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The Board considered amending the County's fee schedule to provide for reimbursement at a rate <br />of $35 per hour for a basic life support crew and $50 per hour for an advanced life support paramedic crew <br />for EMS coverage at special events. <br />EMS Director Nick Waters answered several questions from the County Commissioners on how <br />this fee schedule will work. He said that these fees will cover the costs incurred by the County for <br />administrative duties, and paying of personnel and vehicle operational costs. This addition to the County's <br />fee schedule would provide staff with a standard fee for all special events. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner Carey to approve <br />amending the County's fee schedule to provide for reimbursement at a rate of $35 per hour for a basic life <br />support crew and $50 per hour for an advanced life support paramedic crew for EMS coverage at special <br />events. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />9. ITEMS FOR DECISION - REGULAR AGENDA <br />a. Orange County Small Business Loan Program <br />The Board considered suggested revisions to the Small Business Loan Program operating <br />policies and procedures. <br />Commissioner Gordon said that she feels we need to encourage current residents of Orange <br />County to apply for the loans and not encourage people to move here and open a business. <br />Commissioner Carey feels the objective is to get people to move here and open a business. He <br />feels that the committee will take into consideration those that live in the County. <br />Chair Brown said that the residency requirement was also a concern for her. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to approve <br />the eligibility requirement that all applicants must be residents of Orange County. Length of residence in <br />Orange County may be considered in assessing the applicant's degree of commitment to the community. <br />VOTE: AYES, 4; NOS, 1 (Commissioner Gordon) <br />After a brief discussion on several of the sections of the Small Business Loan program, a motion <br />was made by Commissioner Crowther, seconded by Commissioner Gordon to delete items #7 and #8 from <br />the eligibility requirements and to add to item #4 on page eight of the document that the Loan Committee may <br />take into consideration the benefits offered by the applicant to their employees including health insurance. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />A motion was made by Chair Brown, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to change the <br />language in #5 on page eight to read "After Loan Committee approval, applications will be presented as a <br />report to the Board of County Commissioners on the Consent Agenda. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Crowther, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to strike <br />from the second line of the item entitled Spread Allocation on page 11 the words "minus 2%". <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to approve <br />the County Commissioners reviewing this program if there is a loss. This stipulation will be added to the <br />document. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />The Board continued to discuss changes they wanted incorporated into these policies and <br />procedures. These were so noted and will be incorporated into the final version to be submitted to the <br />County Commissioners at their next regular meeting scheduled for October 6. <br />NOTE: Commissioner Crowther was excused from the meeting at 9:45 p.m.