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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 28, 2024 <br /> 6 7:00 p.m. <br /> 7 <br /> 8 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Budget Work Session on Tuesday, May <br /> 9 28, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, NC. <br /> 10 <br /> 11 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Jamezetta Bedford, Vice-Chair Sally Greene, <br /> 12 and Commissioners Amy Fowler, Jean Hamilton, Earl McKee, Phyllis Portie-Ascott, and Anna <br /> 13 Richards <br /> 14 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: None <br /> 15 COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: None <br /> 16 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Deputy County Manager <br /> 17 Travis Myren, and Clerk to the Board Laura Jensen. (All other staff members will be identified <br /> 18 appropriately below) <br /> 19 <br /> 20 Chair Bedford called the Board of County Commissioners meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. <br /> 21 All commissioners were present. <br /> 22 <br /> 23 1. Discussion of County Departments' FY 2024-25 Recommended Budgets <br /> 24 The Board reviewed and discussed FY 2024-25 recommended departmental budgets. <br /> 25 <br /> 26 BACKGROUND: The County Manager presented the FY 2024-25 Recommended Operating <br /> 27 Budget at the Board's May 7, 2024 Business meeting. Since then, the Board has conducted one <br /> 28 public hearing on May 14, 2024 to receive residents' comments regarding the proposed funding <br /> 29 plan. At its May 16, 2024 budget work session, the Board discussed recommended FY 2024-25 <br /> 30 Outside Agencies funding and recommended budgets for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools <br /> 31 Board of Education, Orange County Schools Board of Education and Durham Tech Community <br /> 32 College. At its May 23, 2024 budget work session, the Board discussed the recommended FY <br /> 33 2024-25 budgets for the Fire Districts, as well as three departments (Sheriff's Office, Equity & <br /> 34 Inclusion, and Library Services) that were not able to attend this May 28th budget work session. <br /> 35 <br /> 36 Tonight's work session offers the Board an opportunity to review and discuss the recommended <br /> 37 budgets directly with County departments and the Sportsplex within the structure of Functional <br /> 38 Leadership Teams, including operations, capital, and department fee schedule change <br /> 39 recommendations. <br /> 40 <br /> 41 Functional Leadership Teams: <br /> 42 The following Functional Leadership Teams are scheduled to attend tonight's work session: <br /> 43 <br /> 44 Public Safety <br /> 45 • Courts <br /> 46 • Criminal Justice Resources <br /> 47 • Emergency Services <br /> 48 • Non-Departmental <br /> 49 <br /> 50 <br />