Agenda - 05-04-2021; 8-a - Minutes

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32 1 2 Travis Myren said the next check-in point will be the joint meeting with the schools. He 3 said there are questions that have come up through the petition process regarding operating 4 and capital projects that may have been affected by federal funding. 5 Bonnie Hammersley reminded the BOCC if there are any amendments to the 6 recommended CIP to send them by email to her and Travis Myren, and they will work with 7 Finance. She said if there are any offsets, which the commissioners want staff to look into 8 taking out, to also let her or Travis Myren know. She said the list of amendments will go online 9 on a daily basis, and all will be able to view what amendments other commissioners are asking 10 for. 11 Commissioner Fowler referred to page 173 of the CIP, and said she thought school and 12 economic development percentage was 50-50. She asked if this had changed. 13 Paul Laughton said nothing has changed with article 40 and 42, and the half cent sales 14 tax has been as General Statute for years. He said this can be used for capital outlay or school 15 debt. He said the Article 46 sales tax was approved by the voters in November 2011, and 16 became effective April 2012. He said board established the 50% for schools and 50% for 17 economic development. He said article 40 and 42 are different than the Article 46 sales tax. 18 Commissioner Fowler said the same page mentions a 60% target for school projects 19 and 40% for county projects. She asked if the county has been sticking to that, and if Durham 20 Tech is included in those school projects or if it is supposed to be K-12. 21 Paul Laughton said it is for school projects, which would be for any education projects, 22 including Durham Tech. He said this would be a 10-year window of trying to stay around the 23 target of 60-40. 24 Commissioner Fowler asked if the county has been staying around that percentage 25 Paul Laughton said yes, or very close to it. 26 Chair Price asked for a brief explanation of the pages after 146. 27 Paul Laughton said these are projects that correspond to page 145, and are ongoing or 28 have not gone out to financing. He said they are active projects that have not been closed out. 29 Chair Price clarified that it does not mean the Link Center will go unaddressed. 30 Paul Laughton said it just means there is no new funding recommended in the CIP for 31 the next five years. 32 Commissioner Bedford said Commissioner Hamilton and Commissioner Fowler may 33 benefit from seeing the format from last year's amendments. She said years ago, the school 34 collaboration discussed the 60/40 split, and there has not been much analysis since then and 35 whether this funding is appropriate. She said at one point county buildings were falling into 36 terrible disrepair and more funds were needed to fix them. She asked if Article 40 was part of 37 the pay as you go for schools. 38 Paul Laughton yes, pay as you go and Article 46 monies have been used. He said in 39 recent years trying to hold to the fund balance at 16% has been challenging. 40 Commissioner Bedford said there was an additional $3 million for school capital that is 41 expiring this year because of the $30 million. She said it has taken the schools six years to 42 spend the bond money, and Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools asked for an extension to spend their 43 portion of the $30 million, so she feels there may not be capacity at the schools to do as much. 44 She said she would like more conversations based on need versus formula, and what people 45 can actually achieve. 46 47 A motion was made by Commissioner Dorosin, seconded by Commissioner Bedford, to 48 adjourn the meeting at 9:58 p.m. 49 50 Roll call ensued 51