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1 <br /> APPROVED FEBRUARY 1, 1988 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> BUDGET WORK SESSION <br /> JULY 20, 1987 <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioner held a budget work session on <br /> July 20, 1987 at 7: 30 p.m. in the Board of Commissioners' Room, <br /> Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br /> BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Shirley E. Marshall and Commissioners <br /> Moses Carey, Jr. , Stephen Halkiotis, and Don Willhoit. <br /> BOARD MEMBER ABSENT: John Hartwell. <br /> STAFF PRESENT: Interim County Manager Albert Kittrell, Assistant <br /> County Manager William T. Laws, EMS Director Bobby Baker, Finance Director <br /> Gordon Baker, Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe, Deputy Finance <br /> Director Ken Chavious, Purchasing Director Pam Jones, Director of the <br /> Department on Aging Jerry Passmore, and Personnel Director Beverly <br /> Whitehead. <br /> UPDATE ON THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY <br /> Gordon Baker gave the following report: <br /> Removal of the Internal Caps - NNACC feels this has a 95% change <br /> of passing. <br /> Funding for the Bus Drivers - included in a package that will go <br /> to the appropriations committee next week. <br /> Assistant Principal positions - included in a package that will <br /> go to the appropriations committee next week. <br /> Vocational Education Funding - if this passes, the state will pay <br /> one half of all the salaries for the vocational education teachers. <br /> School Capital Building Fund - Baker distributed a schedule which <br /> showed the estimated amount of money that may be expected from this fund. <br /> Chair Marshall asked that the members of the committee that <br /> presented the proposal for school funding on June 30 meet and bring forth <br /> a proposal that takes into account any monies that may be freed up by <br /> actions of the General Assembly. <br /> Discussion ensued on what monies that may be freed up by the <br /> action of the legislation could be used to supplant the money allocated by <br /> the County to the schools. <br /> Albert Kittrell distributed information on the major items in the <br /> Manager's recommended budget including personnel services, capital <br /> outlays, new initiatives and the items that would be expended from the <br /> first year of the CIP. He also distributed a markup/markdown list, a <br /> revenue detail and a statement showing all county department's expendi- <br /> tures through June 30. <br /> Commissioner Halkiotis expressed the importance of having accurate <br /> figures for revenues to include fees, sales tax, etc. <br /> Gordon Baker explained that the fund balance available is not a <br /> revenue or an expenditure. It is a budgetary item and is used to balance <br /> the budget. <br />