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APPROVED 8/22/95 MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BUDGET WORK SESSION JUNE 19, 1995 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on June 19, 1995 for the purpose of holding a budget work session at 7:30 p.m. at the Homestead Community Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Moses Carey, Jr., Chair, and Commissioners Stephen Halkiotis, Alice Gordon, Bill Crowther and Don Willhoit. COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Assistant County Managers Rod Visser and Albert Kittrell and Deputy Clerk to the Board Kathy Baker (other staff members are identified below where appropriate) . Chair Carey convened the meeting at 7:30. He indicated he hoped that the Commissioners could agree on a budget during this session. He distributed a proposed budget proposal and explained each of the items included. This proposal would result in a final tax rate of 94.80 cents and a district tax rate of 1.54 cents. He mentioned that this proposal would provide additional resources to the Orange County school system to fund some of the projects that they have requested and would provide additional resources to the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school system. A copy of that proposal, in its entirety, is in the permanent agenda file in the Clerk to the Board's office. Commissioner Gordon mentioned that the proposal recommending the appointment of a citizen committee to review all areas of County Government has her support. She felt that the recurring capital budget needed to be reviewed and an equity adjustment considered to reflect the fact that the student ratio is approximately 600-40o with Chapel Hill-Carrboro being 600 of the students and Orange County 400. Commissioner Willhoit pointed out that 1.5 cents would fully fund the Orange County school system's request and under fund the Chapel Hill-Carrboro request by $67,000. The Orange County system could be required to pay for solid waste collection disposal by contracting with the County or a private hauler. They could also apply for a small grant from the Landfill Owners Group for innovative projects. The increase in the utility line item for both the Chapel Hill-Carrboro and Orange County Systems could be eliminated by deliberate attention to energy conservation. Each department and/or building occupant at the University receives a utility usage statement along with a comparison with last year. This needs to be instituted at both school systems and with the County buildings. Commissioner Gordon spoke in support of funding the new High School start-up costs and the field hockey team.