240528 Proposed Budget Introduction
Departmental Remainder
Budgeted
Revenues and Funded By
Expenditures
Restricted General County
ResourcesRevenues
County Services$ 116,217,495$ 32,058,156$ 84,159,339
Education 40,189,956 - 40,189,956
Debt Service 16,607,990 6,973,734 9,634,256
Appropriations to Outside Agencies 9,139,667 2,988,874 6,150,793
Transfers to Other Funds 7,560,972 - 7,560,972
Special Budget Meeting – May 28, 2024
Contingency 2,010,000 - 2,010,000
$ 191,726,080$ 42,020,764$ 149,705,316
The Randolph County Board of Commissioners met in special session at 6:00 p.m. at the
Randolph County Office Building, 725 McDowell Rd., First Floor Meeting Room A, Asheboro,
NC. Chairman Darrell Frye, Commissioner Kenny Kidd, Commissioner Maxton McDowell, and
Commissioner Hope Haywood were present. Also present were County Manager Zeb Holden,
Assistant County Manager/Finance Officer Will Massie, Assistant County Manager William
Johnson, County Attorney Ben Morgan, Deputy Clerk to the Board Jenny Parks and Clerk to the
Board Dana Crisco. Vice-Chairman David Allen was absent. The meeting was livestreamed on
Facebook and YouTube.
Chairman Frye welcomed attendees and explained the purpose of the meeting. He announced
that Vice-Chairman Allen had another Commissioner commitment and would be late for this
meeting.
Manager’s Proposed Budget
County Manager Zeb Holden having recently begun his role as County Manager introduced
Assistant County Manager/Finance Officer Will Massie to give the highlights of the Proposed FY
2024-25 County Budget.
Mr. Massie started his overview with the revenue outlook. The Proposed Budget uses normal
property tax growth, Toyota Battery property taxes, strong sales tax growth, and a loss of $3.3
million in Medicaid Hold-Harmless funding. Some of the budget challenges are retention,
retraining, and hiring staff; inflation, supply chain difficulties, a slowing economy, and
sustainability of services. The Proposed Budget includes a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) of
3% for employees of the County. For the schools, it addresses continuation costs, teacher
supplements, and other needs.
For the FY 2024-25 Proposed Budget, the approach is to redirect some recurring financial
resources to the General Fund. This will include one-time sources to fund recurring expenditures.
Other financial resources include Toyota net property tax of $1,571,000, landfill host fees of
$1.326,987, and special projects transfer of $816,000. The chart below shows a general view of
the Proposed Budget:
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Property tax has been calculated at 50 cents per $100 valuation. This is the same rate as last
year. The appropriated fund balance is made up of the following funds:
Capital Outlay $2,642,003 (To fund essential department vehicles,
including Sheriff’s cars and two replacement ambulances)
Restricted Law 50,000
Restricted Health 1,147,512
Total $3,839,515
Thirty-two new positions were requested, twenty-three were full-time and nine were part-
time. Eight positions and three reclassified positions are in the Proposed Budget.
Proposed allocations for the schools are as follows:
Special tax district funds are all asking to remain the same as last year. Those include the Fire
Districts, Asheboro City Schools district, and Archdale-Trinity School District.
Asheboro City Schools
Dr. Aaron Woody, Superintendent for the Asheboro City Schools, presented a PowerPoint
presentation. He asked for $346,000 in Local Current Expenses due to increases in state salary,
retirement, and health insurance. He also asked for $319,000 for a 1% increase in local
supplements. These items were an additional $665,000 over last year’s request for a total of
$7,587,413. The supplemental tax rate was kept the same as the previous year at $.1153 per $100.
Capital improvement costs for FY 2024 – 25 are estimated at $1,110,000. The same amount
of $1,080,777 is being requested as last year. He showed a chart that laid out projected Capital
Improvement costs for the next five years.
Dr. Woody gave an update on the South Asheboro Middle School Project and the needs-based
grant they had been awarded. He stated that the design work would run from April 2024 through
April 2025. The hope is to begin the construction phase in May 2025. He thanked the Board for
their continued support.
Randolph County Schools
Dr. Stephen Gainey, Superintendent of the Randolph County Schools, presented a PowerPoint
presentation. The Continuation Costs requested for FY 2024 – 25 are $732,200. This includes
matching insurance, retirement, and legislative salary increases, charter school payments, liability,
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workers compensation, unemployment, and property insurance increases, and energy, water,
garbage, and fuel increases. He also mentioned a contribution of $52,000 for an additional School
Resource Officer, a supplemental increase for all employees of 1% equaling $1,200,000, and
special transportation costs of $100,000. Capital outlay requests for the second year are $0. This
brings the total request to $2,084,200.
Dr. Gainey thanked the Board for their continued support.
Randolph Community College (RCC)
Dr. Shah, President of RCC, presented a PowerPoint presentation. He said the Allied Health
Building had been added without consideration of additional resources. He wanted to create equity
among his staff by matching State COLA and benefit increases as well as staying competitive with
compensation and benefits. RCC must invest in facilities to support local economic development,
especially Toyota. They plan to have more prominence in both appearance and academics.
He stated that RCC has not had an increase from Randolph County since 2021. He requested
that in addition to the funding they have been receiving, RCC needed additional funding as follows:
Small facility improvements ($172,600)
Operations, utilities, contracts services ($194,518)
FT salaries, benefits, and equity ($247,496)
Fixing VPs and directors salaries and benefits ($183,658)
PT increases and equity ($21,332)
This comes to a total of $819,604. Spread out over the last three years, it would have been about
$270,000/yr.
Adjournment
At 7:02, on motion of Kidd, seconded by McDowell, the Board voted 4-0 to adjourn.
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Darrell Frye, Chairman Kenny Kidd
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Maxton McDowell Hope Haywood
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Dana Crisco, Clerk to the Board
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