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� 1 and 2. Attachment 3 is related to the revenue analysis conducted last spring as to what 2 percentage public funds constitute any particular agencies' whole budget. Attachment 4 has to 3 do with the overall analysis where County departments have an ongoing relationship, either 4 contractual, with an outside agency, or whether the County as a whole provides in-county 5 contributions. She said that Commissioner Gordon raised a question about being able to 6 insert a statement regarding funding an agency leverages County dollars because an agency 7 can provide services less expensively by the use of volunteers or other means. 8 Commissioner Gordon said that since she sent the email, she noticed a few more 9 things that she thought were put in the document by Commissioners. She thought that they 10 added, "it was desirable for the location of the delivery of services be in Orange County." On 11 the next page, "Ground for Funding Commitments," where it says "yes" and "no", and she 12 thought that they talked about there being exceptions to "no." 13 A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon to add language at the top of 14 Attachment 1 that, "it is desirable that the location for delivery of services is in Orange County," 15 and then between Financial Need and Principal Partnership that, "funding the agency 16 leverages county dollars because the group can provide services less expensively, by the use 17 of volunteers or other means." 18 Commissioner Hemminger said that she has concerns about the location, such as the 19 Red Cross, because they still service Orange County residents, but they have to be physically 20 located in Durham right now. She is concerned about this restriction. 21 Gwen Harvey said that the Red Cross still has a physical presence on Ephesus Church 22 Road, but the headquarters is in Durham. 23 Commissioner Jacobs said that Triangle Wildlife Rehabilitation is in Durham and there 24 is only one office. This organization serves Orange County. He said that you could make the 25 argument that it is not cost-effective to have a place in Orange County. He would not want to 26 make a prohibition about funding an entity that was serving Orange County, but being more 27 efficient by being located elsewhere. 28 Chair Foushee said that the use of the word "desirable" should cover that. 29 Commissioner Nelson seconded the motion. 30 Commissioner Jacobs asked that this be put in writing. 31 Commissioner Gordon read it aloud again. 32 Commissioner Pelissier said that she is very pleased with what she sees here and this 33 helps clarify for the Board and for the agencies the County is funding. She asked how this is 34 going to be written up. She suggested making an introductory comment that says that the 35 County Manager incorporates feedback and documentation from the departments, the 36 advisory boards, and financial services, because that would add clarification to the process on 37 who is providing input and not just the criteria. She made a friendly amendment to incorporate 38 this as an introductory paragraph. This is on page 2. 39 Commissioner Gordon accepted the friendly amendment. This statement would be 40 added right before, "first and foremost." 41 42 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 43 44 Commissioner Jacobs made reference to page 6, Financial Need, and said that he 45 does not understand the part about "conversely." He asked for an explanation of what is 46 converse to what. Gwen Harvey said that it makes more sense to eliminate it under Financial 47 Need on the previous page and have the last bullet only. It is intended to say that one of the 48 ways in which the dollar limit for a single agency might be viewed is if that agency has 49 demonstrated a reliable, diverse funding stream of which governmental assistance is a small