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• <br /> 166 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. Gig <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: JUNE 21, 1988 <br /> SUBJECT: EQUITY STUDY PROPOSAL--IOG <br /> bEPARTMENT: COUNTY MANAGER PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: MANAGER'S <br /> YES OFFICE,X501 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> Hillsborough - 732--8181 . <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham -- 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To evaluate the equity of present arrangements for financing <br /> public services and functions by local governments in Orange <br /> County that result from jurisdictional arrangements and <br /> practices. <br /> To suggest to what extent jurisdictional inequities, if any, <br /> may be offset or increased by the incidence of taxes and <br /> program benefits. <br /> An understanding of the nature and extent of the equities or <br /> inequities in present arrangements should assist citizens and <br /> local officials in making better decisions about future <br /> programs and activities and their financing. <br /> BACKGROUND: Scope <br /> 1) Units covered will be Orange County and the town of Chapel <br /> Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough. <br /> 2) The study will take a "slice in time" approach, and will <br /> be confined to the experiences of the 1987-88 fiscal year. <br /> (Data for that year that are known to be abnormal will be <br /> highlighted.) <br /> 3) Funds from all sources and expenditures for all purposes <br /> of the covered units will be analyzed. <br /> i . <br />