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15 1 retention, and he would propose another position to address this issue. He said this would be 2 somewhere in the range of $45,000 to $65,000. 3 Steve Brantley agreed that the department has a small staff, and they continue to do the 4 same tasks. He said it is a full time job to do something new, like business retention. 5 Commissioner Rich asked if this proposal is for this budget season. 6 Chair Jacobs said yes. 7 Commissioner Rich and Commissioner Price expressed their support for this. 8 Chair Jacobs said this should be added to the list for Thursday's meeting. 9 Tonya Walton said this position with benefits would be about $78,000. 10 Commissioner Price said the Research Triangle Regional Partnership (RTRP) is 11 changing its bylaws, and dues are being increased from $20,000 to a per capita amount of 12 $41,499 with no cap. She said there may be other options, and this may not provide enough 13 bang for the buck. 14 Steve Brantley said this is a calculated decision, based up review of what the 15 organization has done for the County in the past. He said there was originally no choice in 16 becoming a member; but in recent years the benefit has been marginal, and now dues are 17 doubling with no increase in services. He feels the County can put their money to better use 18 with a program at the Department of Commerce, and this can be done for a third of the price. 19 He said this can be done for one year, and if it does not work they can go back to the RTRP. 20 He referred to the yellow handout. 21 Michael Talbert said he fully supports this, and he noted that all of their leads come from 22 the Chamber of Commerce. 23 Commissioner Price said most of the businesses that come through RTRP are going to 24 Wake and Durham County. She said there are other counties that are contemplating this same 25 decision. 26 Chair Jacobs said he wholeheartedly supports this change. 27 Commissioner Gordon asked what is currently in the budget. 28 Steve Brantley said Friends of North Carolina is in the budget now for $15,000. 29 30 Emergency Services, Pg. 284 31 Darryl Butts said there are two funds at play with Emergency Services. He said the 32 County general fund has a total increase of $525,000, and the E -911 emergency telephone 33 fund has an increase of $301,000. 34 He reviewed some of the following budget highlights: 35 36 Administration Division (including Emergency Management) 37 Budget Highlights 38 • Consistent with the Emergency Services strategic plan, the FY14 -15 Manager Recommended 39 Budget includes full -year funding for a 1.0 FTE Emergency Management Planner. This position 40 has a total personnel cost of $53,914 with additional one -time start -up costs of $4,342. 41 • The FY14 -15 Manager Recommended Budget includes a 0.5 FTE Public Health 42 Preparedness Coordinator that was approved by the BOCC during FY13 -14. This position is a 43 1.0 FTE that is shared between the Health Department and Emergency Services (each is 44 responsible for 0.5 of personnel costs), this was previously a contract position that was shared 45 with Person County but was converted into an Orange County employee. The total cost of the 46 position within the Administration Division is $30,187; the other 50% of the position is allocated 47 in Health (Personal Health Division). 48 • The FY14 -15 Manager Recommended Budget includes an increase of $48,000 in the Motor 49 Pool account for Emergency Services; this increase is due to an increase in the motor vehicle