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1 <br /> Y <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Item No. - <br /> Meeting Date: JUNE 6, 1994 <br /> SUBJECT: RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF FAIR TREATMENT OF TOBACCO FARMERS <br /> --------------------------------- ---------------------------------- <br /> DEPARTMENT: COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO: X <br /> --------------------------------- ---------------------------------- <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : YES - RESOLUTION INFORMATION CONTACT: MOSES CAREY,JR. <br /> STEPHEN HALKIOTIS <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER - <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-5401 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> PURPOSE: To consider a resolution in support of fair treatment of tobacco <br /> farmers. <br /> BACKGROUND: Efforts are being made in Washington to increase the federal <br /> tax on tobacco from 24 cents to as much as $1.49 per package. This <br /> resolution recognizes the plight of tobacco farmers in Orange County who <br /> must face declining support for their products and supports continued <br /> funding for the Tobacco Research Station in Granville County, North <br /> Carolina for its work on alternative uses of tobacco and alternative crops <br /> for tobacco farmers. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S) : Approve the resolution and authorize the Chair to sign <br /> on behalf of the Board and forward copies to State and Federal <br /> legislators. <br />