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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: April 26, 2005 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 1 <br />SUBJECT: County/OCS/CHCCS Discussion/Policy Issues <br />DEPARTMENT: Manager/Budget/CHCCS/OCS <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />f As listed in "Table of Appendices' <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />John Link or Rod Visser, 245-2300; <br />Donna Dean, 245-2151 <br />Neil Pedersen, 967-8211 <br />Shirley Carraway, 732-8126 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To discuss various issues with policy and/or financial implications that are of <br />current interest to the Orange County Commissioners, Orange County Board of Education, <br />and/or Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education, <br />BACKGROUND: <br />a. Consideration of the 60/40 Capital Funding Policy <br />At the Board's March 31, 2005 work session, the Board received a presentation from staff <br />regarding options to "operationalize" the BOCC's November 2004 policy that earmarks 60 <br />percent of capital funding for school projects and 40 percent of capital funding for County <br />projects for the next ten years. The Board noted that the options are quite complex, and that <br />additional time would be needed by the Board to fully understand the implications of the <br />various options, and to reflect, deliberate, and decide among them. County staff provided a <br />more detailed explanation of the funding options at the Board's April 20 work session, <br />including the revenue sources involved in the current and proposed policies, and review of <br />how the County and school capital funding allocations are calculated mathematically. Working <br />from the baseline funding option, staff pointed out haw assumptions change under Options 1- <br />5C (as presented at the March 31 and April 20 work sessions) and haw those changes lead to <br />differences in the way capital revenues would be allocated among Orange County, Orange <br />County Schools (OCS), and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS). <br />County staff plan to provide a similarly detailed review at this April 26 work session so that <br />school board members can likewise gain adequate understanding of the policy implications of <br />the various options presented to the Commissioners, The governing boards may also wish to <br />discuss perceived ramifications of various options. Such feedback may prove beneficial to <br />