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ORANGE COUNTY <br />• BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 4, 2009 <br />SUBJECT: FY 2009-10 Budget Work Session <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager and Budget PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Laura Blackmon, (919) 245-2300 <br />Donna Coffey, (919) 245-2151 <br />PURPOSE: For the Board to review and discuss the Manager`s Recommended FY 2009-10 <br />budget. <br />BACKGROUND: The County Manager released her 2009-10 recommended budget on May <br />12, 2009. Since that time, the Board has conducted two public hearings to receive residents' <br />• comments regarding the proposed funding plan. On May 28, 2009, the Board heard <br />presentations from the Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools Board of Education, Orange County <br />Schools Boards of Education, and Durham Technical Community College regarding the <br />anticipated programmatic impact of proposed State funding reductions. During that same <br />meeting, County staff shared information regarding the Manager's recommendations for <br />county employee pay and benefits for the upcoming fiscal year. <br />Tonight's work session offers an opportunity for the Board to discuss the recommended <br />budget proposal directly with County department directors including each department's <br />recommended service delivery change beginning July 1, 2009. The following department <br />directors are scheduled to attend tonight's work session to exchange ideas regarding their <br />departmental budgets. The discussions will include conversations about the operational <br />impacts of reducing the recommended tax rate below revenue neutral. <br />^ Aging <br />^ Board of County Commissioners <br />^ Cooperative Extension <br />^ County Engineer <br />^ County Manager including Human Rights & Relations <br />^ Economic Development including Arts Commission and Visitors Bureau <br />^ Efland Sewer <br />^ ERCD <br />^ Financial Services <br />^ Housing & Community Development <br />^ Human Resources <br />• Orange Public Transportation (OPT) <br />^ Parks & Recreation <br />^ Planning & Inspections <br />