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review a more extensive list of short-term sustainability initiatives, particularly those that will have impacts for the FY 2005-06 budget, No Attachments d. Longer Term School & County Initiatives Affecting sustainability: Beyond the short term needs, the County must also consider sustainability in the longer term context. A variety of other projects, programs, and other initiatives are likely to have operating budget impacts a couple of years down the road, or beyond, These include start up costs far new schools, County space needs, justice facilities, school funding equity, and the Durham Technical Community College satellite campus, Again, staff will present a more extensive list of these longer-term issues as part of the PowerPoint at the November 15 work session, No Attachments e. Temporary Personnel and Overtime Update: During the .June 2004 budget work sessions, the Board asked staff to bring back more detailed information about expenditures for overtime and temporary personnel. Staff have prepared reports on both of those topics, including narrative and graphic representation, The Personnel Director will provide a brief review of the major findings as part of the overall staff presentation, Attachment E-1: Overtime Costs Report Attachment E-2: Temporary Wage Expenditures f. Likely School Construction Overruns: During the past several months, architects for both school systems have advised the Boards of Education that the current budgets for major school construction projects are likely to be insufficient to build the schools to the currently contemplated designs, Escalating prices for concrete, steel, and fuel, among other factors, have led to estimates that the costs to build OCS Middle School #3 and CHCCS High School #3 are likely to be $6 million to $7 million (combined) higher than the project budgets approved by the BOCC, During the Board's October 25, 2004 work session, there was discussion about the likely project budget shortfalls and about the possibility of reallocating some portion of the $12.8 million in alternative financing currently earmarked in the County's debt issuance schedule for CHCCS Elementary School #10. In light of the apparent slowing of enrollment growth for 2004-05 compared to historical student growth, County and CHCCS staff have since met and reviewed 10-year student projections based on 20~h day CHCCS membership figures, That review indicates that Elementary School #10 is likely to be needed between FY 2006-07 and 2009-10, depending on whether current or revised (ta reflect State K-3 class size reductions) school capacity figures are used, It must be stressed that the staff projections described here are NOT the annual student projection updates that are performed under the Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (SAPFO) machinery by County, schools, and Town staff each year based on actual student membership as of November 15 each year. THOSE projections, which will be calculated during the next month or two, will become the basis for the 2005-15 Capital Investment Plan and will help determine in which academic year new school facilities will be needed to meet the Level of Service (LOS) standards established in the SAPFO machinery.