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APPROVED 8/12/2012 <br /> MINUTES <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> BUDGET WORK SESSION <br /> April 24, 2012 <br /> 7:00 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, April <br /> 24, 2012 7:00 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center, Chapel Hill. N.C. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Bernadette Pelissier and Commissioners <br /> Valerie Foushee, Alice M. Gordon, Barry Jacobs, Pam Hemminger, Earl McKee, and Steve <br /> Yuhasz <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Frank Clifton, Assistant County Gwen Harvey, <br /> Assistant County Manager Michael Talbert and Clerk to the Board Donna Baker (All other staff <br /> members will be identified appropriately below) <br /> NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT <br /> AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. <br /> 1. Fiscal Year 2012-13 Budget Drivers <br /> Financial Services Director Clarence Grier said that they currently anticipate the FY <br /> 2012-13 General Fund budget to be approximately $178 million. Although it is anticipated that <br /> this will be the approximate amount of the budget, they are aware of several major budget <br /> drivers that will need to be addressed as the budget is formulated and finalized. <br /> The known budget drivers for the FY 2012-13 budget are as follows: <br /> • Medical Health Insurance increases — up to 11.5% $ 0.75 million <br /> • Retirees Health Annual Funding Requirement 5.20 million <br /> • Emergency Services Requests 1.80 million <br /> • School Districts Budget Requests — up to 6.10 million <br /> • Total budget drivers/impacts $13.85 million <br /> This represents 9.01 cents on the current property tax rate for the FY2012-13 budget. <br /> Health Insurance <br /> Clarence Grier said that currently, the County pays approximately $6.6 million for health <br /> insurance across all funds for employees ($5.5 million for the General Fund) each fiscal year. <br /> Additionally, the County pays approximately $1.4 million per year for all retiree health <br /> insurance related costs. <br /> For the upcoming budget year, Mark III Benefits and United Healthcare have informed the <br /> county that they can expect up to an 11.5% increase in health insurance for employees and <br />