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Attachment 1 <br /> 1 <br /> 1 DRAFT MINUTES <br /> 2 ORANGE COUNTY <br /> 3 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> 4 BUDGET WORK SESSION <br /> 5 May 22, 2025 <br /> 6 7:00 p.m. <br /> 7 <br /> 8 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Budget Work Session on Thursday, May <br /> 9 22, 2025, 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 Jean Hamilton, <br /> 12 and Commissioners Marilyn Carter,Amy Fowler, Sally Greene (arrived at 7:15 p.m.), Earl McKee, <br /> 13 and Phyllis Portie-Ascott <br /> 14 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: None. <br /> 15 COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: None. <br /> 16 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Travis Myren, Deputy County Manager Caitlin <br /> 17 Fenhagen, 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 meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. All commissioners were present, <br /> 21 except Commissioner Greene. <br /> 22 <br /> 23 The Board reviewed and discussed: <br /> 24 • FY 2025-26 Fire Districts' Tax Rates; <br /> 25 • Countywide Revenue Changes; <br /> 26 • Countywide Employee Compensation; and <br /> 27 • County Departments' FY 2025-26 Recommended Budgets. <br /> 28 <br /> 29 BACKGROUND: The County Manager presented the FY 2025-26 Recommended Operating <br /> 30 Budget at the Board's Business meeting on May 6, 2025. Since then, the Board has conducted <br /> 31 one public hearing to receive residents' comments regarding the proposed funding plan. At the <br /> 32 May 15, 2025 Budget Work Session, the Board discussed recommended FY 2025-26 budgets for <br /> 33 Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education, Orange County Schools Board of <br /> 34 Education and Durham Tech Community College. <br /> 35 <br /> 36 This budget work session offers the Board an opportunity to review and discuss the recommended <br /> 37 budgets for fire districts, countywide revenue changes, countywide employee compensation, and <br /> 38 County departments. <br /> 39 <br /> 40 Functional Leadership Teams: <br /> 41 The following Functional Leadership Teams are scheduled to attend the budget work session: <br /> 42 <br /> 43 Public Safety: <br /> 44 • Courts <br /> 45 • Criminal Justice Resources <br /> 46 • Non-Departmental <br /> 47 <br /> 48 Human Services: <br /> 49 • Aging <br /> 50 • Alliance Health <br />