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<br />1 <br />APPROVED 6/2695 <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />BUDGET PRESENTATION AND <br />PUBLIC HEARING ON THE SCHOOL IMPACT FEE <br />MAY 25, 1995 <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on <br />Thursday, May 25, 1995 at 7:30 p.m. in Superior Courtroom in <br />Hillsborough, North Carolina. The purpose of the meeting was to hear a <br />presentation from John Link on his recommended budget and to hold a <br />public hearing on Public School Impact Fees. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Carey and Commissioners <br />William L. Crowther, Alice M. Gordon, Stephen H. Halkiotis and Don <br />Willhoit <br />COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill <br />STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Assistant County <br />Managers Albert Kittrell and Rod Visser, and Clerk to the Board Beverly <br />A. Blythe (other staff members are identified appropriately below) <br />NOTE: All documents referred to in these minutes are in the permanent <br />agenda file in the Clerk's Office. <br />PRESENTATION OF THE MANAGER'S 1995-96 RECOMMENDED BUDGET <br />John M. Link gave an overview of his recommended budget. The <br />highlights are listed below: <br />1. General Fund Budget totals $71,871,924 <br />2. An increase of $69 per pupil allocation for Education <br />3. Increase in Debt Service for School Construction totaling 2.8 <br />million <br />4. A "hold the line" County budget with the County departments <br />increase totaling just 1.5$ <br />5. Establishes a General Fund tax rate of 92.5 cents per $100 <br />assessed valuation - a 4 cent tax increase <br />6. An interim increase in the CHCCS District tax rate by one cent <br />from 15.4 cents to 16.4 cents to address school start-up costs <br />John Link said that there are future challenges for <br />efficiency, schools and human services and emphasized that no <br />service reductions that directly or adversely impact citizens were <br />made. The budget continues the trend to require tough decisions <br />on service levels. The County Department Heads and the Budget Team <br />worked collectively to "Hold-the-line". He thanked Sally Kost and <br />her staff and the Department Heads for working together on this <br />budget and also Angela Bowling for designing the cover of the <br />budget document. <br />QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM T8E BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />Commissioner Halkiotis feels that the student enrollment <br />projections from the Department of Public Instruction in Raleigh <br />are not correct. Commissioner Gordon agreed that they are <br />probably too low. <br />