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"''~•~ 11 • 14MI'I UFtHfYGE CTY MGR <br />Q~iVGE COUNTY <br />HILLSBOROUGH <br />NORTH CAROLINA <br />?Il~aycr-~.r O~o+~ <br />~11EMORANDUM <br />TO: Neil Pedersen, Superintendent, CHCGS <br />Mike Williams, Interim Superintendent, OCS <br />FROM: John !_ink, County Manager <br />DATE: March 21, 2003 <br />SUBJECT: FY 2002-03 Recurring Capital unding <br />N0.976 P.1/1 <br />~rfaGlrFeo~ITSz <br />p~~~~~_~!~~~~1 <br />~;;~;~_,~~ ~iGE <br />This memo serves as a formal request for information as we discussed at our most <br />recent monthly meeting, <br />Duryng the budget approval process last .tune, the Board of County Commissioners was <br />faced with many difFicult funding decisions largely attributable to State funding cuts. <br />While recommended funding for particular items such as County and School capital <br />items was reduced, the Board expressed its desire to re-assess, during the current <br />fiscal year, the County's financial status once the State's budget was finalized. <br />In late February 2003, County stafF provided a fiscal update for the current year to the <br />Commissioners. One item of particular ini~fest to the Boani was school recurring <br />capital, and Commissioners asked me to request the following information from the two <br />school boards; <br />o For the last flue years, what projects has each distriGt~funded with their annual <br />recurring ca it~l appropriation from the Gounfy <br />o What impa~lia~ the reduction pf rsGUmng, Capital in the fast tvvo fiscal years had <br />on ear,~h district ~ agility to carryout plariri~d projects <br />o Has the reduction caused ~ny.undue hardship ~n'eithe~ system <br />.,~ , ~ , , <br />The CommissiQherS h~ye also requested that each district identify, in prigrrty order, <br />specific projects that would be funded if the Board were to re-instate all or a portion of <br />the reduction in recurring capital that occurred during the budget approval process last <br />ooz, p3 spring, For Chapel Hiil Carrboro City Schools, the reduction totaled $572,418 and for <br />Orange County Schools, the reduction equated to $351,582, I want to caution that this <br />request should in no way be viewed as assurance that any portion of those cuts can be <br />restored. <br />In order to include the requested information in Boatd's April 21 budget work session <br />agenda package, I am requesting that you provide the items outlined above to my office <br />no later than April 11, 2003. Feel free to call Rod Visser or Donna Dean if you have <br />questions. <br />AREA CODE (919) 245-2300 • 688-7331 FAX (919) 644-3004 <br />Fact, 2300 <br />