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Attachment 4 <br /> 1 <br /> 1 DRAFT MINUTES <br /> 2 ORANGE COUNTY <br /> 3 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> 4 BUDGET WORK SESSION <br /> 5 May 11, 2023 <br /> 6 7:00 p.m. <br /> 7 <br /> 8 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Budget Work Session on Thursday, <br /> 9 May 11, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. at the Whitted Human Services Center in Hillsborough, NC. <br /> 10 <br /> 11 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Jamezetta Bedford, Vice-Chair Earl McKee, <br /> 12 and Commissioners Amy Fowler, Sally Greene, Jean Hamilton, and Phyllis Portie-Ascott <br /> 13 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Commissioner Anna Richards <br /> 14 COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> 15 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Deputy County Manager <br /> 16 Travis Myren, and Clerk to the Board Laura Jensen. (All other staff members will be identified <br /> 17 appropriately below) <br /> 18 <br /> 19 Chair Bedford called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. All commissioners were present <br /> 20 except Commissioner Richards. <br /> 21 <br /> 22 A motion was made by Commissioner Hamilton, seconded by Commissioner Fowler, to <br /> 23 delay discussion of Durham Technical Community College until the May 18, 2023 Budget Work <br /> 24 Session. <br /> 25 <br /> 26 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 27 <br /> 28 <br /> 29 1. Discussion Regarding Outside Agencies Funding for FY 2023-24, Pg. 198 <br /> 30 <br /> 31 BACKGROUND: The County Manager presented the FY 2023-24 Recommended Budget <br /> 32 (https://www.orangecountync.gov/budcget) on May 2, 2023. Since that time, the Board has <br /> 33 conducted one public hearing to receive residents' comments regarding the proposed funding <br /> 34 plan. This is the first opportunity for the Board to discuss next year's recommended funding <br /> 35 plan related to Outside Agency and Education funding. <br /> 36 <br /> 37 Outside Agency Funding: The recommended Outside Agency Funding can be found on page <br /> 38 198 of the Manager's Recommended Budget. Six (6) major outside agencies are being funded <br /> 39 in departmental budgets to provide better accountability, coordination and client outcomes. This <br /> 40 amounts to $937,656 funded outside the outside agency pool of funding. This lowers the <br /> 41 outside agency target to 5.6% of General Fund Expenditures, less education. The <br /> 42 recommended budget allocates $1,037,016 to the remaining forty-two (42) agencies, or 7% <br /> 43 above the target. Additionally, there is $45,000 in outside agency funds outside of the General <br /> 44 Fund in the Visitors Bureau Fund. Those agencies will be managed by the Visitors Bureau and <br /> 45 the Arts Commission. <br /> 46 <br /> 47 <br />