The Board of County Commissioners on Thursday voted 3-2 to approve a resolution of intent to raise the county property tax by 4.7 cents and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro special district tax by 1.5 cents in the fiscal year 2007-08 budget.

Commissioners Mike Nelson and Barry Jacobs voted against the resolution. Nelson said he was opposed to increasing school funding through the special district tax because he wanted to promote equity across the two school districts.

County Manager Laura Blackmon recommended a budget that included a property tax increase of 3.7 cents and no increase on the special district tax. The commissioners had said they hoped to limit this year’s tax increase to equal debt-service payment increases. The county has increased the tax rate about six cents in each of the last two years.

The board will consider the county’s 2007-08 budget at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday at the Southern Human Services Center on Homestead Road.