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1 <br /> APPROVED 916/22 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> BUDGET WORK SESSION <br /> May 26, 2022 <br /> 7:00 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Budget Work Session on Thursday, <br /> May 26, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Renee Price, Vice Chair Jamezetta Bedford, <br /> and Commissioners Amy Fowler, Jean Hamilton, Earl McKee and Anna Richards <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Commissioner Sally Greene <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: Deputy County Manager Travis Myren, and Clerk to the Board <br /> Laura Jensen. (All other staff members will be identified appropriately below) <br /> Chair Price called the Board of County Commissioners meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. <br /> Chair Price welcomed everyone to the budget work session. She noted that <br /> Commissioner Greene would not be in attendance. <br /> 1. FY 2022-23 Budget Discussion with Durham Technical Community College <br /> The Board reviewed and discussed the Orange County Campus of Durham Technical <br /> Community College FY 2022-23 Operating and Capital Investment Plan Budgets. <br /> BACKGROUND: The County Manager presented the FY 2022-23 Recommended Budget on <br /> May 3, 2022. Since that time, the Board has conducted one public hearing to receive residents' <br /> comments regarding the proposed funding plan. Tonight's work session is the first opportunity <br /> the Board has had to discuss next year's recommended funding plan related to non K-12 <br /> Education funding. Total Durham Technical Community College Education funding, as included <br /> in the FY 2022-23 Manager Recommended Budget, is $884,405. <br /> County Support of Orange County Campus of Durham Technical Community College <br /> Durham Technical Community College (DTCC) — Orange County Campus requested $822,020 <br /> for Operations (an increase of $44,928 from FY 2021-22), Capital Outlay funds of $100,000 <br /> ($25,000 increase from FY 2021-22), and $250,000 related to financial aid ($200,000 to <br /> continue the funding of 200 scholarships for Orange County residents attending DTCC and <br /> continued funding of $50,000 for financial aid grants for Back to Work students when their <br /> courses are not covered by the State). Both financial aid requests are funded through Article 46 <br /> One-Quarter Cent Sales Tax proceeds. <br /> The recommended funding for the Orange County Campus of Durham Technical Community <br /> College, located at the Waterstone Development in Hillsborough, provides current expense <br /> funding of $809,405 (an increase of$32,313 from FY 2021-22) and recurring capital of $75,000 <br /> (the same as in FY 2021-22). In addition, the recommended budget includes $200,000 for 200 <br /> scholarships (student tuition for Orange County Residents) and $50,000 for financial aid for <br /> Back to Work students when their courses are not covered by the State. Both of these will be <br /> paid from Article 46 Sales Tax proceeds instead of through Current Expenses. <br />