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14 <br /> 1 Commissioner Fowler said that Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools chose that plan <br /> 2 because it was intended for mental health. She said that Orange County provided it to teachers <br /> 3 and that Chapel Hill-Carrboro did not know they had the option. <br /> 4 Commissioner Richards said it was either supposed to be for mental health or <br /> 5 achievement gap. <br /> 6 Commissioner Bedford said that Commissioner Fowler was correct that it was for either <br /> 7 option. <br /> 8 Commissioner McKee said that is also his point. He said that it was an option, and they <br /> 9 made a choice. He said it makes a difference to him. <br /> 10 Commissioner Greene said that Orange County did not fund teachers, but they used it <br /> 11 for staff. She said she understands that it is a special crisis year for the schools, it also a crises <br /> 12 year for the community. She said that she is satisfied that they are striking the best balance. <br /> 13 Commissioner Bedford, Commissioner Hamilton, and Commissioner Fowler were in <br /> 14 favor of amendment 22-23OP-008 which would increase school funding by $1.2 million and <br /> 15 reduce unallocated ARPA funds by $1.2 million. Chair Price, Commissioner Greene, <br /> 16 Commissioner McKee, and Commissioner Richards were opposed. <br /> 17 <br /> 18 Slide #8 <br /> Operating Budget Amendments <br /> r•p-, <br /> ��-2�4P-Qr)5 nirn�3larret� d +krca4ar+ eaaetret�v scl+addi�n � 31,E1a4; <br /> J Hankin dud"feducanl by 31 000,40040 <br /> rigkicle 46rEserieftnds <br /> 22-230P-M5 Larrrnr,�IonersSednrd kWP46 bezaease?rWe 46reeervela alsEt if;Clfli <br /> and Kwrrmn 1.000,000 nrreaeel Edmals arrert <br /> Q2-230,R—WI nrw%mem Prix and WA Vbcao arab nal AFPA luridir@irrradia <br /> epL3rerneftbr QrargeGram Fire <br /> isms. fkwHWeFn Dema and SDA <br /> Drimp Regie Squad initis Fire Gismrb <br /> adia Repfamenl p*gWJr= <br /> naikWN ProjW <br /> 22.230P-001 0)rrefi"anees Aim and Peduce Ul akx d Proby M9.1 rX1 <br /> e0 Ad nrxeweb}FireDshh Radia <br /> FevsErnerd prgEd <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> RTI a CARCUANA <br /> 19 <br /> 20 Regarding budget amendment 22-23OP-005, Commissioner Bedford said $447,000 <br /> 21 could be moved from the Article 46 reserve to the schools without impacting the following years <br /> 22 needed funds for economic development. She said that would mean to be sustainable, the <br /> 23 following year there would need to be a quarter cent tax increase to fund it in future years. She <br /> 24 said she felt that $450,000 is a better number than $1 million. <br /> 25 Commissioner McKee said he is against the amendment. He said that he has been on <br /> 26 the Board since 2010. He said at that time, he had seen the county bypassed by economic <br /> 27 development projects year after year. He said he learned that there was no effort to attract <br /> 28 business with jobs and taxes and that the state economic development office had written the <br />