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APPROVED 8/19/2008 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> BUDGET WORK SESSION <br /> April 17, 2008 <br /> 7:30 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Budget Work Session on <br /> Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, <br /> North Carolina. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Barry Jacobs and Commissioners <br /> Moses Carey, Jr., Valerie P. Foushee, Alice Gordon, and Mike Nelson <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Laura Blackmon and Assistant County <br /> Managers Willie Best and Gwen Harvey, and Clerk to the Board Donna Baker. All other staff <br /> members will be identified appropriately below). <br /> Chair Jacobs asked about the educational information for the Land Transfer tax and <br /> Laura Blackmon said that the website should be up and running tomorrow. <br /> Chair Jacobs asked about a press release when the website is up and Laura Blackmon <br /> said that this could be done. <br /> 1. Discussion of Fiscal Year 2008-09 Capital Budget <br /> Laura Blackmon said that the hope was to have this done in December but it was not <br /> ready. She said that it is at a point now that the staff needs the Board's direction on the CIP <br /> and any changes that may need to be made. The school boards would like this information as <br /> early as possible. This will be on the May 1st agenda for ordinance adoption. <br /> Commissioner Gordon said that she looked through the budget notebook and there are <br /> additional items compared to those that are in the pay-as-you-go budget. She would like to <br /> have the Board approve the County Capital Budget and not just the pay-as-you-go revenue, <br /> including items 49, 50, and 55. She would also like to see the debt issuance schedule. <br /> Donna Coffey said that these are debt-funded projects that debt has not been issued for. <br /> The capital project ordinances for these projects are not done until after the debt is issued. The <br /> debt funded projects will be brought back as a separate item when the debt is issued. <br /> Chair Jacobs asked for clarification on the ten-year plan. <br /> Laura Blackmon said that the ten-year plan is the actual plan of what the Board wants to <br /> do in the coming years, but because the debt has not yet been issued, the staff is asking the <br /> Board to approve the pay-as-you-go projects that will be in next year's budget. <br /> Commissioner Foushee clarified that it is an excerpt from a ten-year plan for one year, <br /> using pay-as-you-go funding. <br /> Commissioner Gordon would like to see what the debt issuance is going to be. Donna <br /> Coffey said that she could include a list of projects that need debt financing in the next debt <br /> issuance when she brings it back on May 1st. <br /> Commissioner Gordon made reference to the Animal Services facility at $8 million and <br /> that it is not on this list. She asked about the conclusion of the funding for Elementary School <br /> #11. She wants to settle whether or not the school board will take advantage of the lease <br /> purchase program, which will allow a longer timeframe for funding. <br />