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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 47 • But county cooperative extension dollars are distributed more towards unincorporated areas than the cities. • Other things include payments from Carrboro to Chapel Hill to help fund public transit. • Other programs have slight variations in them depending upon where the service is located. • Also recall that there are other differences such as differences in property taxes due to differences in property valuation. • All of these factors combine to make these small differences in the per capita numbers between the cities. • It does not appear though that there is a concerted effort at the county level to subsidize one part of the county over the other • Finally, recall that these numbers are a `snapshot'. If tax dollars are being saved into reserve fund `X' that would mostly benefit town `Z', then today it might appear that town `Z' is paying more and getting fewer services. • But if this study was repeated in a few years from now when the reserved fund dollars are being spent, than it might appear that town `Z' is paying less and getting more services. • Notice that whatever inequity exists at the jurisdiction level is driven largely by inequity in the federal tax system and not the local tax system Questions 8. Consent Agenda • Removal of Any Items from Consent Agenda - Item 8 -e by Commissioner Marcoplos. This item was discussed earlier in the evening, between agenda items 4 and 5. • Approval of Remaining Consent Agenda A motion was made by Commissioner Burroughs, seconded by Commissioner Price to approve the remaining items on the Consent Agenda. VOTE: UNANIMOUS • Discussion and Approval of the Items Removed from the Consent Agenda a. Minutes The Board approved the minutes from December 4 and 12, 2017 as submitted by the Clerk to the Board. b. Motor Vehicle Property Tax Releases /Refunds The Board adopted a resolution, which is incorporated by reference, to release motor vehicle property tax values for seven taxpayers with a total of seven bills that will result in a reduction of revenue, in accordance with the NCGS. c. Property Tax Releases /Refunds The Board adopted a resolution, which is incorporated by reference, to release property tax values for three taxpayers with a total of seven bills that will result in a reduction of revenue in accordance with North Carolina General Statute 105 -381. d. Applications for Property Tax Exemption /Exclusion The Board considered nine untimely applications for exemption /exclusion from ad valorem taxation for nine bills for the 2017 tax year.