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Commissioner Jacobs made reference to response times and Kim Woodward said that <br /> this means 90% of the time and it is an average. The response times in the northern end of <br /> the County are actually longer. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs said that he would be interested in seeing information on <br /> response times in various areas of the County because it is misleading when you look at the <br /> average. <br /> Frank Clifton said that this is a reporting process that is used statewide. <br /> Commissioner Nelson left at 10:05 p.m. <br /> • Housing and Community Development <br /> This was on page 21-1. <br /> Staff summarized this information. Regarding the Homelessness Partnership Program <br /> with the towns of Hillsborough, Chapel Hill, and Carrboro, there is a surplus of funds from prior <br /> years and the County will not contribute to this in 2010-11. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs thanked the Manager and Tara Fikes for the continued support <br /> of the Urgent Repair Program. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs said that there was going to be discussion about the renaming of <br /> this department and Tara Fikes said that there is a proposal coming forth soon. <br /> • Human Resources <br /> This was on page 22-1. This has a budget of $683,000, which is a reduction of <br /> $118,000 from last year. There are some changes in service delivery (elimination of the <br /> vacant Policy and Compliance Officer, reduction of countywide operations in temporary <br /> employment funding, and a reduction in the advertising budget). <br /> No questions. <br /> • Information Technologies <br /> This was on page 23-1. This has a budget of $1.9 million, which is an increase of <br /> $170,000. This includes holding vacant for six months a Systems Analyst, which is a savings <br /> of $23,000. There are decreases in overtime and telephone costs. The increases are <br /> attributed to annual maintenance in software support and other items. <br /> Commissioner Gordon asked about the IT Strategic Plan and Chief Information Officer <br /> Todd Jones said that a lot of the plan is looking forward to the next five years. <br /> • Social Services <br /> This was on page 32-1. This is the largest department. The total budget is $18.4 <br /> million, but $12.2 million is state and federal reimbursements. One of the biggest changes <br /> this year is a loss of $1 million and a piece of it was due to the current budget containing <br /> additional revenues, but not the expenditures, from the State in one-time reimbursement fees <br /> from the Hillsborough Commons purchase. There has also been reorganization and there are <br /> eight positions that will be eliminated through retirement promotion or reassignments. He <br /> continued to summarize the reductions. <br /> Social Services Director Nancy Coston said that the eight positions being eliminated will <br /> have an impact on services, but she tried to minimize the impact as much as possible. <br /> Commissioner Pelissier asked about the child care subsidies that were reduced about <br /> $800,000 and she asked how this would affect the services. Nancy Coston said that in the <br /> past there has been a federal allocation and there is no impact. This year, she does not know <br /> what the County will have for this. If there is not more money, then some children will have to <br /> be taken off the list. <br />