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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 limb health community. He said there are a lot of alternatives to incarceration. He said he hopes that when this comes forward to the Commissioners it will have some positive impact on the jail population. Chair Jacobs said the Board will be getting more refined numbers, and that is part of what the consultant is hired to do. Commissioner Gordon thanked Sheriff Pendergrass for being creative financially over the years in defraying their expenses. She thanked him for his service over the years. Paul Laughton referred to said Attachment D, which shows the impact the scenarios of Attachment A, B, and C and how the debt service is affected. He said out to year 5, the County was at 14.42 percent debt service as a percent of general fund budget. He said these new scenarios decrease that slightly to 14.35 percent. He said staff will update the debt service for the June 10 meeting to reflect the items approved on May 8t" related to the community center. He said there will also be an update to the debt service related to the article 46 sales tax. He said the manager's recommended operating budget has increased a bit, and this raises the debt capacity, which is 15 percent of the operating budget. Clarence Grier said the manager's recommended budget will increase substantially and the debt capacity will go up approximately $2.8 million. He said the total additional amount of debt that can be issued this year is approximately $18.4 million. He said the possible bond referendum would get them closer to the affordability mentioned at the Board retreat, without a tax increase. Paul Laughton said there were two other issues that came up and they are included in the packet. He said Attachment E on page 17 shows the debt service on the Sportsplex, as requested by Commissioner Gordon. He said Attachment F provides information on County wireless access. Commissioner McKee asked if staff is factoring in the possible increase in interest rates on the debt service. Paul Laughton said yes. Clarence Grier said he is hopeful that the County's interest rates would stay the same or go lower over the next 5 or 6 years. Commissioner Gordon said the CHCCS sent out a memo on April 22nd to request $750,000 to start working on planning for renovation projects, in advance of the possible bond referendum. She said if this works out, it could delay building a new school. She would like to see a scenario to show how this could be incorporated. Commissioner Gordon said she would like to know what it would cost to allow people to access one agenda item at a time instead of downloading the entire agenda packet. Commissioner Gordon asked if roll carts have been purchased for rural areas. Michael Talbert said these have not been purchased, and they are in the proposed budget. He said these have been scaled down to 7000 roll carts instead of 13,000. Commissioner Gordon said the Eubanks Road Center is included in the Solid Waste Convenience Center (SWCC) cost, and she asked if this is capital cost or operating cost. Michael Talbert said it would be both. He said the renovation costs have gone up to $2.2 million and the debt service would be factored into the operating cost. Commissioner Gordon said if the County is talking with their partners about all of the solid waste issues, she wonders if they should they hold back on committing to renovations to the Eubanks SWCC until these conversations are done. Michael Talbert said the manager's recommendation is to go ahead and move forward. He said the improvements at Walnut Grove have made it much more popular and efficient. He said the Eubanks Road facility is small and outdated, and the closing of the landfill has made it necessary to fill this gap.