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2 <br />• Consider and Approve County Fee Schedule <br />4. FY2018-19 Tax Rates <br />• Consider and Approve the Ad Valorem Tax Rate <br />• Consider and Approve the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Special <br />District Tax <br />• Consider and Approve the County Fire District Tax Rates <br />5. Break <br />6. Resolution of Intent to Adopt <br />• Consider and Approve the Resolution of Intent to Adopt the FY2018-19 <br />Operating Budget at the Board of County Commissioners Regular <br />Meeting on June 19, 2018 <br /> <br />FY2018-19 Operating Budget <br /> <br />• Operating Budget Amendment #1 (General Fund) Provide Funds For IFC Capital <br />Campaign <br />– Current Policy on Outside Agency Capital Funding <br />– Request is for $100,000 per Year for Three (3) Years <br />– Funding Source – Other Post Retirement Employment Benefits - $485,000 in <br />Manager’s Recommended Budget <br />– Letter from Inter-Faith Council <br />– Zero Interest Loan Program - Feasible <br /> <br />Chair Dorosin said he looked at the Board of County Commissioners’ (BOCC) policy, <br />and he would still support this amendment. He said he believes this would be a reasonable <br />amendment for the Board to make, and fits squarely within the scope of the County to provide <br />for, and this falls within an exception to the policy. <br />Commissioner Price reiterated Chair Dorosin’s comments, and said the Board can revise <br />the policy, if necessary, but she thinks this amendment fits within the policy as currently written. <br />Commissioner Marcoplos said this is an undoubtedly worthy project, and does serve a <br />lot of people in the County. He said the policy is a bare bones statement that says the County <br />will not award capital money, and does not incorporate ways for the Board to engage with <br />projects that want some capital funding from the County. He said this particular project does not <br />need the money right now, and he proposed that the Board revisit this policy some time in the <br />fall, or at the retreat, to talk about setting up a policy that works, and can be understood by all. <br />Commissioner Rich said she fought against this policy, the last time it was discussed, as <br />she wanted to support the Rape Crisis Center in its capital funding; and, at that time, she asked <br />if exceptions could considered, and Gary Donaldson, Chief Financial Officer, said yes. She <br />read an excerpt from previous BOCC minutes, highlighting her desire to find exceptions to this <br />policy, and the BOCC voted against her request at that time. She said all of these agencies are <br />doing important work, and it is unclear to her how the Board can decide to fund one agency over <br />another. <br />Commissioner Rich said she liked the suggestion of discussing this policy further, at a <br />later date. She said she cannot support this amendment, as two similar requests were denied <br />last year, and it seems unfair to now fund this one. <br />Commissioner Jacobs said he agreed with Commissioner Rich and Commissioner <br />Marcoplos, and if the Board agreed to the request, it would be committing a lot of funding up <br />front, without ever inviting other entities to apply, regardless of the merits of IFC’s proposal. He <br />said if the BOCC is going to fund capital projects, there needs to be criteria; and if the funding is <br />above a certain cost, the Board may want to require value engineering. He asked if staff would <br />bring back talking points in the fall.