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explained several maps of this general area (Stoney Creek Basin, Durham County, newly adopted water and sewer management planning boundary agreement, etc.). Craig Benedict answered several questions from the County Commissioners about the maps. Craig Benedict said that he could bring forth a resolution of intent and an annexation agreement to begin more cooperative planning efforts with Durham. John Link said that if the Board of County Commissioners wants to go forward then the Administration needs to meet with their counterparts in Durham and then there should be a meeting with the Chairs and Vice-Chairs to solidify the process and move forward. Commissioner Halkiotis asked what happens to an ABC store or a fire district when Durham annexes it. He is troubled about this and it almost sounds like a fait accompli. He does not know what is gained from all of this from Durham's perspective. John Link said that this could be a win-win situation for the EDD area because we have nowhere to go but up as it relates to economic development. He said that there is not anything for Durham to be attracted to out there unless there is an EDD. Chair Jacobs pointed out that we do not have an annexation agreement yet. Craig Benedict said that it would be good to have some sort of land use plan agreement in place before a large project is proposed and annexation takes place. Commissioner Gordon said that she would feel comfortable if this could be brought back to the Board with more information on what to talk to Durham about. Craig Benedict will bring this back at the November 11`h work session. 3. 2002-03 State and County Budget Impacts Budget Director Donna Dean distributed a handout (purple) and John Link gave a summary of the fiscal year 2001-02 financial update. Attachment 3-e is what was adopted as part of the budget. He said that we expect to receive $600,000 every quarter, but we are only going to receive $1.2 million of this during this year. This can be used to address fund balance, certain frozen capital items, employee and compensation package (classification study), etc. John Link said that they have also tried to get from the State budget what impacts that our agencies and non-profits will face. The Governor still has to balance the budget and he believes the human services programs will receive further cuts. He believes that the Human Services Safety Net Fund will be adequate to address any unknowns. Donna Dean spoke on category 3 and said that the cuts are about $95,000 to DSS. They have set aside $300,000 to deal with this as well as other cuts. Chair Jacobs asked if the $40,000 for childcare is part of the $300,000 and Donna Dean said yes. Chair Jacobs said that one of things that staff was proposing was that if Chatham County were to split the difference with us on the Criminal Justice Partnership, then it would cost us an additional $13,000 and we would ask them to make up the remainder. John Link said that there are some unknowns that the winter months will bring as it relates to fuel assistance, etc. He said that he does not think that the Board needs to address some of these areas of service provision until we get the first revenue picture of sales tax in January, 2003. Chair Jacobs asked that we write a letter to Chatham to see if they are interested in matching funds with the County. Also, he would like to have the discussion of the fuel fund to go ahead so the Board can make some decisions before the winter break. John