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RECEIVED t:ROM LIZ BROWN <br />06/17/05 <br />\\\ <br />4. Same question for OWASA's board: What percentage resides in OCS district? <br />How are they appointed or elected? By whom? <br />5. What percentage of residents in OCS district has children in the schools? <br />6. What percentage of residents in CHCCS district has children in the schools? <br />7. What is the average income of residents in the OCS district? <br />8. What is the average income ofresidents in the CHCCS district? <br />9. What is racial demography of OC.S district? (especially minority and low-income <br />populations) Of CHCCS district? <br />General questions: Schools and district-tax scenarios <br />1. What percentage of CHCCS' local budget is funded by its district tax? <br />2. What is the maximum rate for this tax? (it is currently 20 cents). Is it currently <br />capped at 35 cents? Could it rise to 60 cents if the district's population reached <br />100,000? What would cause it to rise? <br />3, If CHCCS' district tax were currently set at its maximrlrn, and its total local <br />budget remained the same (roughly $44 million), what percentage of its local <br />budget would this fund? <br />4. If CHCCS' district tax had been set at its maximum THIS YEAR, (assuming the <br />same ratio of 10,700 CHCCS students to 6,700 OCS students, and the same <br />budget requests submitted this year), what would the OCS district tax have to he <br />set at to fully fund this year's requested OCS budget? In other words, what would <br />the ad valorem tax have to be set at to fully fund the OCS budget request, if there <br />were no CHCCS district tax at all contributing to CHCCS' budget? <br />5. IrI the complete absence of a CHCCS district tax, to fund both CHCCS and OCS <br />this year, what would the tax rate have to be on a countywide tax to fund OCS <br />with $20 million? <br />6. I've read that cornrnissioners discussed capping an OCS district tax at 10 cents. <br />What is the purpose for that? <br />Z If the OCS district tax reaches its limit - of 10 cents, for example -how would <br />the commissioners fund the OCS budget if there was still a shortfall, given the <br />per-pupil request from CHCCS? (Is there another option once that cap has been <br />reached?) <br />8. What guarantee would OCS have that the commissioners would set the OCS tax <br />at the appropriate rate to fully fund its school board's budget request? <br />9. If commissioners refused to set the OCS tax at the aniount requested by the school <br />board, what remedy could the school system seek? <br />10. For the next 10 years, what are projected capital projects (new construction and <br />major renovations) for OCS? For CHCCS? <br />11. Will these school-building costs be borne equally by all residents in the county, <br />paid for by countywide taxes? <br />12. Would it be possible, instead of delegating district taxes in each district for per- <br />pupil funding, to instead delegate special district taxes for capital building <br />projects only? <br />