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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> expresses its intent to adopt the 2011-12 Orange County Budget Ordinance on Tuesday, June <br /> 21, 2011, based on the following stipulations: <br /> 1)Property Tax Rates <br /> a)The ad valorem property tax rate shall be set at 85.8 cents per$100 of assessed valuation. <br /> b)The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools District Tax shall be set at 18.84 cents per$100 of <br /> assessed valuation. <br /> c)The Fire District tax rates shall be set at the following rates (all rates are based on cents per <br /> $100 of assessed valuation): <br /> •Cedar Grove 7.36 <br /> •Chapel Hill 7.50 <br /> •Damascus 5.00 <br /> • Efland 4.66 <br /> • Eno 5.99 <br /> •Little River 4.06 <br /> •New Hope 8.95 <br /> •Orange Grove 4.08 <br /> •Orange Rural 5.61 <br /> •South Orange 7.85 <br /> •Southern Triangle 5.00 <br /> • White Cross 7.00 <br /> 2) County Employee Pay and Benefits Plan <br /> Provide a County employee pay and benefits plan that includes: <br /> a.No cost of living increase or in-range salary increase. <br /> b.Funding to address an employee health insurance increase up to 15.0%, effective January <br /> 1, 2012. <br /> c.lncreasing the Living Wage to $10.81 an hour. <br /> d.lmplementing recommendations of the County's FY 2010-11 internal Classification and Pay <br /> studies, which totals $60,000. <br /> e.Extending the six-month hiring freeze and the voluntary furlough program. <br /> f.Continuing the $27.50 per pay period County contribution to non-law enforcement <br /> employees' 401(k) accounts. <br /> g.lncreasing the County's contribution to the Local Governmental Employees' Retirement <br /> System (LGERS) for all permanent employees. <br /> 3) Modifications to County Manager's FY 2011-12 Recommended Annual Operating Budget <br /> The following modifications to the County Manager's Recommended Budget are made: <br /> 4) Changes in Funding to Improve Service Delivery (Increase in FTE Approved) <br /> 5) General Fund Appropriations for Local School Districts <br />