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~~s these projects were begun there was no turning back because the County would be committed. The Chairman called for a vote on the motion of Commissioner Pinney. voting aye were Commissioner Pinney, Walker and Whitted. Voting nay were Commissioners Garrett and Gustaveson. The Chairman declared the motion passed. The Finance Officer and the County Attorney were authorized to proceed with legal and financial matters relative to the bond issue. The Board agreed that the question should be presented on the ballot in the general election in November. Chairman Garrett stated that the Board of Commissioners had received a copy of the current expense budget for each school unit and she requested that due to the lateness of the hour that each school unit make a brief summation of their budget expenses. George Williams, Superintendent of the Orange County School unit stated that the current expense budget for his unit amounted to $1,470,517. and that a portion of that increase was due to salary raises to be given to non-professional employees. Based on the new State requirement, the daily average attendance being used as the factor for determining per student request, the requested budget amounted to $288.17 per child with a daily average attendance of 5,103 students. Commissioner Gustaveson stated that he would like to go on record by requesting that the School Board in preparing their budget provide a total budget picture by including State and Federal funds that each were receiving. Chairman Weatherly of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro School Board stated that his unit had followed the new State budget format. Dr. Robert Hanes, Superintendent of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro School Unit called the attention of the Board to the Supplemental budget that had been filed with each of the Commissioners. This supplement budget included a satellite maintenance garage for the Chapel°Hi11 Carrboro area, salaried adult bus drivers and salaried adult monitors on each school bus. This request would amount to $ 246,874., and the School Board requested that in order to meet this need a special school district tax be raised from 25~Gto 28~ Dr. Hanes stated that the current expense budget for his unit amounted to $281.29 per pupil and that the daily average attendence figure per pupil was 5,427 students. Chairman Garrett stated that she had a list of people in the audiance who wished to speak to the matter of school bus safety. Moses Curtin, President of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Parents Teachers Association spoke in behalf of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro's . School Unit request to improve transportation system and the bus maintenance. Ann Wyne read a report concerning the recent school bus accident and stated that the accident occurred due to faulty tires. She stated that since the accident she had volunteered to ride one bus as a monitor. She cited a number of problems that existed on the buses. Other citizens spoke in favor of the supplemental budget requesting concern for bus safety and other factors. Calvin Mellott, owner of a trucking business, stated that there were many major problems occuring with the school buses. That the proper maintenance of the buses was something that the present personnel did not have time to take care of. He stated that a satellite garage in Chapel Hill where each bus could be properly inspected and minor repairs made would eliminate majar problems and excess cast in large repair bills. He cited his experience after a personal inspection of the County Maintenance Garage. He stated further that he had talked with bus drivers and learned that students did hurl objects at