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APPROVED 08!1712004 <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISISONERS <br />BUDGET PRESENTATION AND WORK SESSION <br />MAY 20, 2004 <br />7:30 p.m. <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Budget Presentation and Work <br />Session on Thursday, May 20, 2004 p.m. at 7:30 p.m. at the F. Gordon Battle Courtroom <br />in Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Barry Jacobs, Moses Carey, Jr., <br />Alice M. Gordan, and Stephen Halkiotis <br />COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Margaret Brown <br />COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill, Sean Borhanian <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Assistant County <br />Managers Rod Visser and Gwen Harvey and Clerk to the Board Danna S. Baker (All <br />other staff members will be identified appropriately below} <br />NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE <br />PERMANENT AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. <br />Chair Jacobs called the meeting to order and said that tonight they will get the 2004-05 <br />Manager's recommended budget and CIP plans and then have a recess and have <br />presentations on Carolina North and Twin Creeks. <br />1. Presentation of Manaaer's Recommended FY 2004-2005 Budaet <br />John Link thanked all the staff that worked so hard on the budget, including Budget <br />Director Donna Dean, Rooney Mestas, Paul Laughton, MPA budget intern Rebecca <br />Crawford, Assistant County Managers Rod Visser and Gwen Harvey, Purchasing and <br />Central Services Director Pam Jones, Personnel Director Elaine Holmes, Keith Cook, <br />and Greg Wilder. He said that there was also good participation with the two school <br />superintendents. <br />The proposed budget is $137 million and the total request was $147 million from county <br />departments and both school systems. The largest percentage goes to education, at <br />48.4°~. The next largest goes to Human Services, at almost 22°!0. <br />County Manager's Recommended 2004-05 Annual Operating Budget <br />Proposed General Fund Budget Totals $137,351,929 <br />Proposed General Fund Tax Rate Increase of 4.5 Cents <br />• Recommended tax rate of 89 cents per $100 of assessed valuation <br />