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- Fee Updates to be Presented to BOCC in March <br />o® staff currently reviewing fees for Building Inspections, Recreation and Parks and <br />Dental Health <br />o® exploring options for accepting credit cards for payment <br />- State fiscal analysts are optimistic about sales tax collections <br />School Budget Initiatives Influencing County's 2004-05 Budget <br />Equal funding opportunities <br />o® implications on Countywide and CHCCS district tax rates <br />Both systems experiencing increases in student membership <br />o® Average increase in student membership for the two systems (combined} over <br />the last three years has been 460 students <br />Other Initiatives Influencing County's 2004-05 Budget <br />- Final phase of BOCC approved plan to transition EMS transportation services to County <br />- State-mandated restructuring initiatives in Mental Health <br />- Decisions regarding delivery of animal protection services <br />- Increased debt service related to 2001 bands and alternative financing <br />- Implementation of alternative financing sources for County's Solid Waste Enterprise <br />Fund <br />- Continued reworking of the County's comprehensive land use plan <br />- Emphasis on County facilities and public safety infrastructure <br />Upcoming Budget {Mork Sessions: <br />- February 12t" - BOCC discussion of equal education funding opportunities <br />- March 18t" -debt issuance schedule and presentation of proposed fee changes for <br />fiscal year 2004-05 <br />- April 1~`-presentation/discussion of new staff resources recommendation <br />- April 20t" -presentation of 2004-14 County Capital Investment Plan <br />- May 6t" -work session to discuss recommended fee updates, new staff resources, and <br />county capital <br />- May 20t" -presentation of 2004-05 Annual Operating Budget and 2004-14 School <br />Capital Investment Plan <br />- June -budget work sessions <br />Commissioner Carey said that he can see that Donna Dean was being optimistic. Donna Dean <br />said that two years ago they were optimistic and then in February there was chaos in the State. <br />Hopefully this will not happen again. <br />CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN: <br />--Percent of capital dedicated to funding County facilities, school facilities <br />Chair Jacobs said that now that we have the SAPFO in place and we can project what <br />school facilities would be needed over the next 10 years, and staff worked out how much money <br />would be available for capital projects, we can calculate out more definitively an approach to <br />giving County projects a higher priority. In the past, County projects have only comprised about <br />27°~ of the capital expenditures. He had proposed 40°lo and that the County adopt this as a <br />policy. He would like to make a definitive policy statement about how to proceed in the CIP. <br />