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15 <br />APPROVED 08/1712004 <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSSONERS <br />BUDGET PRESENTATION AND WORK SESSION <br />MAY 20, 2004 <br />7:30 p.m, <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Budget Presentation and Work <br />SeSs on on Thursday, May 20, 2004 p.m. at 7730P m. at the F, Gordon Battle <br />Courtroom in Hillsborough, North Carolina <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Barry Jacobs, Moses Carey, Jr, <br />Aida t. Cordon, and Stephen Halkio5s <br />COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: MFrgarat Brcvm <br />COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill, Sean Borhanian <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Assistant County <br />`:'a-2cers P.od Visser and Gwen Harvey and C!erk to the Board Donna S. Baker (Ai <br />other start members will be identified appr opr iatehv be!ow) <br />NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE <br />PERMANENT AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. <br />Chair Jacobs called the meeting to order and said:hat tonight they will get the 200 5 <br />Manager's recommended budget and CIP plans and then have a recess and have <br />presentations on Carolina North and Twin Creeks. <br />1. Presentation of Manager's Recommended FY 2004 -2005 Budaet <br />John, Link thanked all the staff that worked so hard on the budget, including Budget <br />Director Donna Dean, Rooney Mestas, Paul Laughton, MPA budget intern Rebecca <br />Crav,lo. d, Assistant County Managers Rcd Visser and Gwen Harvey, Purchasing and <br />Central Services Director Pam Jones, Personne! Director Elaine Holmes, Keith Cook, <br />and Greg Wilder, He said that there was also good participation with the two school <br />superintendents <br />The proposed budget is $137 million and the total request was $147 million from coon: <br />departments and both school systems. The largest percentage goes to education, at <br />48.4.i The next largest goes to Human S=ervices, at almost 22 %. <br />County Manager's Recommended 2004.05 Annual Operating Budget <br />Proposed General Fund Budoet Totals S137.351.929 <br />Proposed General Fund Tax Rate Increase of 4.5 Cents <br />• Recommended tax rate of 89 cents per S100 of assessed valuation <br />