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APPROVED 21612007 <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />WORK SESSION <br />December 7, 2006 <br />7:30 p.m. <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Work Session an Thursday, <br />December 7, 2006 at 7:30 p.m. at the Link Government Services Center in Hillsborough, North <br />Carolina. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Moses Carey, Jr., and Commissioners <br />Valerie P. Foushee, Alice M. Gordon, Barry Jacobs, and Mike Nelson <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br />COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: Geof Gledhill <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Laura Blackmon, Assistant County <br />Managers Rod Visser and Gwen Harvey, and Clerk to the Board Donna Baker (All other staff <br />members will be identified appropriately below) <br />7:35:48 PM <br />NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT <br />AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. ALL RECORDINGS OF THE MEETINGS ARE <br />KEPT FOR FIVE YEARS. <br />Chair Carey said that the Board will prepare for the retreat in January at this meeting. <br />Andy Sachs will be the facilitator of the retreat, and he was also in attendance to facilitate this <br />discussion. <br />Andy Sachs pointed out desired outcomes: <br />Desired Outcomes <br />• A common vocabulary for relevant terms (issue, goal, objective, priority, retreat) <br />• A process for setting the Board's priority goals and objectives for Fiscal Year 2007-08 <br />• A process for addressing the Board's organizational issues, such as liaison appointments <br />and input from advisory boards. <br />• Knowledge of FY 2007-08 fiscal outlook and expected budget drivers <br />Commissioner Nelson said that he would rather spend more time on the fiscal outlook <br />than talking about the definition of terms. <br />Chair Carey said that he asked staff to put the Board liaison appointments on this <br />agenda. He now recognizes that the County Commissioners did not come prepared to make <br />decisions on this. He asked for help in making decisions about this because he does not want <br />to wait until April ar May to decide about making appointment decisions. <br />Fiscal Outlook and Budget Drivers far FY 2007-0$ <br />Budget Director Donna Coffey made this presentation. <br />Donna Coffey referred to the tri-colored packet. She stressed that these numbers were <br />very preliminary. The current tax rate is 90.3 cents per one hundred dollar valuation. One <br />penny brings in just over $1.2 million. The estimate for next year is $1,243,000, and for the <br />