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there are hereby levied privilege license taxes in the maximum amount permitted on <br />businesses, trades, occupations or professions which the County is entitled to tax. <br />Section VII. Animal Licenses <br />A license costing $10 for sterilized dogs and sterilized cats is hereby levied. A license for <br />un- sterilized dogs and a license for un- sterilized cats is $30 per animal. <br />Section VIII. Board of Commissioners' Compensation <br />The Board of County Commissioners authorizes that: <br />Salaries of County Commissioners will be adjusted by any cost of living increase, <br />any in -range salary increase and /or any other general increase granted to <br />permanent County employees. For fiscal year 2012 -13, the approved budget <br />includes a 2% cost of living increase, effective July 1, 2012. <br />Annual compensation for County Commissioners will include the County <br />contribution for health insurance, dental insurance and life insurance that is <br />provided for permanent County employees, provided the Commissioners are <br />eligible for this coverage under the insurance contracts and other contracts <br />affecting these benefits. <br />• County Commissioners' compensation includes eligibility to continue to <br />participate in the County health insurance at term end as provided below: <br />o If the County Commissioner has served less than two full terms in office <br />(less than eight years), the Commissioner may participate by paying the <br />full cost of such coverage. (If the Commissioner is age 65 or older, <br />Medicare becomes the primary insurer and group health insurance ends.) <br />o If the County Commissioner has served two or more full terms in office <br />(eight years or more), the County makes the same contribution for health <br />insurance coverage that it makes for an employee who retires from <br />Orange County after 20 years of consecutive County service as a <br />permanent employee. If the Commissioner is age 65 or older, Medicare <br />becomes the primary insurer and group health insurance ends. The <br />County makes the same contribution for Medicare Supplement coverage <br />that it makes for a retired County employee with 20 years service. <br />o Annual compensation for Commissioners will include a County <br />contribution for each Commissioner to the Deferred Compensation (457) <br />Supplemental Retirement Plan that is the same as the County <br />contribution for non -law enforcement County employees in the State 401 <br />(k) plan. <br />Section IX. Budget Control <br />General Statutes of the State of North Carolina provide for budgetary control measures <br />to exist between a county and public school system. The statute provides: <br />Per General Statute 115C -429: <br />(c) The Board of County Commissioners shall have full authority to call for, and <br />the Board of Education shall have the duty to make available to the Board of <br />9 <br />