Minutes - 06-18-2001 - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse Search

Public Works Commissioner Brown asked if public works maintains all of the parks or if it was someone else. Wilbert McAdoo said that Recreation and Parks does the grounds maintenance at the Efland Community Center. John Link said that he went out to the Efland Cheeks multi-purpose field because of a complaint he received. He said that the orange soil is not going to provide the grass surface necessary for a soccer field. He feels the County needs to spend more time up front on the development of fields. Chair Halkiotis said that he was talking with the co-owner of Creekside Turf. They have sold five times mare turf than they thought they would. He will work with John Link this summer about the possibility of getting sod for this field. Chair Halkiotis made reference to a letter from a citizen asking about the Sheriff's presence at the Efland Community Center and the Sheriff has sent out a memo fully supporting a presence of the Sheriffs Department at the facility. He would like for there to be a sign at this facility stating that this is a Sheriff's sub station and the hours. Solid Waste and Landfill Operations Commissioner Brown made reference to the convenience center. She asked if there is a particular reason why this department cannot handle the Eubanks Road convenience center. John Link said that this is an area that can be discussed. They had not considered separating out one of the convenience centers from the others. An area we can look at during the break is the relationship between ERCD and Recreation and Parks. A decision on whom is going to maintain the active recreation fields needs to be made. Rod Visser said that, under the interlocal agreement, each of the jurisdictions remain responsible for collection. The County's general fund would have to reimburse the Landfill fund. POSITIONS Commissioner Jacobs made reference to the translator and the medical interpreter. He questioned the amount of this position and what we would be saving from what we spend far these services at this time. Health Director Rosemary Summers said that the $6,000 would be new revenue (offsetting) because of the increase in the Hispanic/Latino clients. The $30,000 that was anticipated when the report was first prepared was an the high side. It will actually cost $15,000 for interpreters. We will still need to maintain contracts with languages other than Spanish. She said that they tried to be very conservative in determining the cost savings. Solid Waste The two new positions are involved with recycling C&D. This is on page 72 of the budget document. Solid Waste Director Gayle Wilson said that one of the positions is a construction and demolition Education Specialist that will help set the stage for a comprehensive ordinance regulating construction and demolition. The position would be engaged in education for several months until the ordinance comes into effect and then it would be a combination of education and enforcement. We will focus more on the education component. This position would begin work immediately with the contractors on job-site waste management. The other position is a Recycling Materials Handler that will assume the responsibility for the governmental in-house recycling program from Public Works, the dry cell battery recycling program, and operations of the electronics-recycling program. Commissioner Jacobs questioned the in-house program. Gayle Wilson said that there are three providers. Orange County Public Works does the recycling at the buildings in Hillsborough, and the Solid Waste Department operates programs and also contracts office paper to Orange Recycling Services. Under the proposal in the budget, these providers would be consolidated in the Solid Waste Department and a private company would no longer be used. Economic Development Commission