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APPROVED 8/21/2007 <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING <br />June 4, 2007 <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met on Monday, June 4, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. <br />at the Sonja Haynes Stone Center, on the UNC Campus, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The <br />purpose of this meeting was to hold a public hearing on the County Manager's recommended <br />2007-2008 budget. <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 STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Laura Blackmon, Assistant County <br />Managers Willie Best and Gwen Harvey and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker (All other staff <br />members will be identified appropriately below) <br />NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE <br />PERMANENT AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. <br />1. Openina Remarks- Chair <br />Chair Carey welcomed everyone present. He dispensed with the reading of the public <br />charge. He reviewed the handouts that everyone was given as they entered (multi-colored <br />sheets). He asked the speakers to limit their comments to three minutes if possible so that <br />everyone who wants to will have an opportunity to speak. <br />2. Presentatian of Caunty Manager's Recommended FY 2007-08 Budget (PawerPoint <br />Presentation) <br />Laura Blackmon made this PowerPoint presentation. <br />Manager's Recommended Budget <br />Fiscal Year 2007-08 <br />Orange County, NC <br />June 4, 2007 <br />Public Hearing <br />Tax Goal <br />Meeting pressing needs and mandates related to children, seniors, economically <br />disadvantaged has come at a price <br />• Commissioners concerned that historical tax rate increases and rising property valuations <br />have become a burden for same taxpayers <br />• April 2007 Board Adopted Tax Goal <br />- Fiscal year 2007-08 targeted tax rate increase is amount required to pay new debt service <br />obligations <br />