HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-1998-009a Resolution Endorsing the Enactment of an Additional One Percent Local Option Sales Tax 02-17-1998 - 9b(/' ~// / V
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
A RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE ENACTMENT OF
AN ADDITIONAL ONE PERCENT LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX
WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners is charged with the responsibility
to promote the health, safety, and welfare of the 107,000 residents of Orange County, as well
as those who work or visit the County; and
WHEREAS, the growth in the County's population and commerce is increasing and creating
a huge demand for public services such as new schools, human services, and public safety; and
WHEREAS, currently property tax payers are carrying a disproportionate share of 65% of the
burden for providing funding for these necessary services and facilities; and
WHEREAS, local government tax reform is urgently needed as this system of financing local
needs is unfair to property owners and inadequate to meet these needs; and
WHEREAS, a one percent local option sales tax returned to its point of origin in Orange
County would provide an alternative to ever increasing property taxes, would more fairly
distribute the tax burden among those who live and work in Orange County, and would
provide revenue for the County to fund necessary services and facilities; and
WHEREAS, the North Carolina General Assembly has taken action to eliminate, over a
period of years, the State sales tax on food;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Orange County Board of
Commissioners does hereby unanimously urge the Orange County legislative delegation and
the North Carolina General Assembly to support and enact into law an additional one
percent point of origin local option sales tax for Orange County, provided that sales tax is not
applicable to the sale of food.
This, the 17`h day of February, 1998.
argaret W. Brown, Chair
Orange County Board of Commissioners