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Chair Carey said that the Board does not have the time to get into the details of the operating process, but the Board does need to know what the changes are and Laura Blackmon needs to bring the process she will follow to make the changes. He wants the process to remain transparent. Laura Blackmon said that some of that, including the Board's expectations, should be included in the ordinance. Commissioner Gordon said that it is admirable to update this ordinance. Her concern is about the timetable on page 39 because the Board of County Commissioners will be doing a site search on the transfer station. Laura Blackmon said that the timetable could be tweaked, because she wants the Board to be able to discuss this issue in detail. Commissioner Jacobs agreed with Commissioner Gordon and said that this was done with the Library Services Task Force, and two months turned into eight months. The Board has a tendency to be overambitious, and then people are disappointed. He would like to have a more realistic schedule. Laura Blackmon said that she would revise the timeframe. Commissioner Foushee said that she did not see a reference to use of County vehicles, and this needs to be addressed. Annette Moore said that this is a separate policy. Chair Carey said that the first discussion of this should include what a policy is and what should be in the ordinance. 3. Discussion of Recommended 2008-18 County Capital Investment Plan Laura Blackmon said that this is just a plan, and staff has put a lot of work into this. She said that this would be discussed in January, but tonight she would like to focus on some of the assumptions, the list of projects, etc. Chair Carey asked how the Board would like to approach reviewing this information. Commissioner Gordon said that the Board was being asked to approve this on December 3~d, and she does not want to do this without knowing how some projects are going to be funded. Laura Blackmon said that the Board would be approving this as a plan only. The Board would not be committed to the projects until the funding is approved. Commissioner Gordon is concerned that this timeframe for approval is too fast because the Board and the public have not enough time to review it thoroughly. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to the tab "County Facilities and Technology" and asked if this would be a given, and Laura Blackmon said yes, that these for the most part are what have been approved. Commissioner Jacobs asked what page 1-2 was referring to and Donna Coffey said that this is the debt service payments for the next ten years, and does not include unfunded projects. Donna Coffey said that page 1-5 is the summary of all of the County projects. Commissioner Jacobs said that one thing that has disappeared from the CIP was the $10,000 a year for ten years for replacement of water fixtures in County buildings. He said that this is beyond embarrassing because this has been discussed for years, and there is a terrible drought. Donna Coffey said that there is $125,000 in a capital project right now for utilities reduction, which would include water reduction projects. Staff is working with Public Works to settle on a work plan to expend the $125,000. Anything in the future would be incorporated into the annual general fund budget. Commissioner Jacobs said that his experience is that this money disappeared and nobody told him where it went. He would like to know how it got there and how it will be expended. Laura Blackmon said that what Commissioner Jacobs is talking about is not a capital project, but an operational project. She said that one of her concerns was that there was