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cases over the last two years. They have tried to use the resources they have and the demand keeps going up. They get 50°l° federal funding for the positions. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to the statement that "this is not directly related to a Board goal" and said that he would like to add this as a goal. Planning: Planning Director Craig Benedict explained the Plans Reviewer. The primary purpose of this position is to fully review plans in residential and non-residential. This would free up more time for the inspection staff to do more thorough work in the field. The fee schedule includes same planning examination fees, which provided funding for this position. They are looking at 80°~ recovery for plan review fees. Library: Library Services Director Brenda Stephens said that this request is in response to the task force report recommendation that library services be brought to the northern end of the County. This position is a Branch Manager for the Cedar Grave Branch Library, which would be housed in the Northern Human Services Center. This position would be 31 hours a week. Chair Brown said that there has been discussion that this person might also somewhat manage what is going on in the building. The 31 hours includes six days {Monday through Saturday}. EMS: EMS Director Nick Waters said that the Wireless Communications Coordinator will assist EMS in pinpointing where a wireless phone call is coming from. This position is recommended to be paid far out of phone fees and is offsetting revenues. Commissioner Carey asked if we could use fees for personnel. Nick Waters said not for telecommunicatorwoges, but it can be used to build databases. Health Department: Health Director Rorie Summers said that the budget cuts came after they submitted their budget to the County. Many of them are only partial reductions. The largest one is the Community Health Awareness project that was not funded by Smart Start this year. They appealed this decision and the appeal was denied. This program is the only one in the Health Department that is dedicated to outreach to the HispaniclLatino population. For the dental screening program, they have adjusted the project and used private dentists. For Healthy Carolinians, they received funding for the Coordinator's salary. Commissioner Jacobs asked about the Community Health Awareness program and said that there should be grants available. Rorie Summers said that there are some grants, but it would be a long time before they would know about getting anything. Commissioner Jacobs would like to get EI Centro Latino involved in requesting grant funds. Chair Brown distributed a handout of a proposal for aPre-K facility to go on the CIP. This would relieve the strain of using the existing elementary classroom space. There could be one in the north and south, or just one.