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R , 1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda Item No. _�- ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: September 3, 1996 SUBJECT: Establishment of November 5 Election on the Question of Expanding Permissible Uses of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro District Tax DEPARTMENT: County Manager/Attorney PUBLIC HEARING: YES: 'NO: X BUDGET AMENDMENT: YES: NO: X ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: 8/15/96 CHCCS Memo/Resolution Rod Visser, ext 2300 Geof Gledhill, 732-2196 Resolution TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Ballot Hillsborough -732-8181 Extract from NCGS 115C-506 Chapel Hill -968-4501 Durham -688-7331 Mebane -227-2031 PURPOSE:. To call for an election on November 5, 1996, pursuant to a request by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Board of Education, on the question of expanding the permissible uses of the proceeds of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro District Tax. BACKGROUND: Pursuant to discussions between the two boards during 1996,the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Board of Education has requested,by means of the attached resolution,that the Orange County Board of Commissioners call for an election on November 5 that could lead to expanding the permissible uses of the existing Chapel Hill-Carrboro district tax. According to North Carolina law, special school district taxes in general may be used to supplement"any item of expenditure in the school budget". However,because of restrictive ballot language when the Chapel Hill-Carrboro district tax was authorized by voters many years ago,the district tax is currently limited to providing funds to supplement the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools current expense budget that is primarily funded by the Countywide ad valorem property tax. The County Attorney has drafted a resolution and a ballot for consideration by the Board. It is important that the Board approve the exact language that would appear on the ballot, so that absentee ballots may be printed and made available by September 17, as required by State law (50 days before the election).