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8 <br /> 1 Commissioner McKee said he is supportive of the science wing. He is content to set at <br /> 2 year two the auxiliary gym. He said he will not support an increase in property taxes this year <br /> 3 because the tax increase was the '/2-cent sales tax in November, in his opinion. <br /> 4 Pam Jones said there is $300,000 in the school budget to do the planning for the <br /> 5 auxiliary gym. <br /> 6 Chair Jacobs said he could not disagree more with what Commissioner McKee said <br /> 7 because the County Commissioners fought for years and years so that the Orange County needs <br /> 8 are treated equally to the school needs. He said Commissioner McKee said the County has used <br /> 9 its debt capacity and will defer the County needs, and he strenuously objects to that. He said the <br /> 10 County needs should be equal to the school needs. <br /> 11 <br /> 12 Chair Jacobs went through the list of things the Board agreed to keep in the budget: <br /> 13 <br /> 14 - Leave the $600,000 for the Southern Branch Library <br /> 15 - Move up $20,000 to this year for the Efland Community Center <br /> 16 - For the Whitted Building, move up to $1.5 million <br /> 17 - For the standalone substation, move out $850,000 from this fiscal year and <br /> 18 reevaluate what the substations cost <br /> 19 - For the Blackwood Farm, take the $100,000 that is in there and use that as an <br /> 20 analysis of the interplay with the Revere Road site <br /> 21 - Lands Legacy— leave the $2.4 million in the 2014-15 and leave $125,000 for the <br /> 22 conservation easements <br /> 23 - Leave the $600,000 for this year for Culbreth Middle School and endorse the project <br /> 24 <br /> 25 <br /> 26 Commissioner Gordon said this is a five-year CIP and this is notjust approval for year <br /> 27 one. She would like to go on record that the Board is approving the CIP, which has five years. <br /> 28 Chair Jacobs said the Board is giving direction and not specifically approving all of this. <br /> 29 <br /> 30 <br /> 31 <br /> 32 2. Fiscal Year 2013-14 Budqet Drivers <br /> 33 Clarence Grier shared the budget drivers: <br /> 34 - Medical Health Insurance increases — up to 8.5% $0.23 million <br /> 35 - Retirees Health Annual Funding Requirement $5.3 million <br /> 36 - Emergency Services Requests $1.78 million <br /> 37 - School Districts Budget Requests — up to $8.5 million <br /> 38 TOTAL budget drivers/impacts $15.81 million <br /> 39 <br /> 40 Clarence Grier said there are also compression issues with employee compensation. <br /> 41 Frank Clifton said the summary is the budget will come to the Board with no tax <br /> 42 increase. The full impact will come the next fiscal year. He said both school systems have asked <br /> 43 for additional funding and all but two fire districts will ask for an increase if their fire taxes. <br /> 44 <br /> 45 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Rich to <br /> 46 adjourn the meeting at 10:24 p.m. <br /> 47 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 48 <br /> 49 Barry Jacobs, Chair <br /> 50 <br />