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1 <br /> APPROVED 6120/23 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> BUDGET WORK SESSION <br /> May 11, 2023 <br /> 7:00 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Budget Work Session on Thursday, <br /> May 11, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. at the Whitted Human Services Center in Hillsborough, NC. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Jamezetta Bedford, Vice-Chair Earl McKee, <br /> and Commissioners Amy Fowler, Sally Greene, Jean Hamilton, and Phyllis Portie-Ascott <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Commissioner Anna Richards <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Deputy County Manager <br /> Travis Myren, and Clerk to the Board Laura Jensen. (All other staff members will be identified <br /> appropriately below) <br /> Chair Bedford called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. All commissioners were present <br /> except Commissioner Richards. <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Hamilton, seconded by Commissioner Fowler, to <br /> delay discussion of Durham Technical Community College until the May 18, 2023 Budget Work <br /> Session. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 1. Discussion Regarding Outside Agencies Funding for FY 2023-24, Pg. 198 <br /> BACKGROUND: The County Manager presented the FY 2023-24 Recommended Budget <br /> (https://www.oranpecountync.pov/budget) on May 2, 2023. Since that time, the Board has <br /> conducted one public hearing to receive residents' comments regarding the proposed funding <br /> plan. This is the first opportunity for the Board to discuss next year's recommended funding <br /> plan related to Outside Agency and Education funding. <br /> Outside Agency Funding: The recommended Outside Agency Funding can be found on page <br /> 198 of the Manager's Recommended Budget. Six (6) major outside agencies are being funded <br /> in departmental budgets to provide better accountability, coordination and client outcomes. This <br /> amounts to $937,656 funded outside the outside agency pool of funding. This lowers the <br /> outside agency target to 5.6% of General Fund Expenditures, less education. The <br /> recommended budget allocates $1,037,016 to the remaining forty-two (42) agencies, or 7% <br /> above the target. Additionally, there is $45,000 in outside agency funds outside of the General <br /> Fund in the Visitors Bureau Fund. Those agencies will be managed by the Visitors Bureau and <br /> the Arts Commission. <br />