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Commissioner Halkiotis said that it might be good to plan on a transfer hookup for a passible micro-turbine machine in design of buildings. g. Report on Proposed Amendments to Regulated Recyclable Material Ordinance Chair Jacobs said that at agenda review they talked about having a little more of an explanation of the issue. Since no Commissioner had a chance to look at this, there is no point in spending time on this now. There needs to be a more detailed explanation. The Board took a break for dinner at this time. 2. Budget/Capital Investment Plan (CIP) Drivers Discussion John Link said that they are trying to be in step as they pull together the operating and capital budgets. They have had two informal committee budget discussions -one with the Chair and the Vice-Chair and one with Commissioner Halkiotis and Commissioner Foushee. These are reasonable items that will need to be addressed aver the next two fiscal years. Budget Director Donna Dean made reference to the darker shaded areas. On raw 12, which is on page 2 of 5, they removed the hiring delay. They are currently at a 120-day hiring delay and they are looking at a savings of $900,000+ for the current year. If they phase in the removal of the hiring delay over two years there would be a $450,000 savings. Donna Dean then made reference to row 13, which is restoring the two cents back to the schools' recurring capital and the County's long-range capital, and it would be $2.4 million. Rows 14 and 15 are broken out to show the Pay Plan and Employee Benefits pieces. Row 24 speaks to $1.5 million for Efland/Buckhorn Community Water and Sewer. Chair Jacobs asked about rows 17-23 that were left blank. Donna Dean said that these final numbers are due next week. Assistant County Manager Gwen Harvey said that she spoke with Judy Truitt of OPC Mental Health and they are expecting to make a request to the County for the same amount as they got last year, which is about $1.4 million, with a small adjustment. Chair Jacobs asked about the mental health transition and if this was already budgeted or if it was additional new money. Gwen Harvey said that this is the continuation of funding for OPC. Commissioner Carey reiterated that the OPC Board has not discussed the budget yet. John Link said that what is unknown is to what extent there could be services that the State no longer funds and the County chooses to fund them. Craig Benedict made reference to row 20 -Employees' Transportation/Courthouse Shuttle -and said that AI Terry with OPT and Karen Lincoln from Planning have been working on what a shuttle would cost for downtown Hillsborough. It is estimated to cast $250,000. This includes employees, operating expenses, and gas, but does not include the purchase of new OPT buses. This would be an interim program for employee transportation. It would also not include the Durham Tech park-and-ride lot. Commissioner Gordon said that the Board has not really talked the employee transportation plan through. John Link assured the Board that any of the items that are discretionary an the part of the County Commissioners are simply put down to give an idea of the costs.