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Michael Talbert said the $64,000 will be included in the mark up, as part of the budget that will immediately go to social services. He suggested that Nancy Coston and other departments come back after the summer to give an update on the impacts of the state budget. Chair Jacobs asked if the Board can authorize the manager to approve allocations within his purview over this summer, after consultation with the chair/vice chair, to fund programs that may be cut by the state. Clarence Grier said there is still $350,000 that can be put into the social justice reserve for contingency items over the summer. Chair Jacobs said the Board agreed by consensus. Paul Laughton said there is already $100,000 in the social justice fund and this would bring it to $450,000. Decision Point 2 County Fee Schedule Decisions Clarence Grier said there are only two fees that will change: 1) $59 will be eliminated for rural recycling, as well as the $19 for multi-family service, and 2) there is a change in the estimated Mebane rates for the Efland Water Sewer System, as Mebane has decided not to increase rates. Commissioner Gordon said she would like to remind the Board that there was discussion about changing the solid waste convenience center (SWCC) fee. Chair Jacobs said he and Michael Talbert wrote to the towns and no response has been received so far. Commissioner Gordon said the question is whether to change the SWCC fee this year or wait until the advisory group meets. Chair Jacobs said there will be a discussion on property taxes in the next item, and this might have a bearing on whether to raise the fee. He said there is also a difference of opinion regarding whether fees are the way to pay this. He said the fees would be larger than the impact of the property tax, which would magnify the changes. He suggested waiting for feedback and discussion with the towns. Commissioner McKee said this is part of a larger discussion, and he would prefer to wait until the towns weigh in. Commissioner porosin said he is opposed to raising the fees; but he would support eliminating the fees and having the costs covered by the general fund. Commissioner Pelissier said the Board should not do anymore piece meal decision making, and she would defer making a decision about fees at this point. Commissioner Price said the inspection fees are going up 40 percent, and asked for an explanation of this. Craig Benedict said the fees are going up from $38 to $50, which is about 20 percent. He said there was discussion in 2006 about raising fees incrementally by about 10 percent each year. He said this was frozen in 2008, and a recent study showed the rate of$50 to be a reasonable rate. He said this increase is an effort to catch up. Commissioner Price said some of the fees are going up more than 20 percent. Craig Benedict said some of the higher rates are commercial rates, and these are not residential rates. Decision Point 3 Funding for Chapel Hill - Carrboro City Schools and Orange County Schools Clarence Grier referred to the gold sheet regarding unassigned fund balance. He said the expected total revenues at the end of the fiscal year are $192,957,950, and total