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Bond Referendum for Education <br />24) – Orange County supports <br />a statewide bond referendum to provide State assistance <br />to meet public school and community college <br />construction needs caused by increased enrollment, <br />mandated reduction in class size and other factors; <br />Fire Protection/State Compensation <br />25) - Orange County <br />supportslegislation to provide additional State <br />compensation to municipalities and local fire districts <br />providing fire protection to state-owned buildings; <br />*Wastewater System Classifications for Volunteer Fire <br />26) <br />Departmentsand Local Government Facilities <br /> – Orange <br />County supports actions to change North Carolina <br />Division of Water Quality (DWQ) wastewater system <br />classification rules which currently classify a spray <br />irrigation system such as one utilized by volunteer <br />fire departments and some local government facilities <br />as “commercial”. When the flow generated by the system <br />is domestic quality/non-industrial process wastewater, <br />the system should be held to the same monitoring and <br />testing standards as a residential wastewater system <br />under DWQ jurisdiction. In the alternative, volunteer <br />fire departments and local government facilities should <br /> <br />