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APPROVED 4/15/2003 MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ANNUAL PLANNING AND GOAL-SETTING RETREAT <br />SOUTHERN HUMAN SERVICES CENTER <br />January 25, 2003 <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for their annual Board retreat on <br />Saturday, January 25, 2003 at 9:00 a.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, <br />North Carolina. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Margaret Brown and Commissioners Barry <br />Jacobs, Moses Carey, Jr., Alice M. Gordon, and Stephen H. Halkiotis <br />COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill and S. Sean Barhanian <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Assistant County <br />Managers Rod Visser and Gwen Harvey and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker {all other staff <br />members will be identified appropriately below) <br />Staff in Attendance: Pam Jones, Ken Chavious, Elaine Holmes, Greg Wilder, Paul Thames, Gayle <br />Wilson, Donna Dean, Nick Waters, Craig Benedict, Lori Taft, Nancy Coston, Annette Moore, Wilbur <br />McAdoo, Rosemary Summers, Jerry Passmore, Tara Fikes, AI Terry, Dianne Reid, David Stancil <br />NOTE: <br />KEPT FOR 5 YEARS. <br />OPENING COMMENTS: <br />Chair Brown opened the meeting by asking about a process for the agenda. She <br />suggested that if there is going to be an item that everyone would like to speak to <br />and discuss, then there should be a time limit on it. <br />UPDATE ON NCACC LEGISLATIVE GOALS <br />Chair Brown said that Medicaid relief was the primary objective of Human Services in the <br />legislature for the County Commissioners' Association. The goal for mental health services was to <br />allow the County Commissioners to mix public and private providers for the new mental health <br />groups. This is significant. Another goal was Homeland Security and Regional Emergency <br />Preparedness. Under Public Education, the top priority was to oppose legislation to authorize local <br />boards of education to exercise independent taxing authority. Also, charter schools should have <br />more accountability and better State oversight. Another goal was to reinstitute State funding for <br />utility casts far schools. <br />FISCAL REVIEWIOUTLOOK FOR FY 2002-2003 AND FY 2003-2004 <br />Budget Director Donna Dean gave a PowerPoint presentation. The current budget totals $119 <br />million. The largest revenue source is property taxes at about 66%. Other revenues and <br />expenditures are on target with what was budgeted for the current year. She pointed out Medicaid <br />