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10 <br /> 1 station, and the addition of paid firemen, he would oppose the 11 cents. He said he will support <br /> 2 this, but there needs to be a discussion this fall. <br /> 3 Discussion ensued, and there was consensus that future discussion is needed to create <br /> 4 parameters. <br /> 5 Commissioner Price said she is in favor of giving these firefighters the resources they <br /> 6 need. <br /> 7 Commissioner McKee said this is a 4.2 cent increase for those residents in White Cross. <br /> 8 He noted that some people in the area of the substation will be saving more than this on their <br /> 9 insurance. <br /> 10 Commissioner Pelissier said she is fine with doing the tax increase, but this is the second <br /> 11 year of this, and it is harder to deal with them when they are back to back. <br /> 12 <br /> 13 The Board agreed by consensus to raise the fire district tax for White Cross and New <br /> 14 Hope Fire Departments. <br /> 15 <br /> 16 Capital Request from Chapel Hill Carrboro School System (CHCCS) <br /> 17 Michael Talbert said $750,000 has been requested by CHCCS for capital. He said <br /> 18 Orange County Schools have not requested anything yet. He is not recommending this, as most <br /> 19 of the fund balance has just been spent, and taxes have been raised. <br /> 20 Commissioner Gordon said this was one of her top priorities, and she is in favor of <br /> 21 keeping this on the table. She feels this will make it possible to add capacity. She said it seems <br /> 22 the Board is not ready to do this. <br /> 23 The Board agreed with this assessment. <br /> 24 <br /> 25 Clarence Grier said he would like to note that the County has surpassed the $200 million <br /> 26 mark with this budget, which means that the budget has increased $13 million over last year's <br /> 27 budget. <br /> 28 <br /> 29 3. Break (to allow Finance and Administrative Services Director to formulate Draft <br /> 30 Resolution of Intent to Adopt FY 2014-15 Budget) <br /> 31 <br /> 32 4. Resolution of Intent to Adopt FY 2014-15 Annual Operating Budget <br /> 33 Approval of Resolution of Intent to Adopt FY 2014-15 Annual Operating Budget at <br /> 34 the Board of County Commissioners Regular Meeting on June 17, 2014 <br /> 35 <br /> 36 <br /> 37 Resolution of Intent to Adopt the 2014-15 <br /> 38 Orange County Budget <br /> 39 <br /> 40 The items outlined below summarize decisions that the Board acted upon June 12, 2014 in <br /> 41 approving the FY2014-15 Orange County Annual Operating Budget. <br /> 42 <br /> 43 WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners has considered the Orange County <br /> 44 2014-15 Manager's Recommended Budget; and <br /> 45 <br /> 46 WHEREAS, the Commissioners have agreed on certain modifications to the Manager's <br /> 47 Recommended Budget as presented in the 2014-15 County Manager's Recommended Budget <br /> 48 on May 20, 2014; <br /> 49 <br />