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06, Recreation and Parks fees, the Water Resources position {$71,300 for salary and benefits; $2,150 for operating costs, and $2,674 far startup costs). Also included in the package is County capital budget information, pay plans from area employers, submitted memo from Bob Marotto about the proposed spay/neuter fund and differential pet tax increase, caretakers at Blackwood, and the Recreation and Park summer camp and after school programs. Chair Carey said that the Board just received this information tonight and has not had time to review it. If it affects any of the proposals tonight, then the Board will have to come back on Tuesday to make changes. Commissioner Jacobs suggested deferring discussion on CIP items. Chair Carey said that the Board could defer the CIP, and he did not deal with the CIP items in his budget proposal. He said to move forward with operational items for the schools and defer action on the CIP until June 26tH Commissioner Gordon suggested approving just the ones that are necessary and deferring the others until the fall. The County is committed to three of these projects. Chair Carey said to defer even discussion of the CIP until Tuesday, June 26tH The Board agreed. 4. Commissioner Budget Proposals Chair Carey said that there are three proposals on the table tonight for the operating and general fund budget. He said that the proposals from him and Commissioner Jacobs arrived at the same conclusion on the tax rate increase {4.2 cents) and the CHCCS district tax increase (2 cents). Commissioner Gordon said that her proposal is just detail on how to handle the two positions that were decided an last year (Staff attorney and Water Resources Coordinator). She suggested looking at hers and getting it out of the way. Chair Carey suggested deciding on the maximum tax increase first then getting into the details. Commissioner Foushee asked about the differences on these two proposals, since they are so much alike. Commissioner Jacobs said that the Board should discuss the assumptions and imperatives for the two school systems first. He said that both proposals agree with covering the costs in both districts for opening new schools and paying for mandated increases in salary, insurance, and other areas. In his edition, these items total $6.135 million. Then, since the House has proposed capping Medicaid at current levels and claims it will remedy Medicaid as a County responsibility, the County can have a fallback position of $540,000 in Medicaid funds if this comes through. His calculation was that OCS needed $745,000 to open Gravelly Hill and $1,040,000 to cover mandates. CHCCS needed $2,050,000 to cover the opening of Carrboro High and another $2.3 million to cover mandates. Chair Carey said that up to that point, both of the proposals are the same with the same tax rate increase. He said that on the last page of his proposal, there is a listing of the continuing needs of OCS. The difference in the proposals is that his fell short of meeting all of the needs and Commissioner Jacobs' met them. His proposal left $258,000 for OCS to come up with as it deems necessary. For the CHCCS, his proposal left $494,000 unmet. He said that both proposals recommended deferring the policy for a year or two on the use of the lottery proceeds so that there could be $1 million available to the schools next year. Commissioner Jacobs said that his assumption was that the $800,000 in the budget for fair funding is already committed money. In Chair Corey's proposal, it is