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JUN-01-1995 13:41 FROM ORANGE OTY COMMISSIONERS TO 3002 P.01-'08 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF C SSIONERS <br /> BUDGET PRESENTATI AND <br /> PUBLIC HEARING ON THE SCH L IMPACT FEE <br /> MAY 25, 2945 <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissio rs met in regular session on <br /> Thursday, May 25, 1995 at 7:30 p.m. in Su for Courtroom in <br /> Hillsborough, North Carolina. The purpos of the meeting was to hear a <br /> presentation from John Link on his recomm ded budget and to hold a <br /> Public hearing on Public School Impact Fe <br /> COUNTY - - -MMUTt Chair rey and Commissioners <br /> William L. Crowther, Alice N. Gordon, St an H. Halkiotis and Don <br /> Willhoit <br /> SQD38ff AZtQRM VWW=T1 Geoffrey G ill <br /> BsAFt p County Manager John Link, Jr. , Assistant County <br /> Managers Albert Kittrell and Rod visser, Clerk to the Board Beverly <br /> A. Blythe (other staff members are identi ed appropriately below) <br /> NOTE: All documents referred to in these linutes are in the permanent <br /> agenda file in the Clerk's office. <br /> VRZBMM"XCN OF ]=_UU=,S 1995-21 ED BUDGET <br /> John M. Link gave an overview of his ecommended budget. The <br /> highlights are listed below: <br /> 1. General Fund Budget of $71,871,9 <br /> 2. An increase of $69 per pupil all ation for Education <br /> 3. Increase in Debt Service for Sch 1 Construction totaling 2.8 <br /> million <br /> 4. A "hold the line" County budget th the County departments <br /> increase totaling just 1.5% <br /> 5. Establishes a General Fund tax r e of 92.5 cents per $140 <br /> assessed valuation - a 4 cent increase <br /> 6. An interim increase in the CKCCS istrict tax rate by one cent <br /> from 15.4 cents to 16.4 cents to ddress school start-up costs <br /> John Link said that there are f ure challenges for <br /> efficiency, schools and human servi In conclusion, he said <br /> that no service reductions that dir ly or adversely impact <br /> citizens were made. The budget cont es the trend to require <br /> tough decisions on service levels. emphasized that the County <br /> Department Heads and the Budget Team orked collectively to "Hold- <br /> the-line". He thanked Sally Kost her staff and the Department <br /> Heads for working together on this get and also Angela Bowling <br /> for designing the cover of the budge document. <br /> Commissioner Halkiotis feels th the student enrollment <br /> projections are not correct from the nt of Public <br /> Instruction in Raleigh. <br /> Commissioner Willhoit asked wha one cent on the tax rate <br /> would generate -- both the County the Special District tax. <br />