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5/12/2009
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Commissioner Jacobs asked that the staff try to recruit volunteers and schedule more <br /> departments than the Board might get to instead of getting done early. <br /> Commissioner Nelson asked for more information on which library programs were to be <br /> expanded with the move from the old to the new library. <br /> Commissioner Pelissier asked if funding would be lost if the main library is not open at <br /> least 40 hours a week. The current proposal is 50 hours a week. She asked if the main library <br /> could be open only 40 hours a week to allow the other branches to be open. <br /> Library Services Director Lucinda Munger said that a full service main library includes <br /> services to children and adults and is usually open the longest. An average main library is open <br /> between 60-64 hours a week. According to state regulations, the library has to be open to the <br /> public for 40 hours a week in order to receive state aid and to receive the databases that are <br /> supplied by the State, called NC Live. <br /> Commissioner Pelissier asked if there was something other than the 50-hour proposal <br /> and Lucinda Munger said that a lot of this is driven by the floor plan itself with multiple floors and <br /> service desks. <br /> Lucinda Munger said that there are still costs whether the library is open or not, such as <br /> rent on copiers, internet service, phone service, materials ordering, periodicals, etc. <br /> Laura Blackmon said that even closing the two branch libraries still does not give the <br /> library the necessary four FTE positions. <br /> Commissioner Yuhasz said that the savings must be more than $37,000 for closing the <br /> two branches. <br /> Commissioner Gordon asked clarifying questions about the savings and Laura <br /> Blackmon said that they would be utilities, maintenance, leasing, personnel, etc. <br /> Commissioner Yuhasz said that to keep the other two libraries open, $250,000 would be <br /> needed. <br /> Commissioner Nelson said that one of the key priorities of the budget was to look at the <br /> services and programs that may no longer be needed. He said that this one cut does not fall in <br /> there anymore and he will not be able to vote for a budget that closes the libraries. He said that <br /> this is a good exercise for budget cuts, but the closing of the libraries is not one of them for him. <br /> He said that the County Commissioners need to step beyond the turf issues. <br /> Commissioner Yuhasz said that the library issue has raised a lot of concerns in the <br /> community and if the libraries are going to be kept open, the Board needs to discuss the <br /> burden. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs asked Lucinda Munger to do some priority cutting for when the <br /> County Commissioners meet with the department directors. <br /> Commissioner Gordon asked about the recommendation for closing dental offices at <br /> Carr Mill Mall. Laura Blackmon said that it would be more expensive to move out of Carr Mill <br /> Mall and make room in the Whitted Building. The County will continue to stay in Carr Mill Mall <br /> until the lease expires in 2011. <br /> Chair Foushee asked about the potential savings related to employees and positions. <br /> Particularly, she asked about Solid Waste and the potential proposal for changing how the <br /> convenience centers operate, and making people work every Saturday. She would like to know <br /> how vacations would be facilitated. <br /> A representative from Solid Waste said that there will be some temporary funds <br /> remaining and collectors can staff the convenience centers if an employee is gone. <br /> Chair Foushee wants to be careful not to over-burden these employees. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs said that he does not like the proposal to close convenience <br /> centers on Sundays. He would like to see the breakdown of users every day, for morning and <br /> evening. <br /> Commissioner Yuhasz said that people use the SWCC on Sundays. Solid Waste <br /> Director Gayle Wilson said that if Sunday were added back in it costs about$34,400. <br />
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