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- - .f <br />_~ ' ~. <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />MINUTES <br />JUNE 8, 1987 PUBLIC HEARING <br />1987-88 BUDGET <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met on June 8, 1987 at 7:30 <br />p.m. in Superior Courtroom, Orange County Courthouse, Hillsborough, North <br />Carolina for the purpose of holding a public hearing on the 1987-88 <br />Manager's Recommended Budget. <br />COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Shirley E. Marshall and Commissioners <br />Moses Carey, Jr., Stephen Halkiotis, John Hartwell and Don Willhoit. <br />STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Kenneth R. Thompson, Assistant County <br />Managers William T. Laws and Albert Kittrell, Finance Director Gordon <br />Baker, Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe, Deputy Finance Officer Ken <br />Chavious, Budget/Management Analyst Donna Wagner. <br />PUBLIC CHARGE <br />Chair Marshall read the public charge as written in the rules <br />governing the procedures of the Board. <br />MANAGER'S PRESENTATION <br />--County Manager Kenneth R. Thompson referred to the handout <br />the following comments: <br />1. The proposed budget for 1987-88 totals 30.9 Million <br />13.2 or 3.6 million higher than last years budget. <br />2. As a result of the new tax law passed by the 1986 <br />Assembly the County has experienced a net tax base erosion of 2.2 <br />The County lost Non-ad valorem revenues totaling 1,07q,000. <br />3. The recommended expenditure will enable the continuation <br />programs at their current level for the schools and the County. <br />4. The per pupil cost would increase $78.00 - from $778 per <br />$851 per pupil. <br />and made <br />which is <br />,,'`1 <br />,, <br />:; <br />General <br />million. ~,:,_-. <br />of the <br />pupil to. <br />5. For capital, the Manager is recommended 1.1 million for County <br />capital purposes; for Orange Schools 1.3 million; and for Chapel Hill 1.7 <br />million. <br />6. The recommended revenue sources include 18.7 million or 60.8 <br />from the property tax, 19.7 from sales tax, and 14~ from intergovern- <br />mental revenue. <br />7. The recommended property tax rate is 59 cents per $100 of value <br />or a 27.1 increase over 1986-87. This is nine cents over the effective <br />equalization rate last year. <br />8. The recommended supplemental district tax is 15.7 cents per $100 <br />of value or .3 cents over the equalization rate for the Chapel Hill- <br />Carrboro School District. <br />9. If all requests were to be funded, it would take a 67.9 cents per <br />$100 value and a supplemental district tax of 17.8. <br />Chair Marshall entered into the record a letter from Jane Maske <br />regarding the critical school bus situation. This letter is in the <br />permanent agenda file located in the Clerk's office. <br />THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPEN FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS <br />1. JOHN SCHAENMON , representative of the Orange Federation of <br />Teachers, spoke on behalf of the Federation and stated support for both of <br />