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Commissioner Pelissier said that when the Board started budget discussions, it talked about putting priority on safety net items, and a number of things suggested tonight to put back in are not clearly safety net. She proposed putting in $50,000 for child care subsidies and $50,000 for Social Services (formerly Critical Needs Reserve) for emergency assistance. Commissioner Yuhasz said that he is not comfortable cutting out agencies that the County has been funding for a period of years. He suggested giving the following agencies opportunities for funding while looking for additional funding: Adolescents in Need, HYAA, El Centro Hispano and the other 4 (named at last work session), and to fund them at half of the level received last year. He would like to retain the same amount for HYAA. The following are recommendations for funding for outside agencies: Ell Centro Hispano -$15,000 (Frank Clifton said that the condition is to locate an operation in Orange County) Piedmont Wildlife Rehab - $10,000 (for one year then revisit effectiveness) Adolescents in Need — $33,000 American Red Cross- $2,000 Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the Triangle - $2,000 Childcare Services Association — $18,285 Commissioner Pelissier said that she would like to see Adolescents in Need transitioned to Social Services. Frank Clifton said that the Board could fund Adolescents In Need for half a year and then the other half of the funds could go to DSS when they pick up this need in January if this group cannot pick up the funding in January, with the understanding that this organization needs to come up with another source of funding. Commissioner Hemminger said that she objects to funding HYAA since Orange County does not fund other sporting organizations. She would like to delete the $10,000. Commissioner Gordon made reference to JOCCA and said that apparently all of the money from the County goes to administrative costs, plus the County gives free office space. Frank Clifton said that the Board needs to discuss as a Board how it deals with non- profits going forward and do this in a work session setting. Commissioner Yuhasz said that he would support a policy for funding outside agencies. Commissioner Jacobs said that he is not in favor of zeroing out anyone who the County has funded in the past. Commissioner Pelissier said that where the organizations have been zeroed out, it is not a significant amount and she is not in favor of funding HYAA or Triangle Wildlife Rehab. The running total at this point was $472, 285. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to page 25-15 - $25,000 for Orange-Alamance Water Infrastructure Consultant. This comes up every year and he argues every year to remove it. He asked if there was an agreement with Orange-Alamance Water that it will abide by the land use plan and a master plan. Planning Director Craig Benedict said that there is a Memorandum of Understanding that was signed last week. The original proposal was modified to include the things mentioned by Commissioner Jacobs. There is not complete agreement, and the Efland Volunteer Fire Department will be brought into the discussion about the water and fire suppression system. This is a major positive step in the Efland area to get Orange-Alamance interested in