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Commissioner Halkiotis continued with school resource officers for OCS. He said that the game is going to change on this because municipalities are not going to want to do this anymore. He made reference to the column that shows that 5 positions are funded by Orange County but there is no dollar amount. He said that under this, they should put the Sheriff's contribution there, which is $300,000+. The bottom line is that this number is going to go up because of Gravelly Hill and the alternative school. He said that this needs to be shown as another contribution. Commissioner Halkiotis reiterated the importance of using Orange Enterprises. Commissioner Gordon asked about the PRC on the last page. Shirley Carraway said that they were asked to provide the Board some information on how the funds are used in the school systems. These are state funds. The PRC 72 is Improving Student Accountability Fund and they received $170,000; PRC 69 is At-Risk Alternative Funds and they received $725,000; and PRC 48 is the Safe and Drug Free Schools Funds and they received $31,000. Commissioner Gordon asked about the reliability of these funds each year. Superintendent Carraway said that the code dictates what the money can be used for. The funds are fairly reliable. Chair Jacobs asked how much of the fund balance is going to opening up Gravely Hill. Superintendent Carraway said that they have not pinpointed a specific amount because it depends an how much they receive from the County Commissioners. They would like to maintain some small amount of fund balance. Randy Copeland said that they have spent their fund balance down upon recommendation of the Board of County Commissioners a little over a year ago to try and equalize the student offerings at all middle schools. Their fund balance is really low. Chair Jacobs said that the fund balance issue puts the Board in an awkward position and the County Commissioners have a different opinion about how the fund balance was spent. Commissioner Carey encouraged CHCCS to talk with Social Services about the cost-sharing arrangement. Fair Funding Work Group Recommendations Libby Hough made this presentation. She recognized the group members: Jamezetta Bedford, Randy Copeland, Valerie Foushee, Alice Gordon, Jean Hamilton, Libbie Hough, Michael Kelley, Dennis Whitling. The group met twice for a total of four and a half hours in response to the Board of County Commissioners' request (based on a proposal by Commissioner Gordon) that representatives of the two school boards and the BOCC work together at generating solutions to concerns about fair funding for the two school systems in this year's budget. The recommendations are supported by every elected official participating on the work group. Mike Kelley went through the recommendations. I. Capital 1. Use the $2.4 million of anticipated lottery proceeds to provide an additional funding stream for school capital projects. These funds should not supplant current funding sources. 2. Include new school start-up costs far equipment and technology in the projected capital budgets for new schools and fund along with the construction casts. 3. Review the level at which impact fees are assessed and adjust them in light of increased construction costs.