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1 APPROVED 7/6/87 MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING JUNE 29, 1987 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met on June 29, 1987 at 7: 30 p.m. at Lincoln Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina to hold a public hearing on the proposed 1987-88 budget. BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Shirley E. Marshall and Commissioners Moses Carey, Jr. , Stephen Halkiotis, John Hartwell and Don Willhoit. STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT: County Manager Kenneth R. Thompson, Assistant County Managers William T. Laws and Albert Kittrell, Finance Director Gordon Baker, Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe, Budget/Management Analyst Donna Wagner and Director of Personnel Beverly Whitehead. Chair Marshall made opening comments and opened the public hearing for citizen comments. 1. MARY BRIDGERS asked the Board to restore the money to the Social Services Daycare Unit for the technician and half-time social worker. She pointed out that the daycare unit needs these added positions in order to be able to give proper services to families that they serve. At the present time the daycare coordinator is also a part-time bookkeeper. The social workers are carrying too many cases and there is a lack of services for families and, in particular, children. She referred to a report that indicated that those children who have attended daycare are less likely to fail in school, need special help in school or drop out of school. She asked that the children be provided with the best social services and support services so they may have a bright future. 2 . KATE SANFORD , Director of the Chapel Hill Preschool, referred to a paper that was done at Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center which talks about the quality of daycare and preschool intellectual development in disadvantaged children. The report emphasizes that these children need less remedial training and that they advance through the grades. She asked that the two positions in the Department of Social Services be funded. The half-time position will enable the services that are presently being given to continue. Without this position, the Department of Social Services will not be able to achieve the state's mandate of meeting with each family on a quarterly basis. 3 . CHRIS NUTTER encouraged and requested that proactive preventive maintenance be practiced across the broad areas of human service programs. There are many rewards in preventive maintenance including cost savings. She requested that the Board give an increased amount of her tax dollars to preventive programs in the human service area. 4 . PINDIE STEPHEN , Director of the Orange County Literacy Council, noted that Orange County has 5, 000 functionally illiterates or 15% of the population. These individuals are limited and not able to function fully in society. Being illiterate affects home, health and job. She asked that the County Commissioners fund 4% of their budget to help in the efforts of the Orange County Literacy Council.