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but in the next 4-5 years. She explained that the functions have changed in the court system where they need meeting rooms for mediation services instead of full-scale courtrooms. Chair Jacobs suggested having a page far each project and the source of money for development and construction of the specific project. Commissioner Halkiotis would like to also have a list of functions that will be provided by each project. Jahn Link said that staff will provide for each project the history, articulate the decisions yet to be made, total amount of funding from bonds, pay-as-you-go, etc. and what the project will accomplish. b. NCACC Initiative Regarding Protection of Local Revenue Sources Commissioner Halkiotis asked if the County Manager has made any changes in the ways we can address the shortfall from the State. John Link said that there may be cuts in the Justice Partnership program. We also know that the funding for Smart Start may be cut. He will be recommending $100,000 as a safety net for human services in case of any shortfalls. Overall, we have not had any other huge cuts from the State. The increase in Medicaid will not be as severe as first thought -one million is down to $650,000. Commissioner Halkiotis made reference to the suggestion to delay the purchase of County vehicles for one year and asked what would be saved if the County delayed replacing computers for an additional year. Rod Visser said that it would save $120,000 to $130,000. Chair Jacobs said that the manager was asked to give us other scenarios far taking care of the shortfall from the State and reduce the tax burden on the citizenry. We will try to avoid laying people off. John Link said that he expects the County Commissioners to take additional time this year to review the line item details to see if additional cuts can be made. We also have the vacant positions listed an the orange sheet. They total 33 permanent positions and four non-general fund positions. He said that Personnel Director Elaine Holmes will talk about how the County Commissioners could freeze positions for a specified period of time -three or six months. Also, the projected amount far lapsed salary for this year is $615,213. John Link reminded the board that if positions are frozen that they will not be funded and will not be generating lapsed salary money. Regarding the legislation to protect local revenues, Rod Visser said that the NCACC is working with the League of Municipalities in asking each local government to adopt a resolution to preserve and protect earmarked revenues for local governments. Chair Jacobs said that he thought that the association position was typically weak. It is just reactive and if we are going to go forward we need to be more proactive and show leadership. He feels that there are better ways to approach the legislation. A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Carey to approve the resolution as drafted and stated below. ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUE SOURCES BE MADE SECURE WHEREAS, Orange County is required by North Carolina law to operate and maintain a balanced budget and comply with the provisions of the Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act; and WHEREAS, Orange County is required to maintain a sufficient fund balance to operate in a fiscally sound manner and to have adequate reserves in case of emergencies; and