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aao~ 8 ~acE X00 County Per Capita Levy Cha el Hill School Su lement Tax Total County and Supplement ,Levy Requested 905,561 (from 855,589) 1,598,487 (no change) Amount to be Raised by Supplement 692,926 (from 731,898) Assuming l¢ raises $29,000 - Supplement Tax Rate 4 23.89 cents Chairman Walker questioned George Williams as to his reaction to the proposal. Mr, Williams stated "his unit would be forced to cut out some of its existing programs," Mrs. Mary Scroggs stated that the proposed cuts would be disastrous for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools", Commissioner Richard E, Whitted calciil.ated the proposed budget against several per centages and various formulars were used in an effort to resolve the matter of the tax rate. Tha County.Accour_tant cautioned the Board about the problems that they could encounter in the next fiscal year if proper financial safeguards were not built into this years expenditures. Dr, Sam Holton spoke in behalf of the proposed vocatienal program. He urged the Hoard not to delete the expenditures needed for its implementation. $e stated that the Chapel Hill Unit would also be forced to cut their proposed kindergarten program. Commissioner Richard E. Whitted said that he wsa opposed to any cuts in the Capital Outlay budget request for either of the school units as h® felt that these needs were going to have to be met sooner or later. George Williams stated that his unit could stand some cuts in the Current E7cpense budget but this would mean that the unit would riot be allowed to employ an Assistant Superintendent of Schools nor would it allow for the increase in the secretarial area. He stated that since the budget was presented that the State had allowed some money for teachers and that his unit would accept the $172.00 per child allocation that was being requested by the Chapel Hill- Carrboro School System. Mrs. Scroggs replied that the Chapel Hi11-Carrboro System had not received any notifice:tion that they would be awarded any additional State funds. P?r. Williams said that he wished the county would do away with the "carry- over deal in the surplus as he feels it tends to confuse the budget situation. There was no expression from the Chapel ?3ill-Carrboro Unit concerning the matter of school surplus. The Board made a survey as to the degree of Federal Funding that had been withdrawn from the school systems and other governmental agencies. Tt was determined that seven cents (7¢) of the proposed school budgets were caused because of the decrease in Federal aid. The Board deliberated as to how they could cut'over $300,000.00 from the proposed 1973-1974 County Hudget. It was agreed that the funds for the County Office Building, and the request for the construction of a new library facility could account for approximately $225,000.00 of the needed $300,000.00. The Chapel Hill-Carrboro School Unit agreed that they did not used the entire amount of $S4p,000.00 in this years budget for the construction of the vocational wing but that they did need a committment from the 3oard prior to the letting of any contracts. Mrs. Scroggs stated that her Hoard would be willing to accept a compromise of taking $135,000.00 out of this year~a Capital outlay E,~pense Budget provided that the Board agreed that said amount would be allocated in next year+a budget and that the said amount would no*_ be deducted from the Capital Outlay FS~penae request of next year. The Board egreed to the compromise that was offered by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro School Unit. The County Administrator said he would prepare the necessary legal instrument in order to allow the school unit to let their bid. The County Administrator was instructed by the Board to compute the per centagea and other budget data that was necessary to chec:t the accuracy of what had been agreed upon by the Hoard and that said information could be studied on Wednesday night. Commissioner Henry S. Walker questioned the County Administrator relative to the new proposed Fire District Tax, Mr, Gattis stated that the ten cent (l0¢) districts would receive five cents (5¢), and the fifteen cents (15~) districts would receive seven cents (7~).