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2 <br />4. FY2018-19 Tax Rates 1 <br />• Consider and Approve the Ad Valorem Tax Rate 2 <br />• Consider and Approve the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Special 3 <br />District Tax 4 <br />• Consider and Approve the County Fire District Tax Rates 5 <br />5. Break 6 <br />6. Resolution of Intent to Adopt 7 <br />• Consider and Approve the Resolution of Intent to Adopt the FY2018-8 <br />19 Operating Budget at the Board of County Commissioners Regular 9 <br />Meeting on June 19, 2018 10 <br /> 11 <br />FY2018-19 Operating Budget 12 <br /> 13 <br />• Operating Budget Amendment #1 (General Fund) Provide Funds For IFC Capital 14 <br />Campaign 15 <br />– Current Policy on Outside Agency Capital Funding 16 <br />– Request is for $100,000 per Year for Three (3) Years 17 <br />– Funding Source – Other Post Retirement Employment Benefits - $485,000 in 18 <br />Manager’s Recommended Budget 19 <br />– Letter from Inter-Faith Council 20 <br />– Zero Interest Loan Program - Feasible 21 <br /> 22 <br />Chair Dorosin said he looked at the Board of County Commissioners’ (BOCC) policy, 23 <br />and he would still support this amendment. He said he believes this would be a reasonable 24 <br />amendment for the Board to make, and fits squarely within the scope of the County to provide 25 <br />for, and this falls within an exception to the policy. 26 <br />Commissioner Price reiterated Chair Dorosin’s comments, and said the Board can 27 <br />revise the policy, if necessary, but she thinks this amendment fits within the policy as currently 28 <br />written. 29 <br />Commissioner Marcoplos said this is an undoubtedly worthy project, and does serve a 30 <br />lot of people in the County. He said the policy is a bare bones statement that says the County 31 <br />will not award capital money, and does not incorporate ways for the Board to engage with 32 <br />projects that want some capital funding from the County. He said this particular project does not 33 <br />need the money right now, and he proposed that the Board revisit this policy some time in the 34 <br />fall, or at the retreat, to talk about setting up a policy that works, and can be understood by all. 35 <br />Commissioner Rich said she fought against this policy, the last time it was discussed, as 36 <br />she wanted to support the Rape Crisis Center in its capital funding; and, at that time, she asked 37 <br />if exceptions could considered, and Gary Donaldson, Chief Financial Officer, said yes. She 38 <br />read an excerpt from previous BOCC minutes, highlighting her desire to find exceptions to this 39 <br />policy, and the BOCC voted against her request at that time. She said all of these agencies are 40 <br />doing important work, and it is unclear to her how the Board can decide to fund one agency 41 <br />over another. 42 <br />Commissioner Rich said she liked the suggestion of discussing this policy further, at a 43 <br />later date. She said she cannot support this amendment, as two similar requests were denied 44 <br />last year, and it seems unfair to now fund this one. 45 <br />Commissioner Jacobs said he agreed with Commissioner Rich and Commissioner 46 <br />Marcoplos, and if the Board agreed to the request, it would be committing a lot of funding up 47 <br />front, without ever inviting other entities to apply, regardless of the merits of IFC’s proposal. He 48 <br />said if the BOCC is going to fund capital projects, there needs to be criteria; and if the funding 49 <br />21