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Council agrees to engage Baker Tilly for municipal unit/LIT task force work, conditional on city paying half
Summary
The council voted unanimously to hire Baker Tilly for $30,000 to facilitate a municipal unit/Local Income Tax (LIT) task force study and report to the legislature, conditional on the City of Newcastle agreeing to pay half the cost.
County Councilmember Shannon moved to engage Baker Tilly to facilitate a state-requested task force on municipal-unit/LIT matters, with a $30,000 engagement fee. The motion specified the engagement should include county representation and representatives from Newcastle and other towns; Shannon said the consultant would perform financial analysis and prepare a report for the statehouse. The motion was conditional on the City of Newcastle agreeing to pay half of the fee.
The motion was seconded and carried by unanimous voice vote. Council members discussed the limits of such work, noting that Baker Tilly represents multiple counties and that whatever the task force recommends may be modified by the legislature. Speakers cited example revenue-neutral calculations for Henry County (a 1.06 figure mentioned relative to a 1.2 baseline) and acknowledged the work will be informative to the county but not determinative of state policy.
The chair indicated the county would forward the engagement to the city council for its action and that funding would come from a council reclassification account if Newcastle shares the cost.
