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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 20, 2008 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. __~ <br />SUBJECT: Presentation of Recommended Fiscal Year 2008-2009 Budget <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager, Budget <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Recommended FY 2008-2009 Budget <br />(To be Provided Under Separate <br />Cover at the Meeting) <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Laura Blackmon, 245-2300 <br />Donna Coffey, 245-2150 <br />PURPOSE: To present the Recommended Fiscal Year 2008-2009 Budget to the Board of <br />Commissioners. <br />BACKGROUND: Each year during the month of May, the County Manager presents the Board <br />of Commissioners with a recommended budget for the next fiscal year. The Board and County <br />staff have held multiple budget work sessions over the past nine months to discuss various <br />issues and projects in preparation discussion and decisions related to the County's FY 2008- <br />2009 budget. County Department Directors have also submitted budget requests to the <br />Manager for FY 2008-2009. County Manager Laura Blackmon has reviewed and considered <br />the input from the Board and staff and has developed a Recommended FY 2008-2009 Budget. <br />The Manager will provide a brief presentation of the Recommended FY 2008-2009 Budget at <br />the meeting and the Board will receive the Recommended FY 2008-2009 Budget materials. <br />The Board will conduct two Budget Public Hearings, one at 7:30 p.m. on May 27, 2008 at the F. <br />Gordon Battle Courtroom in Hillsborough, and one at 7:30 p.m. on May 29, 2008 at the <br />Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill. The Board will also have three budget work <br />sessions, one on June 5 at the Government Services Center in Hillsborough, and two others on <br />June 12 and June 17 at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill. The budget work <br />sessions start at 7:30 p.m. <br />Final adoption of the FY 2008-2009 budget is currently scheduled for the Board's June 24, 2008 <br />Regular Meeting. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with the presentation of the <br />Recommended FY 2008-2009 Budget. Decisions that the Board makes as part of its <br />discussion on the Recommended FY 2008-2009 Budget will have financial impacts. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board receive the presentation <br />on the Recommended Fiscal Year 2008-2009 Budget. <br />