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22 <br /> Slide #36 <br /> Support Services <br /> • Asset Management Services—page 74 <br /> • Total expenditure budget-$5,160,735 <br /> -Decrease in net County coats of$240,362 cunparedm Bees Budget <br /> • Recommended Budget Changes <br /> -$24,762 rsduc7cnm Temporary PsrsannM end OpemingAccounts <br /> -$B4,aN rweeae lncn► for rem rM Ncnlwm Campus <br /> a Now EAChouessllEDAand NC Forestry <br /> -T.15.898 decrease in rent expenses as Parke Opmaii-A-to NmMere <br /> l:ampue <br /> -$104.261 decrease in utility and operadg costs <br /> -510,672reduc6ann cleaning contracts and operating accounts <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> =i h PTI I CARCILINA <br /> Slide #37 <br /> Support Services <br /> • Asset Management Services—page 74 <br /> Facility Operating Costs per Square <br /> Foot <br /> s.o um <br /> aim <br /> s <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> =5 NOR71 I CARCILIN.i <br /> Commissioner Hamilton said the decrease in utility and operating costs seems to be <br /> based on the recent experience of decreased operations, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She <br /> asked if the County will still have decreases if the economy gets back to normal. She asked if <br /> there is a chance the costs will go back up. <br /> Travis Myren said the County is going through an analysis of what a return to work looks <br /> like. He said he does not anticipate offices being as densely populated as they have been in <br /> the past. He said there will be a survey to determine staff preferences, productivity and <br /> efficiency and flexibility during the COVID-19 pandemic. He said he expects a hybrid work <br /> model to continue. <br /> Commissioner Hamilton said at a recent meeting at the Chamber of Commerce there <br /> are many companies trying to determine if they will return to the office or continue working in a <br /> hybrid fashion. <br /> Travis Myren said personal mileage will also decrease due to a ongoing hybrid work <br /> environment moving forward. <br /> Commissioner Bedford thanked Steve Arndt, Asset Management Services (AMS) <br /> Director, and his staff for their efforts to keep staff and public safe during the pandemic. She <br /> said there was a lot of work to be done so the public could have some interaction and <br /> employees could stay safe. <br />