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Catawba County goals for 2008 Short Session

Catawba County

Published: August 5, 2008

• Support an increase to $35,000 in the Homestead Exclusion Income Limit — partially accomplished, will revisit during Long Session

• Support flexible local revenue options to avoid future property tax increases or reduce the property tax rate — partially accomplished

• Catawba County opposes the $2 per ton Solid Waste Disposal Tax and will work for repeal of the tax — repeal did not happen but changes in the law were made

• Support an exemption of state sales tax on purchases made by local school systems — not adopted

• Support a more fair distribution in the School Capital Fund Formula/ Lottery Proceeds — partially accomplished

• Support additional childcare subsidies funding — partially accomplished

• Support re-establishment of Juvenile Crime Prevention Council (JCPC) funding in the state's continuation budget — accomplished

• Support an end to cuts to reimbursement levels for Medicaid services and the return of reimbursement levels that reflect actual cost — not accomplished

• Support an increase in the reimbursement rate for local government legal work related to foreclosures — not accomplished

• Support increases in funding to support mental health care in jails — not accomplished

• Support returning funding levels for the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program (TANF) to 1996 levels — not accomplished

• Oppose the unfunded mandate that counties pay for the implementation of Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) phone system in courthouses — accomplished

• Oppose attempts to reduce the property tax base, and place more burden on property tax payers — partially accomplished

• Oppose attempts to eliminate the prohibition on collective bargaining for public employees — accomplished

• Support changes to legislation regarding career status for employees under Office of State Personnel rules — accomplished

• Support additional strengthening of interbasin transfer (IBT) rules — accomplished

• Support changes to the required school start date of no earlier than Aug. 25 and allow for systemwide waivers rather than individual waivers — not accomplished

• Support increases in funding under the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Secondary Roads Program for the on-going maintenance of our state's secondary roads system — not accomplished