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1994 -95 <br />• 9.83% increase in school current expense appropriation <br />• 2.25% cost of living salary adjustment for County employees <br />• an increase of $937,500 for school construction debt service to cover the interest payments <br />that will come due in the 1994 -95 on the remaining $30 million in bonds <br />• provides for nine new permanent positions: eight provide direct services to citizens (5 in <br />Sheriff's Depart., 1 Child Protective Services Social worker, 1 Social Worker in the Health <br />Dept. and 1 potions to implement the Human Right Ordinance and one facilitates <br />interdepartmental cooperation (Personnel) <br />• funding to begin implementation of two employee incentive programs (Career Growth <br />Recognition Awards and Performance Awards) <br />1995 -96 <br />• 10.88% increase in school current expense appropriation <br />• 2.4% cost of living adjustment for County employees <br />• no new County positions <br />• "hold the line" County budget with County operations increase at 1.5% <br />• increase in debt service for school construction totaling $2.8 million ($1.8 million is to be <br />paid with property tax revenue and $1 million is for debt service for the new elementary <br />school funded by a combination of sales tax and impact fee revenue) <br />• an increase in the Chapel Hill /Carrboro City School district tax rate by 1 cent from 15.4 to <br />16.4 cents per $100 assessed valuation to address new school start up costs <br />• debt service from 1992 bonds peaked - tax rate impact closer to 11 cents rather than 15 cents <br />originally projected due to lower interest rates and strong County credit rating <br />• departmental efficiency measures highlighted <br />1996 -97 <br />• 16.19% increase in school current expense appropriation <br />• 2.5% cost of living adjustment for County employees <br />• no new permanent positions for County departments and County department operational <br />increases held to 3% <br />• limits the increase in funds recommended for outside agencies to roughly 2.5% <br />• start-up funding for ongoing costs at the two new elementary schools from the current <br />expense appropriation <br />• the Manager recommends an increase of 3.60 on the district tax rate to address the operation <br />costs of the new East Chapel Hill High School <br />• implementation of new EMS service delivery model (paramedics with Initial Response <br />Vehicles for assessment and treatment, and a separate ambulance transportation component) <br />and associated fees for service <br />• implementation of several Innovation & Efficiency Committee recommendations, including <br />development of a Strategic Automation Plan <br />