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Clarence Grier said New Hope Fire District would like to go up from 9.45 cents to 9.95 cents, and White Cross would like to increase from 8.00 cents to 11 cents. He said all of the other districts would remain the same. Chair Jacobs said the Board needs to have a general discussion about the burden of these taxes on individual property owners. He said he is not completely comfortable going to 11 cents for White Cross, but he will go with the Board consensus. Commissioner McKee agreed with much of what Chair Jacobs said. He said he does feel that a discussion is needed. He said if it was not for the necessary renovations to the main station, and the addition of paid firemen, he would oppose the 11 cents. He said he will support this, but there needs to be a discussion this fall. Discussion ensued, and there was consensus that future discussion is needed to create parameters. Commissioner Price said she is in favor of giving these firefighters the resources they need. Commissioner McKee said this is a 4.2 cent increase for those residents in White Cross. He noted that some people in the area of the substation will be saving more than this on their insurance. Commissioner Pelissier said she is fine with doing the tax increase, but this is the second year of this, and it is harder to deal with them when they are back to back. The Board agreed by consensus to raise the fire district tax for White Cross and New Hope Fire Departments. Capital Request from Chapel Hill Carrboro School System (CHCCS) Michael Talbert said $750,000 has been requested by CHCCS for capital. He said Orange County Schools have not requested anything yet. He is not recommending this, as most of the fund balance has just been spent, and taxes have been raised. Commissioner Gordon said this was one of her top priorities, and she is in favor of keeping this on the table. She feels this will make it possible to add capacity. She said it seems the Board is not ready to do this. The Board agreed with this assessment. Clarence Grier said he would like to note that the County has surpassed the $200 million mark with this budget, which means that the budget has increased $13 million over last year's budget. 3. Break (to allow Finance and Administrative Services Director to formulate Draft Resolution of Intent to Adopt FY 2014-15 Budget) 4. Resolution of Intent to Adopt FY 2014-15 Annual Operating Budget • Approval of Resolution of Intent to Adopt FY 2014-15 Annual Operating Budget at the Board of County Commissioners Regular Meeting on June 17, 2014 Resolution of Intent to Adopt the 2014-15 Orange County Budget The items outlined below summarize decisions that the Board acted upon June 12, 2014 in approving the FY2014-15 Orange CountyAnnual Operating Budget.