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Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners <br />2018-2019 Legislative Goals <br />Unfunded Mandates <br />1. Request Federal and State Legislatures to avoid passing any legislation that <br />results in unfunded mandates for local governments. <br />A. Provide additional funding for Human Services, Public Schools, and Jails <br />to meet the current needs of the county. <br />B. Maintain or increase current levels of Medicaid Funding. <br />Local Option Revenues <br />1. Provide additional opportunities for local option revenues. <br />A. Flexibility in sales tax revenues. <br />B. Support counties efforts to increase local revenues. When appropriate <br />allow requests to move forward pending local voter approval. <br />C. Authorize all local option revenue sources that have previously been <br />given to other counties. <br />D. Require state administrative offices to provide sales tax information when <br />requested by counties for budgeting purposes. <br />E. Reinstate sales tax exemption for school systems. <br />Collective Bargaining <br />1. Oppose collective bargaining for all state and local government employees. <br />Schools <br />1. Oppose any shift of charter school capital funding to counties. <br />2. Support the adjustment of local contributions to match the services that <br />charter schools are required to provide. <br />3. Return proceeds from the North Carolina Education Lottery Funds to their <br />original 40% of the total proceeds going to counties for school capital needs. <br />4. Reinstate full funding for school growth based Average Daily Membership. <br />(ADM) <br />G-2 Page 283 <br />