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15 1 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Rich to 2 approve the remaining items on the consent agenda. 3 4 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 5 6 • Discussion and Approval of the Items Removed from the Consent Agenda 7 8 9 b. Fiscal Year 2013-14 Budqet Amendment#8 10 The Board considered approving budget ordinance amendments for fiscal year 2013-14. 11 Commissioner Gordon referred to section 5, which specifies a Hook-lift truck to be 12 purchased out of the general fund. She would like to change this to say that the truck will be 13 paid for out of the solid waste fund. 14 Commissioner Gordon made a motion, seconded by Commissioner McKee to approve 15 Fiscal Year 2013-14 Budget Amendment#8, with a change stating that the $190,548 Hook-Lift 16 truck on number 5 for solid waste be paid for from the solid waste fund. 17 Clarence Grier said staff had suggested funding through the general fund because the 18 general fund supports sanitation to approximately $1.8 million per year. He said there are 19 sufficient funds to pay for this from the Solid Waste fund if that is the pleasure of the Board. 20 Commissioner Dorosin asked why Commissioner Gordon feels this suggested change is 21 important when the Solid Waste fund is already being used to cover recycling cost. 22 Commissioner Gordon said the Board still has not decided how to do the recycling costs 23 yet. She said she thought there was a long range plan to do everything related to solid waste 24 out of the solid waste enterprise fund instead of the general fund. She thought this transition 25 was already happening, and she feels it should continue. She said the $1.8 million from the 26 general fund was mainly there for historical reasons, and the solid waste convenience center 27 fees were increased to wean off of this dependence. 28 29 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 30 31 d. Housing Rehabilitation Program — N.C. Housing Finance Agency 32 The Board considered adopting the Assistance, Procurement and Disbursement Policies 33 for the 2014 Single Family Housing Rehabilitation Program funded by the N.C. Housing 34 Finance Agency and authorizing the Chair to sign. 35 Commissioner Dorosin said the policy states that $170,000 will be used to do three 36 renovations, and then later on it states that only $45,000 can be spent on each project. He 37 asked if money will be sent back at the end of the program. 38 James Davis said this is a loan pool, and the money covers the entire umbrella of what 39 they can max. He said a certain number of properties must be proposed, but that number can 40 be exceeded. He said properties may require a lesser amount of rehab, and that will allow for 41 more projects than originally proposed. He said there are also change orders that may come 42 in after projects are proposed, so they feel safest with three. 43 Commissioner Dorosin said he thinks, in the policies in d-1, the priority should be a 44 higher number of houses repaired with a lower targeted rate. He said he would rather see them 45 do 10 houses at $17,000 than just 2 or 3 houses that need $45,000 in repairs. He said the 46 Board may need to talk about this policy. 47 Commissioner Dorosin said the program guidelines also talk about prioritizing families 48 with children under age 6. He said Orange County's priority ranking (page 4) does not prioritize 49 families with children in its scoring system. He feels this should be a priority at least equal to 50 the elderly. He is wondering why it is not.