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10 1 Commissioner Jacobs said he would like to be more aggressive with the food waste 2 issue and asked if the manager could work with staff to look at options sooner than 15 months. 3 He said that UNC may be a good partner. 4 Commissioner Rich asked if Muriel Williman from Solid Waste could come to a meeting 5 to talk to the Board about this issue. 6 7 Library Services, Pg. 321 (Including fee schedule change requests, Pg. 471) 8 9 Christal Sandifer, Budget Management Analyst, reviewed the following information: 10 Budget Highlights 11 The FY15-16 Manager's Recommended Budget includes: 12 ■ Personnel Increase: ($19,895) for temporary personnel, to comply with approved Living 13 Wage and additional 300 hours for research related to addressing families in poverty through 14 literacy and outreach strategies 15 ■ Operations Increase: ($37,024) across multiple areas, in support of strategic plan, including: 16 materials for Cedar Grove Kiosk, advertising projects, Literacy Corner for Youth Services, and 17 e-audio. 18 Christal Sandifer also referenced page 471 and a fee reduction on fines for overdue 19 DVDs, from $1 per day to $.50 per day. She said additionally the sale of flash drives is being 20 proposed at $3 per drive. 21 Commissioner Rich asked if there was an update regarding the creation of a new 22 interlocal agreement that is being created by the Elected Official Work Group. 23 Chair McKee said discussions are still in process with Chapel Hill and thus the County 24 did not add or reduce funding until resolutions are reached. 25 Bonnie Hammersley said the work group directed both Managers to work on a 26 resolution, and this is being done currently in order to bring it back to the work group. 27 Commissioner Rich asked if an increase is anticipated in the future. 28 Bonnie Hammersley said she anticipated that this may happen. 29 Chair McKee said a budget amendment can be made after an agreement is reached. 30 Commissioner Rich said the Commissioners that are not part of the work group are not 31 well kept in the loop about the discussions. 32 Chair McKee said the Board should have been notified that the issue had been turned 33 over to the two Managers. 34 Commissioner Jacobs said said one of the reasons the issue was sent to the Managers 35 was the lack of forward vision and the lack of agreement on terms in the interlocal agreement. 36 Commissioner Jacobs commented that the Board has lost the practice of reporting back 37 to the whole Board on issues and meetings where one or more Board members or the Manager 38 attends. 39 Commissioner Pelissier reminded the Board that the interlocal agreement that was 40 executed a few years ago expires on June 30, 2015 and the Board has made a commitment to 41 work on this agreement. 42 Bonnie Hammersley said the other reason that the two Managers are meeting is 43 because there are a number of agreements that the Town of Chapel Hill and Orange County 44 have, and a way to bring these agreements into both budget discussions is being pursued. 45 Commissioner Jacobs said Cheryl Young found the study that was done in the 1980s in 46 reference to how much people in the corporate and unincorporated areas received, in contrast 47 to every tax dollar paid. He said this study has been discussed at Library Services and at the 48 SWAG. He said it has been agreed upon to conduct an updated version of this study. 49 Commissioner Rich said the study from the 1980s should be shared with Chapel Hill 50 (pages 22-23).