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9 1 $170,000 in the current year. He will be meeting with Tara Fikes on this, so the Board 2 might see a change on this when the CIP is presented on March 11. 3 4 Paul Laughton explained in more detail the allocations to Special Revenue Fund 5 projects on page 10 of the retreat agenda packets. He said to date the County has 6 collected about $4.2 million in Article 46 sales tax revenue and spent about $1.1 million 7 for schools and economic development. CHCCS has their funding going to technology 8 and repairs identified in their assessment of older facility needs. OCS has allocated its 9 funds for their One to One initiative for laptops. Total Article 46 funding budgeted for 10 2014-15 is about $2.7 million. Paul thinks staff may need to come back to the Board at 11 some point to reconsider the percentages allocated to make sure there are enough 12 allocations to cover debt service. 13 14 Commissioner Dorosin inquired about the small business investment grant line item and 15 how that differs from incentives. 16 17 Commissioner McKee says there will be a meeting next week — he will get a printout 18 regarding what has been going on. Paul Laughton said nothing has been spent on 19 business investment grants and no Article 46 funds have been spent for small business 20 loans either. Paul will get the definitions of these to Commissioner Dorosin. 21 22 Given time constraints for this agenda item, the Board agreed to go through the rest of 23 capital projects by exception, dealing only with projects about which they have questions 24 25 In response to a question from Commissioner Price, Chair Jacobs explained how the 26 Board had adopted a policy based on recommendations from Economic Development 27 Director Steve Brantley about how Article 46 proceeds might be divided up into various 28 pots. Paul Laughton cited various percentages or percentage ranges approved by the 29 Board, with the largest being 60% allocated for debt service. 30 31 Commissioner Rich asked what, if any, are the procedures for having a long term plan 32 for solid waste. It seemed that they discuss solid waste on an ad hoc basis, a little bit at 33 a time. She said they will do an injustice financially to the County if they don't think 34 about it long term. 35 36 Paul Laughton said each area has a breakdown each year where improvements are to 37 be and the funding allocated, for example for solid waste convenience center 38 improvements. The Sanitation portion has a good plan for improvements, for example 39 for large pieces of equipment. Recycling improvements depend on policy decisions 40 remaining to be made. 41 42 Commissioner Rich said she is thinking about the future and different ways to handle 43 trash. 44 45 Michael Talbert said they do not have a strategic plan for solid waste. They continue to 46 meet to examine new technologies. They closed the landfill a year ago and the interlocal 47 agreement essentially lapsed at that point. They are trying to reinitiate that with their 48 recycling efforts. There is not a master plan on what to do with solid waste in 5-10 years. 49 They will continue to look at options. Right now, everything is going through Durham as 50 the Board approved. That is a temporary short term solution —there is no long term 51 solution. He thinks they are probably not going to site a new landfill. 52 53 Chair Jacobs said the managers are trying to work on a 5 year plan to work together. A 54 strategic plan is predicated on having partners first. The Board asked the Manager and