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Different levels of service this year: UNANIMOUS Generate at least $2 million from the fees: UNANIMOUS Generate $2.5 million from the fees: Ayes, 4; 1 Nay {Commissioner Carey ) The 3R fee will generate $2.5 million, and the remainder will come from the reserves of the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund. Decision Point 9: Additional mark up/mark down items for the County's annual operating budget -Changes in social safety net or funding for outside agencies: Social Safety Net: Chair Jacobs said that the Social Safety Net, under the proposal, has $250,000 in it based on carryover, plus an additional $100,000. Commissioner Carey said that the Manager suggested that the County Commissioners should look to this fund if they want to address the daycare subsidy issue. He thinks the Board should address this, but not in the way the advocates proposed by targeting specific groups, because this would be disastrous. He would like to provide a way for additional funds to go into this pool. Commissioner Brawn said that at the Social Services Board this afternoon, the board unanimously said that they would support the Social Services Board taking the responsibility to look at the daycare subsidies, and whatever the Board of County Commissioners directed them to do to figure out how to fund it, the Social Services Board would take on the responsibility as soon as possible. They were responding to the proposal to fund the daycare teachers' children. The board had a lot of ideas and possibilities on how to create a special fund to do this. They would be willing to help come up with something. Commissioner Halkiotis agreed with having the Social Services Board look into this. John Link said that, to this point, the Board has reduced the budget by $601,000, or right at .6 cents on the tax rate. One option is to reduce the tax rate from 4.5 cents to 4 cents, and setting aside another $100,000 to address either daycare or some other issues. It could be added to the social safety net or set it aside separately in a reserve. Commissioner Carey said to put it aside in a reserve, because if it is in the general safety net, something else might came up. Commissioner Brown pointed out that there is $8 billion sitting in the Congress far daycare subsidies and it has been sitting there. A motion was made by Commissioner Brown, seconded by Commissioner Carey to designate $100,000 for daycare after the Social Services Board comes up with recommendations on how to spend it. Chair Jacobs said that he was going to vote against this because he thinks it should be taken out of the social safety net. Commissioner Halkiotis said that there is $250,000 in the social safety net and another $100,000 is not needed. He does not think the entire request can be fully funded. Commissioner Gordon asked what the tax rate increase would be without adding the $100,000 and it was answered 88.4 cents. This would be an increase of 3.9 cents. VOTE: Ayes, 2; Nays, 3 {Chair Jacobs, Commissioner Halkiotis, Commissioner Gordan} The motion failed.