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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
BUDGET WORK SESSION
JUNE 24, 1987
7:30 P.M.
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The orange County Board of Commissioners held a budget work session
on June 24; 1987 at 7:30 p.m. in the Board Room at Lincoln Center, Chapel
Hill, North Carolina.
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Shirley E. Marshall and Commissioners
Moses Carey, Jr., Stephen Halkiotis, John Hartwell and Don Willhoit.
STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Kenneth R. Thompson, Assistant County
Managers William T. Laws and Albert Kittrell, Finance Director Gordon
Baker, Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe, Deputy Finance Officer Ken
Chavious, Budget/Management Analyst Donna Wagner and Personnel Director
Beverly Whitehead.
SCHOOLS - CAPITAL AND CURRENT EXPENSE
Commissioner Carey distributed a proposal as a starting point on the
subject of school funding for .1987-88. The proposal accomplished several
objectives: (1) provides suff~.cient funding for the schools to conduct
some of the expansion items as listed on their priority lists, and (2)
r-educes reliance on the district tax. For the Orange County Schools,
$147,000 is included for the architectural fees for the new elementary
school, $45,000 for continuing operation costs and sufficient money to
,cover the costs for two assistant principals.
Commissioner Willhoit disagreed with putting architectural fees in
-'current expense.
Chair Marshall referred to the supplements and noted that a decision
needs to be made on whether or not the Board is going to line item the
schools or not.
The Finance Director questioned the legality of placing architectural
fees in current expense and this issue was discussed at length.
Equalized funding was discussed and Commissioner Willhoit pointed out
that funding cannot be equalized until the number of employees for each
system is equal.
Discussion ensued on equity and school merger. -
Dr. Dan Lunsford suggested taking the $147,000 from capital reserve
instead of current capital.
Both school systems stated a desire to use the monies that will be
freed up by the removal of internal caps on the LD programs to pay for
other program needs in the schools. Commissioner Willhoit pointed out
that if additional money camas from the State, that money is available to
supplant local funds and the decision an how to use those funds would be
made by the Board of Commissioners.
The Board decided to delay approval of the budget until some definite
decisions are made on the legislation that is pending. The meeting
scheduled for June 30 will still be held for a work session.
It was suggested that Commissioners Carey and Hartwell, the County
Manager and the two Superintendents meet to talk about the budget in an
attempt to come to an agreement.
ADJOURNMENT
With no further items for discussion, Chair Marshall adjourned the
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meeting. The next regular meeting will be held on July 6, 1987 at 7:30
p.m. in the courtroom of the old Courthouse, Hillsborough, North Carolina.
Shirley E. Marshall, Chair
Beverly A. Blythe, Clerk