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a gap and would not be a duplication of County services. Also, the County Commissioners would be willing to consider one-time emergency funding. She does not want to take anything off the list. 2. Does funding in one year carry forward to a commitment to future years? Commissioner Yuhasz said that he agreed with Commissioner Hemminger's previous comments. The County Commissioners should review each agency on a yearly basis and not on historical relationships. Commissioner Nelson agreed with that, but the only caveat is that sometimes an agency will go through an expansion and will need a commitment for a certain amount of time. Generally, he agrees with reviewing each year. Commissioner Jacobs said that he thinks what the agency did with the money before should be an evaluation criterion and whether or not it met the expectation. The Board agreed that, for the most part, funding would not carry forward to a commitment in future years. 3. Should a limit to considered to the level of funding given to a single Outside Agency in a given year and should there be a particular limit in total dollars to all Outside Agencies in a given year? Gwen Harvey said that this has two moving parts-agency by agency or a limitation as a whole. Discussion ensued about how many non-profits have a relationship with the school system, and how that complicates putting a limit on outside agency funding. Commissioner Pelissier said that if there is not a limit on the percentage of the overall budget, this is when a non-profit becomes susceptible to going totally under if the County decides to stop funding. She thinks that the County's contribution should not be a majority of any non-profit's funding. She thinks that a percentage limit should be set received by the combination of the County and the Towns. If a non-profit is receiving more than 50%of the budget from the local government, then the local government should contract with the non- profit to provide that service as opposed to handing over the money. Commissioner Gordon agreed with having a limit of no more than 50%total from the County and the Towns. Regarding a flat rate, she does not know what that should be because as time goes on, the County will be less and less able to fund outside agencies. Commissioner Hemminger said that she does not want to tie the contribution to a percentage of the County's revenues and she would rather the County Manager come forward with what the Board of County Commissioners did the year before, etc. Commissioner Jacobs said that he does not think that a dollar amount can be set. He said that this has to be flexible and suggested using the amount funded in the previous year as a starting point. He pointed out financial need and read, "the outside agency has demonstrated a reliable, diverse revenue stream upon which governmental assistance is a small portion." He said that this is a strong statement and means more than just a percentage. Commissioner Gordon said that the suggested flat dollar amount could be a percentage of the total County budget. Frank Clifton said that he does not see the County budget changing from last year. Commissioner Pelissier said that she does not want to set a flat dollar amount because it boxes the County in if there are exceptions that need to be made. Frank Clifton said that it might be that the County encourages non-profits to merge together to lower overhead and the County would help fund that process. There are a lot of "competing" agencies right now that provide similar services.