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Commissioner Gordon said that this is confusing and Chair Jacobs said that OCS is giving the County about $30,000 per position and the County is supplementing half. Commissioner Gordon asked about the two new positions and if there would be any offsetting revenues from OCS and the Sheriff said that he did not know if OCS would be contributing far these two positions. Commissioner Halkiotis said that his purpose in asking this was to have the OCS acknowledge that the Sheriff is providing a service that is coming through County government. Commissioner Carey asked if the County was getting any money and the Sheriff said that the school systems get a ratio of funding for programs in the Safe Schools program. They will be presumably be getting more money for opening the new middle school but the funding will be coming out of the Sheriff's budget. Chair Jacobs asked if the Partnership Academy needs its own officer and the Sheriff said yes because these are kids that have been suspended from Schaal because of criminal behavior. Category 6 is New Positions to Improve Service Delivery. Chair Jacobs asked about the figures of haw much the County is supplying to the State in fees for inspections. Health Director Rosemary Summers said that each restaurant pays a $50 inspection fee each year to the State. Orange County gets about half of that back. There are about 300 restaurants, which is about $15,000 and Orange County gets $7,500 back. If they reach 100% compliance in the on-time inspection rate, it would go up to about $10,000. Commissioner Carey asked about this Foad Inspections position and Rosemary Summers said that in this County our restaurants turn over frequently, so that requires a higher level of attention from Environmental Health Specialists. The total number of inspections is increasing, but beyond that they have not been able to maintain 100°l0 compliance rate. They would like to achieve this. They believe that one inspector would get them up to 100% compliance. They also need a supervisor because they are lacking in quality assurance. Regarding EMS, Chair Jacobs asked about the status of the study that was promised in April. EMS Director Jack Ball said that he spoke with the Sage Company last week and they had some problems meeting with one of the rescue squads. They hope to get a preliminary report this week to the Board of County Commissioners. Commissioner Halkiotis asked Donna Dean-Coffey about paramedics and how much overtime and temporary funds have been given to EMS and Jack Ball said about $400-500,000. Donna Dean-Coffey said that it was closer to $500,000. Jack Ball said that this request is part of a long-term request for the whole division (paramedics, fire marshal, and transport) and they believe that it will be in line with the study. He said that the demand for service is outreaching their capability at this time. He said that North Carolina is rated 9th in the nation for population increase, and Orange County is 23~d out of 100 counties. In the region, only Wake County and Chatham have a higher increase in population than Orange County. Commissioner Halkiotis asked Donna Dean-Coffey what was generated last year for fire inspections and Fire Marshal Mike Tapp said $13,000. Commissioner Halkiotis asked about the biggest facility that they inspect and Mike Tapp said the mill in Mebane and he estimated that this would be $75-80. Donna Dean-Coffey said that the schools are the biggest user and they do not pay any fees. Commissioner Carey asked about the Assistant Fire Marshal position and the offsetting revenue of $7,000. He asked about the workload for inspections that indicates the need for an Assistant Fire Marshal.