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APPROVED 8/21/2007 MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BUDGET WORK SESSION June 5, 2007 7:30 p.m. The Orange County Board of Commissioners met far a Budget Work Session on Tuesday, June 5, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Moses Carey, Jr., and Commissioners Barry Jacobs, Valerie P. Foushee, Alice Gordan, and Mike Nelson COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Laura Blackmon and Assistant County Manager Willie Best and Clerk to the Board Donna Baker (All other staff members will be identified appropriately below). Chair Carey asked Laura Blackmon to introduce the new staff and to review the information at their places. He also welcomed the members of the school boards. Laura Blackmon introduced Willie Best, Assistant County Manager, who came to Orange County from Guilford County. Laura Blackman said that the message at the budget public hearings was that the public wanted tax increases to fund the schools. She made reference to the hot pink sheet, which had information on Fiscal Year 2007-08 Funding. The chart at the top is the current expense funding for CHCCS and OCS. The requested percent increase for CHCCS over last year was 20.6% and for OC5 was 18%. Using this year as a benchmark, the staff calculated what funding at the current expense and requested per pupil rate would be by 2011-2012. Section 1.1 shows that the total funding required for both school systems at the per pupil rate requested by CHCCS at $3,509 would result in $11,229,429. The projected one-cent would generate $1,247,881, which would be a tax rate increase of nine cents. If the County funds at the current rate as requested by the citizens, to add on the increased costs for the school systems, there would be an increase of 19.6 cents for 2008-2009, 30.2 cents for 2009-2010, 42.7 cents for 2010- 2011,and 57.3 cents for 2011-2012. This would then be over the County's cap of $1.50 per hundred-dollar valuation. Using the OCS request, by the year 2011-2012, there would be an increase of 51.9 cents. Commissioner Jacobs requested that the Manager email these hypothetical increases to the CHCCS PTA website. Budget Director Donna Coffey made reference to the reference documents beginning on page 5-1. Appendix D includes full copies of each schools' budget. 1. Schools