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000~~3 MINUTES ORANGE COIINTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING NNE 25, 1985 The Orange County Board of Commissioners held a Public Hearing on the 1985-86 budget at 7:30, June 25. 1985 in the Board Room at Lincoln Center, Chapel Hill. North Carolina. Chair Don Willhoit and Commissioners Shirley Marshall. Moses Carey, Ben Llogd and Nprman Walker. PR County Manager Renneth R. Thompson, Assistant County Managers William T. Laws and Albert Kittrell, Finance Director Gordon Baker, Financial Analyst Donna Clayton, Director of Personnel, Beverly Whitehead, and • Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe. Chair Willhoit indicated the agenda would be as indicated below: 1. Presentation of the school current expense dilemma. A lot of information is still forthcoming from Raleigh. 2. Review of the Commissioners' markup list of the Manager's budget which will include (a) adjustments in certain line items. (b) the increase in the fee for dog licenses, and (c) the three cent tax increase for two years to permit the start of construction of the priority capital improvements of the schools. 3. Public comment and any questions about the budget. Chair Willhoit noted that the public hearing is to receive comments on the budget as adjusted by the Commissioners. A meeting had been scheduled for Thursdap. June 27, to consider the adoption of the budget. However, because of all the uncertainties in Raleigh. the meeting will not be held. He proposed the adoption of the budget be placed on the agenda for July 1, 1985 with a passible continuation to Juiy 3, 1985. Chair Willhoit read through the modifications that were made to the budget by the Commissioners. He indicated. where necessary. the justification for the change. The cost for those items on the markup list totaled $32Q,642. A $2.00 increase in the dog license fee would bring in about $18,000. The proposed three cent propertq tax increase for two years would provide monies for the long-range capital needs of the schools. Kenneth Thompson distributed information on the current expense budget for the two school systems and explained the handout in some detail. He outlined the items still to be decided by the General Assembly and showed the affect of these decisions an the current expense budget for each school. Wayne Watts. Finance Officer for Orange County Schools, noted that there is a discrepancy in the fund balance. The fund balance is expected to be approximately $40.000. If the County does not fund $100.000 for the fund balance. there will need to be $100,000 in cuts made. The contingency balance is $6.800 which is not really enough to go into the beginning of next year. At least $20,000 or $30,OOp ie needed for contingencies. Harveq Gay. Finance Officer for Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools, noted there is a considerable gap between what Chapel Hill-Carrboro requested and what is . proposed. The Board requested $1,200,000 in new money; $775,000 is proposed in the Manager's recommended budget. v