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APPROVED 8/18/2009 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> BUDGT WORK SERSSION <br /> May 12, 2009 <br /> 7:00 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a budget work session on Tuesday, <br /> May 12, 2009 at 5:30 p.m. at the Link Government Services Center in Hillsborough, NC. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Valerie P. Foushee, and Commissioners <br /> Alice Gordon, Pam Hemminger, Barry Jacobs, Mike Nelson, Bernadette Pelissier, and Steve <br /> Yuhasz <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Laura Blackmon, Assistant County <br /> Managers Willie Best and Gwen Harvey, and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker (All other staff <br /> members will be identified appropriately below) <br /> Presentation of the County Manager's Recommended FY 2009-10 Annual <br /> Operating Budget <br /> Laura Blackmon made reference to the budget message that summarizes what is in the <br /> budget for this year. The proposed General Fund budget is $177,589,039, which is a decrease <br /> of about$5.4 million, or 3%, from the current year original budget of$183,005,580. The chart <br /> on page 1-1 shows the differences in school and County appropriations from the current year <br /> and the proposed budget. <br /> Laura Blackmon reviewed the Budget Message, as shown below: <br />