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MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS September 15, 1976 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met on September 15, 1976, in the Superior Courtroom of the Courthouse in Hillsborough, N. C. to review with the Orange County Board of Social Services and Title XX Contractors the status of Title XX funds. Commissioners present were Chairman Flora Garrett, Commissioners Norman Gustaveson, Jan Pinney and Richard Whitted. Commissioner. Norman Walker was absent. Members from the social Services Board were Mae McLendon, Joanne Carl, and Calvin Burch. Others present were S. M. Gattis, County Manager; Neal Evans,. Finance Director; Jeff Gledhill, County Attorney; Tom Ward, Social Service Director, Robert Stewart, Director of Region III, Department of Human Resources, and Agatha Johnson, Acting Clerk. Chairman Garrett opened the meting by stating that those present were here to discuss the County's Title XX Program. Chairman Garrett requested the Social Services Director to briefly review the present status of Title XX. Mr. Ward stated that the current allocation of Title XX funds was $677,657. which was about $4D0,000. short of the monies needed to fund all the Social Services programs and contracts. He stated that the Social Services Department had met with the County Commissioners and Finance Officer to decide just how the County could "live with this allocation." The recommendation was to cut back some Social Services Programs, Day Care and Chore Service in particular, and also to transfer some staff position from Title XX to other administrated Federal funds to attempt to }aalance the budget. He stated further that the paint of interest tonight was in regard to the Contracts. The Contractors have been notified that their Contracts will terminate in thirty days, on September 20, 1976. Those Contractors are Council an Aging, (Chore Service) Legal Aid, Life Enrichment Senior Citizens Center, Frank Porter Graham School, and Triangle J Housing Program.. Mr. Ward stated that the Social Services recommendations a month ago, from the money .available was to fund Legal Aid through December, 1976, and the Council on Aging Program (chore Service) at one~half of its current expenditures through the remainder of the fiscal year. He stated that there had been no change since this recommendation was made, one month ago. Chairman Garrett requested Neal Evans, Finance Director, to review the financial status of Title XX. Mr. Evans presented to the Board Title XX Federal Funds Data which showed the Title XX expenditures from October of 1975, when Title XX programs began, through May of 1976. The data showed a monthly average for each contract as well as the averas~e for a twelve month period which would have been the total figure if the Title XX programs had operated for the entire year. He stated that one problem was that some of Social Services expenditures at the start of the year were not under Title XX and that actual funding for Title XX was somewhat less at the beginning of last year, however, the - expenditures did increase during the latter part of last year because of taking on additional workers. in the various programs. The Finance Director explained that the 1976-1977 Budget was for July 1, 1976 thru June 31, 1977, which was strictly federal dollars, used in the County Budget for Title XX monies. He stated that the first quarter total was through August 31, 1976. Mr. Evans stated that the level of expendi- tures for the fiscal year could be estimated at $906,288. and this figure was somewhat distorted by approximately $50,000 because of the Frank Porter Graham amd Home Improvement question.