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September 8, 2009 (Work Session) Page 1558 to questions from the Board relating to how the revisions would affect personnel. He explained it does not affect employees' existing duties or responsibilities, or salaries, and does not reduce employees' benefits in any way. He stated the revision provides consistency with current policies and procedures, and adds language to provide clarification and reorganizes certain portions to make the ordinance more user-friendly. John Day, County Manager, stated these policy changes have accumulated over several years and have been combined into one big revision rather than having several smaller revisions. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Carruth, seconded by Commissioner Poole and unanimously carried, the Board voted to place the Cabarrus County Personnel Ordinance Revision on the September 21, 2009 agenda as a Consent item. Human Resources - Reappointment of the Cabarrus County Tax Administrator Don Cummings, Human Resources Director, reported General Statutes provide for the appointment of the Tax Collector and Tax Assessor on a two (2) or a four (4) year basis. This position has the title of Tax Administrator and reports directly to the County Manager. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Carruth, seconded by Vice Chairman Mynatt and unanimously carried, the Board voted to suspend its rules of procedures in order to take action on this item due to time constraints. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Poole, seconded by Commissioner Carruth and unanimously carried, the Board reappointed Jeffery Brent Weisner to a four- year term as County Assessor and Tax Collector for Cabarrus County for the period of August 9, 2009 through August 8, 2013. Human Resources - Substantial Equivalency Petition Resolution Don Cummings, Human Resources Director, reported information on the Substantial Equivalency Petition Resolution as follows: North Carolina General Statute ~ 126-11 allows the board of county commissioners to petition the State Personnel Commission £or approval o£ the local personnel system as substantially equivalent to the standards established under NCGS Chapter 126 for local county employees of the department of social services and certain emergency management programs. If approved by the State Personnel Commission, the Cabarrus County employees of the department of social services and certain emergency management programs will be exempt from Chapter 126 for the approved portions of the county personnel system. The proposed resolution provides the petition from Cabarrus County to the State Personnel Commission to determine if the Cabarrus County personnel system meets the requirements for substantial equivalency. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Poole, seconded by Commissioner Carruth and unanimously carried, the Board voted to place the Substantial Equivalency Petition Resolution on the September 21, 2009 agenda as a Consent item. Tax Administration - Write-Off of 1999 Real and Personal Outstanding Taxes Brent Weisner, Tax Administrator, stated the collection of taxes cannot be enforced after ten (10) years, and requests the uncollected taxes be written off. He further stated the only possibility of collecting those taxes is if someone walks in and pays them. He also stated outstanding taxes actually do not go away but become invisible on the delinquent screens. Commissioner Carruth MOVED to place the Write-Off of 1999 Real and Personal Outstanding Taxes on the September 21, 2009 Agenda as a Consent item. Vice Chairman Mynatt seconded the motion. In response to questions from the Board on whether the county has delinquent tax notices over ten years old, Mr. Weisner stated the following: the delinquent taxes are acknowledged and efforts are put forth to collect them; there is $71,000 of principal of which $16,000 could not be legally collected from bankrupt companies; and the rest of the taxes are predominately personal property taxes where the entities have just dissolved and disappeared, so there is nowhere to collect them from. The outstanding 1999 Real/Personal Property taxes are as follows: