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0 <br />DRAFT RES- 2014 -059 Attachment 2 <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Resolution Detailing Orange County's Recommendations <br />Regarding Goals for Inclusion in the <br />North Carolina Association of County Commissioners' (NCACC) <br />2015 -2016 Legislative Goals Package <br />WHEREAS, the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) <br />organizes a 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 <br />support on legislative goals and issues for matters affecting North Carolina <br />counties that may be addressed during the upcoming North Carolina General <br />Assembly sessions during next two calendar years; and <br />WHEREAS, the goals and issues included in NCACC package, with their broad <br />support, guide and strengthen NCACC representatives and staff as they <br />converse with individual legislators and committees on legislative matters; and <br />WHEREAS, NCACC has begun the process to develop its 2015 -2016 Legislative <br />Goals Package and Orange County and all other North Carolina counties have <br />been asked to submit proposed legislative goals by September 19, 2014 for <br />consideration for inclusion in the 2015 -2016 Legislative Goals Package; and <br />WHEREAS, Orange County believes there are many issues of importance to all <br />North Carolina counties that should be included as goals in NCACC's 2015 -2016 <br />Legislative Goals Package; <br />NOW THEREFORE we, the Orange County Board of Commissioners, do hereby <br />recommend that NCACC include the following goals in the NCACC 2015 -2016 <br />Legislative Goals Package- <br />1 ) Revenue Options for Local Government — Support legislation that <br />authorizes any local government to enact any revenue source that is <br />presently available to one or more local governments in the state. Local <br />governments have experienced significant budget cuts in recent years. <br />Providing flexibility regarding revenue options to fund local government <br />services will allow local governments to tailor their respective funding <br />plans based on individual needs and goals; <br />2) Oppose any shift of state transportation responsibilities to <br />counties — Oppose legislation to shift the state's responsibility for <br />funding transportation construction and maintenance projects to <br />counties. Counties cannot afford to assume costs for maintaining <br />secondary roads and /or funding expansion projects. Unlike counties in <br />