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Orange Public Transit Transportation and Department an Aging Director Jerry Passmare said that the position of Transportation Coordinator is a ten-hour increase in an effort to expand services to those who cannot ride public transportation. This position would be working with DSS and the Work First program and the Commission for Women. Planning The recommendation is to increase a GIS Technician's position from time-limited to permanent full-time. Planning Director Craig Benedict said that a lot of the maps that have been presented at meetings have been done primarily through the County's GIS system. This is atime-limited position and he is asking that it be permanent. Recommended Fee Schedule -Building Inspections Division Craig Benedict made this presentation. He distributed charts, which outlined the fallowing: • Residential Permit Fee Comparison Chart • Percent of Change Applied to Proposed Fee Increase • Single Family Permit Cost Comparison • Permit Costs as Relates to House Value • Single Family Dwellings, Categorized by Square Footage, Orange County School District •:• Single Family Dwellings, Categorized by Square Footage, Chapel Hill School District within Orange County Inspections Jurisdiction The new fee schedule will allow for a recovering of cost far larger homes. At the current fee schedule, the County actually is losing money for larger homes. The new fee schedule also decreases costs for smaller houses approximately 1,800 square feet or less. The fee increase will recover 90°~ of the cost of the Building Division area. Some of the 10°~ not recovered includes assisting the customers that come into the office, etc. The current fee schedule only recovered 64°~ of the cost. Cast recovery includes the Building Division, personnel costs, recurring capital costs (cars}, operating expenses and administrative costs. Commissioner Brown suggested a news release on this fee increase. Several other clarifying questions were answered by Craig Benedict. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to page 17, Building Demolition, and said that it will be important to have a meeting in the fall to talk about solid waste issues, to include C&D and deconstruction versus demolition. It needs to be determined whether a time limit far getting a demolition permit might facilitate people choosing the alternative of saving money and saving materials, versus the disadvantage of taking more time. Craig Benedict said that he has been working with Gayle Wilson on the C&D permitting process to make sure it ties into the building permit process. One thing that they have done with the fee schedule to promote affordable housing is to reduce the fees for the project. The rate would be reduced if part of the project offers affordable housing. Recommended Fee Schedule -EMS Nick Waters said that the increases have to do with the realignment of the charges to match the new Medicaid reimbursement scheme. Recommended Fee Schedule -Environmental Health Rosemary Summers said that these fees are set at about 76°~ cost recovery, which would cover the cost of the new position being requested. She made reference to page 7. Fees cannot be charged for the Food and Lodging program. Fees can only be charged for the wells and wastewater program. The existing fee schedule recovers about 61 °I° of the cost.