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14 <br /> used that funding and did not put a single teacher into the classroom and there has to be a <br /> focus on students that aren't going to make it. <br /> Commissioner Fowler said that Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools chose that plan <br /> because it was intended for mental health. She said that Orange County provided it to teachers <br /> and that Chapel Hill-Carrboro did not know they had the option. <br /> Commissioner Richards said it was either supposed to be for mental health or <br /> achievement gap. <br /> Commissioner Bedford said that Commissioner Fowler was correct that it was for either <br /> option. <br /> Commissioner McKee said that is also his point. He said that it was an option, and they <br /> made a choice. He said it makes a difference to him. <br /> Commissioner Greene said that Orange County did not fund teachers, but they used it <br /> for staff. She said she understands that it is a special crisis year for the schools, it also a crises <br /> year for the community. She said that she is satisfied that they are striking the best balance. <br /> Commissioner Bedford, Commissioner Hamilton, and Commissioner Fowler were in <br /> favor of amendment 22-23OP-008 which would increase school funding by $1.2 million and <br /> reduce unallocated ARPA funds by $1.2 million. Chair Price, Commissioner Greene, <br /> Commissioner McKee, and Commissioner Richards were opposed. <br /> Slide #8 <br /> Operating Budget Amendments <br /> k <br /> 2-23776 nr"wmers&-(W tftc4iop easeiheVoschoddiDOW <br /> d F'amlbi� udgels[ecktcadat+i by S 1.000,000 QD <br /> �grip rir le 46 mserie finds <br /> 2-23OP-OM D3mmromEnE3dbrd ujiL.46 Dea-BaseArkde46reserueiaafset tib1.D00060 <br /> d Harnrlton 510W,WD itrraesela sdiaafs rurert <br /> experee. <br /> -23OP-01 mr mnersPrrceard ARPA Mlocate ad*lor;a ARPAidrdingrce radio 6769,1 <br /> rEplarernuilstr Orange Grave Fire <br /> Orstrrct, NewHTsFisDWr;i, mdSmtr <br /> �rwga Resarre SWed ints Fire Gistrirt <br /> PadioRepl cemamprgwtomdie <br /> iJnAxam Pro1ecl <br /> -23OPiRl Frrr6 metsPrieeard �WA Reduce kJn8 cffNProjedb�$789.1X [SmD.1xQ <br /> bULO irrraeseto Fire Distib lRedia <br /> Repla&wem prnled <br /> f <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> 3DFUI t CAROLINA <br /> Regarding budget amendment 22-23OP-005, Commissioner Bedford said $447,000 <br /> could be moved from the Article 46 reserve to the schools without impacting the following years <br /> needed funds for economic development. She said that would mean to be sustainable, the <br /> following year there would need to be a quarter cent tax increase to fund it in future years. She <br /> said she felt that $450,000 is a better number than $1 million. <br />