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reduced back to their original allocation as of the current fiscal year. A $1,500 increase in being recommended for OCIM. A reduction of $16,200 is reflected for OPC Crisis Mental Health Center. Reduction in the increases to Chapel Hill and Carrboro's Recreation and Library are reflected as well. An increase of $1,250 for the Arts Commission will fulfill a match which will allow them to draw down all of their state funding. The ArtsCenter funding of $5,000 has been placed in a reserve account. Lastly, $4,400 has been placed in contingency for a permanent position for Recreation and Parks Dept. A copy of this document entitled, 1990-1991 Budget Adoption is in the permanent agenda file in the Clerk's office. The final document, "Options for Dealing with State Revenue Shortfalls" was discussed. This document is in the permanent agenda file in the Clerk's office. Commissioner Hartwell indicated that Option 1 was most agreeable to him. He also indicated that his understanding was that 1/2 of the OCIM allocation would come through the Jobs Program. Link agreed that this should be reflected in the Social Service's budget. This will be reflected in the official copy of the budget. Chairman Carey indicated that he had reconsidered his earlier position on the Triangle Hospice request. He indicated that there is a category of people who do not qualify for Medicaid/Medicare or any other third party. This allocation would help to protect this group of people by increasing the number of indigent who will be served by Triangle Hospice. After discussion, the consensus of the Board was that $2,000 was an acceptable figure. Link indicated that additional information had been received from Bill Baxter. Basically this information is the same as the original budget request from OPC with additional detail. Discussion centered on the Analysis of their salary increases. The question centered around the percent of increase of salaries. The requested 4 1/2% increase in salaries resulted in an overall salary increase request of 9 1/2 or 10%. This increase is a result of OPC's request that Orange County participate in the area wide programs as well as the administrative cost for central operations. Chairman Carey indicated he felt that if the other counties were participating proportionately the increase would only be 4 1/2% for Orange County. Commissioner Willhoit mentioned that throughout the years Mental Health has always lagged behind in the salaries they were able to pay their employees. Also, he indicated that he feels Orange County is not supporting Mental Health and Public Health on a per capita basis at the level necessary to serve our citizens.