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i'/ • <br />,~ ~ 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 pertormance 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 anon-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 />• <br />