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<br />June 13, 2005 (Recessed Meeting) <br /> <br />Page 217 <br /> <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 Monday, June 13, 2005, at 4:00 p.m. <br /> <br />Present - Chairman: Carolyn B. Carpenter <br />Vice Chairman: Robert W. Carruth <br />Commissioners: Robert M. Freeman <br />Joni D. Juba <br />Coy C. Privette <br /> <br />Also present were John D. <br />County Manager for Operations; <br />Administration; Frankie F. Bonds, <br />Deputy Clerk to the Board. <br /> <br />Day, County Manager; <br />Pam Dubois, Deputy <br />Clerk to the Board; <br /> <br />Mike Downs, Deputy <br />County Manager for <br />and Kay Honeycutt, <br /> <br />Chairman Carpenter called the meeting to order at 4:08 p.m. <br /> <br />Vice Chairman Carruth gave the invocation. <br /> <br />FY 2006 Budget <br /> <br />Commissioner Privette objected to the Board's voting on the FY 2006 <br />Budget at a recessed meeting on June 14 rather than at the regular meeting on <br />June 20. <br /> <br />Chairman Carpenter explained plans for the Board to return to the <br />Multipurpose Room after the public hearing on June 14 to complete discussion <br />of the proposed budget and to vote on it. She stated a number of items were <br />scheduled for the June 20th meeting and expressed concern about the potential <br />length of that meeting. <br /> <br />commissioner Privette made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Freeman, <br />for the Board to vote on the FY 2006 Budget at the regular meeting on June <br />20. The motion failed with Commissioners Privette and Freeman voting for <br />and Chairman Carpenter, vice Chairman Carruth and Commissioner Juba voting <br />against. <br /> <br />Schools Funding <br /> <br />Mr. Day reviewed the request by the Kannapolis City Schools (KCS) for <br />additional funding to pay for the opening of the new middle school. The Board <br />had requested additional information regarding school funding at the meeting <br />on June 7. <br /> <br />Pam Dubois, Deputy County Manager, reported that KCS could transfer <br />$214,650.00 from Current Expense to Capital for library books, mobile units, <br />custodial equipment and computers. However, she stated the copier expense of <br />$187,147.00 was a per copy fee and could not be moved from operations to <br />capital. Using the ADM formula to allocate current expense funds to the two <br />school systems and transferring $214,640.00 from operations to capital, Ms. <br />Dubois reported $260,889.00 in new school funds for FY 2006. This would <br />leave a shortfall of approximately $187,000.00 in funds requested by KCS to <br />open and operate the new Kannapolis Middle School. <br /> <br />There was lengthy discussion regarding the ADM (Average Daily <br />Membership) funding formula and the additional funding needed by KCS to open <br />and operate the new school. Based on the ADM, Mr. Day advised that granting <br />the additional needed funding to KCS would add $2 million for Cabarrus County <br />Schools beyond their funding request. The Board also questioned the amount <br />of the fund balance for the School systems and the possibility that KCS could <br />use some of that funding for opening the new school. <br /> <br />After discussion, there was general consensus to approve $260,889.00 in <br />new school funding. Further, the Board asked that representatives from the <br />two school systems come to the June 14th meeting to further discuss school <br />funding. <br /> <br />General Fund Budget Changes for FY 2006 <br /> <br />Pam Dubois, Deputy County Manager, reviewed the following general fund <br />budget changes for FY 2006, including those previously approved by the Board <br />and some that were still pending: <br /> <br />Reduction in Expenditures <br />Arena - $136,078.00 <br />Commissioners - $10,000.00 <br />