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Tom of Chapel Hill Fax:919-967-8406 May 16 '95 11:28 P. 02/05 2 September 29, 1994 costs were passed through administratively. Mayor Kinnaird inquired whether the Town of earrboro chargcct an extra recreation fee for Orange County residents. Mr. Morgan said nc5.. Mayor Kinnaird asked whether the Orange County sb:eriff provided patrol services to "donut hole" anriexat.ion areas.. Mr. Morgan said yes. Mayor Rinnaird inquired about law enforcement costs outlined on page ten of Mr. Wicker's report. Mr. Wicker said these dollar transfers bad eat been specifically e~camined in his ana~.ysis. iKr. Horton called upon Mr. Baker to present an alternate analysis of equity matters. Mr. Raker said it wars quite difficult to determine tax attr~.butian at the local level: xe stated that. it was virtually impossible to sort out how tax dollars were paid .and received. Mr. Raker noted that the distribution formula for sales taxes was enacted by the General Assembly, with two one-half cent sales taxes collected on a statewide bass and distributed locally on a per capita basis, Alderman Bryan as3ced whether Mr.'B,aker.had any co~ents.about net transfers. Mr. Baker said the same amount of taxes was being .assigned twice. He added that the decision on how to distribute tax revenues was made an a statewide basis by the General Assembly. Council Member Capowski requested additional information about .per capita income figures for orange County and Ioca~, towns. Mr. Feller said the average income of Chapel Hill Torn residents was 19.3 higher than for other Orange county residents. Re stated that there was no way~~t4 perform such as an ecanamic analysis for town and son-town residents. Council Member Capowski said although the University of North Carolina had a large payroll and budget, it did not pay property taxes to the; Town. He inquired ]sow these factors were included in.Mr. Wicker's analysis. Mr. Wicker stated that taxes paid to Orange County bffeet the~eost of local rarviees consumed by University eta~rloyeas. Commissioner Carey said .although the University and Hospital did not havQ to pay local, property taxes, they both contributed to the local economy with exp~ariditures from their respective budgets. Council lYlemb$r Evans noted that the Town also reaeivecl tax revenues from the sale of beer and wine. Commissioner Carey inquired whether Ioca~, elected officia~.s were interested in contipuing~ discussions about funding. of recreat~.on and library programs. Council Member Protzman inquired whether all governments felt that they were getting the short er~d of the stick in terms of revenues. Alderman Gigt stated that a principal role of local elected officials .was. to protect the hest interests ~of; their constituents. Commis~$ioner Car~y~stated that some residents of unincorporated areas had strung feelings that the world appeared to revolve around chapel Hill. lie said orange .County Commiasioners~ placed a consistent emphasis vn providing ,equitable services to. all County residents. Alderman Gist said she was eat trying to=cast stones. She added that residents of unincorporated areas in ara;nge County appeared to be getting the short ertd of the stack in terms the provisions of services.