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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: June 21, 2022
Action Agenda
Item No. 8-a
SUBJECT: Minutes
DEPARTMENT: Board of County Commissioners
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
Draft Minutes (Under Separate Cover) Laura Jensen, Clerk to the Board, 919-
245-2130
PURPOSE: To correct and/or approve the draft minutes as submitted by the Clerk to the Board
as listed below.
BACKGROUND: In accordance with 153A-42 of the General Statutes, the Governing Board
has the legal duty to approve all minutes that are entered into the official journal of the Board's
proceedings.
Attachment 1: May 10, 2022 Budget Public Hearing and Work Session
Attachment 2: May 12, 2022 Budget Work Session
FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with this item.
SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: There is no Orange County Social Justice Goal impact associated
with this item.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: There is no Orange County Environmental Responsibility Goal
impact associated with this item.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the Board approve minutes as
presented or as amended.
Attachment l
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1 DRAFT MINUTES
2 ORANGE COUNTY
3 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
4 BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING AND WORK SESSION
5 May 10, 2022
6 7:00 p.m.
7
8 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Budget Public Hearing and Work
9 Session on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. at the Whitted Human Services Center in
10 Hillsborough, NC.
11
12 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Renee Price, Vice Chair Jamezetta Bedford,
13 and Commissioners Amy Fowler, Sally Greene, Jean Hamilton, Earl McKee, and Anna
14 Richards
15 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT:
16 COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts
17 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Deputy County Manager
18 Travis Myren, and Clerk to the Board Laura Jensen. (All other staff members will be identified
19 appropriately below)
20
21 Chair Price called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m.
22
23 1. Opening Remarks
24
25 Chair Price welcomed everyone and reviewed the agenda.
26
27 Chair Price dispensed with reading the public charge.
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29
30 2. Presentation of the County Manager's Recommended FY 2022-23 Budget
31 (PowerPoint Presentation)
32
33 Travis Myren made a presentation on the FY23 recommended budget:
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35 Slide #1
ORANGE COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA
FY2022-23
COUNTY MANAGER
RECOMMENDED BUDGET
May 3, 2022
BOCC Business Meeting
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1 Slide #2
FY2022-23 RECOMMENDED BUDGET
BUDGET PRIORITIES
• Structurally Balanced Budget
- Maintain funding of the Social Safety net services
• Increase Public Safety and Education Investments
• Retain and Recruit Employees
• Long-Term Financial Planning
ORANGE COUNTY
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3
4 Slide #3
FY2022-23 RECOMMENDED BUDGET
FY2021-22 to FVN22-23 Revenue Growth
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Ot11ei Revenue S3—M S3.5m ($0.24 (1.1°fa]
Tama s2M.7M s25s.6M $16.7M
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6 Travis Myren said most revenues in the county have performed well over the past year.
7 He said sales tax is measuring a 23% growth from last year's budget. He said this means the
8 federal stimulus payments and local efforts to support the economy were effective.
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1 Slide #4
FY2022-23 RECOMMENDED MENDED BUDGET
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3 Travis Myren said property taxes and sales tax make up 86% of the county's general
4 fund revenue, so recommendations in those areas are critical.
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6 Slide #5
ORANGE COUNTY FY 2022-23 BUDGET
FY 2022-23 Revenue Recommendations
Property Tax Rate Increase
SO.0025-cover debt to use of FY2021-22 one-time ftulds=5553,024
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ORANGE COUNTY
NORT]I:C.AROLI:NA
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8 Travis Myren said last year the Commissioners decided to use one-time funding to
9 prevent a tax increase, which now must be replaced with a sustainable revenue source.
10
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1 Slide #6
FY2022-23 RECOMMENDED BUDGET
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3 Travis Myren noted the highest expenditures are education, human services, and public
4 service. He said when those categories are combined with the county's debt service obligation
5 for school and county facilities, it equals about 83% of the total expenditures.
6
7 Slide #7
FY2022-23 RECOMMENDED BUDGET
FY 202 23 Recommended Expenditures
Highlights
Education
• PtlbIAc Safetr Lwestrnent
• ETnplo7e l Cilutnient mud Retention
• Outside:agencies
• Fire Distucts
• ARleLkmi RPsaie CJ3w Act Ftwdng
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NORTI t CAROLINA
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1 Slide #8
FY2022,-23 RECOMMENDED BUDGET
EDUCATION —STUDENT ENROLLMENT
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3 Travis Myren said current expense funding is distributed to the school districts based on
4 student enrollment. He said both school districts experienced a decline in total funded students.
5
6 Slide #9
FY2022-23 RECOMMENDED BUDGET"
EDUCATION —CURRENT EXPENSE FUNDING
$53,936,81-7 562.M,553 555,007,882 $1,471,M5
P.PuPit $4,361 $3.CLS1 S4,609 S441
Cu€Writ Expense I135,416,330 54I.154.134 138,51.0.Flo $3,1.54.:
Pei Pupil I$4 i7 i$3,661 I$-1,$ B $441
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8 Travis Myren said there is $93.6 million in total current expense funding.
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1 Slide #10
IFY2022-23 RECOMMENDED BUDGET
EDUCATION —PER STUDENT FUNDING H1STORI'
COUNM APPROPRIATION PER ffYUBENT
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4 Slide #11
FY2022-23 RECOMMENDED BUDGET
EDUCATION
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6 Travis Myren said the county also provides funding to Durham Technical College at the
7 Orange County Campus to fund non-instructional activities. He said that those expenses are
8 budgeted to increase by 3%. He said the back to work initiative and the promise scholarships
9 are funded out of the Article 46 sales tax revenues.
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1 Slide #12
FY2022-23 RECOMMENDED DED BUDGET
PUB11C &AFETYINVESTMENT
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Sub-lbcaiOd2erLepfs. 7.41TE 221,172
Total W f Public Safe ry 34.9 FTE 611,018
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3 Travis Myren said that another priority is public safety and investing in those work forces.
4 He said this budget will add twelve full time positions in the Emergency Services Department
5 and fifteen detention officers added in the Sheriff's office.
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7 Slide #13
FY2022-23 RECOMMENDED BUDGET
EMPLOYEE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION
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current beneELL
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9 Travis Myren said because of higher turnover rates and inability to fill positions, turnover
10 savings will pay for 3% increase for county employees. He said the county is mandated by the
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1 local government retirement system to increase its contribution. He noted that the county is not
2 immune to the competitive employment market and must try to keep up with the local
3 employment market.
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5 Slide #14
FY2022-23 RECOMMENDED BUDGET
OUTSIDE AGENCIES
(501.e-3) Base Bu-dget Request Manager Increase
ncies Fumded ' 57 58 53 ' 4
Total 51729 955 $2,259,645$ 1994 690 $ 164 7
An additional S45,000 is pm6drd to eats-ndatrd out-i&agencie-s in the Visions$uxeau
Fund.
• T1tr Sowd of Counts Commissioneis estabfisluda target of 12%of grnriml fund
expenses to outside a encrea FY2022-23 Reconumendatiou allocates 1.3Y16 to outside
agencies.
ORANGE COUNTY
NOFM I CAPOLINA
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7 Travis Myren said this budget has 1.35% of expenditures dedicated to outside agencies.
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9 Slide #15
FY2022-23 RECOMMENDED BUDGET
FIRE DISTRICTS
FIRE 4 1 1 1 1
TAX RATE INCAFASE TAX RATE
edai [ate $0.0763 $0.(0 $0.0?63
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Southern Trisngir $D wso $L40 $0.1180
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1 Travis Myren said almost all the requested increases are due to increasing personnel
2 costs and the inability to fully staff with volunteers.
3
4 Slide #16
F 0 2- 3 RECOMMENDED BUDGET
AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT (ARPA)
Ftrc District P25 Phase II CompliaotRadio R IRormca.t $1,773,200
I lotlsllng LDco rur sa6,s
Housing Helpline $205,090
L:3Litllord ILiceLiriVe PYagNIn S20,U00
Broadband Iatrast-u=c Dcsip-i and Impl[eme station $5,woow
Cluld"re Support Parent Fees S540,000
Housing,EHA and SOHLAU/ S4,7�?,643
Total $12,372,82 S
Ii Reconunended Btutget is appiOT'ed,appiownu�tel� ,8 million Yenu�ls a�^aulable
Recommcuded Budgct also includes 5570,6W in Czcnesal Fluid irsoutces to begin the
tiansition firom ARPsl to sustaiLublr,ongoing urenue_
C)RANGE COUNT'
Noim r CARCA INN
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6 Travis Myren said the county was awarded $28.8 million and this budget recommends
7 allocating $12,372,372, with $4.8 million remaining.
8
9 Slide #17
F 0 2- 3 RECOMMENDED BUDGET
BUDGET CAL NDAR
BUDGET PUBLIC HEARINGS DATE
Budget and Capital Invvestment Plan(CIP) may 10 8e jmle 2
BUDGETWDRK SESSION SCHEDULE DATE
Schools Yuid Outside Varies %lay 12
Fire District,Public Safetfi and Hunan Services may I�)
Durham Tech,Support Sctv-iocs, cncial Cwviamcat and ]1ar26
ra comtuiitr San iocs Bt4ct imcadYncats and Resolution of Iatcat to Adopt J1311C 9
BOCC BUDGETADOPTION DATE
n-20Z2-23 Operataagaad CIF Budget Adoption Julie 21
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1 Slide #18
FY2022-23 RECOMMENDED BUDGET
MISSION STATEMENT
Orang a County:exists to provide gore rnmer tal seMe es needed by our
Residents or mandated by the State of North Carolina.
To provide these qualitk Services e ffi ciently,we must;
❑ Sen-e the Res idents of Orange County—Our Residern[s Come First;
❑ Depend on die energy,skills, and dedicaticm of at our ernployres and
koiuntrera;
❑ Treat all our Residents and Employees with fairness,respect,"d
unde rs iandir%
l County Residerrr� Come Frise
ORANGE COUNTY
NOFM[CAROLINA
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4 3. Public Comments
5
6 The board held a public hearing to receive comments on the FY23 recommended
7 budget.
8
9 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee and seconded by Commissioner Fowler to
10 open the public hearing.
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12 VOTE: UNANIMOUS
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14 PUBLIC COMMENTS:
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16 Allison Jaillet thanked the Commissioners for the opportunity to speak. She said
17 teachers deserve more than the 3% raise and 6 weeks paid parental leave they are asking for.
18 She said she has taught science for the last 11 years in three different states and 2 different
19 countries. During these years she said she has had to break up physical fights resulting in her
20 own injuries, been sexually harassed and stalked by a student with no support from
21 administration because they said the student had to stay in her class to graduate, had weapons
22 brought into her classroom, had a student who died from gun violence, had a student who
23 overdosed, taken a pay cut when moving to North Carolina, had students cut themselves in her
24 classroom, been told to go back to her own country, been screamed at by parents, had
25 administration control her work visa, been emotionally abused by administration, and been
26 cursed at and called names. She said in 2019 the building beside her school exploded and she
27 sustained long term injuries. She said she returned to school after one week because her
28 administrator did not support teachers taking off extended time. She said she developed PTSD
29 and she still deals with the side effects. She said her husband left teaching, went back to
30 school, and now his starting salary is her maximum salary. She said she loves being a middle
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1 school teacher, but she is looking at a job as a curriculum writer that will pay $20,000 more as a
2 starting salary than what she makes now with her masters and it has paid maternity leave. She
3 said teachers are leaving so they can afford to live and have families. She said teachers are
4 leaving due to being disrespected, injured, and insulted, and for their own safety and sanity.
5 She said teachers are leaving quicker than they can be replaced and children will suffer. She
6 said a fully funded budget is an attempt to gain back respect and make it possible for teachers
7 to live and continue to work in their chosen profession.
8 Laura Jensen, Clerk to the Board, read the following comment emailed to the Board of
9 Commissioners from Erskine Alvis at 3:38 PM:
10 "Thank you for the privilege to address you tonight via letter. I write you today as I am ill,
11 and I cannot attend the Board of County Commissioners meeting tonight to hear comments for
12 and against the budget for the County's upcoming fiscal year. If I was there, then I would
13 certainly offer my comments below in person.
14 1 write you in the most vigorous language possible. I ask you to approve the budget for
15 the Chapel Hill Carrboro City School system and the Orange County Schools. I ask you to do
16 this without further delay and to do this without further delay. These two districts represent the
17 best in elementary, secondary, and community education in North Carolina. In many ways, they
18 serve as a model of education and educational leadership for so many in other parts of our
19 country. We need this clarity now more than ever as we are a people more divided than we
20 have been in 150 years since the horrors of the American Civil War.
21 In Orange County, North Carolina, we are a beacon of hope. We are all so fortunate to
22 live here.
23 1 am a retired 22-year U.S. Navy Chaplain. I deployed from Japan to Afghanistan. 1
24 deployed to war. I have seen the Hell of what human beings can create for each other. I have
25 seen the horror of inhumanity. And yet, it was my privilege to be in military service to our
26 country. It was my honor.
27 For the past 3 months, I have had the privilege to serve as a long-term substitute
28 teacher for the Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools. It is a PRIVILEGE to serve. It is my honor.
29 Like my military service, I have already experienced the joys and the sorrows of
30 humanity. In my role, I have seen the hope, the clarity, and the care mixed with and incredible
31 mix of competence and commitment by our educators — be they in the classroom or elsewhere
32 — as they work so hard to do so much for so many. I include ALL staff members in the term
33 educators. This includes EVERYONE who works for the school system and in the school
34 buildings proper and within the system. They not only serve our students by their high degree
35 of professionalism, but they also serve our students' families, they serve our community, and
36 most importantly, they serve what kind of future our country needs and will have long after all of
37 us are gone from where we are now.
38 To quote the late U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Chuck Yeager from about the time
39 that he broke the sound barrier in 1947, "No bucks. No Buck Rogers." This budget represents
40 the clarity of such thinking.
41 1 offer the following examples of why you need to approve this budget as presented in its
42 entirety.
43 First, there was the young student from a foreign land who is an immigrant. She
44 struggles with English. When I covered the class for her teacher one day, she asked me if she
45 had completed the work properly. Via email, I checked with her teacher. He contacted me. She
46 has done it beautifully. When I shared his affirmation of her with her, she beamed in an ear-to-
47 ear smile. She works so hard. She just wants to be part of the American Dream.
48 Second, there was the young student that queried me about military service when he
49 learned of mine. He wanted to know what it was like. He wanted to know if I was ever scared.
50 1 told him, "Of course I was scared. We all were. The main thing is if you are honest with
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1 yourself and with each other." He had a better understanding of the challenges ahead of him as
2 he had enlisted in the Delayed Entry Program of one of our military branches."
3 At this point the comment time expired.
4 Margo Ginsberg said she is the parent of a student at Ephesus Elementary in the
5 CHCCS district and a homeowner. She asked the Board to fully fund the CHCCS budget
6 request. She said in the past year the County has collected $6 million more in sales tax than
7 was projected. She expressed her disapproval that the Commissioners have not approved
8 CHCCS budget request. She said the funds are essential to providing the highest quality
9 education to children. She said almost 50% of funding to pay teachers and staff comes from
10 Orange County and is determined by the Commissioners. She said students have gone without
11 needed services and instructors because of a historic number of open positions that have gone
12 unfilled. She said the recommended portion of the budget for education is 1% lower than the
13 Commissioners' own target and is 10% lower than what the Wake County manager is
14 recommending. She said CHCCS is no longer in the top three for local supplement pay for
15 teachers and staff. She said it is imperative to remain competitive in compensation in order to
16 recruit and maintain the best quality educators.
17 Lindsay Bedford read the following:
18 "Good Evening Chairwoman Price, Vice Chairwoman Bedford, and County
19 Commissioners. My name is Lindsay Bedford and I am Chair of the CHCCS Special Needs
20 Advisory Council (SNAC). I come to you tonight to ask you to please fully fund the proposed
21 budget that Dr. Hamlett and our Board of Education have brought before you.
22 The education of many of the exceptional children, or EC, in our district is in crisis. EC
23 students, the most vulnerable in our schools, have been disproportionately impacted by the
24 great resignation. This is true across our nation. An NPR article published on April 21 spoke
25 about the crisis facing special needs students, and highlighted Hawaii's efforts that started in
26 2020 to hire and retain more EC staff by increasing their pay by $10,000. In 2019, 30% of EC
27 teaching positions in Hawaii were vacant, now the number is 15%.
28 As you can see from the data I have provided to you tonight, 1/10th of the students in
29 CHCCS receive EC services. Yet, 1/3 of the vacant positions in our district are those of
30 individuals who provide direct services to EC students. There are occupational and physical
31 therapists who are leaving because our state still considers them classified employees and pays
32 them as such. There are general education teachers who are trying desperately to pick-up the
33 pieces for students who are rapidly regressing academically, behaviorally, and socially, but do
34 not have all of the necessary training and dozens of other students to educate. There are
35 students in our district who have gone the entire year without certified EC teaching staff. Instead
36 they are being served by a revolving door of hopefully long-term substitutes who show up every
37 day and give their best, but are not trained in the specialized skills needed to provide our
38 students with the Free and Appropriate Public Education that they are entitled to.
39 A week ago, I sent you a petition that was signed by over 200 CHCCS community
40 members supporting Dr. Hamlett's proposal to provide a 2.5% increase for EC teachers and an
41 additional 2.5% for adapted curriculum teachers. In this petition, there are 88 narratives - stories
42 of how vacancies have negatively impacted families, but also stories of how valuable our
43 teachers who are here are to us. I hope that you took the time to read the document and will
44 consider the stories you hear firsthand tonight.
45 Our nation is in crisis. Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is in crisis. The profession of
46 teaching is in crisis. It is time for our society to show up and value our teachers for the
47 monumental work they do every day. I believe in Orange County and I believe we value our
48 children's education and thus our teachers. It is time for us to be brave and bold to support the
49 future of our community."
50 Marisa Kathard said her daughter is a junior EC student at East Chapel Hill High School.
51 She said she has been a SNAC advocate for 10 years. She said the recent staffing shortages
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1 have become critical and detrimental to fulfilling the school's mission. She said that as a
2 pediatrician, it is a struggle to juggle work and be present at home to support her daughter,
3 especially when there was remote learning during the pandemic. She said her daughter has had
4 four classroom teachers in three years because of the high turnover, and no classroom teacher
5 since November 2021. She said there have been no applicants for the vacancy. She said her
6 daughter's IEP goals are not being addressed due to the absence of a certified EC teacher. She
7 said the second TA in the classroom resigned at the beginning of April, and her daughter's skills
8 are regressing. She said the school speech therapist and occupational therapist also resigned.
9 She expressed concern for EC students whose families cannot afford these services privately.
10 She said CHCCS is touted as one of the best districts in the state but are falling short. She said
11 EC resource teachers at East have 30 students instead of 17 due to vacancies. She said EC
12 students have been disproportionately impacted by teacher vacancies. She urged the Board to
13 support the CHCCS budget request and said it would allow CHCCS to recruit and retain high
14 quality EC teachers for the most vulnerable students in the county.
15 Mella Diaz said the most disadvantaged in society are always left behind. She said those
16 who choose to teach EC students are exceptional. She said being able to instill the concept of
17 what is safe and what is dangerous keeps children like her own son alive, and understanding
18 how to teach communication to EC students is paramount to their existence. She said many
19 students in the adapted curriculum classes have behavioral complexities that need to be
20 baselined, mapped, and have support built into their daily lives that enable them to access the
21 academic environment. She said the school district must have the ability to hire EC teachers at
22 competitive rates and must provide the training and support EC students need including
23 undervalued occupational and physical therapists. She said the lack of availability of teachers
24 who can facilitate much needed care for the disabled is astounding, and the few who do are
25 underpaid. She said the average salary for teachers in North Carolina is a disgrace, and the
26 workload for EC teachers is beyond the norm which is reflected in the number of vacancies. She
27 said it is regrettable that EC administration must spend countless hours searching all over the
28 country for teaching staff. She requested the Board fully fund the CHCCS Budget request to
29 support EC teachers, EC administrative staff, and resources needed to fully staff schools with
30 qualified teachers for students with disabilities. She said this is an equity and safety issue, and
31 lack of adequate support for EC students puts them at risk physically and academically.
32 Linda Gilchrist said her family moved to CHCCS district 11 years ago from the Chicago
33 suburbs. She said she and her family are passionate about public education and dedicate time
34 and resources to schools. She said she is disappointed the Commissioners will not fully fund
35 the budget requests. She said many students haven't had a Spanish teacher or CTE teachers
36 for most of the year at East Chapel Hill High School, and there is a lack of staff and assistant
37 principals. She said education is the key to the success of society and the county needs to
38 adequately fund good public education. She said she lives in a nice area of Chapel Hill, but
39 many families in her neighborhood are planning to send their children to private schools. She
40 said Chapel Hill is the cornerstone of education in North Carolina, and the community and
41 county need to support students, teachers, and staff.
42 Christina Clark said she is the president of the Orange County Association of Educators
43 and is an English teacher at Cedar Ridge High School in Hillsborough. She said the past two
44 years have been difficult for everyone in school systems, but issues have been festering for
45 years. She said after the state legislature has failed for many years to fund education and pay
46 school staff fairly, the pandemic was the last straw for many. She said those who considered
47 leaving education before the pandemic are gone, and those who never did are considering it
48 now. She said long-term substitutes have become ubiquitous in classrooms and administrative
49 roles. She said substitutes are appreciated, but students are frustrated and demoralized with
50 the disruptions and lack of relationship building. She said data shows that the most important
51 factor in student success is the relationship between students and teachers. She said a survey
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1 of Orange County Schools' staff showed the top reason they would consider staying would be a
2 raise in pay. She said the OCS budget request seeks to address long-standing issues with the
3 way school staff is paid in OCS. She said one of the worst examples of the unfairness in the
4 OCS pay scale is that hourly workers don't receive a raise until they have worked in the district
5 for 22 years. She said classified staff perform numerous tasks that make it possible for
6 administrators and teachers to do their jobs. She said turnover in these positions is
7 unsustainable. She said it is not easy to learn the interworking of a school from scratch, but
8 classified staff are not paid accordingly. She said fully funding the OCS budget request is a vital
9 responsibility to this community and impacts all other areas of the Commissioners' work. She
10 said her organization is committed to pressuring OCS to spend their budget responsibly and
11 holding them accountable to investing in school staff. She said Orange County should be
12 leading the state in innovating education, not losing students to charter schools and online
13 corporate education. She requested the Board fully fund the OCS budget request.
14 Ashley Sherman said she is the school counselor at Ephesus Elementary and has been
15 with CHCCS for 10 years. She thanked the Board for their work and expressed appreciation.
16 She said she is the only counselor at her school and serves 400 students, 90 colleagues, and
17 several hundred family members. She said this is double nationally recommended average
18 counselor to student ratio. She said in the past couple of years she has been hit, stabbed,
19 punched, had a fire extinguisher sprayed on her, and run into traffic to try to prevent a student in
20 crisis from being hit by a car. She said it is not news that working in schools is hard and
21 compensation is not keeping up with the demands. She said she has seen a spike in mental
22 health concerns in students and colleagues. She said she loves her job, it is important, she is
23 good at it, and she is here tonight because she wants to be able to keep doing it. She said she
24 is also here for veteran colleagues who make less now with inflation than 20 years ago, those
25 who have put in 15 years of service and will not receive an increase for another decade, those
26 who have to use donated leave time to stay home with newborns, and the 23 colleagues that
27 have reached out this year for mental health referrals to cope with the impossible job they are all
28 doing. She said most importantly, she is here for students and families that are losing educators
29 who cannot afford to stay in the job. She said the CHCCS budget request is a first step in
30 addressing the unprecedented school staffing gap. She said it isn't fair that this need has fallen
31 to the Commissioners because in a perfect world the state of North Carolina would be leading
32 the way in across the board educator compensation. She said Orange County is lucky to see
33 increasing revenues and have the ability to meet school needs head on. She said CHCCS
34 budget request includes salary increases and family leave benefits which will demonstrate a
35 commitment to schools and directly support students. She asked the Board to amend the
36 County Manager's recommended budget to fully fund the CHCCS and OCS budget requests.
37 Brian Link said he is the president of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Association of Educators.
38 He said all in attendance want the best for school teachers, students, and staff and asked the
39 Commissioners to keep the image of support in their minds when making budget decisions. He
40 said there is a historic amount of building taking place in Orange County, valuation of homes
41 are at historic rates, unemployment is at historic lows. He said those in education are told the
42 budget doesn't look good, but these circumstances are as good as it is going to get. He said
43 there is also historic inflation, record turnover rates and vacancies, the highest cost of living for
44 one adult and one child in the entire state of North Carolina, record concerns about
45 dissatisfaction in schools, mental health and safety, EC teachers are leaving in droves, and
46 students have gone 100 days with a teacher. He said while the budget is better than past two
47 years, it isn't historic. He said the Board gave a higher percentage in the 1980s and 1990s, and
48 what is presented now is the smallest increment other than during the Great Recession and the
49 2000 Crisis. He said this is inadequate and Orange County needs to follow Durham and Wake
50 County, who are funding more in education and are willing to raise taxes to do it. He said the
51 Board has had great initiatives like Broadband and the 203 Project, but that has meant no
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1 ARPA funding for schools and prevents a bond for education until 2026-27. He said there has
2 been efforts in affordable housing but the funds that are being generated are disproportionately
3 going away from schools. He said there is a lot of discussion about equity vs. equality and
4 education having to wait for other needs, but schools need funds now. He said whether it's by
5 raising taxes by 2 cents across the board or raising the special district tax, the Board needs to
6 act now.
7 Jessica Larson said she is a first year TA in an adapted classroom. She said she loves
8 her job and works with children with varying abilities and needs. She said she is scratched,
9 bitten, and more, but loves her job anyway and doesn't know if she can keep doing her job
10 making less than $17 an hour. She said she is a mother of two students in Chapel Hill, lives in
11 Hillsborough, and pays a lot of taxes. She said her niece currently makes more money at her
12 yoga studio. She asked the Commissioners to please help her keep her job. She said she is
13 honored to have her job and work with the students she does. She said the teacher in her
14 classroom went out on maternity leave, which required her to borrow time from coworkers, and
15 since then there has been a patchwork of substitutes who have not been able to last. She said
16 through it all, all she can do is support the students the best she can while they ask if she will
17 also be there tomorrow and as they move up in grade.
18 Zoe Read said she is an EC TA and the classroom environment requires high level
19 knowledge of behavior and behavior response that is individual to each student. She said
20 consistency, familiarity, and knowledge of individual students and their behaviors is vital to their
21 continued success and growth. She said you would think being in a career that requires such
22 expertise would be compensated in a way that is livable. She said this is her first year working
23 at Smith but has 6 years' experience in a self-contained classroom. She said her wage is 12
24 cents more than employees that have no working experience in the classroom, which values her
25 experience at only 2 cents more a year for her experience. She said a bus driver earns $16.50
26 an hour and requires a high school diploma or GED., an Admin Assistant gets $17.41 an hour
27 and requires a high school diploma, a secretary makes $17.04 and requires a high school
28 diploma, and EC support staff earn $16.05 an hour and must be highly qualified with 48 credits
29 of college, 2 years or 7 credits of core work keys. She said with one dependent for health
30 insurance coverage, her monthly income is $1,448 as a single mom. She said having
31 experienced employees is just as important in any job, but in this job familiarity of students and
32 team is crucial to progress through daily challenges. She said safety of students and staff is a
33 daily concern. She said receiving a livable wage will help retain staff and reduce turnover while
34 creating an environment that will better serve students' individual needs. She said consistency
35 and familiarity in EC classrooms will be huge benefits to students and help them receive the
36 education they deserve. She said these students are often left behind, society does not fight for
37 them, and families are often overwhelmed. She said these students deserve better and deserve
38 a staff that knows how to teach them. She said in the grand scheme, the number of EC teachers
39 will not have a great impact on the budget, but receiving a salary increase can make a big
40 difference in the education EC students deserve and need. She said an EC teacher needs
41 experienced staff and consistency or every year is a brand new start. She said students are not
42 getting the education they deserve, and she said a significant increase in pay after continuous
43 years of service reflecting commitment and dedication will be valued.
44 Anne Tomalin said she is an ESL teacher in CHCCS. She said she has worked in the
45 district for 26 years. She said she has witnessed the lack of progress in closing the achievement
46 gap, and the school system is in a worse position than ever in this respect. She echoed others'
47 comments that the most vulnerable students are feeling the worst impacts of the lack of
48 qualified teachers available to support them. She said If Orange County truly values equity and
49 supporting most vulnerable, it's time to put money where its mouth is, otherwise comments
50 about closing the achievement gap is empty noise.
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1 Julie Werry thanked the Commissioners for their leadership. She asked the Board to
2 fully fund the budget requests for both school districts. She said she has two children attending
3 CHCCS, is a homeowner, and is also the PTA co-president at Rashkis Elementary School. She
4 said she and her husband chose to move their family to Chapel Hill in 2020 because of the
5 public school system. She said the number of people who have made the same decision is
6 amazing. She said with the growth happening across the state, especially in the RTP area, and
7 the ability of people to choose where they live given that remote work is here to stay, Orange
8 County continues to attract new residents due to the school systems' record for excellence. She
9 said the record is now being taken for granted, and over the past 10 months as PTA co-
10 president, she has seen the struggles going on in schools. She said Rashkis has operated short
11 staffed all year long and they are not alone given the record number of vacancies across the
12 district. She said jobs have remained unfilled due to budget constraints and the heroes left in
13 the building are asked to do the impossible. She said a secretary position at Rashkis was
14 posted for $12 an hour, which is less even than the going rate for a babysitter in her
15 neighborhood. She positions will not be filled at this pay scale, which means people in other
16 positions will have to pick up the duties. She said she recognizes the Commissioners have a
17 difficult job and many projects are worthy of funding without enough money to go around. She
18 thanked the Commissioners for the recommended per pupil increase they will likely support but
19 said that it is not enough. She said there are a record number of vacancies in the district and
20 said it is impossible to have excellent schools without the teachers and staff to run them. She
21 said schools are the bedrock of Orange County and attract an inflow of residents which
22 improves the tax base. She said schools are the greatest tool to leverage when thinking about
23 equity in our community. She said the county is not spending what it takes to maintain
24 excellence.
25 Cassie Ford thanked the Commissioners for their work in making Orange County a place
26 so many choose to live and build their families. She said she is the wife of a small business
27 owner, parent of two children, and PTA council president and strongly recommends the Board
28 fully fund the CHCCS and OCS budget requests including the expansion budget. She said after
29 graduating from UNC Chapel Hill, she chose to keep her family in Carrboro due to the
30 reputation of the public schools. She said this reputation cannot be taken for granted. She said
31 she was surprised to learn that Orange County allocates a much lower percentage of the annual
32 budget to education than surrounding counties. She said with the boom in remote work, people
33 have more choice about where they will live and work. She said if CHCCS and OCS continue to
34 suffer teacher losses and long stretches with open vacancies, the county will not be able to
35 continue attracting families and businesses due to its schools' reputations. She said she
36 recently learned that from the SLP and school psychologist at a CHCCS that they are not able
37 to fill many positions despite receiving approval to recruit for them. She said the district salaries
38 are well under the market rate compared to neighboring districts and nationally. She said she
39 appreciates that the recommended budget includes an increase per student, but it doesn't
40 address current need of schools. She said the state has mandated, but not funded, reduced
41 classroom sizes and teacher raises, and the continuation budget simply keeps up with these.
42 She said without the expansion budget being funded, schools will continue to pay below market
43 rates, have positions unfilled, understaffed classrooms, and underserved students. She asked
44 the Board to allocate some of the revenue growth Travis Myren spoke about to fully fund the
45 CHCCS and OCS budgets including both continuation and expansion budget requests.
46 Caroline Wang said she is an 8th grader at Smith Middle School and has been part of the
47 CHCCS community since kindergarten. She said she and her peers remember and have been
48 impacted by every teacher they have learned from. She asked the Board to fully fund the
49 CHCCS budget. She said teachers impact the education of hundreds and even thousands of
50 students, are incredibly important to the community, and encourage students. She said CHCCS
51 are below market rate locally and nationally. She said she has seen many teachers work hard
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1 for their students in classrooms and even extracurricular activities, often without extra
2 compensation. She said many teachers commit years of their time to cultivating minds of
3 students despite being inadequately compensated. She said it would be unfortunate for Orange
4 County to lose these dedicated teachers. She asked the Board to put education at the top of
5 their priorities for current students, teachers, and school systems, as well as those who choose
6 Orange County as their home. She said schools and teachers are nurturing the minds of the
7 future contributors of this county, state, country, and world. She said educators pour their hearts
8 into what they do and that should be reflected in the budget.
9 Michael Kang said he is a sophomore at East Chapel Hill High School. He asked the
10 Board to fully fund the CHCCS budget. He shared his experience in Spanish class this year. He
11 said at the beginning of the year, half of his classroom peers wanted to become fluent in
12 Spanish and over half wanted to continue their education in SP Spanish the next year. He said
13 his Spanish teacher left during the second week of second quarter, so much of the work for the
14 semester was completion based with few evaluations, and was much easier than he had heard
15 from upperclassmen. By the beginning of the third quarter, only 3 people in the class wanted to
16 continue their education in AP Spanish and no one in the class indicated they were fluent
17 enough to live in a Spanish speaking classroom. He said thankfully a teacher transitioned to his
18 class in the fourth quarter. He said 3 out of 5 Spanish teachers have left this year and all
19 Spanish 1 and 2 courses were transitioned to remote learning and they have had 8 teachers so
20 far. He said this isn't just the Spanish classes that are experiencing a lack of teachers and
21 turnover. He said he would be better prepared for future Spanish learning if he had a consistent
22 teacher all year. He said securing better teachers means support for the county to the Orange
23 County academic community, and full investment is needed to keep the quality of schools so
24 students don't limit their dreams.
25 Jason Kary said he has been a resident of Orange County for 18 years. He said he
26 supports all of the educators in the room and the pay increases they are advocating for. He said
27 he had to take his daughter out of middle school because her panic attacks were preventing her
28 from learning. He said the issue is far deeper than teacher compensation and the whole system
29 needs to be looked at. He encouraged the Board not to approve the 2022-23 budget due to the
30 broadband plan. He said he lives off of Redgate Rd. and his neighborhood has been left off the
31 NorthState service map. He said the companies are reporting that his neighborhood has
32 broadband options, but there is only one option and it is only 4 MBPS. He said NorthState told
33 his neighborhood they were not part of the contract with Orange County. He said he believes his
34 neighborhood of 14 households will have to pay around $62,000 as a whole for NorthState to
35 run fiber to their area, based on the fact the County's $40 million contract covers 9,000
36 households. He asked the Board not to approve the budget and to help him and his
37 neighborhood get the broadband they need.
38 Whitney Robinson said she has a 1st grader at Northside Elementary. She said this is
39 her first child in the public school system and he started during the pandemic. She said she is
40 on the School Improvement Team at Northside and it has been eye opening. She said it's hard
41 to fill vacancies even just for maternity leave. She said she feels the effects of burnout even in
42 higher education, including emotional burdens, student needs, and having to do catch up. She
43 said she knows a lot of first grade teachers who are trying to do catch up for students who
44 started kindergarten during the remote learning year. She said seeing the budget on the school
45 improvement team is eye-opening because teachers don't make much money. She said the
46 budget is strategic and lean and is focused on creating positions that can best care for student
47 needs. She said she sees the challenges teachers are facing and understands why they
48 wouldn't continue doing this work. She said she understands how organizations can get into a
49 death spiral when there is continued understaffing and asking people to do more. She said it's
50 about investing now vs. letting things spiral into a greater crisis later. She said it was great to
51 see the budget presentation, but if you average out the proposed per pupil increase
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1 recommended for this year with the lack of an increase the past two years, this increase isn't
2 that big. She said she would rather the issues be addressed now than have a crisis later.
3 Molly Beak said she is a teacher at a Title 1 school in Chapel Hill and also has family
4 members who were educators. She said she loves her job and wouldn't do anything else, but
5 she sees people in other jobs, administration, decision-makers, etc. throw up their hands and
6 say there just isn't money, supplies, and resources, while teachers have to go in and face
7 students every day. She said teachers can't throw up their hands because they have to face the
8 students every day. She said she understands the Commissioners have to make hard
9 decisions, but asked them to imagine if they had to walk into a classroom the next day. She said
10 she only has three students who speak English at home and got 5 new students between
11 Thanksgiving and Christmas, including 2 from Afghanistan who had been in refugee camps.
12 She said she didn't throw up her hands, she got to work and all of her students have grown.
13 She said teachers have to continue to do their job every day no matter what they are given, and
14 then have to beg for more pay. She said the only time she throws up her hands is when her own
15 child wants something and she tells him it will have to wait until the end of the month. She said
16 she loves her job and wants to continue to do it, and asked the Commissioners to imagine that
17 they have to go into a classroom and tell students why they made the decisions they did.
18 Hope Love said she is a theater teacher at East Chapel Hill High School, married to a
19 science teacher, and has a child who attended elementary school in CHCCS. She said she was
20 going to discuss a metaphor. She said there is a lot of equivocating and debate in her
21 household. She said she asked her son to do something on Mother's Day and he explained to
22 her that it wasn't a job for him and it was too hard. She said her husband told their son that his
23 mother does things he asks her to all the time without explaining how she gets it done and
24 instead of gifts, she needs his help when she rarely asks. She said educators have asked.
25 Auburn James said she is a science teacher at East Chapel Hill High School, and it is
26 her 7th year teaching. She said her third year of teaching was the best year, which was also
27 when she started working at East Chapel Hill High School, and felt like she won the lottery
28 getting to work in CHCCS. She said that this year has been the worst of her career and is
29 working 3 times harder than any time before to make up for learning loss from last year. She
30 said she has held over 30 evening virtual office hours for her students to give them extra help
31 and prepare them for AP exams. She said she can't keep working like this without appreciation.
32 She said the rate of inflation is causing her grocery bill to go up. She said she doesn't know if
33 she can afford to be a teacher anymore. She said she doesn't have a spouse's income and she
34 pays her own mortgage. She said she wants to continue doing her job for her students and
35 colleagues who deserve her best and asked the Board to fully fund the CHCCS budget request.
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37 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee and seconded by Commissioner Richards
38 to close the public hearing.
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40 VOTE: UNANIMOUS
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42 Chair Price said that the Board will continue to work on the budget and there will be
43 another budget public hearing in June. She said the Board was listening to all of the comments
44 and appreciates everything they do and thanked the students who spoke for their words.
45 Commissioner McKee said the fund balance of CHCCS as of the end of December 2021
46 was $15 million. He said their required fund balance is 5%, or about $3 of$4 million, so there is
47 $11 million in fund balance that the school board could allocate. He said a 3% pay increase
48 would cost $1.4 million. He said he appreciates everyone for coming out and for speaking
49 because the Board is responsible for allocating funds to the school boards, but the CHCCS
50 school board could do something about this now.
51 Chair Price asked for the person who spoke about broadband to provide their address.
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3 The Board transitioned to a Work Session.
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6 4. Discussion on the Orange County Food Council and Next Steps
7 The Board received a progress report from the Orange County Food Council regarding its work
8 from 2019 through spring 2022 and discussed next steps.
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10 BACKGROUND: The Food Council Coordinator was hired in July 2019. This new Coordinator
11 position was established through an inter-local agreement process and is jointly funded by
12 Orange County, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough and Carrboro. The Coordinator is charged with
13 coordinating the Food Council and helping it achieve its goals. This presentation and
14 discussion will provide an update of the Coordinator's work and progress since late 2020 and an
15 overview of the Food Council's plans for the 2022-2023 Fiscal Year.
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17 Ashley Heger, Food Council Coordinator, gave the following PowerPoint presentation:
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Orange County Food Council
Wbo we are: Coordinator, elected li-alsons, council members,
community partners
Mission: grow a sustainable and equitable local feud system
How we work: Invest in relationships, work with community
experts to identify issues and opportunities, research and develop
solutions, and build bridges between community wisdom and
decision-makers
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3 Ashley Heger said the council includes one paid coordinator, four elected liaisons, a
4 number of at-large council members, and designated members from Cooperative Extension, the
5 AG Preservation Board, a food-access practitioner, or someone with an experience or expertise
6 in food-access to make sure to hold space for people with lived experience. She said they also
7 have very important community partners and stakeholders that drive the work.
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2020 - ` 0` Accomplishments & Projects
Our work io 2020 included,..
• N%,9kped n rneinl equity scorecard&report for the county food system
• Preeented a food neceea report At the County C4aUniMIonera annual retreat
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11 Ashley Heger said that this is a brief overview of their most important work in 2020 and
12 projects from 2021 to date. She said that a couple of actionable items came out of the annual
13 retreat which have since been followed up on.
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Equity Frani-ework (how we work part )
Lessons learned
• It's not just what you do,but how you do it
Operationaliaing equity
• Moving at the speed of trust {relationships
• Ask:Who makes deeisions for whore,and how?
• Shifting power and resources to those most impacted
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3 She said they learned that it is not so much what you do but how you do it that makes
4 the impact and they have moved away from value statements around equity and environmental
5 sustainability to operational izing that work. She said they are trying to make it practical and start
6 dealing with the issues. She noted that lived experience is expertise.
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10 Ashley Heger showed this slide depicting the differences between equality, equity, and
11 liberation. She said that equality was once the goal, now we have a better understanding of
12 equity, and can strive for removing the barrier. She said that cultural and political norms change
13 and it is okay that they do.
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4 tokenism range because they work in a structure that does not allow for full citizen power. She
5 said this ladder is a description of how decisions are made and access to power. She said that
6 for anyone on the Board that has been participating in the ONE Orange GARE process, they
7 are aware they this group is also struggling with how to move away from tokenism to citizen
8 power within the existing structures.
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Con111111ulity Food Access Assessment
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12 Ashley Heger said that when reaching out to community partners, they said they wanted
13 to hear about what is going on within these institutions. She said that circumstances were more
14 precarious that originally thought. She said the assessment engaged citizens in the design
15 process. She said they have been able to compensate the community leaders that provided
16 insight into the process and work on the research team. She said their guidance and direction is
17 being used to see how the county invests in ending hunger. She said they have been reviewing
18 the county's last five fiscal year budgets and have been collecting data on anything directly
19 related to food access. She said they have been grappling with how to shift power and defer to
20 those who are directly impacted. She said they are moving from consultation to partnership. She
21 said they hope that they can come to present at a work session in the next year to provide
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1 additional information on that work. She said that another group of four community experts go
2 through a multi-week photovoice project that has led to the collection of very important
3 information being collected in diary format along with photo and video. She said they are about
4 to present the budget data they have been collecting to another group of eight community
5 experts from the most impacted areas in Orange County: the refugee and immigrant, Black,
6 rural, and Latinx communities. She said they will go through a process of analyzing the budget
7 data and then conduct a gaps analysis. She said they will create recommendations for the
8 decision makers in the county to consider.
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12 Ashley Heger said they took the social determinants of health and turned it into the
13 social determinants of food access. She said these are the five key areas that were included
14 when analyzing the budget over the past few years.
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18 Ashley Heger said this is an example graph they will be sharing. She said that the
19 multiple category is 2.9%. She said this is the ARPA funding collected in those years.
20 Chair Price asked Ashley Heger to explain the difference between the slide on the
21 screen and the one they received in their packet.
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1 Ashley Heger said that the slide in the packet was the wrong slide and the one on the
2 screen is correct. She apologized and said not to consider slide #9 in the packet. She said they
3 created a category called "multiple" to include the Inner Faith Council and others that provide
4 wraparound services.
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Expanding Local Food Markets Pilot Project
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8 Ashley Heger said that in Spring 2021, Chair Price recommended that the Food Council
9 work with Fresh Fire. She said they asked for feedback from stakeholders, including the Black
10 farmer group they've worked with, and asked them what they think about this. She said that she
11 has worked with Cooperative Extension to complete those stakeholder interviews. She said they
12 chose from a wide spectrum of food producers in the county, and they selected a diversity in
13 product, size, and how long they have been around. She said they said they were already
14 engaged in wholesale markets or looking to do so. She said that five years ago, the Board had
15 created a gap fund for farmers, and they thought there would be a line out the door to help get
16 them certified but farmers in the county were doing direct sales and said there was no desire to
17 move beyond that. She said that now there has been a switch and there is a higher demand
18 here for local goods. She said that this pilot program will help small local growers expand into
19 wholesale. She said they are proposing an 18-month pilot that would start in July. She said the
20 funding would support eight growers in the county to become able to participate in online
21 wholesaling. She said this would cutout the middleman and allow more local engagement. She
22 said they hope they can also supplement the buyers, but they are not quite sure what they
23 buyer side looks like at this point. She said that the third portion of funding will be for more
24 frequent and more detailed data on the local food system. She said that the Fresh Fire
25 specialized in data collection and can do customized reports, help interview, and give them key
26 information on how program is working or if it is not.
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• Remain in effect for 5 years
• Update funding percentages with 2020 census data
• Remove the number of council seats from the MOU
• Include reference to racial work
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3 Ashley Heger provided information on the history of her position and the original MOU.
4 She said it is an Interlocal agreement between Orange County, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough,
5 Carrboro. She said it is similarly modeled after the Partnership to End Homelessness. She said
6 the MOU expired in March 2021 and that the executive committee of Food Council is
7 recommending it be renewed. She said that a redlined version of the new MOU will be provided
8 in the next couple of weeks.
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12 Commissioner Richards asked when the community assessment final report would be
13 done.
14 Ashley Heger said it should be provided to the Board in sometime in July or August. She
15 said the community consultations will end in May and afterwards they will just be writing it.
16 Commissioner Richards asked if it will be when they come back from break.
17 Ashley Heger joked that the Commissioners will not be overwhelmed at all when they
18 come back from break. when the pilot project will be started.
19 Commissioner Richards asked if the pilot project will end in June.
20 Ashley Heger said the Expanding Local Markets pilot will likely come back as a budget
21 amendment in June but said they would need to confirm this with Travis Myren. She said this
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1 would hopefully allow it to start in July. She said the reason is they would like to cover two
2 growing seasons and run it for 18 months. She said they would cover half of one growing
3 season in the first phase and then a full growing season in the next.
4 Commissioner Richards asked if the assessment would be after the pilot project.
5 Ashley Heger said they are two completely different projects. She said the assessment
6 will be available to the Commissioners upon their return from break and at that same time, they
7 hope to be at the beginning of the pilot program.
8 Commissioner Richards said in the summary for work plan, it would be helpful to show
9 the amount things increased.
10 Ashley Heger said they can certainly put that in.
11 Commissioner McKee asked what the cost is for the pilot program.
12 Ashley Heger said $25,000 over 18 months.
13 Commissioner McKee asked if that would support six growers.
14 Ashley Heger said they hope to support eight growers and between 1 and 3 regional
15 buyers. She said the remaining amount would go to data collection efforts.
16 Commissioner McKee asked how many growers there are in Orange County.
17 Ashley Heger said she does not have that number, but this pilot program would be for
18 growers with consumer ready products. She said this will not involve those that are producing
19 meat.
20 Commissioner McKee asked if it would include growers of corn or butter beans because
21 that is crucial for him to know. He asked how many growers this program has made contact
22 with.
23 Ashley Heger said she feels like she has received this question a few times and that she
24 is only one person and must rely on a network of partnerships because one person can only do
25 so much. She said she utilizes partnerships with community organizations, such as the Ag
26 Preservation Board, Cooperative Extension, and Breeze Farm. She said that she wants
27 Commissioner McKee to know that if he ever has any farmer, or group of farmers, that he would
28 like her to make contact with, she will show up for that. She said there is no master contact list
29 in the county for farmers.
30 Commissioner McKee said there is a list for certain products.
31 Ashely Heger said that is correct but Cooperative Extension maintains that and they will
32 not share it unless she has a very specific reason for needing it because the farmers on the list
33 have requested not to be contacted.
34 Commissioner McKee said that is a problem she is going to have and that he is a retired
35 farmer that wholesaled his product. He said it was not food, but it was a farm product. He said it
36 is an extraordinarily difficult market to break into. He said that $25,000 will not scratch the
37 surface of the need. He said that his comments are not a direct attack on Ashley Heger or of the
38 Council but that he has not ever thought this program would put food on the table and he is still
39 of that mind. He said that farmers markets exist at several locations now in the county. He said
40 other farmers are involved in direct marketing or selling directly from their farms. He said he fails
41 to understand what this program is trying to do and where it is going. He said he has real issues
42 spending as much time and effort on this and he does not know where this is going. He said
43 there is massive hunger in areas of the county, but this is not being addressed. He said he does
44 not want to look at data points, but wants to see providing food. He said there are other
45 organizations in the county that are providing food directly to people.
46 Ashley Heger said that is correct and that it is her understanding that she was not hired,
47 nor was the coordinator position designed, to be a direct service but rather to coordinate
48 systems-based issues. She said for example if they saw the email that she forwarded them from
49 Commissioner Bedford, it is her job to stay in the know of what is happening across the region
50 as well as coordinate direct action to the most impacted communities.
51 Commissioner McKee said he understood.
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1 Chair Price said she was also interested in seeing food on the table and when she was
2 contacted by the co-chairs of the fresh buyers, that their data is about getting farmers in touch
3 with consumers so they can get the food on the table that people actually want rather than just
4 handing people a bag of food. She said that data will help them go from a philosophy to more of
5 practical measures.
6 Ashley Heger said this would include costs so they would get feedback from the buyers
7 and the sellers of if this makes economic sense. She said the question that could be answered
8 is can someone grow lettuce in Orange County, then sell it to Weaver Street Market, and that be
9 an affordable and accessible good in that space.
10 Commissioner McKee said the farmers do not need that. He said they are educated and
11 capable of figuring out their own numbers. He said that he is not intending to hound her over
12 this and that he does not mean to. He said that whatever the county does for food access, they
13 need to be dealing with food access. He said he does not understand how this organization
14 helps the farmers and those who have a lack of nourishing food. He said he sees that work is
15 being done, but he does not understand how this is better than a facility that would collect
16 aggregated product. He said that there is no way a small farmer in Orange County can supply
17 the theoretical one hundred boxes of lettuce on their own.
18 Ashely Heger said there is an issue with aggregation.
19 Commissioner McKee said he thinks there is a regional collection facility in Durham
20 County. He said he does not know how the logistics of putting UNC Hospitals in touch with local
21 farmers is going to work and that it can be guaranteed. He said he thinks the effort does not
22 seem to help the farmer make contact with the people that they need to sell to. He said when he
23 was a farmer, he would have to do the legwork to convince them that they needed to buy from
24 him. He said that help would be fine, but have they not been dealing with this for 5 or 6 years.
25 Ashley Heger said they have only been dealing with her since 2019.
26 Commissioner McKee said they are still at the 30,000-foot level.
27 Ashley Heger said that Cooperative Extension, the Ag Preservation Board, and
28 Economic Development that could be grappling with the larger issues he is talking about. She
29 said that her job as coordinator is to examine those that have been most impacted by the
30 systemic racism in our food system and how does she work with them to provide a bridge into
31 this institution while also building out the capacity of the institution. She said coming back to the
32 idea of moving at the urgency of those most impacted, she feels that it should not be her
33 deciding what farmers feel is and is not urgent. She said that the design of this particular pilot
34 program is to work with a very small group of growers to understand the impacts of them getting
35 the kind of support that Commissioner McKee is talking about and to identify the gaps. She said
36 some the already anecdotally know. She said that most farmers cannot afford a $30,000
37 refrigerated truck and there is no aggregation center in the county. She said that the
38 aggregation center in Durham will only take GAP certified products and there is only one GAP
39 Certified farmer in the county. She said that a number of farmers interviewed for pilots are
40 already doing this work together. She said there is one farm that has already helped incubate
41 two additional farms and they also have a contract with Weaver Street Market to grow and sell
42 celery. She said that instead of taking a $100 thousand plus contract for himself, he split it
43 between him and two other farms. She said that farmers, as Commissioner McKee knows
44 firsthand, know it takes a community, a network and that they are very wise and very
45 experienced. She said that it is not her directing people what to do, but rather asking for input
46 from farmers about what is working well and what supports they need. She said that the pilot
47 project will allow farmers to benchmark and lead the direction to say what is and is not working.
48 She said they will have regular meetings with the cohort and the data from Fresh Buyer to
49 inform the work. She said she hears Commissioner McKee's frustration, does not take it
50 personally, and knows there are always more farmers to reach.
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1 Commissioner McKee said the county is already working through this through economic
2 development loans and grants and the farmers using Breeze Farm.
3 Ashley Heger said those farmers were interviewed and they said they could use help in
4 bridging the gap between incubator farm and wholesaling.
5 Commissioner Bedford asked when the MOU will come back to the Board.
6 Ashley Heger said hopefully very soon. She said this is an update and that she has to
7 work with the Attorney's Office to finalize the MOU and that the Board can see the redlined
8 version.
9 Commissioner Bedford said the Climate Reorganization Subcommittee reviewed the
10 MOU and Council Member Slade said the Food Council members choose their own members.
11 She asked who approves their bylaws. She said that she does not want to create a group that
12 the Board has no control over.
13 Ashley Heger said this is the tricky part of embracing relationships and not seeing that
14 as some form of nepotism or playing favorites. She said she is open to as much transparency
15 as possible. She said that she can walk them through how they became a hybrid group of the
16 county. She said in 2019 there was a desire that the Food Council remain an autonomous body
17 that she would help coordinate and they could engage in state level advocacy work. She said
18 now they are not getting close to that type of work. She said if there is a group, like the NC Food
19 System Advocacy Coalition, then they can participate in it. She said they are not a formal
20 advisory board and that one of the reasons is the community said they have disengaged from
21 participating in most of these advisory boards because we see no return and is often a space
22 that is not designed for us. She said when original legal agreement came through, it was
23 decided that the executive committee would have all elected official liaisons and that committee
24 would oversee all final decisions. She said the way members are selected is through a
25 campaign for new members. She said the application asks for information about where people
26 live, work, and how much money they generate. She said they want that information to know if
27 the council is representative of the community and every part of the food system. She said the
28 executive committee make the final decision after reviewing the applications. She said that
29 probably feels informal because that is different than how other advisory boards work in the
30 county.
31 Commissioner Bedford asked for Ashley Heger to provide demographic information on
32 the board.
33 Ashley Heger said up until 2020 they were a majority non-white council. She said age
34 ranges from eighteen and beyond. She said that gender-wise, it is heavily female. She said she
35 would be happy to share trends overtime.
36 Commissioner Greene said she is the elected liaison to the Food Council and has been
37 involved in it since the beginning. She said if the Board is going to say the Council is not
38 working because they are not putting food on tables then that is not going to get anywhere
39 because that is not the purpose of the Food Council and that has never been the purpose. She
40 said that the purpose of the Food Council is to work within and strengthen the food system in
41 Orange County. She said this work is to help farmers that are already mission driven to be a
42 networking farmers and to help them take advantage of changes that the Council can bring to
43 the system. She said that they can use the help of the Council to gain access to places that they
44 had not before. She said they saw during COVID what happens when the food distribution
45 system breaks. She said that there was milk being destroyed in Midwest because they had put it
46 in containers for school children and they did not have the big containers to send it to the
47 grocery store and they found they could not switch on a dime and had to dump the milk down
48 drains. She said that now there is a greater awareness of the need and interest in making local
49 food production and distribution system more robust. She said the comparison is to the
50 Partnership to End Homelessness. She said the Climate Council never had an MOU to begin
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1 with. She said that this process is innovative and there is a lot of control from the executive
2 committee. She said that it has a unique mission and unique history.
3 Ashley Heger said it was modeled after the Partnership to End Homelessness. She said
4 that is why the executive committee has so much power and that design was also what the
5 citizen group gave up to gain more structure, resources and support. She said they still wanted
6 to maintain the connection to values and communities they work with.
7 Commissioner Fowler asked how the chair and co-chairs are elected and how long their
8 terms are.
9 Ashley Heger said there is a process every 1-3 years where people nominate
10 themselves or others to become co-chairs on the Food Council. She said the Food Council
11 votes. She said that the co-chairs choose the duration. She said that comes back to the
12 community they work with and that there are no paid positions on the Council, and this is
13 essentially free work provided by the members. She said who has the privilege to volunteer their
14 time. She said they are still grappling with available free time. She listed the co-chairs since
15 2020 and said they were all nominated and elected by their peers and get to decide if they serve
16 a 1-3-year term. She said they will be updating bylaws at June meeting and will provide to the
17 Board.
18 Commissioner Fowler asked why 5 years for the MOU.
19 Commissioner Greene said the model from the Partnership is 5 years.
20 Ashley Heger said Chapel Hill wanted 2 years in 2019 but all other entities agreed with
21 five.
22 Commissioner Fowler asked if this was something that is needed forever, or if there
23 would be an endpoint to the work.
24 Ashley Heger said she would love to work herself out of this job. She said that she thinks
25 it will be needed longer than she hopes. She said that there are other models besides a Food
26 Council Coordinator and it can be measured to see what is working. She said that Durham
27 created a food access coordinator in Cooperative Extension. She said they are only dealing with
28 access, not system-wide organizing or dealing with farmers. She said that she works closely
29 with them and has drawn them into the TJCOG space because you can't separate those issues.
30 She said that from the beginning, it has been said that housing cannot be left out of food
31 access. She said that it is not just one coordinator's work. She said that the work could be
32 disbursed because there is more work than one person can actually do. She said that more
33 strategic alignment across all departments would likely be beneficial.
34 Commissioner Fowler said that is true for a lot of the different work the county is doing
35 and that most of them have some overlap. She said that is kind of the point— do we continue to
36 make special projects or do we start working to bridge the overlap.
37 Commissioner Hamilton said it is hard in this current iteration to be clear what the targets
38 are and that it is too much. She said there is not the ability to be effective by getting the data
39 and homing in on the work. She said she is concerned about the effectiveness and how it is
40 currently designed. She said she wants to see the data to see what would make sense.
41 Ashley Heger said the coordinator position was originally created to coordinate
42 community spaces to align with the Board's social justice goals. She said she could help
43 convene the impacted community members and bring that back to the Board. She said that at
44 one time she was once coordinating a food access group and a food waste group and then they
45 cut back and decided to only focus on the local food economy and food access. She said that
46 nationally, as well as in other countries, all are grappling with what the correct metrics are. She
47 said it is about capacity building within the organization. She said that data is important but is a
48 flattened piece of information and the question is how to move beyond simplified data while also
49 embracing that there is knowledge and wisdom beyond it. She said Commissioner Richards and
50 Commissioner Greene came with her to visit a couple of farms and hopefully can do more of
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1 that. She said that they can be doing better by doing a local ag census that is independent of
2 USDA.
3 Chair Price asked how many people are on the entire council.
4 Ashley Heger said sixteen, but five are open seats. She said they are requesting to have
5 stipends to grapple with the issue of free work because they do not want to create a Council
6 that is majority filled with those that have privilege and access.
7 Chair Price clarified that the co-chairs are not elected representatives.
8 Ashley Heger said that is correct.
9 Chair Price said she was skeptical in 2018 but sees that this is getting somewhere now.
10 She said that she can see the need. She said she hopes the pilot works and that Ashley Heger
11 has actually brought the Food Council a long way. She asked about the proposed 5 years for
12 the MOU. She said she hopes it is five years. She said she does not think Ashley will work
13 herself out of this job because the need will be continuous and ever evolving. She said she is
14 thinking about three years instead of five.
15 Commissioner McKee asked if she was advocating for a separate ag center from USDA
16 and Extension.
17 Ashley Heger said she said a separate census. She said that the USDA does one every
18 seven years and that she wants to do one locally. She said they have talked about doing one
19 multiple times but they always come back to the same issue — who do we talk to, what data are
20 we collecting. She said that if that does not change and if they only get input from those already
21 connected then the data will be there but how good will it be. She said that is why they decided
22 to start small and a way directly connected to those on the ground. She said that hopefully this
23 pilot project could lead to a local census.
24 Commissioner Bedford said she loves the idea of a census. She said that she would like
25 more information, or numbers, because she is not clear on what marginalized communities she
26 is talking about. She said more numerics help her. She said that she thinks the Board needs
27 better ways to share information because they are all liaisons to committees, but they do not
28 really share any of that information with the full Board. She asked the Board to think about it
29 because there has to be a better way.
30 Chair Price said they all can give reports at the beginning of meetings, but she
31 understands that is not likely enough. She said even though the Board is looking at what is
32 happening now, the project can also help support new farmers if they know there is a place for
33 them. She said this could encourage new and younger farmers to start.
34 Ashley Heger said it would be a launching pad.
35 Chair Price said that she has talked to some of the new Black farmers, and they are
36 excited to get into Weaver Street but that is not insurance and they would be happy to get more.
37 Ashley Heger said that Fresh Fire works with restaurants, stores, and institutions with
38 buyers spanning from US Foods to Weaver Street.
39 Commissioner Greene said that Breeze Farm moved from the model of accepting brand
40 new farmers, so that left a gap there. She said this highlights the importance of working with a
41 more informal network.
42 Ashley Heger said it will always be "both and." She said she fully hears the criticisms
43 and understands because they really are flying the plane and building it at the same time with
44 this work. She said moving toward equity is challenging.
45 Chair Price said not to think about them as criticisms but rather comments.
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1 5. Additional Discussion on Regulation of Large Gatherings
2 The Board discussed the regulation of large gatherings in Orange County.
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4 BACKGROUND: The Board of Commissioners requested information on possible options for
5 the County to potentially regulate protests or large gatherings in Orange County. The Board
6 initially received information on this subject at its March 10, 2022 work session. At that work
7 session, the Board discussed many aspects of this type of regulation including prohibiting large
8 gatherings on certain public-school properties. The attachments include a legal overview of the
9 regulation of protests and gatherings that was provided at the work session, some relevant state
10 statutes, and a draft County ordinance.
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12 The draft ordinance generally:
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14 • Covers parades and picketing.
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16 • Establishes requirements for the content of permit applications and notice and assigns
17 responsibility for oversight of the ordinance to the Clerk to the Board in consultation with
18 the Sheriff.
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20 • Provides for an appeal to the County Manager if a permit application is denied.
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22 • Establishes standards of conduct for participants and organizers of Parades and
23 Picketing.
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25 • Establishes the locations at and upon which Parades and Picketing may occur. Not all
26 county property is what's known as a public forum and so limits access to only certain
27 county properties.
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29 • Prohibits Parades and Picketing within five hundred feet of school property and
30 playgrounds; and
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32 • Declares violations to be subject to a $500 fine and equitable relief.
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34 John Roberts said they had previously talked about this in March. He said that sample
35 ordinals were presented at that time and that he has drafted an ordinance based on Wake
36 County's but is different because it has portions dealing with schools that this Board wants
37 included. He said that this ordinance also includes parades and picketing. He said that those
38 usually happen in city jurisdiction, but this will be county jurisdiction. He said that this also
39 includes application information for a parade and that the Clerk's office has graciously
40 volunteered to be the application director and to hand out permits. He said there is not an
41 application or permit process for picketing, but it would require notice. He said the Clerk would
42 then consult with the Sheriff. He said that if there is a permit denied there is an appeal process.
43 He said that it establishes standards of conduct for those participating in picketing. He said that
44 it will have designated locations for picketing if the Board so chooses to keep those included.
45 He said that it would be up to the Board to determine what is considered public forum. He said
46 that it prohibits parades or picketing within five hundred feet of a school playground even on
47 private property. He said he specifically did not put in misdemeanor provisions because the
48 General Assembly made it very difficult to get a conviction of a local ordinance misdemeanor.
49 Chair Price said the Efland Christmas Parade is in the county.
50 Commissioner McKee said there are a few and asked if those would require a permit.
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1 John Roberts said if it is on a state-maintained highway, the permit would not be
2 applicable here.
3 Commissioner Greene she understands where it is not applicable and asked what
4 streets are left.
5 John Roberts said the county does not control roads in the county's jurisdiction. He said
6 he did not see any that would apply, currently. He said if the county is temporarily in control of
7 the road, he really is not sure. He said that the ordinance does not allow the impediment of
8 traffic as it is written and does not apply to vehicular roadways.
9 Commissioner McKee asked if including parade language is a solution looking for a
10 problem.
11 John Roberts said it is and he is not going to recommend the Board adopt parade
12 language.
13 Commissioner McKee asked what authority or justification there is for five hundred feet.
14 John Roberts said that is for the Board's discussion and five hundred feet is just a
15 number at this point. He said that he understood there was concern that people were too close
16 to school property, students, and staff, so the number is up for Board consideration.
17 Commissioner McKee asked if the protestors were actually on school property during the
18 incident in question.
19 John Roberts said he does not know what incident gave rise to this.
20 Commissioner McKee said it was a Board of Education meeting.
21 Chair Price said there was a football game at Orange High and there were board
22 members and parents who were concerned. She said it was hard to determine where they were.
23 Commissioner McKee asked of if they were on public or private property.
24 Chair Price said she understood that they were in the road.
25 Commissioner McKee said that football stadium is maybe 1,000 feet from the roadway.
26 He said that there are people on the street in Hillsborough and he does not see the difference.
27 He said he wants to make sure they get this right. He said that it is the same with parades. He
28 said he wants to make sure he knows why they are picking 500 feet. He said that with restricting
29 the public right of way or private property he is concerned about how this affects free speech.
30 Chair Price said if someone wants to have a parade who currently issues a permit.
31 John Roberts said currently there is no permit issued, but the Clerk would do it going
32 forward.
33 Chair Price asked if Churton Street is a state road.
34 John Roberts said Churton Street is a state road but is within the Town's jurisdiction.
35 Chair Price asked about Orange High School Road.
36 John Roberts said it is a state road.
37 Chair Price said the Town of Hillsborough authorizes parades on Churton Street even
38 though it is a state road.
39 Commissioner Richards asked if there is a way to say, "...during school activities."
40 John Roberts said it could be limited to school hours, school activities, or anywhere a
41 property is holding a school athletic event.
42 Commissioner Hamilton said she made this petition as an attempt to protect children.
43 She said that children can be harmed with speech and if they feel unsafe in school then they will
44 not learn. She asked if the activity chairperson is relevant to picketing and parades.
45 John Roberts said yes.
46 Commissioner Hamilton asked if county owned property includes schools.
47 John Roberts said some schools are owned by the county and would apply to them.
48 Commissioner Bedford said for Carrboro High School, the county has part ownership so
49 they could get the sales tax.
50 Commissioner Fowler asked about 15 feet between picketers and asked if that is what
51 other counties have used.
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1 John Roberts said he thinks that part came from Wake County, and it is all for Board
2 discussion and decision.
3 Commissioner Fowler said it seems like a large amount of space.
4 Chair Price asked if the section on private property for gathering, does that mean that
5 the county can control what is happening on private property.
6 John Roberts said there is case law to support that if private property is regularly used
7 for public purposes.
8 Commissioner Bedford said she would like some input from the Sheriff on what is
9 realistic for the deputies to enforce. She said there are some Confederate Flag waivers and
10 asked if the Sheriff was consulted.
11 John Roberts said he ran it by the Sheriff who said it looked good and he would enforce
12 it, he just did not want to be the permit issuer.
13 Commissioner Greene said she would like to remove the parade references. She said it
14 would be helpful if the Sheriff can attend the next Board discussion of this item.
15 Commissioner McKee asked if anyone else had an issue with the $500 fine. He asked if
16 the fine would that apply to multiple people within the same event.
17 John Roberts said yes.
18 Commissioner McKee asked how that was not suppression of free speech.
19 John Roberts said their free speech is not suppressed if they are abiding by the terms of
20 the ordinance.
21 Commissioner McKee said he has a hard time imagining a picket being allowed at the
22 Orange High School with this ordinance. He asked if he stands at Orange High School Road
23 holding a sign that someone does not agree with, and they call the Sheriff since he would be
24 within five hundred feet of the school.
25 John Roberts said that right now that person could be removed if they were obstructing
26 traffic.
27 Commissioner McKee said that he is not talking about being in the roadway.
28 John Roberts it would be in violation if he is within five hundred feet of the school the
29 way it is drafted but the Board can choose any distance, they deem appropriate.
30 Commissioner McKee said that would impede his free speech.
31 John Roberts said free speech is not unlimited.
32 Commissioner McKee said he understands but that he does not want to tighten this
33 down to where someone would feel that they cannot express their opinion. He said that short of
34 someone making physical moves he does not feel threatened by someone standing with a sign
35 or yelling their opinion out. He said everyone sees the situation differently, but he wants people
36 to be able to express their opinion because that is the bedrock of this country.
37 Commissioner Hamilton said there are benefits to having an ordinance to regulate close
38 to the schools. She said if there are two groups with opposing views, demonstrating at the same
39 place and at the same time, this ordinance would give law enforcement the heads up that they
40 would be there and would also allow for planning to make sure that the opposing groups were
41 far enough apart from one another. She said that will help create a systematic response and
42 decrease chance that there would be some unhelpful interactions and be sure that both sides
43 can get their point of view across. She said that she wants free speech but not in a way that
44 harms children. She said this helps them know when things are happening, provides rules for
45 the demonstrators, and helps other people know what to do if there is a need to call law
46 enforcement.
47 Commissioner Richards said she remembers the messages the Board received from
48 students and parents and teachers, and they said they felt unsafe, devalued, and threatened by
49 the comments and the signs. She said they have a responsibility to provide a safe learning
50 environment for the students and that is what she wants to make sure they protect that. She
51 said that is the balance that is needed and asked how they create rules around that. She said
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1 that she still goes back to those comments and wonders if there is a way to make this when
2 students are around.
3 Chair Price said having a safe learning environment is core to a sound basic education.
4 She said the concern for her and where this originated was around the schools and how to
5 address this so that kids could come to school without being intimidated. She said she is a
6 proponent of free speech, but in a more appropriate location than in a place where children are
7 impacted. She said she likes the five hundred feet from a school but maybe the distance could
8 be 1,000 feet.
9 Commissioner Richards said to go that far, the ordinance needs to cover all protests.
10 She said they have gotten complaints about one side being treated one way. She said the
11 section about schools should just be more specific.
12 Commissioner Greene said she is thinking of how to separate a parade from picketing.
13 She said if there is a parade, there is an organizer, but that is not always true for picketing. She
14 asked if this would require a permit for picketing.
15 John Roberts said no permits are required for picketing, but notice is required.
16 Commissioner Greene asked who would give the notice.
17 John Roberts said the event organizer, but that he will confirm that.
18 Commissioner Greene said pickets are by nature often spontaneous and sometimes do
19 not have an organizer or the chance to provide notice. She said she trying to figure out how this
20 would work so that law enforcement has advance notice of the events, and everyone can know
21 the rules.
22 Commissioner Hamilton said she is wondering about the process and asked how the
23 process works leading up to adoption. She said it seems more input is needed from the Sheriff
24 and the schools.
25 John Roberts said this does not require a public hearing. He said that the Board will
26 discuss it at work sessions, then discuss it at a business meeting, where the public can
27 comment, and then the ordinance can be adopted that night or a different night. He said that if
28 adopted, this would be a county ordinance and only applicable to areas in the county's
29 jurisdiction.
30 Commissioner McKee said he is fine with five hundred feet within schools and
31 playgrounds. He said he does have issues with the $500 fine and the language around private
32 property.
33 Chair Price asked about school property that is owned by the county but outside of the
34 jurisdiction.
35 John Roberts said county ordinances apply to county-owned property.
36 Chair Price asked about Central Elementary School.
37 John Roberts said that if the county has an ownership interest in Central Elementary this
38 would apply. He said that River Park is in Hillsborough town limits, and this would not apply
39 there.
40 Chair Price said she thinks they have ownership interest in Carrboro High School.
41 Commissioner Bedford said she thinks they have a 20-year ownership interest and that
42 the school is not that old yet. She asked if there was consensus about removing the parade
43 portion.
44 Chair Price said yes, and they have consensus with $500 feet. She asked that the draft
45 be sent to Sheriff Blackwood for review.
46 Commissioner Greene said she would like to have another work session with the Sheriff
47 present.
48 Chair Price said she agrees.
49 Commissioner Hamilton suggested inviting school staff and the school board to speak as
50 well.
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2 6. Agricultural Preservation Board —Appointment Discussion
3
4 The board discussed appointments to the Agricultural Preservation Board.
5
6 BACKGROUND: The Agricultural Preservation Board is charged to promote the economic and
7 cultural importance of agriculture in the County, and to encourage voluntary preservation and
8 protection of farmland for future production.
9
10 The Board of County Commissioners appoints all 15 members, including eight (8) At-Large
11 members, and one (1) member from each of the seven (7) Agricultural Districts in the County.
12
13 The following individuals are recommended for Board consideration:
NAME POSITION TYPE OF EXPIRATION
DESCRIPTION APPOINTMENT DATE
TERM
Jeff Sykes At-Large Second Full Term 06/30/2025
Beth Myers At-Large Second Full Term 06/30/2025
Michael Cane Creek/Buckhorn Second Full Term 06/30/2025
McPherson Voluntary Agricultural
District
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15 If the individuals listed above are appointed, the following vacancy remains:
16
POSITION EXPIRATION VACANCY INFORMATION
DESIGNATION DATE
Cedar Grove 06/30/2023 Vacant since 11/20/2020
Voluntary
Agricultural District
17
18 Tara May introduced the item.
19 The Board agreed by consensus on the recommended applicants.
20 Commissioner Bedford asked about the vacancy on the Cedar Grove position.
21 Tara May said this board has very specific seats and the Cedar Grove position requires
22 a person that is the owner of a qualifying farm enrolled in voluntary agricultural district and the
23 farm has to be located within the boundary of the Cedar Grove voluntary agricultural district.
24 She said since it is so specific the board has had a hard time finding someone who qualifies to
25 apply but recruitment is ongoing.
26 Chair Price said it became vacant during the pandemic and now that people are getting
27 out and talking to one another there might be more opportunity.
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1 7. Animal Services Advisory Board —Appointments Discussion
2
3 The board discussed an appointment to the Animal Services Advisory Board.
4
5 BACKGROUND: The charge of the Animal Services Advisory Board is to advise the Board of
6 County Commissioners on matters of concern regarding animal issues and animals services in
7 Orange County and to work with the Animal Services Director (or designee) on various policy
8 concerns and issues regarding County animal services.
9
10 The Board of County Commissioners appoints all thirteen (13) members with representation
11 from various related fields and municipalities.
12
13 The following individual is recommended for Board consideration:
NAME POSITION TYPE OF EXPIRATION
DESCRIPTION APPOINTMENT DATE
TERM
Mark J. Town of Hillsborough First Full Term 06/30/2024
Solomon
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15 If the individual listed above is appointed, the following vacancies remain:
16
POSITION EXPIRATION VACANCY INFORMATION
DESIGNATION DATE
Town of Carrboro 06/30/2024 Vacant since 06/30/2021
Town of Chapel 06/30/2024 Vacant since 06/30/2021
Hill
Animal 06/30/2023 Vacant since 04/20/2022
Welfare/Animal
Advocacy
Owner/Manager 06/30/2023 Vacant since 01/05/2022
Retail Pet Services
17
18 Tara May introduced the item. She described the vacancies. She said there are no
19 applicants for the Town of Carrboro seat or the Owner/Manager Retail Pet Services. She said
20 that Denise Dolin would be eligible for Town of Chapel Hill seat. She said that depending on the
21 Board's opinion there could be people eligible for the Animal Welfare/Animal Advocacy seat.
22 She said that Lee Hethcox, Denise Dooland, and Jennifer Stout may be eligible for that seat.
23 Commissioner Greene asked about Celie Richardson for the Town of Chapel Hill seat.
24 Tara May apologized for not including her and said that was unintentional when she was
25 reading the applicant names.
26 Chair Price asked about Mark Solomon for the Town of Hillsborough seat. The Board
27 agreed by consensus to appoint Mark Solomon to the seat.
28 Commissioner Greene nominated Celie Richardson for the Town of Chapel Hill seat.
29 The Board agreed by consensus to appoint Celie Richardson to the seat.
30 Commissioner Fowler asked about Denise Dooland and Lee Hethcox.
31 Commissioner Bedford said Denise Dooland is a social worker and loves animals and
32 had previously volunteered with animal services.
33 Tara May said that Celie Richardson lives in the ETJ rather than the Town limits and that
34 makes them ineligible for the Town of Chapel Hill seat.
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1 Chair Price said Denise Dooland for Town of Chapel Hill seat. The Board agreed by
2 consensus to appoint Denise Dooland to the seat.
3 Chair Price asked if Celie Richardson is eligible for the Animal Welfare seat.
4 Tara May said for the Animal Welfare and advocacy seat it requires a person who has
5 experience in rescue work, service, advocacy, and support, volunteerism in animal shelter.
6 Commissioner Fowler reviewed Denise Dooland's qualifications.
7 Commissioner Bedford asked about Cynthia Stubbs and said she is a retired vet and a
8 farmer.
9 Chair Price said they could wait if necessary.
10 Commissioner Fowler suggested Lee Hethcox for the animal advocacy seat. The Board
11 agreed by consensus to appoint Lee Hethcox to the seat.
12
13
14 8. Arts Commission —Appointments Discussion
15
16 The board discussed an appointment to the Arts Commission.
17
18 BACKGROUND: The Arts Commission recommends strategies to promote the artistic and
19 cultural growth of Orange County, advises the Board of Commissioners on matters involving the
20 arts, and acts as the granting panel for funding programs available to individual artists and non-
21 profit groups sponsoring arts projects in Orange County.
22
23 The Board of County Commissioners appoints all fifteen (15) At-Large members.
24
25 The following individual is recommended for Board consideration:
NAME POSITION TYPE OF EXPIRATION
DESCRIPTION APPOINTMENT DATE
TERM
Victoria E. UNC Student One Year Term 06/30/2023
Danielik Representative
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27 If the individual listed above is appointed, no vacancies remain.
28
29 Tara May introduced the item.
30 The Board agreed by consensus on the recommended applicant.
31
32
33 9. Economic Development Advisory Board —Appointments Discussion
34
35 The board discussed an appointment to the Economic Development Advisory Board.
36
37 BACKGROUND: The Economic Development Advisory Board works cohesively with the
38 County's Economic Development staff and other economic development partners to position
39 Orange County as a competitive location for business opportunities.
40
41 The Board of County Commissioners appoints all ten (10) members, with representation from
42 various fields.
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1 The following individual is presented for Board consideration:
NAME POSITION TYPE OF EXPIRATION
DESCRIPTION APPOINTMENT DATE
TERM
Hasan A. Core Business First Full Term 06/30/2025
Abdullah Community
2
3 If the individual listed above is appointed, no vacancies remain.
4
5 Tara May introduced the item.
6 The Board agreed by consensus to reappoint Hasan Abdullah.
7
8
9 10. Orange County Board of Adjustment—Appointments Discussion
10
11 The board discussed appointments to the Orange County Board of Adjustment.
12
13 BACKGROUND: The Board of Adjustment hears and decides on variance applications,
14 appeals submitted related to official decisions/determinations made by the Planning Director,
15 reviews and takes action on Class B Special Use Permit applications, as well as matters
16 required to pass by the Unified Development Ordinance.
17
18 The Board of County Commissioners appoints all seven (7) members. The Board of Adjustment
19 does not make recommendations.
20
21 The following individuals are presented for Board consideration:
NAME POSITION TYPE OF EXPIRATION
DESCRIPTION APPOINTMENT DATE
TERM
Leon Meyers At-Large First Full Term 06/30/2025
(re-appointment)
Nathan Alternate First Full Term 06/30/2025
Robinson re-appointment
22
23 If the individuals listed above are appointed, no vacancies remain.
24
25 Tara May introduced the item and reviewed the recommended individuals.
26 The Board agreed by consensus to reappoint Leon Meyers.
27 Tara May said that earlier in the day she learned that the Board of Adjustment is having
28 difficulty getting the full five-member board present. She said that they have requested to move
29 Nathan Robinson and Beth Bronson from the alternate positions to regular member seats on the
30 Board of Adjustment. She said they also ask that the applicants be appointed to the alternate
31 seats. Board agreed by consensus on the proposal.
32 The Board considered appointing two alternates to the Board of Adjustment. They
33 agreed by consensus on Adam Beeman and Roderick Jones.
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1 11. Orange County Parks and Recreation Council —Appointments Discussion
2
3 The board discussed an appointment to the Orange County Parks and Recreation Council.
4
5 BACKGROUND: The Orange County Parks and Recreation Council consults with and advises
6 the Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreation, and the Board of County
7 Commissioners on matters affecting parks planning, development and operation; recreation
8 facilities, policies and programs; and public trails and open space.
9
10 The Board of County Commissioners appoints all twelve members with representatives from
11 each of the county's townships plus its municipalities.
12
13 The following individual is recommended for Board consideration:
NAME POSITION DESCRIPTION TYPE OF EXPIRATION
APPOINTMENT DATE
TERM
Roderick Hillsborough Town Limits Partial Term 09/30/2022
Jones
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15 If the individual listed above is appointed, the following vacancy remains:
16
POSITION EXPIRATION VACANCY INFORMATION
DESIGNATION DATE
Chapel Hill 03/31/2023 Vacant since 10/13/2021.
Township
17
18 Tara May introduced the item.
19 The Board agreed by consensus on the recommended applicant.
20
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22 12. Orange County Planning Board —Appointment Discussion
23
24 The board discussed an appointment to the Orange County Planning Board.
25
26 BACKGROUND: The Planning Board studies Orange County and surrounding areas to
27 determine objectives in the development of the County. It prepares and recommends plans to
28 achieve that development, including the suggesting of policies, ordinances, and procedures. It
29 reviews development applications and makes recommendations to the Board of
30 Commissioners.
31
32 The Board of County Commissioners appoints all twelve (12) members. The Planning Board
33 does not make recommendations.
34
35 The following position is available for Board consideration:
NAME POSITION TYPE OF EXPIRATION
DESCRIPTION APPOINTMENT DATE
TERM
BOCC Bingham Township Partial Term 03/31/2024
Appointee
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1 If the position listed above is filled, no vacancies remain.
2
3 Tara May introduced the item. She said two applicants, Stephen Kaufman and Nathan
4 Robinson, would qualify for the vacancy.
5 Chair Price recommended Stephen Kaufman.
6 The Board agreed by consensus on Stephen Kaufman.
7
8
9 13. Adjourn
10
11 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee and seconded by Commissioner Fowler to
12 adjourn the meeting at 10:27 p.m.
13
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15 VOTE: UNANIMOUS
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18 Renee Price, Chair
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21 Recorded by Tara May, Deputy Clerk to the Board
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23 Submitted for approval by Laura Jensen, Clerk to the Board.
Attachment 2
1
1 DRAFT MINUTES
2 ORANGE COUNTY
3 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
4 BUDGET WORK SESSION
5 May 12, 2022
6 7:00 p.m.
7
8 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Budget Work Session on Thursday,
9 May 12, 2022 at 7:00 p.m.
10
11 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Renee Price, Vice Chair Jamezetta Bedford,
12 and Commissioners Amy Fowler, Sally Greene, Jean Hamilton, Earl McKee and Anna
13 Richards
14 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: None.
15 COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts
16 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: Deputy County Manager Travis Myren and Clerk to the Board
17 Laura Jensen. (All other staff members will be identified appropriately below)
18
19 Chair Price called the Board of County Commissioners meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
20
21 Chair Price welcomed everyone to the budget work session.
22 Chair Price said the County Attorney, John Roberts, requested that a closed session be
23 added to the end of the meeting.
24
25 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Fowler, to
26 add a closed session at the end of the budget work session.
27
28 VOTE: UNANIMOUS
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30
31 1. FY 2022-23 Operating and FY 2022-32 CIP Budget Discussions, with Chapel Hill-
32 Carrboro City Schools and Orange County Schools
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34 Dr. Nyah Hamlett, Superintendent of Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, made the
35 following presentation:
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(Chapel Hill),and 43(Carrboro)out of 29 high schools in the
Durham Metro area,Schools are ra;eked oa perfo,maixe on
.skate-required teats,gradttatim and how wel shideiits are
prepared for cvllege-
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6 Jonathan Scott said they expect a funding cut from the state of approximately $6,000 per
7 student due to the decrease in Average Daily Membership projections. He said that due to
8 lower ADM projections, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will only receive about $1.1 million
9 from the County Manager's recommended increase for schools. He said that the school system
10 will have to use most of their share of the increase to cover the costs of mental health and
11 social and emotional learning that the county gave a grant for in FY22. He said that cost is
12 about $880,000 and will leave about $200,000 as an actual increase.
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,5 Year State and Local Revenue Comparison
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addid6nal ren,,,;,,g furs bed the base of the
prior year butiget and the requested+-ikon" ioncos
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foots, awregttest rtteredowse I eral preva"&tg factors;
* *The Gri2at Resignation"'-This paradigm shift in the �
labor market 13as resulted in high turnover and the
s le to retain emostin staff sta In the h�hly competitive
Re rclr Tda4e inark
• Over-burdened and i ncreasin fatigued staff r
brr memkhers whose rdern=Wto pow with each
colleape'5 departure
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Classified • Study Findings
In the fall of 2021,Evergreen Solutions, L.LC(Evergreen)was retained to conduct a
ooinpewatton study for all cla5srfied employees.Notable fmdutgs froca the study are
summarized below:
* CHCCS does not have a well-defined,current classified pay structure
• CHCC5 eraployee5 fell,(m average,shghtly above the a n7itnuati of the market pay
ranges
• Them were only five positions total(out of M)that rearmed pay rates above tlxe inarket
average pay for market peers
34 elas5ffications had a ctwrent actual average pay that was below the market initrinittin
for that position
• The remainder of positions with data had average pay that was above the inarket
minimumbut below the market midpoint
• Tlxe overall average pay for CHCCS does appear to be below market
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* Closest Step-places employees in the newly reconuni nded ranges at the closest step
(rottnditrg tip),This is tlxe least experrsive optioir to"tum cox"the rLewly reomraneMed
system.
• Floss Yeats Placemerti-places eiarployees u-L the plant orL the bad of tlxeir lime in
current classification-This would grant one step for each3,ear of service in their current
class tale,
* Ki2xt Step Pialemi2nl-places employees in the plan on the basis of their currenr step
placeiiient.Preserves all ste 's'�that eiaip�lo ees have pored t1vas far,and gramorLe
adi.iticmal step for a year of service in IL
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caps increase to a certain number of steps.Costs shown are for a cap at a five-step
inrrease,bw ootdd be-aditksF
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0 19 years 17%to 20% :$1,510.COD
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the stIpplelnerlt perceluage,
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the suppleinerlt peteentage.
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+ • _ • Supplements
r The Diserlct's Exix"odtal Children(EC)Dep rbmerttis also
experierKing urPrecedRnted rLunVWF 2w d statf;acandes,
CHCCS has included an expancim iWM that prvrricldia
a&-Utiodtal incftvRves to LvrakLed staff in the EC Deparbnefd
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supple nert+for this employee grcwp.
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r Weeks Paternity Leave
+ Parental leave%ould provide multiple important benefits for our employees,their
families,and cliddren. Piovid" pLAd Parental leave will assist tlxe District u-L
enhancing the employee expederw:A.
• Parental leave sttp}Korts"eivt-ch ld bofLdifL&unpioves cb ldmi's otttronies,and inav
nicrease gender equity in tltie wodlcplane.
• I L.stoncal data was used to detennine an avetaSe of 75 eiatiployee5 annually were orL
FML.A for the birth of a child or adoption-
Provides parerdalleave st,ppleinerttalincoraeforup to six weeks at 100%.This will help
the District provide a competitive benefit to attract and retEdn our teach)ng staff_
• Uswg the histodcal date,tlxe estmtiated cost itxttrred frora this benefit wottld be
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Local Revenue Changes
The Board of Education's budget request includes several
dim-ges in revVraue sources smch as interest revenues and the
SpecLal a.stAct Tax
E,sbmates indicate a revcmue decrease of$25,OW for nL-xt
}year ns a direct result of the redncticTiin in�t rates-on
the District's fYuuls held in the NC Stare Ir MMUer's
Shwt-Ierm Investment Fund(SIIF),
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330,000 in revenues from f1w 51pedal District Tax
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6 Jonathan Scott said that the estimated increase of $335,000 in special district tax
7 revenue is a little high and he would have to revise the estimate.
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Fund Balancc
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3 Jonathan Scott said the district used about $300,000 in fund balance in the previous
4 fiscal year. He said that the district used almost $12 million in ESSER and ARPA funds to
5 mitigate losses and offer bonuses to staff to reduce turnover. He said that on June 30, 2021,
6 the unassigned fund balance was $11.3 million. He said the school district appropriated $2.5
7 million to balance the FY22 budget. He said the district later appropriated $3 million for COVID-
8 19 mitigation strategies and retention bonuses for staff. He said his current estimate of fund
9 balance is about $8.5 million. He said the district expects to use an additional $1-2 million in
10 fund balance prior to the end of the fiscal year due to unanticipated expenses.
11
12 Slide #21
i a.hNOhY' � WHAT! i. �
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1 Commissioner Richards asked if any of Governor Cooper's budget proposals, which
2 includes raises for teachers, were factored into Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools' budget
3 proposal. She reviewed the anticipated increases.
4 Jonathan Scott said that they were not and that he was just made aware by her
5 statement that Gov. Cooper's budget had been released that day.
6 Commissioner Richards said that Governor Cooper just released it today. She said it has
7 an additional 2.5% for state employees and teachers, bringing their raises to 7.5%. She said
8 that retention for teachers is $2,000 bonus for those making les that $75,000. She said that the
9 budget is generous. She asked how long will it take the school system to look at that and
10 incorporate it into their budget.
11 Jonathan Scott said it is not part of this request but would be built into the continuation
12 budget. He said that he was hesitant to put a number out, but it would, at minimum, increase the
13 continuation budget request by $800,000 and then include supplements but he said it would be
14 over $1 million. He said they do not have a plan for that and once it becomes law they will circle
15 back and get a firm estimate of the cost. He said they may come back to request additional
16 money or look internally for funds.
17 Commissioner Fowler asked if paternity leave included maternity leave.
18 Jonathan Scott said it includes both genders and applies to both.
19 Commissioner Fowler asked if the district does not currently have that available.
20 Jonathan Scott said they do not. He said that currently employees are eligible for what
21 they would qualify for under the Family and Medical Leave Act and have to use either sick or
22 annual leave to cover those days off. He said this would allow the employees to retain their
23 accrued leave. He said a lot of employees are early in their careers and only earn 12 days of
24 leave per year and that they are made to take that leave during their family leave.
25 Commissioner Bedford clarified that Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools did not lose over
26 900 students. She said the actual loss was 262 students. She said Orange County Schools
27 gained 65 students. She said the budget used state projections, which are high. She said it is a
28 drop in state funding, but the actual students did not leave.
29 Commissioner McKee asked for the fund balance amount on12/31/2021.
30 Jonathan Scott said on June 30, 2021, they had $11.35 million in unassigned fund
31 balance. He said that did not include $2.5 million appropriated by the board to balance the
32 budget last year for continuation. He said from June to December, that appropriation rose to
33 $5.5 million. He said they did that to build outdoor eating and learning areas, a per pupil
34 allotment for COVID mitigation, and employee bonuses. He said the approximate number is
35 around $8.3 million in unassigned fund balance.
36 Commissioner McKee said one of the main drivers of the public attending the budget
37 public hearing on May 10, 2022, was that they needed a 3% raise. He said he knows there are
38 a lot of factors to weigh into that. He said an across the board of 3% would be roughly $1.4
39 million dollars and leave enough budget in the reserve to meet the minimum. He said he was
40 questioning why there was no recommendation going into the last school year to increase
41 salaries to attract more teachers.
42 Jonathan Scott said that is an excellent question. He said that they do not want to add
43 recurring expenses to a budget without funding available.
44 Commissioner McKee said he understands that but all he is hearing is that they are in an
45 emergency situation. He said that includes the loss of teachers. He said he is not an advocate
46 of a school board sitting on a fund balance that is more than what they are required to have. He
47 said that they knew there was a situation of losing personnel and teachers but there was not an
48 attempt to solve that but to come back and ask for an increase of funding, which he is in favor
49 of, but there are lingering questions about the mechanics of it. He said in his mind, they are
50 running a year late. He said he is concerned that there was a large sum of money that could
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1 have been used 9 or 10 months ago. He said on the projected number vs. the actual number,
2 they are funding for children who are not there.
3 Jonathan Scott said he was correct. He said they offer that to further inform the board
4 and public that the total funding is not expected to go up.
5 Commissioner McKee said historically, we have funded at a higher rate than the actual
6 numbers came in. He said that Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools is highly funded. He said that
7 he does not begrudge that, but there are issues over the salary, and they should have been
8 addressed earlier. He said he understands it is not his decision to make but he has that
9 concern and has for quiet awhile.
10 Commissioner Hamilton asked if the EC certified supplements include TAs getting an
11 increase in salary.
12 Jonathan Scott said it only covers certified ECs and that the EC TAs would be covered
13 in a separate salary study.
14 Commissioner Hamilton asked if they get additional money because of their duties.
15 Jonathan Scott said he does not know that answer. He said that the board raised the
16 TAs salary years ago and they are paid higher than the general curriculum.
17 Commissioner Fowler thought when she was on the school board, they included 50
18 cents more per hour for the EC TAs.
19 Chair Price asked for clarification on parental leave, she asked if it is more than
20 paternity.
21 Dr. Nyah Hamlett said yes, the slide had a typo, and it is parental.
22 Chair Price asked about the unassigned portion of fund balance.
23 Jonathan Scott said it was about $8.5 million. He said it is made of several components.
24 He said there is a reservation for year-end expense, and they do not have that anymore. He
25 said that it is hard to give them an exact picture without a certified financial statement.
26 Chair Price asked if the minimum they should keep is $4.5 million.
27 Jonathan Scott said that was the amount set by the Board of Commissioners. He said
28 that the 5% level is two weeks of operating cash.
29 Chair Price asked for the estimate for next year.
30 Jonathan Scott said he is estimating that expenditures will exceed revenues by $1-2
31 million dollars. He said before they appropriate any money to balance the budget, they would be
32 somewhere around $12.5 million, recognizing that they will have to appropriate some money to
33 balance the budget.
34 Chair Price asked if they did not appropriate money from the fund balance the expenses
35 over revenues would be $12 million?
36 Jonathan Scott said no. He said that, for example, if the Board of Commissioners fully
37 funded the school's budget request this year, and the school board did not have to appropriate
38 any fund balance, he estimates that it would be at $12 million. He said that is prior to them
39 having to allocate any of the fund balance.
40 Commissioner Hamilton asked if currently it is about $8 million and at the end of next
41 fiscal year, would be about $12 million.
42 Jonathan Scott said fund balance always depends on operations. He said that it is $8.5
43 million right now because the Board assigned additional fund balance for expenditure. He said
44 that it is kind of an arbitrary number right now, but they allocate some to balance the budget. He
45 said that is $5.5 appropriated now, but he does not anticipate spending all of that. He said he is
46 anticipating $12 million available at year end of 2022.
47 Commissioner Hamilton asked if at the end of the current fiscal year, given what they
48 know now, is the unassigned $8.5 million.
49 Jonathan Scott said he thinks at the end of the year it will be $12 million unassigned. He
50 said that some of that will be allocated to balance the budget.
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1 Commissioner Hamilton asked what gets the fund balance from $8.5 million to $12
2 million.
3 Jonathan Scott said that out of the $5.5 million they have appropriated, he thinks they
4 will only spend $1.5-2 million. He said they are required to pass a balanced budget.
5 Commissioner McKee asked what the minimum fund balance is supposed to be.
6 Jonathan Scott said it is 5.5% or roughly $4.5 million.
7 Commissioner McKee asked if the required amount Is $4.5 million, what is the purpose
8 of having a fund balance projection of$12 million.
9 Jonathan Scott said the purpose of the $12 million is where they will end at the end of
10 the year, and it gives his Board direction on what will be needed to balance the budget.
11 Commissioner Bedford said that part of the fund balance issues is just timing. She said
12 that the school system received federal allotments, but they did not know how much
13 beforehand. She said that you do not have to spend all the money in one year, but the timing
14 does allow the use of future fund balance that is from the federal dollars.
15 Commissioner McKee said that is logical, but his concern is that it is a trend of very high
16 fund balances of the Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools systems to have above what is required.
17 He said that by carrying more than what it is needed, they are not addressing concerns and they
18 are losing teachers and are unable to recruit new ones. He said the county has allocated more
19 cumulative increases per student than the 20t" funded in the state and he is trying to understand
20 it. He said if it is funded, it will require a 1 cent tax increase. He said that it will not affect a lot of
21 people but there are thousands that it will. He said that he needs to be able to understand why
22 the system needs to carry the fund balance.
23 Dr. Nyah Hamlett said the Board uses fund balance to balance the budget and to
24 address non-recurring expenses. She said they used fund balance for bonuses.
25 Jonathan Scott said they also purchased shade structures with it. He said that if they
26 appropriated $8 million to balance the budget, then they would have $4 million in
27 unappropriated fund balance and if they spend it all, they will have an $8 million reoccurring
28 expense and he would have to request $8 million next year from the county. He said that would
29 just be a request to cover the costs from the previous year and would not even begin to address
30 continuation costs for the next year. He said that if they do that, he will have an $11 million
31 request and only have $4 million in fund balance. He said that using fund balance for recurring
32 expenditures is dangerous because they can quickly find themselves at a significant funding
33 cliff.
34 Chair Price said teachers said they are still using their own funds to fund school
35 supplies. She asked if fund balance could be used for that.
36 Dr. Nyah Hamlett said they used ESSER funds to allocate $20 per student across the
37 district so they could use that funding for instructional materials and supplies so there have
38 been funds allocated for those purposes. She said there are other sources that provide support
39 for those services.
40
41 Dr. Monique Felder, superintendent of Orange County Schools, made the following
42 presentation:
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1 Slide #1
i Orange FY 2023s `
County Request
Schools
Dr.Moolque Felder,Supedotekent
May 12.2W2
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OCS at a Glance
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9 Dr. Monique Felder said that in order to serve students well, the district must have a
10 plan--a strategic plan. She said they launched a new five-year strategic plan to serve as their
11 north star and road map for improving outcomes for students. She said by leveraging pre-
16
1 pandemic "Listen & Learns," the district asked what the community's hopes and dreams are for
2 students, what their concerns were, and what they already love about the district. She said they
3 analyzed more than 1,000 comments from families, students and staff members. She said they
4 asked stakeholders to share their thoughts about what they want to see reflected in the plan
5 specifically. She said they received hundreds of entries. She said they also received feedback
6 from the school board, staff, students, families, and across the entire community. She said the
7 new district plan explains the district's mission and vision, how they will achieve their goals, and
8 how they will measure our progress. She said it includes their belief statements. She said the
9 plan has four goals and each is inextricably aligned to their equity plan. She said each goal has
10 its own equity emphasis. She said that because accountability is important in the district, they
11 defined how they will measure success for each of the four goals. She said that over the next
12 five years, the district will collect and analyze data on progress. She said they will publish the
13 results in a public scorecard. She said that through this strategic plan, the district will remain
14 focused and accountable as they strive toward greatness for our students.
15
16 Slide #4
OCS VISION
Preparing every learner for
lifelong service and
success
17
18 Dr. Monique Felder said the vision statement answers the question: "If our school district
19 fulfills its mission, what will OCS look like in the future?"
20
21 Slide #5
OCS MISSION
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6 Dr. Monique Felder introduced the districts four strategic plan goals. She started with
7 goal 4. She said that goal four is about cultivating supportive partnerships among families,
8 schools, and community stakeholders to support students' well-being and academic growth.
9 She said the focus of goal 3 is to recruit, hire, support, and retain culturally proficient and high-
10 quality staff committed to providing all students with an excellent education in a welcoming
11 environment. She said the focus of goal 2 is for the district to provide exemplary operational
12 support to schools, staff, and the community to ensure a focus on student learning. She said
13 that goal 1 is the whole purpose for goals 2, 3, and 4—teaching tomorrow's leaders.
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5 Dr. Monique Felder asked rhetorically how the district will recover and accelerate
6 learning, and said it will be when everything they do is rooted in equity to ensure all students
7 receive what they need to succeed. She said that when they:
8 • Focus on the four strategic plan goals;
9 • Start with good core instruction;
10 • Provide data analysis so that teachers are able to personalize and differentiate
11 instruction to support students' needs whether through enrichment or remediation
12 through tiered intervention and instruction;
13 • Ensure that teaching and learning is mindful of the social and emotional learning of
14 students and staff in order to develop the whole child/person;
15 then they will recover learning and accelerate growth for every student.
16
17 Slide #9
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8 Dr. Monique Felder said that goal 1 is important because it focuses on the whole child.
9 She said it requires the district to provide tiered supports based on where children are with
10 social/emotional as well as academic needs.
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1 Slide#14
i CREATING a CLIMATE f SUCCESS
PANORAMA SURVEY DATA
WINTER 2022 Nrcerw Favorable
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students feel that they are valued
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3 Dr. Monique Felder said that to better understand where children are social/emotionally,
4 one of the tools they use is the panorama survey that allows administrators to ask students in
5 grades 3-12 for feedback and perspectives on specific topics. She said that based on
6 responses, staff creates personalized supports and strategies. She said that slide #14
7 represents the improvement in students feeling supported by their schools. She said that in a
8 prior survey, students shared that they did not have supportive relationships at their schools.
9 She said that school teams worked on building relationships with students to address this need.
10
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4 instruction. She said that by providing teachers with research and evidence-based strategies
5 and instructional resources as well as professional development, the tide is starting to shift.
6 She said that after just a few months of specific and direct skills instruction aligned to the North
7 Carolina Standard Course of Study, students in early grades are moving from below benchmark
8 to above benchmark in literacy.
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6 Dr. Monique Felder said that while classroom teachers are the most important in-school
7 factor for increasing student achievement, they are not the only employees who impact student
8 learning. She said that it takes all staff, including child nutrition staff, counselors and social
9 workers, bus drivers, custodial staff, media specialists, coaches, administrative assistants,
10 bookkeepers, etc., to develop the whole child.
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12 Rhonda Rath, Chief Financial Officer, continued the presentation:
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4 staff, changes to working conditions, and increases in class sizes that only increased student
5 needs, while taking away resources from our staff and students.
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3 Rhonda Rath said that COVID-19 put more strain and stress to an already over
4 extended staff. She said that additionally, the competition in the job market increased and staff
5 now have much more choice for better pay and more appealing working conditions within miles
6 of Orange County Schools. She said the district began thinking about what they could do to
7 increase competitiveness. She said they learned through a classified salary study is that they
8 have a compressed salary scale that is underpaying the lowest paid staff.
9
10 Slide #23
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12 Rhonda Rath said they began to consider who is funded, and where they are funded
13 from. She said they determined the positions highlighted in blue in slide #23 were the specific
14 positions that were compressed. She gave an example of two teacher assistants, one with 22
15 years of experience and one with no experience, who would be compensated at the same rate.
16 She said that while the district was focusing funds on meeting the needs of students and
17 making appropriate staffing changes, they did not realize the depth of the impact on the
18 classified salaries, especially when they are funded for those positions by the state based on
19 average salaries for the whole state. She said that the average salary was not increasing at a
26
1 rate proportional to the increase in the cost of living in the area. She said this heightened the
2 financial needs for our staff. She said the district's limited salary scale did not keep up. She
3 said that the district is now working to correct this inadequate compensation of staff. She said
4 that the district is requesting funding in the amount of $2.5 million dollars to decompress the
5 classified salary scale.
6
7 Slide #24
FY 2023 Student Membership
FY 2022 FY 2023 Change
Projected ADM 7,299 7,182 (117)
Average Daft Membesty
(ws)Charter School 919 951 32
(less) Out of District 108 770 2
Total Student Billing 8,5�e 8,110 8,023 (87)
E.NCACE. CHALLENGE_ INSPIRE.
8
9 Rhonda Rath said the district is funded based on projected ADM, or average daily
10 membership, which represents the actual number of attending students. She said that the
11 projection for FY 2023 shows a decrease of 117 students, while charter schools are projected to
12 increase by 32 and out-of-district by 2. She said this results in a net decrease by 87 students
13 compared to the previous year.
14
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17 Rhonda Rath said that federal funds provided to the district were designated for specific
18 areas most impacted by COVID-19, such as making up for unfinished learning, meeting the
27
1 social and emotional needs of students, and keeping students and staff safe. She said they are
2 allocating much of these funds to building capacity of teaching staff through research-based
3 curriculum and professional development so that once the funds are gone, they will still benefit
4 from them. She said that those funds do not address the needs that they are requesting the
5 county support in FY23.
6
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12 Rhonda Rath said that taking into account the decrease in projected ADM, the district
13 anticipates local funding of $35 million, which is a decrease of 380,000 in comparison to the
14 previous fiscal year. She said that the state budget enacted into law in November 2021 an
15 average 2.5% increase for licensed staff and a 2.5% increase for non-licensed staff. She said
16 that the per pupil funding received in FY22 remained constant with FY21 and did not account for
17 the legislative increases in the state budget bill. She said that as a result, the district had to
18 appropriate local fund balance of approximately $500,00 in order to implement the legislated
28
1 increases. She said that in order to fund the legislated salary increase for FY22 and the
2 projected salary and benefit increases for FY23, an additional $1.1 million is needed. She said
3 this would require a $137 per pupil increase, taking the district from $4,367 per pupil to $4,504
4 per pupil. She said that in order to leverage local funding to further meet the needs of students,
5 they are requesting that the county provide additional funding of $40,000 for the technical
6 support needed to use the Whitted Building for bi-monthly board meetings. She said this brings
7 their continuation budget request to $36 million, or$4,504 per pupil. She said that in an effort to
8 address the years of salary compression currently in classified pay scales, and to recognize the
9 numerous staff that have gone as many as eight years without an increase from the state, the
10 district is seeking expansion funding from the county to support implementing the classified pay
11 scales recommended from the HIL consulting group compensation study. She said that the
12 recommendation includes implementing 30 step pay scales with a 1.5% increase for each year
13 of experience. She said it is projected this initiative will cost approximately $3.1 million. She
14 said the county has already committed recurring funding of $631,500 from online sales tax
15 revenue to be applied to this initiative, which leaves $2.5 million in additional funding needed to
16 implement the study as recommended. She said factoring in the additional online sales tax
17 revenue committed by the county beginning this year and going forward, this leaves a need of
18 $2.5 million, or $308 per pupil, to fully fund the recommended classified pay scales. She said it
19 is also a priority to recognize certified staff and the years of experience they bring to Orange
20 County Schools. She said that certified staff currently receive a local supplement based on their
21 years of service in Orange County Schools. She said the board would like to change this
22 method and give certified staff local supplement credit for years of experience in the state. She
23 said in order to implement this practice, an additional $651,000, or $81 per pupil, is needed.
24 She said the final expansion item is masters pay for certified staff holding a master's degree
25 relevant to their position. She said this encompasses certified staff, such as those paid as
26 teachers, social workers, or counselors, who the Department of Public Instruction does not
27 recognize masters pay on their license. She said that because of the lack of recognition, they
28 are not compensated for higher degrees. She said that the budget request reflects the district's
29 values, people, and is aligned with the strategic plan, specifically Goal 3 of recruiting and
30 retaining exemplary staff which is critical to achieving Goal 1, "Teaching Tomorrow's Leaders,
31 Our Students." She said that district staff have proven themselves invaluable and as essential
32 staff during the pandemic. She said they stepped up and went above and beyond when
33 children, their families, and the community needed them the most. She said the district must be
34 there for them now.
35
36 Slide #28
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38 Slide #29
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QUESTIONS, FEEDBACK, ^.
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1
2
3 Commissioner Hamilton asked about staff not being compensated for holding master's
4 degrees. She asked for the positions that includes.
5 Rhonda Rath said it includes teachers, instructional facilitators, social workers, and
6 counselors. She said that in 2013, state legislators voted to take away master's pay for that
7 population. She said that those holding the degree at that time were included, but those that
8 earned since 2013 do not receive the pay.
9 Commissioner Bedford asked what the estimated fund balance is.
10 Rhonda Rath said the estimated unassigned fund balance is about $2.1 million. She
11 said the 5.5% would be $2.2 million.
12 Commissioner Richards said that Governor Cooper's proposed budget would reinstate
13 master's pay. She asked if classified employees were given any raises last year.
14 Rhonda Rath said that classified staff were given bonuses using fund balance. She said
15 that ESSER funds were used for the items to implement professional development and
16 curriculum after the funds are gone.
17 Commissioner Richards asked about the cost of bonuses and how much fund balance
18 was used.
19 Rhonda Rath said $1.3 million.
20 Commissioner Richards asked if certified and uncertified staff received bonus pay.
21 Rhonda Rath said it was given to all staff.
22 Commissioner Greene asked how Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools used their ESSER
23 funding.
24 Jonathan Scott said they received $19 million in total recovery money. He said that
25 about $12 million has been used.
26 Commissioner Greene asked if it was being used to its full extent.
27 Jonathan Scott said early on they realized it would be available for 3-4 years and they
28 wanted to spread the money out. He said that a majority of money was used for COVID
29 mitigation and feeding students, transportation, MiFi's, and money for technology. He said the
30 first allocation of CARES Act was used primarily used for COVID mitigation and remote
31 learning. He said that moving out of pandemic phases into in-person learning, their first
32 allocation of ESSER funds were around $4.5 million and ESSER 2 was around $7.5 million. He
33 said that one of the requirements was that they provide a summer school program. He said they
34 spent $2 million on those efforts. He said that additionally, the board recognized there were
35 problems with recruitment and retention. He said that they are being used for signing bonuses
36 and additional recruitment strategies. He said that ESSER 3 requires that funds be spent on
37 unfinished learning, so they must go directly into the classroom. He said they provided a virtual
38 learning for high school but no virtual option for K-8 students. He said they found that although
30
1 they could not stand up a virtual academy, they could provide an alternative learning
2 arrangement. He said that teachers were paid an additional amount of money to teach the
3 students that did not want to return, online. He said that will cost about $900,000. HE said from
4 there they determined there was a significant problem for bus driver recruitment and retention.
5 He said they adopted a half-million strategy for bus driver recruitment. He said that they also
6 provide food for them once a month. He said that moving forward, in November, the Board
7 adopted a bonus compensation structure that included $1,000 this year and $500 next year if
8 they stay. He said they allocated just under $1 million of local funds for that. He said they
9 allocated $600,000 for tutoring. He said that there is $1.7 million in unallocated ESSER 3
10 funding, and they have until fall of 24 to spend it. He said the other pockets of money are very
11 targeted for specific needs.
12 Commissioner Richards asked about Jonathan Scott's statement that the actual
13 increase to Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will only be $200,000.
14 Jonathan Scott said the Board of County Commissioners funding is based on DPI's
15 estimates for the next year. He said that last year, they had a held harmless provision, and they
16 were projected at 12,227 students.
17 Rhonda Rath said they were projected at 7,299.
18 Jonathan Scott said that the county puts those two numbers together and arrives at a
19 percentage allocation between the two districts. He said that Orange County's stayed flat and
20 their's decreased by 785 students and that changed the proportion by about 2%. He said that
21 was enough so that the 3% increase in County Manager's budget, which is $4 million to
22 education, he said that their share was $1.1 million. He said that part of that increase included
23 the amount of money the BOCC appropriated in grants to the school districts of$1.5 million. He
24 said that the $1.1 million and deduct the $800 thousand for social emotional learning and
25 mental health, which leaves them of about $200,000 in absolute dollars.
26 Commissioner McKee said the projected numbers have historically been high. He said
27 the county never asked for the money back. He said once they settled on a per-student
28 allocation, which was the end of it. He said that created a higher per student allocation than
29 what is shown in the budget. He asked what rationale they would use to now go in the opposite
30 direction because there is a lower projected number than last year, why would they stay at the
31 high projection.
32 Jonathan Scott said it is not his intention to alter the county's funding formula.
33 Commissioner McKee said there is a perception that the county is not funding at a high
34 amount or at the level they were funding. He it is a reality that there is a decrease in the
35 projected number of students. He said he would like to know where the children went from
36 Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools. He said did they go to home school, charter, or did they
37 move away.
38 Jonathan Scott said he is also very curious about where they went. He said that
39 kindergarten numbers are down and that accounts for part of it. He said charter numbers are not
40 materially high.
41 Commissioner McKee said he realizes that it creates a change in the percentage, but
42 the reality is that they fund on projected numbers.
43 Dr. Nyah Hamlett said specifically to the mental health and achievement grant, their
44 expansion budget was full of social and emotional learning support. She said they would have
45 likely used the mentally health funding because they know that mental health supports are
46 necessary. She said they may have looked at a different formula.
47 Chair Price asked if they are able to track how many students changed grade levels or if
48 it was possible some students just graduated. She asked if you could tell if they left or
49 graduated out.
50 Dr. Nyah Hamlett said they can analyze that, but they do not have that number on hand.
51 She said that it is happening across the country.
31
1 Chair Price said she wondered if they graduated.
2 Dr. Nyah Hamlett said they can look to see if numbers are greater at specific grade
3 levels.
4 Commissioner Fowler said SAPFO had about 500 in elementary, level in middle school,
5 and an increase in high school. She said that she thinks it was about folks that needed
6 guaranteed childcare went to private schools.
7 Commissioner Richards asked if there is a breakdown of the budget that shows the
8 percentage of the budget that goes to administrative support.
9 Jonathan Scott said it is available in the budget document and he will forward that.
10 Commissioner McKee said he is interested in that information from both school systems.
11 Commissioner Richards said that Orange County has 3% reflected in their report.
12 Chair Price asked Orange County if recruitment to HBCUs is included in the recruitment
13 budget.
14 Rhonda Rath said that there is a line item for recruitment in their human capital budget
15 and that would support reaching out to those universities.
16 Commissioner Bedford asked what the summer programs will be for each district.
17 Dr. Monique Felder said there will be a summer learning academy for students in grades
18 K-12, specifically for students who need remediation. She said this year they are targeting
19 students who need remediation.
20 Dr. Nyah Hamlett said they will provide enrichment and accelerated learning, and those
21 that are transitioning from elementary to middle and middle to high school.
22
23
24 2. FY 2022-23 Orange County Recommended Operating Budget— Education
25 The Board reviewed and discussed the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and Orange County
26 Schools FY 2022-23 Operating and Capital Investment Plan Budgets.
27
28 BACKGROUND: The County Manager presented the FY 2022-23 Recommended Budget on
29 May 3, 2022. Since that time, the Board has conducted one public hearing to receive residents'
30 comments regarding the proposed funding plan. This discussion is the first opportunity the
31 Board has had to discuss next year's recommended funding plan related to Education funding.
32 Total K-12 Education funding as included in the FY 2022-23 Manager Recommended Budget is
33 $120,324,620, or 47.1 percent of General Fund revenues. This includes funding for current
34 expense, school related debt service, and school health and safety service contracts.
35
36 Total Funding for Local School Districts:
37 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-
38 23*
39 Original Budget $109,141,519 $113,480,859 $113,939,715 $116,721,030 $120,324,620
40 *Recommended Budget
41
42 Student Enrollment Projections:
43 Based on North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (DPI) projections, the Chapel Hill-
44 Carrboro City School District enrollment for fiscal year 2022-23 totals 11,442, for an overall
45 decrease of 909 budgeted students when compared to FY 2021-22.
46
47
48 Based on DPI projections, the Orange County Schools district enrollment for fiscal year 2022-23
49 totals 8,023, for an overall decrease of 87 budgeted students when compared to FY 2021-22.
50
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March March March March
CHCCS 2021 DPI 2022 DPI Difference OCS 2021 DPI 2022 DPI Difference
#s #s #s #s
DPI Enrollment 12,448 11,466 -982 DPI Enrollment 7,299 7,182 -117
Less: Out-of-District 253 229 -24 Less: Out-of-District 108 110 2
Subtotal 12,195 11,237 -958 Subtotal 7,191 7,072 -119
Plus: Current Charter 156 205 49 Plus: Current Charter 919 951 32
Students Students
Total Budgeted 12,351 11,442 -909 Total Budgeted 8,110 8,023 -87
Students Students
% Distribution By District 60.36% 58.78% -1.58% %Distribution By 39.64% 41.22% 1.58%
1 District
2
3 The North Carolina General Assembly requires school systems to pay a per pupil allotment to
4 support charter students within their districts.
5
6
7 School Districts Budget Requests
8 Both School Districts requested increases in per pupil funding for FY 2022-23 as detailed in the
9 tables below.
FY 2021-22 FY 2022-23 FY 2022-23 Total Total
OCS Approved Continuation Expansion FY 2022-23 FY 2022-23
Increase Increase Increase Request
ADM 8,110 8,023 8,023 8,023 8,023
Current Expense $35,416,370 $1,100,000 $4,319,500 $5,419,500 $40,835,870
Per Pupil Equivalent $4,367 $137 $538 $675 $5,090
FY 2021-22 FY 2022-23 FY 2022-23 Total Total
CHCCS Approved Continuation Expansion FY 2022-23 FY 2022-23
Increase Increase Increase Request
ADM 12,351 11,442 11,442 11,442 11,442
Current Expense $53,936,817 $2,370,000 $5,795,000 $8,165,000 $62,101,817
10 Per Pupil Equivalent $4,367 $207 $506 $714 $5,428
11
12 Current Expense
13 The recommended appropriations for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City and Orange County Schools
14 increases the current expense funding by $4,225,596 in FY 2022-23 as detailed in the tables
15 below. This includes per pupil funding to increase to $4,808 for each of the 19,465 students in
16 the two school systems. Local Current Expense funding supplements State and Federal funds
17 received by each district for the day-to-day operation of schools. Examples of expenses paid
18 from these funds include salaries and benefits for locally paid teachers and utilities. North
19 Carolina statutes mandate boards of county commissioners to provide local current expense
20 monies to school districts. Counties having more than one school administrative unit, as is the
21 case in Orange County, are required to provide equal per pupil appropriations to each system.
22
33
F TotalY 2021-22 Total FY 2022-23
OCS Approved FY 2022-23 Recommend Difference
Request
ADM 8,110 8,023 8,023 0
Current Expense $35,416,370 $40,835,870 $38,570,900 $2,264,970
Per Pupil Equivalent $4,367 $5,090 $4,808 $282
F TotalY 2021-22 Total FY 2022-23
CHCCS Approved FY 2022-23 Recommend Difference
Request
ADM 12,351 11,442 11,442 0
Current Expense $53,936,817 $62,101,817 $55,007,882 $7,093,935
1 Per Pupil Equivalent $4,367 $5,428 $4,808 $620
2
3 Recurring Capital
4 Recurring capital for both School districts remains the same as the prior year appropriation of
5 $3 million dollars. The budget for FY 2022-23 includes $1,763,400 for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City
6 Schools and $1,236,600 for Orange County Schools. For FY 2022-23, a mix of debt financing
7 (see page 95 of the Capital Investment Plan (CIP)) and pay-as-you-go funding (see page 132 of
8 the Operating Budget) is recommended for Recurring Capital. Recurring capital pays for facility
9 improvements, equipment, furnishings, and vehicle and bus purchases. State statutes mandate
10 counties to fund recurring capital. However, the amount of money counties allocate to this
11 function is discretionary and varies from county to county. Note: These amounts have been
12 revised (represented by yellow highlighting on Attachment 2-E) from the Original
13 Recommended Capital Investment Plan to reflect the revised average daily membership
14 (ADM) percentage, as included in the FY 2022-23 Manager Recommended Operating
15 Budget.
16
17 Long Range Capital
18 The County plans and programs long-range school capital funding through the County's Capital
19 Investment Plan (CIP). The recommended CIP budget for FY 2022-23 includes $2,502,680 for
20 Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and $1,755,026 for Orange County Schools, as detailed on
21 Attachment 2-E, which is an updated version of page 95 of the CIP using the most recent ADM
22 for each district. This combines to a total of $4,257,706, which represents an increase of
23 $83,484 from FY 2021-22. A 2% annual growth rate is included throughout the years of the CIP
24 related to Long Range Capital. For FY 2022-23, as was the case in FY 2021-22, debt financing
25 will be utilized, instead of pay-as-you-go funds for Long Range Capital projects. Similar to Local
26 Current Expense funding, the amount of money counties allocate to long-range capital
27 expenditures is discretionary and varies from county to county.
28
29 School Debt Service
30 The recommended budget provides for $21,807,353 in School Related Debt Service, which
31 represents repayment of principal and interest on School related debt, including general
32 obligation bonds and private placement loans. This is a decrease of $1,930,893 from FY 2021-
33 22. North Carolina statutes require counties to pay for school related capital items, such as
34 acquisition and construction of facilities. In instances where counties borrow funds to pay for
35 such items, the State mandates counties to repay the debt. The amount of money counties
36 borrow for school related projects is discretionary and varies from county to county.
34
1
2 Health and Safety Service Contracts
3 The recommended budget includes $3,738,485 for the Health and Safety Service Contracts for
4 both school districts to cover the costs of School Resource Officers in every middle and high
5 school, and a School Health Nurse in every elementary, middle, and high school in both school
6 systems. This represents a 3% increase over the FY 2021-22 funding amount.
7
8 Capital Investment Plan
9 The FY 2022-23 Manager Recommended Capital Investment Plan includes funding of
10 $18,088,811 in FY 2022-23, and a 10-Year total of $101,939,541, for Chapel Hill-Carrboro
11 City Schools. Funding of $9,925,349 in FY 2022-23, and a 10-Year total of $64,380,719, is
12 included for Orange County Schools. The new split of funding per school system is
13 detailed on Attachment 2-E.
14
15 Supplemental Deferred Maintenance Program
16 The FY 2020-21 CIP introduced a supplemental funding program for deferred maintenance and
17 life and safety improvements in schools. The program would involve an expenditure of $30
18 million over a three-year period to expedite each School District's backlog of deferred
19 maintenance projects in anticipation of a potential general obligation bond referendum in future
20 years.
21
22 The total amount was divided between the districts on the basis of average daily membership in
23 FY 2020-21. As a result, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools was allocated 59.99% or
24 $17,997,000 of the $30 million total while Orange County Schools was allocated 40.01% or
25 $12,003,000 of the total amount.
26
27 The FY 2022-23 CIP recommends a second round of $30 million over two years for additional
28 school funding. These funds are split between the districts on the basis of the average daily
29 membership in FY 2022-23. As a result, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will be allocated
30 58.78% or $17,634,000 of the $30 million total while Orange County Schools will be allocated
31 41.22% or $12,366,000 of the total amount. These funds are split so that 10% or $3 million can
32 be spent in FY 2022-23 for planning and professional services, so that the remaining 90% or
33 $27 million can be "shovel ready" immediately in FY 2023-24. The two rounds of funding can be
34 combined by the schools to complete larger projects as detailed in the tables below.
35
CHCCS FY 2020-21 FY 2021-22 FY 2022-23 FY 2023-24 Total
Original FY 2020-21
Allocation $ 1,800,000 $ 10,000,000 $ 6,197,000 $ 17,997,000
Recommended FY
2022-23 $ 1,763,400 $ 15,870,600 $ 17,634,000
Allocation
Total Funding $ 1,800,000 $ - $ 11,763,400 $ 22,067,600 $35,631,000
35
Oc5 FY 2020-21 FY 2021-22 FY 2022-23 FY 2023-24 Total
Original Allocation $ 4,150,000 $ 3,600,000 $ 4,253,000 $ 12,003,000
Recommended
Additional Allocation $ 1,236,600 $ 11,129,400 $ 12,366,000
Total Funding $ 4,150,000 $ 3,600,000 $ 5,489,600 $ 11,129,400 $24,369,000
1
2 The expenditures to date for CHCCS and OCS from the FY 2020-21 Allocation are $849,308
3 and $320,400 respectively.
4
5 Board members have the opportunity to discuss County funding and anticipated State funding
6 for schools next year with Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and Orange County Schools.
7 Attachment 2-A provides additional information of how Orange County compares with other
8 counties within North Carolina related to Current Expense funding per pupil and other
9 educational related funding issues. Attachment 2-B provides a history of the Per Pupil
10 Appropriation. Attachment 2-C provides a history of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools
11 District Tax. Attachment 2-D represents the School Districts Local Current Expense Fund
12 Balance Policy. Attachment 2-E presents the revised Capital Investment Plan Schools Projects
13 Summary to reflect the revised ADM%, as included in the FY 2022-23 Manager's
14 Recommended Operating Budget.
15
16 Travis Myren, Deputy County Manager, made the following presentation:
17
18 Slide #1
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ORANGE COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA
Budget Work Session #1
Education
May 12, 2022
Board of Orange County Commissioners
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20 Slide#2
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3 Commissioner McKee asked if the safety officers were for both school districts.
4 Travis Myren said it was for both districts.
5 Commissioner McKee asked if Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is intending to
6 discontinue their school resource officer contract.
7 Dr. Nyah Hamlett said they would vote on the various safety options on June 16tn
8 Commissioner McKee said he is interested in that conversation.
9 Travis Myren continued the presentation.
10 Commissioner Hamilton asked about the note that recurring capital is based on average
11 daily membership plus $1.8 million in CIP.
12 Travis Myren said that it is allocated by average daily membership and there is an
13 additional allocation for the CIP that does not show up in the operating budget table.
14 Commissioner Richards said they heard they were not funding schools at the target
15 percentage. She asked how much that would cost to get to the target.
16 Travis Myren said subsequent slides would help answer the question.
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3 Travis Myren said that this shows the funding target and where the county has funded.
4 He said they are 1% point below the target for this fiscal year.
5 Chair Price asked what the impact on funding would be to bring it up to the target of
6 48.1%.
7 Travis Myren said it would be $2.5 million.
8 Chair Price asked about the effect on other allocations.
9 Travis Myren said they would have to look at expenditure reductions or additional taxes.
10 He said 1 penny generates about $2.2 million.
11 Chair Price asked when the management team was working on the budget if they
12 considered decreasing expenses to get $2.2 million.
13 Travis Myren said they start by looing at resources available and then manage to that
14 target.
15 Chair Price asked if they went back to look at the budget to see if there were ways to
16 bring it to the $2.2 million.
17 Travis Myren said at that point it is late in the process and numbers are locked in.
18 Commissioner Fowler asked how the school funding is decided and if it is based on the
19 schools' ask.
20 Travis Myren said it is a timing issue. He said they do not know what the schools
21 funding is sometimes until late in the process. He said that sometimes it is even after the County
22 Manager's recommended budget is presented. He said they set a goal of 3% across the board.
23 Commissioner Fowler said that capital needs are skyrocketing and asked if that was
24 considered.
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1 Travis Myren said there are a lot of other capital funds available in the CIP and this is the
2 amount of cash that could be fit into the operating budget model.
3 Commissioner McKee asked if the $2 million drop-in debt service would account to the
4 below the 48.1%.
5 Travis Myren said most of it.
6 Commissioner McKee said this is a generalized conversation over the past 15 years that
7 they want to try to hit. He said they have met or exceeded in all but 1 year since 2008-2009. He
8 said on several occasions it has exceeded the 50%. He said that if they are talking about
9 increasing to hit the target then next year should they discuss decreasing.
10 Chair Price said that seeing that it had been exceeded other times. She said that this
11 year, coming out of the pandemic, with all of the needs that had been identified, it seems there
12 is a greater need. She said she is not saying they must hit the target.
13 Commissioner McKee said it would require another penny on the tax rate.
14 Chair Price said yes, or they could look at other options.
15 Commissioner Greene said both numbers are flexible. She said they are always in flux.
16 She said that there is pressure from all sides and the schools, and the community have needs.
17 She said that 48% is not a fixed percentage.
18 Chair Price said understands and she just wanted to get clarity and did not want to
19 suggest anything. She said in the past when they have gone above then that money was added
20 after the fact.
21 Commissioner Richards said she had heard so much about it on Tuesday night and
22 wanted to understand it better. She said that the chart showed the targets, and she understands
23 that the whole budget, none of it is fixed.
24 Commissioner McKee said they heard a lot about other counties allocating a greater
25 percentage of their budget to schools and he speculates that is Wake County due to their high
26 rate of growth. He said that per student, they are below Orange County. He said the comments
27 indicated that Wake County was giving more.
28 Commissioner Hamilton said she is not a fan of an arbitrary target. She said they need
29 to be looking at the needs of the schools. She said investing in children is the most important
30 thing they can do. She said the county has been spending a lot of money dealing with the social
31 inequities later in life but have not done an adequate job as a society to prevent that. She said
32 investment needs to be at the beginning. She said that current numbers targeted a 3% increase
33 to schools, but general funds have increased 7%. She said that they are looking at a better
34 economic situation and got through the pandemic better than expected. She said that they
35 should think about what the needs are now, and they need to focus on what they need to do
36 now and set priorities. She said really hard choices need to be made but those should not be
37 made on the backs of children.
38 Commissioner Greene said she is concerned that they are being compared to Wake
39 County and she speculates that so much of Wake County is urban. She said that is not a good
40 comparison to Orange County.
41 Chair Price said that in the past, they have used half of their budget for schools. She
42 said they should prioritize children and examine what would need to be sacrificed to reduce
43 expenditures.
44 Commissioner Fowler asked if county level recommendations were reviewed based on
45 what the departments requested or if they set a 3% increase for them.
46 Travis Myren said the budgets come in department specific and are examined on a
47 case-by-case basis by policy. He said that he would need to look at the percentage increase in
48 county department spending. He said the 3% started with what do we want to give employees.
49 Commissioner Fowler said if the county got a revenue increase of 7%, and they are only
50 putting 3% in for the schools, then it means that some are getting more than 7%.
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1 Commissioner McKee asked if the 7% is a projected number and the 3% is an allocated
2 number. He asked how they can have an assurance that there will be 7% increase in the
3 county.
4 Travis Myren said that both are budget numbers and they are both projections because
5 the budget has to be balanced and based on something.
6 Commissioner McKee asked if the 3% recommended allocation to the schools is a solid
7 number is.
8 Travis Myren said yes.
9 Commissioner McKee said that once they pass the budget, then that number is solid. He
10 said that the 7% income is a projection and is not a static number. He said he understands the
11 rationale.
12 Commissioner Hamilton said that is why there is fund balance. She said that is probably
13 why the schools want to hold on to a fund balance as well. She said they have the ability to
14 adjust with taxes, but the schools do not.
15 Commissioner McKee said they either need to reduce other areas of need or add a tax
16 increase above the 1 cent. He said he does not want to be where they were in the 1990's with
17 tax increases. He said that he could easily justify exceeding the request of the schools but he
18 can't justify the taxing side of it. He said that there isa balance for him.
19 Travis Myren said he would review the percentage changes in revenues and
20 expenditures and get back with the Board.
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7 Commissioner Fowler asked about the 3% and 7% and if any capital projects would
8 have an impact on those projections.
9 Travis Myren said not really.
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1 Commissioner Hamilton asked about the Governor's proposed budget and the increase
2 for schools. She asked what it would do to the continuation budget and is there a way to get
3 those numbers.
4 Travis Myren said this is common that the state budget is approved after the county
5 budget is adopted. He said they oftentimes have to use fund balance to make up the difference
6 because you can't go back and change the tax rate.
7 Commissioner Hamilton asked if that impact could be given to the Board.
8 Chair Price said it is the Governor's proposed budget but that it will go through some
9 changes.
10 Commissioner Bedford said that staff, students, and everyone has been incredibly
11 flexible. She said she did not recognize a year ago that there would be a personnel crisis. She
12 said that it is eye opening to see how little people make. She said that the classified staff
13 studies are very important. She said that there are options depending on the amount that gets
14 budgeted. She said she likes seeing the continuation budget and the other increases. She said
15 it did not seem like they were in priority order, but she could see that personnel was important.
16 She said that she very much supports the manager's recommendation to increase tax, but she
17 recognizes that is a burden. She said that they could use $4 million to try to make sure they can
18 sustain folks that need assistance. She said they will still be below the national average for pay
19 due to the general assembly. She said they are at a time where they need to increase the tax
20 rate in order to meet needs. She said she took a tour of the schools and she is glad there is a
21 capital work group. She said the $3 million has been the same since 2005. She said that they
22 will need to take a look at what it takes to maintain day to day and what it will take to
23 deconstruct the schools. She said that focus on social and emotional growth and focusing on
24 staff is important. She said that she is glad to try to support but acknowledges that it may not be
25 enough to fund the whole request. She said that they need to be ready for future emergencies
26 to help. She said that Orange County Schools does not have a cushion end the fund balance.
27 She said that the teachers and families that came to talk at the public hearing seemed
28 demoralized. She said they seem that they feel that because they have to cover the other
29 classes and can't do the best they can do, being able to give them more money should help.
30 She said that she appreciates the focus on students. She said that Chapel Hill-Canrboro may
31 need to take a look at if they can do social and emotional learning with the balance of all of the
32 other needs. She said the manager is certainly looking for funds to give to the schools. She said
33 she has never liked the 48.1% but before becoming a Commissioner she did not understand the
34 depth of poverty in the county.
35 Chair Price said she has enjoyed the superintendents being very frank about needs. She
36 said she is very pleased that everyone is working together to educate children and she is
37 looking forward to getting beyond this period we are in. She said that trying to navigate beyond
38 COVID is the goal. She complimented the schools and their staff and said it is obvious how
39 caring everyone is. She said that centering equity must be done so that we can move forward
40 as one people. She wished those graduating well.
41 Dr. Nyah Hamlett thanked the Commissioners for time to share their needs and
42 champion their people. She said that most importantly, to center the work on the children. She
43 said that today was the first time that she and Dr. Felder had ever met in person. She said that
44 they are colleagues and partners.
45 Dr. Monique Felder echoed Dr. Hamlett's sentiments. She said that she really
46 appreciates the opportunity to share the needs of Orange County Schools. She said they are all
47 sitting there with a common focus on children. She said that is encouraging to know we are all
48 focused on the children.
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51 3. Closed Session (added at the beginning of the meeting)
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2 A motion was made by Commissioner Hamilton and seconded by Commissioner
3 Bedford to enter into closed session pursuant to G.S. § 143-318.11(a)(3) "to consult with an
4 attorney retained by the Board in order to preserve the attorney-client privilege between the
5 attorney and the Board" and to approve closed session minutes.
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7 VOTE: UNANIMOUS
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10 RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION
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12 A motion was made by Commissioner Fowler and seconded by Commissioner Bedford
13 to reconvene into regular session at 9:35 p.m.
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15 VOTE: UNANIMOUS
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18 Adjournment
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20 A motion was made by Commissioner Fowler and seconded by Commissioner McKee to
21 adjourn the meeting at 9:35 p.m.
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23 VOTE: UNANIMOUS
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29 Laura Jensen
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32 Submitted for approval by Laura Jensen, Clerk to the Board.