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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 15, 2006 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 2 <br />SUBJECT: Budget/Capital Investment Plan (CIP) Drivers Discussion <br />DEPARTMENT: Manager/Budget/Public Works PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Table - Emerging Funding Considerations INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />2006 CIP Priorities and Drivers List John Link or Rod Visser, 919-245-2300 <br />2/15/06 Budget Director Memo Excerpt Donna Dean, 919-245-2151 <br />Projects Completed or to be Complete by Wayne Fenton, 919-245-2628 <br />6/30/06 <br />PURPOSE: To discuss programs, services, projects, and other factors that have the potential <br />to create major impacts on the formulation of the 2006-07 County operating budget and 2006-16 <br />Capital Investment Plan (CIP); and to provide guidance and direction to the Manager and staff <br />concerning the Board's relative priorities among these operating and capital budget elements. <br />BACKGROUND: At the January 20, 2006 annual planning retreat, the Board received a <br />presentation on operational and capital considerations that may constitute significant "budget <br />drivers" for the 2006-07 and 2007-08 fiscal years. Since that time, staff have actively assessed <br />other possible budget factors, and have received additional input from Commissioners.. That <br />information has been incorporated into the updated lists of budget and CIP drivers provided as <br />attachments to this abstract. <br />These by no means constitute either complete or final lists, as circumstances may develop <br />during the coming months that would lead to items being added to or deleted from these lists. <br />Moreover, it is unlikely that every item that may be mentioned will be able to be addressed in the <br />next two fiscal years, at least to the full extent of current cost estimates. The Board of <br />Commissioners' ongoing discussions about budget and capital priorities will provide important <br />guidance to the Manager and staff in shaping the degree to which various potential budget <br />drivers on the menu will be funded. <br />Staff plan to supplement the materials provided as background with this abstract by means of a <br />PowerPoint presentation at this March 15 work session. In addition to general BOCC <br />discussion and guidance about budget and CIP drivers, staff recommend that the Board <br />specifically allocate time to discuss the following subjects. <br />Efland/Buckhorn/Middle School Water & Sewer Infrastructure <br />As discussed at several recent BOCC meetings, staff estimate that the County will need <br />approximately $1.5 million in additional capital funding to complete the Central Efland Water & <br />Sewer Infrastructure project, with the reconfiguration of federal grant funding and the use of <br />local County funds to complete water and sewer line extensions to the new Gravelly Hill Middle