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May 31, 2011 (Recessed Meeting) Page 446 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in recessed session in the Multipurpose Room at the Cabarrus County Governmental Center in Concord, North Carolina on Tuesday, May 31, 2011, at 3:30 p.m. Present - Chairman: Vice Chairman Commissioners H. Jay White, Sr. Elizabeth F. Poole Larry M. Burrage Robert W. Carruth Christopher A. Measmer Also present were John Day, County Manager; Mike Downs, Deputy County Manager; Pam Dubois, Deputy County Manager and Kay Honeycutt, Clerk to the Board. Vice Chairman Poole arrived at 3:36 p.m. and was present for the remainder of the meeting. Call to Order Chairman White called the meeting to order at 3:30 p.m. Rowan- Cabarrus Community College (RCCC) Dr. Carol Spalding, RCCC President, reviewed their FY 12 budget request totaling $2,061,242.00 - a change of $59,032.00 over FY 11. (Note: RCCC's request did not include debt service.) The County's proposed FY 12 budget allocation of $2,946,726.00 included: $1,989,254.00 - current expense, $857,472.00 - debt service and capital outlay - $100,000.00. She also addressed a variety of topics related to the Community College as follows: Since 2008, college enrollment has increased 52 percent Operating request is $13,358.00 higher than the 2007 -2008 operating budget Since 2006 -2007, the operating budget has decreased 12.6 percent on a per square foot basis RCCC is projecting a facilities operating deficit of approximately $200,000.00 this year She also responded to questions from the Board. RCCC Board of Trustee Chair, Carl (Chip) Short was also in attendance. Cabarrus County Schools (CCS) Holly Blackwelder, Board of Education Chair, Dr. Barry Shepherd, School Superintendant and Kelly Kluttz, Finance Director were present to address Cabarrus County Schools' FY 12 budget request totaling $208,680,576.00. A number of faculty and Board of Education members were also present in the audience. Ms. Blackwelder expressed appreciation for the Board's continued support and advised of the School system's intent to solicit a county representative to participate in next year's budget preparation process. Dr. Shepherd and Ms. Kluttz presented a PowerPoint presentation which addressed the following information: CCS's funding ranking amongst local, state and federal funds; Public School Forum 2010 Local Finance Study: ranking of adjusted property valuations per student, actual effort, ability to pay and relative effort; enrollment growth; ethnic demographics; State discretionary reversions 2002 -2011; budget outlook (loss of AARA funds - American Reinvestment and Recovery Act); evolution of new budget process; budget committee stakeholders; budget committees makeup; decision analysis - budget objectives; percent of the State's General Fund public schools appropriation since 1970's; lottery funding; compensation increases for teachers and State employees; State and local funds - per pupil expense; etc. Ms. Kluttz also presented a list of 51 proposed budget reduction ideas totaling $13,970,119.00. Items 1 - 37 on the list, approximately $6.3 million, had already been cut from their budget. She advised that if the County granted their request for flexibility in using 15 percent of the buildings and grounds maintenance funds, the budget reduction ideas could be implemented through item No. 45. Further, she advised that the FY 11 -12 budget includes the use of $7.5 million in fund balance for positions. She also briefly noted the technology budget totaling $1,919,674.00. Next, Ms.