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(/' ~// / V <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />A RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE ENACTMENT OF <br />AN ADDITIONAL ONE PERCENT LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners is charged with the responsibility <br />to promote the health, safety, and welfare of the 107,000 residents of Orange County, as well <br />as those who work or visit the County; and <br />WHEREAS, the growth in the County's population and commerce is increasing and creating <br />a huge demand for public services such as new schools, human services, and public safety; and <br />WHEREAS, currently property tax payers are carrying a disproportionate share of 65% of the <br />burden for providing funding for these necessary services and facilities; and <br />WHEREAS, local government tax reform is urgently needed as this system of financing local <br />needs is unfair to property owners and inadequate to meet these needs; and <br />WHEREAS, a one percent local option sales tax returned to its point of origin in Orange <br />County would provide an alternative to ever increasing property taxes, would more fairly <br />distribute the tax burden among those who live and work in Orange County, and would <br />provide revenue for the County to fund necessary services and facilities; and <br />WHEREAS, the North Carolina General Assembly has taken action to eliminate, over a <br />period of years, the State sales tax on food; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Orange County Board of <br />Commissioners does hereby unanimously urge the Orange County legislative delegation and <br />the North Carolina General Assembly to support and enact into law an additional one <br />percent point of origin local option sales tax for Orange County, provided that sales tax is not <br />applicable to the sale of food. <br />This, the 17`h day of February, 1998. <br />argaret W. Brown, Chair <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />