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' 1 <br /> a <br /> Orange County <br /> Board of Commissioners <br /> Meeting Date: June 26, 1996 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> A <br /> Item No —/'� <br /> Subject: 1996-97 Budget,Capital and Grant Project Ordinances <br /> Department: Public Hearing Yes No_X <br /> Budget Office <br /> Attachment(s): Information Contact: Sally Kost <br /> (1) Adjustments to Manager's Recommended Budget Extension Number: 2151 <br /> (2) Summary of Grant Project Ordinances <br /> (3) Summary of Capital Project Ordinances Telephone Number: <br /> (4) Salary Schedule Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> (5) Personnel Ordinance Revision Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> (6) Fee Schedule Mebane 337-2031 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> *the actual ordinances will be provided to the Board of <br /> Commissioners at the BOCC meeting. <br /> Purpose <br /> To approve the 1996-97 budget ordinance, _capital project ordinances, grant project <br /> ordinance, and salary schedule revisions, personnel ordinance revision, and fee schedule in <br /> accordance with the actions taken by the Board of Commissioners at the June 18, 1996, <br /> budget work session. <br /> Background <br /> Budget Ordinance - At the June 18, 1996, Budget work session, the Board of County <br /> Commissioners adopted a mark-up/mark-down list for the 1996-97 budget. These changes, <br /> summarized at Attachment 1, result in a net increase in the Manager's Recommended budget <br /> of $489,980, bringing the total General Fund Budget to $79,259,530. The General Fund <br /> Property Tax Rate is set at 99.75 cents per $100 assessed valuation. The Chapel Hill- <br /> Carrboro City Schools Special District Tax increases from 15.40 cents to 19.0 cents per$100 <br /> assessed valuation. <br /> Grant Project Ordinances-Included in the 1996-97 budget are short term State and <br /> Federally funded projects which are accounted for in a separate fund and are shown in the <br /> section of the Budget entitled "Other Funds." Attachment 2 lists these grant projects, showing <br /> the total appropriation through 1996-97 for each project which authorization ends as of June <br /> 30, 1996. <br /> Capital Project Ordinances-Each year the Board of Commissioners adopts a ten year <br /> Capital Improvements Plan for County and School capital projects. To set this plan into <br />