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438 WHEREAS, Cabarrus County has built or is building one new high school, three new middle schools, and seven new elementary schools to address increased student enrollment, and; WHEREAS, Cabarrus County must rely upon general fund revenues including property and sales taxes to fund local services, and; WHEREAS, Cabarrus County will continue to need to build new schools to meet the needs of new residents, and; WHEREAS, Cabarrus County also is experiencing increased demands and costs to provide all public services, and; WHEREAS, Traffic generation and the resultant road construction needs are also increasing as a result of growth in Cabarrus County; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners resolves to request authorization from the North Carolina State Legislature to enact and levy impact fees that accomplish the following goals: 1) To share the incurred capital costs of school construction between Cabarrus County and new residents; 2) To base the new residents' share on a percentage of home value; and 3) To collect the impact fee as part of the closing costs paid by the buyer of a new residence. Adopted this __ day of 2000. ATTEST: Arne L. Fennel Chairman, Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners Frankie F. Bonds, Clerk to the Board Chairman Fennel made a motion to adopt the proposed Resolution with the following changes: Change the words 'impact fee" to "new school construction fee" throughout the Resolution and change Item 2) to read 'to base the new residents' share on a fee per bedroom." The motion died for lack of a second. There was discussion regarding the proposed school construction fee, guidelines for consideration of local bills during the upcoming short session of the General Assembly, the need for the proposed fee, the impact of the proposed fee on first time homebuyers and the need to keep County property taxes low. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Privette, seconded by Commissioner Carpenter with Commissioners Privette, Carpenter, Casper and Barnhart voting for and Chairman Fennel voting against, the Board moved to postpone indefinitely the proposal as presented concerning legislation for a "school construction fee." Award of Contract for New Telephone System to CTC (Concord Telephone Connnunications) and Adoption of Related Budqet Amendment The following bids were received on March 31, 2000 for a new telephone system for County government. The Request for Proposals was published in THE INDEPENDENT TRIBUNE on March 20, 2000. Company CTC ALT Communications Sprint Purchase Price $478,891.39 $759,780.00 $816,489.29 The Board received the Memo dated April 12, 2000 from Ms. Jean Kennedy, IT Director, recommending the award of the project to the low bidder, CTC (Concord Telephone Communications), at a cost of $399,058.00 with an additional allocation of $20,000.00 for contingencies. This amount included a buy back agreement for the existing system offered by CTC in the amount of $79,833.70. Commissioner Casper asked to be excused from voting due to a conflict of interest. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Carpenter, seconded by Chairman Fennel and unanimously carried, the Board excused Commissioner Casper from voting in the award of the contract for the telephone system. UPON MOTION of Chairman Fennel, seconded by Commissioner Carpenter with Chairman Fennel and Commissioners Carpenter, Barnhart and Privette voting for and Commissioner Casper abstaining, the Board awarded the telephone system contract to the low bidder, CTC (Concord Telephone Communications), in the