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2 <br /> <br />work, LED lighting plans, and the sustainability evaluation process that is now applied to 1 <br />all new construction. 2 <br /> 3 <br /> 4 <br />1. FY 2019-20 Fire District Tax Rates, Pgs. 261-266 5 <br />Damascus Fire District and Southern Triangle Fire Service District, Pg. 262 6 <br />White Cross Fire District, Pg. 266 7 <br /> 8 <br />BACKGROUND: During tonight’s work session, Commissioners will have the opportunity to 9 <br />dialogue with Damascus Fire District and Southern Triangle Fire Service District, as well as 10 <br />White Cross Fire District who have requested tax rate increases for FY 2019-20. As in the past, 11 <br />fire districts requesting tax rate increases present their needs for a tax increase to the 12 <br />Commissioners at a work session. Staff has invited representatives from the departments listed 13 <br />above to tonight’s work session to answer any questions and/or provide additional information 14 <br />to the Board regarding their increase. 15 <br /> 16 <br />Attachment A provides information regarding tax rate requests from all twelve (12) fire districts 17 <br />and/or fire service districts in Orange County for FY 2019-20, the amount of funds one cent on 18 <br />the tax rate generates, fund balance information, as well as information detailing the reasons 19 <br />for the requested tax rate increases. Information regarding all fire districts is located in the Fire 20 <br />District section of the FY 2019-20 Manager Recommended Budget beginning on page 261. 21 <br /> 22 <br />Attachment B reflects historical Fire District tax rates dating back to FY 2004-05. 23 <br />The Fire Districts requesting tax rate increases in FY 2019-20 are as follows: 24 <br />• Damascus Fire District and Southern Triangle Fire Service District (Page 262) – 25 <br />increase of .50 cents, going from a current tax rate of 10.30 cents to 10.80 cents, for 26 <br />FY 2019-20. This rate increase is to continue to meet the needs of operations and 27 <br />replacement of aging apparatus. This rate is consistent with the Chatham County tax 28 <br />rate. 29 <br />• White Cross Fire District (Page 266) – increase of 1.00 cents, going from a current tax 30 <br />rate of 11.37 cents to 12.37 cents, for FY 2019-20. This rate increase will be used to 31 <br />add staff for 24 hours day/5 days a week coverage. The district is also requesting 32 <br />$40,000 from their available fund balance to help install a training tower as part of a 33 <br />grant received. 34 <br /> 35 <br /> 36 <br />2. Discussion of County Departments’ FY2019-20 Recommended Budgets within the 37 <br />Public Safety, General Government, and Support Services Functional Leadership 38 <br />Teams (including Operations, Capital, and Fee Schedule Changes): 39 <br />Public Safety 40 <br />Courts, Pg. 117 41 <br />Criminal Justice Resources, Pg. 118 42 <br />Emergency Services, Pg. 246 43 <br />Sheriff, Pg. 371 44 <br /> 45 <br />BACKGROUND: The County Manager presented the FY 2019-20 Recommended Operating 46 <br />Budget on May 2, 2019. Since then, the Board has conducted two public hearings to receive 47 <br />residents' comments regarding the proposed funding plan. On May 23, 2019, the Board 48 <br />discussed recommended FY 2019-20 budgets for Durham Technical Community College – 49 <br />Orange County campus, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education and Orange 50