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APPROVED 9/16/2008 MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING May 27, 2008 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. at the F. Gordon Battle Courtroom in Hillsborough, North Carolina. The purpose of this meeting was to hold a public hearing on the County Manager's recommended 2008-2009 Budget. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Barry Jacobs and Commissioners Moses Carey, Jr., Valerie P. Foushee, Alice M. Gordon, and Mike Nelson COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Laura Blackmon, Assistant County Managers Willie Best and Gwen Harvey and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker (All other staff members will be identified appropriately below) NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. 1. Opening Remarks-Chair Addition to agenda: Change in Board of County Commissioners Regular Meeting Schedule for 2008 Commissioner Gordon said that as for the Tuesday, June 10th land use meeting, the County Commissioners have the materials, but with the June 16th meeting, she would like the transfer station materials on Wednesday, June 11th A motion was made by Commissioner Foushee, seconded by Commissioner Carey to approve the changes below in the County Commissioners' regular meeting calendar for 2008: • Adding a work session on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at 7:30pm at the Link Government Services Center in Hillsborough, N.C. to discuss the land use plan: and • Adding a Transfer Station Siting Work Session on Monday, June 16, 2008 at 7:30pm at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, N.C.; and, • Adding a meeting of the Orange County Board of Commissioners for the purpose of participating with other local governmental entities (Chapel Hill Council, Carrboro Board of Alderman and UNC Representatives) to receive a presentation and to discuss the preliminary findings of the fiscal analysis for Carolina North, on Thursday, June 26, 2008 at 7:00pm at Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, N.C. VOTE: UNANIMOUS 2. Presentation of County Manager' Recommended FY 2008-09 Budget(PowerPoint Presentation)—Laura Blackmon Chair Jacobs assured the public that the Manager's Recommended Budget is just a recommendation and nothing that the Board of County Commissioners has adopted. Also, the Board of County Commissioners does not scrutinize the schools' budget, but only provides a per-pupil amount and other funding for capital projects.