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1 <br />2 DRAFT MINUTES <br />3 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />4 BUDGET WORK SESSION <br />5 April 17, 2008 <br />6 7:30 p.m. <br />7 <br />8 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Budget Work Session on <br />9 Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, <br />10 North Carolina. <br />11 <br />12 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Barry Jacobs and Commissioners <br />13 Moses Carey, Jr., Valerie P. Foushee, Alice Gordon, and Mike Nelson <br />14 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT <br />15 COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill <br />16 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Laura Blackmon and Assistant County <br />17 Managers Willie Best and Gwen Harvey, and Clerk to the Board Donna Baker. All other staff <br />18 members will be identified appropriately below). <br />19 <br />20 Chair Jacobs asked about the educational information for the Land Transfer tax and <br />21 Laura Blackmon said that the website should be up and running tomorrow. <br />22 Chair Jacobs asked about a press release when the website is up and Laura Blackmon <br />23 - said that this could be done. <br />24 <br />25 1. Discussion of Fiscal Year 2008 -09 Capital Budget <br />26 Laura Blackmon said that the hope was to have this done in December but it was not <br />27 ready. She said that it is at a point now that the staff needs the Board's direction on the CIP <br />28 and any changes that may need to be made. The school boards would like this information as <br />29 early as possible. This will be on the May 1t agenda for ordinance adoption - <br />30 Commissioner Gordon said that she looked, through the budget notebook and there are <br />31 additional items compared to those that are in the pay -as- you -go budget. She would like to <br />32 have the Board approve the County Capital Budget and not just the pay -as- you -go revenue, <br />33 including items 49, 50, and 55. She would also like to see the debt issuance schedule. <br />34 Donna Coffey said that these are debt - funded projects that debt has not been issued for. <br />35 The capital project ordinances for these projects are not done until after the debt is issued. The <br />36 debt funded projects will be brought back as a separate item when the debt is issued. <br />37 Chair Jacobs asked for clarification on the ten -year plan. <br />38 Laura Blackmon said that the ten -year plan is the actual plan of what the Board wants to <br />39 do in the coming years, but because the debt has not yet been issued, the staff is asking the <br />40 Board to approve the pay -as- you -go projects that will be in next year's budget. <br />41 Commissioner Foushee clarified that it is an excerpt from a ten -year plan for one year, <br />42 using pay -as- you-go funding. <br />43 Commissioner Gordon would like to see what the debt issuance is going to be. Donna <br />44 Coffey said that she could include a list of projects that need debt financing in the next debt <br />45 issuance when she brings it back on May 1 st. <br />46 Commissioner Gordon made reference to the Animal Services facility at $8 million and <br />47 that it is not on this list. She asked about the conclusion of the funding for Elementary School <br />48 #11. She wants to settle whether or not the school board will take advantage of the lease <br />49 purchase program, which will allow a longer timeframe for funding. <br />50 Regarding the Land Transfer Tax, Commissioner Gordon said that it would be helpful to <br />51 indicate that the money would be used for Elementary #11, and if it does not pass, then it will <br />