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APPROVED 08/17/2004 <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING <br />May 27, 2004 <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met on Thursday, May 27, 2QQ4 at <br />the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The purpose of this <br />meeting was to hold a public hearing on the County Manager's recommended 2QQ4- <br />2Q05 budget. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Barry Jacobs and Commissioners <br />Margaret Brown, Alice M. Gordon, and Stephen Halkiotis <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Moses Carey, Jr. <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 />Chair Jacobs explained the document from Budget Director Donna Dean about the <br />driving force of the tax rate. He also said that Commissioner Gordan had sent an email <br />about televising the June 2"d meeting and staff would check on this as well as the June <br />Stn work session before the regularly scheduled meeting. This work session will address <br />Twin Creeks. Commissioner Gordon had also asked about the Homestead Road project <br />in front of the Chapel Hill High School, and there is a letter from the County Attorney that <br />addresses limitations on County Commissioner authority to appropriate monies for <br />transportation projects such as this. <br />Commissioner Gordan said that she had same information on the Transportation <br />Advisory Committee. She asked the Board to empower her to take the information and <br />get together with staff to try and come up with what they should present. She said that <br />she would like their input as to what to say at the meeting. Chair Jacobs said that he <br />trusts her judgment. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis suggested faxing the information to the County Commissioners <br />and then they could fax her their feedback. <br />Chair Jacobs said that there would be another budget public hearing on June 3rd at the <br />F. Gordon Battle Courtroom in Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br />Chair Jacobs said that the Board is very proud of the concerns and commitment of the <br />Orange County citizens. They are especially proud of the commitment to public <br />education. He said that the County Commissioners have some statutory authority with <br />school budgets, but they allow the school boards to decide about line items of the <br />budget. It is the call of the school boards to decide the priorities and what gets funded <br />and what does not get funded. <br />