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11 <br /> Resolution Detailing Orange County's Recommendations <br /> Regarding Goals for Inclusion in the <br /> North Carolina Association of County Commissioners' (NCACC) <br /> 2011-2012 Legislative Goals Package <br /> WHEREAS, the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) organizes a <br /> process every two years to develop a legislative goals package; and <br /> WHEREAS, the purpose of the package is to develop a consensus of broad support on <br /> legislative goals and issues for matters affecting North Carolina counties that may be <br /> addressed during the upcoming North Carolina General Assembly sessions during next two <br /> calendar years; and <br /> WHEREAS, the goals and issues included in NCACC package, with their broad support, guide <br /> and strengthen NCACC representatives and staff as they converse with individual legislators <br /> and committees on legislative matters; and <br /> WHEREAS, NCACC has begun the process to develop its 2011-2012 Legislative Goals <br /> Package and Orange County and all other North Carolina counties have been asked to submit <br /> proposed legislative goals for consideration for inclusion in the 2011-2012 Legislative Goals <br /> Package by September 15, 2010; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County continues to support legislative goals included in past NCACC <br /> legislative goals packages such as: <br /> 1) Support for the expansion of revenue options and protection of revenue sources <br /> available to county governments; <br /> 2) Opposition to legislation shifting the state's existing responsibility for funding <br /> transportation construction and maintenance projects to county governments; <br /> 3) Support for legislation to provide state assistance to meet public school and <br /> community college construction needs caused by increased enrollment, mandated <br /> reduction in class size and other factors; <br /> 4) Seeking legislation to ensure that state-funded mental health, developmental <br /> disability, and substance abuse services are available, accessible and affordable <br /> to all citizens and that sufficient state resources fund service provision costs <br /> inclusive of sufficient crisis beds; and <br /> 5) Support for legislation to allow public schools systems to regain access to sales tax <br /> refunds (Orange County believes a more comprehensive solution is supporting <br /> legislation to exempt counties, cities, school boards, community colleges, and <br /> local utility authorities from payment of state and local sales taxes on purchases <br /> within North Carolina); and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County believes there are other issues of importance to all North Carolina <br /> counties that should be included as goals in NCACC's 2011-2012 Legislative Goals Package; <br /> NOW THEREFORE we the Orange County Board of Commissioners do hereby recommend <br /> that NCACC also include the following goals in the NCACC 2011-2012 Legislative Goals <br /> Package: <br />