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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 06-08-2010 APPROVED 9/21/2010 MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BUDGET WORK SESSION June 8, 2010 7:00 p.m. The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a budget work session on Thursday, June 8, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, N.C. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Valerie P. Foushee, and Commissioners Alice Gordon, Pam Hemminger, Barry Jacobs, Mike Nelson, Bernadette Pelissier, and Steve Yuhasz COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Frank Clifton and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker (All other staff members will be identified appropriately below). Chair Foushee reviewed the items at their places. 1. FY 2010-11 Fire Districts Tax Rates Paul Laughton made reference to page 19-1 of the budget document. Each district has bullet points as to what the fire districts are requesting. BACKGROUND: During tonight's work session, Commissioners will have the opportunity to dialogue with four (4) fire districts who requested tax rate increases that are included in the FY 2010-11 Manager Recommended Budget. Attachment 1 provides information regarding tax rate recommendations for all twelve (12) fire districts in Orange County, as well as information detailing the reasons for recommended tax rate increases in the four districts. Staff has invited representatives from the four districts to tonight's work session to answer any questions and/or provide additional information to the Board regarding the increases. Information regarding all fire districts is located in the Fire District section of the FY 2010-11 Manager Recommended Budget document beginning on page 19-1. The fire districts present at tonight's work session are the following: • Cedar Grove Fire District — 1 cent increase, going from 6.36 cents per$100 assessed valuation to 7.36 cents. This increase will generate an additional $27,152 in revenue for the district. • Chapel Hill Fire District — 5.34 cents increase, going from 2.16 cents per $100 assessed valuation to 7.50 cents. This increase will generate an additional $1,228 in revenue for the district. • New Hope Fire District — 1.25 cents increase, going from 5.70 cents per $100 assessed valuation to 6.95 cents. This increase will generate an additional $ 69,147 in revenue for the district. • Orange Rural Fire District — 1 cent increase, going from 5.36 cents per $100 assessed valuation to 6.36 cents. This increase will generate an additional $120,395 for the district. FINANCIAL IMPACT: Included in the Background Section above. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board discuss the topics noted and provide direction to staff, as appropriate. Frank Clifton said that the Cedar Grove and Orange Rural requests are for one year only for specific projects and the New Hope and Chapel Hill increases would be on-going. Commissioner Yuhasz said that the White Cross and Eno fire districts did not request increases since they requested it last year and were told if they wanted to get it again they would have to come back and ask again. He does not know if this has fallen through the cracks or not. He said that he lived in the Eno Fire District for 17 years and has never been notified of any annual meetings or any type of citizen outreach. He would like to know if they could get annual reports from these fire districts outlying their resident outreach. He would like to see some sort of reporting mechanism from the fire districts for next year to let the Board of County Commissioners know how these fire districts communicate with their residents in the individual fire districts. He made reference to Chapel Hill and said that to go from two cents to seven cents in one year is substantial. He is concerned about this increase. Frank Clifton said that this is a unique situation where there are only six or so properties involved. Commissioner Yuhasz said that he would like to have some information on the cost per dwelling unit in each of these districts to provide fire protection. Frank Clifton said that he would hope that the Fire and EMS study would answer some of these questions. At 8:28 p.m., the Board came back to this item to vote on it. Chair Foushee said that the Board needed to go back to vote on item #1. A motion was made by Commissioner Nelson, seconded by Commissioner Yuhasz to approve the changes in the fire district tax rates. Commissioner Hemminger said that she was concerned about the Chapel Hill increase. Commissioner Gordon said to include Commissioner Yuhasz's comments and making sure that the projects that were supposed to be one year only and now they might be more, that there be better communication so that it can be tracked. VOTE: Ayes, 6; No, 1 (Commissioner Hemminger) Commissioner Jacobs said that he had some concerns about the increase in the Chapel Hill fire district for just six properties and he suggested having some direct communication to those six property owners and soliciting comments. He asked that the staff communicate with those six property owners, as well as Chief Dan Jones, about this increase. Commissioner Yuhasz said that the EMS study should look at how these fire district taxes are done. Paul Laughton said that Chief Jones indicated that he would be amenable to phasing in this fire district tax for these six residences. 2. Capital Improvement Plan a. Close County Capital Projects Financial Services Director Clarence Grier said that in an earlier work session the Board reviewed projects that needed to be closed. Michael Talbert made reference to Attachment 1, which is shown below, and reviewed it. Attachment I Fund 61 County Capital Projects With Available Balances Available Last Project Last Budget Balance Number Name Activity Amendment 6/1/2010 10004 Court Street Annex 6/30/08 FY 08/09 122,852.69 10010 Historic Courthouse 2/6/09 FY 08/09 58,787.52 Southern Human 10027 Services 9/29/08 FY 06/07 4,729.35 10030 Dickson House None FY 08/09 12,500.00 10033 Parks Operations 11/18/08 FY 05/06 38,250.00 Animal Ser 10044 Deconstruct 10/16/09 FY 09/10 7,000.00 Whitted HSC 10049 Renovations None FY 09/10 150,000.00 11/10/0 20001 Cate Property 9 FY 05/06 22,063.91 New Hope Creek 20027 Pres 6/16/09 FY 09/10 18,741.50 30013 Emergency Power 6/30/07 FY 06/07 81,014.02 Solid Waste Collection 30015 Ctrs 6/30/08 FY 07/08 111,301.40 30029 Parking Lot Repairs 6/30/09 FY 06/07 133,287.00 Subtotal $ 760,527.39 Reserve Projects with Balances Capital Repairs 30024 Reserve FY 07/08 58,445.16 Facilities Art 30025 Reserve FY 09/10 3,310.00 30036 Library Task Force FY 08/09 50,000.00 Subtotal 111,755.16 Active Projects From ERCD & Parks 20011 Lands Legacy 450,000 20003 Twin Creeks Park 300,000 20030 Central Recreation 75,000 Subtotal 825,000.00 Funds Available from Projects TOTAL $1,697,282. Commissioner Gordon has previously asked the staff questions about this item, and staff had prepared a handout with answers. For purposes of clarification, Commissioner Gordon prepared and distributed a revised handout with edited questions from her, but with the answers from staff of course remaining the same. Michael Talbert said that on May 18th the Board acted to appropriate $1.7 million from General Fund balance and this has been done. Those projects are now in better shape. When this process was first started, there were 84 projects that were still active and not closed for many years. Also, on May 181h, the Board closed 26 existing projects, created $245,500 used for future needs. Attachment 1 includes those projects that have been closed out. Commissioner Nelson said that the Library Task Force is misnamed. He said that the original plan set aside this reserve account to put in $50,000/year for a southwest library and future library needs. He asked why this was being earmarked and not actually put aside for a library. Michael Talbert said that there would be many needs over the years, some unexpected; and very little revenue streams in the near future. Commissioner Nelson wants to figure out a way to keep this earmarked and continue adding to it so that when an opportunity arises there is money somewhere to take advantage of the opportunity. Commissioner Gordon suggested putting 14 projects in the County Capital Projects Fund and put the 15th one (southwest library and future library needs) in the County Capital Reserve Fund. Michael Talbert said that in 2b he is recommending to put $200,000 in the capital reserve and earmark $50,000 for the southwest library. Frank Clifton said that this is okay as long as you do not start moving money around again like they used to do among projects, which became an accounting nightmare. Commissioner Yuhasz verified that the County now has more capital projects on the books and not enough money to pay for them. He said that if the County Commissioners are earmarking money for specific purposes, then they need to track it, but he also agrees that it does not have to be tracked to a separate reserve fund, just earmarked. Commissioner Jacobs thanked the staff for the more efficient method for doing the capital projects but he has the same concerns as Commissioner Nelson —that the County Commissioners need some way to mark the path for earmarking funds for a particular project. Clarence Grier said that staff would come each year to make sure the Board of County Commissioners is informed as to where the County stands on the capital projects. Frank Clifton said that he does not understand why the auditing firms never questioned this capital project accounting process in the past years. Chair Foushee said that a citizen should be able to look at this type of document and see that this money has been earmarked. Commissioner Hemminger asked about the process now and Chair Foushee said to adopt it tonight in principle and it will come back on the 151H Michael Talbert said that there will be future changes. For example, in the Twin Creeks project, there are two items that the Board has not acted on. There has been an appropriation in theory of $623,000 for the Town of Chapel Hill for Cedar Falls Park, but this money has not been put into a reserve for this project. A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Nelson to approve the Manager's recommendation to approve the closing of 15 projects with total available funds of $961,485 and the transfer of $825,000 from existing projects to the Capital Projects Fund Balance as listed on Attachment 1, and the correct name of the library fund. Frank Clifton said that he would clarify this on the 151h VOTE: UNANIMOUS b. Appropriate Funds to Existing County Capital Projects and Transfer funds to the County Capital Reserve Fund Michael Talbert said that there are four projects with a funding shortfall. The projects are Twin Creeks Park ($900,000); Blackwood Farms ($400,000); Homestead Community Center ($17,834); and Lands Legacy ($111,636). The total shortfall is $1,429,470. To help fund these projects, there are some unallocated funds that accumulated in the Capital Projects Fund but have not yet been appropriated to an individual project. The amounts are sales tax refunds that the County has paid. The total unallocated sales tax reimbursements total $285,733. The other part- $734, 400 - is interest income. The total of the action that was just taken in item 2-a combined with this $1,020,133 will free up funds for the shortfall. A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Nelson to appropriate $1,020,133 from Unallocated Resources and $409,337 from the Fund Balance of the County Capital Projects Fund to fund the $1,429,470 shortfall; and appropriate $200,000 from the Fund Balance of the County Capital Projects Fund to the County Capital Reserve Fund, earmarking $50,000 for the Library Future Facilities Fund and $150,000 for the Fund Balance; leaving $1,229,470 available for future County Capital Needs. VOTE: UNANIMOUS c. Approve the First Year of the Capital Investment Plan (CIP) and instruct staff as to changes in the 2010-15 CIP Process c.1 First Year of the CIP Plan Michael Talbert made reference to Attachment 1 and reviewed this. Attachment 1 Orange County Recommended Projects Capital Investment Plan FY 2010-11 The following Orange County capital projects are recommended for fiscal year 2010-11 only. The Board will consider approval of the 2010-15 Capital Investment Plan in fall 2010. Funding Sources Recommended Funding FY 2010-11 Transfer from General Fund $ 300,000 Transfer from County Capital Fund Balance $ 500,000 Transfer from Visitors Bureau $ 200,000 Alternative Equipment Financing $ 700,000 Total Funding Sources $ 1,700,000 Projects Recommended Projects FY 2010-11 Information Technology $ 500,000 800 MHz Radios for Sheriff Department $ 700,000 EDC Loan Pool Reserve $ 200,000 Buckhorn-Mebane Phase 2 Utility Design $ 200,000 Dental Equipment for both Hillsborough and Carrboro dental clinics $ 100,000 The agenda abstract for Item c is given below: BACKGROUND: The Board of County Commissioners has historically approved a ten-year CIP in the fall of the year after the adoption of the Annual Budget. Changes were made to the current year's County Capital Budget, as part of the 2009/2010 Annual Budget preparation. A 2009-19 CIP was not prepared in the fall of 2009. CURRENT SITUTATION: The economic conditions in North Carolina have made the preparation of the fiscal year 2010/2011 annual budget challenging at best. Uncertainty concerning the State Budget, Sales Tax Revenues that are down 30% over the past 3 years, and the reality that the County cannot endure another property tax increase, makes long-range capital planning particularly difficult. The 2008/18 CIP provided for an optimistic look into the next ten years, unfortunately many of those funding assumptions are no longer realistic. The experts say that the economy will not recover quickly and there is significant uncertainty in trying to plan for a multiple year capital improvement plan. Orange County promotes sustainability in all aspects of life in Orange County. It is important that the CIP also promote the concept of sustainability. Attached are the funding and project recommendations to be included in the fiscal 2010-2011 Annual Budget. Four projects totaling $1,700,000 are recommended: 1. Information Technology improvements incorporate a number of system upgrades and hardware replacements. A detail list of technology needs will be presented with the CIP. 2. 800 MHz radios for the Sheriff's department to replace an analog system that is not compatible with other law enforcement in Orange County. The Communication Center already is using the 800 MHz systems. 3. The Funding for the Loan Pool Reserve that funds a small business loan pool to encourage entrepreneurial business activity in the County. 4. Funding for the Mebane Economic Development District Phase 2, concept plan and design approved in concept by BOCC on 1/21/10. 5. To replace aging dental equipment at both Hillsborough and Carrboro dental clinics. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is $300,000 transferred from the General Fund to the County Capital Fund. A total of $500,000 is being appropriated from the County Capital Fund Balance from projects closed out in June 2010. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the approval of the first year of the County Capital Investment Plan (CIP), and requests you provide direction to staff regarding any changes to the content and format of CIP. Frank Clifton said that the Sheriff said he thought he might get some grant funds for the 800 MgHz radios. Staff answered clarifying questions from the County Commissioners. Commissioner Jacobs said that he thinks if the County is going to encourage Chapel Hill to contribute more of the hotel/motel tax to the Visitor's Bureau and Carrboro has a planned hotel, then there should be written agreements so that other governments do not feel that the contribution will be threatened by the County allocating it to its own needs. Regarding the loan fund, Commissioner Jacobs said that he has some concerns about putting the whole $200,000 in the loan pool. He said that the Board asked the Economic Development Director to give some feedback about how to use the $200,000. He said that he could see other uses for this money besides just the loan pool. Frank Clifton said that the Economic Development Director said that the greatest need was to help small businesses through the loan pool. Commissioner Yuhasz said that he shared Commissioner Jacobs' concerns about adequately supporting the economic development. Regarding the hotel tax, he would like to consider in any type of agreement to commit to spending less than 100% of what is collected so that there is flexibility to support other economic development activities. Commissioner Gordon said that it is difficult to answer the questions asked since the Board does not have a 2010-2020 CIP. She said that if the Board follows the Manager's recommendation for a one-year CIP, then it could make some adjustments for the later points. Frank Clifton said that if the Board establishes a CIP plan then it should also establish a funding stream that is consistent with the plan. He said that the easiest and toughest decision to make is to defer capital projects. A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner Pelissier to approve the first year of the County Capital Investment Plan (CIP). VOTE: UNANIMOUS C.2 Content and Format of the CIP Michael Talbert reviewed the concepts of the five-year plan for the coming years. A CIP will be presented to the BOCC in the Fall of 2010. Several changes recommended making the plan sustainable and a true Capital Investment Plan without routine maintenance and repair projects. 1. Adopt a Five Year Capital Investment Plan. This gives the BOCC greater flexibility to change long-term strategies when funding sources or capital priorities change. 2. Change the minimum amount for a CIP project from $30,000 to $100,000. 3. Eliminate Maintenance and Repair items from the CIP. These items should be budgeted in an operating budget on an annual basis to keep all County Facilities in excellent condition. 4. Eliminate Reserve projects from the CIP. These funds should be accumulated the County Capital Reserve Fund. Commissioner Hemminger made reference to #3 and suggested that eliminating this for smaller items is ok but she is concerned about larger projects. She said that there should be a minimum or a maximum. Michael Talbert said that roofs and HVAC should also be included. Commissioner Gordon said that her concern is that, with the school capital projects, the County went with a 10-year plan because of SAPFO. She would like to look out ten years for schools. She recommended doing a ten-year school plan and a five-year County plan. Clarence Grier said that for repairs, the County could use the capital reserve fund for the larger maintenance projects. Commissioner Yuhasz said that if the Board adopts #2, then it takes care of#3. He said that he would like to keep track of unscheduled capital projects and formalize a "wish list." Frank Clifton said that he would look at three years as a fundable timeframe, and then beyond that in the fifth year, the projects stay there until there is funding available. Commissioner Hemminger said that she has concerns about#2 because of the $100,000, and Commissioner Gordon agreed. Frank Clifton said to just put some number in there and Commissioner Hemminger said $50,000-$75,000. Commissioner Yuhasz said that $100,000 does not sound unreasonable to him, but he wants to make a commitment to fund the capital reserve at a certain level every year to be able to take care of these projects. Commissioner Pelissier said that she would like to go higher than $50,000, such as $75,000. She does not want to see a lot of little things come before the Board. A motion was made by Commissioner Nelson, seconded by Commissioner Yuhasz to approve the Manager's recommendation concerning the content and format of the CIP. VOTE: Ayes, 5; Nays, 2 (Commissioner Gordon and Commissioner Hemminger) Commissioner Gordon said that it would be more satisfactory if there was a way to track maintenance and repair items. 3. FY 2010-11 Annual Operation Budget Decision Items • Mark Up/Mark Down Items for the County's Annual Operating Budget and Outside Agencies Clarence Grier made reference to the Unreserved and Undesignated Fund Balance (blue bar graph). This year, it is anticipated that the County will have $21.5 million in unreserved and undesignated fund balance. This does include the $500,000 that was set aside for the Board to make decisions on. The second chart is the Fund Balance as a percentage of the General Fund. It is anticipated that the fund balance will be 11.9% of the general fund. Commissioner Yuhasz said that, in considering the schools' proportion of the County budget, there are three items that are not attributed to the schools — School Resource Officers, Social Workers, and School Nurses. These items come out of the County budget and are not attributed to schools. He said that it is not reasonable to take an additional 48.1% of the general fund budget on top of this. Commissioner Jacobs said that this reminds him that the 48.1% was always a target amount. He also agrees with Commissioner Yuhasz's point about the SRO's, Social Workers, and School Nurses. Frank Clifton said that Orange County is the only one that has this particular formula in place. The Board has the final decision in how to approach this issue. The policy was adopted in 2001 by the Board. He has not seen the whole package of this decision. Clarence Grier asked if the Board of County Commissioners would like to make suggested changes to the operating budget. Commissioner Pelissier said to add back the $10,000 for the Small Business Development Centers for the Economic Development Department. Commissioner Jacobs agreed with that and said that they did ask the Economic Development Director to come and speak and advocate for what he would like. Economic Development Director Brad Broadwell said that his contract services were cut back significantly, and this was one of the services that were part of contract services. Also, the advertising budget was cut out as well, and is much needed for the "Buy Local" campaign. The third area is in agricultural marketing because the County will now need to market the Value-Added Processing Center. Commissioner Jacobs asked how much the small business loan pool was cut and Brad Broadwell said that it was cut by $14,000. Brad Broadwell said that he does not need to embark on a large advertising campaign, but he would like the $6,500 for the Buy Local campaign. Commissioner Jacobs asked if putting in $14,000 plus about $9,000 for advertising be sufficient at this point. Brad Broadwell said that he would like to continue with the allocation from last year and continue with those successes. Commissioner Yuhasz said that if the County is serious about economic development, then this is the year not to cut this department and fund it at the level from last year. Commissioner Hemminger agreed and asked how much the funding would be. Brad Broadwell said that it was $69,000 last year and this year it is $31,000. An additional $38,000 would put the department back to where it was. Commissioner Jacobs asked clarifying questions about repair and maintenance, which were answered by staff. Paul Laughton said that one of the largest projects for repair and maintenance is the IT budget, which includes software maintenance. This includes about $180,000. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to Aging, page 3-12, Changing in Delivery of Service and Operations, and asked about Eldercare, which has a $46,000 reduction, including reducing funding for aging in place service options. He asked how this reduction relates to services for the frail elderly. Department on Aging Director Jerry Passmore said that there is a local fund from citizens as contributions. There are also lots of volunteers for calling the frail elderly and Jerry Passmore plans to continue to use those. Frank Clifton asked that the Board use specific numbers instead of "about" or "approximately". Commissioner Nelson said that he wants to restore the $17,000 to the Board of Elections for polling sites so that there will be four sites. Commissioner Nelson asked to hear from Health Director Rosemary Summers about what she considers priorities and Rosemary Summers said that the priority would be to retain her workforce and be able to replace people as they leave. She would also like to replace some of the aging dental equipment. Commissioner Nelson said that he would like to restore funding to the Health Department, specifically for the dental equipment. He suggested$100,000 for this purpose. Commissioner Hemminger asked if the dental equipment could come out of the capital reserve funds and Clarence Grier said yes. Commissioner Nelson said that he would like to restore all of the library funding that is being cut, which is $260,000. Library Services Director Lucinda Munger said that the actual reduction was $247,000 (including all locations). If this is added back to the Library budget, this would include keeping Cedar Grove open, which would be an additional $107,000. She listed each item for this amount. There is also a Time Warner connection, which is $100 a month. Clarence Grier said that the running total so far is $574,000 for things being added. Commissioner Nelson revised his request to propose restoring 50% of the library cuts, which would be $150,000, and let the Library Services Director decide how to use it. Commissioner Jacobs said that there are some specific things that he would like to see accomplished: $51,000 restored for the Cybrary; that the main library go from 54 hours to 60 hours; and to look at alternatives for maintaining services in some form for areas north of Hillsborough. He suggested at least keeping all branches open until October 1st since people use libraries the most in the summer. Lucinda Munger said that the person who left the Cybrary was a 30-hour permanent librarian. Since this person left, they have been staffing this with non-permanent employees for 24 hours a week. If the County Commissioners wish to extend the hours back to 30 hours, it would cost approximately $8,000. Regarding the main library, 60 hours is the State standard for a central library. If the Board wishes, there could be some hours on Sunday. She would recommend tying Sunday hours to the school year and do September-May. The other hours could be added on Thursdays, which is the one weekday where the library has cut back. This could be accomplished for approximately $12,000. Regarding the Cedar Grove branch, they picked the closing date because August is the slowest month and then there could be a transition period. If the Board wanted to keep going with this branch, then money would have to be added to the budget. She would like to have time to explore other opportunities to serve this area (mobile units, etc.). Frank Clifton said that every department went through this reduction process and certain things were not targeted. He said that they tried to make sure that the impact of the cuts was the least severe to the services. Lucinda Munger clarified that for the Cybrary to be open for 30 hours (additional $8,000), the hours would be 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Monday through Friday; and for the main library to be open for 60 hours, it would be an additional $12,000. During the summer, the library would be open for 56 hours. This would include using non-permanent/temporary personnel. Commissioner Gordon asked about how high the cost per patron was at Cedar Grove as compared to other branches. Commissioner Nelson asked about the hours at McDougle and Lucinda Munger said that it would be Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 3:30-8:00 p.m. and Saturday mornings and Sunday afternoons. It will be the same 26 hours as it is currently. Counting the Cybrary, this will make the total hours in Carrboro as a whole 56 hours. Commissioner Nelson said that his final proposal is $50,000 to keep the facilities open as described and the remainder$30,000 will go towards supporting those two facilities besides the staff. Commissioner Jacobs said that the Breastfeeding Assistance Program is not covered by any other program and it is a rare outreach for young Hispanic mothers. He asked what would happen to this position and Frank Clifton said that they would move the person to another position but if the Board of County Commissioners wanted to keep this function then this person could be moved to the Health Department, along with this function. The total for this is $42,000. Rosemary Summers said that the Health Department is not asking for this transfer but she will accept it and integrate it. Paul Laughton said that there are some training costs and the total would be $45,000. Commissioner Yuhasz made reference to Solid Waste and asked about the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund and what the services might be with the contract. He asked if there would be an opportunity in the transfer to consider restoring Sunday hours to the convenience centers. Frank Clifton said that he proposes no changes to the convenience centers at this point. He suggested having the Solid Waste Advisory Board discuss this. Commissioner Yuhasz said that he would like to see major changes in how the convenience centers are addressed. Frank Clifton said that one solution might be to have one center open on Sunday. This has not come forward yet. He has been waiting to hear from the SWAB. Commissioner Jacobs said that he would like to have a work session before the end of the calendar year to discuss the future of the SWAB. Solid Waste Director Gayle Wilson said that one of the two items on the Solid Waste Work Group agenda for June 21st is to try and get a recommendation from the work group on the future role of the convenience centers. Commissioner Pelissier said that when the Board started budget discussions, it talked about putting priority on safety net items, and a number of things suggested tonight to put back in are not clearly safety net. She proposed putting in $50,000 for child care subsidies and $50,000 for Social Services (formerly Critical Needs Reserve) for emergency assistance. Commissioner Yuhasz said that he is not comfortable cutting out agencies that the County has been funding for a period of years. He suggested giving the following agencies opportunities for funding while looking for additional funding: Adolescents in Need, HYAA, El Centro Hispano and the other 4 (named at last work session), and to fund them at half of the level received last year. He would like to retain the same amount for HYAA. The following are recommendations for funding for outside agencies: Ell Centro Hispano -$15,000 (Frank Clifton said that the condition is to locate an operation in Orange County) Piedmont Wildlife Rehab - $10,000 (for one year then revisit effectiveness) Adolescents in Need — $33,000 American Red Cross- $2,000 Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the Triangle - $2,000 Childcare Services Association — $18,285 Commissioner Pelissier said that she would like to see Adolescents in Need transitioned to Social Services. Frank Clifton said that the Board could fund Adolescents In Need for half a year and then the other half of the funds could go to DSS when they pick up this need in January if this group cannot pick up the funding in January, with the understanding that this organization needs to come up with another source of funding. Commissioner Hemminger said that she objects to funding HYAA since Orange County does not fund other sporting organizations. She would like to delete the $10,000. Commissioner Gordon made reference to JOCCA and said that apparently all of the money from the County goes to administrative costs, plus the County gives free office space. Frank Clifton said that the Board needs to discuss as a Board how it deals with non- profits going forward and do this in a work session setting. Commissioner Yuhasz said that he would support a policy for funding outside agencies. Commissioner Jacobs said that he is not in favor of zeroing out anyone who the County has funded in the past. Commissioner Pelissier said that where the organizations have been zeroed out, it is not a significant amount and she is not in favor of funding HYAA or Triangle Wildlife Rehab. The running total at this point was $472, 285. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to page 25-15 - $25,000 for Orange-Alamance Water Infrastructure Consultant. This comes up every year and he argues every year to remove it. He asked if there was an agreement with Orange-Alamance Water that it will abide by the land use plan and a master plan. Planning Director Craig Benedict said that there is a Memorandum of Understanding that was signed last week. The original proposal was modified to include the things mentioned by Commissioner Jacobs. There is not complete agreement, and the Efland Volunteer Fire Department will be brought into the discussion about the water and fire suppression system. This is a major positive step in the Efland area to get Orange-Alamance interested in examining its water system so that it can support the major investment in the sewer system in this area. He will be bringing the MOU to the Board for review. Commissioner Jacobs said that he would rather see the MOU and make sure that Orange-Alamance is in agreement that it will follow the land use plan and will match the funding, because in the past it has not. The money could be allocated later if the MOU is satisfactory. Frank Clifton said that Orange-Alamance is providing meter-readings and collections for the Efland Sewer system. He understands the rationale, but there are other relationships with Orange-Alamance. Commissioner Yuhasz said that Orange-Alamance is the partner for providing infrastructure to the Efland area, and he thinks it is always better to talk. He said that $25,000 is a small price to pay for economic development in this area. Commissioner Jacobs said that he would like to see the agreement before he agrees to fund this. Craig Benedict suggested having the meeting with the Efland Fire Department and then on June 151h, he can give a briefing about the MOU. Commissioner Nelson asked Clarence Grier to read his list of the proposed additions: County Departments EDC — $38,000 Elections - $17,000 Health Department—($100,000 from capital for dental equipment) and for staff- $65,000 Library— $50,000 Breastfeeding program - $45,000 DSS - $100,000 (critical needs) + $32,500 —from Adolescents in Need Outside Agencies Adolescents in Need (AIN) - $32, 500 Triangle Wildlife - $10,000 American Red Cross - $2,000 Big Brothers/Big Sisters - $2,000 HYAA - $10,000 (-$10,000) CCSA - $18,285 JOCCA - $65,000 TOTAL - $472,285 Commissioner Gordon made reference to funding for schools and said she did not want to reduce the target of 48.1%. Decision Point 1: Mark Up/Mark Down Items for the County's 2009-10Annual Operating Budget and Outstanding Agencies Commissioner Jacobs said that he is more comfortable with dental equipment coming out of capital. A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner Nelson to approve moving out of consideration for voting on this list $100,000 for dental equipment. VOTE: UNANIMOUS A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to approve the FY 2010-11 Orange County Annual Operating Budget and approve a Resolution of Intent to Adopt the FY 2010-11 Orange County Annual Operating Budget, removing the Outside Agencies as suggested, but approving the additional amounts for county departments. VOTE: Ayes, 6; No, 1 (Commissioner Gordon) The Board decided to consider amounts for each outside agency separately. Outside agencies: A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner Yuhasz to allocate $32,500 to Adolescents in Need, with the remaining $32,500 going to Social Services. VOTE: UNANIMOUS A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Nelson to allocate $18,285 to Childcare Services Association. VOTE: Ayes, 6; No, 1 (Commissioner Hemminger) A motion was made by Commissioner Nelson, seconded by Commissioner Yuhasz to allocate $2,000 to Big Brothers and Big Sisters and $2,000 to American Red Cross. VOTE: Ayes, 6; No, 1 (Commissioner Gordon) A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to allocate $10,000 to Triangle Wildlife. VOTE: Ayes, 4; Nays, 3 (Chair Foushee, Commissioner Pelissier, and Commissioner Gordon) A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner Pelissier to reduce the allocation to HYAA to $0. VOTE: Ayes, 5; Nays, 2 (Commissioner Yuhasz and Commissioner Jacobs) It was stated that the total of additional funding for outside agencies is now $411,673; with a remainder of$88,327. Dental equipment and fee schedule: A motion was made by Commissioner Nelson, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to allocate $100,000 from the capital reserve fund for replacement of dental equipment. VOTE: UNANIMOUS A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Pelissier to approve the proposed fee schedule for FY 2010-11. VOTE: UNANIMOUS Decision Point 2: Funding for Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools and Orange County Schools: A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon that the per pupil allocation be raised by $80,000. No second. The motion failed. A motion was made by Commissioner Yuhasz, seconded by Commissioner Pelissier to adopt the recommended Current Expense (Per Pupil) funding for the schools. VOTE: UNANIMOUS A motion was made by Commissioner Yuhasz, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to approve the Recurring Capital funding for the schools. VOTE: UNANIMOUS A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Yuhasz to approve the Long-Range Capital funding for the schools. VOTE: UNANIMOUS A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner Pelissier to approve the Fair Funding for the schools. VOTE: UNANIMOUS Decision Point 3: • Tax Rate Decisions Ad Valorem Tax: A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner Nelson to approve the same Ad Valorem Tax Rate for FY 2010-11 as FY 2009-10 which is 85.8 cents per$100 valuation.. VOTE: UNANIMOUS Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools Special District Tax A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to approve the same CHCCS Special District Tax for FY 2010-11 as FY 2009-10 which is 18.84 cents per$100 valuation. VOTE: UNANIMOUS 4. Break (to allow Financial Services Director to formulate Draft Resolution to Adopt FY 2010-11 Budget) 10:45 PM Back 11:13 PM 5. Adoption of FY 2010-11 Annual Operating Budget • Approval of Resolution of Intent to Adopt FY 2010-11 Annual Operating Budget • • Clarence Grier presented the Resolution of Intent, with changes. With all of the changes, the total new budget amount will be $175,313,920. • The Manager's Recommended Budget is given below: Fiscal Year 2010-11 Budget Ordinance Orange County, North Carolina Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners of Orange County Section I. Budget Adoption There is hereby adopted the following operating budget for Orange County for this fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010 and ending June 30, 2011, the same being adopted by fund and activity, within each fund, according to the following summary: Current Interfund Fund Total Fund Balance Revenue Transfer Appropriated Appropriation General Fund $173,591,020 $1,321,227 $401,673 $175,313,920 Emergency Telephone Fund $424,276 $0 $0 $424,276 Fire Districts Fund $3,382,354 $0 $0 $3,382,354 Section 8 (Housing) Fund $4,598,183 $85,266 $0 $4,683,449 Community Development Fund $832,308 $191,011 $0 $1,023,319 Efland Sewer Operating Fund $119,000 $95,950 $0 $214,950 Revaluation Fund $0 $85,000 $46,349 $131,349 Visitors Bureau Fund $975,555 $0 $0 $975,555 School Construction Impact Fees Fund $800,000 $0 $0 $800,000 Solid Waste/Landfill Operations Enterprise Fund $9,492,884 $0 $525,489 $10,018,373 Sportsplex Enterprise Fund $2,400,000 $725,000 $0 $3,125,000 Community Spay/Neuter Fund $33,500 $0 $0 $33,500 Section II. Appropriations That for said fiscal year, there is hereby appropriated out the following: Function Appropriation General Fund Governing and Management $13,207,440 General Services $7,026,572 Community and Environment $5,892,469 Human Services $32,405,758 Public Safety $18,198,110 Culture and Recreation $1,896,580 Education $63,912,513 Debt Service $28,632,445 Transfers to Other Funds $4,142,033 Total General Fund $175,313,920 Emergency Telephone System Fund Public Safety $424,276 Total Emergency Telephone System Fund $424,276 Fire Districts Cedar Grove $203,904 Chapel Hill $1,739 Damascus $45,314 Efland $308,246 Eno $412,474 Little River $168,093 New Hope $386,643 Orange Grove $269,989 Orange Rural $772,777 South Orange $426,143 Southern Triangle $166,729 White Cross $220,303 Total Fire Districts Fund $3,382,354 Section 8(Housing)Fund Human Services $4,683,449 Total Section 8 Fund $4,683,449 Community Development Fund(Urgent Repair Program) Human Services $125,013 Total Community Development Fund(Urgent Repair Program) $125,013 Community Development Fund(HOME Program) Human Services $898,306 Total Community Development Fund(HOME Program $898,306 Efland Sewer Operating Fund Community and Environment $214,950 Total Ef land Sewer Operating Fund $214,950 Revaluation Fund General Services $131,349 Total Revaluation Fund $131,349 Visitors Bureau Fund Community and Environment $975,555 Total Visitors Bureau Fund $975,555 School Construction Impact Fees Transfers to Other Funds $800,000 Total School Construction Impact Fees Fund $800,000 Solid Waste/Landfill Operations Solid Waste/Landfill Operations $10,018,373 Total Solid Waste/Landfill Operations $10,018,373 SportsPlex Enterprise Fund Culture and Recreation $3,125,000 Total Sportsplex Enterprise Fund $3,125,000 Community Spay/Neuter Fund Governing and Management $33,500 Total Community Spay/Neuter Fund $33,500 Section III. Revenues The following fund revenues are estimated to be available during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010 and ending June 30, 2011, to meet the foregoing appropriations: Function Appropriation General Fund Property Tax $132,047,738 Sales Tax $14,463,000 Licenses&Permits $313,000 Intergovernmental $16,250,267 Charges for Services $9,650,631 Investment Earnings $140,000 Miscellaneous $726,384 Transfers from Other Funds $1,321,227 Appropriated Fund Balance $401,673 Total General Fund $175,313,920 Emergency Telephone System Fund Charges for Services $424,276 Total Emergency Telephone System Fund $424,276 Fire Districts Property Tax $3,380,703 Investment Earnings $1,651 Total Fire Districts Fund $3,382,354 Section 8(Housing)Fund Intergovernmental $4,598,183 From General Fund $85,266 Total Section 8 Fund $4,683,449 Community Development Fund(Urgent Repair Program) From General Fund $125,013 Total Community Development Fund(Urgent Repair Program) $125,013 Community Development Fund(HOME Program) Intergovernmental $832,308 From General Fund $65,998 Total Community Development Fund(HOME Program) $898,306 Efland Sewer Operating Fund Charges for Services $119,000 From General Fund $95,950 Total Efland Sewer Operating Fund $214,950 Revaluation Fund From General Fund $85,000 Appropriated Fund Balance $46,349 Total Revaluation Fund $131,349 Visitors Bureau Fund Occupancy Tax $785,197 Sales&Fees $1,750 Intergovernmental $185,308 Investment Earnings $3,300 Appropriated Fund Balance $0 Total Visitors Bureau Fund $975,555 School Construction Impact Fees Fund Impact Fees $800,000 Total School Construction Impact Fees Fund $800,000 Solid Waste/Landfill Operations Sales&Fees $7,510,212 Intergovernmental $390,622 Miscellaneous $69,740 Licenses&Permits $45,000 Interest on Investments $74,250 From General Fund for Sanitation Operations $1,403,060 Appropriated Reserves $525,489 Total Solid Waste/Landfill Operations $10,018,373 Sportsplex Enterprise Fund Charges for Services $2,400,000 From General Fund $725,000 Total Sportsplex Enterprise Fund $3,125,000 Community Spay/Neuter Fund Animal Tax $27,000 Intergovernmental $4,000 Miscellaneous $2,500 Total Community Spay/Neuter Fund $33,500 Section IV. Tax: Rate Levy There is hereby levied for the fiscal year 2010-11 a general county-wide tax rate of 85.8 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. This rate shall be levied in the General Fund. Special district tax rates are levied as follows: Cedar Grove 7.36 Chapel Hill 7.50 Damascus 5.00 Efland 4.66 Eno 5.99 Little River 4.06 New Hope 6.95 Orange Grove 3.58 Orange Rural 6.36 South Orange 7.85 Southern Triangle 5.00 White Cross 6.00 Chapel Hill-Carrboro School District 18.84 Section V. General Fund Appropriations for Local School Districts The following FY 2009-10 General Fund Appropriations for Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools and Orange County Schools are approved: a) Current Expense appropriation for local school districts totals $59,371,992, and equates to a per pupil allocation of $3,096. 1) The Current Expense appropriation to the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is $36,594,720. 2) The Current Expense appropriation to the Orange County Schools is $22,777,272. b) Recurring Capital appropriation for local school districts totals $3,000,000 1) The Recurring Capital appropriation to the Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools totals $1,849,200. 2) The Recurring Capital appropriation to the Orange County Schools totals $1,150,800. Section V. General Fund Appropriations for Local School Districts (Continued) c) Long-Range (Pay-As-You-Go) Capital appropriation for local school districts totals $2,590,117 1) The Long-Range (Pay-As-You-Go) Capital appropriation to the Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools totals $1,596,548. 2) The Long-Range (Pay-As-You-Go) Capital appropriation to the Orange County Schools totals $ 993,569. d) School Related Debt Service for local school districts totals $18,182,682. e) Fair Funding appropriation for local school districts totals $988,000. This appropriation is to be split 50/50 between Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools and Orange County Schools. f) Additional County funding for local school districts totals $1,784,358 1) School Health Nurses - Total appropriation of $610,729 with $428,032 allocated for Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools and $182,697 allocated for Orange County Schools 2) School Social Workers - Total appropriation of $642,374 allocated in the Department of Social Services to provide School Social Workers to Orange County Schools 3) School Resource Officers - Total appropriation of $531,255 allocated in the Sheriff's Department to provide School Resource Officers to Orange County Schools Section VI. Schedule B Licenses In accordance with Schedule B of the Revenue Act, Article 2, Chapter 105 of the North Carolina State Statutes, and any other section of the General Statutes so permitting, there are hereby levied privilege license taxes in the maximum amount permitted on businesses, trades, occupations or professions which the County is entitled to tax. Section VII. Animal Licenses A license costing $10 for sterilized dogs and sterilized cats is hereby levied. A license for un- sterilized dogs and a license for un-sterilized cats is $30 per animal. Section VIII. Board of Commissioners' Compensation The Board of County Commissioners authorizes that: • Salaries of County Commissioners will be adjusted by any cost of living increase, any in-range salary increase and/or any other general increase granted to permanent County employees. For fiscal year 2010-11, the approved budget does not include any cost of living increase, any in-range salary increase and/or any other general increase granted to permanent County employees. • Annual compensation for County Commissioners will include the County contribution for health insurance, dental insurance and life insurance that is provided for permanent County employees, provided the Commissioners are eligible for this coverage under the insurance contracts and other contracts affecting these benefits. • County Commissioners' compensation includes eligibility to continue to participate in the County health insurance at term end as provided below: o If the County Commissioner has served less than two full terms in office (less than eight years), the Commissioner may participate by paying the full cost of such coverage. (If the Commissioner is age 65 or older, Medicare becomes the primary insurer and group health insurance ends.) o If the County Commissioner has served two or more full terms in office (eight years or more), the County makes the same contribution for health insurance coverage that it makes for an employee who retires from Orange County after 10 years service as a permanent employee. If the Commissioner is age 65 or older, Medicare becomes the primary insurer and group health insurance ends. The County makes the same contribution for Medicare Supplement coverage that it makes for a retired County employee with 10 years service. o Annual compensation for Commissioners will include a County contribution for each Commissioner to the Deferred Compensation (457) Supplemental Retirement Plan that is the same as the County contribution for non-law enforcement County employees in the State 401 (k) plan. Section IX. Budget Control General Statutes of the State of North Carolina provide for budgetary control measures to exist between a county and public school system. The statute provides: Per General Statute 115C-429: (c) The Board of County Commissioners shall have full authority to call for, and the Board of Education shall have the duty to make available to the Board of County Commissioners, upon request, all books, records, audit reports, and other information bearing on the financial operation of the local school administrative unit. The Board of Commissioners hereby directs the following measures for budget administration and review: That upon adoption, each Board of Education will supply to the Board of County Commissioners a detailed report of the budget showing all appropriations by function and purpose, specifically to include funding increases and new program funding. The Board of Education will provide to the Board of County Commissioners a copy of the annual audit, monthly financial reports, copies of all budget amendments showing disbursements and use of local moneys granted to the Board of Education by the Board of Commissioners. Section X. Internal Service Fund - Dental Insurance Fund The Dental Insurance Fund accounts for the receipt of premium payments from the County for its employees and from the employees for their dependents, and the payment of employee claims and administration expenses. Projected receipts from the County and employees for 2010-11 are $387,245 and projected expense for claims and administration for 2010-11 is $406,338. An allocation of $19,093 will be made from reserves in the fund to balance. Section XI. Encumbrances Operating funds encumbered by the County as of June 30, 2010 are hereby reappropriated to this budget. Section XII Capital Projects & Grants Fund The County Capital Improvements Fund, Schools Capital Improvements Fund, Community Development Fund and the Grant Projects Fund are hereby authorized. Appropriations made for the specific projects or grants in these funds are hereby appropriated until the project or grant is complete. Any capital project or grant budget previously adopted, the balance of any anticipated, but not yet received, revenues and any unexpended appropriations remaining on June 30, 2010, shall be reauthorized in the 2010/2011 budget. Section XIII. Contractual Obligations The County Manager is hereby authorized to execute contractual documents under the following conditions: 1. The Manager may execute contracts for construction or repair projects that do not require formal competitive bid procedures, and which are within budgeted departmental appropriations, for which the amount to be expended does not exceed $250,000. 2. The Manager may execute contracts for general and/or professional services which are within budgeted departmental appropriations, for purchases of apparatus supplies and materials or equipment which are within the budgeted departmental appropriations, and for leases of personal property for a duration of one year or less and within budgeted departmental appropriations for which the amount to be expended does not exceed $89,999. 3. Contracts executed by the Manager shall be pre-audited by the Finance Officer and reviewed by the County Attorney to ensure compliance in form and sufficiency with North Carolina law. This budget being duly adopted this 15th day of June 2010. • A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner Pelissier to approve the Resolution of Intent to Adopt FY 2010-11 Annual Operating Budget. VOTE: UNANIMOUS The Resolution of Intent is given below: Resolution of Intent to Adopt the 2010-11 Orange County Budget The items outlined below summarize decisions that the Board acted upon June 8, 2010 in approving the FY2010-11 Orange County Annual Operating Budget. WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners has considered the Orange County 2010-11 Manager's Recommended Budget; and WHEREAS, the Commissioners have agreed on certain modifications to the Manager's Recommended Budget as presented in the 2010-11 County Manager's Recommended Budget on May 18, 2010; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Orange County Board of Commissioners expresses its intent to adopt the 2010-11 Orange County Budget Ordinance on Tuesday, June 15, 2010, based on the following stipulations: 1) Property Tax Rates a) The ad valorem property tax rate shall be set at 85.8 cents per$100 of assessed valuation. b) The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools District Tax shall be set at 18.84 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. c) The Fire District tax rates shall be set at the following rates (all rates are based on cents per$100 of assessed valuation): • Cedar Grove 7.36 • Chapel Hill 7.50 • Damascus 5.00 • Efland 4.66 • Eno 5.99 • Little River 4.06 • New Hope 6.95 • Orange Grove 3.58 • Orange Rural 6.36 • South Orange 7.85 • Southern Triangle 5.00 • White Cross 6.00 2) County Employee Pay and Benefits Plan Provide a County employee pay and benefits plan that includes: a) No Cost of Living Adjustment for FY 2010-11 b) No in-range salary increases for proficient or higher work performance effective for fiscal year 2010-11 c) Extends the suspension of the County's 401(k) contribution for non-sworn law enforcement employees d) Maintains the County's Living Wage for employees at $10.12 per hour e) Extends the Retirement Incentive Package for County employees eligible to retire according to criteria established by the North Carolina Local Government Employees' Retirement System f) Implements a six month hiring freeze on vacant positions and the elimination of certain vacant positions based on Manager's review g) Extends a Voluntary Unpaid Leave option allowing employees to temporarily reduce their hours in times of reduced fiscal resources without suffering a loss of leave accruals or benefits h) Implements position reclassifications, classification title changes, and addition/deletion of classifications identified on pages 19 through 22 of Appendix A of the FY 2010-11 County Manager's Recommended Annual Operating Budget (Attached) 3) Modifications to County Manager's FY 2010-11 Recommended Annual Operating Budget The following modifications to the County Manager's Recommended Budget are made: Appropriations: Restore Operations Funding for Economic Development 1 Department $38,000 2. Increase Early Voting Sites from Two to Four locations $17,000 Restore funding for two Health Department Positions 3. (Environmental Health Program Specialist and Administrative Assistant II) for entire fiscal year $65,000 Increase Hours at the Cybrary and Main Library and 4. Increase Operating Expenses $50,000 Add Breastfeeding Program Staff Position and associated 5. operations in Health Department $45,000 6. Increase Department of Social Services Child Care Subsidy $50,000 Increase Department of Social Services Emergency 7' Assistance Program $50,000 8. Fund Triangle Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic $10,000 9. Fund OC American Red Cross $2,000 Eliminate Funding for Hillsborough Youth Athletic 10. Association ($10,000) 11. Fund Big Brothers Big Sisters $2,000 12. Fund Adolescents in Need 32,194 Fund Department of Social Services Adolescents in Need 13. transition 32,194 14. Fund Child Care Services Association 18,285 Total Changes to Recommended Appropriations $401,673 Revenues: 1. Appropriated Fund Balance 401,673 2. 3. Total Changes to Recommended Revenues 401,673 4) Changes in Funding to Improve Service Delivery (Increase in FTE Approved) Department Position Title FTE Community Health Aide — Health Breastfeeding Program 1.0 5) General Fund Appropriations for Local School Districts The following FY 2010-11 General Fund Appropriations for Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools and Orange County Schools are approved: a) Current Expense appropriation for local school districts totals $59,371,992, and equates to a per pupil allocation of $3,096. 1) The Current Expense appropriation to the Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools is $36,594,720. 2) The Current Expense appropriation to the Orange County Schools is $22,777,272. b) Recurring Capital appropriation for local school districts totals $3,000,000 1) The Recurring Capital appropriation to the Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools totals $ 1,849,200. 2) The Recurring Capital appropriation to the Orange County Schools totals $1,150,800. c) Long Range (Pay-As-You-Go) Capital appropriation for local school districts totals $2,590,117. 1) The Long-Range (Pay-As-You-Go) Capital appropriation to the Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools totals $1,596,548. 2) The Long-Range (Pay-As-You-Go) Capital appropriation to the Orange County Schools totals 993,569. d) School Related Debt Service for local school districts totals $18,182,682. e) Fair Funding appropriation for local school districts totals $988,000. This appropriation is to be split 50/50 between Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools and Orange County Schools. f) Additional County funding for local school districts totals $1,784,358. (1) School Health Nurses —Total appropriation of $610,729 with $428,032 allocated for Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools and $182,697 allocated for Orange County Schools. (2) School Social Workers —Total appropriation of $642,374 allocated in the Department of Social Services to provide School Social Workers to Orange County Schools. (3) School Resource Officers —Total appropriation of $531,255 allocated in the Sheriff's Department to provide School Resource Officers to Orange County Schools. 6) County Fee Schedule To adopt the County Fee Schedule to include changes included in the FY 2010-11 Manager's Recommended Annual Operating Budget. A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Hemminger to adjourn the meeting at 11:19 p.m. VOTE: UNANIMOUS Valerie Foushee, Chair Donna S. Baker, CMC Clerk to the Board