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5 <br />WHEREAS, these actions by the Us Congress and the North Carolina <br />General Assembly raise the issue of fairness based on <br />the regressive nature of property taxes, the primary <br />tax available to counties, as compared to the <br />progressive income taxes available to Congress and the <br />North Carolina General Assembly, and <br />WHEREAS, the federal and state governments have further <br />compounded the problem by requiring excessive and <br />burdensome paperwork requirements, and <br />WHEREAS, mandated programs now account for approximately one - <br />third of all local government expenditures, which in <br />Orange County accounts for 41 cents of the 76.5 cent <br />property tax rate, and <br />WHEREAS, these issues are of such pressing urgency that they <br />cannot adequately be addressed through the current <br />method of federal and state mandates and local funding. <br />NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of <br />Commissioners calls for the Congress of the United States and the <br />North Carolina General Assembly - as they identify and establish <br />national priorities - to: 1) increase the financial support for the <br />mandated programs through direct funding or incentive grants in <br />amounts adequate to create and implement successful solution, and <br />2) recognize and reduce the irrelevant paperwork and other <br />unnecessary administrative burden, associated with mandated <br />programs, and <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County forward to the Governor an <br />invoice for mandated services provided by the County for the period <br />July 1, 1989 through June 30, 1990, and <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution be forwarded to 1) each <br />of the 99 other County Boards of Commissioners in North Carolina, <br />2) the local North Carolina legislative delegation, 3) the National <br />Association of Counties and the North Carolina Association of <br />County Commissioners, and 4) US Senator Terry Sanford, US Senator <br />Jesse Helms, and Congressman David Price. <br />This the 21st day of April, 1991. <br />B. RESOLUTIONS OF APPRECIATION FOR SERVING ON THE PLANNING <br />BOARD <br />Motion was made by Commissioner Willhoit, seconded by <br />Commissioner Halkiotis to adopt the Resolutions of Appreciation for <br />former Planning Board members Barry Jacobs and Chris Best. For the <br />record, these resolutions are entered below: <br />RESOLUTION OF APPRECIATION <br />FOR <br />