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16 <br />VOTE: Yeas, 2 (Commissioner Marcoplos and Commissioner Burroughs); Nays, 5 (Chair <br />Dorosin, Commissioner McKee, Commissioner Rich, Commissioner Jacobs, Commissioner <br />Price). <br /> <br />MOTION FAILS <br /> <br />FY2018-19 Tax Rates <br />• Approve the FY2018-19 County Ad Valorem (Property Tax) Rate at 85.04 Cents per <br />$100 of Value <br /> <br />• Approve the FY2018-19 Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Special District Tax Rate at <br />20.18 Cents per $100 of Value <br /> <br />• Approve the FY2018-19 Fire District Tax Rates <br />• FY2018-19 Tax Rates <br /> <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Price to <br />approve the three motions above: <br /> <br />• Approve the FY2018-19 Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Special District Tax Rate at <br />20.18 Cents per $100 of Value <br />• Approve the FY2018-19 Fire District Tax Rates <br />• Approve the FY2018-19 County Ad Valorem (Property Tax) Rate at 85.04 Cents per <br />$100 of Value <br /> <br />Chair Dorosin said the Board should discuss the special district tax rate, and the <br />possibilities to preserve educational funding while reducing the disparities. He said the per- <br />pupil rate is $4,165, and when the Chapel Hill district tax is added in, the rate increases to <br />$6,085 for CHCCS. He said these dollars make a real difference in the education of each <br />student, and the Board is responsible for every student in the entire County. He said he is not <br />advocating cutting educational funding, but he has concerns about having two school districts <br />that are separate and unequal. <br />Commissioner Jacobs said he agreed, but with the purposely-vindictive General <br />Assembly and its attitude towards Orange County, he feels it is risky to have this discussion <br />now. He would not want the County to suffer backlash, and risk losing what little it has. He said <br />the district tax has been a source of discussion for decades, and it keeps going up. He said the <br />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 /> <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> <br />5. Break (to allow Finance and Administrative Services to formulate Draft Resolution of <br />Intent to Adopt FY2018-19 Operating Budget). <br /> <br />The meeting took a break at 8:46 p.m.