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Wayne Fenton said that they have a significant amount of increased square footage in which <br />they are responsible and they have also been dealing with employee vacancies in their <br />department. He said that they looked at providing custodial services through Orange <br />Enterprises and they have had initial conversations about pricing, etc. They have discussed <br />using Orange Enterprises for vacancies ar for when someone is out. He said that they have <br />seen more meeting setups and custodial resources are used for that. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis said that this is the first time that he has ever heard of a budget request <br />from Public Works for a custodial position based on setting up and taking dawn for County <br />Commissioners meetings. He is not sure he buys that argument. He could buy the argument <br />about additional square footage. He has a problem with a report from the Institute of <br />Government that it is easy to recommend a range of 13-18,000 square feet far cleaning, when <br />the University's track record in dealing with their custodial staff is abysmal. He recommended <br />getting a cost assessment an setting up and taking down for Caunty Cammissianers meetings <br />to figure out if the cost should be addressed differently. <br />Chair Jacobs said that he does not see a plan on the square footage with some benchmarks on <br />when new custodial staff will need to be added. Wayne Fenton said that they could find other <br />desirable benchmarks besides the University. The custodial needs change depending on the <br />facility. <br />Chair Jacobs said that he would like to see more "thinking through" of the time component and <br />the square footage component. <br />Chair Jacobs asked if Public Works had funds already budgeted to work with Orange <br />Enterprises and Wayne Fenton said that they could use some of the contract services funds for <br />periodic care. Along-term contract on a daily basis does not have funding. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis said that Orange Enterprises has wanted to coordinate up with a public <br />agency to develop a custodial intern program. He asked if they were actively looking at this. <br />Wayne Fenton said that they talked about using Orange Enterprises as a contracting agency. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis would like to see the possibility of using Orange Enterprises balanced <br />against this position. <br />Wayne Fenton made reference to achieving efficiency and said that they are trying to have their <br />employees report to their first building instead of going to Public Works first. <br />Chair Jacobs asked John Link about a target date for when the Northern Human Services <br />Center will be fully operational and John Link said that it is based on addressing the septic <br />system. Chair Jacobs said that this building would move it into another realm. If we know that <br />in a year from now this facility will be fully operational, it might seem to be a mare organized <br />way to look at janitorial services. <br />Commissioner Carey asked for the reasoning behind the huge jump in overtime from 2001- <br />2002. Wayne Fenton said that there was additional time with the Whitted building renovations <br />and there was also some extended illnesses with employees. <br />Recreation and Parks <br />