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the County Commissioners could reconsider their action to the tax rate itself. He feels that the General Assembly will address the'/ cent sales tax. One course of action would be to address this issue as the revenue becomes available because the Board has to respond on a per-pupil basis. Rod Visser said that when County staff met with the Superintendents in May, there was already an idea that there might be a proposal for something like this out there. It may be that one or both school systems have started thinking about how they would try to absorb it. Chair Jacobs said that if the '/ cent sales tax comes back to the County, that 1/3 of this ~/ cent will go to the schools for capital projects but it could be used for other items. John Link made reference to the APS contract and said that Health Director Rosemary Summers would not be able to attend the meeting on the 27`" when this item is on the agenda. Rosemary Summers said that the APS contract this year is about an $8,000 increase. Commissioner Brown said that her concern is the regular stories that come to her about animals that are brought into the shelter, which have ownership and the owners are not notified. Also, other things that happen that may be due to having volunteers and she was wondering what the APS could do to be sure that the animals that have owners are returned. Rosemary Summers said that she would address Commissioner Brown's concern with the new APS Director. The Director is new and she has noticed improved staff morale with a much better continuity this year. There will always be situations, but there can always be improvement. Commissioner Brown said that it not only reflects on haw citizens feel about the County but also how citizens feel about the APS. There seems to be too many mistakes made. Chair Jacobs said that there have been extended discussions with the APS. The APS has talked about doing some type of customer survey and they have raised the pay of the workers at the shelter. Presumably, the new director will look at how they do things. He asked Rosemary Summers if she was going to wait and see how this works out before talking about whether or not it would be reasonable to survey customers. Rosemary Summers said that there was going to be a joint process for planning a new shelter and what customers want in terms of services. APS has done a good job communicating with the Health Department. Commissioner Brown is not sure why the APS would want to wait to do a customer satisfaction survey. She said that the survey could be mailed to those people who have used the facility. Rosemary Summers said that she could suggest this to the APS. Commissioner Brown asked if this could be incorporated in their contract. John Link suggested that a letter be sent from the Chair to communicate the expectations of the County Commissioners. Chair Jacobs made reference to a green memo in the packet, which provided information about the impact of the Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance on the impact fees. The memo addresses what the difference in revenues might be if we had the same real estate transfer tax as seven other counties have instead of the impact fee. Chair Jacobs made reference to the agenda for Thursday evening. He said that we could decide tonight to begin that meeting at an earlier time if the County Commissioners do not feel that we can finish the agenda that evening. The Board decided that they would try to complete the agenda beginning at 7:30 p.m. ADJOURNMENT With no further items for the County Commissioners to consider, a motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to adjourn the meeting at 9:55 p.m. VOTE: UNANIMOUS The next meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center on June 27, 2002. Barry Jacobs, Chair Beverly A. Blythe