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APPROVED 4120199 <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ANNUAL PLANNING AND GOAL SETTING RETREAT <br />SOUTHERN HUMAN SERVICES CENTER <br />JANUARY 16, 1999 <br />8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners held their annual planning and goal setting retreat on <br />Saturday, January 16, 1999 at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill beginning at 8:30 a.m. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Alice M. Gordon and Commissioners Margaret W. <br />Brown, Moses Carey, Jr., Stephen H. Halkiotis and Barry Jacobs <br />COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Assistant County Managers Rod <br />Visser and Albert Kittrell and Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe (All other staff members will be identified <br />appropriately below) <br />NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE <br />PERMANENT AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. ALL <br />RECORDINGS OF THE MEETING WILL BE KEPT FOR 5 YEARS. <br />AGENDA <br />A. REVIEW AGENDA AND ANTICIPATED RETREAT OUTCOMES <br />Chair Gordon reviewed the agenda and set guidelines for each area of the agenda. <br />B. FISCAL REVIEW AND FISCAL OUTLOOK FOR 1998-1999 AND 1999-2000 <br />Finance Director Ken Chavious and Assistant Manager Rod Visser provided an overview of the most <br />important fiscal considerations and those issues that will need to be addressed. <br />Ken Chavious made the following comments: <br />• The County is in excellent financial shape per 6/30/98 audit <br />• There is a steady growth in the fund balance each year - undesignated at $11.75 million <br />• Six month revenues and expenditures are in line with historical patterns <br />• The tax base is slightly stronger than anticipated in the budget <br />• If trends continue for balance of fiscal year, financial condition will improve again over the <br />previous year <br />The significant fiscal issues that will need to be addressed include: <br />• Continued student population growth <br />• School start up costs - Scroggs Elementary/ECHHS Expansion <br />• Timing/amount of sales of 1997 approved bonds <br />• Possible issuance of 2/3 bonds for Whitted and Northern HSC renovations <br />• Siting, acquisition, and/or development of new solid waste facilities <br />• Assumption of overall solid waste management authority and adoption of 1999-2000 solid <br />waste/landfill budget <br />• Efforts to improve bond rating from AA+ to AAA