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Commissioner Jacobs asked for a cost differentiation for the seasonal person with 35 <br /> hours and 40 hours with benefits. <br /> Commissioner Foushee said that she does not want to go down this road of hiring <br /> people for 12 months at only 35 hours per week. <br /> Dave Stancil said that the intent was to make it more efficient how they did athletics <br /> seasonal assignments. <br /> • Housing, Human Rights and Community Development <br /> Paul Laughton said that this was on page 22-1. This budget is flat compared to FY <br /> 2010-11. This is fully funded with HUD funds, except for some of Tara Fikes' salary for her <br /> role in some non-Section 8 housing activities. The HOME program total expenditure budget is <br /> $785,000, which is a reduction of $110,000 in comparison to FY 2010-11. This is itemized on <br /> page 22-7. This has an Orange County match of $56,000. The Homelessness Partnership <br /> program has a budget of $7,000 with an Orange County match of $27,300. <br /> The total general fund contribution to affordable housing programs totals $315,434. <br /> This is shown on page 37-1 in the Transfers of Funds section. <br /> • Human Resources <br /> Paul Laughton introduced Katherine Cathey, Interim Human Resources Director. The <br /> budget for the coming year is $691,000, which is an increase of $8,480 or 1.23%. Much of this <br /> is related to the personnel items discussed earlier such as the retirement and 401(k). <br /> Commissioner McKee made reference to employee relations and asked if there has <br /> been an increase in comments in exit interviews about dissatisfaction over the pay scale. <br /> Katherine Cathey said that she has seen a lot of increase in these types of comments <br /> during the exit interviews and more employees are leaving for higher paying jobs. <br /> Chair Pelissier asked if these comments were related to the public sector or private <br /> sector and Katherine Cathey said that she has seen both. <br /> • Library Services (including Fee Schedule change requests and Mobile Library <br /> presentation) <br /> Michael Talbert said that the budget this year is $2.1 million, which is a substantial <br /> increase from the past of $753,000. One of the large components of this is the mobile book <br /> service, which involves the purchase of capital equipment of $65,000 and additional operating <br /> funds to make it work. Also, non-departmental items have been added back to the Library <br /> budget. These involve $250,000 for the contribution to the Chapel Hill Library; $18,097 for the <br /> Hyconeechee Regional Library; and $700 to the Mebane Library. <br /> Library Director Lucinda Munger made a PowerPoint presentation. <br /> Mobile Library <br /> To address Rural Library Services in Orange County <br /> Snapshot of Main Library and Cybrary Use by Rural Residents (table) <br /> Rural Options presented in September 2010 Worksession <br /> - Agenda Item Abstract: http://www.co.oranqe.nc.us/OCCLERKS/1009142.pdf <br /> o Library Kiosks <br /> o Mobile Library Services <br />