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Solid Waste: Solid Waste Operations Manager Paul Spire went through his memo, which was Attachment 1. The two scenarios for keeping the Solid Waste Convenience Centers open on Sundays are M-W-F-Sat-Sun or M-T-F-Sat-Sun. These scenarios require that the employees would be required to work every Saturday and would have alternating Sundays off. The first scenario would mean that employees would never have two concurrent days off. Commissioner Yuhasz asked which scenario would work better for the system and the employees and Paul Spire said Scenario 2. Commissioner Jacobs verified that the Bradshaw Quarry Road SWCC would be closing. The citizens will be notified. Laura Blackmon said that the original departmental recommendation still remains closing the convenience centers on Sundays. Commissioner Yuhasz said that Sunday is the day where there is the greatest volume, and he would support Scenario 2 even though it will cost an additional $34,000. Commissioner Jacobs agreed with Commissioner Yuhasz and said that this is about the customers first and Sunday the convenience centers are heavily used. Commissioner Pelissier said that she preferred the staff's original recommendation with closing the convenience centers on Sunday. She has concerns about the staff that would be impacted because when the employees took their jobs, they did not agree to work every Saturday. Chair Foushee said that she has a hard time expecting employees to work every weekend. A motion was made by Commissioner Pelissier, seconded by Commissioner Hemminger to follow the original staff recommendation on the Solid Waste Convenience Centers (this includes closing on Sundays). VOTE: Ayes, 5; Nays, 2 (Commissioner Jacobs and Commissioner Yuhasz) Library: Donna Coffey went through the options: Option 1: Keep the main library open for 50 hours a week and allow all branches to stay open. Option 2: Allow branches to stay open and the main library to be open for 54 hours a week. There were proposals for exchanges to allow these hours. These exchanges include: - Reduce BOCC travel by 50% $12,000 - Reduce BOCC contingency $30,000 - Reduce FY 2009-10 Appropriation to DSS Safety Net (carry forward Critical Needs Reserve Appropriation from FY 2008-09) $120,000-150,000 - Reduce Blackwood Farm @ New Hope PAYG Capital Appropriation Based on New Cost Projections from ERCD $59,260 - Defer Observation Well Network PAYG Capital Appropriation $24,870