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Commissioner Jacobs made reference to the three-year strategic plan and the southwest branch library and that it would be obsolete. He asked if the strategic plan would look at the future of library service and how that will fit. Lucinda Munger said that the consultant will be assisting staff to address this issue. • Solid Waste (including Fee Schedule change requests) This was on page 234. The expenditure totals are $14.9 million, which is an increase of$2.6 million. Much of the increase is due to landfill closure costs. Also, the general fund contribution to sanitation is almost $1.6 million, which is a slight decrease of$23,600 from the prior year. The recycling division saw some decreases in curbside and food waste composting contractual agreements and there will be some improvements at the High Rock Road Convenience Center with a target completion date of July 2013. There are some fee schedule changes on page 239. Solid Waste Director Gayle Wilson said that this next year will be the last year of revenue received for the jointly owned portion of the Greene Tract. The County, Carrboro, and Chapel Hill will make the last payment in 2012-13. He said that Orange County again leads the State in waste reduction, but the percentage remains at 56%. Commissioner Jacobs asked about citizens paying for and getting less of a full serving of mulch because the full scoop is too much for some vehicles. Gayle Wilson will look into this. Commissioner McKee suggested delaying the next Solid Waste Convenience Center (SWCC) upgrade until the Walnut Grove Church Road site is up and running. Gayle Wilson said that there will be a gap between the completion of the Walnut Grove site and construction on the next site. The timing is up to the Board. Commissioner Hemminger asked about the estimated costs for cleaning up the small illegal dump sites and Frank Clifton said that it is in a reserve fund in the amount of$50,000. There is also a line item in the budget for Rogers Road mediation. • Tax Administration This was on page 245. The total budget is $2.4 million, which is an increase of $83,000 over this year. There are a couple of positions for next year. Approximately $180,000 needs to be kept in the revaluation fund budget for next year. The $350,000 savings is coming from a transfer from the General Fund. Tax Administrator Jenks Crayton spoke about the software that was giving lots of problems. He thinks that the company will remedy the shortcomings. Property taxation is a moving target and things have to be changed a lot. • Information Technologies This was on page 156. The total expenditure budget is $2.2 million. This is an increase of$87,000. There is an increase in operations of$68,000, which is due to an increase of$13,000 for software and licensing fees and an increase of$60,000 for new applications that have been implemented. Chief Information Officer Todd Jones said that this budget is similar to the current fiscal year. There are also some standards for managing credit card data and costs associated with that.