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8 <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Board of Commissioners and Manager <br /> FROM: Alice Gordon <br /> DATE: April 10, 1993 <br /> SUBJECT: Monitoring and Maintenance Assurance Program (M&MA <br /> Program) <br /> Moses has asked me to write down the results of the meeting on the <br /> M&MA program which Verla and -I had not long ago. This memorandum <br /> is written for that purpose. <br /> At our meeting Verla and I agreed that four principles should guide <br /> our decisions on the M&MA program. We also agreed that we needed <br /> to have certain questions answered before we could make our <br /> decisions. After the meeting I thought a little more about the <br /> program and concluded that the decisions could be grouped into five <br /> different areas, so I have used those five areas and the four <br /> principles as a framework for this memorandum. <br /> FOUR PRINCIPLES TO GUIDE OUR DECISIONS <br /> 1. Fiscal responsibility. The program should be implemented in a <br /> fiscally responsible way. For example, fees collected should pay <br /> for county services rendered. The role of performance bonds should <br /> be considered where appropriate. <br /> Questions to be asked for each of the five decision areas given <br /> below: What does the inspection fee cover (employees, materials, <br /> other) ? Why are the same fees charged for all kinds of systems? <br /> Can we really recover all of our own costs? If we do not recover <br /> all costs, when does that occur and what is the reason? What are <br /> the broader fiscal impacts of the M&MA program? (e.g. Does it <br /> encourage residential growth? If so, what is the fiscal impact?) <br /> 2 . Role of local Government. The role of local government should <br /> be minimized. For example, when the county considers new programs, <br /> there should be minimal bureaucracy created. Also, there should be <br /> minimal conflict of interest in internal county functions. <br /> Finally, the county should not take on functions which could be <br /> effectively handled by private enterprise or the state. <br /> Questions to be asked for each of the five decision areas given <br /> below: What is the justification for the inspection frequency? <br />