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local level. There will be a lot of difficulties dawn the road. She does not feel that the participants can be served as well as they are now being served at the State level. There will be no startup money for the counties. It is a very sad situation for mental health. The State is not performing its responsibilities as it should and is relying on the counties to do things that we cannot do properly. Her fear is that we will have citizens returning to our communities without the proper health infrastructure in place to handle these citizens. She thinks the State will send them on, whether we are ready or nat. Chair Jacobs thanked the Manager and staff for their hard work in putting together the budget. He noted that this is a relatively spare budget and at the same time maintains our commitments to the programs, policies, and services that we believe the citizens in Orange County need and respect. Commissioner Brawn made reference to page 13-2 of the budget document and asked for an explanation of the capital expenditures for the school systems. Budget Director Donna Dean said that these are the items that were proposed for funding next fiscal year. John Link said that these are the items that the school systems have indicated are their priorities far capital projects. The funding sources are the sales tax, pay-as-you-go funding, impact fees or the sale of bonds. Chair Jacobs asked that each capital project show the funding source. John Link will provide additional information on revenue sources before the next two budget work sessions. 2. SOLID WASTE MATTERS Assistant County Manager Rod Visser thanked the Solid Waste Management staff for all of their hard work. Specifically, he thanked Solid Waste Management Director Gayle Wilson, Landfill Manager Paul Spire, Special Waste and Contracts Coordinator Rob Taylor, Solid Waste Planner Blair Pollock, Recycling Operations Supervisor Jill Clayton, Administrative Officer II Rebecca Holdway and Development Review and Recycling Specialist Dave Ghiradelli. He also recognized Chair Jan Sassman and AI Vickers, two people from Solid Waste Advisory Board that have done a lot of work. a. Synopsis of Interlocal Agreement Rod Visser said that this agreement was signed in September 1999 after several years of work by the Landfill Owners Group. It was amended six months later. There are a number of key provisions as listed below: • the Orange County landfill accepts waste only generated in Orange County and the portion of Chapel Hill in Durham County • the partners reaffirmed commitment to solid waste reduction goals (61 % by 2006} • partners all agree to deliver solid waste and recyclables to system facilities • partners retain the right to determine their awn collection systems • interlocal agreement requires an enterprise fund operation and committed municipal partners • reaching waste reduction goals must take into account economic viability of the system • the County general fund will not underwrite system programslactivities • the County retains flexibility to implement and adjust fees/charges with some constraints. and • partners reimburse the enterprise fund for the Greene Tract. There is a meeting of the Towns' and County Attorney pending regarding waste delivery commitments. b. Major Assumptions Underlying Solid Waste Operations The major assumptions are that the parties to the interlocal agreement will fulfill obligations, tipping fees will be used to the extent practicable and recycling revenue is insufficient to fund the recycling programs. Also, the County uses system revenues only to operate the system and not to