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5 <br /> 6-c by Commissioner McKee <br /> 6-e by Commissioner Marcoplos <br /> 6-g by Commissioner Price <br /> • Approval of Remaining Consent Agenda <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Burroughs, seconded by Commissioner McKee <br /> to approve the remaining items on the consent agenda. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> • Discussion and Approval of the Items Removed from the Consent Agenda <br /> 6-c: Property Tax Releases/Refunds <br /> The Board considered the adoption of a resolution to release property tax values for eight <br /> taxpayers with a total of sixteen (16) bills that will result in a reduction of revenue in <br /> accordance with North Carolina General Statute 105-381. <br /> Commissioner McKee wanted to give a clarification, and said the one person listed as <br /> McKee is not a member of his family. <br /> A motion as made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Rich to <br /> approve the adoption of a resolution, which is incorporated by reference, to release property <br /> tax values for eight taxpayers with a total of sixteen (16) bills that will result in a reduction of <br /> revenue in accordance with North Carolina General Statute 105-381. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 6-e: Fiscal Year 2016-17 Budget Amendment#5 <br /> The Board considered approving budget ordinance amendments for fiscal year 2016-17. <br /> Commissioner Marcoplos referred to the the charging stations coming from a Duke <br /> Energy grant, and asked if the number of charging stations in the County is known, and how <br /> much are the charging stations used. <br /> Brennan Bouma, Sustainability Coordinator, said there are 16 level-2 chargers since <br /> 2011, which are anecdotally used more around the southern end of the County and the senior <br /> centers. He said the County is working with a private company that owns 2 DC fast chargers <br /> on County property, which brings the total number of chargers to 18. He said these funds <br /> would provide either two single-plug chargers or one with two plugs on it. <br /> Commissioner Marcoplos said he reads this as a grant from Duke Energy, but 15 years <br /> ago Duke Energy was charged with violating the Clean Air Act at 13 coal plants, and part of <br /> the settlement required Duke Energy to donate money for charging stations and other projects <br /> around the State. <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Marcoplos, seconded by Commissioner Rich to <br /> approve the budget ordinance amendments for fiscal year 2016-17. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />