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13 1 Cheryl Young said staff does keep up with turnover data and patterns are noted. She 2 said there are some positions that have a higher turnover. She said the economy is improving 3 and thus some positions are leaving for higher pay. 4 Chair Jacobs said he would like to see that data. 5 Cheryl Young said she can provide that information. 6 Michael Talbert said the recruitment and hiring process has been improved, and the 7 staff is within one or two positions of being full. 8 Chair Jacobs said it would be helpful to see areas of greatest turnover. 9 Commissioner Pelissier asked if exit interviews are done with employees. 10 Cheryl Young answered yes. 11 12 Solid Waste Department, Pg. 420 (Including fee schedule change requests, Pg. 508 13 and Non-Departmental Items, Pg.344) 14 Darrell Butts said some information is out of date due to changes made earlier tonight. 15 Darrell Butts said the net change is a total decrease of$333,000. He said this is largely 16 within operations and capital outlay. He said there is one non-departmental item for this 17 department, and this is the County general fund contribution to sanitation, which is a decrease 18 of$12,593 in this budget. He said the largest drivers are the landfill closure, recycling, and 19 vehicles. He said the sanitation department has a large $2.4 million project for the construction 20 of the improved Eubanks solid waste convenience center. He noted that tipping fees have 21 gone up by $2. 22 He said the fee schedule is no longer valid. 23 Commissioner McKee asked how the capital outlay of$2.42 million for the Eubanks 24 Solid Waste improvements is being paid for. 25 Gayle Wilson said this will be paid for through debt service. 26 Commissioner McKee said he is starting to question whether to move forward with 27 Eubanks renovations before there is a solid waste and transfer station plan in place with the 28 town partners. He questioned whether it might make sense to site a transfer station adjacent or 29 on the same site as a convenience center. He wonders if there might be a savings in the 30 current year. 31 Gayle Wilson said it would depend on which transportation site he is talking about. He 32 said the site most recently discussed by Chapel Hill would not have enough space to co-locate 33 a convenience center. 34 Commissioner McKee asked if there would be a savings and money in the general fund 35 to re-allocate if the County did not go forward with the convenience center renovation. 36 Gayle Wilson said the money has already been borrowed, and the debt service is 37 obligated. He said no operating costs for the new Eubanks center were included in next year's 38 budget. He said there really are not any expenditures factored in related to convenience center 39 operations. 40 Commissioner Rich asked about the increase in tipping fees. 41 Darryl Butts said this increase is $2 per time from the 2013-14 year to the 2014-15 year. 42 Commissioner Rich asked about the original contract with Durham. 43 Gayle Wilson said this is a 5 year contract, and Orange County pays the prevailing 44 tipping fee, which will go up in July. 45 Commissioner Rich asked how often the tipping fee increases. 46 Gayle Wilson said this typically happened once a year, and $2 is not an unusual 47 amount. 48 Commissioner Gordon asked for the current schedule for the convenience center 49 construction.