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Commissioner Yuhasz said that all of the reductions are $2 million, and $1 million is Solid Waste. He said that this really does not impact the budget. Donna Coffey said that$760,000 is from the Enterprise Fund, and the County indirectly pays landfill fees for the Solid Waste Convenience Centers. Commissioner Gordon asked about eliminating dental services at Carr Mill Mall and said that this is part of the safety net. Laura Blackmon said that it is a required service that the dental clinic provides but the county is not required to provide it in a particular location. Commissioner Yuhasz said that it is his understanding that the service provider would move to the Hillsborough clinic and provide the same number of hours. Commissioner Jacobs said that a lot of the County's safety net services are not mandated but they are "should" services. Commissioner Gordon said that she is concerned about eliminating dental services in the Chapel Hill/Carrboro area where the majority of the population resides. Chair Foushee said that the services are not being deleted but relocated. Commissioner Jacobs said that there is money in the CIP for a dental clinic and he suggested planning for a dental clinic in the future and stop renting when the lease is over. Laura Blackmon said that the Health Department is not mandated to provide the service, but mandated to make sure that it is available. There are other agencies in Chapel Hill and Carrboro that can provide the service, but the agencies have said that they would not be able to handle increased service with the number of employees and the current space. The Health Department is also experiencing decreased revenue. Commissioner Pelissier made reference to page 9 of 9— Expansion of Clinical Services. She said that this is not what the Board has received before. She asked if this proposal is to decrease some services and to expand other services with a net decrease of only a couple of thousand dollars. Tom Konsler said that staff may have inappropriately provided Priority#4 in the reductions list. Without Priority 4, there would be a decrease of$308,000, with a decrease in revenues of$107,000. The overall reduction amount is $200,000. Commissioner Pelissier said that the Board needs to see this information. Commissioner Jacobs said that he does not want to cut one social safety net program to provide another one at a higher amount. End of department listing. Commissioner Gordon suggested that the Board could benefit from a summary sheet of all reductions. She would like an overall sheet of what is actually being cut to get to the goal of $4 million in cuts. Commissioner Jacobs asked for staff to provide departments and number of employees, along with the amount of cuts. The Board then went over Attachment 4 concerning Board Priorities — FY 2010 Funding Proposed by Departments. Donna Coffey said that this same information is on page 17 of the PowerPoint.