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Orange County Fire-Rescue Study Oversight Committee <br />Preliminary Recommendations <br />June 7, 2006 <br />Page 2 of 5 <br />2005-06 <br />Fire District or Department Tax Rate <br />Cedar Grove 7.3 <br />Efland 3.475 <br />Eno 5.7 <br />Little River (Caldwell) 4.6 <br />New Hope 6.25 <br />Orange Grove 3.4 <br />Orange Rural 5.6 <br />South Orange (Carrboro) 9.2 <br />White Cross 4.2 <br />Town of Carrboro 15.16 <br />Town of Chapel Hill 11.25 <br />Alamance County - (12 Districts.) 6.5 to 10.5 <br />As one can see there is a wide range of tax rates: within the County volunteer tax districts a high <br />of $.073 to a low of $.042; the towns have rates of over $.10. <br />Realistically, some of the volunteer fire tax districts need to, in the short term, increase their tax <br />rates to provide a higher level of funding. <br />Financially, our recommendations will result in an addition to most of the fire districts increasing <br />their tax rate in a range from $0.005 to $0.015. Specific recommendations by department are <br />shown below. <br />Fire District or Department <br />2005-06 Recommended <br />Tax Rate 2006-2007 Rate <br />Cedar Grove <br />Efland <br />Eno <br />Little River (Caldwell) <br />New Hope <br />Orange Grove <br />Orange Rural <br />South Orange (Carrboro) <br />White Cross <br />7.3 7.8 <br />3.475 4.975 <br />5.7 No Change <br />4.6 5.1 <br />6.25 6.75 <br />3.4 4.9 <br />5.6 No Change <br />9.2 No Change <br />4.2 5.7 <br />