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41093655-9383 Sub Contract Construction 297 0.00 DRAFT 130,944.00 130,944.00 CONSENT AGENDA ITEM REMOVED FOR DISCUSSIQN Business Personal Property Audit Services Contract with Tax ~naqe~en~ Associates, Inc. Mr. Blair Bennett, Deputy County Manager, and Ms. Dawn McMale, Tax Administrator, responded to questions by Commissioner Carpenter concerning the use of County personnel to perform tax audits versus contracting with Tax Management Associates (TMA) to do the work. The proposed contract is for a flat fee and TMA will give a complete accounting for all work. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Carpenter, seconded by Commissioner Privette and unanimously carried, the Board approved the "Business Personal Property Audit Services Contract" (Contract Number 99-71-013) between Cabarrus County and Tax Management Associates, Inc. for one year and authorized the Chairman to sign the Contract On behalf of Cabarrus County. The contract provided for the following audits: (1) Business Personal Property Audits Account Current Personal Property Per Audit Class Value Ran~ FeB A $0 to $400,000 $ 650.00 B $400,001 to $1,000,000 $1,105.00 C $1,000,001 to $5,000,000 $1,625.00 D Greater than $5,000,000 $5,200.00 (2) Motel/Hotel Occupancy Tax Audits - $65.00 per Hour for each hour expended for the completion of an individual audit (3) Present Use Value Audits - Fixed fee of $400.00 per audit shall include all costs for the completion of an individual audit including travel expenses. Analysis of Incen~iv~ ~ra~ts Commissioner Privette requested an analysis of all existing incentive grants and the total amount of those incentives. Mr. Clifton advised that Mr. Hill Kouri, Tax Audit Manager, is preparing this information. OLD BUSIN~S~ School Construction Process Mr. Clifton reviewed the following information that was included in the Agenda in regards to the proposed school construction process: (1) Summary of key roles to be provided by County Commission, Board of Education, Joint Education Committee, Citizens Construction Oversight Committee and H. R. Gray, Inc.; (2) Preliminary schedule of events associated with the potential construction of three new schools; (3) A flow chart of events/steps in the process along with anticipated action dates; and (4) Suggested parameters for the establishment of a Citizens Construction Oversight Committee. The anticipated occupancy date for the proposed schools is January 2002. Commissioner Fennel read a prepared statement entitled "Moving Forward in Public Education Construction - Education for Ail the Children." Me expressed concern about character assassination of the commissioners and dissemination of false information concerning the construction of new schools. In his statement, he addressed a number of issues including the following: (1) the establishment of School funding as the Board's top priority; (2) the County's funding of $130 million for school construction since 1994; (3) the School Board's failure to submit any proposed school sites for approval; (4) the School Board's alleged loss of credibility in building new schools; (5) the use of pre-engineering construction to reduce costs, increase flexibility and speed construction; and (6) the successful implementation of multi-tracking in other states. In conclusion, Commissioner Fennel agreed to support the proposed school construction process with the following change: The County Commission will "approve" funding rather than "provide" funding.