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20 <br /> 1 Slide #18 <br /> FY2025-35 Recommended Capital Investment Plan <br /> • Schedule for Consideration <br /> — Introduction of the Capital Investment Plan April 1 <br /> — Work Session on Capital Investment Plan April 22 <br /> -- Further Consideration through Budget Work Sessions May-June <br /> — Approval of the Operating and Capital Budget June 17 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> �8 NOWI-H CAROLINA <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Commissioner Fowler asked how the pay-go numbers were arrived at and what the impact <br /> 4 would be on planning if they are reduced. <br /> 5 Travis Myren said that one district has $5.3 million in planning, and one has $6 million in <br /> 6 planning. He said if those funds were taken away, they would either not be able to plan or the <br /> 7 county would have to borrow those funds, which reduces the amount available for future school <br /> 8 borrowing. <br /> 9 Commissioner Fowler clarified that they would not be able to plan, and they have <br /> 10 communicated a need for those planning funds. She was asking if it was based on a specific type <br /> 11 of planning is what it was budgeted on. <br /> 12 Chair Bedford referred to slide#10. She said she thought the county would borrow funds <br /> 13 in three different tranches, which appears to have changed. She asked if borrowing did not <br /> 14 happen in FY 2027-28, how would that affect the county's debt capacity. <br /> 15 Travis Myren said now the county knows what the schools project plans cost and when <br /> 16 they want to do them. <br /> 17 Chair Bedford asked how it would look to space the numbers out more across the ten <br /> 18 years or if it does not matter. <br /> 19 Commissioner Fowler asked if the schools understand how long projects take. <br /> 20 Travis Myren said that for example, the Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools requested two <br /> 21 elementary schools in one year and that he does not know the capacity for them to do that, but it <br /> 22 was in their request. <br /> 23 Chair Bedford referred to the Animal Services project, and asked about requirements from <br /> 24 the USDA, what is part of the county studies, and then the balance. She said that would show <br /> 25 what is optional and could be deferred. <br /> 26 Chair Bedford asked other commissioners to send questions to Travis Myren so staff can <br /> 27 prepare. <br /> 28 Commissioner Fowler asked if it is feasible to acquire so many electric vehicles since there <br /> 29 has been a backlog. <br />