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12 <br /> 1 6. Regular Agenda <br /> 2 <br /> 3 a. Approval of Fiscal Year 2021-22 Budget Ordinance, County Grant Projects, and <br /> 4 County Fee Schedule <br /> 5 The Board approved the Fiscal Year 2021-22 Budget Ordinance, County Grant Projects, <br /> 6 and County Fee Schedule <br /> 7 <br /> 8 BACKGROUND: <br /> 9 At the June 8, 2021 budget work session, the Board of County Commissioners made decisions <br /> 10 regarding the County's FY2021-22 budget. See the following attachments related to those <br /> 11 decisions: <br /> 12 <br /> 13 • Amendment 1, the Resolution of Intent to Adopt the FY2021-22 Orange County Budget <br /> 14 outlines the actions approved by the Board of County Commissioners on June 8, 2021 <br /> 15 <br /> 16 • Attachment 2, FY2021-22 Budget Ordinance, is the legislation implementing the <br /> 17 FY2021-22 Annual Operating Budget for Orange County <br /> 18 <br /> 19 • Attachment 3, FY2021-22 County Grant Projects <br /> 20 <br /> 21 • Attachment 4, FY2021-22 County Fee Schedule <br /> 22 <br /> 23 Paul Laughton reviewed the background information for the agenda item. He said there <br /> 24 were some questions about the fee schedule at the Board's June 8 meeting, which Travis <br /> 25 Myren sent answers to by email to commissioners last Friday. <br /> 26 <br /> 27 A motion was made by Commissioner Bedford, seconded by Commissioner McKee, to <br /> 28 adopt the FY2021-22 Budget Ordinance, the FY 2021-22 County Grant Projects, and the <br /> 29 FY2021-22 County Fee Schedule, consistent with the parameters outlined in the Board's <br /> 30 "Resolution of Intent to Adopt the FY2021-22 Orange County Budget. <br /> 31 <br /> 32 John Roberts said he made some recommendations to the Board about adjustments to <br /> 33 the language that would differentiate it from last year. He said he thought it would be a separate <br /> 34 page, but those changes have already been incorporated. He said he wants to make sure the <br /> 35 Commissioners are comfortable with the changes before they vote. <br /> 36 Commissioner Dorosin asked if John Roberts could flag those changes. He also asked <br /> 37 if there will be a separate motion for each item the Board is approving, or one motion for all. <br /> 38 Chair Price said the motion was for all three items. <br /> 39 Commissioner Dorosin said since he will vote against the budget because of the removal <br /> 40 of the Durham Tech project from the CIP, he wanted to make sure so he can vote against the <br /> 41 motion. <br /> 42 John Roberts said the changes are on the top of page 15 of the agenda packet, the <br /> 43 bottom of page 9, Section 14, Contractual Obligations and Disposal of Property. He said the <br /> 44 primary change is that it adds a disposal of property section, with subsection b changing to <br /> 45 $90,000; subsection c changes language and requires one board approval before the Manager <br /> 46 signs. He said if the Board has approved a specific item in a project, up to a certain amount, the <br /> 47 Manager can sign the contract for that project. He said this excludes projects that require the <br /> 48 Board to award a bid, which would exclude most really large projects. He said new sections G <br /> 49 and H were added, which allow the Manager to dispose of property up to $30,000 value, which <br /> 50 is authorized by statute, and would include personal property. He said these sections also allow <br />