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MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BUDGET WORK SESSION JUNE 24, 1987 7:30 P.M. ,. 4 The orange County Board of Commissioners held a budget work session on June 24; 1987 at 7:30 p.m. in the Board Room at Lincoln Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Shirley E. Marshall and Commissioners Moses Carey, Jr., Stephen Halkiotis, John Hartwell and Don Willhoit. STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Kenneth R. Thompson, Assistant County Managers William T. Laws and Albert Kittrell, Finance Director Gordon Baker, Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe, Deputy Finance Officer Ken Chavious, Budget/Management Analyst Donna Wagner and Personnel Director Beverly Whitehead. SCHOOLS - CAPITAL AND CURRENT EXPENSE Commissioner Carey distributed a proposal as a starting point on the subject of school funding for .1987-88. The proposal accomplished several objectives: (1) provides suff~.cient funding for the schools to conduct some of the expansion items as listed on their priority lists, and (2) r-educes reliance on the district tax. For the Orange County Schools, $147,000 is included for the architectural fees for the new elementary school, $45,000 for continuing operation costs and sufficient money to ,cover the costs for two assistant principals. Commissioner Willhoit disagreed with putting architectural fees in -'current expense. Chair Marshall referred to the supplements and noted that a decision needs to be made on whether or not the Board is going to line item the schools or not. The Finance Director questioned the legality of placing architectural fees in current expense and this issue was discussed at length. Equalized funding was discussed and Commissioner Willhoit pointed out that funding cannot be equalized until the number of employees for each system is equal. Discussion ensued on equity and school merger. - Dr. Dan Lunsford suggested taking the $147,000 from capital reserve instead of current capital. Both school systems stated a desire to use the monies that will be freed up by the removal of internal caps on the LD programs to pay for other program needs in the schools. Commissioner Willhoit pointed out that if additional money camas from the State, that money is available to supplant local funds and the decision an how to use those funds would be made by the Board of Commissioners. The Board decided to delay approval of the budget until some definite decisions are made on the legislation that is pending. The meeting scheduled for June 30 will still be held for a work session. It was suggested that Commissioners Carey and Hartwell, the County Manager and the two Superintendents meet to talk about the budget in an attempt to come to an agreement. ADJOURNMENT With no further items for discussion, Chair Marshall adjourned the