Minutes - 20050420 - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse Search

Commissioner Gordon said that the Board could also give the schools the money and let them decide how to spend it. Jahn Link said that this is the question that the Board of County Commissioners has to answer. Chair Carey asked if the staff was expecting the Board to say whether it agrees or not with this tier approach. John Link said that if the Board reacts with horror tonight, the staff would pursue something else. Commissioner Foushee said that she senses a direct conflict with Tier III. She does see the advantage, but she would feel better if the Tier III approach was done in concert with the particular board of education, rather than the County Commissioners determining the functions and the projects. John Link pointed out that the memorandum of understanding would have to be signed by both parties, so there is no agreement unless both parties agree to it. Commissioner Halkiotis said that he did not know that the resource officers in CHCCS were originally funded with a COPS grant. The Chapel Hill Town Council then decided it would not fund it after a certain number of years, and the school system is looking at this. There are some commonalities in both school systems that could be pulled out for a specific focus. This could free up some money for the school systems and give them some flexibility. All of this would be done by sitting down together and there would not be any micro-managing. Commissioner Jacobs said that this approach was used with the school nurses where the County was paying for the additional nurses. Commissioner Jacobs asked about the $2.2 million far programmed debt service and asked for a breakdown of this. John Link said that his monthly luncheon with the two school superintendents is next Tuesday. The joint meeting is also Tuesday night, so funding equity could be discussed then ar as soon as possible. Commissioner Jacobs said that, once all of the information is gathered from Bob Segal, there should be a meeting with the two school boards to define "equity" and what should be achieved. Chair Carey said that he does not react in horror with this approach. He thinks that the process has to start with the funding. He still believes that it is the individual school board's decisions about how the money should be spent, with the exception of the Tier III items that the County will address this year. Commissioner Gordon agreed that the process should be started this year, and that it will require a tax increase in the OCS district. She thinks it is important to work with both boards of education an this. Chair Carey said that he might contact the school superintendents to see if the agenda far next week's meeting should be changed again to include this item of funding equity. 2. Board of County Commissioner Issues a. BOCC Communications Infrastructure Recommendations Information Technology Director Todd Jones said that this was a package put together in response to a request from Chair Carey and Commissioner Jacobs. The initial reason was to address communications and to ensure that there is a consistent approach between the County Commissioners, with County Commissioners and constituents, and with County Commissioners and the County staff. The staff put together a recommendation of a communications infrastructure for personal computing and portable devices. This recommendation is not mandated upon any Commissioner, but it should suit the needs and will allow for greater communication options. In answer to a question from Chair Carey, Todd Jones said that they were recommending ahands-off backup system that will periodically copy all of the County