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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: March 31, 1999 SUBJECT: County /OCS /CHCCS Informational Reports DEPARTMENT: County Manager ATTACHMENT(S): As listed in "Background" Action Agenda Item No. 3 PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) INFORMATION CONTACT: John Link or Rod Visser, ext 2300 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732 -8181 Chapel Hill 968 -4501 Durham 688 -7331 Mebane 336- 227 -2031 PURPOSE: To receive reports from staff /elected officials regarding a variety of school related issues. BACKGROUND: This portion of the meeting provides an opportunity for the three elected boards to receive updates on the topics noted below, and to identify any other topics that staffs may need to research and bring back as the subject of subsequent reports. a) Adopted 1998 -99 School Budgets The two school staffs will review the budgets adopted by the two school boards for the current fiscal year and compare those to the spending plans that were presented to the Board of Commissioners in May 1998. This information is provided in the format used in recent years to present school budget requests that has come to be referred to as the "blue sheets ". Attachment 3a -1— OCS "Blue Sheet" • Attachment 3a -2 — CHCCS "Blue Sheet" b) School Board Policies on Use of School Property The school staffs will briefly outline the policies in place in the two school systems for community /outside agency use of school facilities. Attachment 3b — OCS Facility Use Policy c) Schools Use of Sales Tax Reimbursements The General Assembly enacted legislation during the last session that enables school administrative units to seek reimbursement of sales taxes paid, in a manner similar to that which has been in place for local governments for many years. School staffs will briefly discuss the positive impacts that can be expected and how the additional financial resources will be employed. No attachments