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21 1 has been hired to address the dramatic increase in park usage during April- 2 October. 3 4 Recreation Division Budget Highlights: 5 • Participant Insurance: The department will fund participant insurance ($9,000) 6 for all youths, in FY 2013-14. The funds will provide each participant with 7 adequate recreation insurance and a proposed fee increase will offset the cost. 8 • Efland Cheeks: Increased seasonal staff ($3,850) will provide building 9 supervision and program assistance at the Efland Cheeks Community Center for 10 the United Voices of Efland and the Efland Community. 11 12 Soil and Water Conservation Budget Highlights: 13 • No significant budget changes, in FY 2013-14. 14 15 Dave Stancil said the department has accomplished a lot of goals, including 16 resolution of the 10 year dilemma for youth baseball and softball. He said the Eurosport 17 Soccer center continues to see revenue increase. He said there are also talks about 18 making the Efland Cheeks Community Center more accessible. 19 Commissioner Gordon asked where Twin Creeks Park fits into their plans. 20 Dave Stancil said, in the CIP, Twin Creeks Park is beyond the 5 year horizon. 21 He said it is a fairly significant park, and at this time there is funding for road 22 construction; but no funds exist to build any practical segment of the park, other than the 23 greenway. He said this will be looked at again next year; however this is a multi-million 24 dollar project, and a number of things will have to happen to make it work. 25 Commissioner Gordon asked Dave Stancil about the abbreviation of DEAPR and 26 said that it would be a good idea to include the whole department name the first time the 27 department is referenced, before using the abbreviation. 28 Commissioner Dorosin said there was mention of doing more outreach with a 29 survey. He asked what is going to be done to get more diversity. 30 Dave Stancil said the Hispanic, African-American and Asian populations are all 31 under- represented. He said there were a number of surveys sent out to target these 32 groups, and at the end of the day he hopes to have a good, true base of resident 33 opinion. 34 35 Health Department, Pg. 148 (including Fee Schedule change requests, Pg. 36 348 and Non-Departmental items, Pg. 193) 37 Darryl Butts reviewed the following budget highlights: 38 39 Finance and Administrative Services Division Budget Highlights 40 • Facilitated quality improvement projects for different divisions in health 41 department. 42 • Expanded credit card payment acceptance for Personal Health and Dental 43 Clinic clients. 44 • During FY 2012-13, the department hired a Health Informatics Manager and 45 created a Health Informatics section within this division. 46 • The FY 2013-14 Manager Recommended Budget includes increases in 47 Operations for Training($6,433) —to provide additional workforce development 48 opportunities for staff; Contract Services($11,800) — consultation work to 49 support health informatics and data integration in the transition to coding 50 changes in billing and notification to patients, as well as Board of Health 51 strategic planning data analysis; Innovation and Accreditation Projects ($23,700) 52 —these are a continuation of projects started in FY 2012-13 and are paid with 53 Medicaid Maximization funds.