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Chair Jacobs said that one of the main costs related to constructian is steel. He asked if there was any way for people to work together, because the middle school and the senior center are supposed to open the same year in 2006 and the high school is supposed to open in 2007. There may be an opportunity for cost savings. The Board asked far more specific information an the constructian overruns. Commissioner Brown asked if any of the elementary schools in Chapel Hill were over capacity and Steve Scroggs said that there are a couple of schools slightly over 100% capacity. Rod Visser made reference to the middle school and said that the price OCS paid for the land was about a quarter of a million dollars more than what was in the project budget for land. The other thing is that the project budget does not include the cost of running water and sewer to the property. The sewer will be addressed with the grant money, but the cast of running water is going to be around $500,000 and there is no money to address this yet. Commissioner Halkiatis asked if the County Engineer was working on the scenario where the costs of bringing water to the site would be shared by others that would profit from water coming to the site, including the soccer complex and any economic development activities. Rod Visser said that this is an option, but nothing has been decided. Chair Jacobs made reference to the letter from OCS with the questions and suggested having a meeting with the chairs and vice-chairs to talk about the questions and the p0551bllltles. Chair Jacobs asked if the Board was interested in having the staff do a review of the design of the schools. The Board agreed not to discuss cutting back the size of the structures, but to look at the cause of the cost overruns. Personnel Director Elaine Holmes continued with the presentation. Temporary Personnel and Overtime Update ^ During budget work sessions last spring, Board directed staff to report on County's recent experience with overtime and temporary personnel expenditures ^ Specific areas included: . Needs/issues leading to use of overtime and temporary wages . How costs are justified and approved . Reasons for increases . Comparison to other staffing approaches Overtime Expenditures All Funds (chart} Temporary Wage Expenditures All Funds (chart} Reasons for Increases ^ Most of increase in 2003-04 attributed to transfer of Emergency Transportation function from Orange County Rescue Squad to County's Emergency Management Department effective July 1, 2003 ^ Accounted for about 80°~ of temporary wage increase ^ And about 50% of overtime increase ^ Prior to transfer, Emergency Transportation expenditures budgeted and paid through contract with Rescue Squad ^ Expenditures for Emergency Transportation in 2003-04 were within the amount budgeted