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17 1 Commissioner Pelissier said the Board of Health has not formally responded to that 2 petition as of yet. She feels this may lead to some legal questions regarding waiving fees for 3 only specific groups and not others. 4 Chair Jacobs asked if this can be addressed later and Paul Laughton said yes, it can 5 be approved as is and changed later. 6 Commissioner Price asked about a fee on page 331 for the Efland Community Center. 7 Dave Stancil said this is a use fee to utilize the gym when it is not in formal use. He 8 said groups qualify under the general use policy, but this fee would be for individuals to come 9 in and play ball or use it as a drop in facility. 10 Commissioner McKee said it does not seem right to charge someone a fee to come in 11 to play basketball. 12 Dave Stancil said this fee has been in place for many years at Central Recreation and 13 it is an access fee. He said it is intended to be a convenience to allow for an "access pass", 14 but it is optional. 15 Commissioner Price and Commissioner McKee expressed disagreement with the use 16 of a fee. 17 Commissioner Gordon clarified that the facility can still be used, when available, 18 without a pass. 19 A motion was made by Commissioner Price seconded by Commissioner McKee to 20 remove this access fee from the County Fee Schedule. 21 22 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 23 24 A motion was made by Commissioner Pelissier seconded by Commissioner Price to 25 Adopt the County Fee Schedule (minus the Efland Community Center access fee and the 26 animal services fees which will be discussed in future) 27 28 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 29 30 • Funding for Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools and Orange County Schools 31 32 Chair Jacobs suggested the discussion of Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools Special 33 District Tax be discussed prior to discussing the Funding for CHCCS and OCS. 34 35 • Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools Special District Tax 36 37 Chair Jacobs said the only thing he has heard is a desire to raise the tax enough to 38 cover the opening of Northside Elementary. He questioned how much this amount would be. 39 Clarence Grier said $1.9 million is needed, and this equals roughly 2 cents on the tax 40 rate. 41 Commissioner Gordon said the number is $1.86 million. 42 Chair Jacobs suggested that the number be as exact as possible, so he feels the tax 43 should be 1.86 cents. 44 Commissioner Pelissier said she feels that the Board needs to figure out a target for 45 how much is to be given to the schools, and then figure out how to balance between ad 46 valorem and the district tax. She does not like a district tax, as it creates division in the 47 County, but she realizes options are limited. She said she feels the amount needs to be 48 looked at from the perspective of overall school needs and then funding devised by looking at 49 the two different taxes. 50 Chair Jacobs said his suggestion was for 1 cent, without raising the ad valorem. He 51 said the money can be found through shavings from the fund balance, and OPEB allocations. 52 He said there has been enough annually to cover this. He said that 62% of the $1.6 million 53 would go to CHCCS and 38 percent would go to OCS. He said this would bring the total for 54 CHCCS to around $2.7 million and OCS would receive $650,000. He said this would go a 55 long way toward the issue of teacher assistants.