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3 • Emergency Services We will be proposing increases in expenditures for Emergency Services (911 and ES) in FY2012-13. These proposals will be provided prior to completion of the effort of your appointed Emergency Services Work Group and the expected consultant's report. The final allocations can be adjusted based on later input, but considering the importance of these services to the public, necessary increased financial commitments are a reality. School Districts and Education Requests for Funding Both the Orange County and the Chapel Hill — Carrboro City Schools districts have requested increases in the per pupil allocation that the County provides to each district in the FY2012- 2013 budget. Orange County Schools is requesting an increase in the per pupil allocation from the County that would increase the current expense allocation $220 per pupil. This would raise the County's current expense allocation for both school districts to $3,322. This would represent an increase of$6.07 million based the projected average daily membership (ADM) provided by North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NC DPI) for both systems. This funding request would represent 3.95 cents on the current property tax rate. Chapel Hill — Carrboro City Schools is requesting an increase in the local per pupil allocation • increase of $67. This requested increase in the local per pupil allocation for current expenses would increase the per pupil allocation to $3,169. This funding level would represent an approximate increase in the current expense for both school districts of $3.05 million, which would represent 1.98 cents of the current property tax rate based on the projected ADM provided by NC DPI for both systems. Employee Compensation A budget driver that has not been quantified, but is an issue across all of the departments of the County, is employee compensation. As we are interviewing and attempting to fill vacant positions, we are experiencing difficulty obtaining and maintaining employees due to the constriction of employee compensation. County employees have done an outstanding job of responding to increased demand for county services, provided by a smaller workforce, under difficult conditions. We will try to address this issue as we formulate the FY2012-13 budget. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is not a financial impact as a result of accepting this information. The financial impact will result from funding decisions made during the FY2012-13 budget process. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board receive the information and provide guidance to staff in regards to preparing the FY2012-13 Annual Operating Budget.