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~~~ With no further items to be discussed, the meeting was adjourned. BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING - ,TUNE 2~ 1988 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met on June 20, 1988 at 7:30 p.m, in Superior Courtroom, Hillsborough, North Catalina for the purpose of hearing citizens comments on the Manager's Proposed Budget for 1988-89. BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Shirley E. Marshall and Commissioners Moses Carey, Jr., Stephen Halkiotis, Jahn Hartwell and Don Willhoit. STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Assistant Gounty Managers William T. Laws and Albert Kittrell, Glerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe, Deputy Finance Officer Ken Chavious, Purchasing Director Pam Jones, Finance Director Ellen Liston and Budget Analyst Donna Wagner. Chair Marshall explained the process that will be followed in hearing comments from the Citizens. County Manager John Link used overhead slides to summarize the contents of the budget for 1988-89. A copy of the presentation is in the permanent agenda file. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPEN FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS BRENDA HARRIS, Chairperson for the Community.Schools for People Under Six, spoke in support of continued daycare funding. She stated she would not be able to work if she did not receive help in paying for daycare. JODY DOBNEY, father of two girls who attend daycare, spoke in support of daycare funding . ... . FELICIA HICKS, parent of a handicapped child, spoke in support of the proposed TMH class for Efland Cheeks Center. There is not a class that is available for her handicapped child at this time. ~''' STATEMENT FROM THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS - Chair Shirley Marshall read a statement which commended the Manager for proposing a fund balance of'7.5~, an important increase over the fund balance of the past year. This statement is in the.. permanent agenda file. DANIEL DETER, classroom teacher in the Orange County Schools, spoke as a representative of the Orange Federation of Teachers. The Orange Federation of Teachers pledge support for the November bond issue far education. He urged full funding of the $267,000 expansion budget for the Orange County Schools and a reduction in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro district tax and an increase in the general tax to more rapidly facilitate equal funding between the two school systems. He expressed concern that offering a reservoir bond which will benefit only a small portion of Orange County citizens in the same bond package with a shcool bond could defeat the school bond by association. He asked that they consider only the education bond in November. LIZ WATERS, classroom teacher and upcoming OCEA President, expressed concern with the salary the bus drivers receive, clerical assistance for classroom teachers and supports equity between the two systems. BILL MARSH, volunteer worker for Planned Parenthood of Orange County, talked about the problems of teenage pregnancy. He summarized where Planned Parenthood receives their funds. He stated that last year Orange County allocated $10,000 to Planned Parenthood and that they are requesting that this be increased to $15,000. All of the money they are given is used for the prime purpose of education to prevent teenage pregnancies. MARY ELLEN PRIESTLY, volunteer for Planned Parenthood, described some of the new education programs that have taken place this year. They plan to form a county coalition for the prevention of adolescent pregnancy this year. She stated that each