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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda - 06-16-1981AGENDA REGULAR MEETING ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1981 7:30 P.M. SUPERIOR COURTROOM, ORANGE COUNTY COURTHOUSE HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 1. Does any Board member desire to modify this agenda? 2. Does any member of the audience desire to address the Board on: A. Matters on this agenda; B. Matters not on this agenda? 3. Public Hearing on the addition of Morgan Creek Hills Subdivision and a portion of Heritage Hills Subdivision to the South Orange Fire District. 4. Public Hearing on the Orange County Budget for Fiscal Year 1981 -82. 5. Board deliberations on the budget. Y -p EXPIIVDTT(JRES ORAL COIVIY GENERAL FUND 1981 - 1982 City Maintenance 528,044 County Commissioners courts . Elections Register of Deeds Cen al Lead Records tr Soil & Water Conservation General Administration 1,582,956 Administration Personnel Firm= Purchasing & Central. Services Tax Supervisor Revenue Data Processing, Planning RXMW Transportation Miscellaneous Central •-. Services Human Services 10;.826, 290 Social Services Support Enforcement --- Veteran's Service Mental Health Health Agriculture Recreation Schools Libraries Cammission for Women Nutrition . Aging Historic Commission JOCCA Historical Museum RSVTP Shelter Hone Other - Rape Crisis, Women's Health,- Coalition for Battered Women, JJDP Public Safety 1,616.1128 Sheriff Jail Central Dispatch Civil Defense Emergency Medical Service Miscellaneous - Forest Service, Medical Examiner Public [forks 808,896 Building And Grounds Building and Rents Motor Pool Sanitation Miscellaneous - .Street Surfacing, Lake Orange Capital Equip mt 54,000 Transfers to Other Funds 1,209,082 Debt Service Revaluation Capital Projects bnti%mq3r Total General Fund r 100,000 - 16,725,396 For detail of prgrams within-departments, see Orange County Budget 1981 -1982, Table of Contents. TAXES Sales 1,839,588 p-y 10, 063'430 -- - -License & Permits 86,000 Intergoverrm=tal . State - Intangibles Tax, Beer & Wine Tax Criminal Justice, Veteran's Service, Social Services, - Support Enforcement, GBA, Health 2,195,457 Local - ABC System, . ABC Rebab . , Kzdcipal Governments (Tax Collections) 645,696. Charges for Services - Fees: Register of Deeds', Officers', Recreation, Health, Planning, Elections, Support Enforcement; telephone Charges 414,187 Interest on Investments 325,000. Miscellaneous - Sales Tax Refunds, Motor Fuel Refunds, Special Assessments, Utility Refunds, Rents, Resales, Fixed Asset Sales, Court Facility Fees, Indirect Cost, IV-D Refimdn 1vV,44$ Transfers to General Fund - Revenue Sharing 500,000 TOTAL. l6 , 229 , 806 LICENSE d PERMITS .S % ORANG& COUNTY GENERAL FUND PERCENT OF TOTAL REVENUE BY CATEGORY OF REVENUE Ply 19ai.bL n"= z 6E WgRAl. XSUTRANSFERS 'I.z-I _ ,► _ Ott PUBLIC SAFETY q.y j, On{ER soclA6 P�� 'A SOCIAL SERVICES 14.21. AWAINsTRATON -14% 3040 LS -CLARRENT EXP&nE 33.2. CAP. ORANGE PERCENT OF TOTAL BUDGET CBYNCATEGORY M: r )eotrmnj -n,oc The Greater Chapel Hill- Carrboro Chamber of Commerce 104 S. ESTES DRIVE/ CHAPEL HILL, N.C. 27514 / P.O. BOX 2897 / 967 -7075 ti MEMORANDUM TO: Orange County Commissioners FROM: The Greater Chapel Hill - Carrboro Chamber of Commerce SUBJECT: Proposed 1981 -82 Orange County Budget DATE: June '16, 1981 The Greater Chapel Hill - Carrboro Chamber of Commerce has recently established an Orange County Budget and Taxes Committee with the objective of studying and monitoring the county budget and budget process in order to keep our Chamber members informed of how and where their tax dollars are being spent. The Committee began this process by an analysis of the 1981 -82 proposed budget and attending work sessions. We endorse your stated objectives - 1. no new programs, 2. no local assumption of reduced federal or state funding, 3. departments to assume impact of inflation on operating costs whenever possible, 4. a 5% salary adjustment if the General Assembly elects to revise the state pay plan, 5. statement about schools' expenditures, and your efforts thus far to contain the cost of county government while maintaining essential county services. We commend you for the time and attention you have devoted to the many work sessions and hearings you have held in various county locations. Although state law does not specifically require that these meetings be held, except for the final hearing, you have Memorandum Orange County Commissioners June 16, 1981 Page 2 chosen to make yourselves available night after night, listened patiently, and probed for information. We also commend you on your on -going program of improving and extending your accounting system so it will provide detailed operating costs by department with respect to controllable costs'such as travel and other expenditures. When completed, this reporting system should give you and the department heads current information with which to measure performance against budget goals. The Chamber recommends that in evaluating the proposed budget and adopting the final budget that you consider the additional guide- line of no dollar increase in the overall budget over the previous year's budget. We feel this is particularly relevant given that the current estimates which were provided for the year 1980 -81 may actually be less than those budgeted. Furthermore, we would like to point out that while the overall increase in the budget is 4.5%, the increase in property taxes to the citizens of the county is 12.18% which would indicate that the citizens are absorbing cutbacks of funds from other sources. We, therefore, recommend that in addition to considering no new programs, that old programs should be carefully evaluated as to the services provided and their efficiency and effectiveness to the overall county. Specific attention in this regard should be paid to those departments or agencies who serve multiple counties, overlap with municipal support, or which serve only a small segment of the community. Memorandum Orange County Commissioners June 16, 19.81 Page 3 The county receives substantial funds from the federal government and the state of North Carolina. The Chamber endorses your request that the hudget show this information by department, especially in the social services and health-departments, where most of these funds are "passed through." With these sources of outside funds identified, the need for local funding can be more clearly identified. While the county is the recipient of state funds, it is also required to conform to state standards. State funding, however, is often inadequate, and the difference has to be made up from county revenues. We also note with approval the effort of some department heads to offset expenditures by charging fees for certain services. This practice should be encouraged wherever it is consistent with county and state regulations. In summary, we congratulate the-Commissioners on their display of strong personal interest in all aspects of the budget process. We thank you for the courtesies you and your department heads have accorded our committee. We plan to continue to study and review the county budget and financial operations, and, as a result, may be able to be of service to you. A 8- TOWN OF CARRBORO Mr. Sam Gattis County Manager Orange County Courthouse 106 E. Margaret Lane Hillsborough, N.C. 27278 Dear Sam: NORM CAROJNA June 16, 1981 TOWN MANAGER The Board of Aldermen of the Town of Carrboro has established a figure of $73,284 as the cost of service which is estimated for the South Orange Fire District for fiscal year 1981 -82. The following is a breakdown of the process by which these figures were calculated: 1980 -81 Protected 1981 A. Operating expenditures for fire department activities $143,332 $153,483 B. Number of Calls - — Town of Carrboro 159 South Orange Fire District 99 258 C. Ratio of costs for South Orange Fire District 38.37% 99 divided by 258 equals 38.37% D. Cost allocation for South Orange Fire District (1) 1980 -81 costs: $143,332 x 38.37% 54,996 (2) 1981 -82 costs: $153,483 x 38.37% (3) Annual debt service on fire station $17,275 x 38% (4) Capital purchases - tanker and one pumper with cost amortized over 5 years when expenditures were actually realized in one year - $88,462 divided by 5 x 38% 6,722 (5) $50,000 general fund contribution to fire station amortized over 40 years when the expenditure was actually incurred in one year 1,107 Total cost of service for South Orange Fire District $62,825 159 99 258 38.37% 58,891 6,564 6,722 1,107 $73,284 page two Mr. Gattis June 16, 1981 I would appreciate your communication of these costs to the Orange County Commissioners and the inclusion of this amount in your budget for payment to the Town of Carrboro for the provision of fire protection services to the South Orange Fire District. I am enclosing copies of this letter for distri- bution at tonight's public hearing on the County budget. RFH /scw cc: Orange County Commissioners S' cerely, 'chard F. Hunter Town Manager PROPOSED BUDGET FOR ORANGE COUNTY 1981 -82 Submitted to the County Commissioners on 6/16/81 Orange County Courthouse Hillsborough, NC Proposed Budget County Commissioner - $10,063,430 (Property Tax Revenues) $16,725,396 (Citizens Proposed Budget Approved $ 8,981,955 10.7% decrease Saving in Property Taxes $ 1,081,475 Tax Rate 51.2 cents per hundred Budget Proposal Philosophy: The thrust of the county commissioners to heavily tax the citizens of Orange County by property taxes needs to be halted. The author firmly believes that this proposed budget is a budget supported by the majority of Orange County citizens and taxpayers and it has not been subjected to any pressure groups or any emotional, issues that so often surrounds the courthouse at budget time. If the trend of increasing government in Orange County prevails, the cost incurred will be devastating. Many people on fixed income, low income families and middle Americans will be unable to weather the burden. For many of us, taxation through our land is a harsh tax and the return that is afforded us by the Orange County government can never be equitable. I would like all the county commissioners to look back on the 1981 -82 budget and be proud that it was their decision to stop the socialistic trends our county has acquired, uutt a halt to large government and unnecessary agencies throughout the county. A few years ago, we the citizens voted to spend approximately $2 million on capital improvement for a jail and Grady Brown. This proposed budget 1981 -82 by the county commissioners still reflects more money to complete the capital building programs. Many of us realize that we made a mistake when voting to give the county commissioners the money to improve facilities for all we have now is more government and more bureaucracy and an ever - increasing tax burden to cover the escalating governmental agencies. This budget is submitted in good faith and recommended that you fully implement all of its budget cuts so we can start to make Orange County govern- ment efficient cost wise as I believe the majority of the taxpayers request. rage # Saving Reason ' Proposed 81-82 Approved 81 -82 Capital improvements surplus 2 -- 353,452 Personnel salaries 20 138,224 128,123 - 10,101 15% cut 22 56,217 47,785 - 8,432 personnel programs 5% cut 27 345,817 328,527 - 17,290 tax supervisor 5% cut Planning budget 37 377,218 358,358 - 18,860 Eliminate Energy Department 51 23,483 00 - 23,483 25% cut -• Miscellaneous services decreased services 53 138,970 104,228 - 34,742 (postage, duplicating, and telephone) 20% cut Health Services Administrative cut only 90 865,712 692,570 - 173,].42 50% cut Recreation Department Low citizen participation. Program can 137 367,165' 183,528 - 183,582 be run more effectively by Civic organi- zations. Orange Co. ove eat should not the entertainmInt siness. 3.7% cut in per capita 159 6,327,057 5,482,926 - 210,662 10% cut Public Works 183 477,293 429,564 - 47,729 TOTAL 16,725,396 15,643,921 1,081.475 Submitted by Anthony V. Seaber