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APPROVED 8/18/2009 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING <br /> May 26, 2009 <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met on Thursday May 26, 2009 at 7:00 <br /> p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The purpose of this <br /> meeting was to hold a public hearing on the County Manager's Recommended 2009-20010 <br /> Budget. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Valerie Foushee and Commissioners <br /> Alice M. Gordon, Pam Hemminger, Barry Jacobs, Mike Nelson, Bernadette Pelissier, and Steve <br /> Yuhasz <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Laura Blackmon, Assistant County <br /> Managers Willie Best and Gwen Harvey, and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker (All other staff <br /> members will be identified appropriately below) <br /> 1. Opening Remarks-Chair Foushee <br /> PUBLIC CHARGE: <br /> The Chair dispensed with the reading of the public charge. <br /> 2. Presentation of County Manager' Recommended FY 2009-10 Budget (PowerPoint <br /> Presentation) <br /> County Manager's Recommended 2009-10 Annual Operating Budget <br /> Presentation <br /> Southern Human Services Center, Chapel Hill <br /> Orange County, NC <br /> May 26, 2009 <br /> Milestones Achieved This Year <br /> • Property and sales tax collections remain on target to meet budget <br /> • County departments reduced budgets early in year to deal with anticipated State funding <br /> reductions and economic downturns <br /> • School funding was not reduced as a result of revenue losses <br /> o School Construction Impact Fees <br /> o Public School Building Funds <br /> o Lottery Proceeds <br /> • Completed eight new County Facilities <br /> o Animal Services facility located in Chapel Hill <br /> o Cedar Grove Park located at Northern Human Services Center in Hillsborough <br /> o Central Orange Senior Center and expansion of the SportsPlex in Hillsborough <br />