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41 <br /> <br /> The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in recessed <br />session in the Multipurpose Room at the Cabarrus County Governmental Center <br />in Concord, North Carolina on Monday, February 26, 2001, at 6:30 p.m. <br /> <br />Present - Chairman: Arne L. Fennel <br /> Vice Chairman: Robert W. Carruth <br /> Commissioners: Robert M. Freeman <br /> Coy C. Privette <br /> Richard D. Suggs <br /> <br /> Also present were Mr. Frank W. Clifton, Jr., County Manager; Ms. <br />Marilyn Porter, Attorney with Hartsell Hartsell & White (portion of meeting); <br />and Mrs. Frankie F. Bonds, Clerk to the Board. <br /> <br /> The Midland Town Council met in joint session with the Board.. Present <br />were Mayor Dan Short, Town Council Members L. W. Whitley and Joyce Beatty and <br />Town Attorney Michael Burgner. <br /> <br />Chairman Fennel called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. <br /> <br />Meeting with Local Legislative Delegation <br /> <br /> Chairman Fennel announced a meeting would be held at 8:00 a.m. on <br />Monday, March 12, 2001, with members of the local legislative delegation to <br />discuss legislative issues, specifically the impact of the State's budget on <br />Cabarrus County. All Board members, with the exception of Commissioner <br />Freeman who will be out of town, indicated they could attend the meeting to <br />be held at the Red Pig Restaurant. <br /> <br />Service Contracts with the Town of Midland <br /> <br /> Chairman Fennel outlined issues associated with the Midland retroactive <br />property tax. The Town wants to tax real and personal property of Midland <br />residents for the year 2000 in order to qualify for sales tax revenue and <br />other Federal and State funding programs effective July 1, 2001. Chairman <br />Fennel stated the County has already collected taxes, for the year 2000 and <br />does not want to tax the 'Midland citizens again. He listed the following <br />alternatives and issues associated with each: (1) Do nothing and Midland <br />will begin collecting taxes July 1, 2001; (2) Retroactively tax the citizens <br />back to January 1, 2000; (3) Make tax effective November 7, 2000 (date of <br />Midland incorporation); and (4) County provide tax records to Midland and the <br />Town assumes responsibility for sending out the retroactive tax bill. <br /> <br /> Mayor Dan Short stated the Town needs revenue to provide services to <br />its citizens. He explained the Town must levy a tax for the year 2000 in <br />order to receive revenue from local option sales and use tax, utility <br />franchise tax, intangibles tax reimbursement and inventory tax reimbursement <br />beginning July 1, 2001. The Town must also levy the .tax in order to receive <br />any Powell Bill funding for road improvements. Mayor Short reviewed proposed <br />budgets for Fiscal Years (FY) 2001 through 2003 showing a five cents (5¢) tax <br />rate for FY 2001, a ten cents (10¢) tax rate for FY 2002 and FY 2003 and the <br />reimbursement tax revenues for FY 2002 and FY 2003. Without the 2000 tax <br />levy and reimbursement revenues, Mayor Short projected a deficit in both FY <br />2002 and FY 2003 after the Town makes appropriations to provide such services <br />as public health and safety, garbage service, fire protection, etc. <br /> <br /> Mr. Clifton. reviewed sample service agreements and the various fee- <br />based services that the County could provide to the Town, including planning, <br />inspections, erosion control, zoning and alarm ordinance. He stated the <br />County could provide the services for the fees collected, and there would be <br />no direct payment by the Town. .However, the Town would need to adopt the <br />County's fee schedules and ordinances associated with the services. Also, Mr. <br />Clifton stated the County and Town could enter into agreements for other <br />services such as animal control, law enforcement, flood ordinance and mobile <br />home regulations. There is already an agreement for the County to provide tax <br />collection and assessor services for FY 2002 at the standard cost of 1.5 <br />percent of taxes collected for the Town. <br /> <br /> There was discussion regarding other services the Town plans to provide <br />its citizens and potential revenue sources, specifically garbage collection <br />services and cable franchise fees. Although garbage collection services are <br />not required, Mayor Short explained the Town had promised the service to its <br />residents. Also, he stated the Town would enter into a contract with the <br />Midland Volunteer Fire Department for fire protection services. <br /> <br /> <br />