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May 8, 2015 (Recessed Meeting) Page 2378 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met for a recessed meeting in the Fairway Room at the Embassy Suites in Concord, North Carolina on Friday, May 8, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. Present - Chairman: Stephen M. Morris Vice Chairman: Elizabeth F. Poole Commissioners: Grace M. Mynatt Lynn W. Shue Absent - Commissioner: Diane R. Honeycutt Also present were Mike Downs, County Manager; Pam Dubois, Senior Deputy County Manager; Jonathan Marshall, Deputy County Manager; and Megan Smit, Clerk to the Board. The following representatives from Cabarrus County Schools (CCS) Board of Education (BCE) were also present and called to order: Cabarrus County Schools - Barry Shoemaker, BOE Chair; Jeff Phillips, BCE Vice Chair; Board members Carolyn Carpenter, David Harrison, Rob Walter, Tim Furr and Vince Powell; Dr. Chris Lowder, Interim Superintendent; Kelly Kluttz, Chief Finance Officer; and Ailene Monroe, Board Clerk. Kara Millonzi, Associate Professor of Public Law and Government, UNC School of Government, was present to lead the workshop titled County Board's Role in K -12 Public Education Workshop. Call to Order Chairman Morris called the meeting to order at 12:02 p.m. p.m. The Board took a lunch break at 12:08 p.m. The meeting resumed at 12:58 County Board's Role in K -12 Public Education Workshop Kara Millonzi, Associate Professor, UNC School of Government, welcomed attendees to the workshop and began with an overview of the mandate provided in the North Carolina Constitution as a result of Leandro v. State, as well as directives that resulted from that ruling. Attendees were asked to consider positive and negative implications of the current public school funding scheme. After taking a few minutes to consider this, attendees were asked to introduce themselves and share one of their responses with the group. Kara Millonzi continued her presentation, including the topics: Break p.m. • Powers and authorities of county boards and school boards • School budgeting and financials • Tools for county boards and school boards to work together The Board took a short break at 2:11 p.m. The workshop resumed at 2:17 Kara Millonzi continued her presentation, reviewing the following: • Capital categories • Funding for operating expenses • Funding for capital expenses • State funding for operating expenses • Local funding for capital expenses Attendees broke into groups of three or'four and worked on case problems, utilizing real financial data from North Carolina school systems. After working on the case problems, the groups discussed their responses and reported out to the larger group. Break