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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: September 4, 1990 SUBJECT: Countywide School District Tax DEPARTMENT County Manager ATTACHMENT(S) Action Agenda Item No >_(-A PUBLIC HEARING YES NO X INFORMATION CONTAC Manager's office, TELEPHONE NUMBER Hillsborough Chapel Hill Mebane Durham T ext 2300 732 -8181 968 -4501 227 -2031 688 -7331 PURPOSE: To consider calling a special election for November 6, 1990 on the establishment of a countywide school district supplemental tax. BACKGROUND: At the August 21, 1990 meeting, the Board of Commissioners discussed the possibility of calling for a special election on November 6, in conjunction with regularly scheduled elections, on the subject of establishment of a countywide school district tax. It was the consensus of the Board that it was important to obtain the views of the two Boards of Education on the matter before deciding whether or not to call for the election. Letters were sent to each school board chair soliciting Board of Education perspectives on the following points: what purposes the proceeds of the tax should address; confirmation of ADM as the basis for allocation of the proceeds; and whether or not the issue should be included on the November 6 ballot. Furthermore, the school boards were asked to have a representative present at the September 4 meeting to discuss their views about the supplemental tax issue. Statutory electoral timetables and notification requirements make it necessary for the Board of Commissioners to decide at the September 4 meeting whether or not to pursue this issue on the November 6 ballot. Should the Board desire to pursue it, the staff will need direction on what elements, in addition to those statutorily required, are to be included on the ballot and in the legal notice for the election.