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.To include reduction/elimination of non-core programs and services <br /> .Discussion of other elements of County budget such as cost of new facilities, new staff, <br /> and employee pay and compensation plan <br /> .June 12 <br /> .Joint Budget Meeting with Boards of Education and Durham Technical Community <br /> College <br /> .June 17 <br /> .Further discussion of Recommended Budget <br /> .Adoption of Resolution of Intent to Adopt FY 2008-09 Budget and Tax Rate <br /> .June 24 <br /> .Adoption of FY 2008-09 Budget Ordinance <br /> Document Availability <br /> •Clerk to Board of Commissioners <br /> •County Budget Office <br /> •Orange County Library <br /> .Chapel Hill Public Library <br /> •Carrboro Library <br /> •Cedar Grove Library <br /> ■Orange County Website <br /> ■www.co.orange.nc.us/budget <br /> 3. Public Comment <br /> Martha Diefendorf, Chair of the Chapel Hill Library Board of Trustees, read a memo from <br /> the Chapel Hill Library Board of Trustees. <br /> "Subject: Orange County support for the Chapel Hill Public Library for 2008-09 <br /> The Chapel Hill Public Library Board of Trustees is happy to represent the Chapel Hill <br /> Town Council this evening. <br /> The Orange County Library Services Task Force concluded in 2004 that the Chapel Hill <br /> Public Library is "a significant partner in the provision of library services to the County." We <br /> thank Orange County for its acknowledgement of that partnership and for its past financial <br /> support. <br /> 2008-2009 is the 50th anniversary of the Chapel Hill Public Library and we are proud of <br /> the service we have been able to extend to all Orange County residents. As in years past, we <br /> wish to encourage a level of Orange County support that will ensure quality library services for <br /> all residents of Orange County. <br /> However, this year we wish to stress our concern over declining trend of the County's <br /> support to Chapel Hill for library services received from CHPL. The attached graphs show a <br /> serious and ongoing discrepancy between Orange County's library use and financial support: <br /> - 39% of CHPL's collection use is by Orange County residents who do not reside in <br /> Chapel Hill; they checked out approximately 343,000 materials last year. <br /> - Chapel Hill's expenditures for library services have increased 25% over the past 7 years, <br /> while Orange County's appropriation has remained the same for the past 7 years. <br /> - Orange County's contribution toward annual operating costs for CHPL has declined from <br /> 20.31% in 1986-87 to only 11.05% in 2007-2008. <br /> The Chapel Hill Town Council feels that Orange County's 11.05% cost share for 39% of <br /> CHPL's use is a discrepancy which is unfair to all Orange County residents who depend on the <br />