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8 <br /> <br />Commissioners. The schedule must show the date, time and place of each meeting. All <br />meetings will begin at 7:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted. <br /> <br />Discussion and selection of the 2020 calendar will provide the opportunity for the Board to <br />review the meeting schedule for the entire year as well as the proposed budget public hearing <br />schedule and other related issues. <br /> <br />In regard to the budget process, it should be noted that after the Manager presents the <br />Recommended Budget on May 5, all proposed amendments from Board members and staff <br />will be compiled, posted and updated on a continual basis on the County’s website. This effort <br />will inform the public on the proposed amendments and provide interested individuals and <br />organizations sufficient time to prepare for making comments at the public hearings and/or <br />share any comments with the Board via electronic or other means. <br /> <br />Two calendar options are offered for consideration. The first calendar (Option #1) was <br />presented at the BOCC work session on September 10, 2019. Based on Board member <br />comments during the work session, an alternate calendar (Option #2) is also presented. <br /> <br />Original Option #1 <br />During the budget process this past spring, Board members requested that the budget <br />amendment process be addressed, specifically to allow for public comments on any <br />amendments proposed after the Manager presented the Recommended Budget. Staff has <br />addressed this opportunity in the proposed meeting calendar for 2020 by scheduling the two <br />public hearings differently than in the past. <br /> <br />The first budget public hearing is proposed to occur on May 12, 2020 at the Whitted Center in <br />Hillsborough - after the Manager’s Recommended Budget presentation on May 5. The second <br />budget public hearing is proposed to occur at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel <br />Hill three weeks later on June 4, 2020. As proposed, convening the second public hearing on <br />June 4 would occur after the Board has conducted three budget work sessions and Board <br />members have had the opportunity to propose potential amendments to the Recommended <br />Budget. The June 4 second public hearing would provide the opportunity for public comment <br />on any proposed amendments and any other parts of the budget. The Board’s fourth and final <br />budget work session is proposed for June 9, 2019 when the Board would make decisions on <br />proposed amendments and the entire budget, and also adopt its Resolution of Intent to Adopt <br />the Budget. The Board would officially approve the budget at the proposed June 16, 2020 <br />Regular Meeting. <br /> <br />Option #2 <br />For Option #2, the proposed April 23, 2020 Work Session has been moved to March 31. <br />Budget Work Sessions in May and June are also shifted forward to reduce the number of May <br />meetings and thereby extend the budget work sessions and last regular meeting to later in <br />June. The second/last budget public hearing is proposed to occur on June 9, 2020, after the <br />Board has conducted three budget work sessions and Board members have had the <br />opportunity to propose potential amendments to the Recommended Budget. It should be <br />noted that shifting the third budget work session to June 4 and the second public hearing to <br />June 9 would provide only three business days between meetings for the public to prepare <br />comments on any proposed amendments. The Board’s fourth and final budget work session <br />would occur on June 16, 2019 when the Board would make decisions on proposed <br />amendments and the entire budget, and also adopt its Resolution of Intent to Adopt the