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next week. The attached plan is a boiler-plate for the actual plan. This needs to be somewhat of an accelerated consolidation plan because of the potential 1/4-cent sales tax referendum. Frank Clifton said that this does not commit the County to any specific action. The %2- cent sales tax cannot be used to supplant any existing services, but only for expansion. Commissioner Gordon made reference to the Transportation Advisory Board and asked which board there would be —the OUTBoard or the Transportation Services Board (TSB). Craig Benedict said that the Transportation Services Board is a staff function and would report to the OUTBoard for information purposes. The Transportation Advisory Board is now the OUTBoard. Commissioner Gordon made reference to the fees and said that the vehicle registration fees are allocated if the entity contributed to the operation. Frank Clifton said that the Board of County Commissioners adopts the fee and it is split. If there is a consolidation plan, it can be adopted contingent upon the consolidation plan. Craig Benedict answered several clarifying questions of the Board. PUBLIC COMMENT: Sam Gharbo is a customer of the Orange County sewer and he said that he is glad to hear of the steps the Board of County Commissioners is making in adjusting the sewer fees. He thanked the County Commissioners for raising their level of involvement in this issue. 9. County Manager's Report Frank Clifton said that part of the Medicaid sales tax swap was a hold harmless agreement. The way it was supposed to work was that the County would receive a total of $2.6 million in Medicaid hold harmless money. The March payment, which was supposed to be a sizable portion of that, was only $700,000 and it was said that this was it. The good news is that the County did receive another$1 million in the August payment. He said that he is working on something for the employees, probably 401k, with the rest going into reserves. He said that the staff was assigned to work on the Efland sewer and he and the Attorney, along with other departments, met and have had discussions with the Mebane staff. There will be a more formal presentation in late fall. The staff is also working on library options for the southern part of the County. 10. County Attorney's Report John Roberts gave an update on the codification and said that they should have the general ordinances for approval within the next six months. The UDO will take substantially longer. The total cost for all of the review might about $15-16,000. Commissioner Yuhasz asked about the process for maintaining and keeping the code updated and current. Donna Baker said that once it is codified, it will be done electronically. She suggested having someone within the County review it once it is done online by the reviewing agency. Commissioner Yuhasz said that he would like to have this done. 11. Appointments a. Adult Care Home Community Advisory Committee — New Appointments The Board considered making appointments to the Adult Care Home Community Advisory Committee. A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Hemminger to appoint Daniel Hatley and Vince Stevens to one-year training terms ending July 31, 2011 to the Adult Care Home Community Advisory Committee.