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OPC Mental Health: Commissioner Brawn said that she has asked the Manager to have the director come in and do a short presentation as to what is going on in Mental Health in the state and how it might impact the County. This will be in August or September. Public Safety: Commissioner Jacobs asked about the emergency telephone fund. Rod Visser said that it was an on-going program. The rate is 5Q cents per subscriber line per month. This was determined by how much revenue would be needed to cover the charges, the equipment, etc. This amount was determined in 1991. Commissioner Jacobs would like to see what it is casting the County and see if this charge should be increased. Rod Visser said that the fund was in good shape financially. The number of lines has greatly increased. Commissioner Brown asked about fire protection for commercial and industrial fires, and how a fire that was producing toxic fumes would be addressed. Nick Waters said that the fire code included a lot of requirements. There is a site specific pre plan that would be enacted in the event of a commercial fire. Commissioner Jacobs asked if the Sheriff's Department enforced the covering of loads on dump trucks or if it was in the purview of the Highway Patrol. John Link said that as it relates to interstates, the DMV enforces it. He said that the Sheriff would be willing to stop a truck on a secondary road if he was notified about it. He will ask the Sheriff about enforcing the covering of dump truck loads. John Link said that it would be very helpful for citizens to let the County know of a specific case where a dump truck is hauling an uncovered load. Public Works: Commissioner Brown asked about pest control (p. 9.2) and said that she would like to understand what kind of pest control the County does. Commissioner Jacobs said that this was something the Commissioners asked the Innovation and Efficiency Committee to look at specifically. Commissioner Brown mentioned that there has been a real improvement in the maintenance of the County buildings. Rod Visser said that there would be a report an the various building improvements available soon. 5. Solid Waste Enterprise Fund Commissioner Jacobs said that he did not understand why the tipping fee for C&D was nat the same as for mixed waste. He would like to see the tipping fee for clean wood and yard waste lowered because it is more amenable to recycling. Gail Wilson said that about three years ago an analysis was done on the clean wood and yard waste, and a tipping fee was set to break even. Regarding the C&D tipping fee, last year the fee was lowered two dollars and it was subsequently added to the mixed solid waste fee. He said that they try to discourage the placement of C&D materials in the mixed solid waste area. He said that Orange County was the highest in the area in the cost for the disposal of C&D waste. At some point, people tend to not recycle this waste and it is shipped to another locale. Commissioner Brawn asked why an Automotive Mechanic was needed and if it was acost- saving effort. Gail Wilson said that last March there was an internal reorganization where recycling operations were shifted to the landfill and Chapel Hill's maintenance personnel no longer maintained this equipment. They assumed several trucks and other equipment from this reorganization. Also, with the transition of responsibility of solid waste functions to the County, the remaining administrative vehicles came out to the landfill. He said that one mechanic could not keep up with the maintenance of all of the equipment. He said that this position was a critical need. Several questions were answered satisfactorily.