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Chair Jacobs verified that the National Family Caregivers Support Program was a federal program and the funding was approximately $57,000. This position will receive $26,000 of that total. He asked if this was a new grant and Kate Barrett said that it was projected to go for five years and there are bills to expand the amount of money and the length. Chair Jacobs said that this initiative was probably subject to being cut and this is why there is money in the social safety net. He does not have a problem with shifting the money, but he thinks the motion should include something about revisiting the OPT driver position. A motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to approve the realignment of the OPT Driver position to serve as Eldercare Manager; approve changing the position from permanent full-time to permanent part-time (35 hours per week}; and authorize the release of funds from the budgeted reserve to fund the position for 2004-05; and that the Board will re-visit the OPT driver position in the next budget cycle. VOTE: UNANIMOUS 3. Capital Budget Planning John Link said that during the budget process last spring the Board raised questions about the budgeting process and the County's operational budget. During the summer, the staff tried to summarize the areas that needed to be addressed. He had asked Budget Director Donna Dean to organize the material, which is in the attached memo from her to John Link. He said that the staff needs to know which items the Board wants back and in what timeframe. John Link went through the different issues. In regards to Capital Budget Planning, there was some discussion among the Board members about reexamining the County's capital funding policy that has been in place since 1996 or 1997. The policy is to appropriate money first to pay debt and then disperse money for pay-as-you-go, and then on a per capita basis appropriate the money to the two school systems and then to the County. There has also been discussion about a passible bond referendum for schools. Other issues include the Sportsplex, Parks and Recreation Strategic Plan, and sustainability issues. Chair Jacobs said that he would like to see the chart that shows how close the County is to 15°I° of the total budget for the debt service policy. Chair Jacobs said that he would like to get into the decision-making position regarding the 60140 policy that he mentioned before for funding. Now that the SAPFO is in place, the County should be able to project what it needs to build for schools. There are also many County needs that are being deferred because of school needs. Donna Dean asked for more clarification on the 60140 split. Chair Jacobs said that he wanted more information on how it might be implemented. Commissioner Gordon said that she is not sure she wants to revisit the County's capital funding policy, but she would like to look at the debt policy. She would also like to look at payment-in- lieu policies. Also, school funding equity and the efficiency study should be addressed. She has not thought the county would pursue a bond referencdum in the near future. Commissioner Gordon said that she would like to do what was done in the past, which is try to have the public hearing an the capital policy early in the spring and figure out what to put in the CIP before June. This prevents having so much jammed in at the end.