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BOOK 8 PACE 13 WHEREAS, all interested citizens were given an opportunity to present their views for and against the levy of said sales tax in Lee County; and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of Lee County is now of the opinion and does hereby find and declare that the levy of said sales tax within Lee' County, is both desirable and necessary to adepuately finance the operation of the county and the cities and towns herein, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commiss- ioners of Lee County as follows: Section 1, There is hereby imposed and levied within Lee County the one per cent (1%) local sales and use tax author- ized by Senate Bill 81, ratified on March 15, 1971, and to be codified as Article 39, Subchapter VIII, Chapter 105 of.the General Statutes of North Carolina. The tax hereby imposed and levied shall apply to the same extent and subject to the same limitations as are set forth in Sections 105-467 and 105- 468, contained in Senate Bill 81. Section Z. Collection of the tax by the North Carolina Commissioner of Revenue and liability therefor, shall begin and continue on and after the first day of April, 1972, Section 3. The net proceeds of the tax levied herein shall be distributed by the Commissioner,of Revenue to Lee County and to each municipality herein upon a per capita basis to be determined in the manner set forthin Section 105-472(a) as written in Senate Bill 81. Section 4.. This Resolution shall become effective upon its adoption and a certified copy hereof shall be delivered immediately to the North Carolina Commissioner of Revenge." Commissioner Rogers seconded the motion. Commissioner Gordon Wicker moved to table the motion and Commissioner Perry White seconded the motion to table. The Board voted upon the motion to table first and by a majority vote of three to two, the motion to table was defeated. Commissioner Gordon Wicker and Commissioner William H. Cooper both asked that the votes on the sales and use tax resolution be a roll call vote. The Chairman then put the main motion, that is, the resolution to levy a sales and use tax to a voie and it was adopted by a majority vote as follows: AYE: Cooper, Rogers and F. Wicker NAY: G. Wicker and White On the roll call, Commissioner White first passed and then voted "nay". Commissioner Gordon Wicker asked that his position on the vote be recorded in the minutes. Hfs ' staternent;is as follows: "Because of my conservative nature, all of you know I believe in keeping taxes being levied on our people as low as possible. At the same time I believe in keeping pace with progress in our country. Our budget for this year is set and cannot be altered. We are, by General Statute, having a revaluation that should add an additional, in my opinion, 50 to 100 million dollars in property valuation to our tax books. - 3 -