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APRROVED 0 811 912 0 0 3 MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING May 29, 2003 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met on Thursday, May 29, 2003 at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The purpose of this meeting was to hold a public hearing on the County Manager's recommended 2003- 2004 budget. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Margaret Brown and Commissioners, Moses Carey, Jr., Alice M. Gordon, Stephen Halkiotis and Barry Jacobs. COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Assistant County Managers Rod Visser and Gwen Harvey and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker {All other staff members will be identified appropriately below} NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. The Board of County Commissioners considered changing the starting time of the June 5, 2003 meeting to begin at 7:00 p.m. and the budget public hearing to begin at 7:30 p.m. to be held at the F. Gordon Battle Courtroom in Hillsborough, North Carolina. A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to change the Board of County Commissioners' regular meeting schedule to begin the June 5, 2003 meeting at 7:00 p.m. and the budget public hearing at 7:30 p.m. to be held at the F. Gordon Battle Courtroom in Hillsborough, North Carolina. VOTE: UNANIMOUS 1. Presentation of Manager's Recommended FY 2003-04 Budget Jahn Link expressed his appreciation to Budget Director Donna Dean, Budget Analysts Paul Laughton and Rooney Mestas, Personnel Director Elaine Holmes, Finance Director Ken Chavious, Assistant County Managers Gwen Harvey and Rod Visser, Director of Purchasing and Central Services Pam Jones, Clerical Assistant in the Budget office Devon Isaacs, and the department heads and the school superintendents for their cooperation. He said that the proposed budget tries to strike a balance between meeting the existing service needs of the County citizens and also pursuing important service initiatives that have been discussed far same years - improved response in technology, emergency medical services, and providing appropriate support for recreation and parks. He made reference to the chart and said that 48.3°~ of the County budget goes towards education. The next highest area is in Human Services at 21.8°~. The recommended budget calls for an increase in the tax rate of three cents, going from 83 cents to 86 cents per hundred dollars of valuation. Over one cent goes toward addressing the debt service far the sold bands from 2001. General Revenue Highlights: