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000. 75 Commissioner Lloyd seconded Walker's motion. VOTE: AYES, 2; NOES, 3 (Chair Willhoit and Commissioners Carey and Marshall) . Henry Whitfield spoke opposing the proposed property tax increase. Chair Willhoit indicated the motion should be in a form to &]opt the Budget Ordinance as amended by the July 3 proposal and include the special district tax rates as set out by the proposed Budget Ordinance with the change that sets White Cross Fire District at 10 cents; Eno Fire District at 6 cents and Orange Rural at 4 cents. Motion was made by Commissioner Carey to adopt the July 3rd proposal as it is presented on the handout sheet including the $3500 for restrocmm with the proposed tax rates as indicated which includes (1) 1/2 cent property tax increase, (2) 10 cent rate for White Cross Fire District, (3) 6 cent :ate for Eno Fire District, (4) 4 cent rate for Orange Rural Fire District, (5) 2 1/2 cent increase in the property tax for long range school capital and (6) 2 cent increase in the district tax and a $1.00 increase in the animal tax. Commissioner Marshall seconded the motion. Commissioner Marshall stated she seconded the motion reluctantly but feels that particularly on the capital for the schools that this is going to be a move in the right direction and very advantageous to the taxpayers because if plans are made over a period of years, money will accumulate. One Group of bonds is going to be paid off by 1990 which will free up son:ie money, and the largest group of bonds paid off in 1999. With proper planning by giving this little boost now the County may be able to move into no debt by the year 2000 and still have a plan which will really be pay-as-you-go. Commissioner Walker indicated he had been through 15 budgets and feels we have the best figures to deal with ever and are using the most r Ldiculous rationale in this motion he has seen in 15 years. He stated he cannot comprehend how any member of the Board could look at the material and see what it projects and not to recognize it. He doesn't know where the weakness is but indicated there is a weakness that needs to be reconsidered. Commissioner Lloyd spoke in opposition of the motion and restated what he had said in Chapel Hill during the Public Hearing that he is of the opinion that 95% of the people that would support this budget as presented will probably get increases in their salaries this year to take care of their total tax bill for four or five years. He stated that the budget as presented and about to be voted on is what people who have to live and survive in this world of private industry would call "flirting with bankruptcy". He has only been through two budgets and with each the Board has been able to have a unanimous vote and he determined that to be something in the budget process that is highly desirable by this County - to have a unanimous vote at budget time. He stated that, in his opinion, to adopt the County budget by a 3-2 vote is somewhat irresponsible. VOTE: AYES, 3; NOES, 2 (Commissioners Walker and Lloyd) . ADJOORFMENr Chair Willhoit adjourned the meeting. The next meeting will be held on August 5, 1985 at 7:30 in the Commissioners' Roan in the Courthouse in Hillsborough, North Carolina. Don Willhoit, Chair Beverly A. Blythe, Clerk