Al Harvey, Lisa Toland, Renee Joiner, Dave Waldrop and Phil Spotts have all been appointed to the committee that is charged with creating a list of capital projects for a bond referendum to be put before a county vote just over a year from now.
A sixth person was appointed, but it was later determined he could not serve on the commission because he was already on another county commission, which would have given him a dual commission. Holding a dual commission is not allowed by state law.
County Council will appoint another person to the commission Wednesday.
During today’s meeting, the group will receive orientation on the statute creating the commission, it will elect officers, go over responsibilities, establish an agenda, discuss the ballot process, discuss revenues and submission requirements and set meeting dates.
However, the process is already coming under attack by the smaller municipalities within the county.
A draft of requirements was sent out to all the municipalities, and the small town mayors are saying the requirements to submit projects for consideration are too much of a burden.
The draft requirements for submissions include plats of the property for the project, maintenance needs of the project, a topographical survey, an engineered site drawings, site testing, restrictions on the property, construction costs, expansion needs for the next 20 years, materials to be used in the construction, energy-efficient elements to be used in the facility, and provisions for overruns in the costs.
County Administrator Wayne Adams is hopeful that the requirements he has suggested will head off many of the same planning problems of past penny sales tax projects. Those snafus have included cost overruns for various reasons, and in one case, a site not being qualified for the needed construction permits.
The sales tax commission will meet at 6 p.m. at the Courthouse Annex on College Street. The meeting is open to the public.
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