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number of hours the person could work. This is more than afull-time job. He asked what was different now. He said that just any nurse could not do this. Rosemary Summers said that there was discussion on the Partnership board that as you begin to cut below 100% of staff salary, the entire project is put in jeopardy. One of the recommendations of the project was that it could not be done with less than full-time staff. Orange County Partnership for Young Children Director Michelle Rivest said that they have faced Smart Start cuts in the past. She said that the board has embarked on a different practice for this year in terms of grants and they determined which projects they could support on a multi-year basis or a single-year basis. This project is in the multi-year approach, which means up to a three-year period of time before it is reassessed. She said that this project has a little bit more protection than others, and the Partnership board has come to realize that it might be better in the long run to cut entire programs than to whittle away at programs that do not have other sources of support. Commissioner Jacobs said that he has more confidence in the Partnership's funding than in the State legislature's funding. A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to accept the funding for the Child Care Health Consultant Project in the amount of $23,570 for FY 04-05 from the Orange County Partnership for Young Children; accept the funding in the amount of $55,000 for FY 05-06, contingent upon State allocations; authorize a new permanent full-time public health nurse position effective February 1, 2005, subject to the continuation of non-County funds; and establish a grant ordinance for these purposes. VOTE: UNANIMOUS d. Appointments (1) Orange-Person-Chatham LME Governing Board The Board considered one new appointment to the OPC LME Governing Board. Commissioner Jacobs nominated Cheryl Atwater, no second. Commissioner Halkiotis nominated John Stewart, no second. Commissioner Gordon nominated Sandra Grey Herring, and Chair Carey and Commissioner Foushee seconded. A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Foushee to appoint Sandra Grey Herring to the OPC LME Governing Board to an initial term ending December 31, 2006. VOTE: Ayes -Commissioner Gordon, Commissioner Foushee, and Chair Carey; Nays - Commissioner Halkiotis and Chair Jacobs (2) Commission for the Environment -One New Appointment The Board considered one new appointment to the Commission for the Environment. Commissioner Gordon nominated Shirley Lally, and indicated that she had some knowledge of water resources which was an area currently needed on the Commission. Since the vacancy being filled was the biological resources position, Hervey McIver could be designated for the biological resources position so that Shirley Lally would have an at-large position. Commissioner Jacobs has no problem with moving Mr. McIver, but another member of a board that got moved from a seat to another seat complained to him that he would have liked to have been asked before it was done. He supports it in concept. Commissioner Gordon said that Mr. McIver was already on the Biological Resources Committee, so all that was being changed was his designation.