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t <br />. ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date:. December 13, 1999 <br />1 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 1 <br />SUBJECT: County/OCS/CHCCS Discussion/Policy Issues <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S).: INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />As listed in "Background" John Link or Rod Visser, ext 2300 <br />Donna Dean, ext 2151 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill. 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane -336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To discuss various issues with policy and/ or financial implications that are of <br />current interest to the Orange County Commissioners, Orange County Board of Education, <br />and/or Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />a) Alternative Models for Establishing Future School Funding Parameters <br />The Commissioners' 1999-2000 goal for. "Effective and Efficient School Funding" includes <br />preparation by staff of recommendations for."parameters that can be established to guide <br />development of school current expense budgets. for FY2000-2001 and beyond"..The Budget <br />Director researched this. topic and developed a report, first presented at the BOCC's August 31 <br />work session, which outlines a number of models the Board may wish to consider as it <br />determines the guidance it will provide to the County Manager concerning school funding for the <br />2000-2001 Orange County budget. <br />The Manager will briefly review the major points of the report.. The BOCC may wish. to discuss <br />the report with the two school boards as they consider what guidance they will provide to the <br />Manager and staff later this fiscal year regarding school funding parameters for the FY 2000- <br />2001 budget. <br />Attachment 1a - 8/31/99 Staff Report - "Education Funding in Orange County" <br />b) Cost Efficient Facilities Initiative <br />A work group involving County staff and two commissioners has met a number of times in <br />recent months to develop a concept for maximizing the cost effectiveness of facilities <br />constructed using County funds. This work involved. a refinement of the value engineering <br />