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21 1 • The FY14 -15 Manager Recommended Budget includes 2.0 additional FTE, a 1.0 FTE Office 2 Assistant II and a 1.0 FTE Public Transportation Driver, with a total County cost of $90,599 3 (Personnel costs of $84,576, Operating costs of $2,390, and one -time start -up costs of $3,633). 4 These positions are necessary to address service expansion related to the Orange County Bus 5 & Rail Investment Plan. 6 • The FY14 -15 Manager Recommended Budget includes $44,000 in Capital Outlay; these funds 7 are budgeted in the Vehicles account and represent the County's 10% match for buses that will 8 be purchased in FY14 -15. 9 • Ensure all NCDOT funds remain accessible for Orange County. 10 • Develop a bus program consistent with the OCBRIP financial plan for use of the' /2 cent sales 11 tax to serve rural and central Orange County with connections to intra- county and inter - county 12 cities. 13 • In the FY14 -15 Manager Recommended Budget, the Orange Public Transportation division 14 has total revenues of $708,147 which is an increase of $124,797 from FY13 -14. 15 16 Darryl Butts said there are changes in the fee schedule for inspections, as listed on 17 page 490. 18 He referred to the non - departmental items, starting on page 396, and said the biggest 19 change is with the Jordan Lake Partnership dues. He said there is a fairly significant decrease 20 ($49,901), as this is a one -time project. 21 Craig Benedict said this was an engineering study project to do interconnection designs 22 between the different utility providers. 23 Craig Benedict said this year the department had $384,000 more dollars in revenue than 24 expected. He said this indicates that the economy is picking up. He said there was $259,000 in 25 increased expenditures in staffing and operations. He said he is missing some staff and he has 26 had a tough time replacing an erosion control supervisor /engineer position. 27 He is very optimistic about the OPT budget and the implementation of the bus and rail 28 investment plan. He hopes to have the buses running by January of 2015. He said the buses 29 have been leveraged well, and they will be getting $560,000 worth of buses for roughly 30 $40,000. 31 Commissioner Pelissier asked if the half cent sales tax is accounted for separately in the 32 line item details. 33 Craig Benedict said there are separate revenue accounts for tag revenue and half cent 34 sales tax. 35 Chair Jacobs referred to page 388, regarding the erosion control officer II reinstatement. 36 Craig Benedict said he wants to fill the supervisor role first and then have them work 37 toward hiring another erosion control technician. He said this is not in the budget now. He 38 noted that even with depleted staff, the County won a statewide erosion control award. 39 Chair Jacobs asked if the state has a Jordan Lake storm water management program. 40 Craig Benedict said no. He said this is in limbo. He said this legislation is being 41 monitored. 42 43 Social Services, Pg. 405 (including Non - Departmental items, Pg. 364) 44 Tonya Walton said there is a net County cost increase of $381,000, and the main 45 budget drivers for the department are the revenue reductions from the state, which total 46 $270,000. She said the department has seen some state revenue increases, totaling a little 47 over $1 million, in the areas of Medicaid, food stamps, and case management support. She 48 highlighted some of the following personnel changes: 49