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April 24, 2008 (Recessed Meeting) Page 810
<br />The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in recessed
<br />session in the Multipurpose Room at the Cabarrus County Governmental Center
<br />in Concord, North Carolina on Thursday, April 29, 2008 at 10:30 a.m.
<br />Present - Chairman: H. Jay White, Sr.
<br />Vice Chairman: Joni D. Juba
<br />Commissioners: Robert W. Carruth
<br />Grace M. Mynatt
<br />Coy C. Privette
<br />Also present were John D. Day, County Manager; Mike Downs, Deputy
<br />County Manager; Pam Dubois, Deputy County Manager; Loretta Lee, Budget and
<br />Performance Manager; Becky Crabtree, Budget Analyst; and Lori Hinson, Deputy
<br />Clerk to the Board.
<br />Representatives from Cabarrus County and Kannapolis City school systems
<br />were also present.
<br />Call to Order
<br />Chairman White called the meeting to order at 10:34 a.m.
<br />FY 2008-09 Preliminary Budget Information
<br />Loretta Lee, Budget and Performance Manager, reported the Board
<br />requested a preview of the FY 08-09 budget. She said the information
<br />presented at this meeting is still in draft format and is subject to change
<br />before the presentation is given to the Board in May. She briefly reviewed
<br />the following information: the budget calendar; revenue considerations;
<br />revaluation; tax rate; the revenue neutral tax rate; growth in tax revenue;
<br />drivers for increase (reval growth vs. normal growth); new positions; and
<br />capital improvements.
<br />Projected School Budget Funding for FY 2009
<br />Pam Dubois, Deputy County Manager, reviewed the following information:
<br />Requested by
<br />Cabarrus Co.
<br />Schools
<br />Current Exp.
<br />Operations
<br />Current Exp.
<br />Bldq. Main.
<br />Current Exp.
<br />Ground Main.
<br />Total Current
<br />Exp. Fund.
<br />ADM Funding
<br />Cap. Outlay
<br />Grand Total
<br />Manager's
<br />Recommendation
<br />Cabarrus Co.
<br />Schools
<br />$37,141,691.00 $36,732,891.00
<br />$5,667,087.00
<br />$1,365,672.00
<br />$5,667,087.00
<br />$1,365,672.00
<br />Requested by
<br />Kannapolis
<br />City Schools
<br />$9,590,919.00
<br />$862,913.00
<br />$205,328.00
<br />Manager's
<br />Recommendation
<br />Kannapolis
<br />City Schools
<br />$5,033,115.00
<br />$862,913.00
<br />$205,328.00
<br />$99,379,650.00 $93,965,650.00 $ 5,659,160.00 $ 6,101,356.00
<br />$1,555.98 $1,541.14 $ 1,929.44 $ 1,591.19
<br />$5,721,250.00 $3,500,000.00 $ 1,212,000.00 $ 590,000.00
<br />$50,095,900.00 $97,465,650.00 $6,871,160.00 $6,691,356.00
<br />Number of Students
<br />Cabarrus County Schools 28,528
<br />Kannapolis City Schools 3,959
<br />In response to questions from the Board, Jim Amendum, with Cabarrus
<br />County Schools, spoke on the need for school and activity buses.
<br />Hlue Ribbon Committee Recommendations
<br />Pam Dubois, Deputy County Manager, reviewed the following information
<br />adopted by the Blue Ribbon Committee:
<br />Project Name
<br />Issue of Debt
<br />ATA Replacement
<br />Middle - Southwest
<br />Lower Rocky River Elem.
<br />Northwest Elementary (Odell Area)
<br />Mt. Pleasant Middle Replacement
<br />Furr Elem. Addition
<br />Boger Addition
<br />Financing Financing
<br />September 2008 January 2009
<br />$15,611,890
<br />515,584,800
<br />530,579,408
<br />$16,860,840
<br />$27,894,030
<br />$2,092,971
<br />$2,260,409
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