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ORANGE COUNTY <br />HIM,SBOROUG H <br />NOR 1'FI Cr1P.01 -1N 1 <br />��jirrr �a9cr s �i.e <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Board of Commissioners <br />FROM: John Link, County Manager <br />SUBJECT: FY 1991 -92 School Budget <br />DATE: May 21, 1991 <br />&tn"i6 zd. 1752 <br />As we finalize preparation of the recommended 1991 -92 <br />budget, I would like to share with you my thoughts on a <br />couple of major issues that are shaping it. While <br />fortunately we are not experiencing the throes of financial <br />shortfalls on anything approaching the scale that the State <br />is, we are nonetheless affected by the overall economic <br />downturn. The slowed economy and uncertain State financial <br />picture have presented me with some of the toughest budget <br />decisions I have faced as Orange County Manager. <br />It is clear that Y will be obliged to recommend some <br />level of increase in the general ad valorem tax rate, perhaps <br />something on the order of last year's increase. My staff and <br />I are working diligently to complete a budget that would <br />minimize any tax increase while still addressing the County's <br />most critical commitments to citizen service. <br />One of the key factors in developing the FY 1991 -92 <br />County budget is the funding level for education. Included <br />in this memorandum is a summary of the School funding <br />requests and my preliminary recommendation for education <br />funding. I have forwarded complete copies of each School <br />System's proposed budget to each of you. <br />The two school systems combined request for County <br />appropriation reflects a $2.98 million (22 %) increase over <br />the current year appropriation, not including a requested <br />increase in the Chapel Hill - Carrboro District tax. If the <br />district tax increase is factored into the request, the <br />overall increase would be 25.5 percent, or $3.34 million. <br />