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E 1 Commissioner Dorosin said he would like to see that information. He would also like to 2 see what the (CHCCS) contracted employees are being paid. He would like to see this 3 information for all of the governmental entities. 4 Commissioner McKee said he would like to see a break down between full time and 5 part -time employees. 6 Commissioner Rich asked if OCS has any contracted employees. 7 Interim Superintendent Del Burns said yes 8 Commissioner Rich said she would like to see that information as well. She said The 9 Board of County Commissioners has had many discussions about making sure all employees, 10 salaried and contracted, are being treated fairly. 11 Chair Jacobs said Orange County can report information on its contracted employees as 12 well, so that everyone is in the same boat. 13 14 5. Possible Bond Issuance for May 2016 or November 2016 Referendum 15 Chair Jacobs said a large part of the impetus for discussing this was the older school 16 facilities needs. He said this will not be bitten off in one bond issue, but it is time to get started. 17 Clarence Grier reviewed the following background information: 18 19 Background: In recent meetings over the past fiscal year, the Board of County Commissioners 20 has discussed the need for a future bond referendum to fund some County and School long - 21 range capital needs. This item was also discussed at the September 16 2014 County /School 22 Collaboration Meeting. Due to recent changes enacted by the North Carolina General Assembly 23 related to the dates in which a general obligation bond referendum can be held, a general 24 obligation bond referendum can only be held on even numbered years. 25 26 He said therefore, there are only two possible dates for the Board of County Commissioners to 27 conduct a voter approved general obligation bond referendum — May 2016 and November 28 2016. If not held at one of these dates, a potential general obligation bond referendum can only 29 be held in May 2018 or November 2018. Bob Jessup, Orange County Bond Counsel, and 30 Orange County staff have provided a schedule with a brief timeline comparison related to both 31 dates (Attachment a). 32 The previous time that Orange County held a general obligation bond referendum was in 33 November of 2001. The bond referendum totaled $75 million and the items included on the 34 referendum were as follows: 35 • School related projects totaling $47 million. 36 • Parks and Recreation projects totaling $20 million 37 • Senior Center projects totaling $ 4 million 38 • Low and moderate income projects (Affordable Housing) totaling $4 million 39 40 All of the individual items on the bond referendum passed in the November 2001 bond 41 referendum. The total bond referendum passed with an average approval rate of approximately 42 55 percent. Additionally, some of the steps included in the process to prepare for the general 43 obligation bonds referendum were as follows: 44 45 1. The Board of County Commissioners decided to proceed with a general obligation 46 bond referendum. 47 2. The Board of County Commissioners formed and appointed members to a Capital 48 Needs Task Force to make a recommendation as to the needs and components of the 49 bond referendum (See Attachment b). 50 3. Once the components of the general obligation bond referendum were decided, the