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Donna Dean continued with the presentation. One cent of the sales tax revenue has been dedicated to County operations and two and '/ cents have been dedicated to fund the County and school capital projects and debt service. One cent is about $6 million and the two and '/ cents is about $8.9 million. The second half of the current year inventory reimbursements have been sequestered by the State. This equals about $456,000. Jahn Link said that he feels very confident that the County will receive a significant portion of the inventory reimbursement. Several clarifying questions were asked by Commissioner Gordon and answered by the staff. Donna Dean continued with the presentation. The current year education funding totals $53.9 million, which is $2,395 per student. The approved budget far the current year provided funding far 16,012 students far both school districts. The student planning allotments from the State Department of Instruction for next year includes 710 new students for Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools and a loss of 40 students for Orange County Schools. Regarding public assistance programs, the number of clients have increased causing associated expenditures to rise. The target budget for total education funding is 48.1 °lo. Other considerations include the opening of Smith Middle School and full-year funding of Pathways Elementary School. Donna Dean spoke about Cumberland County and how they have issued over $200,000 million in debt over the last three years. They have 50,500 students there and they budget $1,128 per student. They have also used fund balance to pay recurring expenses from year to year. The tax rate is 90 cents. Commissioner Brown said that one thing the County needs to consider is the additional building that will take place on the Horace Williams tract and the number of children this may provide far the schools. John Link will call the University and get this information. d. Solid Waste Budget Preview Assistant County Manager Rod Visser made this presentation. There are three general areas -possible program enhancementsladditions, possible mid-year changes in the reserves, and issues for 2001-2002 and future years. An Education Specialist is needed as soon as possible to implement the program enhancements. There will be same additional curbside recycling in Southern Village as well as multi-family recycling of aerosol cans and all plastics. Chair Halkiotis would like to know the extent of the urban recycling program. Regarding the Construction and Demolition Ordinance, more information is forthcoming. Some other possible additions are electronics and dry cell battery recycling. Some possible mid-year changes include property acquisition an Eubanks Road, the Rogers Road waterline project, C&D Ordinance implementation, modular building refurbishment, the Greene Tract use study, and Habitat for Humanity materials resale facility. Rod Visser pointed out that there is a need to select and implement alternative financing to increase the amount of revenue that underwrites the cost of the recycling program. He said that people da not realize that it is specifically our C&D tipping fees that pay for recycling. Commissioner Brown asked about a master plan for the Rogers Road area and Gayle Wilson said that it would be finished in about two weeks. Commissioner Gordon would like to see some numbers far future expenses for capital projects and facilities so we can factor these expenses into our budget planning process. 2. ADJOURNMENT With no further items far the County Commissioners to consider, a motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to adjourn the meeting at 10:15 p.m. VOTE: UNANIMOUS The next scheduled meeting on the calendar will be held on May 1, 2001 at 7:30 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Stephen H. Halkiotis, Chair Beverly A. Blythe, CMC