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April 4, 2011 (Work Session) Page 371 WHEREAS, LifeShare Of The Carolinas, the organ procurement organization that serves Cabarrus County, is a part of that community and has its own programs to highlight the importance of donating to save the lives of others; and WHEREAS, Over 3,400 North Carolina residents and 110,400 people nationwide are in need of life- saving transplants; and WHEREAS, Residents of Cabarrus County have been touched by donation as recipients of life - saving transplants and as members of donor families who have literally given others a second chance at life; and WHEREAS, It is an honor and privilege to have some of those residents in attendance at the Board of Commissioners Meeting of Cabarrus County to present the Board with a Donate Life flag. NOW, BE IT RESOLVED, we, the members of the Cabarrus Board of County Commissioners do hereby proclaim the month of April, 2011 to be NATIONAL DONATE LIFE MONTH In Cabarrus County and urge our residents to give serious thought to the importance of eye, organ and tissue donation and if so desired, to join the North Carolina Donor Registry and further, to notify their family members that they have done so. Adopted this the 4 th day of April, 2011. /s/ H. Jay White, Sr. H. Jay White, Sr., Chairman Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners BOC - Resolution Opposing the Loss of School Construction Dollars and the Shift of State School Funding Responsibilities to Counties Vice Chairman Poole advised a resolution opposing the loss of school construction dollars and the shift of State school funding responsibilities to counties was previously adopted by Harnett County and sent to all 100 North Carolina counties. She requested the Board suspend the rules of procedure and adopt the resolution and distribute copies as needed or requested. UPON MOTION of Vice Chairman Poole, seconded by Commissioner Carruth and unanimously carried, the Board suspended its rules of procedures in order to take action on the item due to time constraints. UPON MOTION of Vice Chairman Poole, seconded by Commissioner Measmer and unanimously carried, the Board adopted the following resolution: Resolution No. 2011 -10 RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE LOSS OF COUNTY SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS AND THE SHIFT OF STATE SCHOOL FUNDING RESPONSIBILITIES TO COUNTIES WHEREAS, counties in North Carolina are statutorily responsible for providing public school facilities in North Carolina and contribute significant county funds for classroom expenses; and WHEREAS, counties spend more than $1.5 billion annually for public school capital needs and $2.5 billion for public school operating expenses; and WHEREAS, counties rely on local sales taxes, property taxes, the county share of lottery funds and the county share of the corporate income tax to help fund public school capital needs and have issued public debt based on these revenue streams; and WHEREAS, counties have lost more than a quarter billion dollars in lottery and corporate income tax school construction funds over the current biennium; and WHEREAS, the Governor's budget proposal permanently eliminates the county share of the corporate income tax and reduces the county lottery share