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solid waste from the accounts it is now servicing and any additional accounts for which the other franchised refuse haulers cannot offer the services. Motion seconded by Commissioner Hammett and vote carried unanimously. It was recommended that the Board of Health set up the procedures which should be followed in obtaining a franchise and how often it should be renewed. Colonel H. S. Williams, Jr., Chairman of the County Board of Elections, asked the Board to consider purchasing, renting or leasing some voting machines. A meeting was set up for April 24, 1975, to examine these machines. Commissioner Hinson made motion to delay action on the dissolution of the Jackson Park Sanitary District until April 24, 1975 due to the fact that he had been contacted and the resident free holders are circulating a petition to not dissolve the sanitary district. Motion seconded by Commissioner Milloway and vote carried. Commissioner Milloway made motion to approve James Whaley's request for a salary increase as approved by the state in the Nutrition for the Elderly budget. Motion seconded by Commissioner Hinson and vote carried. Upon motion of Commissioner McClary, seconded by Commissioner Hinson and carried, Chairman Hawfield was authorized to sign the contract with Daniel and Daniel, CPA's, for the 1974-1975 audit and to forward the contract to the Local Government Commission. Chairman Hawfield stated that this meeting was being held to bring the citizens up to date on the appraisal or revaluation of property in Cabarrus County. Doug Holbrook, Director of the Ad Valorem Tax Division, State Department of Revenue, had been asked to review the revaluation procedures. Holbrook briefly described his duties as to serve as secretary for the State Property Tax Commission and to assist the counties with their tax problems. The law states that everf~ohnty must revalue all property every eight years, with the standard method of appraisal being the fair market value. No county except Mecklenburg has the trained personnel to do this revaluation without hiring a firm outside their county. Holbrook has briefly reviewed the schedule of sales used in Cabarrus County's revaluation and stated that both the residential and land transactions were conservative. The legislature has a bill known as the Schwartz Bill that would allow counties with 95,000 population or less to post- pone their revaluation for one year, but did not feel it would pass. The Board of County Commissioners can appoint another board to serve as the Board of Equalization and Review. Holbrook stated that he felt the Land Use Schedule would be beneficial to farmers. William Hester, Vice-President of Associated Surveys, Inc., told the Board the action that his company had taken and is taking in the revaluation of property. 2,000 protests have been make to the tax supervisor's office since the revised property values had been mailed. Approximately ten percent of these protests have been resolved and the remainder would be looked at and possibly changed. Hester stated that there