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• Discussion and Approval of the Items Removed from the Consent Agenda 6-c Fiscal Year 2014-15 Budqet Amendment#2 Commissioner Price asked for an explanation of who is paying what to whom. Paul Laughton said Alan Clapp is here from Environmental Health to explain this. He said these fees have not been increased since 2005, and the current fees were only authorized to charge for the cost of the kits and the mailing. He said these are now authorized to do more than that and collect more of the overhead cost. He said this is the reason for a larger increase in the lab fee. Allan Clapp said the increase was a result of the approved state budget authorizing the state lab to recoup their fees commensurate with the new well sample. He said the County cost has increased by $20 just to get the bottle to take the sample. Commissioner Price asked about the $25 fee that is listed. Allan Clapp said that is the fee that is currently charged to the public, and it will go up to $60. A motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner Rich to approve the budget ordinance amendments for fiscal year 2014-15. VOTE: UNANIMOUS 6-i Interlocal Aqreement for the Reimbursement of Expenditures Commissioner Rich thanked John Roberts for helping the Board by reinstating this. She asked if the taxes will be handled the same way the hotel taxes are handled, where some monies go to the Visitors Bureau. John Roberts said these are the occupancy taxes, and the same restrictions will apply. He said these are just occupancy taxes that have not previously been collected by the companies A motion was made by Commissioner Rich, seconded by Commissioner Price to authorize the Chair to execute an agreement with the Towns of Carrboro, Hillsborough, Chapel Hill and various Online Travel Companies ("OTCs") for the collection and remittance of certain occupancy taxes. VOTE: UNANIMOUS 7. Reqular Aqenda a. Community Home Trust Request to Amend Operational Procedures The Board considered approving proposed procedural changes by Community Home Trust. Bonnie Hammersley reviewed the following information as outlined in the abstract: The Community Home Trust (CHT) is an affordable housing provider whose clientele includes first-time homebuyers earning less than 80 percent of the area median income with subsidy from the federal HOME program. In May 2014 CEO Robert Dowling submitted a letter addressed to the Town of Chapel Hill, the Orange County Board of Commissioners and the Orange County HOME Consortium proposing procedural changes to its operations. The proposal addresses two (2) issues: 1. Homebuyers' limited access to financing; and 2. CHT's difficultly in selling homes.