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APPROVED 8/22/95 <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />BUDGET WORK SESSION <br />JUNE 14, 1995 <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session <br />on June 14, 1995 for the purpose of holding a budget work session at <br />7:30 p.m. at the Homestead Community Center in Chapel Hill, North <br />Carolina. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Moses Carey, Jr., Chair, and <br />Commissioners <br />Willhoit <br />Stephen Halkiotis, Alice Gordon, Bill Crowther and Don <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Assistant <br />County Managers Rod Visser and Albert Kittrell and Deputy Clerk to the <br />Board Kathy Baker (other staff members are identified below where <br />appropriate) . <br />The meeting was called to order by Chair Carey who welcomed all <br />in attendance. He suggested that only those items in the County <br />department budgets which are exceptions be discussed and encouraged <br />the discussion of all items of concern so that the staff could prepare <br />several scenarios for the June 19th meeting. <br />Commissioner Gordon commented that the number of students per <br />classroom for Chapel Hill-Carrboro is 24-25 in grades K through 5 and <br />25-27 in grades 6 through 8. The Orange County system has 18-22 <br />students in grades K-3 and 24 students in grades 4 through 8. In <br />thinking about the equity issue, she mentioned that the recurring <br />capital figure is 1.5 million dollars. If this amount were divided on <br />a per pupil basis, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro District would receive <br />$874,500 and the Orange County District would receive $625,000. The <br />equity adjustment on recurring capital would increase Chapel Hill's <br />portion by $124,500 and decrease Orange County's portion by that same <br />amount. Another way to make an equity adjustment would be if <br />Countywide taxes were raised an additional 1.3 cents, $360,794 would <br />be generated for Chapel Hill-Carrboro and $258,000 for Orange County. <br />Commissioner Gordon suggested that the County make an equity <br />adjustment in the recurring capital budget to distribute these funds <br />on a per pupil basis. <br />John Link responded to the following list of questions submitted <br />by Commissioner Halkiotis. <br />• The Professional Contract Services increase from $163,000 to <br />$187,000 was related to the procedure used to pay County employees <br />for Holidays and overtime work. Most of these funds are related to <br />