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CENTRALINA POPULATION ESTIPI.~TE RESOLUTION ~RFAS, the Charter of the Council provides that the operating expenses of the Council shall he paid from funds contributed to the Council by its member goverm~ents; and ~It~REAS, the annual contribution of all members is based upon the duly adopted budget and assessed to each member on the basis of relative population vtthin the boundary of each member; and ~H~REAS, the Charter of the Council provides for the measurement of population in each Jurisdiction is to be "based upon the most recent U. S. Government census"'; and the Council has heretofore used the ten year census · figures; and ~REAS, the population of the area vithin the Centralina region has increased rapidly in recent years, necessitatin~ more current population figures to avoid inequities in the assessment of dues for Council members; and b'HEREAS, the United States Bureau of the Census and the North Carolina Office of State Budget and l~ansgement Jointly prepare state and county population estimates usually on an annual basis, and the North Carolina Office of State Budget and Nanagement prepares municipal populati~n estimates at the same time; and ~REAS, the Council believes the use of :the aforesaid population estimates rill more fairly and accurately reflect the actual year-to-year populations of the member governments for dues assessment purposes; nov, therefore, the Council does by these presents recommend to the member governments the folloving resolution, to vit: RESOLVED that the Charter of the Council be and it is hereby amended by revriting Paragraph A of Item IX of the Charter Resolution (as revised 3uly, 1989), to read: "The general operatin~ expenses of the Council shall be paid from funds paid to the Council by each member governmental unit. The annual contribution of each member goven~ental unit shall be based upon the duly adopted budget for such year and shall be assessed on the basis of the population for each member. For the purpose of determining the current population of each governmental unit, the Council shall use either (1) the ~gpvlation Estimates for North Caloli~a Municioalities an~ Countie~ prepared by the United States Bureau of the Census and the North Carolina Office of Stere Budget and /tanagement and published from time to time or (2) the official 10 year census figures. The current population estimates are the most recent estimates available using either (1) or (2) above~ on the date the annual dues for member &overnments is determined by the Council."