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they are talking about an increase of almost the magnitude that was what our adapted budget includes. He emphasized that they are not here requesting anything tonight but it is going to be a challenge that they will be facing within the next couple of months that was not anticipated. Commissioner Jacobs asked that Superintendent Pedersen include this information with the other information requested by the Board of County Commissioners. Chair Carey asked whom the Governor was talking with about how he is going to allocate this money. Superintendent Pedersen said the liaison had mentioned that we are least competitive at the low end of the salary range that will actually cost us mare money. Lisa Stuckey said that she talked to the Executive Director of the state BOE about this issue and asked if our legislators did not understand the impact of these late decisions and was told that all associations had asked the legislature to finish up their budgets earlier. Chair Carey said that the last item was a matter that the OCS BOE had asked the Board of Commissioners to consider. The CHCCS Board members are welcome stay if they wish. Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education members may adjourn at this point; the Orange County Board of Education has requested that the Board of Commissioners remain to discuss one additional matter Nick Didow said that he, Jamezetta Bedford and Mike Kelly would stay for this discussion. 2. CountylOCS Matter- Middle School #3 Infrastructure Issues Chair Carey said that this section is to address infrastructure casts with the OCS's third middle school. He welcomed Scott Gardner who is the representative far Duke Power Company Superintendent Carraway said she had sent a letter to everyone about the three options related to getting power to Middle School #3. She asked Dr. George McFarley, Associate Superintendent for Support Services for Orange County Schools, to explain. Dr. McFarley said there are several concerns they have with the power issue with Middle School #3. It lies in the Duke Power's service area. (Dr. McFarley painted out an the map the location of the lift station at the request of Commissioner Halkiotis.) The lift station is in Piedmont Electric's service area. Before the school construction began, there was a residence located in this area and Duke Power serviced it. The issue with Piedmont providing power just to the lift station is that it is not economically feasible to bring three-phase power up to this point with that being the only customer. So Piedmont has relinquished that lift station to Duke Power to provide power not only to the lift station but also to the school. Duke Power is requiring that the school district grant them easement not only for bringing electricity onto the school site but also to get it out to West Ten Road. So he said that they are going to talk about some of the options that we have entertained, but that is the big issue. Chair Carey asked where the three phase line currently ended. Scott Gardner pointed out that the three-phase line currently ends off the map. The three-phase line comes across I-8511-40 and the overhead service aver I-40 and dips and serves the DOT Weigh Station. Duke Power would from that point extend the three phase facilities south along their 44K Valt transmission line and then on to this next site and at that point go along the edge of Orange County School's property and come onto the property. Commissioner Gordon asked about the total easement path. Scott Gardner said that the easement path to get to the dip hole which is Duke Power's Option 1 (Dr. McFarley reminded Mr. Gardner that Duke Power's Option 1 was not OCS number