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8 <br /> 1 o Chapel Hill — decrease of$1,092 due to staff cost <br /> 2 o Hillsborough — increase of $10,228 due to call volume and <br /> 3 indirect costs <br /> 4 • Increase in the in-field surrender fee of$15 to $25 <br /> 5 <br /> 6 Commissioner Price asked if the increase in fees will deter people from surrendering <br /> 7 animals. <br /> 8 Bob Marotto said the department works with people to make a payment plan, and the <br /> 9 department would never turn anyone away. <br /> 10 Commissioner Jacobs asked if there is an update on animals that are raised for fighting <br /> 11 purposes. <br /> 12 Bob Marotto said dog and cock fighting is an ongoing issue and battle, and the <br /> 13 department works with partners outside of the County as well. <br /> 14 Commissioner Jacobs asked if this problem has decreased at all. <br /> 15 Bob Marotto said that is unknown and it is an ongoing battle, and he believed more of <br /> 16 this has gone underground. <br /> 17 Bob Marotto said a piece of public art will be added to the Animal Services facility on <br /> 18 June 29th <br /> 19 Travis Myren resumed the PowerPoint presentation: <br /> 20 <br /> 21 • Cooperative Extension, Pg. 101 <br /> 22 • Total expenditure budget - $384,280 <br /> 23 • Loss of Farm to Fork Event (to Chatham County)—expense and revenue <br /> 24 decrease of $24,500 <br /> 25 • Increase hours of an existing administrative support position - $14,437 <br /> 26 <br /> 27 • Department of Environment, Agriculture, and Parks & Recreation (DEAPR), Pg. 122 <br /> 28 • Total expenditure budget - $4,064,865 <br /> 29 • Community Center Reorganization - $56,559 net new funding <br /> 30 • Reallocate funds previously used for Coordinator <br /> 31 • Contracted operations with Neighborhood Associations <br /> 32 • Associations hire Center Coordinator, temporary staff <br /> 33 • Total Community Center appropriation - $260,435 <br /> 34 • Cedar Grove Community Center $89,609 <br /> 35 • Efland Cheeks Community Center $85,881 <br /> 36 • Rogers Road Community Center $84,945 <br /> 37 <br /> 38 Commissioner Price asked if all three community centers should receive an equal <br /> 39 amount of funds. <br /> 40 Travis Myren said all requests were fully funded. <br /> 41 David Stancil, DEAPR Director, said the personnel and recurring capital costs are the <br /> 42 same at all three centers, and the difference arises in the requests for operating costs. <br /> 43 Travis Myren resumed the PowerPoint presentation: <br /> 44 <br /> 45 • Recreation Program Assistant - $50,212 <br /> 46 • Assist with tournament programming at Soccer.com <br /> 47 • Family Success Alliance collaborative work <br /> 48 • Funded by increasing recreation fee revenue projections — <br /> 49 ($64,843) <br /> 50 <br />