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• Provides for an increased funding for Emergency Services to address the <br /> recommendations of the Emergency Services Study and Work Group <br /> • Provides funding to the Town of Chapel Hill Library totaling $568,139 <br /> • Allocations provided to non-profit organizations total $1,074,100 for FY 14-15. <br /> • Long range/pay-as-you go County capital is $464,800. <br /> • Debt service for the General Fund will be $26.5 million. <br /> Orange County General Fund FY 2014-15 Expenditures (pie chart) <br /> Solid Waste Initiatives <br /> • Provides for an increase in the Landfill Fees due to both an increase in tonnage <br /> and a $2 increase (from $42.50 to $44.50) in the City of Durham's tipping fees. <br /> • The closure of the landfill with public education and other related planning efforts. <br /> We expect to incur $3.7 million in closure cost in FY 2013-14. <br /> • Provides for $1.36 million in Urban Curbside/Multi-Family Fees to fund the cost of <br /> recycling programs and operations for urban curbside collections. This is a new <br /> contract for urban curbside recycling, with a fee with a rate of$59/unit. The program <br /> will transition from 18 gallon bins to 95 gallon roll carts. <br /> • Provides for $840,106 in Capital Outlay for the Recycling Division; $462,106 of <br /> those funds are in the Vehicles account and are for the replacement of vehicles <br /> based on the replacement schedule, the remaining $378,000 is in the Equipment <br /> account and will be used to purchase 7,000 roll carts for the rural roadside recycling <br /> program. <br /> • The General Fund contribution to Sanitation in the FY14-15 Manager <br /> Recommended Budget is $1.8 million; this equates to 1.13 cents on the current <br /> property tax rate. <br /> • Provides for construction for the Eubanks Solid Waste Convenience Center <br /> improvement <br /> Additional Funding Options <br /> • Appropriate Fund Balance, if necessary; The Board may use up to $650,000 <br /> without a negative impact on fund balance <br /> • Property tax rate increase <br /> • Increase in CHCCS Special District Tax <br /> Revenues Generated By Property Tax Increase <br /> Tax Increase Property Tax Revenue Generated Per Pupil Equivalency <br /> 1 cent $1,638,241 $81.09 <br /> 2 cents $3,276,482 $162.19 <br /> 2.4 cents $3,931,778 $194.62 <br /> 4 cents $6,552,964 $324.37 <br /> 5.5 cents $9,010,326 $446.01 <br /> Revenues Generated By Increase in CHCCS Special District Tax <br /> Tax Increase Property Tax Revenue Generated Per Pupil Equivalency <br /> 1 cent $1,044,521 $84.56 <br /> 2 cents $2,089,042 $169.11 <br /> 3.5 cents $3,655,824 $295.95 <br /> - Based on 12,353 projected students for the CHCCS School District <br />