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$5,000 Helping Hand
<br />$4,000 Burwell School {all but $1300 from reimbursement for school
<br />collaboration)
<br />Total added: $112,000 not already budgeted (excluding per pupil conversion of third cent
<br />of recurring capital} AND
<br />CHCCS District tax increase of one cent to be appropriated to Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools
<br />to address operating and/or capital needs, at the discretion of the CHCCS
<br />SUBTRACT:
<br />$1,188,000 Third cent of school recurring capital {cancelled by added per-pupil)
<br />$1,188,000 Second cent of county long-range capital
<br />$500,000 Reduce total county operating budget, manager to return with
<br /> proposed reductions on August 16
<br />$826,000 Give employees 3.5 percent in-range increase ($537,000); raise 401 K
<br />contribution to $25 per month {$86,300); eliminate grade 7 {$51,000)
<br />$300,000 Reduce $1 million set aside for Medicaid ($425,000), projected
<br /> health insurance increase, projected increase in fuel and utilities
<br />$215,000 Reduce $1 million set aside for reserve fund, allocating money far
<br /> mental health transition {$285,000), Tier III school projects ($200,000),
<br /> child care subsidies ($50,000), leaving $250,000 in reserve to
<br /> address social safety net concerns
<br />$52,000 Delay for one year transfer of convenience centers to Solid Waste
<br />$33,000 Reduction in commissioners' contingency ($50,000}, manager's
<br /> contingency ($25,000), and manager's temporary {$8,000); remainder
<br /> to be reallocated $35,000 BOCC and $15,000 manager
<br />Valerie Foushee and Barry Jacobs
<br />June 20, 2005
<br />Commissioner Jacobs said that the Board is committed to further discussion of equity
<br />and part of that discussion of equity was advancing the notion of the OCS voters determining
<br />whether they want to have their own district tax.
<br />Commissioner Halkiotis made reference to the reduction of the County's operating
<br />budget of $500,000 and asked if he thought of $750,000. Commissioner Foushee said that they
<br />started at $1 million. Commissioner Halkiotis asked if they considered $750,000 and
<br />Commissioner Foushee said that as she looked at line detail, she did not see $750,000 that
<br />could be cut.
<br />Commissioner Halkiotis said that he heard OCS Board Chair Libbie Hough clearly state
<br />that she did not want the tier options, but that they just wanted the money. He asked why they
<br />were holding onto the Tier III option. Commissioner Jacobs said that it is in keeping with what
<br />the Manager was trying to recommend as another step to address equity. If the OCS does not
<br />want to do it, it could be added to per pupil or just taken out of the budget. He wants to make as
<br />many gestures toward addressing equity as possible.
<br />Commissioner Halkiotis said that in Wake County the Board of County Commissioners
<br />are trying to set aside $3.5 million for a dental plan for teachers and the school board may use
<br />this money some other way. He asked if this proposal by Commissioners Jacobs and Foushee
<br />was more of a symbolism for a step towards equity and it was answered yes.
<br />Chair Carey asked about the two $1 million reserves. Commissioner Jacobs said that,
<br />based on the Manager's PowerPoint presentation of March 31St, the Major Elements Driving the
<br />Budget, it is two separate $1 million funds - $1 million to establish a reserve fund to address
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