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• INCREASE THE PER PUPIL ALLOCATION FUNDING FOR BOTH SCHOOL SYSTEMS <br />BY THE EG2UIVILENT OF 1 CENT OR $1,187,000. 00 or $67.00 per student for a total <br />increase of $162.000 <br />This money would be allocated between the school systems as follows: <br />Chapel Hill Carrboro ----$727,821.00 (net gain of $336,821} <br />Orange County------------$469,871.00 <br />Increase of 1 cent <br />NON-DEPARTMENTAL INCREASES AND DECREASES: <br />1. +$5,000 for A Helping Hand <br />2. +$18,000 for Partnership to End Homelessness <br />3. -$25,000 for Orange Alamance Water System Consultant <br />4. -$20,000 in Commissioners Reserve <br />5. -$15,000 in Managers Reserve <br />Net of $37,000 decrease in spending or .03 cent <br />• REDUCE THE RECOMMENDED TAX RATE BY ONE-THIRD CENT ($396,000) AND <br />INSTRUCT THE MANAGER TO RETURN IN AUGUST WITH AN ITEMIZED LIST OF <br />PROPOSED CUTS <br />NET REDUCTION IN MANAGERS RECOMMENDATION OF 1.47 CENTS FROM 86.8 TO <br />85.33 CENTS <br />• REDUCE THE CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO DISTRICT TAX FROM 17.5 CENTS TO 17.0 <br />CENTS <br />THIS WOULD REDUCE REVENUE FROM DISTRICT TAX BY $381,000. THIS REDUCTION <br />WOULD BE MADE UP BY THE INCREASE IN THE PER PUPIL ALLOCATION AND <br />PRODUCE A NET GA1N throtaph per pupr! OF $336,829.00 FOR SCHOOL OPERATIONS <br />EXPENSES. <br />Commissioner Gordon clarified that Chair Corey's plan would cut 1.5 cents from the <br />Manager's recommended budget and Commissioner Jacobs' and Commissioner Foushee's <br />would cut 2.5 cents. <br />Commissioner Halkiatis said that the CHCCS district tax generates $762,000 per penny. <br />Under Commissioner Jacobs'/Foushee's proposal, the CHCCS would gain $762,000 and then <br />an additional $727,821 from the per pupil for a total of $1.489 million. <br />Commissioner Gordon said that her understanding of the Commissioner <br />Jacobs/Commissioner Foushee proposal is that the per pupil funding is raised, but it is offset by <br />the decrease in the capital funding. <br />Commissioner Jacobs said that it is directly being allocated for operating expenses. <br />Unlike the scenario from the Manager's proposals, they thought they had reached a place to <br />keep the recurring capital for the County. <br />Commissioner Gordon made reference to the chart she handed out a few weeks ago <br />that showed the comparison of capital appropriations increase this year over last year. The <br />