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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />47 <br />48 <br />49 <br />17 <br />now. He would not want the County to suffer backlash, and risk losing what little it has. He <br />said the district tax has been a source of discussion for decades, and it keeps going up. He <br />said the desire for equality is a noble aspiration, and worthy of ongoing discussion. <br />Commissioner Price agreed. <br />Commissioner McKee said the public spoke loudly with its vote on a merger in years <br />past. He said the Board could scale the district tax back slowly, while raising the taxes on the <br />County. <br />Commissioner Jacobs said nobody ever voted on the merger, but did vote on the district <br />tax for the OCS, which was resoundingly defeated, with the school board leading the charge <br />against the tax. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />5. Break (to allow Finance and Administrative Services to formulate Draft Resolution of <br />Intent to Adopt FY2018 -19 Operating Budget). <br />The meeting took a break at 8:46 p.m. <br />The meeting resumed at 9:17 p.m. <br />6. Resolution of Intent to Adopt FY2018 -19 Annual Operating Budget <br />• Approval of Resolution of Intent to Adopt FY2018 -19 Annual Operating Budget at <br />the Board of County Commissioners Regular Meeting on June 19, 2018 <br />Paul Laughton, Finance and Administrative Services, presented this item and reviewed <br />the Resolution of Intent. <br />Resolution of Intent to Adopt the 2018 -19 <br />Orange County Budget <br />The items outlined below summarize decisions that the Board acted upon June 12, 2018 in <br />approving the FY2018 -19 Orange County Annual Operating Budget. <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners has considered the Orange County <br />FY2018 -19 Manager's Recommended Budget; and <br />WHEREAS, the Commissioners have agreed on certain modifications to the Manager's <br />Recommended Budget as presented in the FY2018 -19 County Manager's Recommended <br />Budget on May 1, 2018; <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />expresses its intent to adopt the FY2018 -19 Orange County Budget Ordinance on Tuesday, <br />June 19, 2018, based on the following stipulations: <br />1) Property Tax Rates <br />a) The ad valorem property tax rate shall be set at 85.04 cents per $100 of assessed <br />valuation. <br />