HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 06-30-1992BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS - WORK SESSION SCHEDULE
FY 1992 --93 MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED BUDGET
MONDAY JUNE 8 7:30 PM
PUBLIC HEARING
Phillips Junior High
Chapel Hill
TUESDAY JUNE 9 7:30 PM
PUBLIC HEARING
Superior Court Room
New Court House
Hillsborough
MONDAY JUNE 15 6:00 PM*
BUDGET WORK SESSION
Homestead Center
Items for Discussion:
Budget Overview - Manager
6:00 to 6:15
Compensation Plan
6:15 to 7:30
Community Maintenance
7:30 to 7:45
General Administration
7:45 to 8:00
Tax and Records
8:00 to 8:15
Community Planning
8:15 to 8:45
Public Works
8:45 to 9:15
TUESDAY JUNE 16 6:00 PM*
BUDGET WORK SESSION
Homestead Center
Items for Discussion:
Fire Districts
6:00 to 6:30
Public Safety
6:30 to 7:15
Human Services
7:15 to 9:00
Non- departmental budgets
9:00 to 9:45
and Outside agencies
WEDNESDAY JUNE 17 7:30 PM
BUDGET WORK SESSION
Homestead Center
Items for Discussion:
Education Overview - Manager
7:30 to 7:45
Chapel Hill - Carrboro City Schools
7:45 to 8:15
Orange County Schools
8:15 to 8:45
Education - Further Discussion
8:45 to 9:30
THURSDAY JUNE 18 6:00 PM*
BUDGET WORK SESSION
Homestead Center
Items for Discussion:
CIP Discussion and Adoption
6:00 to 7:30
Non - General Fund Budgets
7:30 to 8:30
Further Discussion and /or
8:30 to 9:15
Adoption of Budget Ordinance
WEDNESDAY JUNE 24 6:00 PM*
BUDGET WORK SESSION
Homestead Center
TENTATIVE
Further Discussion and/or
Adoption of Budget Ordinance
*Sandwiches will be available at 5 :30 pm. Worksessions will begin promptly at 6:00 pm.
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MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION COMPARED TO REQUEST
ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOLS CURRENT EXPENSE
BASE (CURRENT APPROPRIATION:
CONTINUATION:
Salary Increase
Schools budgeted at 4%; County at 3%
Inflation and revenue
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SCHOOLS !PROPOSAL OMM.
$6,614,702 $6,614,702
200,235
134,577
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79,200
79,200
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100,000
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Expansion Items (New County dollars) 569,000 0
Expansion Items (Fund Balance) 362,225 0
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County Appropriation
Appropriated Fund Balance Expansion Items
Fund Balance Appropriation
$7,705,814 $617691108
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CHAPEL HILL- CARRBORO CITY SCHOOLS
CURRENT EXPENSE
SCHOOLS MANAGER'S
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BASE (CURRENT APPROPRIATION): $8,246,455 $8,246,455
CONTINUATION
Salary Increase 600,000 300,000
Schools budgeted at 6%; County at 3%
Other Continuation Items 127,560 127,560
ADDITIONAL CONTINUATION
9,752,878
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93,590
Reclass Classified Employees
36,40
Energy Cut (State)
Drug Testing & Criminal Record Checks
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8,125
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Administrative salary schedule
246,388
35,000
Curriculum Restructuring
35,000
1 custodian for Ephesus
1.5 English as a Second Language
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20,606
Utilities for Ephesus
27,500
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9,752,878
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93,590
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Pre School Program Expansion
8,125
Exception Childrens' Program
246,388
Curriculum Restructuring
4,970
1.5 English as a Second Language
Teachers
56,925
Textbooks
71,560
Middle School, Administrative Support
92,713
Recycling
5,000
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Add'l Fund Balance Appropriation
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Good evening, Commissioners. My name is Mary Kessler and I
am the Chairperson of the Exceptional Children's Advisory
Council for the Chapel Hill - Carrboro City Schools. On
behalf of the 1,575 exceptional children in the Chapel Hill
Carrboro City Schools, I urge you to fund all of the
proposed 1992 -93 school budget. I speak for those children
with special, differing learning abilities, that is,
children who have mental or physical disabilities, behavior
and emotional handicaps, learning disabilities, or are
academically gifted.
Right now, I am very worried about their future. You see,
the key to their future is an appropriate education - -but how
can they get it when we have more and more students in our
schools, but not enough money to keep up with the growth ??
Yes, there is a lot of growth in our community. You see it
in how our community is changing. But it really hit me in
the face just a few weeks ago when I learned my son's Life
Skills Class at Estes Hills Elementary School will move to
Glenwood Elementary School next fall. For you see, Estes
Hills is running out of room. Just 10 days after school
opened last fall, there were 538 students, 68 over
projection in a school with a capacity for 522 students.
And there's growth in the number of exceptional children we
serve. In just 3 years we have grown by almost 500 students,
an increase of 45 %.
Still some people wonder why we keep asking you for "so much
money ". I'll tell you why. These children have a right to
a free appropriate education, as the law says. We have to
serve more and more identified children. That's why there
are 7 positions for exceptional children in the expansion
budget. We're just trying not to lose any more ground in
our services!!.
The state is no help to us. As I explained in the letter I
wrote you, the state puts a cap on the number of exceptional
children it will fund, based on a percentage of the total
district student population. We are way over that cap, to
the point this year alone 191 children were served but
unfunded. Had there been no caps, we would have had
$171,432 more dollars for our children. To make matters
worse, the state keeps giving less per pupil. This year
alone, a decrease in the per pupil funding meant a loss of
$50,633. Add the figures together, and you almost get the
amount requested in the expansion budget for exceptional
children programs. Add it up over a four year period and it
comes to a loss of a half million dollars. What are we
supposed to do ??
So, what will happen without the expansion funds? Very
simply put, what we have now is going to have to be
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stretched further, whether it means larger classes or less
services. The quality of programs will suffer as even more
children have to be served by the same amount of resources.
And so tonight, I ask you to fully fund all the budget. It's
easy for me to say I'd pay higher taxes if it means my
children will get the education they need for the 21st
century. But for some it's not so simple. Therefore, you
must continue your leadership to look for more education
funding and economic development.
I also ask you to do more this year than just talk about the
drain of state funds. I ask you to put your words into
action and work with us on the state level to have caps
removed for exceptional children, with sufficient extra
funding, as well as to stop the downward spiral of per pupil
expenditure. You have to let our legislators know how much
it is hurting our schools.
And most of all, I speak to you in the community to share in
the responsibility of educating our children - -the very least
we can assure all our children is a good education.
Certainly a community that worries about the fate of
lobsters and beavers can worry about the fate of its most
important resource, its children. Please give the
commissioners your support, too, to fund all the proposed
budget and the proposed school bond.
Thank you for this opportunity to speak before you.
Mrs. Mary Kessler
704 Bolin Creek Drive
Carrboro, NC 27510
June 8, 1992
Orange County Board of Commissioners
My name is Suzanne Todd Meek and I am here to strongly support the entire budget
requested by the Chapel Hill - Carrboro Schools.
I am the parent of a four and one -half year old son with special needs, and we reside in
Chapel Hill. Sloan presently attends the Children's Learning Center and is benefiting greatly
from the state and federal commitment to early intervention services. I am very concerned that
there is not going to be a place in our school system which will provide for him an appropriate
education - - -the education which he deserves. Sloan certainly stands to benefit from some of
these positions requested. He is blind and has cerebral palsy, but has made great strides when
he has had the opportunity for enough good therapies and close classroom supervision.
You have all seen the figures. There has been a 45% increase over the last three years
in the exceptional children's population in our schools. My family is part of that 45% growth.
We are a rather classic example. Four years ago my husband accepted a position in the the
Research Triangle Park. We moved from out -of- state, bought a home in Chapel Hill, fully
intend to remain here, and for Sloan to attend the public schools. Some of you may have been
listening to National Public Radio this morning. There was a national survey which determined
the three top locations for existing companies to relocate their businesses. Guess where the
Triangle placed - - -in the top three! It is clearly time to properly deal with and plan for an
even more increasing population, and the exeptional children will no doubt be a part of that
increase.
0 This requested "expansion budget" funding, as it's called, may be a misnomer. This
funding would not be expanding services by any stretch of the imagination. It would be
minimally covering this dramatically increased exceptional population -- -those children are
already here. Of the seven positions requested, those classes or therapist already have the
numbers to be full. It makes me angry that you might even consider not fully funding this
program.
I am quite cognizant of the budgetary restraints you are under. Nobody wants new taxes.
But we all want and need adequate services. In the case of the special needs child, we have no
choice but to provide those educational services. You all know that we are mandated by federal
and state law to provide an "appropriate" education for every child. These therapies, special
classrooms, assistive technologies and other special services are not "luxuries ". We provide
them because it, very simply , is the right of each of our children to have a "free and
appropriate" education.
Thank you.
Suzanne Todd Meek
403 Knob Court
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
967 -6029
Parent Networkof Orange, Durham, Chatham
P.O. Box52441 Durham, 9 [C 27717
(919) 493 - 16011(800) 660 -5542
Presentation to Commissioners on June 8, 1992
My name is Kate Sanford. I am the Director of Chapel Hill Cooperative Preschool and on
the Board of Day Care Services Association. In my role as a Board member I am the Chairperson
of a Day Care Subsidy Committee for the Board. It is our job to evaluate our day care subsidy
program and revise new policies as they are needed.
The need for day care subsidy continues to plague poor families in our community. Child
care costs about $400 a month at my center. This is fairly typical of child care costs in our
community. Many low income families, particularly those headed by single women, hardly bring
home much more than that each month. These families cannot afford quality child care and may
face having to go on welfare without day care assistance. Our scholarship program allows families
to pay fees at rates they can afford, based on their income and family size. Our typical family
consists of three people, a mother and two children. The mother earns about $12,000 a year. Our
typical family, with day care assistance from DCSA, never needs public assistance. The mother
works and maintains her economic self - sufficiency because she has child care assistance.
Right now Day Care Services Association has encumbered all of its scholarship funds for
1992. We do not expect to be able to fund another child or family needing assistance until 1993.
The Department of Social Services is also not funding new families needing assistance. There are
very few options we can offer a family who needs child care in order to work. Some day care
centers, like Chapel Hill Co -op, provide scholarships and sliding scales. But these are often very
limited. The only help that is available is for families receiving AFDC. Unfortunately, we are
having to offer this as an option. We have to say to parents, "If you want child care so you can
work, go apply and get on AFDC. Then increase your work hours and income because there is a
program that will fund your child care" This is not the way our system should be operating. We
should be helping parents who are ready and able to help themselves!
For many years DCSA has been offering a day care subsidy program for families without
asking for county assistance. The program and scholarship funds have grown tremendously as the
community has supported this need. However, there have never been funds to provide for the
administration of the subsidy program. We are asking for this support now. Thank you.
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TO: Orange County Commissioners
FROM; Nancy K. Steelman
DATE: June 8, 1992
SUBJECT: Recurring capital budget for the
Chapel Hill- Carrboro City Schools
I have worked during the three years since my arrival in Chapel
Hill to improve the safety of student transportation in the
state. During those three years I have served on the
Transportation Advisory Committee of the Chapel Hill - Carrboro
City Schools. I have worked in conjunction with the School Bus
Safety Task Force convened by the Governor to recommend
improvements to the student transportation system. My concern
for providing students with safe, efficient school bus
transportation motivates my request that you support the school
district's request for an increase in funding for recurring
capital expenditures to $900,000.
Expenditures for new school buses are made from the recurring
capital fund. Safe, efficient school bus transportation is an
issue the Chapel Hill,- - Carrboro City Schools have been working
diligently to address. When I arrived here, students were
standing on buses as a result of overcrowding. As a result of
safety concerns over this practice on the part of parents and
district personnel, much progress has been made. However, aging
buses and an inadequate number of buses to meet increasing
enrollments threaten to undermine recent safety improvements.
Inflation has diminished the buying power of each dollar
allocated to the school district. Compounding the effect of
inflation, enrollment has grown by 1000 students in the past 5
years, and further growth is anticipated. In the past 5 years,
the district has been able to add only 3 full - -sized buses and 3
mini- buses. The school board's request that the $750,000
appropriation received for the last 5 years be increased to
$900,000 will help the district meet its transportation needs.
These needs include replacing aging buses and adding additional
ones to meet increased student enrollment.
Several years ago the Chapel Hill- Carrboro City Schools
implemented a computerized Transportation Information Management
System (TIMS) to help maximize equipment and fuel efficiency.
Bus routes were redesigned to make the most productive use of
buses and drivers. In addition, the district adopted a tiered- -
opening strategy for its schools so buses could rake several
"runs." One aspect of this strategy that pleased many parents
was that elementary students were no longer riding with middle
school and high school students. The implementation of TIMS has
kept cost increases to a minimum, even with growing enrollments,
and has enabled existing buses to be operated efficiently and
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effectively. This is evidenced by the fact that the state has
given Orange County' pupil transportation system a high -
efficiency rating.
Enhanced efficiency alone, however, cannot compensate for an
Insufficient number of buses. Six regular (yellow) school buses
are currently doing double secondary school runs. This means
that six bus loads of middle or high school students must wait at
school for their buses to complete their first secondary school
run and then return to make a second run. This creates
management challenges for the schools involved. Even with these
six buses doing double secondary runs, some buses are still
overcrowded. Overcrowding creates liability issues for the
district. In addition, these buses experience more "wear and
tear" and will have to be replaced sooner than was anticipated
when they were acquired.
The growing number of exceptional students requiring
transportation on specially equipped mini -buses needs to have
transportation services that will allow them to spend more
instructional time in school and less time on the bus.
Parents putting their children on activity buses that travel at
night and on interstate highways want to feel certain those
children are being transported safely. One activity bus
currently in use is 15 years old'.
It will take $125,000 to buy three new school buses: one regular
(yellow) bus, one mini --bus, and one activity bus. If money were
no object and the district could buy .enough buses to eliminate
overcrowding and the double secondary runs currently being made,
another five regular (yellow) buses would be needed.
The school district needs adequate funding to provide safe,
efficient transportation for all its students. Transportation
demands created by increased enrollments and aging equipment
cannot be met with the level of funding that has been
appropriated during the past five years. I urge you to support
the request of the Chapel hill- Carrboro City Schools for a
$900,000 appropriation for recurring capital, of which safe and
efficient transportation for our students is a part.
Alice WERTHEIMER
108 Brighton Court i
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
(919) 942 -7417
Presentation to Orange County Commissioners
June 8, 1992
I represent about 15 families in the;ndistrict who have young
children with autism.
I speak for all of them in expressing my gratitude that we live in
a community enlightened enough to recognize the benefits to ALL
taxpayers in the long -run, in spending adequately now to provide
appropriate educations for our children.
Worldwide statistics indicate that traditionally, almost 50% of
people with autism are institutionalized by adolescence while that
figure is only 8% in North Carolina!
It is extremely fortuitous that division TEACCH, the universally
recognized experts in the treatment of autism, is headquartered
here at the UNC medical school in Chapel Hill. Because TEACCH
works collaboratively with the public schools across our state, the
success rate for our children has increased along with their
potential to be productive members of their communities.
Autism, a neurological developmental disorder, is the fourth most
prevalentidisability. It affects communication, behavior and
social relationships.
The very specific and effective TEACCH treatment methods consist of
highly structured, visually oriented classrooms with low
student /teacher ratios.
Two such specialized classrooms have been serving our Chapel Hill
youngsters at the elementary level this year. Thanks to superb
teachers, and supportive administrative and school personnel, our
children have demonstrated great progress this year. (I might add
that their peers in regular classrooms have also made progress in
their acceptance, understanding and helpfulness of children who
learn differently).
I call to your attention today the need for this progress to
continue.
Thank you for the opportunity to address this issue and for your
sensitivity to all the children in our schools. No matter what
their rate or style of learning, it is the quality of their
educations today which will determine the level of support they'll
require tomorrow.
Presentation to County Commissioners' Meeting on June S, 1992
I am Judy Stewart, President of the Board of Directors of Day Care Services Association.
Thank you for allowing me to address you tonight. You have all received a letter from me on
behalf of our agency that outlines our request - -so I won't go over the content of the letter again. I
would just like to summarize a few points that I hope you will consider in making your decision.
First, Day Care SeriflZ ' Associatio as been providing services to low income families
and providers in Orange CV for 17 ye Up until now, we have never requested funds from
the county, but rather used e United Way, the towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro,
and private contributions to provide scholarships to families. However, funds from these entities
are all directed toward scholarships and only pass through DCSA. We have used monies from
fundraising initiatives, such as concerts at the Dean Smith Center, to administer both the
scholarship program and the entire agency. However, these funds have greatly diminished and this
is no longer feasible.
Secondly, Day Care Services Association's entire cost for the administration of a $120,000
scholarship program and an agency with a budget in exce ainate'with is y $30,000. We are
asking for the county to provide for one -fourth of this c t- -o
Thirdly, Day Care Services Association works dilige and supplement
the day care subsidy program offered by the Department of Social Services. Over the past couple
of years DCSA has -been there- to pick
up on the needs of c 1' s or ro s of- famtlies
when DSS has needed or directly asked for our assistance. For example, when, because of lack of
funds, DSS terminated subsidy to families needing childcare for.wchoolage children , DCSA
provided subsidy to many of these families. Over the years, when families receiving DSS funding
have lost funding because they received a slight raise and became ineligible, DCSA has helped
these families be able to continue in child care with scholarship assistance. When DSS has not had
money to help particular families in crisis, such as families living in Community House needing
day care, DCSA has provided scholarships.
Finally, weeppreciate that these are difficult tim6for the county and county funding.
However, these are also extremely difficult times for our agency and the families that we serve.
Child care in our county is not affordable for low income families without assistance. Between the
subsidy programs offered by DSS, our subsidy program, and the subsidies given by nonprofit day
care providers, we, as a community, are still not meeting the needs of families. Without assistance
from the county, DCSA may be forced to take funds that have been historically used to fund
scholarships for families and use these to cover administrative costs. $7,500 is not a lot of money
in the scheme of our county, but it is a lot of money to families.
We appreciate the difficulty of the task that you have before you. We hope that you can
find a way to help us with our current need. Thank you.
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