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3 <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />REGULAR MEETING <br />MINUTES <br />MAY 29, 1997 AT 7:30 P.M. <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Thursday, May 29 at 7:30 <br />p.m. in Superior Courtroom in Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair William L. Crowther and Commissioners Margaret <br />W. Brown, Moses Carey, Jr., Alice M. Gordon and Stephen H: Halkiotis. <br />COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Assistant County Manager Rod <br />Visser and Albert Kittrell and Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe (All other staff members will be identified <br />appropriately below) <br />NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT <br />AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. ALL RECORDING TAPES OF THE <br />MEETING WILL BE KEPT FOR FIVE j~ YEARS. <br />AGENDA <br />1. Presentation of the Manager's 1997-98 Recommended Budget <br />John Link summarized his 1997-98 recommendation budget message. He acknowledged <br />those staff members who worked on the budget. Highlights of the budget include the following: <br />• General Fund Budget of $85,574,588 <br />• An increase of $107 in the per pupil allocation for Education <br />• a request for 13-1/2 new County positions <br />• Provision of 2.5% COLA and modifications to the pay plan <br />2. Budget Public Hearing <br />Ed Collins, representing the Carrboro Elementary School Governance Committee, read a <br />prepared statement. The committee endorses the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School Board budget as <br />presented to the County Commissioners. He briefly told how the budget impacts the activities at Carrboro <br />Elementary. They need additional funds for technology and 1-1/2 positions. His letter is in the permanent <br />agenda file in the Clerk's Office. <br />Lucy Gallo, representing the Transportation Advisory Council, spoke in support of the budget <br />as recommended by the Chapel. Hill-Carrboro City School Board. They need additional people to ride the <br />buses to monitor the discipline problems. She asked for money for safety monitors and substitute drivers. <br />Sandy Williamson spoke in support of the budget for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School <br />system. She supports the money which will decrease the student teacher ratio from 1 to 35 to 1 to 30. <br />END OF PUBLIC COMMENTS <br />