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APPROVED 11!712001 MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BUDGET PRESENTATION May 24, 2001 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met on Thursday, May 24, 2001 at 7:30 p.m. in the F. Gordon Battle Courtroom in Hillsborough, North Carolina. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Stephen H. Halkiotis and Commissioners Margaret W. Brown, Alice Gordan, and Barry Jacobs COUNTY COMMISSIONER ABSENT: Moses Carey, Jr. COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Assistant County Manager Rod Visser and Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe {All other staff members will be identified appropriately below) NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. ALL RECORDINGS OF THE MEETING WILL BE KEPT FOR 5 YEARS. 1. Presentation of County Manager's FY 2001-2002 Proposed Budget John Link made this presentation. He thanked all those involved with putting the budget document together. He made a Pawerpoint presentation. A summary of this presentation is shown below. The milestones for 2000-01 are as follows: • Orange County has remained #1 in total contributions per pupil for education. • The County has made remarkable progress in the Lands Legacy program by adding 459 acres to the inventory of publicly held property since last year at this time (Little River Park - 135 acres, Chapel Hill Township District Park - 193 acres, and 7-Mile Creek Preserve - 131 acres}. • There has been a better collaboration with Hillsborough on the Economic Development Districts. • An agreement has been reached on water/sewer boundaries between the County, OWASA, and the towns. • Orange County was the first to adopt the Neuse River storm water discharge regulations in the Triangle. • The American Stone rezoning case has finally been resolved. • A comprehensive process to determine County and School capital needs has been established with the appointment of a Capital Needs Task Force and reports from Board of County Commissionerslstafflcitizen task forces. The budget highlights for 2001-02 are as follows: • General Fund Budget totals $117.7 million {increase of $8.7 million over the current budget). • Tax rate set at 81.5 cents, which is an increase of 3 cents aver the equivalent post- revaluation rate. • Increased per pupil funding of $42 per child (from $2,394 to $2,437). • Recommendation includes employee pay and benefits plan confirmed by the Commissioners during November and April work sessions.