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891 <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />BUDGET WORK SESSION <br />JUNE 15, 1994 <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in Regular session on <br />June 15, 1994 for the purpose of holding a budget work session at 7:30 <br />p.m. at the Homestead Community Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.' <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Moses Carey, Jr., and Commissioners <br />Verla C. Insko, Stephen Halkiotis, Don Willhoit and Alice M. Gordon. <br />STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John Link, Assistant County Managers <br />Albert Kittrell and Rod Visser, Deputy Clerk to the Board Kathy Baker, <br />Human Resources Administrative Assistant Gwen Capers, Human Resource <br />Analyst Lana Chandra, Finance Director Ken Chavious, Human Resource <br />Technician Stephanie Collins, Budget & Management Analyst Donna Dean, <br />Register of Deeds Betty June Hayes, Human Resource Director Elaine <br />Holmes, Purchasing Director Pam Jones, Senior Citizens Program Adminis- <br />trator Kathy Kearns, Budget Director Sally Kost, Commission For Women <br />Director Lucy Lewis. Administrative Officer Rick Poole, Budget Techni- <br />cian Theresa Pope, Health Director Dan Reimer, Library Director Brenda <br />Stephens, Major Don Truelove and EMS Director Nick Waters, <br />Chair Carey convened the meeting at 7:30 p.m. He distributed a <br />proposal and said that it was his hope that consensus on the budget <br />could be reached this evening. He announced that Chapel Hill Council <br />member Joe Capowski had requested permission to address the Commission- <br />ers regarding Chapel Hill's request for additional library funding. The <br />Board agreed by consensus to give him 2 minutes to make his comments. <br />Joe Capowski requested an increase in the funding for the Chapel <br />Hill Public Library. He indicated that the current level of support did <br />not cover the usage by county residents. He stated that the County <br />should increase their support to the library by 25%. This is a more <br />appropriate funding level because it more closely reflects the actual <br />usage by county residents. He also indicated that this would more <br />accurately reflect the source of tax revenue as 350 of the property tax <br />revenues come from Chapel Hill-. He also mentioned that this library <br />system is a part of the Chapel Hill/Carrboro School System and, as such, <br />reduces the amount of funding necessary for school libraries. <br />Chair Carey distributed a budget summary which summarized some of <br />the items that have been discussed. He indicated that a substantial <br />amount of money was saved as a result of the favorable bond sale. He <br />explained that the Manager's recommended budget totaled $66,188,728 and <br />proposed a 4.4 cent tax increase which would result in a tax rate of <br />88.00. The bond sale allowed Orange County to obtain a lower tax rate <br />which will result in a savings of $142,500 per year. If the recommended <br />tax increase is reduced by the amount of the gain in savings from the <br />bond sale, a savings of 0.3094 cents on the tax rate would be realized. <br />However, there are several outstanding items in the budget that need to <br />be considered. One such item is a match for a recent grant received <br />through the Sheriff's Department in the amount of $8,000 and an <br />additional Sheriff's Deputy position which would be effective September <br />1, 1994 costing approximately $28,464. An additional increase for the