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Commissioner Rich said these children in this middle school are not able to learn like others in the County because of lack of this science wing. Commissioner Pelissier said she is concerned about how these projects affect the debt capacity. Commissioner McKee said he is supportive of the science wing. He is content to set at year two the auxiliary gym. He said he will not support an increase in property taxes this year because the tax increase was the '/2-cent sales tax in November, in his opinion. Pam Jones said there is $300,000 in the school budget to do the planning for the auxiliary gym. Chair Jacobs said he could not disagree more with what Commissioner McKee said because the County Commissioners fought for years and years so that the Orange County needs are treated equally to the school needs. He said Commissioner McKee said the County has used its debt capacity and will defer the County needs, and he strenuously objects to that. He said the County needs should be equal to the school needs. Chair Jacobs went through the list of things the Board agreed to keep in the budget: - Leave the $600,000 for the Southern Branch Library - Move up $20,000 to this year for the Efland Community Center - For the Whitted Building, move up to $1.5 million - For the standalone substation, move out $850,000 from this fiscal year and reevaluate what the substations cost - For the Blackwood Farm, take the $100,000 that is in there and use that as an analysis of the interplay with the Revere Road site - Lands Legacy— leave the $2.4 million in the 2014-15 and leave $125,000 for the conservation easements - Leave the $600,000 for this year for Culbreth Middle School and endorse the project Commissioner Gordon said this is a five-year CIP and this is not just approval for year one. She would like to go on record that the Board is approving the CIP, which has five years. Chair Jacobs said the Board is giving direction and not specifically approving all of this. 2. Fiscal Year 2013-14 Budget Drivers Clarence Grier shared the budget drivers: - Medical Health Insurance increases — up to 8.5% $0.23 million - Retirees Health Annual Funding Requirement $5.3 million - Emergency Services Requests $1.78 million - School Districts Budget Requests — up to $8.5 million TOTAL budget drivers/impacts $15.81 million Clarence Grier said there are also compression issues with employee compensation. Frank Clifton said the summary is the budget will come to the Board with no tax increase. The full impact will come the next fiscal year. He said both school systems have asked for additional funding and all but two fire districts will ask for an increase if their fire taxes.