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~ Page 133 Ms. Fearr~gton also reviewed the revenues and debt service for Cabarrus County.]She commented on the reduction in revenues and the increase in debt service.! There was ~iscussion about the County's debt and the continued issuance of certificates ~f participation for financing construction of new schools. It was suggested ithat the Board may wish to look at general obligation bonds for future schoo~ construction as the bonds would be a less expensive method of financing and~a bond referendum would help to gauge the public's support for construction ~rojects. Information TechnOlogy, Ms. Jean ~nnedy, Director of Information Technology Systems (ITS), presented an overview of the ITS budgets, including AdminiStration, Systems and Geographic Idformation Systems. She pointed out that expenditures for ~ei~.unty'. loc~ and long di.tance telephone .ervic, have been real located There was ~iscussion regarding the ~phone trees" in some departments and concerns that{employees are not answering the telephone when they are in the office. Mr. ~Day advised he would address this issue at the next staff meeting. General Services Mr. John P&e, General Services Administrator, bri . ~opo~ed budgetsifor General Services ins · ..... ~y r..~v~ewed the A~minlstratlon sa,... ~= ....... , . lud~.~ ~x~unus ~azntenance, , ~ G~nu, mul~=lng Maintenance, Facility Services and Fleet Maintenance~ In addition, he reviewed the budgets for the Courts, including Adminis~Kation, Building Maintenance and Facility Services. Mr. Page a~so presented a proposal to provide in-house cle ~ervlces for the ~rena and Events Center buildin-s T~ ........... aning :or FY 2004 is $1~9,757.00 or $492.48 per day. This would be an incre approximately $97,f00.00 from the amount currently budgeted for FY 2004.ass Mr. Day and Mark Chappuis, General Manager of the Arena and Events Center, discu8sed .roblems with contracted cleaning services at the Arena. Mr. Day stated th~ issue is quality and pointed out the excellent level of service provided b' General Service employees in other County facilities. The Board w~ [1 consider the proposal for in-house cleaning services during a later wor~ session. Mr. Steve Lil =lc, Parks and Recreation Director, reviewed the proposed budgets for Park~ and Recreation, including Administration/~ecreation, Athletic Division-~outh ~asketball, Matching Incentives Grants ($$0,000.00), Camp Spencer Park, ~rank Liske Park and North Cabarrus Park. He reported the elimination 'of the~paid gym supervisor positions for the youth basketball program and the implementation of a volunteer program to provide supervision during ~ractice an~ games. Also, Mr. Little stated a background-screening program would be i~lemented to provide a background check on each volunteer with the youth programs. There was b~ief discussion regarding youth leagues and concerns regarding financial!audits for those volunteer organizations. Library Mr. Tom Dill+d, Library Director, presented a brief overview of the budgets for the ~ibraries in Concord, Kannapolts, Harrisburo and Mt. Pleasant. He expla~ed the State Aid for Libraries and the required level of local funding. Als~ Mr. Dillard stated additional space is needed for the Local History Roomer the Concord Library and suggested the possibility of moving that room ou~of the Library to another downtown location. There was di~cussion regarding methods of collecting overdue fees, including the possi~_lity of-collecting food for a local food bank. Arena and Events Ce~e~ Mr. Mark Cha~uis, General Manager of the Arena and Events Center, presented the propos?d budget for the Arena. He pointed out the general fund