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John Link summarized the items that had not been discussed: innovation and efficiency, the waste treatment management program, and assisting the overall assessment of space needs for the County departments. Commissioner Halkiotis said that he could not support $45,000 for the Innovation and Efficiency Committee work. He feels this work could be done in-house. Also, he does not think someone needs to be hired to tell the County Commissioners about building space. He feels that the County needs to stop leasing space in Hillsborough. A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner Carey to complete the innovation and efficiency project in-house and not hire a consultant for $75,000. Commissioner Brown feels that there needs to be some secretarial help in this area of innovation and efficiency. John Link suggested getting interns to help on this project. There was a friendly amendment to the motion that the Board is not in favor of allocating $75,000, but they are in favor of coming back with some kind of a proposal about how to fund the necessary staff work in a more economical manner. VOTE: UNANIMOUS Regarding the waste treatment program, Commissioner Jacobs suggested that the Board wait until a program is adopted and also approach OWASA for funding of this position. Chair Gordon would also like to think about this issue and have the staff bring it back to the June 15th Budget Work Session. Commissioner Carey suggested starting it in January and cutting this amount in half. Chair Gordon reiterated those items which are outstanding that need to be brought back to the Budget Work Session on June 15th. These items are listed below: • Solid Waste Treatment Program • One cent for capital and the CIP • Outside agencies and non-departmental • Fire departments if needed • Follow up on earlier BOCC questions • BOCC deliberations on Commissioner Jacobs' budget issues • Consideration of $21,000 for the Commission for Women Commissioner Halkiotis asked that the County Manager get information on Freedom House who requested $15,000. He would like to know why the Manager recommended that none of this be funded. He would like to see the Historic Museum get an additional $2,000 for the Historic Commission making the total $5,000 for the museum. On page 11-13, he asked if the County gets money from cable TV why do they have to find $9,000 to fund telecasting the Board's meetings. Regarding the Employee Development item for $35,000, he would like to know why there is a separate line item for this item. He asked about the Board of County Commissioners' contingency and the need for $250,000 in that fund. He would also like to discuss the student generation and impact fee reports at the June 15th Budget Work Session. Commissioner Carey said that the Board needs to support the request from the Institute of Government. He would like to include this in the budget. Commissioner Jacobs asked about the County's share of the land trust seed money to establish a half-time position. He would be interested in contributing to this. Commissioner Brown would like to know how long it is for and what it would accomplish. Commissioner Jacobs also asked to discuss increasing the hours for the position in the Clerk's office to % time or full-time to answer telephone calls. He asked about the new position in the County Manager's office. John Link explained this Assistant to the Manager position. This position will allow them to fully address the solid waste issues and other things the County Manager's office is responsible for at this time. Commissioner Brown asked about page 11-11 and said she thought that the staff was going to come back with information on how the County could be associated with ownership of the YMCA and the American