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21 <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Greene for <br /> the Board to approve the Consent Agenda. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> • Discussion and Approval of the Items Removed from the Consent Agenda <br /> d. Fiscal Year 2018-19 Budget Amendment#8 <br /> The Board considered voting to approve budget, county capital, and school capital <br /> project ordinance amendments for fiscal year 2018-19 for Department of Environment, <br /> Agriculture, Parks and Recreation (DEAPR); Health Department; Orange County Schools <br /> Capital Projects; and Article 46 Sales Tax Proceeds. <br /> Commissioner Marcoplos said he would like to understand the accounting process for <br /> the Article 46 sales tax proceeds. He asked if there a reason why the County ends up with <br /> additional collected funds, when presumably the money is disbursed annually. <br /> Paul Laughton, Finance and Administrative Services, said the Article 46 Sales Tax <br /> actual revenues since inception (April 2012) has been higher than the budgeted amounts. He <br /> said the $1.1 million that is part of Budget Amendment#8 represents collection amounts <br /> exceeding the budgeted amount. He said in the future, staff will bring forward budget <br /> amendments on an annual basis following the completion of the financial audit. <br /> Chair Rich asked if these Article 46 funds are part of the percentage, which is given to <br /> the schools. <br /> Paul Laughton said this is separate, and is part of the CIP. He said the 48.1% is used <br /> on current expense, debt service, long range and recurring capital, etc. He said this is put in by <br /> the ADM. <br /> Chair Rich said it is above the target. <br /> Paul Laughton said yes. <br /> Commissioner McKee said this is a good thing. <br /> Commissioner Dorosin said since it is not counted in the 48.1%, it would be good to <br /> have an assessment of the total amount of education funding. <br /> Chair Rich said these types of add-ons are why the percentage sometimes exceeds <br /> 50%. <br /> Bonnie Hammersley said it went above 50% because of the general fund revenue. She <br /> said because less fund balance is being used, more general fund revenue is needed. She said <br /> the more revenue, the more must be spent to get to the percentage. <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Marcoplos, seconded by Commissioner Dorosin <br /> to approve the budget, county capital, and school capital project ordinance amendments for <br /> fiscal year 2018-19. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> a. Minutes <br /> The Board approved the minutes from April 4 and 9, 2019, as submitted by the Clerk to the <br /> Board. <br /> b. Motor Vehicle Property Tax Releases/Refunds <br /> The Board adopted a resolution, which is incorporated by reference, to release motor vehicle <br /> property tax values for seven taxpayers with a total of seven bills that will result in a reduction of <br /> revenue in accordance with the NCGS. <br /> c. Property Tax Releases/Refunds <br />