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5 <br /> <br /> Implement pilot for “Local Housing Voucher” program 1 <br /> PUBLIC SAFETY 2 <br /> Criminal Justice Resources - 0.5 FTE (Contingent on new ABC revenue) 3 <br /> 4 <br />Commissioner Marcoplos asked if there is a deadline for the Town of Chapel Hill to 5 <br />make a decision on the Food Council position. 6 <br />Bonnie Hammersley said by early June. 7 <br />Commissioner Marcoplos asked how much Chapel Hill is being asked to contribute. 8 <br />Bonnie Hammersley said about $40,000. She resumed the PowerPoint presentation: 9 <br /> 10 <br />FY2018-19 Recommended Budget Education 11 <br />Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) 12 <br />Orange County Schools (OCS) – table 13 <br /> 14 <br />Chair Dorosin said he wants to know how exactly many students there are in CHCCS. 15 <br />Paul Laughton, Deputy Finance and Administrative Services Director, said it would be 16 <br />12,387 minus 155 charter students. 17 <br />Chair Dorosin said OCS is 8,011 minus 769. 18 <br />Paul Laughton said yes. 19 <br />Chair Dorosin said the County is giving money for the total numbers of 12,387 for 20 <br />CHCCS and 8,011 for OCS. 21 <br />Paul Laughton said yes. 22 <br />Bonnie Hammersley resumed the PowerPoint presentation: 23 <br /> 24 <br />Education: CHCCS and OCS Operations 25 <br /> 26 <br />Paul Laughton referred to the previous slide, and said the out of district pupils are in the 27 <br />seats. He said these students are not included in the ADM, because they pay tuition. 28 <br />Chair Dorosin asked if the number of the actual students in the seats could be identified. 29 <br />Bonnie Hammersley said she would get the specific numbers in a simpler format to the 30 <br />BOCC by the May 10th public hearing. 31 <br />Commissioner Rich asked if this changes the percentages. 32 <br />Bonnie Hammersley said no, and the ADM determines the percentages, and those 33 <br />percentages are determined by the information received from DPI. 34 <br />Commissioner McKee said, as he understands it, in Orange County Schools there are 35 <br />103 out of district students in the seats, for which the County does not pay, and 769 students in 36 <br />charter schools seats, for which the County does pay. He said the funds for charter school 37 <br />students is double, because the per pupil goes to the charter school, and the local district 38 <br />school is also held harmless. 39 <br />Chair Dorosin said then that money is distributed among the rest of the kids, making the 40 <br />per pupil higher than $4,000. He said he would like to know this specific figure. 41 <br />Bonnie Hammersley said staff will get that information to the BOCC. She resumed the 42 <br />PowerPoint presentation: 43 <br /> 44 <br />Capital Funding for Schools 45 <br /> 46 <br />Bonnie Hammersley said she is recommending a Deferred Maintenance Plan for each 47 <br />of the school districts, and is proposing to use about $3 million out of the $8 million fund 48 <br />balance. She said if the BOCC adopts this recommendation, the schools can provide a list of 49