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John Link said that at some paint they need to address in-range because compression will be an issue again soon. A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner Brown to approve a 2.0°~ COLA effective October 11, 2004, and that the County cannot afford to reinstate the in- range salary increase this year. VOTE: UNANIMOUS Decision Point 8: Fee Schedule Changes Recreation and Parks Commissioner Brown said that she thought they had agreed an putting the park fees on hold until a work session. Chair Jacobs said that they agreed to leave fees in place except for the picnic table and shelter fees, which was suspended until a future work session. A motion was made Chair Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Brown to maintain the existing fee structure with the exception of the picnic table/shelter fees, which will be addressed at a future work session. VOTE: UNANIMOUS Planning Department Inspections and Dental Health A motion was made by Commissioner Brown, seconded by Commissioner Carey to establish the proposed fees for Inspections and Dental Health. VOTE: UNANIMOUS Chair Jacobs said that they did respond aggressively and quickly to the public's concerns about the slowness of inspections. Four new staff was hired. This is why they are moving toward a more aggressive fee schedule. 3R Fee Chair Jacobs made reference to the green sheet from June 17t", titled, "Yawn of Chapel Hill Concerns re: 3R Fee and Solid Waste Management Plan." John Link said that one alternative is to keep the basic service fee of $36.00, which would generate $2 million. Then $500,000 would be taken out of the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund and $500,000 would be taken out of the fund balance of the Enterprise Fund. The $1 million taken out of the Enterprise Fund would have to be paid back. Chair Jacobs made reference to the comments about the equity of fees versus taxes and the comments from Chapel Hill's elected officials of wanting to have a more specific plan for reducing waste. He is convinced that we can look at this fee as an interim step and try to get a fee in place that covers the basic service for one year, with the understanding that in subsequent years, there will be a more sophisticated system that is related to level of service received. This is a minimal amount of money. Maybe in future years, the basic service should be part of the property tax, but after there is sufficient education. Commissioner Gordon said that she would go back to the Solid Waste Advisory Board, who recommended this. She is not of the opinion that this is high compared with other counties. She thinks the County should charge whatever it feels is fair and then provide the services that are commensurate. She would rather not go into the capital or enterprise funds. She is worried