell, that the Expenditure Budget for the
Debt Service Fund be approved as recommended. Upon vote, motion c arried as follows:
Voting Aye: Comm. Davis, Hall, Wright, and Chm. Powell.
Absent: Comm. Vaughan (temporarily absent from meeting)
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Board, Chm. Powell adjourned
the budget hearing at 9:35 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
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Lise K. King
Clerk to the Board
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