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Chapel Hill. He said that the mobile library service would be a costly process for a small number of people. He thinks that there is an opportunity to partner with the Town of Chapel Hill, but partnering involves coming together and agreeing and not dictating. Commissioner Jacobs said that the County should set aside the money subject to the approval of the interlocal agreement because there are some important points to achieve, such as interoperability. He asked about the State's per capita average. Lucinda Munger said that the State average is a little over$21 and it has decreased over the past few years. The current Manager's Recommended Budget would bring the per capita to $35.98. Commissioner Jacobs asked if the numbers include the cuts that the legislature is making against library services and Lucinda Munger said no. The proposed cut is 13% at this time. Commissioner Gordon read what is in the proposed interlocal agreement. She said that she thinks that there is a failure to communicate. Commissioner Foushee said she knows what happened during the negotiations and it was directly related to what the County spent in operational costs for the main library. Frank Clifton said that whatever dollar amount the Board chooses for Chapel Hill does not have to be tied to a percentage. He does not think that the intent is to disagree, but the entities were concerned with other matters. Commissioner McKee said that Commissioner Jacobs' suggestion is good because it has always made more sense to him to fund the Chapel Hill Library to a greater extent rather than building another library. Chair Pelissier asked the Board what monies would be set aside. Commissioner McKee said that his understanding is the $250,000 and Commissioner Jacobs said that it would also include 18% of the central Orange County library funding. Commissioner Gordon said that $250,000 is too little and the funding should be increased unilaterally, in the amount indicated in the proposed interlocal agreement. The interlocal agreement could be negotiated next year. Otherwise, Chapel Hill might implement a fee for Orange County residents that do not live in Chapel Hill. She suggested raising the allocation another$93,000. Commissioner Yuhasz said that no amount of money the County puts out there means anything if the Town does not accept it. He suggested making a proposal for the Town. He thinks that the proposal should be the amount of money that would have been provided given the proposal made as the Board of County Commissioners understands it. Frank Clifton suggested that the Board can discuss this further on June 14tn Commissioner Foushee agreed with Commissioner Yuhasz and said that staff should take this and bring it back to the Board as something to consider. Commissioner Hemminger suggested that the Chair take this to the leadership of Chapel Hill. ` Chair Pelissier said that she would call Mayor Kleinschmidt tomorrow. • Social Services Paul Laughton said that this budget is on page 33-1. The total expenditure budget is about $18.3 million. This is a decrease overall of about $160,000. This includes moving two social workers from the Department on Aging into Social Services. This is approximately $110,000. The State estimate for childcare subsidy reflects a significant decrease in funds, approximately $375,000 for next year. This decrease is on top of the decrease this year of $650,000. The State has also reduced the percentage of funds that can be used for social workers and administrative staff from 5% down to 4%. The department is having a difficult