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Environmental Health, most of the operational increases are due to the two new positions, which are being requested. Regarding Animal Control, Commissioner Jacobs would like to see us have a more proactive approach to get all the animals licensed in the County. He would like to see an outreach program to plan to educate the citizens and also increase the spaytneuter rate. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to page 7-84 and said that he would like to see some kind of estimate of costs far phasing in the Carrboro "Cybrary". He made reference to the fact that Orange County's library funding is less than half of the state average. He would like to see same of the "cybrary" service implemented far the people in northern Orange County. 3. Other Maior Budget, Policy, Operational Issues a. Follow-up on New Staff Resources Discussion of May 14 b. Changes in Existing Positions e. Recommended Fee Changes (Planning. Health. EMS1 d. Jail Health Services Proposal Sheriff Pendergrass said that Orange County was the largest provider for the U. S. Marshall Service in the middle district (Greensboro, Forsyth, Orange, and Durham). The contract on a daily basis is around 70 federal inmates. This is the only facility in the middle district that houses federal inmates that does not have a health plan with an existing registered nurse practitioner on site to screen inmates, diagnose problems, and dispense medications. Health Director Rosemary Summers said that her department tried to come up with the most cast efficient way to meet the standards for health services in a jail. The proposal is for a full-time nurse practitioner from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. and ahalf-time permanent registered nurse for evenings and weekends. The nurse practitioner will also help manage the outsource contracts far x-ray services, dental services, etc. Sheriff Pendergrass said that he has been working with the Marshall to obtain an increase in funds to cover this service. The nurse practitioner and the registered nurse will be working under the Health Department and assigned to the jail. e. Public Works HVAC John Link said that the revised recommendation is to go ahead with installation of a variable air volume system with gas boilers and an air-cooled water chiller at Whitted and to do additional search and analysis for the options for the Northern Human Services Center and then solicit RFP for design services for the Whitted HVAC system. Chair Halkiotis spoke about using alternative energy at the Northern Human Services Center and asked that staff try and do something creative. He supports an upgraded HVAC system at the Whitted Center. Public Works Director Wilbert McAdoo said that the staff was asking to move ahead with the design work for the system at Whitted and to work on the Northern building as Chair Halkiotis suggested. He made reference to the New HVAC Systems Simple Payback and said that there was a savings of about $44,000 a year in energy costs for the new system versus the existing system at the Whitted Center. The anticipated investment to keep the exiting system working for the next 10 years would be approximately $463,500. The new system would provide improved air quality, improved comfort levels, flexibility to change the space use, increased reliability, individual zone control, cast-effective operations, and the ability to monitor the system from off site. Chair Halkiotis pointed out that all of the existing ductwork would be replaced. The staff is asking for approval to do an RFP for design services for the new HVAC system at the Whitted Center.