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7 <br />for allocating funding. <br />c. Allocate no more than 50% of the county budget to schools. <br />4. What level of funding should be provided to the community college? <br />Board members are aware of the role the community college plays in <br />helping citizens retool in hard economic times. <br />Priorities for 2009-2010 Budget <br />The board discussed and voted on the following priorities for consideration in the <br />2009-2010 budget. Below is a list of the top 11 priorities. Attachments 1-3 in this <br />document show the detail. <br />1. Conserve high priority natural areas, wildlife habitat, and prime forest. <br />2. Implement Comprehensive Land Use Plan. <br />3. Develop economic plans for 3 districts. <br />4. Review services to identify and protect "safety net" programs and <br />services. <br />5. Encourage for-profit investments in affordable housing. <br />6. Develop plan to improve the way the county and citizens communicate <br />with each other. Foster two-way exchange. <br />7. Improve intro-and inter-governmental coordination and cooperation. <br />Work with Town of Hillsborough on joint land use plan, policies and <br />ordinances and annexation. Work with Durham on economic <br />development districts. <br />8. Examine roles and responsibilities of advisory boards. <br />9. Update county economic development plan. <br />Budget priorities continued <br />10. Develop an energy plan that includes economic development strategies <br />to attract, retain and grow "green" business. <br />l l .Invest in technology to increase worker efficiencies. <br />Streamlining Meetings <br />1. The board recognizes it is balancing the need to be efficient with a <br />commitment to citizens to provide access to county government as well <br />as be responsive. <br />a. Citizens who haven't had a chance to comment will be given the <br />opportunity. <br />b. Citizens who have spoken on the same topic at the same meeting <br />will not be given an additional opportunity. <br />c. Citizens will sign up to speak and the time will be limited to 3 <br />minutes. <br />d. If a citizen has second comments (on a new topic or sharing a new <br />perspective), they will have less than 3 minutes to speak. <br />2. Start times for meetings will be 7:00 p.m. beginning March 1St. The board <br />directed Donna Baker to let the public know of the change. <br />