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December 18, 2006 (Regular Meeting) - Page 208 UPON MOTION of Commissioner Mynatt, seconded by Commissioner Privette and unanimously carried, the Board adopted the following resolution: Res. No. 2006-33 RESOLUTION SUPPORTING PROPERTY TAX RELIEF LEGISLATION WHEREAS, the members of the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners, as required by Statutes, are charged with the responsibility of placing equitable property values on all property within their county; and WHEREAS, the values placed on some property has escalated as much as threefold and fourfold by the recent revaluation prices; and WHEREAS, these increased values have caused a financial hardship for a number of homeowners, specifically those with limited income desiring to live in their homes for the remainder of their lives. Realizing that the Board of Commissioners, through the process of property owner appeals to the Board of Equalization and Review, acknowledges it has exhausted all efforts for assistance to these financial burdened homeowners. Cabarrus County Commissioners unanimously agrees that unless relief from the increased property tax is provided to the elderly and low income homeowners, many will be deprived of the necessities of life or be forced to involuntarily sell their homes and starts new life at other locations. NOW, THEREFORE,. BE IT RESOLVED that the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners hereby directs its Clerk to forward this resolution to our representatives in the General Assembly, requesting them to introduce and support legislation similar to property tax legislation that is currently in effect in thirty-five State governments that will bring property tax relief for qualified elderly and low income homeowners. Adopted this 18"' day of December, 2006. /s/ Robert W. Carruth Robert W. Carruth, Chairman Board of Commissioners ATTEST: /s/ Kay Honeycutt Kay Honeycutt, Clerk to the Board _(F-16) Resolution Establishing the Regular Work 9eeaion and Meeting Schedule for 2007 The Board currently meets at 3:30 p.m. on the first Monday for an agenda work session and at 6:30 p.m. on the third Monday for its regular meeting. Holidays and upcoming NACo and NCACC conferences were taken into consideration in the development of the proposed schedule. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Mynatt, seconded by Commissioner Privette and unanimously carried, the Board adopted the following resolution: Res, No. 2006-39 RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULE FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2007 WHEREAS, the regular agenda work sessions of the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners are currently held on the first Monday of each month at 3:30 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room at the Governmental Center; and WHEREAS, the regular meetings of the Board of Commissioners are held on the third Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the Commissioners' Meeting Room at the Governmental Center; and WHEREAS, several holidays and scheduled conferences of the National Association of County Commissioners require a change in a number of the agenda work session dates as well as the January 2007 regular meeting date; and WHEREAS, North Carolina General Statute 153A-26 requires that the Board hold an organizational meeting on the first Monday of December for each even- numbered year.