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<br />5 <br />a) Current Expense appropriation for local school districts totals $89,012,561, and <br />equates to a per pupil allocation of $4,367. <br />1) The Current Expense appropriation to the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City <br />Schools is $53,395,309. <br />2) The Current Expense appropriation to the Orange County Schools is <br />$35,617,252. <br />b) School Related Debt Service for local school districts totals $18,297,557. <br />c) Additional County funding for local school districts totals $6,629,597 <br /> <br />(1) School Resource Officers and School Health Nurses Contracts - total <br />appropriation of $3,629,597 to cover the costs of School Resource <br />Officers in every middle and high school, and a School Health Nurse <br />in every elementary, middle, and high schools in both school <br />systems. <br />(2) Deferred maintenance funding of $3,000,000 by ADM is allocated to <br />the school systems by the following: Chapel Hill-Carrboro City <br />Schools appropriation is $1,799,700 and Orange County Schools <br />appropriation is $1,200,300. <br /> <br /> <br />Section VI. Schedule B Privilege Licenses <br /> <br />In accordance with Schedule B of the Revenue Act, Article 2, Chapter 105 of the North <br />Carolina State Statutes, and any other section of the General Statutes so permitting, <br />there are hereby levied privilege license taxes in the maximum amount permitted on <br />businesses, trades, occupations or professions which the County is entitled to tax. <br /> <br /> <br />Section VII. Animal Licenses <br /> <br />A license costing $10 for sterilized dogs and sterilized cats is hereby levied. A license for <br />un-sterilized dogs and a license for un-sterilized cats is $30 per animal. <br /> <br /> <br />Section VIII. Board of Commissioners' Compensation <br /> <br />The Board of County Commissioners authorizes that: <br />• For fiscal year 2020-21, the approved budget does not include a wage increase <br />or merit pay. <br />• Annual compensation for County Commissioners will include the County <br />contribution for health insurance, dental insurance and life insurance that is <br />provided for permanent County employees, provided the Commissioners are <br />eligible for this coverage under the insurance contracts and other contracts <br />affecting these benefits. <br />• County Commissioners' compensation includes eligibility to continue to <br />participate in the County health insurance at term end as provided below: <br /> <br />o If the County Commissioner has served less than two full terms in office <br />(less than eight years), the Commissioner may participate by paying the <br />full cost of such coverage. (If the Commissioner is age 65 or older, <br />Medicare becomes the primary insurer and group health insurance ends.) <br /> <br />12