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County Manager's Recommended 2008-09 Annual Operating Budget <br /> Public Hearings <br /> May 27 and 29, 2008 <br /> Guiding Principles <br /> .Balance increasing service demands and sluggish revenue growth while keeping our <br /> community affordable for all residents. <br /> .Balance the Board of Commissioners' historic commitment to schools as the County's top <br /> funding priority with other community needs. <br /> .Provide a safe and healthy community for our growing populations including multi-cultural and <br /> economically stressed residents. <br /> .Fund staffing, operational and capital costs associated with new County facilities that will come <br /> on-line during the next fiscal year. <br /> .Offer a competitive pay and benefits package for our current permanent employees to enable <br /> them to deal with financial strains caused by rising gas, food, health care and housing costs <br /> Recommended General Fund Budget <br /> •General Fund Budget totals $188.3 million <br /> •Original fiscal year 2007-08 budget totaled $173.6 million <br /> •Recommendation represents an 8.4 percent increase over previous year original budget <br /> FY 2008-09 Budget Requests Compared to Recommended Budget <br /> Ad Valorem and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Special District Tax <br /> Requested Recommended %Funded <br /> Budget Budget _ <br /> Education (includes Chapel Hill- <br /> Carrboro City Schools and <br /> Orange County Schools funding <br /> for current expense, operating <br /> and long-range capital, debt <br /> service, Fair Funding, School $111,459,950 $109,841,408 98.5% <br /> Health Nurses, Social Workers, <br /> School Resource Officers, and <br /> Orange County Satellite <br /> Campus of Durham Technical <br /> Community College current <br /> expense and debt service) <br /> County Departments and <br /> Outside Agencies (includes $100,760,803 $97,052,832 96.3% <br /> County related debt service) _ <br /> Little Growth Anticipated in Non-Property Tax Revenues for FY 2008-09 (bar graph) <br /> Balancing the Budget <br />