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2 <br />1 Social Services Director Nancy Coston said that this is a provisional grant, which <br />2 means that the information has to be worked out with the State and the contract must be <br />3 signed by September 30th. This item will be discussed fully at the October 6th meeting. <br />4 The Board needs to approve this for the Chair to sign the contract from the State to be <br />5 returned on September 30th to the State. The funds are for three years and the two <br />6 groups administering the funds will be Orange County and Housing for New Hope. She <br />7 said that this was a collaborative effort. <br />8 Commissioner Nelson thanked the staff and Chair for making sure the Board was <br />9 polled about adding this item. <br />10 A motion was made by Commissioner Nelson, seconded by Commissioner <br />11 Hemminger to accept the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program <br />12 award of $1 million from the State of North Carolina; and approve the execution of the <br />13 associated State Contract and aSub-recipient contract with Housing for New Hope by <br />14 the Chair of the Board of commissioners upon contract review and approval by the <br />15 County Attorney's Office. <br />16 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 OPENING COMMENTS: <br />20 Introductions were made. <br />21 Chair Foushee said that Steve Halkiotis would not be able to attend tonight's <br />22 meeting because he is still recuperating from surgery. <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 1. Chapel Hill-Carrboro Citv Schools - Update of 2009-10 Budget <br />26 Superintendent Neil Pedersen said that the first assumption was that CHCCS <br />27 would not receive any more money from the County from last year, and the first set of <br />28 reductions ($718,280 in Attachment 1-a) were to be made for no increase in County <br />29 appropriations. <br />30 The second set of reductions was made once the appropriation was received. <br />31 This totals $1.9 million worth of reductions. The first set of reductions did not include <br />32 personnel, and the second set of cuts involved the Central Office. <br />33 Attachment 1-b includes the State reductions. The State made reductions of $3 <br />34 million in non-instructional support. The State reduced this line item (custodians, <br />35 clerical, and substitutes) and then gave stabilization funds for the same amount. The <br />36 second biggest reduction is discretionary funds. There was a potential reduction in <br />37 teacher assistants, but in the final budget, the position reductions did not appear for <br />38 teachers and teacher assistants. <br />39 He distributed a handout on class sizes. On the elementary level, grades K-3 are <br />40 doing well and not exceeding 21 students. In 4th and 5th grades, the levels are the same <br />41 as last year. In the middle school level, the allocation of teachers has changed and the <br />42 numbers are looking good for class sizes. In the high school level, the numbers are up <br />43 somewhat, and they did reduce some core offerings. <br />44 Neil Pedersen said that no teachers were laid off or non-renewed for strictly <br />45 budgetary reasons. There were 60 teachers that received non-renewal notices because <br />46 of other opportunities. The school system hired approximately 90 new teachers for the <br />47 school year. <br />48 He made reference to the 20th day membership figures and said that right now <br />49 CHCCS is 123 students below the State's projection. <br />50 He made reference to the letter that was sent to Chair Foushee. There is an <br />51 update on Elementary School #11. He said that there was a successful public hearing in <br />