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� <br /> ❑Recommended tax rate will generate $18.6 million <br /> ■In addition to funds district will receive from Countywide property taxes <br /> ❑One cent on district tax estimated to generate $987,247 <br /> Recommended Funding for Chapel Hill Carrboro City and Orange County Schools <br /> ❑Total General Fund appropriation totals $84.1 million <br /> ■These funds will fund day-to-day operations, repayment of school related debt, and <br /> capital <br /> ■Appropriation equals 48.1 percent of total General Fund <br /> ■Reflects $1.3 million decrease from current year General Fund appropriation <br /> ■Equates to $3,096 per student for each of the 19,177 students in both districts for day- <br /> to-day operating funds <br /> ■In addition, Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools will receive additional $18.6 million from <br /> special district tax <br /> Additional Funding for Local Schools <br /> ❑In addition to the $84.1 million for operations, debt and capital, recommended budget allocates <br /> $1.8 million to fund non-mandated safety net initiatives for both school districts. Some of these <br /> initiatives are: <br /> ■School Health Nurses - $610,729, a decrease of 7,003 <br /> ■School Resource Officers and Social Workers for- $531,255, an increase of $31,000. <br /> ■School Social Workers - $642,374, the same funding as the current year <br /> Funded County Initiatives <br /> ❑Major Changes in Services <br /> .General Government <br /> .Realignment and reassignment of employees with the County Manager Office <br /> .Elimination of County switchboard operation (relocation of staff) <br /> .Ending the custodial contract with Orange Enterprises <br /> .Cuts in utilities <br /> .Reduced resources for in-house spay and neutering services provided by Animal <br /> Services <br /> .Reduction in use of temporary personnel across departments <br /> .General Services <br /> .Reduced information technology purchases <br /> .Sanitation moved to Solid Waste <br /> .Reduction of temporary personnel across departments <br /> .Reduction in the number of available early voting sites from four to two. <br /> .Community and Environment <br /> .Art Commission has been moved to the Visitors Bureau for funding purposes. <br /> .Reduction of temporary personnel across departments <br /> .Human Services <br /> .Discontinuing the Cooperative Extension Breast Feeding Program ( Relocation of staff) <br />