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APPROVED 8/23/2011 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING <br /> May 19, 2011 <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met on Thursday May 19, 2010 at 7:00 <br /> p.m. at Department of Social Services, Hillsborough Commons in Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br /> The purpose of this meeting was to hold a public hearing on the County Manager's <br /> Recommended 2011-2012 Budget. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Bernadette Pelissier and Commissioners <br /> Valerie Foushee Alice M. Gordon, Barry Jacobs, Earl McKee and Steve Yuhasz <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Pam Hemminger <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Frank Clifton, Assistant County Manager <br /> Gwen Harvey. Interim Assistant County Manager Michael Talbert and Clerk to the Board Donna <br /> S. Baker (All other staff inembers will be identified appropriately below) <br /> 1. Openinq Remarks-Chair Pelissier <br /> Chair Pelissier said that the Board and the public will receive the budget presentation from <br /> the Manager and Finance Director. She dispensed with the reading of the public charge, but <br /> asked the public to abide by it. <br /> 2. Presentation of County Manaqer's Recommended FY 2011-12 Budqet (PowerPoint <br /> Presentation) <br /> Frank Clifton referred to an orange hand out about a summary of all 100 counties and <br /> their statistics and he reviewed some of the categories. Among all 100 counties, Orange <br /> County is fifth highest for the tax rate, twenty-first in population, first in per capita income (in <br /> 2008), 24th in school population, first in total school resources (including the special tax in <br /> Chapel Hill divided by total students, so that is not necessarily accurate for the whole County), <br /> fourth in current ADM expense, fifth in total capital ADM, and eighth in debt service associated <br /> with education. This information is based on the budgets from last fiscal year. <br /> Financial Services Director Clarence Grier made the PowerPoint presentation. <br /> County Manager's Recommended FY2011-12 Annual Operating Budget and Capital <br /> Investment Plan <br /> Presentation <br /> Department of Social Services, Hillsborough, NC <br /> Orange County, NC <br /> May 19, 2011 <br /> Recommended General Fund Budget <br /> •Totals $177.3 million <br /> •Represents an increase of$2.0 million from original current year budget of$175.3 <br /> million, which is a 1.1 percent increase from previous year original budget. <br /> •Represents a $3.9 million decrease in the current year's amended budget <br /> Guiding Principles <br /> •Meets Board directives <br /> •Balances County's operating budget without a property tax rate increase <br />