Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
4 <br /> 1 Appropriate Fund Balance, if necessary; The Board may use up to $650,000 without a <br /> 2 negative impact on fund balance <br /> 3 Property tax increase <br /> 4 Increase in CHCCS Special District Tax <br /> 5 <br /> 6 Revenues Generated By Property Tax Increase (graphic) <br /> 7 <br /> 8 Revenues Generated By Increase in CHCCS Special District Tax (graphic) <br /> 9 <br /> 10 County Capital Investment Plan <br /> 11 Concerns and Issues for FY 2014-2015 <br /> 12 Federal Sequestration and State Budget Issues <br /> 13 Debt Service <br /> 14 County Capital Projects <br /> 15 School Capital Projects <br /> 16 Health Insurance <br /> 17 Post-employment Insurance benefit for retirees <br /> 18 Economic Development <br /> 19 Economy <br /> 20 Public Hearings and Work Sessions <br /> 21 (All Meetings Begin at 7:00 p.m.) <br /> 22 Document Availability <br /> 23 Clerk to Board of Commissioners <br /> 24 County Finance &Administrative Services Office <br /> 25 Orange County Library <br /> 26 Chapel Hill Public Library <br /> 27 Carrboro/McDougle Branch Library <br /> 28 Cybrary, Carrboro <br /> 29 Orange County Website <br /> 30 www.orangecountync.gov <br /> 31 <br /> 32 Clarence Grier said that information on the school districts' available fund balances is <br /> 33 not included in this presentation; this will be available at the June 6 work session. <br /> 34 Frank Clifton noted that some of the unincorporated areas of the County will see a tax <br /> 35 rate increase as a result of increases in almost all of the rural fire districts. <br /> 36 Clarence Grier noted that there will be work sessions on June 6 and June 11, with a <br /> 37 work session and adoption of intent on June 13; and the final adoption will happen on June 181H <br /> 38 <br /> 39 3. Public Comment <br /> 40 <br /> 41 Yasmine White is the CEO and founder of a non-profit called Voices Together— a music <br /> 42 based educational program, serving students in six school districts with intellectual and <br /> 43 developmental disabilities. She said there are 1,036 students in the Orange County Schools <br /> 44 (OCS) with identified disabilities, and her group comes in with a layered educational program <br /> 45 that creates an amazing impact. She said the program has been in OCS for 5 years and has <br /> 46 only been able to reach 30 students during this difficult budgetary time. She said that the group <br /> 47 has applied in the non-profit category to the outside agency process. She is asking the Board to <br /> 48 consider her funding request. <br /> 49 <br /> 50 Jeff Hall spoke as President of CHCCS PTA Council, and he said Chapel Hill is a special <br /> 51 place to live. He said there is a commitment to education in Orange County, and this budget is <br /> 52 out of step with their community values and the importance of education. He said this budget <br />