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Commissioner Gordon would like to know what the hybrid model is. She said that she would always ask about costs. Commissioner Carey asked what kind of hybrid Commissioner Jacobs was talking about. He thinks that option B is a hybrid that captures the best of everything that has been mentioned. He said that the task force protected the potential of volunteers to control casts. He said that protecting the influence of any hybrid that employs people of different entities would be difficult. He said that he recognizes that any citizen group is an advisory group, but he thinks the Board should give their recommendation heavy thought in their final decision. Otherwise, the task force members have wasted their time. He said that if they had considered costs, they would have gone with option A. Chair Jacobs said that his proposal is a hybrid of option B, where instead of having just an advisory board, that it is a partner. He would hesitate to make everyone that works at the shelter to be a County employee. He said that adding 19 positions to the County employee base is a huge addition, and he is not ready to make this commitment without looking at other options. His option is close to this and it leaves the authority residing with the Board of County Commissioners and the County Manager. It would even have some executive oversight that would report to the County Manager. The other entity could participate as a volunteer group that would bring resources, people, and expertise and would foster openness. Dan Textoris said that he agrees with Chair Jacobs, but he disagrees with the way he put it. He said that they did not get into the policies for option B. With option B, he would like to see that every animal that is handed over goes through a County mandated adoptability screening and is held for some period of time. After that, the adoptable animals could be handed over to anon- profitgroup orgroups rather than being held at a County facility. He feels it is very important that citizens feel that it is safe to bring their animals to the shelter. Commissioner Brown agreed and said that she remembers five times she was called by citizens that said that their dogs had been picked up and they called the animal shelter, who denied that the animal was there. The citizen went to the animal shelter and looked around and did not see the animal, and then a few days later went back and the animal was there. No one ever called them to say that their animal came in. She said that on three occasions, the animals were put down. She said that this is outrageous and heartbreaking. She said that there was no one to go to and she could not get a response. This should not happen when the County is paying for this. She said that the health issue that HSUS found is really important and she does not know how it is being corrected. Commissioner Halkiotis asked if everyone was in agreement that option A is not an option and the County Commissioners agreed. John Link said that he knows what has to done. He said that the County has gone through two transitions in the last few years with Solid Waste and Rescue. It is going to take the staff every single day from now to July 1St to make this work, and that is assuming that the core of the employees are County employees. Volunteers will not be the core; it will be the employees and all of that will be more expensive than the present operation. The staff will come back by April 20tH with the numbers. Commissioner Halkiotis reiterated what Commissioner Brown said that the APS budget that was presented a while back was bogus, frivolous, and catering to the sublime. He thinks if you make the volunteer piece work, then costs can be reduced. He will support a realistic budget.