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Commissioner Jacobs made reference to Freedom House and suggested giving the <br /> extra $1,000 that it had requested. <br /> Gwen Harvey said that this is a public document and is on the website. There have <br /> been no queries about the rating system for outside agencies. <br /> 4. Non-Departmentals <br /> Paul Laughton said that this is an opportunity for the Board of Commissioners to ask <br /> questions about this line item, which is on page 164. The non-departmental budget is <br /> structured by functional areas. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs asked about the status of setting up the payment-in-lieu system <br /> to more robustly collect these fees for the parks. <br /> Director of Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreation (DEAPR) Director Dave <br /> Stancil said that he will be bringing this information later in June. The timeline is early next <br /> year for this payment-in-lieu system. <br /> Commissioner McKee made reference to the letter from Judge Buckner about <br /> courthouse facilities and the need for audiovisual. He asked where that would fall. <br /> Frank Clifton said that there is a Board of County Commissioners Contingency as an <br /> option and there will have to be an analysis of the requests first and then staff will decide <br /> where it goes in the budget. <br /> Commissioner Yuhasz said that there is not a lot of wi-fi access in the court facilities or <br /> District Attorney's office and he would like to know what it would cost to supply wi-fi in these <br /> areas. <br /> Clarence Grier said that he just did a contract to update the wi-fi for all County facilities <br /> and they can add the court facilities. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs asked about the Triangle Sportsplex and the $41,000 for <br /> membership. He said that this seems like a great investment for a low amount of money for <br /> the employees' health. <br /> 5. Discussion of County Department's FY2012-13 Budqet Requests <br /> • Library <br /> Library Services Director Lucinda Munger said that in response to a request from <br /> Commissioner Jacobs, she came up with some figures for increasing the library hours from 60 <br /> to 68. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs said that he wanted to see additional hours at the central library <br /> because the branch library in the northern part of the County was closed. <br /> Commissioner Hemminger said that she wants additional hours, but adding non- <br /> permanent employees concerns her. <br /> • Aging <br /> Lisa Henty made reference to page 32. The total expenditures for the budget this year <br /> are just over $1.4 million. This is a small increase of$17,000. This budget continues the <br /> $10,000 reduction in the RSVP program that happened this year. <br /> Chair Pelissier asked about the decrease in RSVP and Janice Tyler said that they cut <br /> out volunteer travel and Aging is raising its own funds for the RSVP event that was held this <br /> week. <br /> Commissioner Yuhasz asked about the meals program and Janice Tyler said that they <br /> are serving approximately 138 meals a day at the senior centers. Additional funds are needed <br />