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Government of Catawba County, North Carolina <br />"Keeping the Spirit Alive Since 1842!" <br />RESOLUTION <br />*Local Government Tax Reform* <br />HFRF.AS, the Catawba County Board of Commissioners is charged with the responsibility to promote <br />the health, safety and welfare of the 128,000 residents of Catawba County, as well as those who work <br />within or visit the County; and <br />HEREAS, the growth in the County's population and commerce is increasing at a record pace, thus <br />crratittg a huge demand for public services and facilities, such as new schools, classroom additions, <br />emesgenry medical services, ambulances, courtrooms, jails, libraries, water and sewer utility lines and <br />parks; and <br />HEREAS, currently property tax payers are carrying a disproportionate share, 701/6 of the burden, <br />for providing the funding for these necessary services and facilities; and, <br />HEREAS, this system of financing local needs is unfair to property owners and inadequate to meet <br />these needs, local government tax reform is urgently needed; and <br />WHEREAS, a one percent local option sales tax returned to its point -of -origin in Catawba County <br />would provide an alternative to ever increasing property taxes, better equalize and more fairly <br />distribute the tax burden among those who live and work in Catawba County, allow the County to <br />build and maintain schools, ambulance bases, libraries, courtrooms and other necessary facilities without <br />becoming a financial burden on those who have made their lifetime investment in their properties in Catawba <br />County; <br />NOW, 'THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Catawba County Board of Commissioners hereby <br />request the Honorable Austin M. Allran, Cherie K. Berry, C. Robert Brawley, Charles F. Buchanan, <br />Joe L. Kiser, Edgar V. Starnes and Gregory J. Thompson introduce and see enacted into law a one <br />percent point -of- origin local option sales tax for Catawba County, thus accomplishing the goal of reforming <br />the local government taxation system. <br />Adopted this the 20th day of January, 1998. <br />OF 0-4 <br />too <br />s <br />1 SEAL <br />1142 <br />�59N,C . <br />ARO,,, <br />Robert E. Hibbius, Chairman <br />Catawba County Board of Commissioners <br />3 <br />