Agenda - 05-17-2016 - 5-a - Minutes

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10 1 Chair Coffey said the budget requests were not easy decisions. She said the requests 2 could have been a lot larger, because the needs are great. She said if things do not improve in 3 Raleigh, the list of needs will only grow. 4 Chair Coffey said it is their responsibility to present the needs. She said tonight there is 5 a community-wide need, and this is the first time that these two budgets have been so similar. 6 Margaret Samuels said if teachers are weaker in the lower grades, issues for kids may 7 get worse going forward. She said this is the year that the teachers must be supported. 8 Commissioner Rich said all involved want to support teachers. She said this is a never- 9 ending issue, and it is difficult to sustain long term. She said higher taxes are driving people 10 out of the County. 11 Commissioner Price echoed Commissioner Rich's comments. She said there is an 12 income gap in Orange County, and it is one of the worst in the country. 13 Commissioner Price said she is concerned about the children in Orange County, 14 especially those on reduced and free lunches. She asked if free lunches can be provided to all, 15 so as to avoid the stigma of having to get special assistance. 16 Commissioner Dorosin said the loss of tenure will make the competition for staff worse. 17 Pam Jones resumed the presentation: 18 19 Fund Balance Appropriation for OCS 20 Fund Balance Appropriation approved for: 21 • $286,909: One-year pilot: Universal Breakfast Service at K-5 schools 22 • $175,000: One-year pilot: Elementary School Environmental Enhancement Program 23 • $62,000: Efficiency study recommendations 24 • $86,000: Wrecker for school buses 25 • $62,000: Mini-track loader for Maintenance 26 • $30,000: On-line enrollment program for students 27 Total Fund Balance Appropriation: $701,909 28 29 Pam Jones said the threshold for the OCS fund balance is 3% and 5.5% for CHCCS. 30 She said OCS may raise this in the future. 31 Todd LoFrese resumed the presentation for CHCCS: 32 33 Fund Balance Projection 34 • Projected Unassigned Fund Balance as of 6/30/16: 35 $3,900,000 to $4,400,000 36 • FY2017 Fund Balance Appropriation: $701,909 37 38 Fund Balance 39 • 6/30/2016 unassigned fund balance est. $4.1 - $4.6 million 40 • Board 2016-17 budget assigns $1,868,000 41 • We estimate that we could appropriate up to $900,000 for 2016-17 budget needs and 42 still maintain the targeted undesignated fund balance of 5.5%. 43 • Ideally this should be used for one-time expenditures 44 45 Chair McKee asked if the above figures exclude the fund balance that was appropriated 46 in December. 47 Todd LoFrese said that is correct. He said it is a part of the total budget request for 48 balancing the budget.