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1 and the new meeting room in the Southern Human Services Center are cable ready, although, no <br />2 provision has been made to buy the equipment. Albert Kittrell will provide that information as soon as <br />3 possible. <br />4 Commissioner Halkiotis asked that Albert Kittrell check to be sure all schools are connected to <br />5 cable. <br />6 Commissioner Carey emphasized that we want to be absolutely clear to the cable company <br />7 that we want them to provide the equipment and the person to operate the equipment. This needs to be <br />8 included in the negotiation agreement and not in the tax base. <br />9 <br />10 It was decided that John Link would put together a plan for televising the County <br />11 Commissioners meetings and bring back for the Board's endorsement. They decided they would start <br />12 televising August 1. <br />13 Chair Margaret Brown and Commissioner Gordon will work on a training session for County <br />14 Commissioners before they start televising. <br />15 <br />16 12:00 Lunch <br />17 <br />18 Skills Development Center <br />19 John Link reported that the loan application was tabled by the Local Government Commission <br />20 (LGC) because they had some questions on why this was coming forward as a private placement instead of <br />21 from bond monies. John Link was told that if a case was made before the executive committee, this could <br />22 be reintroduced. He will provide the County Commissioners with additional information on January 20 at <br />23 which time a decision will need to be made on whether or not to pursue this process or consider one of the <br />24 options that he will outline at that time. <br />25 <br />26 Recommendations to Improve the Status of Women <br />27 Human Rights and Relations Director Lucy Lewis gave an overview of the report that was <br />28 included as part of the agenda. They are currently working to update this status report. The report outlines <br />29 initiatives that support and work with County initiatives. <br />30 Commissioner Gordon encouraged the Commission for Women to continue with their top two <br />31 or three initiatives and if there are budget impacts to include money in the upcoming budget cycle. <br />32 With regards to the pay equity study for women department heads, Personnel Director Elaine <br />33 Holmes and Commissioner Gordon will work on that together. The Board endorsed this project. <br />34 <br />35 Land Trusts <br />36 Commissioner Carey would like for the County to track these in case the County develops a <br />37 process for affordable housing land trusts. <br />38 <br />39 5. Discussion of topics from list below, or other issues included by the Board on this <br />40 retreat agenda <br />41 NOTE: If the item was discussed, the discussion is stated below the item. Most items were not discussed <br />42 <br />43 Recreation Payments-In-Lieu * <br />44 Sewer Line - Boone Mobile Home Park <br />45 Employee Compensation <br />46 Innovation and Efficiency Committee Recommendations <br />47 Employee and Organizational Incentives Programs <br />48 <br />49 Fees (Soil & Erosion) <br />50 Warren Faircloth, Director of Soil and Erosion, said that fees account for about half the <br />51 cost of operating the erosion control program. The fees were increased 35% in 1996. At that time, they <br />52 decided to increase the fees in phases instead of all at once.