COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2008_part10 potx

Schedule 6
Gaston County
Direct and Overlapping Property Tax Rates
Last Ten Fiscal Years
(rate per $100 of assessed value)
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Fire District Rates
Agriculture Center 0.0350 0.0350 0.0440 0.0490 0.0490 0.0460 0.0460 0.0590 0.0590 0.0590
Alexis 0.0380 0.0380 0.0450 0.0500 0.0500 0.0440 0.0500 0.0650 0.0650 0.0750
Chapel Grove 0.0420 0.0420 0.0520 0.0640 0.0640 0.0640 0.0640 0.0700 0.0700 0.0700
Chestnut Ridge 0.0540 0.0500 0.0560 0.0560 0.0600 0.0530 0.0530 0.0630 0.0630 0.0630
Community 0.0490 0.0490 0.0580 0.0600 0.0600 0.0580 0.0710 0.0710 0.0710 0.0830
Crouse 0.0400 0.0380 0.0450 0.0500 0.0500 0.0560 0.0410 0.0860 0.0860 0.0740
East Gaston 0.0320 0.0320 0.0400 0.0430 0.0430 0.0410 0.0370 0.0490 0.0620 0.0620
High Shoals 0.0490 0.0510 0.0570 0.0600 0.0600 0.0530 0.0600 0.0830 0.0830 0.0970
Hughs Pond 0.0500 0.0500 0.0560 0.0640 0.0640 0.0760 0.0970 0.9500 0.0950 0.1010
Long Shoals 0.0390 0.0390
0.0570 0.0600 0.0600 0.0530 0.0600 0.0830 0.0830 0.0970
Lowell - - - 0.0560 0.0560 0.0560 0.0490 0.0780 0.0780 0.0500
Lucia-Riverbend 0.0450 0.0450 0.0510 0.0610 0.0610 0.0590 0.0600 0.0740 0.0740 0.0810
New Hope 0.0400 0.0400 0.0470 0.0520 0.0520 0.0460 0.0460 0.0700 0.0700 0.0700
Ranlo 0.0520 0.0490 0.0580 0.0710 0.0710 0.0690 0.0630 0.0690 0.0690 0.0690
South Gastonia 0.0410 0.0410 0.0520 0.0640 0.0640 0.0650 0.0640 0.0700 0.0700 0.0700
South Point 0.0440 0.0440 0.0500 0.0520 0.0520 0.0450 0.0510 0.0540 0.0540 0.0540
Spencer Mountain 0.0340 0.0340 0.0430 0.0440 0.0440 0.0410 0.0380 0.0440 0.0560 0.0620
Tryonota 0.0490 0.0490 0.0570 0.0600 0.0600 0.0530 0.0530 0.0630 0.0630 0.0630
Union Road 0.0450 0.0450 0.0510 0.0510
0.0510 0.0450 0.0450 0.0570 0.0570 0.0570
Waco 0.0340 0.0340 0.0430 0.0420 0.0420 0.0410 0.0270 0.0730 0.0730 0.0730
Special Taxing Rates
Gastonia York-Chester District 0.4700 0.4925 0.4925 0.5425 0.5300 0.5400 0.5400 0.5400 0.5300 0.5300

Gastonia Service District 0.2000 0.2000 0.2000 0.2000 0.2000 0.2000 0.2000 0.2000 0.2000 0.2000
Source: Gaston County Tax Department.
Note: Town of McAdenville began assessing taxes in 2004.
Year Taxes Are Payable
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Schedule 7
Gaston County
Principal Property Tax Payers,
Current Year and Nine Years Ago
Percentage Percentage
of Total of Total
Assessed Assessed Assessed Assessed
Taxpayer
Value Rank Valuation Value Rank Valuation
Duke Power Company 499,969,671$ 1 3.6% 384,528,859$ 1 4.2%
Triangle Real Estate 115,104,274 2 0.8% 61,524,541 6 0.7%
AT & T 94,717,914 3 0.7% -
Parkdale Mills 87,599,709 4 0.6% 91,828,443 4 1.0%
Freightliner Corporation 70,738,263 5 0.5% 97,010,985 2 1.1%
Public Service Company 67,316,158 6 0.5% 59,606,220 7 0.6%
Buckeye 54,945,088 7 0.4% -
FMC Corporation, Lithium Division 43,063,304 8 0.3% 56,600,220 8 0.6%
Wix Corporation 41,122,579 9 0.3% -
Pharr Yarns 39,237,648 10 0.3% 52,704,150 9 0.6%
BellSouth Telephone - 95,751,727 3 1.0%
American & Efird Mills - 83,020,596 5 0.9%
Triangle Real Estate - 61,524,541 6 0.7%
R. L. Stowe Mills - 48,502,946 10 0.5%

Total 1,113,814,608$ 7.9% 1,092,603,228$ 11.9%
Source: Gaston County Tax Department
Fiscal Year 2008 Fiscal Year 1999
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Schedule 8
Gaston County
Property Tax Levies and Collections,
Last Ten Fiscal Years
Collections in
Fiscal Year Taxes Levied for Percentage Subsequent Percentage
Ended June 30 the Fiscal Year
A
mount of Lev
y
Y
ears
A
mount of Lev
y
1999 81,963,097 78,640,403 95.9% 3,127,928 81,768,331 99.8%
2000 82,292,885 78,454,327 95.3% 3,569,433 82,023,760 99.7%
2001 84,096,996 79,536,035 94.6% 4,175,865 83,711,900 99.5%
2002 94,193,669 89,298,707 94.8% 4,534,357 93,833,064 99.6%
2003 97,094,608 91,934,615 94.7% 4,776,223 96,710,838 99.6%
2004 111,399,823 105,888,751 95.1% 5,041,128 110,929,879 99.6%
2005 110,211,846 104,849,521 95.1% 4,863,261 109,712,782 99.5%
2006 110,142,981 104,883,481 95.2% 4,398,135 109,281,616 99.2%
2007 110,591,153 105,636,830 95.5% 3,660,506 109,297,336 98.8%

2008 118,638,818 113,592,067 95.7% - 113,592,067 95.7%
Source: Gaston County Tax Department
Y
ear of the Lev
y
Collected within the Fiscal
Total Collections to Date
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Schedule 9
Gaston County
Ratios of General Bonded Debt Outstanding
Last Ten Fiscal Years
Less: Percentage of
General Amounts Percentage of Actual Value
Fiscal Obligation Restricted to Personal of Taxable Per
Year Bonds Repaying Principal Total Income Property Capita
1999 90,825,000 -$ 90,825,000$ 1.90% 0.99% 479.67$
2000 86,070,000 - 86,070,000$ 1.71% 0.90% 452.20
2001 85,645,000 - 85,645,000$ 1.67% 0.88% 448.08
2002 94,430,000 - 94,430,000$ 1.80% 0.96% 493.78
2003 89,395,000 - 89,395,000$ 1.67% 0.88% 468.30
2004 104,100,000 - 104,100,000$ 1.87% 0.89% 544.62
2005 98,305,000 - 98,305,000$ 1.69% 0.83% 508.79
2006 96,075,000 - 96,075,000$ 1.57% 0.78% 488.65
2007 145,910,000 - 145,910,000$ * 1.16% 725.58
2008 161,875,000 - 161,875,000 * 1.15% 792.77
* Information not yet available
General Bonded Debt Outstanding

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Schedule 10
Gaston County
Legal Debt Margin Information
Last Ten Fiscal Years
1999 2000 2001 2002
Assessed Value of Property 9,203,845,219$ 9,540,719,172$ 9,727,815,030$ 9,819,843,080$
Debt Limit, 8% of Assessed Value
(Statutory Limitation) 736,307,618 763,257,534 778,225,202 785,587,446
Amount of Debt Applicable to Limit
General Obligation Bonds 90,825,000 86,070,000 85,645,000 94,430,000
Certificates of Participation 23,820,000 22,675,000 21,485,000 20,240,000
Other Debt 11,369,625 9,663,348 7,788,560 7,170,632
126,014,625 118,408,348 114,918,560 121,840,632
Less: Resources Restricted to Paying Principal - - - -
Total net debt applicable to limit 126,014,625 118,408,348 114,918,560 121,840,632
Legal Debt Margin 610,292,993$ 644,849,186$ 663,306,642$ 663,746,814$
Total net debt applicable to the limit
as a percentage of debt limit 17.11% 15.51% 14.77% 15.51%
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2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
10,137,156,861$ 11,757,672,601$ 11,874,012,169$ 12,277,277,379$ 12,556,650,087$ 14,075,897,493$
810,972,549 940,613,808 949,920,974 982,182,190 1,004,532,007 1,126,071,799
89,395,000 104,100,000 98,305,000 96,075,000 145,910,000 161,875,000
18,940,000 17,585,000 16,165,000 14,825,000 13,220,000 12,135,000
15,886,201 21,099,649 21,833,963 20,091,484 23,097,511 17,567,670

124,221,201 142,784,649 136,303,963 130,991,484 182,227,511 191,577,670
- - - - - -
124,221,201 142,784,649 136,303,963 130,991,484 182,227,511 191,577,670
686,751,348$ 797,829,159$ 813,617,011$ 851,190,706$ 822,304,496$ 934,494,129$
15.32% 15.18% 14.35% 13.34% 18.14% 17.01%
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Schedule 11
Gaston County
Demographic and Economic Statistics
Last Ten Fiscal Years
Personal Pe
r
Income (b) Capita Public Private
(thousands Personal School School Unemployment
Y
ea
r
Population (a) of dollars) Income (b) Enrollment (c) Enrollment (d) Rate (e)
1999 189,348 4,776,491$ 25,255$ 30,383 3,332 3.5%
2000 190,336 5,026,297 26,359 30,255 3,299 4.7%
2001 191,138 5,137,181 26,796 30,255 3,299 6.8%
2002 191,268 5,232,540 27,178 30,610 3,243 7.4%
2003 190,893 5,349,550 27,812 30,822 3,006 7.9%
2004 191,144 5,575,889 28,922 30,865 2,793 6.6%
2005 193,212 5,820,306 29,856 31,125 2,517 6.3%
2006 196,615 6,116,797 30,892 31,615 2,443 5.8%
2007 201,094 * * 33,089 2,378 5.7%
2008 204,188 * * 33,094 2,410 7.9%

* Information not yet available.
Sources:
(a): Log Into NC Website / Office of the Governer
(b): Bureau of Economic Analysis
(c): Superintendent's office of the Gaston County School Administrative Unit.
(d): North Carolina Division of Non-Public Education
(e): Civilian Labor Force Estimates from the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina.
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Schedule 12
Gaston County
Principal Employers,
Current Year and Nine Years Ago
Percentage Percentage
of Total of Total
County County
Employer
Employees Rank Employment Employees Rank Employment
Gaston County Schools 4,322 1 4.60% 2,500 - 4,499 2 *
Wal-mart 1,670 2 1.80% - - -
Gaston County Government 1,659 3 1.80% 1,000 - 1,499 7 *
Pharr Yarns, Inc. 1,500 4 1.60% 2,500 - 4,499 3 *
American & Efird, Inc. 1,150 5 1.20% 1,500 - 2,499 5 *
Caromont Health 1000+ 6 1.07% 2,500 - 4,499 4 *
Wix Filtration Corporation 1000+ 7 1.07% - - -
Freightliner of Mt. Holly 1000+ 8 1.07% 5,500 - 7,499 1 *
City of Gastonia 1,006 9 1.07% 1,000 - 1,499 8 *
Gaston College 366 10 0.40% - - -
Parkdale Mills - - - 1,500 - 2,499 6 *

Dana Corporation - - - 1,000 - 1,499 9 *
R. L. Stowe Mills, Inc. - - - 750 - 999 10 *
Source: Gaston County Economic Development Commision
*Note: Percentage of total county employment for 1999 is not available.
19992008
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Schedule 13
Gaston County
Full-time Equivalent Budgeted County Government Employees by Function,
Last Ten Fiscal Years
Function / Program 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
General Government 187 187 205 204 205 205 205 198 198 196
Public Safety 497 534 543 545 545 546 551 549 549 566
Economic and Physical Development 29 29 28 27 27 28 24 25 27 38
Human Services 567 568 579 546 552 556 542 529 554 556
Cultural and Recreational 76 76 76 70 70 70 69 67 67 69
Solid Waste / Landfill 21 22 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 23
Total 1,377 1,416 1,452 1,413 1,420 1,426 1,412 1,389 1,416 1,448
Sources: County budget department and individual county departments.
Full-time Equivalent Budgeted Employees as of June 30
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Schedule 14
Gaston County
Operating Indicators by Function,
Last Ten Fiscal Years
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Function / Program
General Government
Access
Passenger trips 173,646 219,136 221,348 171,312 119,500 130,224 190,483 235,023 192,924 128,625
Service Miles 1,524,090 1,723,875 1,810,068 991,873 948,605 991,256 1,033,720 939,781 1,090,699 1,096,620
Register of Deeds
Vital records issued (birth, death, marriage) * * * 23,494 19,918 20,721 21,278 22,053 23,428 23,663
Instruments recorded * * * 41,530 41,573 42,461 39,898 37,816 37,883 33,065
(deeds, deeds of trust, corporations, etc.)
Notary oaths administered * * * 774 764 741 722 747 692 674
Public Safety
Animal Control
** Animal tags issued 30,305 24,896 25,690 24,164 23,938 25,941 26,237 25,141 26,358 *
** Adoptions, rescue placements and owner reclaims 1,059 795 736 612 708 731 749 1,525 1,964 *
** Average animal population 10,780 11,125 10,502 8,744 9,326 9,236 8,653 9,268 9,117 *
Building Inspections
Inspections conducted (new software installed FY 2000) 23,134 6,172 27,568 26,851 23,667 28,423 28,753 33,793 38,104 29,714
Building permits issued 5,007 4,909 3,072 2,801 2,450 2,601 2,482 2,609 2,673 2,560
Emergency Management
Emergency incident calls 24 16 9 8 18 21 34 29 32 15
Emergency Medical Services
Emergency calls for service 24,761 * 24,030 * 22,966 * 32,357 26,623 31,557
Non-emergency calls for service 3,058 * 2,670 * 2,776 * 3,622 4,646 3,472
Wheelchair calls for service 1,112 * 945 * 589 * 791 807 366
Fire Marshall
** Fire code inspections * * * * * * * * 557 *
** Emergency Responses * * * * * * * * 291 *
** Fire investigations * * * * * * * * 138 *
Sheriff
Jail population 323 315 374 421 435 453 472 526 517 537

Number of civil papers served 22,644 20,808 21,335 20,274 21,255 21,605 21,958 21,545 24,107 24,265
Number of subpeona's received 16,029 16,502 19,242 19,017 24,522 26,394 26,545 25,294 22,167 22,213
Economic and Physical Development
Cooperative Extension Service
** Formal education classes * 154 342 340 236 332 329 363 417 *
** Participants in classes * 3,842 8,363 4,374 4,482 7,054 4,761 6,330 8,480 *
** 4-H Youth served * 901 910 1,655 1,382 1,667 1,501 1,388 1,918 *
Natural Resources
Number of people served (clients) 7,161 1,914 4,410 2,119 2,691 5,705 5,726 6,254 7,475 11,715
Number of technicial services provided 10,745 1,921 2,940 2,124 3,183 5,837 6,346 6,587 8,785 16,215
Number of acres affected 12,964 13,461 18,795 3,525 3,792 5,764 1,827 2,800 3,745 12,003
Fiscal Year
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Schedule 14
Gaston County
Operating Indicators by Function,
Last Ten Fiscal Years
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Fiscal Year
Planning / Land Use
Zoning permits issued (1999 - 2004 calendar year) 1,418 1,258 1,151 920 741 733 745 725 697 641
Site plans for commerical/industrial reviewed 37 33 30 19 29 29 25 14 21 29
(1999 - 2004 calendar year)
Subdivisions submitted (1999 - 2004 calendar year) 30 30 14 12 14 12 8 11 29 18
Minimum Housing Inspections (1999 - 2004 calendar year) 65 49 201 115 106 25 26 39 14 1
Travel and Tourism
** Overnight Stays * * * * * 223,945 255,423 285,233 368,388 *
** Visits to Visitors Center (center opened 12/22/04) * * * * * 52 6,344 7,201 8,060 *

** Visitor's Guide Printed and Distributed * * * * * 45,000 30,000 2,661 2,409 *
Human Services
Health
*** Number of patient visits 70,774 69,352 71,463 65,901 64,625 62,966 63,211 81,924 84,690 86,977
Onsite Wastewater Permits issued * * * 724 543 609 720 817 898 612
Well permits issued * * * 647 517 218 248 290 269 318
Food and Lodging Inspections performed * * * 3,020 3,117 3,240 3,374 4,185 3,383 2,976
Cultural and Recreation
Art and History Museum
Scheduled Programs / Tours * * * * * * 66 70 75 100
Scheduled Class Visits 216 182 153 * * 198 172 179 153 168
Exhibits 7 4 3335 43 4 5
Library
Library Visits (Door Count) * 572,024 586,770 616,961 578,847 554,024 622,090 600,147 571,905 650,167
Circulation - Books * 700,147 746,104 762,711 736,940 737,304 727,802 706,031 717,088 745,377
Circulation - Audiovisuals * 201,413 240,026 264,740 254,607 249,243 295,071 263,997 262,526 289,090
Library Programs * 1,333 1,139 1,064 1,009 1,066 1,032 990 1,001 1,162
Program Attendance * 49,065 40,813 38,764 30,889 39,310 35,249 34,773 38,501 40,022
Parks and recreation
Programs and special events (FY 07 & 08 / calendar year) * * * * * 766 766 769 757 *
Program Attendance (FY 07 & 08 / calendar year) * * * * * 48,944 48,944 49,051 51,742 *
Park Attendance (FY 07 & 08 / calendar year) * * * * * 497,952 656,282 567,059 500,123 *
Solid Waste / Landfill
Waste tonage disposed * 169,514 102,992 112,308 120,025 109,815 121,332 144,686 161,485 205,785
Recycling tonage * 6,159 4,500 4,608 6,651 5,945 5,293 5,421 7,938 4,609
Sources: County budget department and individual county departments.
Note: Indicators are not available for the Environmental Protection.
* Information is not available.
** Measured for Calendar Year.
*** The number of WIC patient visits is not included in FY 1999 - FY 2005. Those totals were maintained

at the state until FY 2006 when the Health department began keeping those records.
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Schedule 15
Gaston County
Capital Asset Statistics by Function,
Last Ten Fiscal Years
Function / Program 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Public Safety
Sheriff
Jail capacity 584 584 584 584 584 584 584 584 584 584
Economic and Physical Development
Economic Development Commission
Business park acreage:
Gastonia Technology Park 290 290 290 290 290 290 290 290 290 290
Summit Crossing 47.34 47.34 47.34 39.67 39.67 39.67 36.8 36.8 36.8 36.8
South Ridge Business Park 51
Cultural and Recreation
Parks and recreation
Number of county parks 8888888888
Park acreage:
Developed 266 266 366 366 366 366 366 366 366 366
Undeveloped 375 375 275 275 275 275 275 275 275 275
Sources: County departments.
Note: South Ridge Business Park was purchased in May 2008.
Fiscal Year
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