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Commissioner Rich asked if a new interlocal agreement will be negotiated between Orange County and Chapel Hill. Lucinda Munger said yes. Michael Talbert said the original interlocal agreement was for 3 years. Chair Jacobs noted that part of this agreement was interoperability, and no progress has been made. Lucinda Munger said the last time the elected officials work group met was in December 2013. She reviewed some of these meeting outcomes, and said she can send a summary of that meeting to the Board of County Commissioners again. Lucinda Munger said the state library is actively working toward and funding for libraries to have one library card for the entire state. She said there is no downside to the sharing of materials between libraries. Commissioner McKee said if things don't move forward with regard to interoperability, he would propose reducing the contribution to the Chapel Hill Library next budget season. Commissioner porosin questioned why there is difficulty with this. Chair Jacobs said it is a combination of things. He said the Friends of the Chapel Hill Library put a lot of money into purchasing books that they do not want circulated outside of the Chapel Hill Library system; some people think it is too difficult to differentiate what should be circulated; and some of it is that one side is content with things the way they are, while the other side is not. He said the County collection is considered inferior by some people involved. He said there is another negotiation in November. He said the circulation issues seem to be an IT issue. Lucinda Munger said the technology is no longer the obstacle, as there is a product available that will allow the two systems to communicate. Chair Jacobs said the Carrboro library will potentially siphon off many of the County users of the Chapel Hill library, and this may also reduce the amount of funding to Chapel Hill. Commissioner porosin said if there is no progress, then the two should go their separate ways. • Planning and Inspections, OPT and Efland Sewer, Pg. 380 (including Fee Schedule change requests, Pg. 490 and Non-Departmental Items, Pg. 346) Darryl Butts noted the change to Efland Sewer on page 490. He said the requested rate change has been cancelled and the rate will stay at the current year amount. He said the fee schedule needs to be adjusted. Darryl Butts said there is a net County increase of$70,000 in the general fund for 2014-15. He said the expenditure increase is $255,000 and there is a revenue increase of $186,000. He said the Planning Division has a $21,000 item increase, primarily within salaries, but Orange Public Transportation is the main budget driver. He reviewed points from the following budget highlights: Administrative Division Budget Highlights Budget Highlights • The FY14-15 Manager Recommended Budget includes $3,380 in Capital Outlay; the funds are within the IT Equipment account and are for the purchase of a portable printer, a Trimble GEO GPS system, and ARCPAD software.