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39 <br /> i <br /> The following table shows the County-wide levy and the levies by the County on behalf of the <br /> special school districts and the special fire districts for the fiscal years ended or ending June 30: <br /> AM 2008 Im 20101 <br /> County-wide $109,874,607 $119,509,712 $128,249,751 $131,867,043 <br /> Special School District 14,871,669 16,325,707 18,600,932 18,721,785 <br /> Special Fire Districts 2.559.638 2.771.387 3.010335 3.139.248 <br /> Total Levy $127,305,914 $138,606,806 $149,861,018 $153,728,076 <br /> 'Estimated. <br /> TAX COLLECTIONS <br /> Percentage of <br /> Fiscal Year Ended Prior Years' Current Year's Current Year's <br /> Qr Eud:Lna June 30 Levies Collected Total Lew Collected Total Levy Collected <br /> 2006 $ 954,076 $ 99,271,419 98.90°x6 <br /> 2007 1,053,864 110,014,826 98.96 <br /> 2008 984,746 117,907,855 98.69 <br /> 2009' 1,061,492 126,660,331 98.75 <br /> 'Unaudited. <br /> TEN LARGEST TAXPAYERS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008.09 <br /> Assessed Percentage of <br /> lam,@ Type of Enterprise Valuation Assessed Value <br /> Duke Energy Company Public Utility $ 89,524,645 .70% <br /> VAC Limited Partnership Apartment Rental 62,702,256 .49 <br /> US CT LLC Property Owners Trust 50,120,115 .39 <br /> Piedmont Electric <br /> Membership Corporation Public Utility 46,539,477 .36 <br /> Blue Cross and Blue Shield <br /> of North Carolina Health Insurance 36,432,449 - .28 <br /> Corium LLC Health Insurance 32,584,496 .25 <br /> Madison University Mall LLC Retail Outlet 32,336,426 .25 <br /> Bell South Telephone and <br /> Telegraph Company Public Utility 31,052,192 .24 <br /> Europa Center Hotel and Office Rental 27,031,431 .21 <br /> DDRM Meadowmont Rental/Residental 22,577.932 .18 <br /> $430,901,419 3.36% <br /> 2009-14 Budget Commentary <br /> Ad valorem tax collections through June 2009 for real property were approximately 98% of the <br /> levy which is on target with budget expectations.Motor Vehicle tax collections were coming in under <br /> budget estimates. Other revenues came in under budget due to the downturn in the economy. Ex- <br /> penditures were slightly lower than normal at approximately 96°x6 of budget. There was million ap- <br /> propriated from fund balance in the original budget as well as a significant appropriation of fund <br /> balance during the year. The FYE 2009 Unreserved Fund Balance dropped by$4.8 million from the <br /> FYE 2008 amount to$21 million which is 11.6% of FYE 2009 expenditures. Since there was no ap- <br /> 21 <br />