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APPROVED 12/312001 <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />BUDGET WORK SESSION <br />June 14, 2001 <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Budget Work Session on Tuesday, <br />June 14, 2001 at 7:30 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Stephen H. Halkiotis and Commissioners <br />Margaret W. Brown, Moses Carey, Jr., Alice M. Gordan, and Barry Jacobs <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Assistant County Manager <br />Rod Visser, 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 PERMANENT <br />AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. <br />1. INITIAL DISCUSSION OF CAPITAL FUNDING ISSUES <br />a. Interim tone-Year) CIP <br />County Manager John Link said that an earlier recommendation was to adopt aone-year <br />plan because a number of the capital requests might be addressed through the bond referendum. <br />This refers to the pay-as-you-go funding, which comes from sales tax for the most part. The <br />County projects are listed on page three of the document entitled, Interim Capital Investment Plan. <br />The projected funding is also listed for the next ten years. The projects for the two school systems <br />are also listed. On June 25t", there will be project ordinances for the Board's consideration <br />because some of the projects are time sensitive and cannot wait until August. <br />Commissioner Gordon made reference to page 13 and the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund, <br />and asked about the revenue side of this. She said that if this were approved, $24.5 million of <br />revenue would be needed to offset this project. <br />Commissioner Gordon made reference to page 15 and asked if the budgeted impact fees <br />can be used far debt service for projects that have already been approved. She asked about <br />"unfunded" projects on new elementary school #9 and said that she is not sure how large these <br />funds are but she knows that we have allocated some planning money. She asked if money would <br />be available for grading this summer. <br />John Link said that he recommended to Superintendent Pederson that the Chapel Hill- <br />Carrboro system take a look at the pay-as-you-go funding within its own capital improvement plan <br />and advance the needed money for the grading. If the band referendum is passed, the money can <br />then be replenished. <br />Finance Director Ken Chaviaus said that the County could advance funds to the schools <br />contingent upon the bond passing. If the bond does not pass, then the money would have to come <br />out of pay-as-you-go funds. <br />John Link said that there is not a pot of money that can be used as part of a project that is <br />planned to be addressed in a bond issue. <br />Chair Halkiotis expressed caution in assuming that the voters are going to pass a bond <br />referendum because it sends the wrong message. <br />John Link said that his recommendation would be that the County staff work with the <br />school's staff to see what work on Elementary School #9 must be done prior to the bond <br />referendum. <br />Commissioner Gordon said that as the County moves forward, they need to make it clear <br />to the public how the projects will be funded if the bond referendum fails. She said that the <br />