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LAW OFFICES <br />COLEMAN, IJLEDHILL &. HARGRAVE ~ c~ <br />A PROFESSIONAL CORPORr~T[ON <br />iz9 E TAYON STREET Jun e 8, 2 0 0 1 <br />P. O DRAWER t>z9 <br />HI4LSBOROUGH. NORTH CAR011NA ?T_78 <br />919732 ?196 FRCNI THE DESK OF <br />F.AX 919-;327997 VIA FACSIMILE GEOFFREY E. GLEDHILL <br />WEBEITE IWUW CGA,NDH COM <br />Stephen H. Halkiotis, Chair <br />Margaret W. Brown <br />Moses Carey, Jr. <br />Alice M. Gordon <br />Barry Jacobs <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Post Office Box 8181 <br />Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br />R,E: Local Tax Election <br />Dear Board Members: <br />This letter is in response to an inquiry of me by <br />Commissioner Halkiotis in response to questions raised by <br />citizens at the June 7, 2001 budget public hearing. The subject <br />of this memorandum is local tax elections. In brief, the <br />question posed is how can there be an election in the Orange <br />County School District for a supplemental tax? The short answer <br />is the election can result in any one of the following ways: <br />1. The Board of County Commissioners can call for an <br />election on the establishment of the supplemental tax on its own <br />initiative. <br />2. The Orange County Board of Education may petition the <br />Board of County Commissioners for an election on its own <br />initiative. <br />3. The Orange County Board of Education Tay petition the <br />Board of County Commissioners by endorsing a petition received. <br />by the Board of Education signed by 250 of the qualified voters <br />who reside in the Orange County School District which petition <br />calls for the election. In the event a petition of 250 of the <br />qualified voters in the school district is presented to the <br />Board of Education, the Board of Education must give the <br />petition "due consideration." Thereafter if, in its discretion, <br />the Board of Education determines that the voter petition should <br />be approved, the Board of Education endorses the petition and <br />presents it to the Board of County Commissioners, <br />