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1 <br /> APPROVED 3/17/2009 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> JOINT MEETING WITH BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES <br /> February 10, 2009 <br /> 5:30 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a joint meeting with the Social <br /> Services Board on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 5:30 p.m. at the Link Government Services <br /> Center in Hillsborough, NC. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Valerie P. Foushee, and Commissioners <br /> Pam Hemminger, Barry Jacobs, Bernadette Pelissier, and Steve Yuhasz <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Mike Nelson and Alice Gordon <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: <br /> BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES: Joe Robbins, Pat Garavaglia, <br /> DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES STAFF PRESENT: Director Nancy Coston <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Laura Blackmon, Assistant County <br /> Managers Willie Best and Gwen Harvey, and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker (All other staff <br /> members will be identified appropriately below) <br /> Commissioner Nelson and Commissioner Gordon were not able to attend due to <br /> schedule conflicts. <br /> NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT <br /> AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. <br /> 1. Introductions <br /> Chair of the Social Services Board Joe Robbins said that the DSS Board thrives on <br /> direction from the Board of County Commissioners. He said that DSS is coming under fire <br /> these days because of the demand for services. Some things that affect the budget include: <br /> need for emergency financial assistance, increased adoption and foster care costs, growing <br /> number of food and nutrition cases, EMS assistance program, ending of the Work First <br /> demonstration grant, program expansion in Health Choice, growth overtime and child welfare <br /> expenses, growth in food stamp distribution, growth in Medicaid cases (7% over the last year), <br /> and growth in DSS clients (11%). He said that the DSS staff is excellent. <br /> 2. Purpose of Meeting <br /> Social Services Director Nancy Coston said that she is just going to try to sustain the <br /> effort and plan for the growth without inundating the staff. She made a PowerPoint presentation <br /> Social Services Board-BOCC Joint Meeting <br /> •Introductions <br /> •Purpose of Meeting <br /> •Background Information <br /> •Current Recipient and Workload Statistics <br /> 1 <br />