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<br />May 22, 2006 - Recessed Meeting/Budget Work Session
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<br />2009. Funding of $10 million was shown in "Beyond FY 2012" for Building 4000
<br />on the south campus of Rowan-Caharrus Community College.
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<br />Further, Ms. Dubois reviewed the funding sources for the FY 2007
<br />projects in the CIP that totaled $140,359,195.00, including $66,112,394.00
<br />for education. These sources included Capital Reserve Fund, Grants, Landfill
<br />Enterprise Fund, COPS Funding, GO Bonds, Adequate Public Facility Fund, etc.
<br />Funds totaling $17,135,714.00 will be appropriated from the General Fund.
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<br />Five-Year Financial Plan
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<br />Me. Dubois reviewed the Five-Year Financial Plan, which is a forecast
<br />of revenues and expenditures for FY 2007 through 2011. She explained how the
<br />Plan is prepared and pointed out the projections are based on the current
<br />property tax rate of $0.63 per $100 assessed valuation for the entire five-
<br />year period. Also, Ms. Dubois reviewed the projected revenues and
<br />expenditures for FY 2007. She highlighted the growth in sales tax revenues
<br />along with the estimated $4.1 million in lottery proceeds that the County
<br />will begin receiving in FY 2007 for the schools.
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<br />Department of Social Services - Trends, Responses
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<br />Jim Cook, Director of the Department of Social Services (DSS) ,
<br />presented a Budget Summary Comparison between Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007. FY
<br />2007 revenues were projected at $18,215,626.00 with expenses of
<br />$32,604,730.00. Mr. Cook explained that the County will receive
<br />approximately $129,878,194.00 in State and Federal funds that are not
<br />included in the County's budget for a total budget of $162,482,924.00. He
<br />also presented the following percentages of overhead for the Department of
<br />Social Services: Administration Operations - 1 percent; Administration and
<br />Program Eligibility - 4 percent; and Administration, Program Eligibility and
<br />Service Staff - 10 percent. Next, Mr. Cook commented on the capping of State
<br />and Federal block grants for programs such as: Work First, T.A.N.F., and
<br />Child Care Development. Next, he identified the changing local economy as
<br />being his greatest cause for concern. He reported on the loss of higher
<br />paying manufacturing jobs while lower paying jobs such as retail, leisure and
<br />hospitality, and other service jobs have exceeded the national average for
<br />the Charlotte region. He also reported six out of ten of the projected
<br />fastest growing jobs in the period 2000 - 2010 will pay less then $10.00 per
<br />hour which will result in a higher dependence on public assistance programs.
<br />Finally, Mr. Cook provided information on the number of children in
<br />protective custody, percentages for Income Maintenance Staffing Levels,
<br />changes in the number of DSS case loads , and the decrease in Medicaid per
<br />patient/per month costs for Cabarrus County.
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<br />There was a general discussion on staffing ratios and
<br />legislation that would provide Medicaid relief to the counties.
<br />also responded to questions concerning regulations on the types of
<br />provided to illegal immigrants and verification requirements.
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<br />Mr . Cook
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<br />Recess of Meeting
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<br />At 8:09 p.m., the Board took a short break.
<br />reconvened the meeting at 8:16 p.m.
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<br />Chairman Carruth
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<br />Fund SUlIDlIaries
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<br />Pam Dubois, Deputy County Manager, reviewed the FY 07 Fund Summaries
<br />for the General Fund, Solid Waste Management (Landfill) Fund), Cabarrus Arena
<br />and Events Center Fund and the Tourism Fund. The General Fund budget is
<br />$167,922,047.00 or a 6.5 percent over the FY 2006 amended budget. There is a
<br />41.5 percent increase in the Solid Waste Management "Landfill" fund due to
<br />the purchase of new landfill equipment and a new position. The recommended
<br />budget for the Arena and Events Center Fund is $1,482,447.00 or a 47 percent
<br />decrease. There is a contribution of $808,447.00 to SMG, the company managing
<br />the facility, and this amount is projected to decline each year. The budget
<br />for the Tourism Fund is $1,066,716.00 or a decrease of 4.8 percent.
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<br />position Summary
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<br />The Board reviewed the position Summary which provided a comparative
<br />summary of employee positions and their full time equivalent by service area
<br />and department for fiscal years 2005 - 2007. The Personnel Justification
<br />form was reviewed and discussed for each department requesting to add or
<br />remove positions. The departments and requested positions included the
<br />following: Communications and Outreach (formerly Public Information)
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