HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 19820621The Orange county aoaro of commissioners met in special session on monuay,
June 21, 1982, at 8:OD P.M. in the Meeting Raom, Municipal Building, Chapel -
!Hill, North Carolina.
Commissioners present: Chairman Richard E.:Whitted, and Commissioners
Norman Gustaveson, Shirley E. Marshall, Norman Walker and Don Willhoit.
The purpose of the meeting was a budget work session; Chairman Whitted
presided and introduced the Honorable Anne C. Barnes, Prange-Chatham Representative
to the North Carolina House. Representative Barnes presented a report on the
Appropriations Bill now under consideration by the North Carolina Senate and
passed by the House an this date.and that Bill's effect on local government bud-
gets.
Chairman Whitted thanked Representative Barnes for her timely report; she -
added that she would return the following evening for a further up-date.
The Finance, Director, Wallace Harding, presented the latest revenue figures
for the County. -
Or. Dan Lunsford, Assistant Superintendent for Instruction in the Orange
County Schools, provided the Board with information on costs for reshingling
C.W. Stanford School.
Dr. Pamela Mayer,. Superintendent of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools, told
the Board that State action in its budget deliberations reduced that school
system's budget request by about $139,422.00 and that its budget would be balanced
by a district tax of $.148/$100. After consultation with the County Manager, Or.
Mayer said based on the collection rate for that district the schools' budget
could be balanced by a District Tax of $.146/$100.
Chairman Whitted suggested moving $144,760 from the $244,760 Contingency to
Revenue; and, noting that the State had eliminated merit increases for its employees
this fiscal year, suggested that the County place $1D5,527 for merits into -.
Revenue. Responding to Board questioning, Mr. Harding •. said that approximately
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$733,000 was in fund balance. •
Commissioner Whitted further suggested funding $100,000 far C.W. Stanford
for reshingling; $126,000 for A.L. Stanback; $lOD,000 for schools' current operating
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;(thereby setting the per pupil expenditure at $5.76). 'By Commissioner Whitted's
suggestions, the add~on amount is reduced from $916,409 to about $396,122..
Commissioner Wil1hoit asked that Staff provide the Board with some idea of
icosts the local government is picking up as a result of Federal and State cuts_
With no further business, the Board adjourned by consensus.
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Paulette Pridgen-Pond, Clerk