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11 <br /> 1 Commissioner Pelissier thanked the Manager for looking at the holistic picture. <br /> 2 Commissioner Pelissier asked if the Library Services' budget adequately reflects the <br /> 3 Library Services' adopted strategic plan. <br /> 4 Lucinda Munger said the 4 priorities were considered, and in some areas items have <br /> 5 already been completed. She said the focus is on collection replacements, technology and <br /> 6 community relations. <br /> 7 Commissioner Burroughs asked if a-books have any limits in their usage. <br /> 8 Lucinda Munger said a-books do not wear out physically, but the vendor contracts call <br /> 9 for them to expire after a certain number of uses. She said this typically happens after 26 uses. <br /> 10 Commissioner Price asked if a-books are typically for adults or children. <br /> 11 Lucinda Munger said most are for adults. She said the collection for children is growing <br /> 12 slowly. <br /> 13 Commissioner Price asked if there has been an increase in adult usage of the library. <br /> 14 Lucinda Munger said yes, and it is increasing every year. <br /> 15 Commissioner Jacobs said when there is a Southern Branch Library it will be a <br /> 16 consolidation of two existing services and asked if there are available staff, resources, <br /> 17 computers etc, that could move to a new facility. <br /> 18 Lucinda Munger said this has been considered. She said if a Southern Branch opened <br /> 19 tomorrow, 1.75 staff members, 3000 adult materials, and 9 computers would go to the new <br /> 20 facility. She said no furniture would go. <br /> 21 <br /> 22 Animal Services, Pg. 57 (including fee schedule change requests, Pg. 485) <br /> 23 <br /> 24 Darrell Butts reviewed the following information: <br /> 25 Animal Services: Administration and Programs <br /> 26 Budget Highlights <br /> 27 ■ The FY15-16 Manager Recommended Budget significantly offsets departmental operating <br /> 28 costs with revenues from shelter services, animal control contracts, pet licensing and other <br /> 29 streams budgeted in the amount of$661,418. <br /> 30 ■ The FY15-16 Manager Recommended Budget completes the process of achieving full cost <br /> 31 recovery for animal control services from the Towns of Hillsborough, Chapel Hill and Carrboro <br /> 32 that Animal Services provides under agreement with budgeted revenues totaling $218,218. <br /> 33 ■ The FY15-16 Manager Recommended Budget decreases the operating budget for the <br /> 34 Community Spay Neuter Program from $66,350 to $64,150 given a reduction in <br /> 35 reimbursements received from the NC Spay/Neuter Reimbursement Program; using $5,500 in <br /> 36 donations from the Orange County Community Fund to support this program. <br /> 37 <br /> 38 Animal Services: Animal Shelter Division <br /> 39 Budget Highlights <br /> 40 ■ The FY15-16 Manager Recommended Budget uses donated funds for medical care from <br /> 41 the Orange County Community Giving Fund to support additional veterinary services and to <br /> 42 treat one or more specific health conditions previously limiting the adoptability of cats and dogs. <br /> 43 ■ The FY15-16 Manager Recommended Budget includes a more flexible and discretionary <br /> 44 fee schedule for adoptable animals in order to remain highly competitive in the regional <br /> 45 marketplace and place as many adoptable animals as possible in a revenue neutral manner. <br /> 46 <br /> 47 Animal Services: Animal Control & Protection Division <br /> 48 Budget Highlights <br />