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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 19900613 JUNE 13 . 1990 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met on June 13, 1990 at 9:00 a.m. in the Food Lab of the Planning and Agriculture Building in Hillsborough for the purpose of holding a budget work session. BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairman Moses Carey, Jr. , and Commissioners Shirley E. Marshall, John Hartwell and Stephen Halkiotis. BOARD MEMBER ABSENT: Don Willhoit STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr. , Assistant County Managers Albert Kittrell and Ellen Liston, Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe, Finance Director Ken Chavious, Director of Community and Housing Development Tara Fikes, Budget Administrator Rod Visser and Budget/Management Analyst Donna Wagner. The health insurance for County employees was discussed. John Link explained that health costs will be shared by the County and the employee with the County paying 63% of the cost. Discussion ensued about United Way and what they are requesting. Commissioner Marshall asked that John Link put together an overall report on their request and the relationship with HRC, HSAC and the PPP. She feels that HSAC should be the lead agency. Responsibilities need to be defined for each group for overall effectiveness. Commissioner Halkiotis asked about employee development and stated his concern about too much training. He asked that John Link be sensitive to the employees workload in scheduling training sessions. Rod Visser explained the projects that would be funded out of the County Capital reserve fund. Albert Kittrell stated that it is hoped that the 24-hour Courthouse project would be completed by September 30. Commissioner Hartwell stated that a lot of time needs to be devoted to getting the County Departments trained so that Data Processing will not have the full support of this project. John Link indicated the Management Analyst position will be filled this year with an MPA intern. A decision needs to be made about the support that is actually needed from the Manager's Office for youth coordination. The Board discussed the mark-up list and considered the following: Home Health Agency - $ 2, 000 OCIM + $ 1,500 Chapel Hill and Carrboro - $16,200 Recreation and Parks Orange County Recreation + $ 4,400 and Parks Arts Commission + $ 1,250 Orange Community Housing $ $10, 000 (from 1989-90 budget) The board asked for a report on all temporary positions in the County. This will be forthcoming. They will consider a policy on benefits for temporary vs. permanent positions. The Board indicated the possibility of considering a percent of appropriations that should be allocated to non-department agencies. Some agencies, such as OPC Mental Health and Hyconeechee Library should be treated differently, as they are quasi-departments. There is a difference between agencies that support our departments and those that don't. They would like a list of those agencies that are not directly related to county programs. With no further discussion, the budget work session was adjourned. The next Special Meeting will be held on Thursday, June 14 at 4:00 in the Food Lab of the Planning and Agricultural Building in Hillsborough.