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JUNE 17, 1981
The Orange County Board of Caaunissianexs met in special session
W~nesday, Jane 17, 1981, at 7:30 P.M. in the meeting roam, Carrboro
7.bwn Ha]1, Carrboro, North Carolina..
Commissioners present:Commissioner Arnie Barnes. Chair, axxd Qam-
missaor~rs Noxc[~an Gustavesan, Norn~an Walker (moo arrived at $:20 P.M.)
Richard Whiffed, and Dan Wi].]hoit.
Ccx[¢ttissianer Barnes presides over the meting which was a work
session an the budget. C:a~mi.ssioner aclmowledged the presence of Ms.
- Gloria wiLliams of JOCCA who introduced Mr. Jim Odirn arm Mr. Neal Ray
from Atlanta who were visiting JOCCA's offices.
The Eoard tt~xi began reviewing the budget docent by departments
Tre Board expressed an interest in having all persa7re1 fimcti.ons central-
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ized (parti.cularly the Health and Social Services. Department); the Board
I' --- discussed this with Ms. Whitehead, who indicated that she would need addition-
-. al persannel.to handle the ine~'eased work load. The Board, Ms. Whitehead
and the County Attorney discussed the implicahaons of centralizing per-
sonnel functions. They also discussed the exceptia~r±s to this policy,
- i.e., the Deputy Register of Deeds and Deputy Sheriffs serve at the pleasure
y of. the Register of Deeds and Sheriff, respectively. Ms. Whitehead listed
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v advantages to this oentralizatian.
The Board asked Ms. ~;nitehead to check into tk~ possibility of pro-
I vidinq a secretarial pool far County ??ents_
~ The Board discussed the Cer_tral 6ervices and Rirchasing Depa*~trr._nts
k budgets with Mr. Mark Rees. They reviewed the Finance, Tax Office and
Data Processing departrnents' budgets.
Tne Finance Dixector told the Board that .O1 produced $173,145.00
in revenue and that the budget as of June 11, 1981, lndicated a tax
rate of 55.9x.
Comm_iss~~rr Whined referred to the Capital 7mprav~nent Program
for the County and said he'd like to list those items included. The
items listed were: Old Courthouse renovations-$64,600; Northside Center--
.. $75,000; Orange Industries-$6,500; k~ergy-$10,000; Parking lot at the
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Human Services ConplPx in Hillsborough-$11,000.00 (the amount for the
Old Courthouse doss not include the $39,000 for an elevator); for a total
of $167,000 plus the $240,000 alre~dy.ocxrnnitted adds up to $407,100.00,
from a total of $593,452.00 leaving a balance of about $186,452.00. Co-~
missioner Ydzitted suggested leaving this amaiuat out of tl7e budget, saying
it would lower the tax rate. C~tmissio¢~er (,tiistavescei said that indicated
a complete rec~rgana.zation of the Board's object3.ves .with regard to the
capital planning for the Qounty and the schools; He feels that this wi]1
create problems in the caning years.
The Eoatt3 oantinued discussion of the budget; various Board members,.
during the course Of the euenirxg,added (as indicated) or substracted (as
indicated) the fo]lowing items to the Manager's reccnmended budget:
Added: $10,000 for the Dispute Settlement Center; $10,000 for the
Orange Rescue Squad; $1,700 for the Rape Crisis Center; $3,000 to Warren's
Health Counseling; $5,000 to tha County Attorney's lire item; $225,000
to ~placs Stanback; aa~ pasiticm to the Iv-n program; $16,000 to Child
Prctective Services ]n Social Sexvices;$28,000 Insurance benefits.
-Subtracted: $5,000 from Central SPSVices and Purchasing; $31,000
Health D~partznent; $12,500 from Register of Deeds; $25,000 Txavel/Training
(all departments); 2 mid-sized .cars fxran Sheriff's Department; $8,000 from
Professional Services in Planning; $12,500 (Asst_ County Manager position
not filled tall later ; $2,800 Commissioners' Salary;. $6,600 frcm Hy-
coneechee T.ihraxy; $88,000 from Municipal Support Recreation; $48,875
delay of pay in~~~ for County employees till October 1; $33,468 from
5rhocls' budgets; $4,500 duplication frcm Public wozlcs (rewi.ring Orange
Tndus-Fsies and vrindo~a screens for rTarthside) .
'I~-ie Board of Social Services Chair, Ms. Schoplex, and Social Services
staff discussed with the Board effects of cuts an the various divisions.
The Board said it could not replace Federal cuts with County money.
The Boar~3 adjourned by rnr~~nc~/-
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Anne BaxT-es, Chair
Paulette P.r3s~en-Paid, Clerk