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000147 MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BUDGET WORK SESSION JUNE 19, 1985 The Orange County Board of Commissioners held a budget work session on June 19, 1985, at 7:30 p.m. in the Commissioners Room of the Orange County Courthouse, Hillsborough, North Carolina. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Don Willhoit and Commissioner Shirley Marshall, Moses Carey, Ben Lloyd and Norman Walker. STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Kenneth R. Thompson, Assistant County Manager Albert Kittrell, Director of Personnel Beverly M. Whitehead, Director of Finance Gordon Baker, Director of Social Services Tom Ward, Director of the Department on Aging Jerry Passmore, Director of Health Jerry Robinson, Financial Analyst Donna Clayton, County Librarian Kathy Peiffer and Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe. Chair Willhoit announced the purpose of this budget session is to hear and discuss the budget presentations from seven agencies. LIBRARY Nancy 0. Massey, Library Director, stated the total library request was for $203,359. Included in this amount is $23,845 for a branch at Cedar Grove and $27,927 for the upgrade of personnel to include a 5% cost of living increase and merit raises. Commissioner Marshall pointed out that the Library employees should receive the same increase as other County employees. She suggested that Beverly Whitehead do a comparison salary study for library employees. Massey indicated the fund balance is expected to be $5,000 for 84-85 and zero for 85-86. The state funds received are not earmarked but left to the discretion of the local library board. Commissioner Lloyd asked if a salary comparison had been made with other like agencies in surrounding counties and Massey indicated that a comparison was made with other salaries of Orange County employees. The book circulation for Orange County totals about 80,000 for this year which is an increase of about 18%. Kenneth Thompson pointed out that the Manager's recommendation for the library included a 5% increase over last years ' amount. Chair Willhoit noted that the expenditure reports need to be reviewed so the same rationale can be applied to the library budget as for the other County departments. He noted that the proposed increase for salaries was $9,000 more than that allocated for other County departments and $17,000 more for non- personnel program improvements. Chair Willhoit noted that the same non-personnel increases should be given to the library as is provided for other County departments. The same salary increase of 5% plus 2/3 merit should also be provided. The question of salary improvements will need to be discussed further. Also the fund balance needs to be considered. To insure consistency, Chair Willhoit suggested that the Personnel Director do a study for reclassification and upgrade of positions. Kathy Peiffer spoke in support of the salary requests. DEPARTMENT ON AGING Ruth West, Chair of the County Senior Citizens Board, distributed information about the growth in population in Orange county. She endorsed the