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• Amend the Fiscal Year 2009-10 budget to receive an anticipated additional $75,000 <br /> from delinquent collections for the six-month period of January-June 2010. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> Jo Roberson reported that last year she asked for money and promised to improve <br /> collections of delinquent accounts by outsourcing foreclosures. She said that in one year, the <br /> department has spent $8,000 and has collected $81,854. This is in addition to the $100,000 <br /> that has been brought to the County in-house. This has more than paid for itself. <br /> Revision to Personnel Ordinance Article Ill, Section 11.0 Drug and Alcohol <br /> Testing Policy <br /> The Board considered revising Article III, Section 11.0 of the Orange County Personnel <br /> Ordinance and providing for Administrative Rules and Regulations for Drug and Alcohol <br /> Testing Program. <br /> Human Resources Director Michael McGinnis introduced Jewell Ray, the newest <br /> Human Resources Manager. She is involved in administrating the drug policy. He said that <br /> recently, the Federal Transit Administration completed its audit and it was determined that the <br /> current plan was deficient in some areas and needed to be updated to the Department of <br /> Transportation standards by November 1st. These changes deal with specimen validity testing <br /> when there has been a positive test and a return to work or a negative dilute test. There have <br /> only been two cases in the last seven years when this was necessary. <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner Nelson <br /> to approve revising Article III, Section 11.0 of the Orange County Personnel Ordinance and to <br /> provide for Administrative Rules and Regulations for Drug and Alcohol Testing Program. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 7. Reports-NONE <br /> 8. Board Comments <br /> Commissioner Gordon reported on the most recent meeting of the DCHC-MPO <br /> Transportation Advisory Committee. She said that the Federal Highway Administration <br /> rescinded almost $9 billion in unobligated contract authority. There was about $250 million <br /> taken from North Carolina. The DCHC MPO is losing about $7 million in STP-DA funds. <br /> These are direct allocation monies, and this was a hard hit. North Carolina is also losing <br /> Congestion Mitigation Air Quality funds and MPO planning money. The TAC is trying to get <br /> Congressman Price to do something about this to help. <br /> Commissioner Gordon made reference to the Metropolitan Planning Boundary <br /> expansion. The Chatham County Commissioners met on this and decided that they did not <br /> want the boundary expanded until the new census. The TAC is requesting feedback from <br /> Orange County on expanding the DCHC Metropolitan Planning Boundary in western Orange <br /> County along the 1-85/1-40 corridor. Also, the Burlington MPO has expanded into Orange <br /> County. <br /> Commissioner Hemminger asked if there was a timeline on the report of the Solid <br /> Waste broad plan (i.e., convenience centers, recycling, task force report). Frank Clifton said <br /> that the solid waste work group is looking at this information. <br /> Commissioner Yuhasz said that the solid waste work group did have a meeting today <br /> about the issues of handling solid waste in the rural areas. There was general agreement to <br /> continue to look at different ways of approaching a rural curbside pickup program. There is <br />