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Frank Clifton said to just put some number in there and Commissioner Hemminger said $50,000-$75,000. Commissioner Yuhasz said that $100,000 does not sound unreasonable to him, but he wants to make a commitment to fund the capital reserve at a certain level every year to be able to take care of these projects. Commissioner Pelissier said that she would like to go higher than $50,000, such as $75,000. She does not want to see a lot of little things come before the Board. A motion was made by Commissioner Nelson, seconded by Commissioner Yuhasz to approve the Manager's recommendation concerning the content and format of the CIP. VOTE: Ayes, 5; Nays, 2 (Commissioner Gordon and Commissioner Hemminger) Commissioner Gordon said that it would be more satisfactory if there was a way to track maintenance and repair items. 3. FY 2010-11 Annual Operation Budget Decision Items • Mark Up/Mark Down Items for the County's Annual Operating Budget and Outside Agencies Clarence Grier made reference to the Unreserved and Undesignated Fund Balance (blue bar graph). This year, it is anticipated that the County will have $21.5 million in unreserved and undesignated fund balance. This does include the $500,000 that was set aside for the Board to make decisions on. The second chart is the Fund Balance as a percentage of the General Fund. It is anticipated that the fund balance will be 11.9% of the general fund. Commissioner Yuhasz said that, in considering the schools' proportion of the County budget, there are three items that are not attributed to the schools — School Resource Officers, Social Workers, and School Nurses. These items come out of the County budget and are not attributed to schools. He said that it is not reasonable to take an additional 48.1% of the general fund budget on top of this. Commissioner Jacobs said that this reminds him that the 48.1% was always a target amount. He also agrees with Commissioner Yuhasz's point about the SRO's, Social Workers, and School Nurses. Frank Clifton said that Orange County is the only one that has this particular formula in place. The Board has the final decision in how to approach this issue. The policy was adopted in 2001 by the Board. He has not seen the whole package of this decision. Clarence Grier asked if the Board of County Commissioners would like to make suggested changes to the operating budget. Commissioner Pelissier said to add back the $10,000 for the Small Business Development Centers for the Economic Development Department. Commissioner Jacobs agreed with that and said that they did ask the Economic Development Director to come and speak and advocate for what he would like. Economic Development Director Brad Broadwell said that his contract services were cut back significantly, and this was one of the services that were part of contract services. Also, the advertising budget was cut out as well, and is much needed for the "Buy Local" campaign. The third area is in agricultural marketing because the County will now need to market the Value-Added Processing Center. Commissioner Jacobs asked how much the small business loan pool was cut and Brad Broadwell said that it was cut by $14,000. Brad Broadwell said that he does not need to embark on a large advertising campaign, but he would like the $6,500 for the Buy Local campaign.