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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 08-04-1987 APPROVED FEBRUARY 1, 1988 1 MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CONTINUED MEETING FROM AUGUST 3, 1987 AUGUST 4, 1987 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in continued session on August 4, 1987 at 7:30 in the Board of Commissioners' Room, Hillsborough, North Carolina. BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Shirley E. Marshall and Commissioners Moses Carey, Jr. , Stephen Halkiotis, John Hartwell and Don Willhoit. STAFF PRESENT: Interim County Manager Albert Kittrell, Finance Director Gordon Baker, Clerk to the Board Beverly Blythe, Purchasing Director Pamela Jones, Budget Analyst Donna Wagner and Personnel Director Beverly Whitehead. PROCLAMATION - STAGE II WATER ALERT Chair Marshall read the proclamation declaring a Stage II Water Alert for the County portion of the OWASA service area. (A copy of this proclamation is in the permanent agenda file in the Clerk's Office) . PROJECT ORDINANCES FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS The Board reviewed all the project ordinances and agreed to the following projects and costs: Grady Brown Human Resources Center $ 15,000 Homestead Recreation Center $ 30,000 Planning/Agriculture Building $ 56,250 Hazardous Materials $ 18, 000 Northern Human Services (Cedar Grove) $ 13, 000 New Courthouse Renovations (will be paid from present budget) Southern Human Services (Northside) $ 2, 000 County Remapping $ 97,554 Jail Renovation $ 82,000 Public Works Facility $ 130,000 Southern Orange Rescue Squad $ 10, 000 Courthouse - Bench Padding $ 5, 000 Livestock/Horticulture Market $ 25, 000 Agriculture and New Courthouse Renovations $ 9, 100 911 Center Land Purchase $ 15,000 Emergency Services Ambulances $ 34, 000 TOTAL 87-88 REVISED CIP $ 541,904 DAY CARE Social Services Director Marti Pryor-Cook distributed information to the Board and stated that the reallocated figure of $75,000 is an estimated figure. The policy has been changed to include more centers across the state being eligible to participate in the program. Marti Pryor-Cook stated that currently there are 290 children receiving daycare subsidy. Forty will be entering kindergarden reducing the figure to 250. There are 367 on the waiting list for daycare. The County is mandated to subsidize those children covered by protective services. Chair Marshall expressed a concern of subsidizing some children 100% when there are other children on the waiting list who are just as qualified but for which funds are not available. Discussion ensued on how best to fund daycare and maintain some equity in subsidizing those who are qualified. . � 2 MOTION was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to place $98,000 in contingency for day care for phase out with the condition that if more than $75,000 is received in reallocated funds that this issue will be reviewed. VOTE: UNANIMOUS. ADOPTION OF THE 1987-88 BUDGET MOTION was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Hartwell to adopt the 1987-88 budget as stated below: 1. To include those mark-up/mark-down items as listed in the August 3, 1987 minutes. 2 . Current expense for schools $ 9, 175,027 3 . Per pupil allocation set at $870 4. Set the property rate at $ 60. 6/per $100 of assessed valuation. 5. Chapel Hill-Carrboro School District Tax set at 16.5 cents per $100 of assessed valuation 6. Fire District tax rates set as follows: Cedar Grove 054 Efland 032 Eno 06 Little River 039 New Hope 036 Orange 035 Orange Grove 04 South Orange 076 Chapel Hill 025 Southern Triangle 04 Damascus 05 White Cross 079 7. All Project Ordinances as listed above. 8. Salary schedule as presented. VOTE: UNANIMOUS. APPOINTMENTS The following appointments were approved: COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS BOARD - Diane Brown AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY BOARD - Chris Hogan RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION OF ORANGE COUNTY MANAGER After a brief discussion, it was decided that the following specific skills would be desired and should be included in any advertisement in the recruitment and selection of a manager: (1) A person who is people oriented. (2) A person who has some experience with a rapid urbanizing area. (3) A person who is willing to be flexible and create alternatives. (4) A person who understands team management. (5) A person knowledgeable in technological advances. (6) A person with human communication skills as well as interpersonal skills. The applications are to be sent to the attention of the Chair and the deadline for receipt of applications was set for September 30, 1987. ADJOURNMENT With no further items for the Board to consider, Chair Marshall adjourned the meeting. The next regular meeting will be held on August 18, 1987 at 7:30 in the Courtroom of the old Post Office, Chapel Hil3 l, North Carolina. Shirley E. Marshall, Chair Beverly A. Blythe, Clerk G1 MINUTES 1 2 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 3 CONTINUED MEETING FROM AUGUST 3, 1987 AUGUST 4, 1987 6 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in continued session on 7 August 4, 1987 at 7: 30 in the Board of Commissioners' Room, Hillsborough, 8 North Carolina. 9 BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Shirley E. Marshall and Commissioners 10 Moses Carey, Jr. , Stephen Halkiotis, John Hartwell and Don Willhoit. 11 STAFF PRESENT: Interim County Manager Albert Kittrell, Finance 12 Director Gordon Baker, Clerk to the Board Beverly Blythe, Purchasing 13 Director Pamela Jones, Budget Analyst Donna Wagner and Personnel Director 14 Beverly Whitehead. 15 16 PROCLAMATION - STAGE II WATER ALERT 17 Chair Marshall read the proclamation declaring a Stage II Water Alert 18 for the County portion of the OWASA service area. (A copy of this 19 proclamation is in the permanent agenda file in the Clerk's Office) . 20 21 PROJECT ORDINANCES FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS 22 The Board reviewed all the project ordinances and agreed to the 23 following projects and costs: 24 Grady Brown Human Resources Center $ 15, 000 25 Homestead Recreation Center $ 30,000 26 Planning/Agriculture Building $ 56,250 27 Hazardous Materials $ 18, 000 28 ilk Northern Human Services (Cedar Grove) $ 13,000 New Courthouse Renovations (will be paid from present budget) Southern Human Services (Northside) $ 2,000 County Remapping $ 97,554 32 Jail Renovation 33 Public Works Facility $ 82, 000 $ 130, 000 34 Southern Orange Rescue Squad $ 1 35 Courthouse - Bench Padding 5, 000 36 Livestock/Horticulture Market $ 5, 000 37 Agriculture and New Courthouse Renovations $ 29,100 38 911 Center Land Purchase $ 9, 100 $ 39 Emergency Services Ambulances 34, 000 $ 4 40 TOTAL 87-88 REVISED CIP 1, 904 41 $ 541,904 42 DAY CARE 43 Social Services Director Marti Pryor-Cook distributed information to 44 the Board and stated that the reallocated figure of $75,000 is an 45 estimated figure. The policy has been changed to include more centers 46 across the state being eligible to participate in the program. 47 Marti Pryor-Cook stated that currently there are 290 children 48 receiving daycare subsidy. Forty will be entering kindergarden reducing 49 the figure to 250. There are 367 on the waiting list for daycare. The 50 County is mandated to subsidize those children covered by protective 51 services. 52 Chair Marshall expressed a concern of subsidizing some children 100% 53 when there are other children on the waiting list who are just as 54 qualified but for which funds are not available. Discussion ensued on how best to fund daycare and maintain some equity ii/ in subsidizing those who are qualified. 57 58 MOTION was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner 59 Halkiotis to place $98, 000 in contingency for day care for phase out with `1 the condition that if more than $75, 000 is received in reallocated fun2 ds 2 that this issue will be reviewed. 3 VOTE: UNANIMOUS. SADOPTION OF THE 1987-88 BUDGET 6 7 MOTION was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner 8 Hartwell to adopt the 1987-88 budget as stated below: 9 10 1. To include those mark-up/mark-down items as listed in the August 11 3, 1987 minutes. 12 2. Current expense for schools $ 9,175, 027 13 3 . Per pupil allocation set at $870 14 4. Set the property rate at $ 60. 6/per $100 of 15 assessed valuation. 16 5. Chapel Hill-Carrboro School District Tax set at 17 16.5 cents per $100 of assessed valuation 18 6. Fire District tax rates set as follows: 19 Cedar Grove 054 20 Efland 032 21 Eno 06 22 Little River 039 23 New Hope 036 24 Orange 035 25 Orange Grove 04 26 South Orange 076 27 Chapel Hill 025 28 Southern Triangle 04 Damascus 05 White Cross 079 )01 7. All Project Ordinances as listed above. 32 8. Salary schedule as presented. 33 VOTE: UNANIMOUS. 34 35 APPOINTMENTS 36 The following appointments were approved: 37 COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS BOARD - Diane Brown 38 AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY BOARD - Chris Hogan 39 40 RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION OF ORANGE COUNTY MANAGER 41 After a brief discussion, it was decided that the following specific 42 skills would be desired and should be included in any advertisement in the 43 recruitment and selection of a manager: 44 (1) A person who is people oriented. 45 (2) A person who has some experience with a rapid urbanizing area. 46 (3) A person who is willing to be flexible and create alternatives. 47 (4) A person who understands team management. 48 (5) A person knowledgeable in technological advances. 49 (6) A person with human communication skills as well as interpersonal 50 skills. 51 52 The applications are to be sent to the attention of the Chair and the 53 deadline for receipt of applications was set for September 30, 1987. 54 illADJOURNMENT With no further items for the Board to consider, Chair Marshall 57 adjourned the meeting. The next regular meeting will be held on August 58 18, 1987 at 7:30 in the Courtroom of the old Post Office, Chapel Hill, 59 North Carolina. Shirley E. Marshall , Chair Beverly A. Blythe, Clerk r 4a/rs,4#7 MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CONTINUED MEETING FROM AUGUST 3, 1987 AUGUST 4, 1987 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in continued session on August 4, 1987 at 7: 30 in the Board of Commissioners' Room, Hillsborough, North Carolina. BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Shirley E. Marshall and Commissioners Moses Carey, Jr. , Stephen Halkiotis, John Hartwell and Don Willhoit. STAFF PRESENT: Interim County Manager Albert Kittrell, Finance Director Gordon Baker, Clerk to the Board Beverly Blythe, Purchasing Director Pamela Jones, Budget Analyst Donna Wagner and Personnel Director Beverly Whitehead. PROCLAMATION - STAGE II WATER ALERT Chair Marshall read the proclamation declaring a Stage II Water Alert for the County portion of the OWASA service area. (A copy of this proclamation is in the permanent agenda file in the Clerk's Office) . PROJECT ORDINANCES FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS The Board reviewed all the project ordinances and agreed to the following projects and costs: Grady Brown Human Resources Center $ 15, 000 Homestead Recreation Center $ 30, 000 Planning/Agriculture Building $ 56,250 Hazardous Materials $ 18, 000 Northern Human Services (Cedar Grove) $ 13, 000 New Courthouse Renovations (will be paid from present budget) Southern Human Services (Northside) $ 2, 000 County Remapping $ 97,554 Jail Renovation $ 82, 000 Public Works Facility $ 130, 000 Southern Orange Rescue Squad $ 10, 000 Courthouse - Bench Padding $ 5, 000 Livestock/Horticulture Market $ 25, 000 Agriculture and New Courthouse Renovations $ 9, 100 911 Center Land Purchase $ 15, 000 Emergency Services Ambulances $ 34, 000 TOTAL 87-88 REVISED CIP $ 541,904 DAY CARE Social Services Director Marti Pryor-Cook distributed information to the Board and stated that the reallocated figure of $75, 000 is an estimated figure. The policy has been changed to include more centers across the state being eligible to participate in the program. Marti Pryor-Cook stated that currently there are 290 children receiving daycare subsidy. Forty will be entering kindergarden reducing the figure to 250. There are 367 on the waiting list for daycare. The County is mandated to subsidize those children covered by protective services. Chair Marshall expressed a concern of subsidizing some children 100% when there are other children on the waiting list who are just as qualified but for which funds are not available. Discussion ensued on how best to fund daycare and maintain some equity in subsidizing those who are qualified. MOTION was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to place $98,000 in contingency for day care for phase out with tL2 condition that if more than $75, 000 is received in reallocated funds that this issue will be reviewed. VOTE: UNANIMOUS. ADOPTION OF THE 1987-88 BUDGET MOTION was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Hartwell to adopt the 1987-88 budget as stated below: 1. To include those mark-up/mark-down items as listed in the August 3, 1987 minutes. 2. Current expense for schools $ 9, 175,027 3 . Per pupil allocation set at $870 4. Set the property rate at $ 60.6/per $100 of assessed valuation. 5. Chapel Hill-Carrboro School District Tax set at 16.5 cents per $100 of assessed valuation 6. Fire District tax rates set as follows: Cedar Grove 054 Efland 032 Eno 06 Little River 039 New Hope 036 Orange 035 Orange Grove 04 South Orange 076 Chapel Hill 025 Southern Triangle 04 Damascus 05 White Cross 079 7. All Project Ordinances as listed above. 8. Salary schedule as presented. VOTE: UNANIMOUS. APPOINTMENTS The following appointments were approved: COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS BOARD - Diane Brown AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY BOARD - Chris Hogan RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION OF ORANGE COUNTY MANAGER After a brief discussion, it was decided that the following specific skills would be desired and should be included in any advertisement in the recruitment and selection of a manager: (1) A person who is people oriented. (2) A person who has some experience with a rapid urbanizing area. (3) A person who is willing to be flexible and create alternatives. (4) A person who understands team management. (5) A person knowledgeable in technological advances. (6) A person with human communication skills as well as interpersonal skills. The applications are to be sent to the attention of the Chair and the deadline for receipt of applications was set for September 30, 1987. ADJOURNMENT With no further items for the Board to consider, Chair Marshall adjourned the meeting. The next regular meeting will be held on August 18, 1987 at 7:30 in the Courtroom of the old Post Office, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Beverly A. Blythe, Clerk Shirley E. Marshall, Chair