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13 <br /> <br /> Clerk to the Board’s Office <br /> County Manager’s Office <br /> Orange County Website – orangecountync.gov <br /> <br />• Upcoming Budget Meetings <br />o April 14 Work Session for Capital Investment Plan <br />o April 23 Work Session for School and Durham Tech CIP <br />o May 5 Presentation of FY2020-21 Recommended <br />Operating Budget <br />o May 12 & June 4 Public Hearings on Operating Budget and CIP <br />o May 14 Work Session for Schools and Outside Agencies <br />o May 21 Work Session for Fire Dist., Public Safety, Support, <br />Gen. Govt. <br />o May 28 Work Session for Human Services and Comm. <br />Services <br />o June 9 Amendments and Intent to Adopt <br />o June 16 Adoption of Operating Budget and CIP <br /> <br /> Chair Rich referred to page 121, sustainability for CHCCS, and said CHCCS got <br />$450,000 for sustainability projects over the next 5 years. She said she did not see similar <br />funding for OCS, and asked if OCS is getting funding. <br />Paul Laughton said OCS did not identify that as a specific request. <br /> Chair Rich said she would like to ask OCS if it is spending any money for sustainability. <br /> Chair Rich asked if there is a process in place to track the schools’ spending and CIP <br />spending. <br /> Paul Laughton said the County meets with the schools twice a year, and they run <br />summary reports on completed projects. He said some of the challenges that the schools are <br />having is the timing of when some of these projects can be completed. He said if projects <br />cannot be completed in the summer, they may get pushed to the next year, which may be a <br />reason there is sometimes a lag. <br />Paul Laughton said staff will bring closed out projects to the Orange County Board of <br />Commissioners in an abstract. <br />Commissioner Dorosin referred to the Durham Tech (DT) request, and said the funding <br />is in year 6. He said there is a real sense that DT wants to do more in Orange County, but <br />cannot do so without the new building. He said this crisis may put a lot of pressure on <br />community colleges, and putting this out for 6 years is bad planning. <br />Commissioner Dorosin said it is critical to move these monies up in the CIP, and if the <br />County can put funds in this year it would be good. <br />Commissioner Marcoplos said the BOCC needs to institutionalize a reporting schedule <br />process, perhaps quarterly. <br />Commissioner Price echoed Commissioner Dorosin’s comments for the Durham Tech <br />new facility, but said it may be worth waiting until the new president comes on board to have <br />this conversation. She said Durham Tech also has the middle college, with growing numbers. <br />She said more capacity is needed in Orange County. <br />Commissioner Greene agreed with these comments about Durham Tech. <br />Chair Rich said putting funding into DT requires it to be taken from other projects. She <br />said the County is in a tight situation, and money will not be as available. <br />Commissioner Dorosin said he appreciates the current times, but he would like to look <br />through the CIP to try and find some funding. He said DT has been deferential, to the two <br />school districts, in its requests.