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Attachment 2 <br />APPROVED 8/23!2011 <br />EXCERPT <br />Mi1VUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING <br />May 19, 201.1 <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met on Thursday May 19, 2010 at 7:00 <br />p.m. at Department of Social Services, Hillsborough Commons in Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br />The purpose of this meeting was to hold a public hearing on the County Manager's <br />Recommended 2011-2012 Budget. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Bernadette Pelissier and Commissioners <br />Valerie Foushee Alice M. Gordon, Barry Jacobs, Earl McKee and Steve Yuhasz <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Pam Hemminger <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Frank Clifton, Assistant County Manager <br />Gwen Harvey. Interim Assistant County Manager Michael Talbert and Clerk to the Board Donna <br />S. Baker (All other staff members will be identified appropriately below) <br />1_ Opening Remarks-Chair Pelissier <br />Chair Pelissier said that the Board and the public will receive the budget presentation from <br />the Manager and Finance Director. She dispensed with the reading of the public charge, but <br />asked the public to abide by it. <br />2. Presentation of County Manager's Recommended FY 2011-12 Budget (PowerPoint <br />Presentation) <br />Frank Clifton referred to an orange hand out about a summary of all 100 counties and <br />their statistics and he reviewed some of the categories. Among all 100 counties, Orange <br />County is fifth highest for the tax rate, twenty-first in population, first in per capita income (in <br />2008), 24'h in school population, first in total school resources (including the special tax in <br />Chapel Hill divided by total students, so that is not necessarily accurate for the whole County), <br />fourth in current ADM expense, fifth in total capital ADM, and eighth in debt service associated <br />with education. This information is based on the budgets from last fiscal year. <br />Financial Services Director Clarence Grier made the PowerPoint presentation. <br />County Manager's Recommended FY2011-12 Annual Operating Budget and Capital <br />Investment Plan <br />Presentation <br />Department of Social Services, Hillsborough, NC <br />Orange County, NC <br />May 19, 2011 <br />Recommended General Fund Budget <br />•Totals $177.3 million <br />•Represents an increase of $2.0 million from original current year budget of $175.3 <br />million, which is a 1.1 percent increase from previous year original budget. <br />•Represents a $3.9 million decrease in the current year's amended budget <br />Guiding Principles - 3 <br />•Meets Board directives <br />.Balances County's operating budget without a property tax rate increase <br />