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m. <br /> PAGE 4 <br /> With no further items to be discussed, the meeting was adjourned. <br /> BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING_ - JUNE 20. 1988 <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met on June 20, 1988 at 7:30 p.m. in <br /> Superior Courtroom, Hillsborough, North Carolina for the purpose of hearing citizens <br /> comments on the Manager's Proposed Budget for 1988-89. <br /> BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair" Shirley E. Marshall and Commissioners Moses Carey, <br /> Jr. , Stephen Halkiotis, John Hartwell and Don Willhoit. <br /> STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Assistant County Managers William T. <br /> Laws and Albert Kittrell, Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe, Deputy Finance <br /> Officer Ken Chavious, Purchasing Director Pam Jones, Finance Director Ellen Liston <br /> and Budget Analyst Donna Wagner. <br /> Chair Marshall explained the process that will be followed in hearing comments <br /> from the Citizens. <br /> County Manager John Link used overhead slides to summarize the contents of the <br /> budget for 1988-89. A copy of the presentation is in the permanent agenda file. <br /> THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPEN FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS <br /> BRENDA HARRIS, Chairperson for the Community Schooligr People Under Six, spoke <br /> in support of continued daycare funding. She stated she would not be able to work if <br /> she did not receive help in paying for daycare. <br /> JODY DOBNEY, father of two girls who attend daycare, spoke in support of daycare <br /> funding. <br /> FELICIA HICKS, parent of a handicapped child, spoke in support of the proposed <br /> TMH class for Efland Cheeks Center. There is not a class that is available for her <br /> handicapped child at this time. <br /> STATEMENT FROM THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS - Chair Shirley Marshall read a <br /> statement which commended the Manager for proposing a fund balance of 7.5%, an <br /> important increase over the fund balance of the past year. This statement is in the <br /> permanent agenda file. <br /> DANIEL DETER, classroom teacher in the Orange County Schools, spoke as a <br /> representative of the Orange Federation of Teachers. The Orange Federation of <br /> Teachers pledge support for the November bond issue for education. He urged full <br /> funding of the $267,000 expansion budget for the Orange County Schools and a <br /> reduction in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro district tax and an increase in the general tax <br /> to more rapidly facilitate equal funding between the two school systems. He <br /> expressed concern that offering a reservoir bond which will benefit only a small <br /> portion of Orange County citizens in the same bond package with a shcool bond could <br /> defeat the school bond by association. He asked that they consider only the <br /> education bond in November. <br /> LIZ WATERS, classroom teacher and upcoming OCEA President, expressed concern <br /> with-the-salary-the_bus_drivers_receive„clerical_assistance for classroom teachers <br /> and supports equity between the two systems. <br /> BILL MARSH, volunteer worker for Planned Parenthood of Orange County, talked <br /> about the problems of teenage pregnancy. He summarized where Planned Parenthood <br /> receives their funds. He stated that last year Orange County allocated $10,000 to <br /> Planned Parenthood and that they are requesting that this be increased to $15,000. <br /> All of the money they are given is used for the prime purpose of education to prevent <br /> teenage pregnancies. <br /> MARY ELLEN PRIESTLY, volunteer for Planned Parenthood, described some of the new <br />