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17 <br /> 1 Chair Bedford asked if the county could use Article 46 funds to make up some of the <br /> 2 funding needs. She said there may be options to do incremental funding. <br /> 3 President Buxton said Promise funds are reimbursable. He said that the small business <br /> 4 position is filled and there has been significant growth in that program. <br /> 5 Chair Bedford said that inflation has been high. She wanted to know the flexibility of <br /> 6 Article 46 funding. <br /> 7 Travis Myren said he would review options for Article 46. <br /> 8 Chair Bedford asked what would happen if the $44,379 is not funded. She said it seems <br /> 9 that there is flexibility in Article 46. <br /> 10 President Buxton asked for Andy Kleitsch to explain what they might do if they are short <br /> 11 of funds. <br /> 12 Andy Kleitsch said they are limited by state statute to use state funds for the campuses. <br /> 13 He said they have some funding through rental revenue of the facilities. He said those would be <br /> 14 unrestricted funds they could use, but it is not a lot. He said that would mean those funds would <br /> 15 not be available in future years. <br /> 16 President Buxton said they will be under construction next year and will not be renting <br /> 17 the facility out. He said that last year they were short of funding, and the shortfall has <br /> 18 compounded. He said they are a growing campus. <br /> 19 Commissioner Greene said she supported finding increased funding through Article 46. <br /> 20 Vice-Chair Hamilton asked what the assumptions are for salary increases. <br /> 21 President Buxton said they used 3% based on available information from the state. <br /> 22 Andy Kleitsch said salary information would come out the next day from the House <br /> 23 subcommittees. <br /> 24 Chair Bedford said if the state passes a budget with raises less than 3%, Durham Tech <br /> 25 is not in the hole that much, but they just do not know at this point. <br /> 26 President Buxton said that was correct, but they feel good about the assumption given <br /> 27 the information that has come out. <br /> 28 <br /> 29 Travis Myren made the following presentation: <br /> 30 <br /> 31 Slide #1 <br /> r <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> NCWFH CAROLINA <br /> Budget Work Session #1 <br /> Education <br /> Outside Agencies <br /> Board of Commissioners Work Session <br /> May 15, 2025 <br /> 32 <br /> 33 <br /> 34 <br />