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APPROVED 9/2/2003 <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISISONERS <br />Budget Public Hearing <br />AGENDA <br />June 5, 2003 <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a budget public hearing on <br />Thursday, June 5, 2003 p.m. at 7:00 p.m. at the F. Gordon Battle Courtroom in <br />Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Margaret W. Brown, Moses <br />Carey, Jr., Alice M. Gordon, Stephen Halkiotis and Barry Jacobs <br />COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br />COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill, Sean Borhanian <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 <br />other staff members will be identified appropriately below) <br />NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE <br />PERMANENT AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. <br />CLOSED SESSION <br />Chair Brown called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to <br />go into closed session "to plan and hear a report concerning an investigation of alleged <br />criminal misconduct," NCGS 143-318.11 (a} (7). <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Carey to <br />reconvene in open session at 7:35 p.m. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING <br />County Manager John Link expressed his appreciation to the staff and the school <br />superintendents for their cooperation. He said that the proposed budget tries to strike a <br />balance between meeting the existing service needs of the County citizens and also <br />pursuing important service initiatives that have been discussed far some years - <br />improved response in technology, emergency medical services, and providing <br />appropriate support for recreation and parks. He made reference to the chart and said <br />that 48.3°~ of the County budget goes towards education. The next highest area is in <br />Human Services at 21.8%. <br />The recommended budget calls far an increase in the tax rate of three cents, <br />going from 83 cents to 86 cents per hundred dollars of valuation. Over one cent goes <br />toward addressing the debt service for the sold bonds from 2001. <br />