Today's Feature
The Ten Cent
Tax Discussion.
The City Council is scheduled
to vote this on next year’s City property
tax levy during its regular meeting this evening
in City Hall.
The proposed Council bill,
which would increase the tax by a total of ten
cents over last year, includes an emergency
clause that will allow the bill to be passed
through the required two readings in the single
meeting. The emergency clause was necessary
because there is a September 1 deadline for the
levy to be submitted to the State. Information
required before the levy can be set arrived from
the State too late for the bill to be submitted
for the last Council meeting.
The maximum levy allowed by the
State without a vote of the people is a total of
ninety-five cents per hundred of assessed
valuation.. Within that number are four
categories that each have limits also. These
break down as City General Revenue, forty-four
cents; Public Health, ten cents; Library,
twenty-two cents; and Parks & Recreation,
nineteen cents.
Prior Councils have taken a
voluntary reduction for the last two years that
reduced the total levy to eighty-five cents. The
reductions came from an eight cent reduction in
the General Revenue, and two cents from Public
Health.
The continuation of the
voluntary reduction was discussed during the last
Finance Committee meeting. A motion to reduce the
General Fund levy by eight cents failed to pass
the Committee. A tie vote of 2-2, with Committee
members Lujene Clark and Trisha Brewer voting
for, and Art Dunaway and Don Stearnes voting
against the reduction.
If the Council Bill passes as
submitted, it would add approximately $60,000 to
the overall City revenue for the upcoming year.
The Budget/Ways and Means Committee opted to
include the increase in the calculations for the
1999/2000 budget. There has never been a full
Council debate on the issue.
In other business, the Council
is scheduled to hear the first reading of the
changes in zoning regulations proposed by the
Planning, Zoning, and Historic Preservation
Commission.
The provision most likely to be
heavily discussed are those removing some
significant restrictions on Bed and Breakfasts.
The current 3,500 square feet
size requirement for B&B’s is completely
removed. No size restrictions are proposed.
The requirement for the B&B
to be owner occupied is also eliminated in the
proposed changes.
The recommendations also
include allowing B&B’s to serve and
prepare food and drinks for "special events
such as occasional parties, weddings, wedding
receptions, anniversaries, or family
reunions."
The Council will also hear the
first reading of a Council bill to create the new
position of Facility Supervisor for the City of
Carthage. The position will be responsible for
overall planning, operating, and coordinating all
activities and operations associated with the
running of the City’s Memorial Hall building
and Civil War Museum. Included is the supervision
of full and part time personnel in compliance
with City policies.
The Facility Supervisor would
receive general administrative direction from and
report to the City Administrator, but would
exercise direct supervision over technical and
clerical staff. The position’s salary will
range from the low to mid twenty thousand dollar
range.
The Council agenda includes a
resolution concerning the annexation of property
located on Airport Drive between Fulton and River
as requested by John Phelps.
A resolution to annex property
known as George E Phelps Blvd. is also scheduled.
The property will extend the boulevard from River
Street to connect just north of the Fair Acres
Sports Complex. The extension of the street will
allow convenient access to and from the new fire
substation located beneath the south water tower.
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