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Commissioner Jacobs thanked staff for the detailed analysis of outside agencies and he <br /> agreed with the other two County Commissioners but also agrees with Commissioner Gordon. <br /> Donna Coffey said that staff has told outside agencies to be on the alert. <br /> Assistant County Manager Gwen Harvey explained the application process for outside <br /> agency funds. She reiterated that the outside agencies have been warned about the cuts. <br /> Laura Blackmon asked the Board what amount of money it was planning on giving to <br /> non-profits—the same as last year or lower. <br /> Commissioner Gordon said that she does not want to give the impression that any of the <br /> cuts will be put back. She said that she does not remember the Commissioners continuing the <br /> Human Services Advisory Commission process whereby the HSAC made allocation <br /> recommendations to the County Commissioners. She thought that staff was going to be doing <br /> this. <br /> Gwen Harvey said that the Human Services Advisory Committee has historically been <br /> used and in 2008-09 the Board of County Commissioners explicitly empowered the HSAC to <br /> review the applications and make some dollar assignments. In September, the Board said that <br /> it was alright for HSAC to continue to use its evaluation tool to examine performance but not to <br /> set the dollar allocation. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs agreed with Commissioner Nelson and Commissioner Pelissier <br /> that the Board should send a message that the allocation will stay the same as before. He said <br /> that he remembers deciding that the advisory boards would not make financial decisions. He <br /> said that he would like the HSAC to do the analysis and flag things of concern, with no fiscal <br /> distribution. <br /> Chair Foushee said that the fact that there is an application process allows for the <br /> possibility of a non-profit that has not applied before to apply. She does not want this process to <br /> exclude those agencies that might not have applied before. <br /> The Board agreed that the total amount would stay the same and not necessarily the <br /> allocations. <br /> Commissioner Yuhasz said that he would want recommendations for fiscal amounts <br /> from someone. <br /> Commissioner Nelson said that he wants to stick with the dollar amount for this group. <br /> Regarding the issue of which non-profits get the funds, he thinks that this discussion will need to <br /> come later. He said that he wants the new groups to be considered as well as long as it is a <br /> safety net service. <br /> Commissioner Pelissier said that she would like to send out a general message that the <br /> priority is for the safety net organizations. <br /> Chair Foushee clarified that there was consensus on the dollar amount and the <br /> message. <br /> 7. Appropriation Not Mandated, Funding Discretionary- Contributions to Towns for <br /> Library and Recreation Services <br /> Donna Coffey asked if the Board wanted to continue this. The library contribution is only <br /> to Chapel Hill ($250,000) and the contribution to recreation services is to all Towns ($125,000). <br /> Commissioner Gordon said that it would be counterproductive to cut these funds. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs said that the Board has talked about engaging in conversations <br /> with the towns about library services. He suggested continuing with what is being done, but <br /> express an interest in having conversations. <br /> The Board agreed. <br /> 8. Funding Discretionary—Employee Compensation <br />