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Blackman said that this bill as introduced would not pre-empt the County, and she does not believe that they were negatively impacted at this time. Willie Best said that there is an issue as to whether the towers will be allowed to be continually placed around certain areas because of citizen concerns. Geaf Gledhill said that this bill talks about creating a streamlined permit approval process for co-location of wireless devices. Commissioner Gordon made reference to page 4 of 16 and the changes to the way landfills are regulated. She said that staff needs to pay careful attention to this item. Laura Blackman said that she believes that Orange Caunty is only impacted by the $2lton statewide tipping fee. Commissioner Gordon asked about the rules for the inactive hazardous clean up fund. She said that she would be interested in how this affects Orange County eventually. Laura Blackmon said that the rules have not been determined yet. The Solid Waste Director is involved and up to date an this. Geof Gledhill said that the other hidden cost of the $21per tan is that these new permitting requirements will make the landfill that Orange Caunty transfers to very expensive and mare than what had been anticipated. Laura Blackmon said that as the County Commissioners read through all of these priorities, that they could email her if they have any questions. • Medicaid Relief/Sales Tax Swap o Reference: Attachment 4-6 -Medicaid RelieflSales Tax Swap Staff Analysis Laura Blackmon went through this document. Section 1 is the amount of money the County is expecting over the next five years. This is a three-year implementation plan, with the State assuming 100°~ of the Medicaid costs after three years. Donna Coffey said that these are State estimates as of right now, and it could be more depending an how the expenditures increase. Laura Blackmon made reference to Line 5 and that the public school building funds will be reduced this year by $457,024. Line 7 is the loss of Article 44 Local Sales Tax and the State will take %4 cent beginning October 1St. By October 2009 the County will have lost 100°~ of this sales tax. Line 10 is that the County has to hold the municipalities harmless for the loss in sales tax. Donna Coffey said that when the County starts holding the towns harmless the County's article 39 proceeds will decrease. Line 11 shows the net impact of this Medicaid RelieflTax Swap analysis. Commissioner Jacobs asked if the summary is that the County has perhaps the same pool of funds as if it had enacted a %4-cent sales tax or a .4 transfer tax, but from that more money will have to be subtracted. Laura Blackmon said that in 2010 the State will assume $6 million in Medicaid, but the County will be paying out $10 million in loss of revenue because of the sales tax. If the land transfer tax is passed, then the County will only lose $300,000. The County will suffer most the first year because of the public school building fund monies being taken away, and there is a