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Commissioner Jacobs said that the Board needs to discuss SAPFO and extraordinary <br /> circumstances and extraordinary adjustments. <br /> Chair Foushee agreed and said that this should be discussed before making any <br /> decisions. <br /> 3. Appropriation Mandated, Funding Discretionary—Local School Districts-Current <br /> Expense Funding <br /> 4. Appropriation Mandated, Funding Discretionary—Local School Districts- <br /> Recurring Capital Funding <br /> Laura Blackmon said that she meets with the Superintendents and the school <br /> collaboration group frequently and they all recognize the crisis the County is in. The schools are <br /> looking at their budgets as well and where cuts might be made. <br /> Superintendent Neil Pedersen said that CHCCS received the State's projections and <br /> they were lower than the school system's projections because of the change in the entrance <br /> age for kindergarten. There was a difference in projections of 120 students. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs asked for information from OCS and George McFarley said that <br /> the expectation is from 30-50 additional students. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs made reference to the issue of making a choice of increasing per <br /> pupil funding or maintaining the recurring capital funding, which was a topic of discussion when <br /> this was on the agenda previously. He would be interested in getting a sense from the school <br /> boards on the higher priority. This needs to be proposed in some formal way for future <br /> discussion. <br /> Donna Coffey said that if the recurring capital money is used, it is a one-time fix. On the <br /> lottery proceeds, that is a finite piece of money and is being used now for school capital <br /> projects. <br /> The Board decided to defer a decision on this until there is more information and the <br /> school boards have a chance to discuss how the decision impacts the schools' budgets. <br /> Commissioner Pellisier said that it would be good for the two school boards to discuss <br /> this and talk about the priorities. <br /> Commissioner Yuhasz said that the schools should also be asked to look at a five-year <br /> window, just like the County department heads. <br /> A letter will be sent to both school boards from staff indicating that a discussion should <br /> take place on these issues. <br /> 5. Appropriation Not Mandated, Funding Discretionary— Fair Funding for Schools <br /> Laura Blackmon said that the Fair Funding for School Health and Safety Resources for <br /> FY 2008-09 is the equivalent of .77 cents on the FY 2008-09 ad valorem tax rate. <br /> Donna Coffey said that there is a separate line item in the Health Department budget <br /> that holds the schools harmless with one nurse per school. This is separate from the $988,000. <br /> Commissioner Hemminger said that social workers, nurses, and SRO's need to be kept <br /> in place in schools and the Board agreed. <br /> 6. Appropriation Not Mandated, Contributions to Non-Profit Funding Discretionary <br /> Commissioner Nelson said that he does not think that this should be reduced. <br /> Commissioner Pelissier agreed because most of the contributions that the County makes <br /> towards this, she would categorize in the safety net category. <br /> Commissioner Gordon said that it would depend on how bad the budget situation gets. <br /> She said that if the County is getting to the point of reducing its employees and an agency is not <br /> providing the service in a cost-effective way, then she would like to consider bringing the service <br /> in-house. <br />